The Woman closed the door to her cottage and turned the lights on. She turned around to see the Doctor, calmly sipping a mug of tea on her sofa.

"Explain," he crossed his legs and continued. "Why were you out of your cottage?"

"A woman has rights to leave her house whenever she wants to."

The Doctor abruptly stood up, and she stepped backwards in fear.

"Except, you are wanted in just about every corner of the universe. You were using my DNA for camouflage and causing havoc through my identity. You started a war again on a planet that was about to negotiate for peace. You have just slaughtered millions of civilians under my name, just because you needed me to be separated from Clara," his voice raised in anger. "Tell me, what were you doing with my Clara?" He was glaring at her face to face.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Besides, why are you so interested in that female human anyway? She's not important and she's not even going to -" she fell from the sudden pain jolting through her legs. She realised the Doctor was holding a remote electrode activated by his sonic screwdriver. The Woman had never seen the Time Lord this angry before. She knew he was desperate, but not to this degree.

"You will help Clara. From now on, my blood will be only used to develop Clara's cure, and nothing else like we initially agreed with. If I see you disobeying this rule once more, I will walk into the Shadow Proclamation myself, and tell them the exact address of where the Woman who have slaughtered millions of innocent lives to cure a bunch of rich people live. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

The Doctor once again stormed off, leaving the Woman on the floor, devastated.

"Who was that?" The girl came out of her room.

"A very angry man," the Woman sighed. "There's nothing to worry about though."

"Did you really kill people like he said?" The girl got the courage to ask, shivering even from the question itself.

"You shouldn't have been listening," the Woman sighed as she offered her to sit. She was at least obliged to tell her who she was before she changed. "Come on. I'll tell you about my past."

The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS to see Clara playing chess with Ben. Miriam and George was with them, all intently watching the battle between Clara and Ben.

"Oh, that's not a smart move, Ben. Not a smart move."

"What do you mean? It's check in three moves." The Doctor smiled looking at the board. Ben wasn't lying. Clara was always bad at chess, but she always blamed that it was because of 'his big Time Lord brains'.

Clara paused. The Doctor could see that she was obviously bluffing.

"…Yeah? Well, no because I can do this…" Clara moved the chess piece and Ben took the piece with ease. Clara rolled her eyes in frustration.

"Check." Ben laughed.

"Good game, Ben. You annihilated me." Clara shook Ben's hand, laughing with him. Clara turned to finally realise the Doctor leaning beside the TARDIS. "Doctor! How nice of you to join us. Both you and Ben are too good at chess," she puffed out her cheeks.

"Oh, I don't know, Miss. I think you're just bad at chess." Ben shrugged.

"Oi!" Clara gave an offended look, but laughed it off afterwards. The Doctor was eyeing George and Miriam. "Ah, Doctor, I know you've met Ben, but this must be your first time meeting his parents. This is Miriam and George. And this is the Doctor I was talking to you about," she introduced both sides.

"Hello, nice to meet you." Miriam shook her hands. "Anyway, I think we should head off. Thank you for today – it was very nice seeing you again, Clara. It's nice to know that everything went well, and you're happy and safe here. Doctor, we're not really sure how to leave the hospital, so could you lead us to the exit please?" Miriam's eyes told him otherwise.

"I don't-" the Doctor was almost dragged out of the room by George.

"What happened in the surgery?" Miriam looked concerned. "I thought not to mention it to Clara. Usually, you can't walk, or function properly after the surgery. But Clara… she didn't seem troubled at all. Also, suddenly she's moved to a military hospital that is restricted to the public. Clara did tell me about her relationship with UNIT, but this still doesn't make sense. I have a feeling you have something to do with this."

Everything was running through the Doctor's mind. He didn't want to tell them the truth, but he was being pressured by everyone to give them an explanation.

"Doctor, I'll handle it from here." Kate had appeared out of nowhere. "I think Clara wants you back."

The Doctor gave nod to show how grateful he was. He whispered 'Thank you' secretly into Kate's ears and walked briskly back to Clara. He needed to get down to business once he was with Clara again.

"Right, Clara, I need you to come to the TARDIS infirmary with me."

"Why?" she raised her eyebrow. "I'm in a hospital already. Why can't you just do it here?"

"Because… I have to scan you. You were almost trampled by the crowd. You even blacked out. I need to check if you're all okay."

Clara thankfully agreed, and sat on the infirmary bed waiting for the scans to finish. "By the way, Doctor, you never explained who that woman was."

The Doctor froze. He brought a chair over and sat down. He sighed. There was no getting out this time, and he couldn't bear lying to Clara anymore.

"The Woman used to be a respected scientist. She started from the bottom, and worked her way up to the top, helping people to get better. Then, someone noticed her, and suggested her to work for a network of people – more specifically, the network of the richest people in the universe. She was blinded by the money they offered, and the resources she was given to work with – a planet full of people whom the rich deemed 'unimportant'. She started finding cures for many of the ailments the rich suffered, using methods many people, including me, don't agree with."

"How many people?" Clara interrupted. "How many people died?"

"None. I saved the planet from its destruction." The Doctor replied and continued. "I… asked her to help you. Despite being momentarily blinded by her greed, she is one of the best doctors in the universe. Because Clara…" he held her hand and looked directly into her hazel eyes. "I don't know what I'll do if I lose you. I just can't…. because I-" the Doctor swallowed a lump in his throat. He had trouble finishing his sentence. He hung his head low in shame. Suddenly, he felt a gentle hug.

"Thank you for telling me the truth. I had no idea how much this was affecting you." She leaned over and gently kissed the Doctor's forehead..

"You're okay with it?" He faced her dark brown eyes in disbelief.

Clara nodded. "As long as no one is suffering from it now. If you trust someone, I trust you enough to know that they are the best for me. You are the Doctor – you would never harm innocent beings, and you're too righteous to ask an immoral person for help."

The little girl listened attentively as the Woman told her the story of her past.

"…When I was young, I made many mistakes. Because of these mistakes I was running from many bad people, and that's when the Doctor found me. He offered me a place to hide, on one condition, that I commit something bad that I had stopped a long time ago to save his best friend." The Woman explained to the girl. She clenched her fist and continued. "It was the Doctor who had ruined my life in the first place. In the coming weeks, I am going to teach you the consequences a man has to pay for his lack of responsibility."