Chapter Two

Ocelus entered the room and looked at the occupants. The Time Lord and the woman that was in the spacecraft with him were unconscious; strapped down on tables that were next to one another. IV's fed a special drug into their veins that would keep them docile and under control. Ocelus had not been there when they were taken, but from what he had heard, the guards had managed to open the doors after the master had gained control of the ship and cut off its power and oxygen supply. Using night vision, they had searched the ship for its occupants. The female they had found unconscious. The Time Lord had been surprised coming out of a room and knocked unconscious with a stun laser.

Ocelus looked at the young female who was breathing normally with an oxygen mask over her nose. He had been surprised to find out she had been on board. He had only expected the Time Lord. But when he told his master about it, he shrugged and told him that this Time Lord who was called the Doctor made a habit of carrying passengers along with him in his travels. He had been expecting at least one other occupant with him. Ocelus didn't ask any further questions. He existed only to do the master's bidding and that was enough.

He walked over to the Doctor and looked down at him. He had been stripped to the waist as had the female and their clothing lay in a pile in the corner of the room. He glanced down and picked up the Doctor's right hand. He noticed a silver ring on the Doctor's ring finger. Intrigued, he moved the Doctor's hand up slightly staring at the rose engraved on it. Putting his hand back down, he inched up towards the Doctor's face and stared at him. As he looked at his youthful features, he frowned. This was the powerful Time Lord the master spoke about? The one who was to lead his minions and subjugate worlds? This rail-thin man with the pretty face was going to terrorize populations and bring them to their knees?

Ocelus shrugged. The master knew what he was doing. He knew more than him about this Time Lord and what he was capable of. He was only here to tend to the burn the Doctor had incurred from the stun laser.

Going to a nearby counter, he reached up into a cupboard and brought down a special healing ointment that would heal the burn mark. He opened the jar and dipped his hand in for a small amount of the greenish gel. Walking over to the Doctor, he carefully rubbed it on his chest completely covering the wound with it. As he finished up, he looked up at the Doctor's face as he heard him let out a soft groan. As his eyes fluttered open, Ocelus walked back to the counter and wiped his hand off with a small towel.

"Where…am…I?" he heard the Doctor say in a groggy voice.

Turning, Ocelus saw that the Doctor's eyes were trying to focus in on him.

"Who…are…you?" he asked him.

"I am a servant here. That is all you need know about me." Ocelus informed him.

"Rose…where…is…she?"

Ocelus frowned for a moment and then realized he must mean the female. He pointed over to her and the Doctor slowly turned his head and stared at her.

"Rose." He heard him say to her. "Rose?"

The Doctor turned his head back to Ocelus.

"What…have…you…done…to…her?" he slurred out.

"I have done nothing to her. She was found unconscious in your ship. She was brought here and given oxygen and she is breathing fine now. I was not present when she was taken or brought here. I came in here because I was ordered to treat your wound."

"My…wound?"

"The burn mark you received from the stun laser." Ocelus replied, pointing to his chest.

The Doctor tried to raise his head to look, but he was too groggy from the drug. He looked back at Ocelus.

"What…do…you…want…with…us?"

"I want nothing. I'm in the service of my master. He is the one who has brought you and…Rose…here."

"Who…is…your…master…then?"

Ocelus hesitated. He wasn't sure if the master wanted the Time Lord to know who he was yet.

"I will let my master introduce himself when he feels the time is right." He finally answered. "As I said, I am only in here to treat your wound and that is all. I have no idea what my master wants with you so it's no use asking me. I do only as I am told and that's it."

"And…that's…okay…with…you? Being…a…slave?"

Ocelus hesitated. No one had ever asked him anything like that before.

"My master found me when I was a baby. My parents did not want me and abandoned me out on a hill to die. In return for saving my life, the master wishes my absolute obedience and I have agreed to give him that."

"Why?"

Ocelus began to get uncomfortable. He was not used to questions.

"I…owe him my life. If I must spend my life in bondage as a way to repay him for saving me then I will do it. It is better that I live and be a slave than to be dead."

"I…would…rather…die…than…be…a…slave."

"Well, that is your opinion, not mine. Living, even if it is under enslavement, is better to me than dying."

The Doctor looked back at Rose as Ocelus checked his restraints.

"Put…her…clothes…back…on…her." He said, looking at Ocelus.

Ocelus ignored him, finished checking the restrain on his right leg and went around the other side of the Doctor's table to check the restraints on that side.

"I said…PUT HER CLOTHES ON!"

Ocelus jumped. He looked at the Doctor and saw the effects of the drug were starting to wear off. He was regaining strength. Ocelus saw the rage in his eyes and gulped. As the Doctor started to fight his restraints, Ocelus ran over to the machine controlling the flow of the drug. He quickly upped the dosage on the Doctor's side and breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the fight slowly go out of him.

Ocelus' heart was beating in his chest. They had miscalculated the amount of drug it would take to subdue him. He had upped it and now the Doctor was docile again but for how long? He hoped the master would come in soon and take over. He had no doubt now that the Time Lord would go after him if he regained his lucidity. And judging from what he had just seen, he was sure the Time Lord would have no trouble defeating him.

Hurriedly, he ran back over and checked the Doctor's and the female's restraints as the Doctor's eyes burned with quiet fury. Taking one last look at him, he quickly exited leaving the Doctor and the female alone in the room.