My Blue Eyed Girl Ch. 11

"Oh." The Doctor breathed as though he had just realized what I said.

I griped hard at Amy's arm, hoping to both get some comfort and not fall over from the steam roller that hit me with the Knowledge that I may be right. God I hope I was not right. After What did I know about the Apans? Maybe they had odd taste in art? Not likely.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked me as I held her arm in a death grip.

"Oh." River looked slightly fearful.

"Exactly."

"How could we have not noticed that?" River asked confused at having missed something that now seemed so obvious.

"Low level perception filter, or maybe we're thick. Well not Grace it would seem."

The Doctor muttered as he looked around him. I likely would have been flattered that the Doctor didn't think I was think but I was rather wishing I had not seen anything.

"What's wrong, sir?" Octavian asked in a confused and agitated way likely not liking not being in the loop.

"Nobody move. Nobody move. Everyone stay exactly where they are. Bishop, I am truly sorry. I've made a mistake and we are all in terrible danger." The Doctor's voice came out an odd mix of grave and apologetic.

"What danger?" More agitation.

"The Aplans, they've got two heads."

"Yes, I get that. So?" Octavian asked sounding rather thick as he had yet to grasp what was happening.

"So why don't the statues? Everyone, over there. Just move. Don't ask questions, don't speak."

We moved into an alcove that was little more than a dip in the walls of the cave to be somewhat away from the statues. At this point Amy was clinging to me as much as I was to her and it helped to give some comfort to us both I think, just knowing we are not alone. When I looked down at my hand that felt oddly stiff for a moment I swear it was stone, but when I blinked it was not. I must be losing my mind.

"Okay, I want you all to switch off your torches."

"Sir?"

"Just do it. Okay. I'm going to turn off this one too, just for a moment."

"Doctor?"I half pleaded but he didn't look at me not taking his eyes off or the statues.

"Are you sure about this?" River asked as she looked between me and the Doctor.

"No."

The light goes out then back in an instant. But let me tell you that was the longest instant of my life. In that instant I swear my heart stopped and had it not been for Amy's grip on the hand I had on her arm I may have gotten lost in the fear of what lay in that darkness and what we would discover when there was once again light. And when the light came back on my heart gave a hard sputter because the Statues, no Angels had moved.

"Oh, my God. They've moved." Amy sounded as panicked as I felt, something that was not comforting.

And then the Doctor is running back the way we come. Amy, River following after him to see what he was thinking and due to my grip on Amy, I was dragged with them.

"They're Angels. All of them." he said swing his flashlight to look at anything he came across.

"But they can't be."

"Clerics, keep watching them." The Doctor called ignoring Rivers disbelief.

We looked over a vantage point of the main cave only to see what could have only been described as the Angels climbing up after us. The idea sent a shiver up my spine that only got worse when the Doctor confirmed it.

"Every statue in this Maze, every single one, is a Weeping Angel. They're coming after us."