River didn't like chaos. She didn't like it because her mind was always encased in it. They made her that way. If they hadn't forced her to feel everything. If they had just let her learn, let her dance.... she could have been a normal teen. Precocious, yes. Correcting something that no one else realized was wrong. But she wouldn't be this. A teen bred to be a weapon. Who carried government secrets in her head, that kept her awake because it was always there and she didn't know what it was. Because it wasn't supposed to be known and it was secret. Even to her. Yet she still carried that burden with her.
"Then let them go."
Them could be just Simon and Felicia. Or it could be everyone who had already gone missing. Could be the mind controlled guards. He wouldn't listen. Of course not. This was his enjoyment. His entertainment while he worked towards his end game. The Doctors. The man with three forms who would be his downfall.
But then he was having her surrounded and River had to fight. She had to survive. It was something inherent in her. In everyone. To survive. To live. She needed that and she needed it to happen so she could save the others. She was just a girl but she was so much more than just a weapon. Because even though they tried to cut it away, even though they cut into her brain and made her the mess of emotions she was as she had no filter, she still had a heart. She still had convictions and worries and dreams. She wanted to dance again. And dance she would, the deadly dance they taught her.
Time was meaningless. All River knew was reflex. There was no counting, no math. This was beyond that right now because they were swarming her. Pulling her back, hitting and beating her. Or trying. Some landed the odd punch but they were forming a pile around her. She used whatever was around her to aide her. It was beautiful and destructive, much like the teen who didn't even realize it. Didn't realize it was what she now embodied thanks to the Alliance.
They weren't here. But Simon was. Simon who was her home. Her anchor. He saved her and now she'd save him.