My Blue Eyed Girl Ch. 9

Here is the next chapter! Sorry for the wait!! Just a reminder that I do not own the Doctor plot ( I wish) I do however own Annika. Also Happy New Year!!

[Entrance chamber]

When we got to the blast site, I saw what we would be using to get to the ship was nothing but a hole in the ground to which we would have to use a rope to get to the bottom of. I was somewhat fearful of falling from the rope, after having fallen from the New Year's ball, even if it was not a long way to fall. However before I could tell the Doctor, Amy or even River they had all made their way down without me.

"Are you ok Miss?"

I looked up to see a good looking young man who couldn't have been more than 20. He was dressed just like the other clerics in military camo. From what I could tell he had brown hair and brown eyes that spoke of kindness and bravery.

"I'm ok, I am just not so sure about climbing the rope. I'm kinda afraid of falling." I told him rather unsure of myself.

"It ok Miss, Im sure you wont fall but if it would make you feel better I can go down first and if you do somehow fall I'll be there to stop you." The young man said with a sweet smile.

"I'm Bob by the way." He added offering me his hand to shake.

"Thank you, Bob. I'm Annika and I would feel much better knowing someone was looking out for me at the bottom." I smiled softly at Bob as I took his hand.

Bob climbed down first and when I could see he was at the bottom I followed him. I was only a few feet from him when my hands slipped and I fell. I let out a small cry and closed my eyes tightly, but I had little to worry about because I felt arms wrap around me after only a moment. When I opened my eyes I was looking into the brown eyes of Bob. After a few moments I looked away only to see that my small cry had everyone looking at me. Amy was looking at me with a smirk much like most of the Clerics were looking at Bob, and River was smiling as well though she had a odd look in her eyes that I couldn't read. The Doctor however was completely unreadable as he looked at Bob and I, though I think I saw his eyes linger on Bob's hands on my waist.

"Thank you, Bob." I smiled at him and he returned it before getting called away back to work.

"Do we have a gravity globe?" The Doctor asked seeming to return to the task at hand.

"Grav globe." Father Octavian said.

A moment later a Cleric hands the Doctor a round whitish ball about the size of a soccer ball.

"Where are we? What is this?" Amy asked.

"It's an Aplan Mortarium, sometimes called a Maze of the Dead." River said trying to see into the dark room.

"What's that?" I asked.

"Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone…" the Doctor then kicks the whitish ball into the air. The ball floats in the air giving off a bright light that fills the room we were in, a room that was filled with mausoleums and statuary. "The perfect hiding place."

"I guess this makes it a bit trickier." Octavian says though he doesn't seem fazed.

"A bit, yeah." the Doctor muttered.

"A stone Angel on the loose amongst stone statues. A lot harder than I'd prayed for."

"A needle in a haystack." River said smartly.

"A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle of death. A hay-alike needle of death in a haystack of, er, statues. No, yours was fine." The Doctor said not so smartly.

"Thanks for that Doctor, if I wasn't afraid before I am now." I said giving him a look to which I got a sheepish one in return.

"Right. Check every single statue in this chamber. You know what you're looking for. Complete visual inspection. One question. How do we fight it?" Octavian said ignoring the exchange between the Doctor and I.

"We find it, and hope."

Well that wasn't comforting at all was all, I thought.

As I saw the Father stop River I slowed down some to hear what was being said.

"They doesn't know yet, does they? Who and what you are." He asked her.

"It's too early in their time streams." River said somewhat sadly.

"Well, make sure they doesn't work it out, or they're not going to help us.

"I won't let you down. Believe you me, I have no intention of going back to prison."

Prison? Well that's the first I'd heard of this though I don't yet know this woman who seems to know me.

After the talk River and Octavian had one of the man asked about a side chamber.

Octavian ordered the man Christian along with one other named Angelo to go and take a look.

[Maze]

The Doctor and Amy start up the terraces with me following just behind. I once again felt the need to rub at my eye. Looking down after I saw dust like from a stone pour from my eye before becoming nothing. When I looked up at Amy I saw she was giving her hand an odd look but I didn't know why until River look at us both oddly asked if we were ok.

"Yeah, we're fine. So, what's a Maze of the Dead?" Amy said after looking at me to make sure I was in fact ok.

"Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's just a labyrinth with dead people buried in the walls. Okay, that was fairly bad. Right give me your arm. This won't hurt a bit." River said grabbing Amy by the arm and injecting her.

"Ow!" Amy cried out giving River a look that would have been funny if I didn't have a feeling I'd be giving the same one soon.

"There, you see. I lied. It's a viro-stabiliser. Stabilises your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get up to that ship."

My shoulders dropped when I saw River look at me and I held out my arm so she could do the same to me. And boy did the shot hurt, whatever was in it was odd and made my veins feel warm as it slithered like a snake making its way to my heart.

"So what's he like? In the future, I mean. Because you know him in the future, don't you?" Amy asked River looking a bit like a schoolgirl gossiping about a crush.

"The Doctor? Well, the Doctor's the Doctor." River said smiling secretly but also looking smug at the fact that she hadn't told Amy anything.

"Oh. Well, that's very helpful. Mind if I write that down?" Amy rolled her eyes and I smiled.

"Oh come on Amy, it's not like she can tell us anything. Too much foreknowledge isn't good for anyone. Besides with our luck it would rip a hole in time-space or something if she told us." I giggled at Amy.

"Yes, we are." River called over to the Doctor after giving me a smile.

"Sorry, what?"

"Talking about you."

"I wasn't listening. I'm busy." The Doctor said looking at the device in his hands.

"Ah. The other way up. " River said smugly.

I couldn't help but giggle both at the way River spoke to the Doctor, but the look on his face when he saw he was in fact holding the device the wrong way.

"Yeah."

"You're so his wife." Amy sing-songed smiling like the cat that got the cream.

That stopped my giggling and instead put a frown on my lips. In the fun of talking to River I had forgotten how little we know about her and how she knows the doctor. She could very well be his wife at some point on time. And Oh My if she was would she be upset to know that I kissed the Doctor? My thoughts were put on hold when River replied to Amy.

"Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy. This is the Doctor we're talking about. Do you really think it could be anything that simple?"

"Yep." Amy popped the P with yet another smug all-knowing smile.

"You're good. I'm not saying you're right, but you are very good." River said smiling at Amy then turning in such a way that Amy could not see she winked at me.