The Fires Of Pompeii

Alyssa landed in the Tardis in the exact same spot she was in before she jumped she looked around and saw the Tenth Doctor walking around the console putting in Coordinates to go somewhere. A smile broke out across her face when she saw Donna watching what the Doctor was doing. "So Where you two off two?" The Doctor looked up at her with a big smile but before he ran over to her he asked:

"Where did you just come from?" Alyssa blinked when Donna slammed into her with a hug. Alyssa instantly hugged her back and said

"Hello!" Donna was pulled away from her by the Doctor, who said once again "Where did you just come from?""When you first met me." the doctor pulled back and said, "Donna this is the first time Alyssa has met you." Donna looked at her and reeled back a bit as if she'd been slapped. She didn't know who the women was

"Alyssa but that is not what...." Her sentence was cut off by the Doctor covering her mouth. The Doctor whispered something into her ear and uncovered her mouth. Donna did an Oh gesture with her mouth, before smiling once again. Alyssa took notice to the wedding ring that was on The Doctor's left hand. She pulled out her notebook and wrote down that it was before season 4 when the doctor had got it. She flipped the book closed and stuffed it back into her pocket before the Doctor could ask for what she was doing.

"Rome! We were going to Rome unless you want to go somewhere else." He said, when he pulled away.

"No Rome is fine just perfect." She said smiling. The Doctor went back to piloting the Tardis and soon they landed. Alyssa smiled and took out her notebook once again and wrote down the rest of the previous journey before following The Doctor and Donna outside the Tardis she looked around and her smile faded when she realized what episode she was in.

"Ancient Rome. Well, not for them, obviously. To all intents and purposes, right now, this is brand new Rome."

"Oh, my God. it's, it's so Roman. This is fantastic." Donna said looking around, The Doctor laughed but Alyssa couldn't help but look around because of how beautiful everything was. "I'm here, in Rome. Donna Noble in Rome. This is just weird. I mean, everyone here's dead."

"Well, don't tell them that," Alyssa said before walking forward a bit

"Hold on a minute. That sign over there's in English. Are you having me on? Are we in Epcot?"

"No, no, no, no. That's the Tardis translation circuits. Just makes it look like English. Speech as well. You're talking Latin right now." Alyssa said as she went back to leaning against the Tardis

"Seriously?" The Doctor and alyssa both nodded, and she continued enjoying simply the fact that she was speaking Latin.

"I just said seriously in Latin."

"Oh, yeah."

"What if I said something in actual Latin, like Veni, Vidi, Vici? My dad said that when he came back from football. If I said Veni, Vidi, Vici to that lot, what would it sound like?"

"I'm not sure. You have to think of difficult questions, don't you?"

"You would sound Celtic, Welsh to them," Alyssa responded, The Doctor smiled down at Alyssa and said, "Ah, that actually makes sense." Then all of them started down the road to explore what they thought was Rome but Alyssa knew to not be.

"Don't our clothes look a bit odd?"

"Nah. Ancient Rome, anything goes. It's like Soho, but bigger."

"You've been here before then?"

"Mmm. Ages ago. Before you ask, that fire had nothing to do with me. Well, a little bit. But I haven't got the chance to look around properly. Coliseum, Pantheon, Circus Maximus. You'd expect them to be looming by now. Where is everything? Try this way." As they walked down a street to find Rome's greatest buildings. Until they saw a hill, one lone hill

"Not an expert, but there's seven hills of Rome, aren't there? How come they've only got one?" Then the ground shook and Alyssa finally decided to say "Yeah we're not in Rome, Doctor Donna. We're in Pompeii." smoke began to come out of the hill "And it's Volcano Day." The Doctor's eyes widened and he ran with the two of them following him back to where the Tardis was but it wasn't there anymore.

"You're kidding. You're not telling me the Tardis has gone."

"Okay."

"Where is it then?" While the Doctor and Donna were arguing, Alyssa had run over to a stall and asked "Excuse me. Excuse me. There was a box. Big blue box. Big blue wooden box, just over there. Where's it gone?"

"Sold it, didn't I?"

"But it wasn't yours to sell."

"It was on my patch, wasn't it? I got fifteen sesterces for it. Lovely jubbly." The Doctor had come up behind Alyssa hearing the conversation she was having and said: "Who'd you sell it to?"

"Old Caecilius. Look, if you want to argue, why don't you take it out with him? He's on Foss Street. Big villa. Can't-miss it." Both Alyssa and The Doctor said "Thanks." before leaving, the Doctor stopped and returned to the man and said

"What'd he buy a big blue wooden box for?" Alyssa went back and pulled him away and said "Sorry about him." Before pushing him away and said, "Tardis first questions later." They went looking throughout town and finally found the street and Donna who went on her own search as well

"Ha. I've got it. Foss Street's this way."

"No. Well, I found this big sort of amphitheater thing. We can start there. We can gather everyone together. Maybe they've got a great big bell or something we could ring. Have they invented bells yet?"

"What do you want a bell for?"

"To warn everyone. Start the evacuation. What time does Vesuvius erupt? When's it due?"

"It's 79AD, twenty third of August, which makes volcano day tomorrow."

"Plenty of time. We could get everyone out easy." Alyssa who was staring at the two watching this argument take place said: " Yeah, except we're not going to."

"But that's what you two do. You save people."

"Not this time. Pompeii is a fixed point in history. What happens, happens. There is no stopping it." Alyssa said, for some reason even though she knew how Mount Vesuvius erupted, still, she felt something in the back of her mind that told her what Donna was talking about was Taboo and no matter what her personal beliefs were this event had to happen. There was also something like a punch to gut whenever Donna mentioned saving the whole city and breaking the fixed point

"Says who?"

"Says us."

"What, and you two are in charge?"

"Tardis, Time Lords, yeah," Alyssa said getting all up in Donna's face

"Donna, human, no. I don't need your permission. I'll tell them myself." The Doctor who knew that this was taking a bad turn pulled Alyssa back and said "You stand in the marketplace announcing the end of the world, they'll just think you're a mad old soothsayer. Now, come on. Tardis. We are getting out of here."

"Well, I might just have something to say about that, Space People"

"Oh, I bet you will." Alyssa snapped as The Doctor pulled her with him to Caecilius's house.

As soon as they got to the house another earthquake happened and The Doctor caught a Marble head before it fell and shattered.

"Whoa! There you go."

"Thank you, kind sir. I'm afraid business is closed for the day. I'm expecting a visitor."

"But that's me, I'm a visitor. Hello."

"Who are you?"

"I am Spartacus." The Doctor said, Caecilius faced Donna and she said: "And so am I." Finally, He turned to Alyssa and she smiled and said "Aurelia" The doctor looked at her in surprise but Caecilius only smiled at her.

"Mister and Mrs. Spartacus," Caecilius said gesturing to Donna and The Doctor. Alyssa broke out in laughter while they convinced him that they weren't married

"Oh no, no, no. We're not, we're not married."

"We're not together."

"Oh, then brother and sister? Yes, of course. You look very much alike." Then he gestured to The Doctor and Alyssa "Then you two must be married." Alyssa reeled back in shock but the Doctor just pulled her to his side and wrapped his arm around her and smiled "Now you got it." Alyssa stared at The Doctor who just looked down at her with a look that said 'Don't question it.' She slowly nodded, with a questioning look but it soon fell and her attention went back to Caecilius

"I'm sorry, but I'm not open for trade."

"And that trade would be?"

"Marble. Lopus Caecilius. Mining, polishing, and design thereof. If you want marble, I'm your man."

"That's good. That's good because I'm the marble inspector." The Doctor said showing him his psychic paper.

"By the gods of commerce, an inspection. I'm sorry, sir. I do apologize for my son." Metella, Caecilius's wife said and poured there son's goblet of wine out into an indoor fountain.

"And this is my good wife, Metella. I must confess, we're not prepared for a"

"Nothing to worry about. I'm, I'm sure you've nothing to hide. Although, frankly, that object looks rather like wood to me." The Doctor said gesturing to the Tardis

"I told you to get rid of it," Metella said, now worried that they would somehow fail the fake inspection

"I only bought it today," Caecilius said

"Ah, well. Caveat emptor." The Doctor said walking over to it

"Oh, you're Celtic. There's lovely."

"I'm sure it's fine, but I might have to take it off your hands for a proper inspection."

"Although while we're here, wouldn't you recommend a holiday, Spartacus, Aurelia?" Donna said, Alyssa instantly rolled her eyes, and said

"Don't know what you mean, Spartacus."

"Oh, this lovely family. Mother and father and son. Don't you think they should get out of town?"

"Why should we do that?" Caecilius said

"Well, the volcano, for starters."

"What?"

"Volcano."

"What ano?"

"That great big volcano right on your doorstep."

"Oh, Spartacus, for shame. We haven't even greeted the household gods yet." Alyssa said pulling Donna with her harshly over to a shrine that had the family's household gods on a plate of marble. The Doctor followed him slightly shaking his head at Donna's tactics and how Alyssa was responding to all of this.

"They don't know what it is. Vesuvius is just a mountain to them. The top hasn't blown off yet. The Romans haven't even got a word for volcano. Not until tomorrow." Alyssa whispered as she dipped her fingers in water and flicked it onto the plate.

"Oh, great, they can learn a new word as they die."

"Donna, stop it." The Doctor said,

"Listen, I don't know what sort of kids you've been flying round within outer space, but you're not telling me to shut up. That boy, how old is he, sixteen? And tomorrow he burns to death."

"And that's our fault?"

"Right now, yes," she said speaking mainly to Alyssa who was the one who was mainly the one telling her not to do anything about it.

"No Donna it's not but, think about it in every world history book everywhere in the world has some sort of sections that dedicated to Pompeii and how everyone died here,yes that is bad but it would be like changing the whole world not to mention the reapers that would come or the paradox that will form." Donna stared at her upset

"but we can save everyone." Donna said,

"Yes, we could." She said nodding if she didn't have her foreknowledge about what was going on and her feeling that changing the events here would end up really badly she would've tried to convince the doctor to save them too. "but in doing so we may make things worse." Donna opened her mouth to retort but she never got a chance.

"Announcing Lucius Petrus Dextrus, Chief Augur of the City Government." A voice said, Lucius, the city augur came in and the three moved towards the center of the room " Lucius. My pleasure, as always."

"The birds are flying north, and the wind is in the west," Lucius said, Alyssa had always been confused when this part came on when she watched this episode.

"Quite. Absolutely. That's good, is it?" Caecilius said to all of them

"Only the grain of wheat knows where it will grow," Lucius responded. Alyssa wanted to smack the man and tell him to speak normally but knew if she did she would be thrown in jail.

"There now, Metella. Have you ever heard such wisdom?"

"Never. It's an honor." Metella said bowing her head in respect for the man

"Pardon me, sir. I have guests. This is Spartacus and, er, Spartacus and Aurelia."

"A name is but a cloud upon a summer wind," Lucius said addressing the three.

"But the wind is felt most keenly in the dark." The Doctor said trying to outsmart Lucius.

"Ah. But what is the dark, other than an omen of the sun?"

"I concede that every sun must set."

"Ha."

"And yet the son of the father must also rise."

"Damn. Very clever, sir. Evidently, a man of learning."

"Oh, yes. But don't mind me. Don't want to disturb the status quo."

"He's Celtic," Caecilius said,

"We'll be off in a minute." The Doctor said pulling Alyssa with him to the Tardis

"I'm not going," Donna said, refusing to move

"You've got to."

"Donna it is not the time to argue we have to go."

"Well, I'm not leaving." The Doctor walked over to her and pulled her over to the Tardis, as Alyssa stayed by the Tardis. He looked back and saw a circuit board, He walked over to it and said "Oh, now that's different. Who designed that, then?"

"My Lord Lucius was very specific," Caecilius said to the Doctor

"Where'd you get the pattern?" The Doctor asked Lucius who responded with another phase that Alyssa didn't understand "On the rain and mist and wind."

"But that looks like a circuit," Donna said and Alyssa confirmed by saying " a circuit made of stone. But the question isn't why does it look like a circuit but why he needs something that looks like a circuit."

"Do you mean you just dreamt that thing up?" Donna asked Lucius

"That is my job, as City Augur."

"What's that, then, like the mayor?

"Oh, ha. You must excuse my friend, she's from Barcelona." Alyssa said addressing everyone in the room,

"No, but this is an age of superstition. Of official superstition. The Augur is paid by the city to tell the future. The wind will blow from the west? That's the equivalent of ten o'clock news." The Doctor whispered to Donna,

"They're laughing at us. Those three, they use words like tricksters. They're mocking us." Evelina said when she entered the room.

"No, no, I'm not. I meant no offense."

"I'm sorry. My daughter's been consuming the vapors." Metella said rushing over to Evelina

"Oh for gods, Mother. What have you been doing to her?" Quintus said, with lots of concern for his sister.

"Not now, Quintus," Caecilius said

"Yeah, but she's sick. Just look at her."

"I gather I have a rival in this household. Another with the gift." Lucius turning to Evelina with hidden disgust.

"Oh, she's been promised to the Sibylline Sisterhood. They say she has remarkable visions."Metella said smiling at her daughter.

"The prophecies of women are limited and dull. Only the menfolk have the capacity for true perception."

"I'll tell you where the wind's blowing right now, mate," Donna said, upset with Lucius for insulting her gender.

"The Mountain God marks your words. I'd be careful if I were you."

"Consuming the vapors, you say?" The Doctor asked, Alyssa beside him looking at Evelina in concern,

"They give me strength."

"It doesn't look like it to me."

"Is that your opinion as a doctor?" Evelina said The doctor reeled back in shock on how she could have known that "I beg your pardon?"

"Doctor. That's your name."

"How did you know that?"

"And you. You call yourself Noble." She said addressing Donna, Her eyes snapped to Alyssa "and you, you have many names, Alyssa, The Golden Angel, or Tanda." There it was again the name Tanda and the feeling like it awoke something in the back of Alyssa's mind but the feeling once again came and went. The Doctor stepped in front of Alyssa. Trying to cut off the visions of her from the Soothsayers

"Now then, Evelina. Don't be rude." Metella said,

"No, no, no, no. Let her talk." The Doctor said,

"You three come from so far away."

"The female soothsayer is inclined to invent all sorts of vagaries."

"Oh, not this time, Lucius. No, I reckon you've been out-soothsayed." The Doctor said, Alyssa looking at Evelina as her eyes never left Alyssa's even when The Doctor stepped in front of her.

"Is that so, man and Women from Gallifrey?" He said looking at Alyssa and the Doctor

"What?"

"The strangest of images. Your home is lost in a fire, is it not?"

"Doctor," Alyssa said, Lucius eyes snapped to hers ,

"Your home is so many places, Gallifrey, The Vortex of time and London." Lucius said, The Doctor grabbed Alyssa's hand pulled him behind him out of sight of both Evelina and Lucius. Her future was the one that none of the two had business knowing

"Doctor, what are they doing?"

"And you, daughter of London," Lucius said turning Donna,

"How does he know that?" Donna said,

"This is the gift of Pompeii. Every single oracle tells the truth."

"That's impossible," Donna said, she knew that Alyssa knew everything that was going to happen,

"Doctor, she is returning," Lucius said addressing the Doctor, It could mean many things for him but one he hoped would never return. The Doctor squeezed Alyssa's hand tighter to keep her from moving.

"Who is? Who's she?" The Doctor said,

"And you, daughter of London. There is something on your back."

"What's that mean?"

"Even the word Doctor is false. Your real name is hidden. It burns in the stars, in the Cascade of Medusa herself. You are a Lord, sir. A Lord of Time." She stepped down a couple of the stairs and peered at Alyssa. "And you Alyssa you are a seer, a seer of life and death." With those last words, Evelina fainted, everyone rushing to help her.

The Doctor soon followed Caecilius to show him what they meant when Metella said consuming the Vapors. While Alyssa and Donna stayed with Metella and Evelina, Who was still passed out.

"She didn't mean to be rude. She's ever such a good girl. But when the gods speak through her." Metella said as Alyssa said who was rubbing a cool cloth on Evelina's head. Metella was unwrapping a piece of cloth that was around her arm.

"What's wrong with her arm?" Donna asked watching Metella start unwrap it.

"An irritation of the skin. She never complains, bless her. We bathe it in olive oil every night."

"I'm sorry Metella but, an irritation of the skin looks red." She said as Metella finished unwrapping the cloth to reveal a grey patch. That looked almost like it was spreading. "That is not an irritation."

"What is it then?" Donna asked, looking at Alyssa who was looking at the grey spot with much pity. "It's stone. I'm sorry Metella but Evelina's arm is slowly turning into stone." Metella sucked in a breath as she bathed it in Olive oil and wrapped another cloth around her arm.

Soon Evelina woke up and allowed Alyssa and Donna to borrow some of her clothes and Alyssa put on a light blue robe and shawl and sat beside Evelina while she watched Donna cheer Evelina up. Before Alyssa could stop her, Donna asked about what they did around Pompeii and Evelina responding that she was promised to the sisterhood.

"Do you get any choice in that?"

"It's not my decision. The Sisters chose for me. I have the gift of sight."

"Then what can you see happening tomorrow?" Donna said, Alyssa stood up to stop Donna but her hand which was about to pull Donna away was smacked. " You are not stopping me this time."

"Why do you ask that? Is tomorrow special?"

"You tell me. What do you see?"

"The sun will rise, the sun will set. Nothing special at all."

"Look, don't tell the Doctor I said anything because he'll kill me, but I've got a prophecy too."

"Donna!" Alyssa hissed when Evelina covered her eyes but Donna ignored her and kept talking telling Evelina about Mount Vesuvius.

"Evelina, I'm sorry, but you've got to hear me out." Alyssa jumped up and walked over to Donna,

"You can't tell her anything!" Alyssa said, but once again Donna ignored her and continued

"But everything I'm about to say to you is true, I swear. Just listen to me. Tomorrow, that mountain is going to explode. Evelina, please listen. The air is going to fill with ash and rocks, tons and tons of it, and this whole town is going to get buried."

"There is only one prophecy, " Evelina said, Alyssa knowing that Donna was not going to stop, decided to just let it unfold.

"But everything I'm about to say to you is true, I swear. Just listen to me. Tomorrow, that mountain is going to explode. Evelina, please listen. The air is going to fill with ash and rocks, tons and tons of it, and this whole town is going to get buried." Donna said

"That's not true."

"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, but everyone's going to die." Donna finished and looked at Alyssa who had crossed her arms starting at her. Evelina finally uncovered her eyes and said: "This is false prophecy!"

Soon the doctor ran into the house with earthquakes that sounded like footsteps following him.

"What is it? What's that noise"

"Doesn't sound like Vesuvius," Caecilius said watching as doctor walk into the middle of the room. "Caecilius? All of you, get out." The doctor said mainly talking to the family.

"Doctor, what is it?""I think we're being followed." The Doctor said, rights as a hypocaust grill flew off and a rock creature came out of the ground and with its height almost hit the ceiling. Alyssa began searching through her pockets to see if the future Doctor had put in anything that would help her in this situation. The eleventh Doctor did tell her that He had put a bunch of little gadgets that she should learn how to use. Her hand brushed a gun like thing and she took it out to see that it was a water gun. She blinked and smiled but before she had a chance to use it a hand grabbed her arm and another one went over her mouth.

she was dragged back and to the Temple of Sibyl, where the sisterhood was. They tied her to a pillar and Donna to a table. "You have got to be kidding. I wasn't the one who sprouted the Prophecy nonsense!" Alyssa said, The Sisterhood just ignored her and she lightly hit her head on the back of the pillar. "What is with it and people ignoring me?" Soon she felt the ropes around her loosen, she smiled as she knew that the doctor was there. She grabbed the ropes and kept them in position to keep up the act that she was still tied to the pillar right behind Spurrina who was a member of the Sibylline Sisterhood.

"Listen, sister, you might have eyes on the back of your hands, but you'll have eyes in the back of your head by the time I've finished with you. Let me go!"

"This prattling voice will cease forever," Spurrina said, then rose the knife up in the air with plans to stab Donna.

"Oh, that'll be the day." The Doctor said Alyssa smiled slightly as The Doctor looked at her with confusing on why she hadn't moved

"No man is allowed to enter the Temple of Sibyl."

"Well, that's all right. Just us girls. Do you know, I met the Sibyl once. Yeah, hell of a woman. Blimey, she could dance the Tarantella. Nice teeth. Truth be told, I think she had a bit of a thing for me. I said it would never last. She said I know. Well, she would." He said then turned his attention to Donna who was still tied to the table "You all right there?"

"Oh, never better," Donna said sarcastically,

"I like the toga." he looked at Alyssa and said, "Yours too." She smiled at him and the Doctor continued. "Let me tell you about the Sibyl, the founder of this religion. She would be ashamed of you. All her wisdom and insight turned sour. Is that how you spread the word, hey? On the blade of a knife?"

"Yes, a knife that now welcomes you!" Spurrina said rising the knife and going forward to attack the doctor. Alyssa took this as her cue and let the ropes fall and roundhouse kicked the knife out of Spurrina's hand and caught it, she cut the ropes that tied down Donna and pulled her up and to where the Doctor was standing. Who instantly pushed Donna slightly behind him.

"You know if you are about to attack someone don't do it front of the person who was untied. Or at least there feet are tied." She said holding up the knife. The Doctor smiled down at Alyssa and was about to ask her where she learned to disarm someone but a raspy voice

"Show me this man and women." a voice said,

"High Priestess, the strangers would defile us," Spurrina said turning around to face this bed where they could easily see a figure but not there face

"Let me see. These ones are different. They both carry starlight in there wake."

"Oh, very perceptive. Where do these words of wisdom come from?" He said walking forward, Alyssa going forward with him and grabbing the water gun that was on a table.

"The gods whisper to me." Alyssa rolled her eyes and whispered to the Doctor,

"It's not the gods." The Doctor nodded down at her telling her he already knew. "She's stone." She whispered once again. He nodded,

"They've done far more than that. Might I beg audience? Look upon the High Priestess?" The Doctor said, Two of the sisters pulled the two curtains apart and revealed the High Priestess who was completely stone.

"Oh, my God. What's happened to you?" Donna said, completely shocked, even Alyssa was staring at the High Priestess in shock because it looked completely different in person.

"The heavens have blessed me." The High Priestess said in response to Donna.

"If I might." The doctor said raising his hand to touch her hand. The High priestess allowed him and he asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It is necessary."

"and this is what to voices are telling you right? This is going to happen to everyone or already is happening." Alyssa said and Spurrina held out her arm showing them that it was also stone just like Evelina's

"The blessings are manifold." Spurrina said, Alyssa instantly replied with "those are not blessings. You are turning the people of Pompeii into stone before the Volcano erupts"

"This word, this image in your mind. This volcano. What is that?"

"More to the point, why don't you know about it? Who are you?" The doctor said, when Alyssa refused to answer the priestess.

"High Priestess of the Sibylline."

"No, no, no, no. I'm talking to the creature inside you. The thing that's seeding itself into a human body, in the dust, in the lungs, taking over the flesh and turning it into, what?"

"Your knowledge is impossible."

"Oh, but you can read our minds. You know it's not. I demand you tell us who you are." The doctor said gesturing to both himself and Alyssa. Then the high priestess spoke with two voices one being her normal voice the other deeper and raspier."We are awakening."

Soon all the other sisters were sitting on the ground worshiping what they thought to be the voice of a god.

"Name yourself. Planet of origin. Galactic coordinates. Species designation according to the universal ratification of the Shadow Proclamation." He said becoming more angry with the creature inside the female who just responded with "We are rising."

"Tell me your name!" The doctor finally shouted and Alyssa spoke with the priestess and said "Pyrovile." the sisters behind them repeating the word.

"What's a Pyrovile?"

"Well, that's a Pyrovile, growing inside her. She's a halfway stage."

"What, and that turns into?" Donna said staring at the creature. Alyssa raised the water gun a little bit ready to fire when needing too.

"That thing in the villa. That was an adult Pyrovile."

"And the breath of a Pyrovile will incinerate you, Doctor." Alyssa rose the water gun all the way

"we're armed." Alyssa said, The doctor also had brought out a water gun and pointed it at the Pyrovile. "Donna, get that grill open," Alyssa said gesturing to the side where a grill was.

"What for?" She asked,

"Just do it, Donna!" Alyssa yelled and Donna ran over and tried to get the grill open.

"What are the Pyrovile doing here?" The doctor asked

"We fell from the heavens. We fell so far and so fast, we were rendered into dust."

"Right, creatures of stone shattered on impact. When was that, seventeen years ago?"

"We have slept beneath for thousands of years."

"Okay, so seventeen years ago woke you up, and now you're using human bodies to reconstitute yourselves. But why the psychic powers?"

"We opened their minds and found such gifts."

"Okay, that's fine. So you force yourself inside a human brain, use the latent psychic talent to bond. I get that, I get that, yeah. But seeing the future? That is way beyond psychic. You can see through time. Where does the gift of prophecy come from?" The Doctor said, as Alyssa slowly made her way over to Donna and helped her get the grill off

"go down there." Alyssa said and Donna gave her a questioning look but shook her head looking at the Doctor. She groaned and looked back over at him.

"Why can't this lot predict a volcano? Why is it being hidden?" The doctor asked and Alyssa walked over to him

"doc it's time to go." She said, Right after she said that

"Sisters, I see into his mind. The weapon is harmless.", Spurrina said,

"Wanna bet?" Alyssa said as the Doctor and Alyssa began squirting her making their way over it the grill while the Pyrovile screams in pain. "Donna get down now!" This time Donna did what why asked and they soon ended up in a tunnel. Where Alyssa started following the tunnel only turning around,

But if it's aliens setting off the volcano, doesn't that make it alright for you to stop it?" Donna said,

"It's still a part of history," Alyssa responded and continued to go down the tunnel, the Doctor and Donna following.

"But I'm history to you. You saved me in 2008. You saved us all. Why is that different?"

"Some things are fixed, some things are in flux. Pompeii is fixed."

"How do you know which is which?" Donna asked as the doctor was watching Alyssa with concern now waiting for her to stop and go into shock.

"Because that's how I see the universe. Every waking second, I can see what is, what was, what could be, what must not. That's the burden of a Time Lord, Donna. And We're the only ones left. But Alyssa has it rougher. I'm surprised she hasn't complained right now she should have a killer headache." The Doctor said, Alyssa stopped for a second to see if he was stating the truth. A headache was there, but it wasn't that bad of a headache. The headache's she has when she jumped was worse. she continued walking

"why does she have it rougher?" Donna asked,

"Alyssa has the time vortex running through her. When she hears someone trying to change a fixed point is like a punch in a gut for her." With that Alyssa whipped around

"Do you always talk about me behind my back?" Alyssa said, The Doctor looked down in shame and Alyssa "Before you tell Donna about what I have inside me it might be nice for you to tell ME since I was ripped away from my home because of what did you say? The time vortex? If you're not careful I will smack you." She was really angry at the Doctor because he somehow knew that it was early for her and that she didn't know every aspect on why she jumped through time and thought that it was alright to talk to Donna about it but not to her. She turned around and began once again down the tunnel. The two quickly caught up with her,

"How many people died?" Donna asked,

"Stop it.""Not until you tell me, how many people died?" Donna asked once again,

"Twenty thousand." Alyssa said, saying the first number that popped into her head,"Is that what you can see ,Alyssa, Doctor? All twenty thousand? And you think that's all right, do you?" Alyssa doubled over and wheezed a bit, this time that feeling as if she had been punched in the gut somehow was stronger then before.

"Donna, Please enough. We cannot change it!" Alyssa said, Donna was about to say something about it a roar cut them all

"What was that?" Donna asked

"That was them telling us that they know we are here," Alyssa responded.

They soon reached a big chamber which had many adult Pyrovile so the ground constantly shook they ducked behind some rocks and saw what looked like to be a spaceship. The Doctor then said "It's the heart of Vesuvius. We're right inside the mountain."

"There's tons of them." Donna said looking at all the Pyrovile Alyssa then said "This is where they crashed. That is how they arrived pointing at a rock like structure which the Doctor looked through a monocular to see better "Yeah that is how they got here. Or what's left of it. Escape pod? Prison ship? Genebank?" He said looking at Alyssa from confirmation. "Escape Pod."

"But why do they need a volcano? Maybe it erupts, and they launch themselves back into space or something?" Donna then said

"Oh, it's worse than that." The Doctor responded.

"How could it be worse?" Another roar from a Pyrovile was heard and they all looked over "Doctor, it's getting closer."

"Heathens defile us. They would desecrate your temple, my lord gods." Lucius shouted who was on an overlook and had spotted them they quickly got up and started running to the Escape pod. A Pyrovile appears in front of them, Alyssa who hadn't put away her water gun instantly lifted it up and squirted it with the water that was still inside. The group continued until they got in front of the Escape Pod,

"There is nowhere to run, Doctor, Tanda, and daughter of London." Alyssa looked up at Lucius with big confusion and said: "I don't go by that name I don't even know who that is!" Lucius said nothing in return and the Doctor yelled back up at him

"Now then, Lucius. My lords Pyrovillian, don't get yourselves in a lather. In a lava? No? No. But if I might beg the wisdom of the gods before we perish. Once this new race of creatures is complete, then what?"

"My masters will follow the example of Rome itself. An almighty empire, bestriding the whole of civilization." Lucius responded.

"But if you've crashed, and you've got all this technology, why don't you just go home?

"Pryovillia is gone, isn't it? That's why you're here." Alyssa said, staring up at Lucius who responded in confirmation with "The Heaven of Pyrovillia is gone."

"What do you mean, gone? Where's it gone?" The Doctor yelled looking between Alyssa and Lucius, it was Lucius who answered "It was taken. Pyrovillia is lost. But there is heat enough in this world for a new species to rise."

"Yeah, I should warn you, it's seventy percent water out there."

"Water can boil." Alyssa and Lucius said at the same time but Lucius added: "everything will burn, Doctor."

"Then the whole planet is at stake. Thank you. That's all I needed to know. Donna Alyssa." The Doctor said and the three of them went into the Escape Pod and The Doctor started examining the Circuit boards trying to figure out what they were using it for. Donna then said, "Could we be any more trapped?"

"No Donna, this right now is exactly right where we need to be," Alyssa said as she looked at the lever, knowing what it was used for she closed her eyes for a second the headache slowly growing bigger. and Donna said "A little bit hot."

"See? The energy converter takes the lava, uses the power to create a fusion matrix, which welds Pyrovile to human. Now it's complete, they can convert millions."

"Change the controls doctor. You can do it right?"

"Of course I can, but don't you see? That's why the soothsayers can't see the volcano. There is no volcano. Vesuvius is never going to erupt. The Pyrovile are stealing all its power. They're going to use it to take over the world." Alyssa looked up at the ceiling and said: "I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier." Both Donna and the Doctor looked at her and Donna, taking the attention off Alyssa and back on the current situation and said

"But you can change it back?"

"I can invert the system, set off the volcano, and blow them up, yes. But, that's the choice, Donna. It's Pompeii or the world." The Doctor said, he looked down at her, but Alyssa was just saying "I'm so sorry." over and over again. "If Pompeii is destroyed then it's not just history, it's me. I make it happen."

"We, Doctor, we make it happen," Alyssa said as she took his hand.

"Doctor, the Pyrovile are made of rocks. Maybe they can't be blown up." Donna said now panicking, as the Doctor started working on changing what the Pyroviles did.

"Vesuvius explodes with the force of twenty-four nuclear bombs. Nothing can survive it. Certainly not us."

"Ah, do you need a reminder? this is an escape pod. That's why I said this is exactly where we're supposed to be." The Doctor nodded and put his hand on the lever

"Push this lever and it's over. Twenty thousand people." The Doctor said, The two could see the struggle he was facing so much. Alyssa put her hands on his and Donna did the same thing. All three of them together pushed down on the lever. The pod that they were in bounced around for a while causing the three to go flying around the pod but soon it stopped and the Doctor opened the door to see that they were miles away from where they were before. They instantly started running towards Pompeii to get in the Tardis and teleport away. When they got to the Village Donna tried getting the people who were panicking because of Vesuvius eruption to go to the hills and not the beach but no one listened to her. Donna found a little boy and tried taking her with him but a random woman ripped the boy from her arms and Donna turned to Alyssa and The Doctor, with tears in her eyes. Alyssa walked over to her and said: "Donna come on." They then ran back to Caecilius's home and saw the family huddled together. The Doctor froze staring at them and Alyssa who was about to go over to them was ripped back to the Doctor and pushed into the Tardis. This time she had tears in her eyes just as much as Donna did when she came in, she closed the door and yelled

"You can't just leave them!"

"Don't you think I've done enough? History's back in place and everyone dies." The Doctor said, Alyssa walked over to him and grabbed his hands in an attempt to stop him from piloting the Tardis away but the doctor took his hands from hers and continued to pilot.

"You've got to go back. Doctor, I am telling you, take this thing back. It's not fair." Donna said,

"No, it's not." The Doctor agreed but still continued to pilot

"But your own planet. It burned."

"That's just it. Don't you see, Donna? Can't you understand? If I could go back and save them, then I would. But I can't. I can never go back. I can't. I just can't, I can't."

"Just someone. Please. Not the whole town. Just save someone." this is when Alyssa put her hands on his and said "One person, one family." She said softly, the Doctor finally surrendered and took the Tardis back to Caecilius's home and ran to the doors holding his hand out to the family and saying "Come with me." Soon the four entered the Tardis and, The Doctor piloted the Tardis away and landed on a hill that overlooked Pompeii.

"It's never forgotten, Caecilius. Oh, time will pass, men'll move on, and stories will fade. But one day, Pompeii will be found again. In thousands of years. And everyone will remember you."

"They will teach the whole world about this day, and everyone who was lost you're beliefs, how you lived, everything. Pompeii will become one of the most visited places in the whole of Europe," Alyssa said standing by the Doctor watching Pompeii fill with ash

"What about you, Evelina? Can you see anything?" Donna asked Evelina "The visions have gone."

"The explosion was so powerful it cracked open a rift in time, just for a second. That's what gave you the gift of prophecy. It echoed back into the Pyrovillian alternative. But not anymore. You're free."

" your arm, I don't know if it will ever return to normal but it won't spread anymore." Evelina smiled at Alyssa with thankfulness but then asked: "How do you know?"

"Oh, you didn't see it when you looked into mine and The Doctor's mind? I'm kinda a Soothsayer of my own right. But even if I wanted to I couldn't prevent this." She said gesturing to Pompeii. She nodded and looked back at Pompeii

"But tell me. Who are you, Doctor? With your words, and your temple containing such size within?" Metella said,

"Oh, I was never here. Don't tell anyone." He said and pulled Alyssa with him back to the Tardis and slipped inside

"The great god Vulcan must be enraged. It's so volcanic. It's like some sort of volcano. All those people." Caecilius said,

Alyssa sighed and while the Doctor piloted the ship away she said: "now you have to explain what did you mean by the Time Vortex inside me?"

"It's why you jump, for some reason you have the Time Vortex in you, It's not dangerous it's just why you jump around my time stream." She nodded and said, "What about being sensitive to weak points in time."

"Just what you said, since the time vortex is inside you makes you more squeamish and more determined to keep fixed points in time fixed that's why you were so mad at Donna trying to save everyone's life" Alyssa nodded and said "What about when you said that I was supposed to have a killer headache because of the fixed point?"

"The moment was in flux, but it was happening in the right order that's why it wasn't so bad."

"Well then, I haven't had a chance to explore the Tardis.""Yeah, you go do that." He said smiling down at her. She smiled and left the console and spent the next 30 minutes before she finally managed to find something that excited her. The library, and in fact there was a pool in it she smiled as she began looking through selves only to be interrupted by a splitting headache She sighed as she jumped to another time.