Mistakes
Disclaimer: I Do not own Doctor Who nor the characters. I Do however own a sonic screwdriver, three doctor who T-shirts, and various drawings. I do not however own a social life. That was gone a long time ago..
The Doctor was angry. Very angry. He stormed into the TARDIS, with River following close behind, she calmly closed the door before turning to the doctor.
"It wasn't your fault," she attempted to calm him unsuccessfully, "They wouldn't listen. It was their own choice. They knew the consequences."
He turn on his heel to face her "I could have saved them!" He exclaimed, looking straight into her eyes as he walked towards her slowly, "I could have saved them. But I didn't." He said, clenching his fists.
She didn't flinch as he got closer,"There wasn't anything you could do." She stated, looking him in the eyes.
His expression seemed to soften slightly before it darkened again "There's always a way." He murmured quietly.
"Not always." She responded calmly.
His anger seemed to flare up again at this response.
"Well there was a way this time!" He exclaimed angrily. He turned away from her and took a few steps away. He didn't know how much longer he could contain his anger, but he knew it wouldn't take much more before he snapped.
River still stood her ground with a steely expression. "You can't always save everyone. You know that and so do I." she spoke through clenched teeth.
That was all it took to push him over the edge. He turned around quickly. "Says Who!" He yelled. Before he knew what was happening His hand raised of its own accord. There was a sickening smack.
He had hit her.
His face flushed and his eyes widened. All of his previous anger was gone. It was now Replaced by guilt. His mouth hung open slightly in shock.
He looked from his hand to River, who hadn't said anything yet. He attempted to apologize.
"River, I- I'm sorry- I didn't mean- I never meant- I would never try-" she cut him off by raising her hand, she had a Stoney expression. She walked past him down the corridor, leaving the Doctor with guilt burning a hole inside him.
River walked to her room calmly. She wasn't angry at him. She knew that it wasn't his intention to hurt her. He would never do that. She just needed sometime alone. He had been angry before. He had yelled at her but he had never gone as far as hitting her.
She finally reached her room and opened the door. She walked in, slowly closing the door behind her. She left the lights off as she walked over to the bed. She laid down and stared at the ceiling, thinking.
She just laid there for a while. She simply stared at the ceiling, her mind lost in thought. She let her mind wander in the dark. She stayed like that for a while. Until the door creaked open slowly. She didn't even turn to look who it was before turning away from the door so that she lay on her side, facing the wall. she wasn't in the mood to talk to him, let alone look at him At the moment.
"Go away doctor." She said not bothering to look at who it was. She waited to hear the door close again but didn't.
"I said go away." She stated, a bit more firmly. After a few more minutes of nothing she finally turned around "I sai-" she was cut off by a hand over her mouth. her eyes widened as she realized this was not the Doctor. She struggled to get free of his grip.
He tied something around her mouth, making her unable to say anything. He held down her arms. she was unable to get her arms free for long enough to grab her gun. She continued to struggle. Her eyes widened further as she realized something terrifying. There was no way out.
The Doctor watched as she hurried down the corridor. Once she was out of sight he looked down at his hand. What had he done? How could he have hit River? He was suddenly light headed.
After finally forcing his legs work move from where he had been standing for the last five minutes, he walked down the few stairs and then turned below the console. He walked over and sat in the swing with his head hanging low. He knew that she didn't want see him right now, so he sat. And he waited. He sat in the swing and stared at his hand. He sat as the guilt kept eating him.
He sat there for who knows how long. it could have been hours. it could have been minutes. He sat until he couldn't take it. Then, without thinking, he got up and walked down the corridor until he got to River's room. He stopped at the door.
Thats when He heard something. Something strange. It sound like there was... a fight?
The Doctors eyes widened and he threw the door open. The room was dark but he could make out two shadows. He heard muffled screams. He knew who those screams belonged to.
"River!" He exclaimed. He quickly turned on the lights just in time to see the back of a figure next to River. It grabbed her by her wrist. The Doctor lunged, trying to get to River. He had just enough time to see River. She was gagged and, with pleading eyes, looked straight at him before disappearing with the crackling flash of a vortex manipulator.
Should I continue? Was it boring? Interesting? Am I a good writer? Or an incredibly bad writer. I would like to know if I suck at this. It would be nice to know. I'm just saying.