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Amy marched through the engine rooms, Rory following with the glass now strapped back at his side and Danni behind him trying to keep up.
"OK, Doctor, Twostreams is back on air." Amy called back to the glasses perched on her husband's nose, "Right, OK, so this is big news, this is temporal earthquake time. I am now officially changing my own future. Hold on to your spectacles. In my past, I saw my future self refuse to help you. I'm now changing that future and agreeing. Every law of time says that shouldn't be possible." She ranted as she headed for the doors to the arrivals hallways.
"Yes, except sometimes knowing your own future is what enables you to change it, especially if you're bloody minded, contradictory and completely unpredictable." The Doctor replied over the communicator.
"So, basically, if you're Amy, then?" Rory replied.
"Yes, if anyone could defeat pre-destiny, it's your wife."
"Hey, I'm doing it too you know." Danni exclaimed angrily, letting the door slam behind her as her head exploded and she hissed, leaning against the wall next to the doorway.
"Are you okay?" Amy asked, concerned, "You really shouldn't be outside." She didn't fair well outside the engine room, that was why she didn't go out.
"If I don't come out then I'm not going home, am I?" Danni retorted, taking a deep breath and pushing back off the wall, "I'm fine, it's fine." She muttered, "Continue on."
"I'm trusting you to watch my back, Rory." Amy warned him lowly.
"Always. You and me, always." He replied passionately with a nod. He was never going to let his wife suffer like this again.
"Cos here's the deal..." She paused, "you take me too in the TARDIS. Us too." He frowned, looking at Danni who shook her head. She obviously wasn't a fan of that part of the plan.
"But that means that there'll be two of each of you, permanently, forever." Rory pointed out.
"And that way we both get to live." She replied. Rory shook his head slightly, turning to the side to address the glasses.
"Two Amys together. Can that work?" He asked the Doctor who didn't reply immediately.
"I don't know, it's your marriage." He eventually said over the communicator and Danni chuckled to herself.
"Doctor!" Rory urged quietly. If there was a chance he could save the Older Amy he would, but he wasn't sure he could do it at the expense of the Younger Amy. She shouldn't have waited 36 years in any form of a timeline, he wasn't prepared to allow her to do it again.
"Perhaps, maybe, if I shunted the reality compensators on the TARDIS, re-calibrated the doomsday bumpers and jettisoned the karaoke bar, yes, maybe, yes. It could do it. The TARDIS could sustain the paradox." The Doctor replied in a ramble.
"Not the karaoke bar!" Danni protested, Rory turning to her to give the Doctor a good shot of her pouting, "If I stay behind can we keep the karaoke bar?"
"Fine, we can keep the karaoke bar." The Doctor chuckled, "But I'll have to get rid of the squash court." Danni shrugged.
"Fine by me, I've never been a sport person." He chuckled again. 36 years and she was still so... childish. He hoped when the timelines were fixed that she'd still be like that having spent 36 years with him.
"Right." Rory nodded, interrupting their moment and picking up the magnifying glass from his hip, "Amy and Danni..." He turned around and switched the glass on, showing the younger Amy and Danni stood there, Younger Amy with her arm wrapped around Younger Danni's waist, "and Amy and Danni. The wife and the wife, right." He murmured.
"OK, Amy and Danni-Girl - Past Amy and Danni-Girl – stand by the door. Future Amy and Danni, you too. Future Amy, can I borrow your sonic scr..." The Doctor growled slightly, "probe?" Amy smiled guiltily and handed it to Rory.
"It's a screwdriver!" She finally admitted, having been in denial about what it was modelled off since the moment she and Danni had made it together.
"Rory, sonic it, double our power." Rory did as he was told, "Amy and Danni Now, you're our link to Amy and Danni Then. We need to get a signal through. That signal will be a thought." The Doctor explained as Rory chucked the screwdriver back to Amy, "Amy Now and Amy Then, share a thought. Something so powerful that it can rip through time, then when I say Danni Now and Danni Then do the same. Rory," Rory jumped, ready when the Doctor addressed him, "sonic the plinth front. Inside you'll find three levers and a jumble of wiring." Rory used the actual sonic screwdriver to open the front revealing just what the Doctor had described, "That's the regulator valve. After we've reroute it you have ten minutes to get back to the TARDIS."
"OK." Rory replied as he pocketed then screwdriver. Amy watched her husband work, in awe of him as he fell straight into the situation, ready to tackle anything. Danni, however, was listening to the Doctor. She had always loved it when he was being clever.
"Pull out the red and green receptors," The Doctor continued quickly, spotting the look on Danni's face and feeling smug about it, "re-route blue into red and green into blue. Leave red loose and on no account touch anything yellow." Rory pulled out two large wires, looking at the colours and realising he hadn't registered anything the Doctor had said, "Come on, Rory. It's hardly rocket science. It's just quantum physics." He reprimanded, wanting to remind Danni again about how smart he was compared to the man in front of him. She had always been a bit too fond of Rory.
"Yes, right. Blue into red..." Rory muttered, switching the wires as he set to work.
"Now the lever. Throw them in order!" He explained, "Amys, start thinking the most important thought you've ever had. Hold it in your head and do not let it go! Lever one." Rory threw the switch and the engines powered up behind the doorway.
"Macarena." Both Amy's said at the same time, Amy Then coming across the magnifying glass, "Macarena, Macarena."
"She's doing The Macarena." Rory muttered, stopping to watch his wife close her eyes and focus on the memory.
"Macarena."
"Our first kiss." He breathed. Her most powerful memory, and it was of him.
"Lever two, Rory." Rory switched the lever instantly, wanting to get both Amy's safe. If he was so important to them, he was going to make sure he earned it. Amy started to do the steps to the dance as Amy Then began flickering into existence.
"Danni-Girl, your turn." The Doctor commanded and Danni Now squeezed her eyes shut and thought back over 36 years to New New Earth, trapped in a cubicle with Ten.
"I don't have a home." She whispered to herself, falling straight into the memory. Tears ran down her cheeks as her younger self echoed the quote. The Doctor frowned, where had he heard her say that before?
"Lever three." He commanded Rory, who flicked the last lever and the magnifying glass cracked, becoming completely useless and Amy and Danni Then both appeared in front of their older counterparts.
"Oh, Amy." Rory breathed at the sight of his wife. Young, like she was supposed to be.
"Danni." The Doctor whispered, his Danni-Girl in the here and now. The two pairs of women stared at each other, surprised by how sudden it had been. Amy Then looked herself up and down.
"Oh, my God." She whispered, she was so old!
"Oh, my God." Amy Now echoed. She was so young! Both Danni's stared at each other, taking in every little detail.
"Hello." Danni Now said with a wave to her younger self, smiling but with her brows furrowed. How come she seemed prettier than she remembered being?
"Hello." Danni Then replied with the same expression. She was so much prettier than she thought she was going to be when she had gotten older.
Rory rushed over, chucking his arms around Amy Then and the pair clung to each other tightly. Amy Now watched them uncomfortably, painfully aware of how happier Rory had been to see her younger self compared to her current one.
"Sorry..." He apologised, pulling away from Amy Then as he caught the eye of Amy Now. She shrugged, trying to convince herself as well as him that she didn't care. Both Amy stared at each other, not knowing what to do next.
"Hello." Amy Now settled on and Amy Then nodded her head, that's exactly what she was going to say.
"Hello!" She replied.
"I don't know what to..." They both said, stopping as they echoed each other.
"Weird." Rory muttered, nose wrinkled. They even thought the same. Well, why wouldn't they? They were the same person, after all.
"OK, this is weird. Right, just stop doing that." They both barked at each other, becoming annoyed.
"Ha!" Both Danni's laughed at the same time, amused by the pair before their faces lit up and they turned, pointing with both hands at each other absolutely delighted, "Ha!" Then they both grabbed their heads, their headaches both flaring up and they groaned in unison, taking a few steps away from each other warily, "Well, that was too good to be true." They both grumbled.
"How about Amy One speaks first?" Rory compromised for his wife... wives.
"Which one's Amy One?" They both asked, turning to face him at the same time and he realised the hole he had just dug himself.
"Well..." He trailed off, not knowing the answer. One Amy would be annoyed if he chose the other one to be 'Amy One'. Why did he suggest that?!
"I am." The both decided simultaneously before turning to each other and glaring, "No, I am!" They turned back to their husband, "Rory! Rory, just stop doing that!" The glasses on his nose began to spark, electrocuting him mildly in the process and he winced.
"Oh. Rory, Rory, take the glasses off. You're getting temporal feedback." The Doctor exclaimed.
"Ah!" He cried out and he flicked them off his face at the same time as a particularly large spark.
"Whoa! Calm down, dear!" The Doctor tried to calm down the TARDIS, "Danni's, Rory, Amy's, we've created a massive paradox and the TARDIS hates it. She's self-phasing, trying to get out of here. What's nasty Amy done to you? Just calm down, dear. Hang on in there." Rory knelt down so he could look into the glasses, "Rory, you've got eight minutes left. I'm sorry, you're on your own now." The monitor turned off as the glasses sparked then exploded gently, destroying the connection. The Doctor placed both hands on the TARDIS console before sighing to himself, staring into the blank image, "Please bring her back to me."
~0~0~0~
Rory watched as the glasses sparked so violently they bounced off the floor, falling flat and breaking completely. He stood up again and looked at his watch; 8 minutes, that's fine. He could get them all back in 8 minutes.
"I'm not on my own. I've got my wives." He shot them both a thumbs up, the two Amy's looking at him, one amused and one spotting the Handbots approaching them from behind Rory, "And my wives imaginary friends." He added as both Danni's frowned angrily at him at being ignored.
"That's us!" They both cried at the same time, now very happy and he shot them a confused look as they both winced in unison. The headache; it was the same headache.
"Do not be alarmed..." A robotic voice said and Rory spun around.
"Incoming!" He cried, spotting the approaching Handbots.
"..this is a kindness." They finished, slowly making their way towards them.
"It's me, they know I'm here." Danni Now exclaimed worriedly.
"Why do they know we're here?" Danni Then asked but Amy Now interrupted by handing her staff to Amy Then.
"With me." She commanded and the pair headed towards the group of robots, Amy Now in battle stance and Amy Then spinning her staff not knowing what to do.
"Do not be alarmed, this is a kindness. This is a kindness." The Handbots repeated as one advanced towards Amy Then. Amy Now smacked one on the back of the head, disabling it before turning to her counterpart.
"Amy, Kate Hayler, year ten hockey." Amy Then's face contorted in anger as the memory of the girl came back to her. Stupid woman, with her stupid Jack Russell stood outside Budgens like she owns the place.
"Go for the shins!" She snarled, whacking the Handbot and sending it to the floor with a crash.
"Amy!" Both Danni's cried and Amy Now turned, taking out the two Handbots about the grab them, the two girls huddled together but unable to do much about them. Amy was the one with the sword, after all.
"This is a kindness." Amy Then turned to see one about to get Rory and lifted her staff up high.
"Duck!" She swung at the Handbot, taking of it's head and destroying the last one there. They all sighed in relief, then another group transported in front of the doorway out.
"They're cutting off the Departure Gate. We can't get back to the TARDIS." Rory exclaimed.
"Side door. We'll go behind them." Amy Now told them firmly, ushering the Danni's towards the desk they had jumped over to get away from the Handbots 36 years ago. She waiting until the two girl's were on the other side, helping Danni Now to get over before hopping over herself. Rory and Amy Then followed them into a stairwell and down into the depths of Twostreams.
"Think you're coming with us, just like that?" Amy Then asked, protesting slightly.
"Yeah, just like that." Amy Now replied simply. Amy Then grabbed Rory's arm, stopping him in his tracks.
"Rory, talk to her!" She demanded. Amy Now turned to him, looking just as cross as her younger self.
"Rory! Talk to her!" She repeated and he looked between the two, panicked.
"Yeah, Rory talk to her." Danni Then piped up, looking over her shoulder to see Rory shoot her an annoyed look. She grinned then turned to her counterpart, who looked ready to keel over.
"What's wrong with you?" She asked, "You don't look so good."
"Neither would you after 36 years of being confined to bed." Danni Now snapped back, not in the mood for the questions. Danni Then wouldn't have to suffer like she did, that's all the mattered.
"And what does that mean?" Danni Then snapped just as angrily. Rory looked between the four cross women, suddenly wishing that he wasn't in the middle of them.
"Now, ladies..." Rory tried but Amy Now rolled her eyes, running off as alarms sounded in the maintenance corridor.
"Where are you going to live?" Amy Then pressed as they all followed her, not wanting to share her husband with anyone, not even herself.
"Not with you, don't worry." Amy Now replied, "I'll go travelling. Pop back for Christmas, maybe Easter."
"Amy, you always say, cooking Christmas dinner, you wish there was two of you." Rory pointed out to Amy Then, who just shot him an incredulous look. He nodded, yeah, not his best point. They headed into the gate room, Amy Now shoving the sonic probe into Amy Then's hand, who turned to face the door they entered in and closed it with a buzz. The other four huddled round the podium in the middle.
"Can't we just teleport in?" Rory asked.
"It's not a teleport, it's a time jump." Amy Now told him as if it was obvious.
"They can't shunt within the same timestream." Amy Then pointed out and they all turned to stare at her, surprised.
"Yes." Amy Now confirmed slightly confused. Even she was impressed with her younger self's knowledge. Amy Then looked smug and Danni Then shot her a smile.
"Well done Amelia." She nodded.
"I try." The two giggled slightly and Amy and Danni Now watched them fondly, their friendship reminded them of their own
"The TARDIS is in the Gallery." Rory told her, walking over to examine the doorways as Amy Now pressed the button to open the portal.
"Gallery closed." The Interface told them. She pressed some more of the buttons.
"Controls are stuck. They've locked them from outside." Rory rushed over to her side.
"Can you unlock them?" He asked her.
"Yeah, give me a minute and your cutest smile." She replied flirting and he shot her a quick smile before looking back at the door, the Handbots trying to get in, "That's the one."
"Can you stop flirting with me? You're old enough to be..." He told her, pausing when he realised how close their faced were.
"I've known you my whole life. How many games of Doctors and Nurses?" She asked and he blushed.
"Ssh!" He hushed her, looking over at Amy Then.
"Don't get coy now." Amy Now told him.
"Um..." Amy Then called over, not really knowing how to feel about watched herself, an older version but still herself, flirting with her husband. On one hand it was her, she was allowed to flirt with Rory because she was Mrs Rory but it was still another person, another actual person that wasn't her flirting with him.
"Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness." The doorways began flashing as Handbots appeared in each one, "Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness."
"What do we do?" Danni Then cried, grabbing Danni Now by the hand. They both cried in pain as they sparked, the touch causing even more temporal feedback and they both reached up with the back of their left hands, wiping the blood way from the nosebleeds that started in unison. They looked at each other.
"Creepy." They said together. Rory leant over, sonicing the right button on the podium as Amy Now held her hand out to Amy Then. She chucked the staff back and Amy Now drew her sword, ready to fight them all.
"Danni, stay back." She warned. Rory slammed the button down at the doorway to the gallery flashed. Amy Now led them through, fighting off every Handbot in their way. Danni Then, Amy Then and Rory rushed in front while Danni Now stayed next to her friend, taking the staff from her hands and doing her best to help destroy the robots. Amy Then and Danni Then pushed a Handbot over, the force of the fall destroying it and they paused to look behind them.
"Come on!" Amy Then and Rory called.
"Go! I've got your back!" Amy Now told them. They three rushed forward and were immediately confronted by more Handbots. Amy Then screamed in surprise and the two girls ducked out of the way, Rory grabbing it's hands and pushing them together, causing feedback to short it out. Amy Then headed around a statue into another one, which touched her neck and she dropped to the ground, unconscious.
"Rory!" Danni Then screamed and Rory saw Danni Then ducking out of the way as it tried to get her as well.
"No!" He yelled, grabbing the Mona Lisa he had spotted on the way into Twostreams and slammed it over the head of the Handbot. It shorted out, the panting handing around it's neck and he bent down, scooping Amy Then up into his arms. Danni Then followed him over to the TARDIS as Amy and Danni Now came into the room.
"Danni!" The Doctor cried as the doors of the TARDIS flew open and she ran up to him, chucking her arms around his waist as he hugged her tightly, "You're okay, you're safe." He whispered before pulling away, "How's your head?" He asked her, pulling her eyelids down and she shook out of his grasp.
"I'm fine, leave it." She replied, "Amy!" She pointed over as Rory laid his wife on the ground. The Doctor ran over and checked her pulse, sighing in relief.
"Ah, it's just an anaesthetic. She'll be fine." He told Rory who nodded, it was what he suspected but it was nice for the Doctor to confirm it. The Doctor stood up and headed to the door to see Danni Now at the doorway, panting from the run and Amy Now still at the other end of the room.
"Hello." He breathed and Danni Now smiled sadly.
"Just how I remembered you." She whispered, "Don't let us in." She warned and he shook his head as tears began running down her face, "Goodbye, Spaceman."
"I love you." He told her sincerely before looking over at Amy Now, who saw exactly what he was doing.
"I'm sorry." He told her before slamming the door shut, leaning on it and closing his eyes.
"What are you doing?" Rory demanded, standing up.
"I lied to her, Rory." The Doctor admitted as Amy Now began to pound on the door.
"Doctor? Let me in!"
"Amy, stop it!" Danni Now begged from the other side of the door.
"There can't be two Amys in the TARDIS. The paradox is too massive. Danni knew that, that's why she's trying to stop her." The Doctor explained.
"She'll die!" Rory shouted.
"No, they'll never have existed. When we save our Amy and Danni, this future won't have happened." He insisted, convincing himself as much as he was convincing Rory. He had to believe that, she wasn't dying, she never had existed. She shouldn't exist.
"But she happened! She's there!" Rory pointed at the door, at Amy Now who was still trying to get in.
"Danni! I trusted you!" She sobbed, banging harder.
"I know. And they won't let us in. We're not real!"
"No, she's not real." The Doctor closed his eyes, unable to listen to them anymore, trying to block them out.
"She is real. Let her in!"
"Look, we take this Amy, we leave ours. There can only be one Amy in the TARDIS. Which one do you want?" He placed Rory's hand on the latch, "It's your choice."
"This isn't fair. You're turning me into you." Rory shouted, gripping the latch tighter.
"Your choice, Rory, because I've made mine." Unable to stand the banging anymore, he walked over to Danni, grabbing her hand and leading into the hallway, "Let's sort out that nosebleed." He told her gently, focusing on her as he pulled out his handkerchief mopping up the blood on her face. Because, unlike Rory, he was selfish. He chose this Danni and had done from the moment he realised he could save her, because he wanted them years. He didn't want her to spend 36 years with Amy, he wanted her to spend them with him. They were his years, she jumped around his timeline and he wasn't about to give them up.
~0~0~0~
In Twostreams, Amy Now turned away from her husband, giving herself up to give him the life with the wife he deserved and faced the five Handbots surrounded her and the only friend she had ever truly had, the woman who had given up the years to make sure she wasn't alone.
"Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness." The Handbot told them and Danni Now took her hand, both crying as they faced their fate.
"Interface?" Amy Now called, her voice choked.
"I am here, Amy Pond." The light appeared and the female voice called to her.
"Show me Earth. Show me home." She asked and a hologram of her home planet appeared in the air, spinning majestically. She turned to Danni, clinging to her hand tightly.
"Did I ever tell you about this boy I met there? Who pretended to be in a band?" Danni Now shook her head.
"No." She sobbed, "Tell me." And the pair fell together, hand in hand as the TARDIS dematerialised and the timeline was erased.
~0~0~0~
Danni quietly stepped down the stairs underneath the console to see the Doctor with his large goggles on, messing with some wires. She had been sat in the television room for a while on her own, Rory refusing to let Amy away from his side. She understood completely, the emotional time taking it's toll on everyone and she had a pounding headache. She had tried to get some sleep, but yet again it alluded her and she had spent her time not-watching Red Dwarf until she worked herself up to finding the Doctor.
"Why are you hiding?" She asked him and he jolted, pushing the goggles up on his head to get a better view of her.
"I'm not hiding." He defended and she nodded.
"Yes you are." She insisted, "What's wrong?" She perched herself on one of the stairs and watched him look everyone but at her until he sighed.
"I couldn't save her." He muttered and she smiled, she had figured that it had to be that.
"But you did. Amy's upstairs with her husband making more babies." The horrified look on his face caused her to laugh loudly, wincing at the noise as it rushed through her own head. She hated having headaches.
"Not Amy." He told her quietly and she frowned.
"Then who?"
"You. The older Danni." He replied and she looked confused at the devastated look on his face. She had gone in knowing he couldn't save her, and Danni Now had insisted on him not letting her in.
"But I didn't want you to save me. You heard me." He jumped off the swing and sat down next to her on the stairs.
"I know. But I'll always want to save you." she blushed and took his hand.
"And you did, I'm right here aren't I?"
"She still lived 36 years without me saving her." He pointed out sadly, his thumb running over the back of her hand.
"36 years that I chose to live. And I'd choose it again, you know? Amy should never have had to suffer that alone, even if she then ceased to exist." She squeezed his hand, "Everything turned out for the best. All that happened was that I had to spend a a few weeks with just Amy for company, and the girl is quite a hoot so I don't think I'll be too traumatised." He grinned widely at her before pulling her in for a kiss. It was just a quick peck on the lips but she smiled from ear to ear. It had been too long since he'd kissed her, "So, cheer up." She finished as she rubbed her eyes. He frowned at the action, she couldn't still have a headache, it'd been hours since they'd left Twostreams.
"That was the thought you used?" He asked her after they'd sat in silence for a few moments. He had recognised what she had said but he couldn't quite place it. She began to bite on her thumbnail as she studied him, obviously torn on whether or not she wanted to tell him.
"It was when we were trapped in the cell... thing on New New Earth. When Cassandra had locked us in together. You told me you wanted me to go home." She told him quietly, eyes downcast and thumb still in her mouth. He frowned, his heart twinging slightly at the memory of how horrible he had been to her.
"Why that one? Amy's was a good memory." Didn't she have any good memories of him?
"It had to be a powerful one, and it is for me." She explained, "It was the first time you broke my heart." His eyes widened and his breath caught in his chest as he stared at her.
"What?" He whispered and she smiled at him.
"It was the first time you broke my heart." She repeated, "Because it was the first time you could. It took me a while, but looking back on it now, I realise that's the moment I can pinpoint it to. The moment, if someone ever asks, I can say 'That's when I knew I loved him'." She took both of his hands in hers, "And I do. I love you, Theta, so much." He relaxed slightly.
"I love you too. You silly, silly human." He kissed her on top of her head and she winced away from the touch, squeezing her eyes shut. Her head was feeling quite tender, did he really have to touch it.
"Are you okay?" He asked, concerned.
"I just have a headache." She brushed the concern away with a smile, "I think the compressed time has shook my brain up or something."
"You – the older you – said there was something in her head causing headaches." He told her and Danni frowned, suddenly worried.
"Something in my head? What?" He shrugged.
"I don't know." He admitted, "It was something deep in her head and she asked me to check." She nodded.
"Okay, go on then." He placed his fingers on her temples.
"Are you sure?" He asked and she closed her eyes.
"Yes. Go for it, Spaceman." He focused on entering her mind and she felt him searching through her head, being careful not to look too deeply into her memories until she tensed and he jumped back.
"Something just kicked me out!" He exclaimed, panicking and she closed her eyes in pain, grabbing the sides of her head tightly as she doubled over on the stairway.
"What did you do?" She asked slowly, her teeth gritted in pain. The pressure in her head, the headache she had thought was just a headache was pushing it's way out, crushing her mind in a similar way Cassandra had on New New Earth. She groaned again, her fingernails digging into her skin.
"Nothing, there's something in there!" He pulled her hands down as she began to cut into herself, "Let me look again." She shook her head, pushing his hands off her head.
"No, it's hurts." She mumbled quietly. She could feel something deep in her mind trying to break free, thumping rhythmically and gaining volume. She tried to focus on it, ignoring the Doctor who was trying to get her to reply until she gasped loudly, her eyes shooting open.
One, two, three, four.
"Danni?" He tried again. She wouldn't answer him, just stared straight ahead as something in her mind visibly gave way.
"One, two, three, four." She counted, her head filled with the beats as her headache subsided, her mind filling with a blissful joy she didn't think she could have ever experienced.
"What?" He asked, confused and she placed a hand on his arm, tapping along.
One, two, three, four.
"Why are you doing that?" He asked, fearing he already knew what was wrong.
"I... It's in my head." She admitted as she looked into his eyes. His deep, green eyes. They were a green she hadn't seen before, they held so much age, yet looked so young. She reached forward and ran her fingers through his hair. She just wanted to bury her face in it and she leant towards him to do so.
"Danni, focus." He commanded gently and her attention snapped back to his face, looking dazed as she did, "What's in your head?" She opened her mouth to answer but paused as her eyes fell to his lips. All she wanted was to kiss them, feel them moving with hers. With the rhythm in her head urging her on, pulsing her blood through her veins, she leant forward and kissed him hard. He responded for a moment before pushing her away.
"What's in your head?" He asked again and she looked at him through half-lidded eyes.
"The drumming." She whispered, "the never-ending drumming." She shifted so she was sat on his knees despite his best efforts to push her off.
"No, no it can't be." He whispered, horrified but she nodded, "But I unlocked it!" She nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck. No, he was supposed to stop it. He was supposed to save her from it, but he had started it!
"Oh, it's... you're so beautiful." She breathed, kissing him hard again, not letting him go even as he squirmed underneath.
"Danni!" He exclaimed, "Danni, stop it." She broke back, resting her forehead on his, eyes closed. It filled her mind, who knew a noise could be so wonderful? She'd never be sad again, she could tell. All she needed was that noise.
"Danni!"