I own nothing of Doctor Who. Nor the little cover image. That is an icon from ClaraBossWins on Tumblr, on July 5th, to be exact.
After a handful of minutes of walking through his timeline, the Doctor returned to his tomb. In his arms was his tiny brunette companion. Though her consciousness was fading, she still held on tight to The Doctor. The man she had saved an impossible number of times. But this time, her sacrifice had been stopped. This was one of those rare times he was the one saving her. Though no longer a mystery, she was still the Impossible Girl, at least to him.
Upon return to his tomb, Vastra was the first one to speak, with an unusually big smile on her face, "Thank the Goddess you are alright! We were so worried there would be major consequences from stepping into your own time stream."
"Oh, but there will be, both for myself and Clara," the Doctor grimly stated, "But let's save the talking for later. I want to be off of this forsaken rock as soon as possible."
With a universal nod of agreement from Vastra, Jenny, and Strax, they left the ruined future TARDIS, and went through the graveyard. Inside of 5 minutes, they were back at the TARDIS doors. Anticipating them, the TARDIS doors opened, allowing all of them inside. At this point, Strax said in a slightly questioning tone, "Sir, do you need our help with your ship? I notice your hands are occupied."
"Yes," the Doctor replied, "Vastra and Jenny, the TARDIS wants to leave just as much as we do, so head to the panel right ahead of me, flip the Red Switch to activate the TARDIS for movement, and pull the Black and Silver Lever to go. There could be a bit of a delay, as the TARDIS did suffer injuries on the way here and landing, and she may need to mend herself some."
The Doctor turned towards, Strax, "Now, you and I are going to find the Sick Bay. Clara needs to be examined." The Time Lord as his potato-esque friend left the console room towards the main corridor that held the near infinite rooms of the TRADIS. Not even 30 seconds after going down the corridor leading off from the control, Strax announced, looking off to the left "Sir, I have found the Sick Bay! I think I should be the one to examine the boy for medical trouble."
After a few moments of thought, the Doctor agreed to this, reasoning that his mental state was not conducive for an examination (after the being nearly killed an innumerable number of times, then jumping into his own time stream), and Strax was qualified, after all. "Alright," the Doctor started "but I want to stay here for the examination. She was limping heavily in the time stream, so I think her right leg is injured." Setting her down on the table, Clara still clutching The Most Important Leaf in Human History, he backed up to allow Strax to do his examination.
After a few moments, Strax confirmed the Doctor's suspicions, saying "It looks like you were correct sir, that there is an injury to his leg. A sprained right ankle to be exact, it should be solvable with a few days in a foot brace." However, as the Sontaran continued his examination, he became puzzled as new problems were discovered. Several minutes later, Strax told the Doctor his findings.
"Along with the previously mentioned sprained ankle, I have found that the boy has an extremely high concentration of Artron Energy within his body, possibly as much as you, sir. In addition, while he is theoretically in a coma, I am noticing that the brain activity in the human is showing an abnormally high amount of activity, and it seems to be at a roughly constant level."
As the Doctor thought on this, he felt the floor jostle slightly. Vastra and Jenny must have gotten the TARDIS up and running. They were off Trenzalore. The Doctor also noticed that two sets of footsteps coming towards the Sick Bay.
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