TRIAL OF A TIME LORD: THE VALEYARD

Chapter Twenty Seven

"Oh, Rainbow," Thirteen said as he hugged his daughter. "I knew you could do it."

His leg finally felt better and he was able to stand and be with the others. He embraced his daughter tightly.

"You knew I'd come for you?" Namid said.

"I never doubted it for a moment."

"How does this happen?"

Thirteen looked up and saw the Doctor standing in front of him with Rain.

"You were fine with her becoming a living TARDIS then?" he asked.

"Yes, because as the years go by you'll see that she's more than capable of being Compassion. Granted I had my doubts at first and I was shocked and angry like I suspect you are but believe me, Namid will put your fears to rest, you'll see. When all this began happening, she was the first person I thought of that could help us and I was right it seems since the Valeyard has been cleansed."

"What about my other children? Sokanon and Chaska and Hope."

"Oh they do great things as well. Course I can't say what but all of the children will make you proud a hundred times over," he said.

The Doctor nodded. Namid blushed when he tousled her hair and Rain kissed her cheek. They looked over their shoulders when the Valeyard came into their midst. After being cleansed, he looked less frightening and even hesitated when he saw the angry looks on everyone's faces. Namid stepped up beside him.

"No, wait, he's not evil now. I purified him," she said before the Doctors attacked him.

"But he still has to atone for what he's done," Three said. "Beginning with shutting down these golem things of his."

"And sending us back where we came from," Eight said.

The Doctor felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked behind him and smiled when he saw Amato.

"Not me, I don't wanna go back. I'm in exile," he said to the Doctor.

"Don't worry, Brother, you won't be there for long. We convince Kin to shorten it. We're only in exile a little over a month."

Amato's face brightened.

"Really? But...still don't wanna go back all the same," he said, making a face.

"I'll ring you as soon as you return and make sure you're alright, okay?" the Doctor said.

"Actually," Namid said, coming up to them. "I have to make all of you forget this happened, especially since you now know I'm Compassion. You weren't really supposed to know that in the first place since Mummy was never supposed to come with us."

"But I still agree to let you become...Compassion," the Doctor said.

"Trust me, mate, when the time comes, you'll agree to it," Thirteen said.

"What happens to me then?" the Valeyard asked. "Am I supposed to come back and live with you now?"

"That's up to you," the Doctor said. "But you will tell us everything you know about Adam and why you're still alive after he killed you."

"I'm not the original Valeyard. I'm a clone."

Everyone stared at him in shock.

"A clone? Who made you?"

"Pete. He and Torchwood took DNA samples from Adam and made me and several copies."

"Several copies?" Six said in horror, "there are more?"

"Yes, at Torchwood in the other universe," the Valeyard said.

Everyone groaned.

"Great. Now we'll have to fight him again and again and again just like the Daleks," Alan groaned.

"No, I think I can take you to the other universe," Namid said. "I can open a gap in reality long enough for me to slip through. However, I need to send most of you back to your respective time lines so we can repair the damage that was done when the Valeyard took you."

"Fine by me, I want to get away from this insane asylum," Six muttered.

"Yes, I need to get back and make sure Jamie and Victoria are alright," Two added.

"Not me, not yet, let me and Rain go with you," the Doctor said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"And me, Ya'nala, don't send me back just yet. I'm not in any hurry and I miss you. You're not the Namid of my time line but you're still my daughter. Please let me stay."

Namid nodded and Amato kissed her cheek.

Everyone else except for The tenth and eleventh and thirteenth Doctors and Hamish and Rain, I need you to come close to me, I need to absorb you so you won't remember what happened here and then I need to take you all back to your time lines and drop you off one by one before I come back here. So are you ready?"

They nodded and the Doctor and the ones who weren't going stepped back as the others stepped in. they watched in silent awe while Namid became Compassion and one by one converted the Doctors into energy and took them into her body. When that was done, she turned to the ones who were left.

"I won't be long, I just need to go through time and return them to their time lines."

"Be careful, Baby. I know you probably don't need me to say that but I'm still your mother and I worry about you."

Compassion smiled. She hugged Rain and sent love into her mind. She gave her a kiss on the cheek and promised she'd be careful. After that, she stepped back and they watched while she dematerialized and entered the vortex. When she was gone, the Doctor turned to the Valeyard.

"Right, we need to disable these golems of yours before she gets back," he said to him.

The Valeyard nodded.

"Can you forgive me?" he said to the Doctor.

The Doctor smiled and pointed to Amato.

"See this bloke. He was you once and he became the Doctor again and I forgave him so I s'pose it would be hypocritical for me not to forgive you. I'm just glad my daughter cleansed you."

The Valeyard nodded.

"Yes. I can finally see things clearly and I want to help defend the universe."

"I'm glad to hear that and we'll sort out what to do with you when this is all over. For now, we have the golems to shut down so we can be ready to go when Namid gets back."

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