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((Hmm..let's see..Let's just call her Eiry))

Eiry stumbled into the hall, like a drunken...doctor. She held the handle of her largest knife rather limply. She had seen some random walking around the building, doing she didn't know what. She had been inside the boundary of the wards when it was set down. Eiry stumbled a few more steps, and collapsed face first onto the ground. Well, you couldn't exactly blame her. She had been wandering for a few days, no food, barely enough water...never knowing exactly where she was going, but feeling the call..the call of what? She didn't know. Just a basic instinct to follow it. And possibly a silly one, at that.

Telia turned in time, barely, to catch Eiry as she fell.
She blinked and lowered Eiry to the floor.
"Where did she come from? She couldn't have gotten through.."

Sephy turned. "Another one? Bring her here, she looks like she's just hungry. Give her some water..and we'll wait until she wakes up. No point in treating a patient when you don't know what ails them."

Telia obliged, placing Eiry down on one of the makeshift beds. She sponged a little water into her mouth. The taste of it revived Eiry immediately.

She groaned. "Where am I?"

‘Now, really.’ Sephy muttered, coming over after finishing her rounds. ‘You’re holding a knife. Nice make, too. Best steel from tear. Odd, that. Only thing it can’t break is heartstone. Why are you carrying that? Most of your other knives are of that make too. Except for your small one. The dagger. That’s stolen. Mmmm. Yes. Definitely stolen. You have to be an assassin to have one of those. And that you’re not. An assassin outside would hold themselves differently. Especially one in your situation. Attack first. That’s why I didn’t like it. But perhaps you like it. Perhaps you don’t. Oh, bollocks, I’ve been around the doctor for too long. I’m babbling, aren’t I? But anyway, she’s not from here. Tear is on… Varos, I think.’
‘Tear. Yes, Tear.’ The newcomer smiled slightly. ‘Ive been there. I am there. But now I’m not.’
‘You get jelly babies in Tear?’ Asked Telia
‘No. Yes. Maybe. I don’t remember.’
‘Stand up.’ Sephy smiled.
‘I – I don’t think I can.’
Sephy flicked her wrist and muttered something. Suddenly Eiwry (however you spell it – I’m on word right now) looked a lot better.
She stood up, looking confused.
‘Pick up your knife.’
She went to pick up the knife she had come in holding.
‘No, no… smaller. Better for throwing.’
‘Savage.’ Muttered Telia.
‘Shut up. Now throw it. At…’ Sephy looked around. ‘That apple.’
‘What apple?’
‘Not telepathic, then. Interesting, that. Well… throw it at the apple now.’ An apple materialised on a table.
The new girl pulled back and threw in one single fluid motion.
‘Speed. Interesting form for that make of knife. Speed. Too slow to be… Yes, you muct be… But where did you get… Ah, well. Now. Telia. Nice ward. I’ve never done it that way. But I think I understand now. Thank-you.’
The doctor wandered over to a few of the patients. One caught a trailing end of his scarf and pulled. Hard. He gave a yelp as he toppled over backwards, being choked by his own beloved scarf.
‘What the…’ Sephy ran over to disentangle the timelord from his would-be murderer.
‘I don’t think these people like you.’
‘Never you mind.’ William wandered over to them. ‘He’s never been right in his head.’
‘Clearly.’ Gasped the Doctor, rubbing his neck gingerly.

Sephy stopped for a minute. just a stop.
Eiry munched on her apple. at that moment, the 'mental patient' reached up and grabbed her leg, causing her to drop her knife. It landed on the floor, nicking her in the arm.
'ouch!'
it healed up spectacularly.
'Oh, for the... I forgot again.' Sephy felt something drain, and she fell over.
'How is it that you have perfect footing whilst climbing trees, and yet you fall over when you are simply standing?' teased Telia.
Sephy picked herself up wearily, and shook her head to clear it.
'I think i've done enough today.' And cut off the small healing spell that she had forgotten to finish on eiry.
'Stupid idiot...' Sephy mumbled to herself, swaying a little. Another gunshot fired.
'let's find out who shouldn't be here.' said the doctor, sweeping up his hat.
'oh, no not now, please.' Sephy was tired. very much so.
'Come, now.' He walked out of the door.
'wait...' telia giggled.
He walked into the ward, and out the other side.
'What the...'
'Timelord.' laughed the doctor, tipping his hat.
'Oh, you.' Telia adjusted the weave to let her, eiry and Sephy through, and closed it again.
'Can you shield?' Asked Sephy.
'Yes. I said that before.'
'Right. Yes. You did. Sorry. eiry, can you?'
'no.'
'ok. you shield eiry. I'll shield jelly baby man.'

‘I should be fine, for the moment.’ Smiled Sephy.
The doctor looked towards the hills.
Where could he turn for help?
[my help comes for them lord whom heavn’ and earth has made…]
He felt hopelessly lost and weary, an odd feeling for him. Telia and Sephy seemed to feel it too, and exchanged dark looks. Another series of gunshots rang out. Some bounced harmlessly off the shields. Sephy was reminded of when she ran away. It was in hills like these. And there were guns.
She was too tired to keep her shields up as she ran on, hoping desperately that none of bullets would find their mark…
She shook her head. That was over, now.
Eiry looked shocked at the bullets, and threw her hands up in front of her face until she realised that they had not pierced her.
The Doctor continued on, steps quickening. He walked faster and faster, and then broke into a jog, then a run, then an all-out sprint, his hair and scarf streaming out ridiculously behind him. Sephy looked confused and ran after him, followed closely by Telia and Eiry.
He ran because he was scared. He ran because he was angry. He ran because he didn’t know what else to do.
Sephy caught up with him, and grabbed him by the shoulders, yanking him back and turning him around roughly.
‘What was that?’ She demanded.
‘What’s going on?’ Asked Telia, coming up beside her.
‘I…’ Began the doctor, gasping to catch his breath ‘I…’

The Doctor had to sit down.
Sephy patted the doctor comfortingly on the back while turning to Eiry.
'Let's just say that not everything here is exactly the way you know it.'
After a minute the Doctor's breathing had eased a little.
'I don't know what's gotten into me... I ran around the streets of france for hours without being like this.'
'Which one of you was that, though?' asked Sephy
'Still this one.'
'which one of you?' telia was confused.
'I'll explain it to you someday.' said the Doctor, getting up. As soon as he did, his knees buckled and he fell down again.
'Now that was interesting.' Muttered Sephy.
'mmmm' agreed telia.
'Perhaps this time warp [does the hand-jive] is getting to him. Like it did while you were in france.'
'Yes. Perhaps it is.' He smiled.
'As i recall, you fainted quite spectacularly.'
'I don't faint.'
'Okay... fell over.'
'not as dramatic.'
'collapsed?'
'Good enough.'

The Doctor looked at Eiry, exparased.

"I don't think it is." Telia muttered.

Sephy was looking at the Doctor also, a little perplexed. She seemed tired. "Doctor, just tell us what's wrong. Why are we all out here?"

"Why am I seeing double?" Telia added, blinking.
"Huh?" Eiry seemed to have lost the train of though a while back.
"No, seriously. There's this Doctor, here. And then there's another one over there!" She pointed off into the distance where a vague shape of..Doctorness? could just be seen. Well, in her vision anyway.
"I don't see a thing!" Eiry said.
Sephy looked, and blinked also. Telia closed her eyes.

"Whoever that..whatever that is..it definently feels like the Doctor.." Telia said, her words long and meditative. She seemed to be in some sort of trance.

Telia started sawing away at the ropes with the near blunt knife. "You'd think an assasin would have a sharp knife." she muttered, "I could have done this much faster with a sabre.." One of the ropes started to fray. She gave up in frustration. "Eiry, may I borrow one of your knives?" she asked, holding out a hand, handing the other one back to Sephy. Eiry complied in an almost dream-like state. She was staring at the two Doctors, her mind trying to puzzle things out.

"Thankyou." Telia said, slicing through the bonds with a single slash. "Regenerated? So..this new guy..is the doctor, but this one is the doctor too? Long Scarf and Crazy Coat? How is that possible? How can the two of you meet like this?"

((Have to go))