Beautiful hatred

Chapter 1: Freefall

The gentle whirring of the TARDIS engines filled the massive control room as the Doctor stood in front of the control panel. One hand was deep in the pocket of his blue suit, the other running through his spikey hair, his face crumpled in concentration as he stared at the confusing numbers on the screen. This was something new…

''Oi, spaceman, what'd ya think?'' called Donna as she emerged from a doorway cloaked in a new red dress. They'd just embarked from the markets of Radimore and Donna was cherishing her recent buy. Strictly speaking the Doctor had paid for it, but with no HSBC in sight there wasn't another option. She could have course not bought the dress but that wasn't an option.

The Doctor turned to face her slowly, his face still thinking, his eyes not concentrated. ''Yeah,'' nodded the Doctor slowly before turning to re-face the monitor.

''Oi, I'd like a little more than 'yeah' if you don't mind,'' called Donna, marching forwards until she stood next to the Timelord.

No response.

''Doctor?'' inquired Donna, her tone changing from anger to concern.

''Sorry,'' mumbled the Doctor. ''I'm just busy.''

''What are you looking at?'' asked Donna, turning her gaze to the monitor.

''Statistics,'' answered the Doctor quietly.

A few seconds of silence passed before he suddenly sprang into life. ''I'm looking at statistics. Numbers. Things. You see, the TARDIS picks up on all kinds of energy; kinetic, electric, light, gravitational, all kinds. Right now it's picking up on a new type of energy. No idea what, but it's massive. It doesn't register at all.''

''Is it dangerous?'' asked Donna, curiosity filling inside her whilst she also fought the urge to punch the Doctor for being so clever.

''Well, not really. Well, could be. Well, probably,'' answered the Doctor as he began bouncing around the TARDIS on his converse boots.

''Well shouldn't we do something then?'' said Donna quickly, her curiosity turning to fear.

''Probably,'' nodded the Doctor returning to the monitor. ''Slight problem though, I have no idea where it's coming from.''

Donna opened her mouth to reply but before she could the TARDIS tilted rapidly to the side and Timelord and human went flying. Donna screamed as she clung onto the railing as the Doctor pulled his way up to the monitor screen.

''We're falling,'' he shouted as sparks flew from the console forcing him back.

''You don't say,'' retorted Donna as sparks continued to fly through the air.

The console room was spinning now with no sign of stopping despite the Doctor's continued efforts to regain control. The engine was no longer gently whirring, instead it was screaming as if it was a falling infant, and in the current scenario Donna could understand why.

The Doctor was back at the control panel, clinging on for dear life as the TARDIS continued to spin.

''I can see something,'' he bellowed to Donna. ''I think we're about to land.''

''Land where?!''

''I don't know,'' he retorted. ''Brace yourself.''

Donna wrapped herself around the railing whilst the Doctor used the console as shield. Suddenly, the TARDIS shook and a massive vibration indicated they'd landed.

As the smoke billowing from the console cleared, the Doctor and Donna slowly stood to their feet and exanimated themselves.

''We survived,'' beamed the Doctor. He gave Donna a cheeky grin. ''I knew we would.''

''Yeah right, Mr 'I don't know', '' growled Donna. She then took the Doctor's arm and gave him a half-excited, half-terrified look. ''Where are we?''

''No idea,'' he replied. He looked at her and smiled again. ''Let's find out.''

''I'm just grabbing a coat,'' interjected Donna, remembering the Ood Sphere with a shiver.

''Me too,'' nodded the Doctor as he raced towards the TARDIS doors, not even stopping as he grabbed his long, brown coat, pulling the TARDIS doors open and stepping outside.

Looking around, the Doctor realised they'd crashed in an alleyway. Convenient, he thought. It was empty with a beam of light indicating an exit to the right probably 200km away. A quick 360 turn gave no indication of what had caused the TARDIS to crash meaning they'd have to investigate beyond the alleyway.

A few minutes later, Donna appeared at his side, her red dress replaced with jeans, a top and aforementioned coat.

''Have you changed?'' frowned the Doctor.

''Oh, you notice now,'' sniped Donna. ''But yes. I'm not wearing a new dress to a place that's just dragged our super-duper time machine down.''

The Doctor nodded.

''So, where are we?'' asked Donna.

''Let's find out,'' replied the Doctor, grabbing Donna's hand and running towards the exit of the alleyway.

Timelord and human emerged into the sunlight and, while blinking rapidly, the city began to reveal itself. People were everyone, trams and cars filled the street and 3 colours were everywhere.

A parade of marching soldiers filled the street as people rushed quickly on by as if to not be noticed by them. Some individuals wore little round caps and it seemed they were most keen to avoid detection, practically running to escape the advancing soldiers, all of whom were dressed in brown shirts,

Flags hung everywhere. Every single building had one each with three sickening colours; red, white, black. The three colours dominated the landscape.

''Doctor,'' whispered Donna nervously. ''Where are we?''

The Doctor was stood stiffly, his eyes wild, his face dark and his hearts beating quickly. A new fear seemed to be etched on his face. At last he spoke.

''1930s Germany. Better known as Nazi Germany,'' spat the Doctor.

The pair stood alone, in the middle of the city of terror as swastikas glared down on them from everywhere.

The Doctor was breathing heavily now, his mind torn between fear and his duty as the last of the Time Lords. For the first time in a very long time, the Doctor didn't know what to do…

From a far distance, a blonde haired man, dressed in black uniform watched the newcomers. His gaze narrowed.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the beginning of this story, please review! I will of course be respectful regarding the time period as I have studied it myself. Next chapter coming soon