MEMORIES | {1st - Stars Themselves Series}

Forest of the Dead (2)

"Autodestruct in ten minutes,"

The Doctor runs back into the data core "Easy! We beam all the people out of the data core. The computer will reset and stop the countdown. Difficult. Charlotte doesn't have enough memory space left to make the transfer. Easy! I'll hook myself up to the computer. She can borrow my memory space.

"Difficult. It'll kill you stone dead,"

"Yeah, it's easy to criticise,"

"It'll burn out both your hearts and don't think you'll regenerate!" Poppy's head gave a slight pulse at the word 'regenerate'. It's where a time lord changes body and well, personality. How did she know that? The Doctor didn't tell her. How did she know?!

"I'll try my hardest not to die. Honestly, it's my main thing,"

"Doctor!" Poppy shouts in exasperation

"I'm right, this works. Shut up. Now listen. You and Luxy boy, back up to the main library. Prime any data cells you can find for maximum download, and before you say anything else, Professor, can I just mention in passing as you're here," The Doctor turns to both River and Poppy "shut up,"

"Oh! I hate you sometimes!" they both shout, River running out The Room and Poppy going to the other side to watch

"I know!"

"Mister Lux, with me. Anita, if he dies, Poppy will kill him!"

"What about the Vashta Nerada?" Anita asks and Poppy stands back behind The Doctor, she'd gathered what had happen a while back

"These are their forests. I'm going to seal Charlotte inside her little world, take everybody else away. The shadows can swarm to their hearts' content,"

"So, you think they're just going to let us go?"

"Best offer they're going to get,"

"You're going to make 'em an offer?"

"They'd better take it, because right now, I'm finding it very hard to make any kind of offer at all. You know what? I really liked Anita. She was brave, even when she was crying. And she never gave in. And you ate her," The Doctor clears the visor and Anita's skull is revealed

"But I'm going to let that pass, just as long as you let them pass,"

"How long have you known?"

"I counted the shadows. You only have one now. She's nearly gone. Be kind,"

"These are our forests. We are not kind,"

"I'm giving you back your forests, but you are giving me them. You are letting them go,"

"These are our forests. They are our meat," Different shadows stretch out to The Doctor and Poppy

"Don't play games with me. You just killed someone I liked. That is not a safe place to stand. I'm The Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up," Poppy steps back slightly, she thought she should be scared, but she wasn't. She was pretty calm. The shadows withdraw

"You have one day," The suit collapses

River runs in "Oh, Anita,"

"I'm sorry. She's been dead a while now. I told you to go!"

"Lux can manage without me, but you can't," River punches the Doctor

"River!" Then Poppy goes down as well, falling onto The Doctor

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"Autodestruct in two minutes," The Doctor and Poppy are handcuffed, The Doctor's attached to the pole and Poppy's attached to his, the two are practically sat on each other. The Doctor is passed out as Poppy opens her eyes slightly and sees a woman with dark brown hair appear by River