A Good Man Goes to War
White room…
On Demon's Run, an asteroid modified into a habitation, a baby has been born. Her name is Melody Pond.
"Oh, Melody." Jared said, looking down at Melody. "You're such a precious thing. If only I didn't have the knowledge of you. Then it wouldn't have hurt so much."
"I wish I could tell you that you'll be loved, that you'll be safe and cared for and protected. But this isn't a time for lies. What you are going to be, Melody is very, very brave." Amy said.
The Eye Patch Lady steps forward from the line of armed guards.
"Two minutes." Kovarian said.
"But not as brave as they'll have to be. Because there's someone coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me, he's on his way." Amy said, holding Melody.
Cyberspaceship…
Twenty thousand light years away, non-Cybus Industries logoed but otherwise identical cybermen stomps through the corridors.
"Intruder level nine." A Cyberman said.
"Seal level nine." The Cyber Leader said.
White room…
"There's a man who's never going to let us down, and not even an army can get in the way." Amy said.
"Don't you dare touch her! Don't harm Melody Pond in any way! Not at all!" Jared said, taking out his pendant.
Jared looked down at Aqours, it being fully functional and it hasn't been tampered with too much, "Aqours, set up."
The suit of armor went on Jared's body and Ebb and Flow appeared in his hands, in its dual pistols form.
"Master. You're out of shape. A bit rusty. Your physical body was asleep for a while." Aqours said, it's voice coming out of the pendant. "You can't use me at full capacity right now."
Madame Kovarian comes to take the baby.
"Leave her. Just you leave her. Please leave her! Please, leave her!" Amy said, angrily.
Cyberspaceship…
The ship is shaking.
"Intruder level eleven." A Cyberman said.
"Seal levels twelve, thirteen and fourteen." The Cyber Leader said.
"Intruder, level fifteen."
White room…
Melody is in a high-tec Moses basket.
"He's the last of his kind. He looks young, but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. As long as any Magical Girl. Like Homura Akemi, since she did the same for Madoka Kaname. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone. Because this man is your father." Amy said.
Cyberspaceship…
"Prepare to engage." The Cyber Leader said.
White room…
"He has a name, but the people of our world know him better…" Amy said. "As one of two Centurions."
Cyberspaceship…
"I have a message and a question. A message from the Doctor, Symphogear, and Team RWBY, and a question from me. Where is my wife and our best man from our wedding? Oh, don't give me those blank looks. The Twelfth Cyber Legion monitors this entire quadrant. You hear everything. So you tell me what I need to know. You tell me now, and I'll be on my way." Rory said, angrily.
"What is the Doctor, Symphogear, and Team RWBY's message?" The Cyber Leader asked.
"Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal. Emustolronzen Finé el balal zizzl. Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal. Emustolronzen Finé el zizzl." The seven Symphogear wielders said, nearby.
Outside, the Symphogear wielders are flying in space singing, and they're making all the other ships in the Legion explode.
"Would you like me to repeat the question?" Rory asked.
Yggdrasil City…
"Still can't believe Jared approves of us." Kirito said. "And the Seed."
"What did you expect?" Asuna asked, walking next to Kirito. "He loves us and video games. It's been a long couple weeks trying to find him."
"And we found him. That's all that matters." Yuuki said. "So, now what. Hmm, got any ideas?"
"Hey lovebirds!" Lisbeth said, annoyed. "Yuuki! Something is over here!"
"Get over here you guys!" Leafa said.
The TARDIS is standing in the center of the teleportation gate.
"The TARDIS?" Yui asked.
"What does this mean?" Sinon asked, leaning against the TARDIS.
"A very old debt has to be repaid." Kirito said.
"You guys, we better wake up and pack the weapons Jared mailed us." Asuna said. "And Palutena embedded them with versions of our Sword Skills."
"Right." Silica said, sadly.
"This is gonna be a long day." Lisbeth said, annoyed.
Kirito and Asuna looked over at Klein and Agil who nodded their heads. The SAO survivors on top of Sinon, Leafa, and Yuuki began texting people who fought in the War of Underworld.
S.O.N.G headquarters…
"Another day at the beach is a must." Maria said.
"What's up with you wanting to go to the beach a lot?" Chris asked. "Haven't we done enough of those?"
"No, we haven't." Tsubasa said. "We have been fighting countless Noise."
"I'd say we have another beach day!" Hibiki said, happily.
"Yes, please." Kirika said, smiling.
"I don't know if that's gonna work." Shirabe said, sadly.
"The last time we went. We had to deal with Karma Noise." Tsubasa said.
The TARDIS began materializing inside S.O.N.G headquarters. Miku ran into the main control room.
"The TARDIS, it's here." Miku said, out of breath. "What does it mean?"
"We need to repay a long overdue debt." Tsubasa said.
"All we need are the Relics." Maria said. "Our Symphogears. Time to save a friend of ours."
"Well, come on then!" Hibiki said, excitedly.
The seven Symphogear wielders entered the TARDIS.
Saphron's home…
Team RWBY is looking down at the Flesh avatar puddle that remains of Jared.
"What do we do now?" Yang asked.
"We can't just leave him like this!" Weiss said, angrily.
"Maybe we wait around and see what happens." Blake said.
"I'm not against that plan." Ruby said, sadly. "Alright, we can find Oscar first. Then figure out what to do with Jared."
"Why not search for both of them?" Jaune asked.
"Ooo, we can do a scavenger hunt!" Nora said, excitedly.
"A scavenger hunt? Across the multiverse?" Ren asked.
The TARDIS began materializing inside the house. It landed on top of the puddle.
"Looks like it's Jared first, then Oscar." Jaune said.
"Yeah." Ruby said, smiling.
"Oscar won't take that long to find." Ren said.
"It is a whole city." Weiss said.
Team RWBY and JNR entered the TARDIS, it then dematerialized.
London, 1888 A.D…
A horsedrawn cab pulls up and a woman gets out.
"Whoa!" Parker said.
"Thank you, Parker. I won't be needing you again tonight." Vastra said.
"Yus, my lady."
Vastra's home…
The lady goes into her house and is greeted by her maid.
"You're back early, ma'am. Another case cracked, I assume?" Jenny asked.
The mysterious lady puts a Samurai sword back on its stand.
"Send a telegram to Inspector Abberline of the yard. Jack the Ripper has claimed his last victim." Vastra said.
"How did you find him?" Jenny asked.
The lady throws back her hood to reveal that she is a Silurian.
"Stringy, but tasty all the same. I shan't be needing dinner." Vastra said.
"Congratulations, ma'am. However, a matter has arisen in the drawing room." Jenny said.
Drawing room…
"It just appeared. What does it mean?" Jenny asked.
"It means a very old debt is to be repaid." Vastra said, looking at the Tardis. "Pack the cases, Jenny. And we're going to need the swords."
The Battle of Zaruthstra, 4037 A.D...
"Nurse! Nurse! Damn it, where's the nurse!" Harcourt said, worried.
"He needs help." Eleanor said.
"Madame President, I'm sorry, but we have to go now! Those things could be here any second."
A little boy is lying on a bed in the tent. He is very still. A Sontaran warrior enters.
"Did somebody call for a nurse?" Strax asked, tending to the boy.
"Will I be okay?" Arthur asked.
"Of course you will, my boy. You'll be up and around in no time. And perhaps one day, you and I shall meet on the field of battle, and I will destroy you for the glory of the Sontaran Empire."
"Thanks, Nurse."
Strax leaves, and Harcourt follows him.
"Commander Strax. I just have to ask. A Sontaran nurse?" Harcourt asked.
"I serve a penance to restore the honour of my clone batch. It is the greatest punishment a Sontaran can endure, to help the weak and sick." Strax said.
"Who came up with that one?"
The sound of the Tardis materialising.
"Tonight, though, perhaps my penance is over. Captain Harcourt, I hope some day to meet you in the glory of battle, when I shall crush the life from your worthless human form. Try and get some rest."
Stormcage…
River Song is returning from a Regency era Frost Fair, by the looks of her clothes. The alarms are blaring. She picks up the guard's phone.
"Oh, turn it off. I'm breaking in, not out. This is River Song, back in her cell. Oh, and I'll take breakfast at the usual time. Thank you." River said, seeing three figures standing in the corridor. "Oh, are you boys dressing up as Romans now? And did you bring girlfriends. I thought nobody read my memos."
"Doctor Song, it's Jaune, Ruby, Rory." Jaune said, standing into the light with Rory and Ruby. "Sorry, have we met yet?"
"Time streams. We're not quite sure where we are." Ruby said, sadly.
"Yes. Yes, we've met. Hello, Rory, Ruby, and Jaune." River said, looking between her father, Ruby, and Jaune.
"What's wrong?" Ruby asked.
"It's my birthday. The Doctor and Jared took me and Symphogear ice skating on the River Thames in 1814, the last of the great Frost Fairs. They got Stevie Wonder to sing for us under London Bridge." River said, smiling.
"Stevie Wonder sang in 1814?" Rory asked.
"Yes, he did. But you must never tell him." River said.
"We've come from the Doctor and Jared too." Jaune said, sadly.
"Yes, but at a different point in time."
"Unless there's two of the Doctor and two of Jared." Rory said.
"Now, that's a whole different birthday."
"They need you."
River checks her diary, "Demon's Run."
"How, how did you know?" Ruby asked.
"I'm from the Doctor and Jared's future. I always know. Rory, why on Earth are you wearing that?" River asked. "Ruby and Jaune are wearing their Volume 4-6 outfits."
"The Doctor's idea." Rory said.
"Jared told us if we ever got into another battle like Beacon or Haven." Ruby said. "We would wear what we're currently wearing."
"Of course. Their rules of engagement. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." River said.
"I look ridiculous." Rory said.
"At least Jared didn't give us weird outfits." Jaune said.
"That would have been really embarrassing." Ruby said, frowning.
"Rory, have you considered heels?" River asked.
"They've taken Amy and Jared. And our baby. The Doctor's getting some people together. And Jared already had people together. They worked together before. We're going after her, but they need you, too." Rory said.
"I can't. Not yet, anyway." River said.
"What? How come?" Jaune asked.
"This is the Battle of Demon's Run. The Doctor and Jared's darkest hour. They'll rise higher than ever before and then fall so much further, and I can't be with them till the very end." River said.
"Why not?" Ruby asked. "You have to come!"
"Because this is it. This is the day the Doctor finds out who I am. And when Jared starts to become more carefree than ever." River said, sadly.
Space bar…
A large blue skinned alien is packing a small case.
"Goodbye." Dorium said.
"You appear to be closing down, Dorium. What have you heard?" Kovarian asked.
"That you pricked the side of mighty beasts, Madame Kovarian, and entirely failed to run. I admire your courage. I should like to admire it from afar."
"We've been waiting a month. They've done nothing."
"Do you really think so? There are people all over this galaxy that owe those men a debt. By now, a few of them will have found a blue box waiting for them on their doorstep, poor devils."
"You think they're raising an army?" Manton asked.
"You think they aren't? Especially if one of them was asleep with you. It didn't stop Jared from finding friends over the years. While he was awake. If those men are finally collecting on their debts, God help you, and God help their debtors."
"Why?"
"Colonel Manton, all those stories you've heard about them, they're not stories, they're true. Really. You're not telling me you don't know what's coming?" Dorium asked.
"We're wasting our time here." Manton said.
"Agreed." Kovarian said.
"The asteroid, where you've made your base. Do you know why they call it Demon's Run?" Dorium asked.
"How do you know the location of our base?" Manton asked.
"You're with the Headless Monks. They're old customers of mine."
"It's just some old saying." Kovarian said.
"A very old saying. The oldest. Demons run when good men go to war." Dorium said, smirking.
Kovarian and Manton leave.
Dorium is about to leave when the Tardis sound is heard, "No. No, no, please. Not me. You don't need me. Why would you need me? I'm old, I'm fat, I'm blue. You can't need me!"
Demon's Run…
Colonel Manton addresses his assembled troops, "They're not devils. They're not gods. They're not goblins, or phantoms or tricksters. The Doctor and Jared are living, breathing men, and as I look around this room I know one thing. We're sure as hell going to fix that."
The troops cheer.
White room…
Amy and Jared are watching the rally from their window.
Lorna enters, "Sorry. I shouldn't be here. I'm meant to be at the thing. I brought you something. Your child's name in the language of my people. It's a prayer leaf and we believe, if you keep this with you, your child will always come home to you."
"You were sewing that, yeah?" Jared asked.
"How did you know?" Lorna asked.
"I just do. Foreknowledge." Jared said, leaning against the wall. "And can you give Amy your gun?"
"Why?"
"Because I've got a feeling you're going to keep talking." Amy said, turning back to the window. "They're talking like they're famous. Jared, you and the Doctor aren't famous."
"We really aren't." Jared said, looking at Lorna.
"Jared, you and the Doctor meet a lot of people. Some of them remember. You and him are sort of like, I don't know, dark legends." Lorna said.
"Dark? Seriously?" Jared asked. "Have you met me? And the Doctor?"
"Yeah. But I was just a little girl." Lorna said.
"So was I." Amy said.
"Amy, you've been with the Doctor and Jared a long time, then."
"No. They came back for me."
"I came back for you, Amy. Because I love you, and Rory, and River. As much as I do with Team RWBY." Jared said, "The Doctor also came back to you, because you were the first face his current face saw. But the Doctor, personally, he came back for me several times."
"The two of you must be very special." Lorna said.
"Hey. You can wait a long time for the Doctor, but he's worth it, okay?" Amy asked.
"He really is worth it. He's as worth it as me. To be honest." Jared said, laughing a lot. "Like, he made me love traveling."
"The thing is, he's coming. No question about it. Just make sure you're on the right side when he gets here. And you're already on the right side, according to Jared. But it's not him you have to win over, it's the Doctor's. Not for my sake, for yours." Amy said, taking the prayer leaf. "Thank you."
Demon's Run…
"On this day, in this place, the Doctor and Jared will fall." Manton said.
"Hoo Rah!" Everyone in the room said, at the same time.
"The men who talk, the men who reason, the men who lie, will meet the perfect answer."
"Hoo Rah!"
"Some of you have wondered why have we have allied ourselves with the Headless Monks. Perhaps you should have wondered why we call them Headless. It's time you knew what these guys have sacrificed for faith. As you all know, it is a Level One Heresy, punishable by death, to lower the hood of a Headless Monk. But by the divine grant of the Papal Mainframe herself, on this one and only occasion, I can show you the truth. Because these guys never can be persuaded." Manton said, lowering one Monk's hood. It has no head, just the skin of the neck tied off. "They never can be afraid." A second hood lowered. "And they can never, ever be…"
The third hood reveals the Doctor, and there are five more people wearing hoods. They revealed themselves to be Hibiki, Ruby, Jaune, Kazuto, and Asuna.
"Surprised!" Hibiki said, excitedly.
"Ha, ha!" Ruby said, smiling. "Don't worry! We got this!"
"Yeah." Jaune said, frowning.
"Hello, everyone." Kazuto said, smirking.
"Guess who's up on the stage." Asuna said, determined. "You don't know who you're messing with. You're messing with the Doctor and Jared. And the Last of the Time Lords brought along the six people Jared trusts. The girl with the God killing fist, Dual Wielding Kirito, a Silver-eyed warrior, Jaune Arc, and me, Lightning Flash Asuna."
"Please, point a gun at us if it helps you relax." The Doctor said, while the army takes aim at the six of them, except for Lorna. The Monks get their flaming swords ready. "You're only human."
Control room…
"Hi." Shirabe said, standing next to Kirika. "You're not going anywhere."
Lucas and Dominicus have very sharp swords at their throats.
"Death!" Kirika said, looking at the two soldiers.
"Go on, resist. I am ever so hungry." Vastra said.
"Now, dear. Which button controls the lights?" Jenny asked.
Demon's Run…
"Doctor, you and your friends will come with me right now." Manton said.
"Three minutes forty seconds. Amelia Pond! Jared Shay! Get your coats!" The Doctor said, angrily.
The lights go out for a few seconds.
"We're not phantoms." Ruby said, over the speaker.
"Doctor?" Manton asked.
"We're not tricks." Asuna said, over the speaker.
"Doctor?"
"We're monks." Hibiki said, over the speaker.
"Doctor, show yourself with your friends." Manton said.
"It's them! They're here! It's them!" A man said.
The army faces off against the Monks. A shot is fired.
"Weapons down! Do not fire!" Manton said, and a Monk kills a soldier. "No!"
"Follow me." Kovarian said.
"Doctor! Doctor!"
Control room…
"At least we got them tied up." Kirika said, holding her scythe.
Lucas and Dominicus are tied up and sitting on the floor.
"Yeah." Shirabe said.
"Clever, aren't they?" Jenny asked.
"And rather attractive." Vastra said.
"You do realise they're men, don't you, ma'am?"
"Mammals. They all look alike."
"Oh, thank you."
Demon's Run…
"Do not fire. Nobody discharge their weapon in this room. Nobody! Do not fire!" Manton said.
A sonic screwdriver is in use.
"We're good." Yui said, sitting on Kirito's shoulder. "They won't expect this."
Control room…
"He's trying to escape!" Kirika said.
Lucas is eyeing the door lock control.
"Was I being insensitive again, dear? I don't know why you put up with me." Vastra said, turning and lashes Lucas with her extendible tongue.
Demon's Run…
"Stop. Wait. Listen to me. I am disarming my weapon pack. Monks, I do this in good faith. I am now unarmed. All of you, discharge your weapon packs. The Doctor and Jared are trying to make fools of us. We are soldiers of God. We are not fools. We are not fools. We are not fools. We are not fools." Manton said, placing his gun on the ground.
"We are not fools!" A soldier said.
"We are not fools."
"We are not fools." The soldiers said.
"We are not fools." Manton said.
"We are not fools." Soldier 2 said.
Control station…
"Colonel Manton is regaining control." Shirabe said.
"Where did the Doctor go?" Kirika asked.
Demon's Run…
Lorna has left the assembly and found a discarded habit in a corridor. She runs on.
"We are not fools. We are not fools. We are not fools." All the soldiers said.
Silurians, Magical Girls, and VRMMO players wearing battle armor and carrying weapons beam into the galleries around the assembly.
"Let's mess them up! They really annoy me!" Felicia said, angrily.
Some Judoons and members of the Time Space Administrative Bureau appear, too.
"Yep, yep." Tsuruno said, smiling.
Tsuruno and Felicia are standing next to Strax.
"This base is now under our command." Strax said.
"I have a fleet out there. If Demon's Run goes down, there's an automatic distress call." Manton said.
"Not if we knock out your communications array. And you've got incoming." The Doctor said, over the speaker.
"Danny Boy to the Doctor. Danny Boy to the Doctor." The pilot said, over the speaker.
"Are we ready?" Nanoha asked, over the speaker.
"Should we go in?" Fate asked, over the speaker.
"Ready when you are." Hayate said, over the speaker.
"Give 'em hell, Danny Boy, Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate." The Doctor said.
Outside Demon's Run...
"Exceed Breaker!" Nanoha said, firing a pink laser beam.
"Haaaaaa!" Fate said, aiming an electrical beam.
"Claiomh Solais!" Hayate said, sending multiple laser beams.
The Spitfires strafe and the three mages fire their magic attacks at the asteroid's communications array.
Corridor…
"I need to get off this station now. Bring me the child!" Kovarian said, angrily.
Demon's Run…
"Target destroyed." The pilot said, over the speaker.
"Don't slump. It's bad for your spine." Strax said.
Outside the airlock…
Madame Kovarian's guard have brought Melody in her sealed up Moses basket.
"Get back in there with the rest of them. Remember, the Doctor and Jared must think they're winning, right until the trap closes. I'll take my ship from here." Kovarian said.
Lorna has overheard her.
"Airlock engaged. Shuttle ready for boarding." The computer said.
"No." Rory said.
"I have a crew of twenty. How do you expect to gain control of my ship?" Kovarian asked.
The airlock opens. A pirate captain and his young son along with two girls stepping out. One is holding a sniper rifle, and the other is holding a sword.
"You're not going anywhere." Shino said, holding her sniper rifle.
"Like we're gonna let you escape." Suguha said, holding her sword.
"This ship is ours, milady." Avery said.
Control room…
Strax marches Manton in at gunpoint with Team Mikazuki Villa standing behind the Sontaran.
"All airlocks sealed. Resistance neutralised." Strax said.
"We got them covered." Yachiyo said. "From all angles."
"There's no way they can escape." Tsuruno said, happily. "Yep, yep."
"No biggie." Felicia said, her hands behind her head.
"How long has it been?" Iroha asked.
"We want to know." Sana said, sadly.
"Sorry, Colonel Manton. I lied. Girls, it's been three minutes forty two seconds." The Doctor said.
"Colonel Manton, you will give the order for your men to withdraw." Strax said.
"No. Colonel Manton, I want you to tell your men to run away." The Doctor said.
"You what?" Manton asked.
"Those words. Run away. I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you Colonel Run Away. I want children laughing outside your door, because they've found the house of Colonel Run Away. And, when people come to you, and ask if trying to get to me and Jared through the people we love is in any way a good idea, I want you to tell them your name. Oh, look, I'm angry. That's new. I'm really not sure what's going to happen now." The Doctor said, angrily.
"The anger of good men is not a problem. Good men have too many rules." Kovarian said.
"Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why Jared and I have so many."
"Give the order. Give the order, Colonel Run Away."
White room…
Someone is hammering at the door.
Amy rummages in a drawer and finds what might be an electric toothbrush, "Who's that? Who's there? You watch it, because I'm armed and really dangerous, and cross."
"Seriously Amy?" Jared asked, laughing a little. "You're doing it wrong."
"Shut up."
"Yeah, like I don't know that." Rory said, nearby.
"Rory? Rory, is that you." Amy said.
"Yeah, it's me. Look, hang on a minute."
"Rory, be careful." Keiko said, nearby.
"Don't drop her." Rika said, nearby.
"Silica? Lisbeth? Is that you?" Jared asked.
It sounds like Rory is trying to sonic his way in.
"They took her. Rory, they took our baby away." Amy said.
The door opens. Keiko and Rika entered first with Rory behind them.
Rory is carrying Melody, "Now, Mrs Williams, that is never, ever going to happen."
"Silica! Lisbeth!" Jared said, running up to the two SAO survivors for a hug. "You came. You both came!"
"Of course we would come." Rika said.
"Why wouldn't we?" Keiko asked.
"Jared, we all came to save your ass. Along with rescuing Amy and Melody."
"Yeah. We're in debt to you. So everyone came!"
"Right." Jared said, letting go of Keiko and Rika.
"You're out of shape. You've been working yourself to death too much lately." Rika said.
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Where's she been? What have they done to her?" Amy asked, looking down at Melody.
"She's fine. Amy, she's fine. I checked. She's beautiful. Oh God, I was going to be cool. I wanted to be cool. Look at me." Rory said, letting out tears.
"You're okay. Crying Roman with a baby. Definitely cool. Come here, you." Amy said, hugging Rory.
"Urgh. Kissing and crying. I'll, I'll be back in a bit." The Doctor said, walking away for a bit,
"Oi, you. Get in here, now. My daughter. What do you think?" Rory asked.
"Hello. Hello, baby." The Doctor said.
"Melody." Amy said.
"Melody? Hello, Melody Pond."
"Melody Williams." Rory said.
"Is a geography teacher. Melody Pond is a superhero." Amy said, happily.
"Like Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and Symphogear?" Jared asked, looking at Amy.
"Exactly like them. Melody as her first name works due to Symphogear revolving around music. Those seven wielders are superheroes that sing and fight."
"Well yes, I suppose she does smell nice. Never really sniffed her. Maybe I should give it a go. Amelia Pond, Jared Shay, come here." The Doctor said, hugging Amy and Jared.
The Doctor sniffed Amy's hair in the process while doing the group hug.
"Doctor." Amy said.
"I'm sorry we were so long." The Doctor said.
"It's okay. We knew you were coming. Both of you. My boys." Amy said.
"And Silica and Lisbeth, I knew you both would come." Jared said, smiling. "You're some of my girls."
"It's okay. She's still all yours. And really, you should call her mummy, not big milk thing." The Doctor said.
"Okay, what are you doing?" Amy asked.
"I speak Baby."
"No, you don't."
��I speak everything, don't I, Melody Pond. No, it's not. it's cool."
"Hey." Jaune said.
Ruby and Jaune entered the room.
"Sorry that we took so long. We had trouble finding the way." Ruby said, smiling.
"It's okay. I got my two favorite SAO survivors and two of my best friends right here." Jared said, hugging Ruby and Jaune. "Man, I missed you guys."
"Doctor? Jared? Take a look. They're leaving. Demon's Run is ours without a drop of blood spilled. My friends, both of you have never risen higher." Vastra said, looking out of the window.
Outside the Tardis…
Amy carried Melody out of the Tardis.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Shirabe asked.
"She doesn't like the Tardis noise. I asked him to turn something off, but it was all, but I don't want to punch a hole in the space-time continuum. Shush." Amy said, annoyed.
"Rory! Team RWBY! Team JNR! Symphogear! The Judoon and the Time Space Administrative Bureau have escorted the Clerics out of the quadrant. Spitfires and the Kamihama Magia Union have returned to their own times. Captain Avery and his men are going. Is she all right?" Jenny asked, looking down at Melody.
"I think she's crying." Miku said, sadly.
"Give her to me, human fool. She needs changing." Strax said, angrily.
"I just changed her. I think she might need a feed." Amy said.
"A feed, of course. I'll take care of everything."
"Er, I really don't think you will, actually." Rory said.
"I have gene-spliced myself for all nursing duties. I can produce magnificent quantities of lactic fluid."
The Doctor comes out of the Tardis with a wooden cot that has an orrary dangling over it.
"She's not hungry, she's tired." Jared said, taking out a crate full of Miku's cooking and it's full of baby toys too. "Baby food?"
"You said we were gonna save their daughter." Miku said, smiling. "So I thought I could make some."
"And baby toys?"
"That was us!" Kirika said, happily.
"Looks like Symphogear went all out." Ren said.
"Sorry, Melody, they're just not listening. Guys, be quiet." The Doctor said.
"What's this?" Ruby asked.
"Very pretty, according to Amy's daughter." The Doctor said.
"It's a, it's a crib." Ruby said, walking over to the crib.
"No flies on the Roman. Give her here." The Doctor said.
"Hey, there we go." Amy said, handing Melody to the Doctor.
"But where would you get a cot?" Rory asked.
"It's old. Really old. Doctor, er, do you have children?"
"No." The Doctor said.
"Have you ever had children?"
"No, it's real. It's my hair."
"Who slept in here?"
"Doctor, Jared, Ruby, Jaune, we need you four in the main control room." Vastra said, over the speaker.
"Be right there!" Ruby said, happily.
"We have things to do, don't we?" Jared asked, looking between Ruby and Jaune.
"We do. Like figuring out what this base is for."
"We can't leave till we know." Jaune said, looking at Jared. "You were out of place for months. When around us."
"But this is where we were? The whole time Jared and I thought we were on the Tardis, and when Jared thought we were at Remnant, we were really here?" Amy asked.
"Er, Centurion, permission to hug?" The Doctor asked.
"Be aware, I do have a sword." Rory said, pointing towards his sword.
"At all times. You and Jared were on the Tardis, too. Your heart, your mind, your soul. The same with Jared. But physically, yes, you and him were still in this place." The Doctor said, hugging Amy.
"And when we saw that face looking through the hatch, that woman looking at us." Amy said.
"Reality bleeding through. They must have taken you and Jared quite a while back. Just before America."
"That's probably enough hugging now. So their Flesh avatars were with us all that time. But that means they were projecting control signals right into the Tardis wherever we were in time and space." Rory said, and the Doctor lets go of Amy.
"Yeah, they're very clever. Placing two of them. If one fails, they would have another." The Doctor said.
"Why do they want Melody?" Asuna asked.
"What's even the point?" Kirito asked.
"You brought all of us together." Klein said. "For Melody. Don't worry about it."
"We're already in debt to you." Agil said. "To you and the Doctor."
"Is there anything you're not telling us? You knew Amy and Jared weren't real. You never said." Rory said, looking at the Doctor.
"Well, I couldn't be sure they weren't listening. And neither could Team RWBY, Kirito and Asuna, and the Symphogear wielders." The Doctor said.
"But Doctor, Jared, the both of you always hold out on us. Please, not this time. Doctor, Jared, it's our baby. Tell us something. One little thing." Amy said.
"Yuuki! Catch!" Jared said, tossing Yuuki his pendant. "Use it!"
"Why?" Yuuki asked, catching the pendant. "What do you want me to do."
"Dual Mother's Rosario combo. Use it when you need to."
"Okay. I'll use it to keep Asuna safe."
The Doctor, Jared, Ruby, and Jaune ran off.
"She's…" Rory said.
Amy wipes Melody's dribble with the prayer leaf.
"Drop your weapons. State your rank and intent. I found it listening at the door." Strax said.
It is Lorna.
"Who's she?" Sinon asked.
Control room…
"So, you and Dorium hacked into their software, Ice Queen." Jared said, looking at Weiss.
"Didn't need to." Weiss said.
"I believe I sold it to them." Dorium said.
"Oh. So what have we learned?" Ruby asked.
"That anger is always the shortest distance to a mistake." Vastra said.
"What does that mean?" Jaune asked.
"The words of old friends who once found me in the London Underground, attempting to avenge my sisters on perfectly innocent tunnel digger."
"Well, you were really angry. As angry as Felicia and Kyoko. On their bad days." Jared said, walking up to Vastra. "At the time. When we first met you."
"As the both of you were today, old friends. Point taken, I hope." Vastra said.
"That's good to know. I have a question. Is Melody human?" Blake asked.
"Sorry, what? Of course she is. Completely human. What are you talking about?" The Doctor asked.
"They've been scanning her since she was born, and I think they found what they were looking for." Dorium said.
"Human DNA."
"Look closer. Human plus. Specifically, human plus Time Lord." Vastra said.
Outside the Tardis…
"I heard her talking. This is a trap. Why would I lie to you?" Lorna asked.
"Well, you might want to take a look at your uniform." Lisbeth said.
"The only reason I joined the Clerics was so I could meet the Doctor and Jared again."
"You wanted to meet them, so you joined an army to fight them?" Chris asked.
"Well, how else do you meet great warriors?" Lorna asked.
"They're not warriors." Keiko said, sadly.
"Then why are they called the Doctor and the Storyteller?" Lorna asked.
"What's happening?" Nora asked.
The lights go out.
"It's starting. Please, listen to me." Lorna said.
Control room…
"But she's human. She's Amy and Rory's daughter." Ruby said.
"Doctor, you've told me about your people. They became what they did through prolonged exposure to the time vortex. The Untempered Schism." Vastra said.
"Over billions of years. It didn't just happen." The Doctor said.
"How close is she to becoming a Time Lord?" Weiss asked. "Can she even regenerate?"
"Um, um, I don't think so." Jared said, grabbing Ruby's hand. "I don't know if things stayed intact in this reality."
"You don't sound so sure." Blake said.
"I don't know how this could happen. Or why it happened the same way it did on the television show! So far…"
"Which leads me to ask when did it happen?" Vastra asked.
"When?" The Doctor asked.
"We are trying to be delicate. I know how the both of you can blush. When did this baby begin?"
"Oh, you mean…"
Jared let go of Ruby's hand.
��Quite." Vastra said.
"Well, how would I know? That's all human-y, private stuff. It just sort of goes on. They don't put up a balloon, or anything." The Doctor said, angrily.
"But could the child have begun on the Tardis in flight, in the time vortex." Weiss said, crossing her arms. "While Team RWBY was separated. Before the Battle of Haven."
"No! That's impossible, Ice Queen." Jared said, walking up to Weiss.
"It's all running about, sexy fish vampires and blowing up stuff. And Rory and Homura weren't even there at the beginning. Then they were dead, then they didn't exist, then they were plastic." The Doctor said.
"On top of that, on the Remnant side of things. It was all relaxing at Mistral, family issues, and love. And Team RWBY and I were separated." Jared said, recalling what happened on his side of things. "Then we had to deal with our own battles, Blake against Adam, Yang against her mom, Weiss and I were down for the count, Ruby was fighting other people. And then the Doctor and I had to reboot this universe. It's a long story."
"So, technically the first time they were on the Tardis together in this version of reality, was on their w…" The Doctor said, his eyes widening.
"On their...what?" Yang asked.
"On their wedding night." Jared said, sadly. "Damn it."
Outside the Tardis…
"Confirmed. No life forms registering on this base, except us and the Silurians." Strax said.
"The Headless Monks aren't alive. They don't register as life forms." Lorna said.
And one is creeping up on a Silurian warrior. The rest of the VRMMO players have teleported back home.
Control room…
"It doesn't make sense. You can't just cook yourself a Time Lord." The Doctor said.
"Of course not. But you and Jared gave them one hell of a start, and they've been working very hard ever since." Vastra said.
"And yet they gave in so easily. Does this not bother anyone else?" Dorium asked.
"It does." Ruby said.
"Like this is too easy." Weiss said.
"Way too easy." Blake said.
"Why let us raise an army? For what?" Yang asked.
"Amy. She worried the baby would have a time head. She said that…" The Doctor said.
"Only you would ignore the instincts of a mother." Vastra said.
"Or the instincts of a coward. You're right, Team RWBY. This is too easy. There's something wrong." Dorium said.
"Why even do it? Even if you could get your hands on a brand new Time Lord, what for?" The Doctor asked.
"They could use her as a weapon." Yang said.
"Why would a Time Lord be a weapon?" Jared asked.
"Well, they've seen you and the Doctor. Even if you are human, you do have a harem." Blake said, looking at Jared. "Anime much."
"Us?" The Doctor asked.
"Mister Maldovar, Team RWBY, you're right. This was too easy. We should get back to the others." Vastra said.
"That's a good idea." Jaune said.
Vastra, Dorium, Team RWBY, and Jaune leave.
"Us?" The Doctor asked.
"Damn it." Jared said, looking back at the Doctor. "How could I get so careless and cocky?"
"I see the both of you accessed our files. Do you understand yet? Oh, don't worry, I'm a long way away. But I like to keep tabs on you. The child, then. What do you think?" Kovarian asked, on screen.
"What is she in this reality?" Jared asked. "Is she how I remembered from the show?"
"She is as your memories left them. Nothing has changed too much. Except us only getting the surface level about her. She's hope. Hope in this endless, bitter war." Kovarian said, on screen.
"What war? Against who?" The Doctor asked.
"Against you, Doctor, Jared." Kovarian said, on screen.
Outside the Tardis…
The Monks are on the move. A white light cone appears around the Tardis.
"What's that?" Ruby asked.
"A force field." Shirabe said.
"And those are the doors locking." Lorna said.
"Apparently we're not leaving." Shino said.
"Is that the Monks?" Keiko asked.
"Oh, dear God. That's the attack prayer." Dorium said, terrified.
"Quick, come with me." Rory said, pulling Amy and Melody away.
"Commander Strax! Symphogear! Team RWBY! Team JNR! SAO Survivors! The Sleeping Knights! Sinon! Leafa!" Vastra said, angrily.
"I'm trying to seal off this area of the lighting grid." Strax said.
"This is where we'll make our stand. Clear lines of sight on all approaches." Vastra said, looking at the army Jared raised.
The seven wielders did their chants and their outfits changed for them to be wearing their Symphogear outfits. Teams RWBY and JNR took out their respective weapons. And the VRMMO players took out their weapons. Rory hides Amy and Melody behind some boxes.
"Rory, no offence to the others, but you let them all die first, okay?" Amy asked.
"You're so Scottish." Rory said, kissing Amy.
"Centurion, you're needed!" Vastra said.
"There should be some plasma pistols somewhere. They left everything." Lorna said.
"What do we do now?" Ruby asked.
"We wait." Kirito said. "That's all we can do."
"Yeah. We can punch our way through it!" Hibiki said, running towards the force field.
"Hibiki!" Miku said, blocking Hibiki's way. "Wait!"
"Sorry."
"Oh, they'll understand it's only me. Only silly old me. You understand, don't you?" Dorium asked, walking towards the Monks.
"Get back here!" Klein said, angrily.
"Arm yourself, fool!" Strax said.
"Dorium!" Rory said.
Dorium walks into the darkness, arms outstretched.
"The hell!" Chris said, angrily. "That idiot!"
There is a swish of metal, and something falls to the floor.
"They beheaded him." Hibiki said.
"Mister Maldovar?" Vastra asked.
"Dorium?" Ruby asked.
Two Monks escort the headless Dorium back into view.
"The child. At all costs, protect the child!" Vastra said.
(Jared's POV)
Control room…
"A child is not a weapon!" Jared said, staring at the screen. "Melody Pond is not a weapon! She's a superhero like Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and Symphogear!"
"Oh, give us time. She can be. She will be." Kovarian said, on screen.
"Except you've already lost her, and we swear we will never let you anywhere near her again." The Doctor said.
"Oh, Doctor, Jared. Fooling the both of you once was a joy, but fooling you twice the same way? And Jared, you knew about it too. You forgot about it, due to spending too much time at Remnant. So, it's a privilege."
"Amy. Amy." The Doctor said, running away with Jared.
Outside the Tardis…
The fight is on as the Doctor and Jared run. Madame Kovarian appears through a hatch behind Amy.
"Demons run when good men go to war. Night will fall and drown the sun, when good men go to war. Friendship dies and true love lies, night will fall and the dark will rise, when good men go to war." River said, her voice in Jared's head.
"Amy!" The Doctor and Jared said, at the same time.
"Demons run but count the cost. The battle's won, but the child is lost."
"Amy!"
"Wakey, wakey." Kovarian said.
"Amy!" The Doctor and Jared said, at the same time.
Melody suddenly goes splat in Amy's arms.
"Rory? Rory! Rory!" Amy said, worried.
The Doctor and Jared are behind a locked door.
"Amy, she's not real! Melody, she's a Flesh avatar. Amy!" The Doctor said, angrily.
"Let us in!" Jared said, standing next to the Doctor. "Please!"
The Doctor and Jared run in. Everything is quiet. Jared looked around to see that Team RWBY, Team JNR, Symphogear, the SAO Survivors, the Sleeping Knights, Sinon, and Leafa are fine and not hurt.
"Amy! Amy." The Doctor said.
"Yeah, we know." Rory said.
The Monks are dead, and Strax is wounded.
"It's strange. I have often dreamed of dying in combat. I'm not enjoying it as much as I'd hoped." Strax said.
"Come on, Strax. Don't give up." Hibiki said, looking down at the Sontaran. "Everything is going to be okay."
"It's all right. I've had a good life. I'm nearly twelve." Strax said.
"Listen to me. You'll be back on your feet in no time. You're a warrior." Rory said.
"Rory, I'm a nurse." Strax said.
The Doctor goes to where Jenny, Asuna, and Miku, are comforting Amy.
"So they took her anyway. All this was for nothing." Amy said, letting out tears.
"I am so sorry." The Doctor said, sadly.
"Same, I knew that this would happen!" Jared said, as Ruby and Jaune hugged him. "I tried. But they snatched me before I could truly plan."
"It's okay." Ruby said, squeezing Jared tight.
"Amy, it's not their fault." Maria said.
"I know. I know." Amy said.
"Doctor, Jared, there's someone who wants to speak to the both of you. Her name is Lorna. She came to warn us." Vastra said.
Lorna is also dying.
"Hey. Hello." The Doctor said.
"Hello." Jared said, smiling.
"Doctor. Jared." Lorna said, looking between the Doctor and Jared.
"You helped our friends. Thank you. I really appreciate it. You helped keep everyone alive too. Team RWBY, Team JNR, Symphogear, the Sleeping Knights, the SAO Survivors, Sinon, and Leafa."
"And you also helped keep Vastra and Jenny alive." The Doctor said.
"I met the two of you once, in the Gamma Forests. Neither of you remember me." Lorna said.
"Hey, of course we remember. We remember everyone. Hey, we ran, you, me, and Jared. Didn't we run, Lorna?" The Doctor asked.
Lorna dies.
"Who was she?" Jared asked. "They never fully explained her in the show. All I knew was that she was here."
"I don't know who she was. She was very brave." Tsubasa said.
"The people the Doctor and I meet." Jared said, looking at his friends. "You guys, you're always brave."
"So, what now? They'd almost certainly have taken her to Earth. Raise her in the correct environment." Vastra said.
"Yes, they did. And it's already too late. I couldn't have stopped this. Even if I wanted to."
"Same." The Doctor said.
"The two of you are giving up? You never do that." Asuna said.
"Yeah, and don't you sometimes wish we did?"
"I know I do." Jared said, looking around the place. "I gave up several times in my life. What's the point in even trying?"
"Don't give up on life!" Hibiki said, walking up to Jared. "Is that what we would want from you?"
"Remember that piece of advice I told you and Asuna?" Yuuki asked. "Sometimes you have to fight to get your point across."
"Right." Jared said, looking between Yuuki and Hibiki. "Thanks I needed that."
There is a flash of lightning.
"Well then, soldiers. How goes the day?" River asked.
"Where the hell have you been? River, you're one of my best friends. Like the rest of the people here. Every time you've asked, I have been there with the Doctor. I went on every single adventure you went on with the Doctor. But where the hell were you today?" Jared asked, walking up towards River.
"I couldn't have prevented this."
"You could have tried! Like, for fuck's sake River! You have a vortex manipulator! It's one quick teleport here and back to Stormcage."
"And so, my darling, could you and the Doctor. I know you're not all right. But hold tight, Amy, because you're going to be." River said.
"You think I wanted this? Connecting with people like this. Raising an army. Getting people hurt in the process. I hurt the Puella Magi Holy Quintet several times over the past few years. I didn't do this. This, this wasn't me!"
"This was exactly you and the Doctor. All this. All of it. The both of you make them so afraid." River said, looking between the Doctor and Jared.
"Jared, everything's alright." Asuna said, comforting Jared. "Don't worry about it too much."
"She's right." Weiss said, her hand on her hip. "Everything will work out."
"Thanks girls." River said. "Doctor, Jared, when you began, all those years ago, sailing off to see the universe, did you ever think you'd become this? The men who can turn an army around at the mention of their names. Doctor. The word for healer and wise man throughout the universe. Storyteller. The word for someone who has a story to tell and finds a way to share it throughout the universe. We get those words from the both of you, you know. But if you both carry on the way you are, what might those words come to mean? To the people of the Gamma Forests, the words Doctor and Storyteller mean mighty warriors. How far the both of you have come. And now they've taken a child, the child of some of your best friends, and they're going to turn her into a weapon just to bring you two down. And all this, my love, my darling, in fear of you."
"Who are you?" The Doctor asked.
Jared walked away from the Doctor and River and over to Team RWBY and JNR.
"Who is River Song, really?" Weiss asked.
"MP." Jared said, smiling.
"No way." Blake said. "You're kidding me."
"Nope. I'm not."
"So, she's their…" Ruby said, her eyes widening.
"Yup." Jared said, happily.
"Didn't see that coming." Yang said, her hand on her hip.
"Same." Jaune said.
"Tell me about it." Ren said.
The Doctor, Jared, Team RWBY, and Team JNR are all getting excited with anticipation.
"How do I look?" The Doctor asked.
"Amazing." River said, smiling.
"I'd better be."
"Yes, you'd better be."
"Vastra, Jenny, SAO Survivors, the Sleeping Knights, Sinon, Leafa, Symphogear, till the next time. Rory and Amy, we know where to find your daughter, and on our lives, she will be safe. River, get them all home."
"Doctor! Jared!" Rory said, angrily.
"No! Where are the both of you going?" Amy asked, while the Doctor takes down the forcefield around the Tardis and goes inside with Jared, Team RWBY, and Team JNR. "No!" The Tardis dematerialises. "Where are they going and what did you tell them?"
"Amy, you have stay calm." River said.
Amy picks up a gun, "Tell me what you told the Doctor, Jared, Team RWBY, and Team JNR."
"Amy, no. Stop it!" Suguha said, looking at Amy.
"It's okay, Leafa. She's fine. She's good. It's the Tardis translation matrix. It takes a while to kick in with the written word. You have to concentrate." River said.
"I still can't read it." Amy said, looking down at the Doctor's crib.
"It's because it's Gallifreyan and doesn't translate. But this will." River said, handing Amy the prayer leaf. "It's your daughter's name in the language of the Forest."
"I know my daughter's name."
"Except they don't have a word for Pond, because the only water in the forest is the River. The Doctor and Jared will find your daughter, and they will care for her whatever it takes. And I know that. It's me. I'm Melody. I'm your daughter."