SLAVES OF THE SISTERHOOD

Chapter Twenty Seven

When Twelve didn't come back right away, Eleven walked up to the Console Room to see what was going on. He found him standing by the door with his ear to it. As he walked up, Twelve looked at him and Eleven stopped short when he saw the sour look on his face.

"No offense, mate, but do you ever smile or are you in a perpetual state of grumpiness?" Eleven said as he continued to walk towards him.

"I don't have a lot to smile about at the moment, no," Twelve said. "I'm sorry if I stopped being spastic and insane the moment I changed into this body."

Eleven bit back a comment, figuring it was a waste of time to get into an argument about his personality change. Instead, he walked up to the door and stood beside Twelve. Both men pressed their ears to the door and listened. He could hear female noises outside the TARDIS but they were too far away from the door for them to know what they were saying.

"Took a peek out and we're inside the monastery in the throne room," Twelve said to his younger self. "What that means for us, I'm not sure but it can't be good. What about Rose?"

"The baby is growing rapidly, it's now over two months old and probably older than that now," Eleven said.

"So that…thing inside her is making her have the child now?" Twelve said. "Why?"

"No idea but I'm glad we have her here where the nutters can't get to her. She's been sedated so she's resting comfortably but if this keeps up, we might have to deliver the baby very soon."

"Wonderful, more worries," Twelve said.

They gasped and jerked away from the door when someone started pounding on it furiously.

"YOU CAN'T STAY INSIDE THERE FOREVER!" a woman shrieked.

"ACTUALLY, WE CAN!" Twelve yelled back.

This only prompted more furious pounding and threats of forcing their way inside. Twelve rolled his eyes at that.

"THIS IS A TIME MACHINE THAT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND SELF CONTAINED," Eleven yelled through the door. "I'M BETTING YOU DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO BREAK IN HERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN HERE AND LAST LONGER THAN YOU DO. ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF US CAN REGENERATE!"

They waited for a response but none was forthcoming so Eleven shrugged and he and Twelve walked back to the Med Bay. Rose was sleeping while Clara and Xapta sat in chairs next to her. Eleven looked around when he and Twelve entered the room but couldn't see the War Doctor or Ten.

"The Non Doctor went to have a shower and the other Doctor is using the loo, at least that's what they told us," Clara said when Eleven asked them where they'd gotten to. Twelve walked over to Rose and knelt down to check on her while Eleven looked at the scan.

"It's gotten bigger, I just checked," Clara said to Eleven.

"Yes, it has," Eleven said. "Maybe three, four months now by my estimation."

"So in another half hour, the labor starts," Twelve said, standing up. "And then what, the child keeps on growing until it's an adult in one day and old the next?"

"Why is this happening?" Eleven said, pacing around the room. "Amy and Rory had sex in here and River didn't just grow like mad inside of Amy. If this is the TARDIS…"

"But what if it isn't just the TARDIS?" Twelve said, cutting him off. "What if she's been possessed by something and it was in here all along and the TARDIS energy not only woke it up but gave it power."

"So taking it out of her, we only took out the energy, not the entity," Eleven said.

"Apparently so and now it's growing a child."

"So then what?" Xapta said. "Will the entity be reborn as the child?"

The room fell silent and the Doctors stared at each other.

"Blimey, what if she's right?" Eleven said. "What if this is the way for the Bad Wolf to gain a corporeal form."

"And do what exactly? Take over the universe like these nutters want?" Clara said.

"That would explain why her womb is glowing," Twelve said.

"The glow was the Bad Wolf entering the fetus then?" Eleven speculated.

Everyone looked at Rose while she slept.

"This might not be a good thing," Twelve said. "We might have to deal with something a wee bit nasty once it's born."

"So it really could keep on growing after birth," Clara said.

"Keep growing until it's full grown," Twelve said. "And then…who knows."

"This thing inside Rose, it's been there since the start," Xapta said. "Maybe it's been listening to everyone and maybe its decided it really does want to rule everything."

"Their new messiah," Eleven added.

"And they want you lot to be its bodyguards if that happens," Xapta added. "Or at least him and Rose," she said, gesturing to Twelve.

"Oh I sure now that they know we exist, we'll be recruited for guard duty along with him," Eleven said, pointing to Twelve. "All of us. Possibly even you, Xapta, unless they burn you at the stake for treason."

"Sorry everyone, had to step out for a mo," Ten said, strolling back inside. "How is our patient?"

"We have come up with some rather distressing theories about why the child is growing inside Rose," Eleven said.

"Yes. And I'm sure you and Granddad won't like what you hear," Twelve added.

"Great. TARDIS, find our other self and have him come to the Med Bay so we can hear the latest news," Ten said to the ceiling.

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