Setting: the very beginning of "Cold Blood", after Jenny, Mo, and Amy split up but before the execution is prevented

Eldane, Malokeh, Jenny

Malokeh and Eldane walked down the hallways at a brisk pace. It was never befitting of a leader to run, or even to rush or hurry from place to place, but as he had once heard from the mouth of an ape, desperate times called for desperate measures.

"She is going to execute them, but I don't believe that they have done anything wrong," he explained urgently. "I understand that the planet is ours, but I have seen them evolve. They are clever creatures, now, and they do not remember us. They are rightfully indignant."

"I understand, Malokeh," Eldane said calmly.

They walked for a little while longer, until Eldane stopped again and Malokeh stopped beside him. The elder turned to the scientist. "Now, tell me, is this a mere aftereffect of the stasis, or do you hear music?"

They stopped for just a moment, and indeed, a couple corridors down, there was an ape sitting against the wall, singing.

Well, not an ape. Malokeh recognized the alien child with the yellow hair from his laboratory. She was dressed in an old coat of his, similar to the one he was wearing now, and it was wrapped tightly around her to preserve her modesty. Her hair - that was a silly thing, hair. Why would evolution deem it necessary to have thick tufts of it on the head and nowhere else? - was plastered to her forehead with sweat, and her entire body was shaking. In her hands was a Silurian weapon, perhaps scavenged from the stasis pods, but she wasn't holding it. It was resting in her lap. Her eyes - he remembered her eyes, blue and full of life but so terrified - were shut and her lips were moving as she stumbled through a faltering tune. The words were unfamiliar to him.

"Child?" Eldane murmured.

The singing stopped, her eyes flew open, and in an instant the girl was on her feet, weapon aimed directly at them. Malokeh couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret as she swayed unsteadily, and even if she did have the will to shoot them she would probably miss, her hands were trembling so much.

"Back," she said quietly. "Back, both of you."

The two took a slow step backwards, warily watching her.

"We mean you no harm," Eldane said calmly. "There is an unfair execution about to take place, and I wish to stop it."

She frowned.

"Amy was going to save them," she murmured. "Said she would..."

"Amy?" Eldane whispered to Malokeh.

"An ape with hair the color of fire," Malokeh replied just as softly, then raised his voice. "They were captured," he said to the girl. "We must hurry."

She nodded slowly, as though the procedures she had undergone had slowed down the thought processes of her mind.

"I'm coming with you," she said, dropping the weapon to one side. Her eyes were dulled and unfocused. "My dad's there, I need to help him... need to..."

"Time is of the essence," Eldane said firmly. "Speak as we make our way toward the ceremony."

The two Silurians resumed their quick pace, but slowed down as the girl could only stumble forwards a couple of steps before tilting to one side into the wall. The two Silurians merely hooked their arms underneath hers and helped her along.

"Talk, child," Eldane said gently. "What happened?"

She made a vague gesture towards Malokeh and mumbled a series of strange words utterly foreign to their ears.

"She came with the humans through the earth," Malokeh said quickly. "She knew of human anatomy, but claimed to be different. Two hearts, Eldane, two hearts!" The leader glanced over at the exhausted girl. "I did the standard procedure for any new life form." He paused for a moment in speech as they sped up their pace. "Well, not the standard procedure. If I did that it would require removing all of the organs and placing them in stasis for further analysis, but you haven't seen them evolve. Just a mere three centuries ago they were using rudimentary firearms, by this point they can travel to outer space and fly halfway around the planet in a space of hours. This is kinder, less painful..."

The girl mumbled something in the strange language once more, and Eldane looked at her curiously.

"Where do you hail from, child?" he asked. "What are you saying?"

She blinked a few times in confusion before sighing slightly. "Gallifrey..." she murmured. "Patierfa, patierfa..."

"Gallifrey," the elder Silurian repeated slowly. "Surely not."

"Eldane, what does she speak of? What is Gallifrey?"

Eldane looked over at him. "They called it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. A planet of glory and honor, ruled by the mighty Time Lords. Even Siluria was considered inferior to their might, but then they vanished without a trace. All of them gone, the planet, the people. Nothing left. This child is impossible."

"Patierfa..." the girl repeated again. "War..."

"Are you sure that the procedures did not harm her?" Eldane asked.

"She should not have become so active in such a short time. Her endurance is far higher than that of an ape," Malokeh responded. "Child, forgive me."

The girl looked up at him in confusion. The fear was gone from her eyes, only a sort of wary look that only comes on a child meeting a stranger for the first time.

"I am sorry," he said gently. "It was necessary. I do not wish pain upon you or any other."

They rounded another corner, nearing the execution hall.

"S'okay," the girl whispered. "S'okay..."

Restac's voice could be heard, and Eldane strode forwards, throwing the doors to the hall open.

"Stop!"