THE VICTORIOUS TIME LORD AND THE BATTLE OF 9 11

Chapter Nine

"Rassilon, old girl, what has he done to you?"

Eleven was underneath the console, trying to undo what his predecessor had done. He was using his screwdriver to pull out some wires and reattach them in the correct spots. He shook his head.

"Blast, I hope this doesn't take a long time, we don't have that much time to spare."

Meanwhile, Nine was still standing in the force field. He sighed and grumbled to himself about his other self needing to hurry up. While he was doing that, he heard a groan and stepped to the front of the force field when he saw Amy beginning to wake up.

"Amy," Nine said as her eyelids fluttered. "Wake up."

Amy opened her eyes and looked around. When the Doctor called her, she craned her neck and looked behind her at him.

"Who're you?" she said.

"I'm the Doctor; your Doctor is off trying to free me. Hello."

Amy looked down and noticed that she wasn't strapped down. She tried raising her body and sitting up while Nine watched and then lowered it again when she felt a bit dizzy. She tried again a moment later and this time she was able to sit up. She gritted her teeth when she pulled the IV needle out of her arm and tossed it away. She slowly slid off the table and held onto it while she tested her legs. She looked at the Ninth Doctor who was watching her intently.

"How're you feeling?" he asked.

"A bit dizzy but it'll pass," Amy said. "Where is the other Doctor, the one in the suit?"

"Probably out wrecking havoc on the world. I would be out there stopping him but I'm trapped in here and your Doctor is trying to fix the TARDIS so she'll be able to turn the force field off."

"Where's Rory?" Amy said.

"No idea. I assume he's with Jack and they're in Torchwood, at least that was their plan, to infiltrate it."

"I'm going to go check on the Doctor, I'll be back."

"Okey dokey," Nine said cheerfully.

He began to pace back and force when Amy left the room. While she walked towards the console room, Amy felt her strength returning and by the time she got there, she was walking normally and had picked up speed.

"Doctor?" she said, coming into the console room. "Where are you?"

"Under the console," the Doctor called to her. "Glad to see you're awake and alright."

Amy looked around the console room at the coral walls and supports. She made a face.

"Definitely like our TARDIS interior better," she said.

"What was that?" the Doctor called.

"Um…nothing," Amy said, walking over to the opening in the floor. "So, have you gotten far with repairs."

"I think so. I think I just about have everything sorted out. Just a few more wires to uncross and she'll be right as rain. What about you? Has the effects of the sedative worn off?"

"Yeah, I feel much better now."

"Good because we'll need you. We'll need all the help we can get against my former self. Ah, that's got it, I think. Coming up!"

Amy stepped back when the Doctor put his hands on the grate and pushed himself up and out of the hole.

"Okay, old girl, give it your best shot, turn off the force field."

There was a moment of silence and then the TARDIS grunted.

"She did it, my other self is free," he said to Amy. "That's my sexy girl!" he added, patting the console.

He cleared his throat when Amy gave him an odd look.

"Right. Now we can get down to business," Eleven said while Amy suppressed her laughter.

"Okay, where is that skinny, little git?" Nine growled as he came into the console room. "When I get my hands on him, there'll be two of you."

"Easy, we don't want to make him regenerate. He still has a few things left to do in his tenth life."

"Yeah? Well I had several things left to do when he decided to kidnap me."

"Forgive my previous self, he has a chip on his shoulder the size of Scotland," Eleven said to Amy.

"Oh? And you're thrilled that he kidnapped you?" Nine said to Eleven.

"No, but I told you before I thought I saw his eyes glow for a moment. I don't think he's doing it. I think he's possessed so let's find out if that's the case before we start killing us, shall we?"

"Who do you think possessed him?" Amy said, changing the subject so they wouldn't fight anymore.

"Dunno," Eleven said, glancing at his counterpart, "there are many things that could have possessed him. Trick is finding what it is and removing it without harming him."

"In the meantime, we need to find him and contain him before he hurts someone, especially Rose," Nine said to Amy. "At the moment, Rose is in danger because he's obsessed with taking her with him and I'm sure he'll do anything to get her to come with him and in his state, that could mean he would hurt her if she doesn't comply."

"What do you want me to do?" Amy said.

"Well, we could try to go inside the building but after Jack and Rory, that might look a bit suspicious," Eleven said.

"Yes, but we have to try. We can't just stand here," Nine said to him.

"What about taking the TARDIS inside the building?" Amy said.

"Oh no, I'm keeping this TARDIS out of there," Eleven said. "They already have the other Doctor's TARDIS in there; they're not getting their hands on this one as well."

"Perhaps…" Nine began.

"Yes?" Eleven said.

"Gas bombs. We can use sleeping gas on the people at the front desk and that will allow us to get by them without anyone being alerted we're in the building. At least it would buy us time."

Eleven considered that and nodded.

"It's worth a shot. We'll have to wear gas masks and perhaps bring a few more."

"Yeah, you could use one on the other Doctor," Amy said.

"Yes," Eleven said. "Gas bomb would be a safe way to incapacitate him and get him back here. I think we should try it and if it doesn't work…well, we can improvise."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get to it," Nine said.

Eleven beckoned to Amy and the three of them headed towards out of the room towards the laboratory.

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