Book 1: Chapter 10

Hello and welcome to the second half of the episode Listen, also the next chapter will be of the Doctor and Harmony talking about what 9 did and said. So review on what episode i should do, but i am going to do a Donna episode next, i just need help on which one i should do. Well anyway enjoy and tell me if there are any mistakes.

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"Ah, Clara! Well done, you found her. Now this is really a bit strange." I heard the Doctor say as I entered the console room after my shower.

"Whose found Clara?" I ask and then take notice to a man in an orange space suit.

"Danny?" Clara asks the space guy.

"What's gone wrong with your face? It's all eyes! Why are you all eyes? Get them under control." the Doctor says insulting her bewildered look and I go up and smack the back of his head.

"Being rude again" I tell him.

"Er, who's Danny?" Space guy says.

"This is Colonel Orson Pink, from about a hundred years in your future." the Doctor tells us.

"You went to the future without me?" I question him and place my hand on my hips and glare at him. "I was only taking a shower, you didn't have to go do something, you could have waited."

"Orson Pink?" Clara questions.

"Yeah, I laughed too. Sorry. Do you have any connection with him?" the Doctor asks her.

"Connection?" Clara asks.

"Yes, maybe you're like a distant relative or something?" the Doctor says to her.

"How, how would I know?" Clara asks him.

"Right. Okay." the Doctor tells her then turns to Orson "Er, well, do you have any old family photographs of her? You know, probably quite old and really fat-looking?" he asks and I smack him again.

"You are really, really rude today." I tell him as he rubs where I hit him.

"I don't." Orson tells him.

"How did you find him?" Clara asks us.

"Well, don't ask me, apparently someone couldn't sit still while I took a shower, he just had to go check something out." I tell her. "Plus I want to know how you found him too."

"Well, you left a trace in the Tardis telepathic circuits. I fired them up again and the Tardis brought me straight to him. So he is something to do with your timeline." the Doctor states like it is no big deal.

"Okay." Clara says.

"And you'll never guess where I found him." the Doctor says.

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"Where are we?" Clara asks as soon as we land and Orson walks out of the Tardis and into his spaceship.

"The end of the road. This is it, the end of everything. The last planet." The Doctor tells her.

"The end of the universe?" I ask and look at the Doctor.

"The Tardis isn't supposed to come this far, but some idiot turned the safeguards off. Listen." he tells us.

"To what?" I ask trying to listen for something.

"Nothing. There's nothing to hear. There's nothing anywhere. Not a breath, not a slither, not a click or a tick. All the clocks have stopped. This is the silence at the end of time." the Doctor tells us.

I hear a clattering sound that is Orson emptying the contents of a locker into a rucksack.

"Then how did he get here? If he's from a hundred years in my future" Clara asks the Doctor.

"Pioneer time traveller." the Doctor tells her and sonicks the records up on the computer.

"Rode the first of the great time shots. They were supposed to fire him into the middle of the next week." the Doctor tells her.

"What happened?" I ask him.

"He went a bit far." he responds.

"A bit?" Clara asks.

"A big bit. Look at him now. Robinson Crusoe at the end of time itself. The last man standing in the universe. I always thought that would be me." the Doctor says and frowns a bit.

"It's not a competition." Clara tells him.

"I know it's not a competition. Course it isn't. Still time, though." he says brushing it off.

"He looks like he's packing." I point out.

"He's been stranded for six months, just met a time traveller. Of course he's packing." the Doctor says as if it were obvious.

Orson enters and asks "You can do it, then? You can get me home?"

"I just showed you, didn't I? A test flight to a restaurant." the Doctor says.

"Yes, but to my family, to my own time?" he asks the Doctor.

"Easy. I can do that, can't I, Clara, Harmony?" he boasts.

"He can, yes." Clara and I say at the same time.

"Is everything okay?" Orson asks Clara.

"Yeah, fine. I'm fine." she responds quickly.

"Do I know you?" Orson asks looking at her confused.

"No. Nope." Clara says shaking her head, seemingly trying to avoid something.

"Is she doing the all eyes thing? It's because her face is so wide. She needs three mirrors." the Doctor points out and I smack him.

"Doctor." Clara says to him.

"Rude" I say also.

"We can't leave immediately, though. The Tardis needs to recharge." the Doctor states.

"Sorry. What?" Clara asks him confused.

"Overnight, that should do it, shouldn't it, Clara, Harmony?" he asks us trying to say something behind the words.

"Overnight?" Orson asks.

"One more night. That's, that's not a problem, is it?" the Doctor asks him.

Orson's face says yes, but he says "No. No, no problem."

"It's a shame, isn't it?" the Doctor says.

"What's a shame?" Orson asks.

"There's only four people left in the universe, and you're lying to the other three. It was the first thing I noticed when I stepped in here. You must have seen it, too, Clara. You've got eyes out to here. And Harmony you know when someone is lying." the Doctor points out.

"Seen what?" Clara asks.

"Know what?" I question him after Clara.

"The universe is dead. Everything that ever was is dead and gone. There's nothing beyond this door but nothingness forever. So why is it locked? " the Doctor says pointing to the door with the word 'Locked' on it.

"Please, don't make me spend another night here." Orson begs the Doctor.

"Afraid of the dark? But the dark is empty now." the Doctor says.

"No. No, it isn't." Orson tells him.

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"What are we doing?" I ask the Doctor.

"Waiting." the Doctor states.

"For what? For who? If everybody in the universe is dead, then there's nobody out there." Clara says to the Doctor.

"That's one way of looking at it." the Doctor reasons.

"What's the other?" I ask him biting my lower lip.

"That's a hell of a lot of ghosts." he breathes out.

The lights dim. "Do you have your own mood lighting now? Because, frankly, the accent is enough." Clara points out.

The capsule creaks. Words appear on the main hatch - Do Not Open The Door.

"Where did that come from? " Clara questions.

"It's always been there. It's only visible in the night lights." I tell her, thinking of glow in the dark pens.

"But who wrote it?" she asks.

"Colonel Pink. Apparently, at night, he needs a reminder. Six months stranded alone, I suppose it must be tempting." the Doctor says.

"What is?" she asks him.

"Company." the Doctor states.

More slow creaking. "What's that? That noise, what is it?" I ask jumping slightly.

"What kind of explanation would you like?" the Doctor asks.

"A reassuring one?" I ask him fidgeting.

"Well, the systems are switching to low power. There are temperature differentials all over this ship. It's like pipes banging when the heating goes off." he tells me.

"Always thought there was something in the pipes." Clara says.

"Me, too. Who were you having dinner with? " he asks Clara.

"Are you making conversation?" Clara asks bewildered.

"I thought that I would give it a try." he says.

"I told you. A date." she tells him.

"Serious?" he asks.

"It's a date." she tells him not sure on how to explain it more.

"A serious date?" he questions.

"Do I have to bring him to you for approval?" she asks him.

"Well, I would like to know about his prospects. If you like, I can pop ahead and check them out." he points out.

"What he is trying to say, is yes, he wants to be able to approve of him, though it will take a lot to make him approve of anyone." I tell her.

"Frankly, you've already done enough." she says to him.

What sounds like a scream makes all three of us jump. "Atmospheric pressure equalizing" the Doctor says.

"Or?" I questions him.

"Company." he says.

"Why are we doing this? Why don't we just go?" Clara questions.

"Because he needs to know why and how things happen, he can't sit still not knowing" I tell her.

"Why? About what?" Clara asks.

"Suppose that there are creatures that live to hide. That only show themselves to the very young or the very old, or the mad, or anyone who wouldn't be believed." the Doctor says.

"Okay, so" Clara says trying to get more information.

"What would those creatures do when everyone was gone? When there was only one man left standing in the universe?" the Doctor questions.

Bang, bang, bang.

"What's that?" I ask.

"Potentially, the hull cooling." the Doctor answers.

"Potentially?" Clara asks.

"Believably." he says.

Bang, bang, bang.

"Someone knocking." the Doctor tells us.

Bang, bang, bang.

"Yes." the Doctor says.

Bang, bang, bang. Scrape, scrape, scrape.

"Doctor," Clara starts before more bangs start.

"You don't actually believe all this, do you? Hiding creatures, things from under the bed." Clara questions him.

Bang, bang, bang. Scrape, scrape, scrape.

"What's that in the mirror, or the corner of your eye? What's that footstep following, but never passing by?" the Doctor says a rhyme.

The sound of Bang, bang, bang keeps going.

"Did we come to the end of the universe because of a nursery rhyme?" Clara questions the Doctor.

I heard a Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang. The Doctor sonicks the hatch to Unlocked and the mechanism starts to turn. "That's you turning it, right?" Clara asks.

"No. Get in the Tardis." the Doctor tells us.

"Why?" I question.

"I have to know." the Doctor says looking at the now unlocked door.

"Doctor. Doctor" Clara yells.

"The Tardis, now!" the Doctor directs her.

"Okay, okay. Somebody is out there. Now we know, we can leave. Oh, Doctor!" Clara yells to the Doctor.

"It's a pressure lock. Releasing it could've triggered the opening mechanism." the Doctor says.

"Is there even an atmosphere out there?" Clara asks.

"There is an air shell round the ship. Why are you two still here?" the Doctor Questions us.

"Because I am not going to leave you in danger! And neither would Harmony!" Clara tells him.

"Yea, I'm not leaving you" I tell him.

"Then you will never travel with me again Clara, because that is the deal! Tardis, now! Do as you are told! You as well Harmony, I am not letting you get hurt." he tells us and Clara runs to the Tardis. But, I go to open my mouth and say something but he sends a glare at me.

"Fine, please be careful" I tell him and he nods and I run back to the Tardis.

"You're an idiot." Clara tells him before entering the Tardis.

"I know." I hear the Doctor say before I step into the Tardis as well.

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Once we get in the Tardis I hear Orson asking "What's happening?"

"He's opening the door." I tell him looking at the screen showing outside of the Tardis.

The scanner flickers as the air starts to leave the capsule..

"Oh, no, no, no, not now, come on!" I yell.

"Oh! Always when it's important!" Clara yells trying to see.

The Tardis jolts and Clara asks "What's happening?"

"I don't know" I tell her as a klaxon sounds.

"What's that?" Clara asks.

"The alarm. The air shell's breached. Stay here." Orson tells us.

The scanner flickers on to show us the Doctor hanging on to the edge of a console as the air and anything loose is sucked out of the capsule. Orson's gloved hand grabs his wrist as he starts to slip and pulls him to safety. A short time later, he brings an unconscious Doctor is back into the Tardis.

"Is he okay?" I question Orson as he sets the Doctor down.

"He's out cold. He'll be fine, though." Orson says.

"Something hit him." Clara points out as I see his head is bleeding and I go to grab a towel and pat his head.

"Everything was flying out of that door." Orson points out.

"Could've been that." Clara points out.

"Yeah." Orson says.

We still hear a group of three sounds repeating in the background.

"What was out there? What were you so afraid of?" Clara asks Orson.

"I've been here a long time. My own shadow, probably." Orson says.

"Yeah." Clara says.

A rumbling sound starts and the Tardis doors move slightly.

"That's probably just the rest of the air escaping." Orson says.

"You say probably a lot." Clara points out.

A creak, and whumph start.

"We are safe? Nothing can get in here, right?" Orson asks.

"Probably." I say still patting down the Doctor's head.

Clara goes to the console.

"Have you got a plan?" Orson asks.

"Telepathic circuits. I left a trace in them before." Clara says and moves closer to the console.

"So?" he questions her.

"So apparently, that can do a thing." Clara says and sticks her fingers into the console again.

"Clara are you sure that is a good plan?" I yell at her from across the console.

"What, that's your plan?" Orson questions.

"It's not a plan, it's a thing." Clara says as the time rotor starts to stutter.

"Okay. Come on, come on, you can do it!" Clara says to the Tardis.

The Doctor wheezes and I try and make him sit back down.

"Come on! Sorry." Clara says.

The time rotor gets up to speed.

"Here we go! Come on. Come on!" Clara says encouragingly

The Tardis lands with a thump. The Cloister Bell has stopped and there are no more three part bangs can be heard.

"Is that it?" Orson asks and I nod in agreement.

"I don't know. I think so." Clara says breathlessly trying to see where we are but it seems that the scanner wasn't much help.

"Where are we?" I ask.

"Somewhere else. I hope. No, no, no, you stay and look after the Doctor, just me and Harmony will go." Clara says grabbing my wrist.

"You two can't go out there by yourselves." Orson says trying to stop us.

"Thing is, my timeline, it keeps on, same with Harmony's. Orson, you don't want to meet yourself. It's really embarrassing." Clara says and pulls me out with her.

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The Tardis door creaks slightly as Clara closes it. On a raised platform is a simple bed, and a child is lying curled up under a blanket, sobbing as star or moonlight streams down through the roof. Clara and I climb up the ladder to the platform.

"Rupert?" Clara asks quietly and by her asking she is talking about the boy we saw earlier, at the children's home.

We walk towards the bed.

"Orson?" I ask quietly

The barn door opens and two people enter and Clara and I quickly hide under the bed.

"Why does he have to sleep out here?" I hear a man question.

"He doesn't want the others to hear him crying." a woman says to the man.

"Why does he have to cry all the time?" the man says.

"You know why." the woman seemingly scolds the man.

"There'll be no crying in the army." the man says.

"Hush." the woman says.

"Don't pretend you're not awake. We're not idiots." the man says rudely if I say so.

"Come and sleep in the house. You don't have to be alone. If you can hear me, you're very welcome in the house, with the other boys. I'll leave the door on the latch. Come in any time." the woman says gently.

"He can't just run away crying all the time if he wants to join the army." the man points out.

"He doesn't want to join the army. I keep telling you." the woman says.

"Well, he's not going to the Academy, is he, that boy? He'll never make a Time Lord" the man says and my eye grow wide and my mouth opens up aghast, we were currently under I think the Doctor's bed, as a child and this could go very, very, wrong.

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"Clara! Clara! Harmony! Harmony!" I hear the Doctor yell from the Tardis.

"Hello? Who's there? Hello?" the Boy says from his bed and sits on the edge of his bed, and Clara grabs his ankle as if by reflex.

"It's okay. This is just a dream. Just lie back again. Just lie back on the bed. It will all be okay if you just lie down and go to sleep. Just do that for me. Just sleep." Clara says and releases his ankle and the boy gets back into bed. Clara and I then sit on the edge of the bed and she puts her hand on his head, stroking his hair gently as he sobs to himself and I try and lightly rub his shoulder. She and I whisper into his ear.

"Listen" we say.

"This is just a dream. But very clever people can hear dreams. So, please, just listen. I know you're afraid, but being afraid is all right. Because didn't anybody ever tell you? Fear is a superpower. Fear can make you faster and cleverer and stronger. And one day, you're going to come back to this barn. And on that day you're going to be very afraid indeed." I tell him gently remembering that this is the same barn for the 50th anniversary episode, no wonder why it was important because of this point in time he comes back.

"But that's okay. Because if you're very wise and very strong, fear doesn't have to make you cruel or cowardly." Clara says.

"It doesn't matter if there's nothing under the bed or in the dark, so long as you know it's okay to be afraid of it" I say

"You're always going to be afraid, even if you learn to hide it. Fear is like a companion. A constant companion, always there. But that's okay, because fear can bring us together." Clara says

"Fear can bring you home. I'm going to leave you something, just so you'll always remember, fear makes companions of us all." we say and Clara leaves Dan the soldier man to stand guard.

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"What happened? What did you see? What's out there?" I hear Orson say as we return

"What if there was nothing?" I say.

"What if there never was anything? Nothing under the bed, nothing at the door." Clara continues.

"What if the big bad Time Lord doesn't want to admit he's just afraid of the dark." I finish.

"Where are we? Have we moved? Where have we landed?" the Doctor asks us and goes to look at where we are, but me and Clara stop him.

"Don't look where we are" she tells him

"Just take off, and promise us you will never look where we've been." I tell him.

"Why?" he questions us.

"Just take off. Don't ask questions." Clara tells him.

"I don't take orders, Clara." he says to her trying to ignore her.

"Do as you're told." she tells him and he makes the Tardis disappear.

We take Orson home, and he give me and Clara a hug.

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After we returned Orson home Clara then grabs the Doctor from behind for a hug.

"No, no. Not the hugging. No, no, no. I'm against the hugging. Please" He pleads to her and tries to get out of her hug while I sit back and watch as he tries to plead with his eyes to get me to help him but I shake my head.

"Deal with it" I tell him grinning.

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The Doctor and I drop Clara off and she leaves, then the Doctor turns to me.

"We need to talk about things, especially after what you just did, and now we have time to talk" he tells me and take my hand leading us to some room on the Tardis.