Chapter One

Jamie woke with a start. The last thing he remembered was a masked man coming towards the Doctor. He jumped to his feet, reaching for the knife in his boot. He realized his knife was missing, and the Doctor was nowhere in sight.

Confused, Jamie looked around. He was alone in a small room, with white walls, two doors, a screen that looked like the TARDIS scanner in one corner, a device he didn't recognize in the other, and the bed he was sitting on. He got up to try the doors, when one opened and a dark-skinned lad was pushed into the room. He was wrapped in cords. The lad tried to stand up, stumbled, and nearly fell over before Jamie caught him.

As Jamie began wrestling with the cords he asked," I'm Jamie McCrimmon. What's your name?"

Once his mouth was free the boy replied. "Carter Kane. Where are we?"

"I don't know."

Before Jamie could speak again the door opened again. The hooded guard had returned this time with a girl. She swayed where she stood as the door closed. Carter, who was now untied, caught her by the arm and led her to the bed. As she sat, she muttered her thanks. She pressed her fingers to the sides of her head. It was likely she had a headache.

The door opened again. This time another lad was pushed through, and Jamie caught him before he hit the floor. He had a rather nasty lump on the back of his head visible through his messy dark hair. He stirred a little then stilled when Jamie lay him on the bed.

She opened her mouth as if about to speak. Then the door opened. This time a short man with light brown hair fell into the room. He stirred as Jamie and Carter helped him up. They sat him on the bed next to the lass.

Jamie introduced himself and the awake girl whispered,"My name is Sandry." Her hands were still clasped to her head. The man, who seemed to be recovering quickly, told them that his name was John and that he was a doctor. He didn't seem to be able to understand Sandry, so Jamie translated. For some reason only Jamie could understand her. John then began to tend to the unconscious boy's injuries as best he could with no supplies.

Jamie noticed that the door had remained closed for a while. As he looked over the strange group, his mind was racing. why were they here? who brought them here?

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By the time the Doctor had come to, two other people were in the room. They stood on opposite sides of the room, one girl one boy, as if they didn't trust each other.

"Oh Hello. I'm the Doctor. Who are you?" The Doctor asked making both jump. They hadn't seen him wake up.

The dark haired boy spoke first, " I'm Percy." he was American from the sound of his voice.

The girl spoke with a British accent. " Well, I'm Sadie. where the bloody hell are we?"

The door opened again. Another girl stumbled into the room, then collapsed in a heap.

"Quickly! Quickly now. Bring her over here."The Doctor said motioning to the bed as he got up. He and Percy carried the red-head over. She stirred slightly and tried to get up.

"No, don't do that my dear. My, my you look like you've been drugged. What's your name?"

"'m Tris." She muttered than licked her lips."I feel like I was kicked in the head."

"What did she say?" asked Sadie curiously.

"She says her name is Tris." replied the Doctor who quickly realizing that she spoke Tamoran, the other two spoke English. He would have to translate for her.

Before anyone could say anything more the door opened once again. This time a tall man stumbled into the cell. He studied them each carefully as they introduced themselves then almost absently told them that his name was Sherlock.

They waited for several minutes but the door didn't open again. The Doctor suspected that no one else would be joining them. It was Percy who asked," What happens now?"

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Two people met in the control room of the ship. One was a tall man with greying hair and a beard. The other was a shorter woman with shoulder length brown hair. They watch two screens with footage of the two cells.

"Time to begin my dear?" The man asked. He watched his companion closely as he poured drinks for both of them into glasses. He still didn't trust her, her story was near impossible, yet time was a funny thing.

"Oh definitely time to begin. Time is of the essence. Yet, we must take precautions. Are the shields up? " she asked as she accepted a glass from him.

"Yes, the mages will not be able to link. The other's weapons are locked away." He said a little peeved that she would think he would forget.

"Well then." She raised her glass. " To the most complicated experiment either of us has ever done."

He raised his glass saying," To the almost impossible experiment." He sipped his drink. "Let us begin."