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// Like A Stone - Ch. 5: Fix You 
// Story: The Doctor And Derpy Adventures 
// by Closer-To-The-Sun 
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Like A Stone - Chapter 5: Fix You

"What? How?" Derpy was panicking as she stared at the stone statue of her daughter.

The Doctor took the sonic screwdriver to scan Dinky, "I don't understand. She's still turning to stone despite being severed from the angel's influence."

"Doctor, please do something! Help Dinky!" the grey pegasus pleaded.

"Yes, of course, I'm working on it. Let me see, she's trapped with in a rock casing that is caused by the weeping angels. However, with the link to the angels now severed by both time and space, she's still becoming petrified from the outside in. Normally the angel would cause the victim to count down the minutes to their own death, but this is new and strange method," the Doctor began listing off what seemed random and meaningless statements.

"Doctor, please!" Derpy called again.

The Doctor ignored Derpy, trotting around the console at a quick pace, continuing his ramblings, "The angels are predators, one of the universe's first predators at that as well as the one of the first species. They are the lonely assassins, unable to view each other due to their own quantum-lock reaction. They feed off energy from their victims, namely the potential energy of said victim. That's it! To get Dinky out, we need to give the wannabe-angel all the energy we can!"

Derpy, holding the stone Dinky close to her, looked at the Doctor with a confused look with her teary eyes, "What?"

The Doctor jumped down from the console platform and over into the many piles of junk lying around the main room of the TARDIS. "Angel's want to feed on energy, right?" the Doctor asked as he continued his shuffling. He stopped his shuffling as he picked up a large gun with a shield in front of it, "Then let's give the our little friend as much energy as it can hold and then some!"

The mare was horrified at the weapon, "What in Equestria is that?"

"A Liebemann laser, also known as a shield gun. Note to self, remember to thank Leela and Herrick for bring this item on the TARDIS next time I see them," the Doctor explained before pointing the gun at the stone Dinky.

Derpy absolutely objected to the idea, clinging tightly to the statue as she cried, "No! You can't use that on her!"

"I have to, Derpy, it's the only way to break her out."

"No! I don't want you to hurt Dinky! There has to be another way, Doctor!"

"Listen, I'm trying to do what I can to save her. She's incased in a stone coating that is slowly turning her not only in to a statue, but a weeping angel. And when she becomes an angel, she will have the power to kill us and she will." The Doctor's face was dead serious.

Derpy tried to appeal, "But…."

"I don't have much time to do this. In a few more moments, she will be completely stone. Now, please move behind me."

Hugging the statue one last time, Derpy quickly moved behind the time stallion. The Doctor then fired the shield gun at the small unicorn. Releasing as much energy from the laser as he could, praying softly that there would be enough power to overload the angel aspect on Dinky. His eyes were fixated on her stone skin, noticing it was beginning to crack. A small smirk appeared on the Doctor's face as he gave as much energy from the gun as he could.

Suddenly, the rocky exterior on Dinky disappeared. Stopping the laser, the Doctor looked up to see a small purple unicorn lying on the floor of the TARDIS, exhausted. Smiling, the Doctor turned to Derpy and gestured for her to rush to her daughter's aid.

Derpy didn't hesitate, "Dinky!" she called out, rushing over the small filly.

Opening her eyes, Dinky tried to stand up on her own hooves, only to be tightly hugged by her mother. "Momma?"

Tears of joy were streaming down the pegasus's face as they embraced, "Oh, I was so worried about you, Dinky! Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Just tired….very tired…." Dinky said, almost falling asleep in her mother's hold.

The Doctor trotted over to the two. He lightly tapped Dinky on the head, "No drifting off to sleep just yet, my child. Got to make sure you have a clean bill of health." He placed the sonic screwdriver to her forehead and scanned. Dinky smiled up at the Doctor as he finished, "Spotless like a new star. Go ahead and relax, Dinky."

"Thank you, Doctor, and thank you, Momma," Dinky said as she trotted over to a couch to rest upon. Lying down, she closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.

With a sigh of relief, Derpy went over and lightly kissed her sleeping daughter's forehead. Turning her head to the Doctor, she gave a harsh glare. Trotting back over to him, Derpy raised her hoof and slapped the Doctor across his face. However, she then turned her expression to sorrow and sobbing. Flinging her front limbs around the Doctor, she hugged him as she cried.

The Doctor sighed and gave a small laugh, "I guess I kind of deserved that."

"Thank you, Doctor….thank you…." Derpy spoke between her tears.

With a smirk, the Doctor replied, "Thank you for trusting me."

Derpy laughed slightly between her crying, "Of course, you are the Doctor."

"So, where to?" the Doctor asked.

"Anywhere….anywhere but here."

END (for now)