Here's a new chapter for our dear readers. We felt gracious and decided to go and upload already. We hope you'll enjoy and please fav/follow and r&r, of course! Thanks!

You'll have to forgive us if Captain Jack is not as flirty as you'd expect, but the Frost Wolf is an undead ice creature, so you can imagine how receptive she'd be for flirting...

A few moments later, they arrived at the top floor.

The four of them stepped out of the life and walked on the bridge.

'Don't we need permission to enter the bridge?' Rose asked smiling.

'You got it,' the Frost Wolf said dryly.

'We get permission from you?' Jack asked with a raised eyebrow.

'Yes. Now wait here,' the creature said calmly, 'I need to speak with my Captain.'

The three people looked at each other, for a moment not knowing what to do.

'My Lady?' the Frost Wolf asked.

Skadi looked up. 'Yes?'

'The Doctor is here, my Lady. That proves me right.'

Skadi turned around and looked at the three strangers. The Doctor smiled and waved at her.

She beckoned him to come close.

'Hello Doctor,' Skadi said, 'What brings you here?'

'No idea yet,' the Doctor said, 'But apparently my dear Frost Wolf thinks there's someone aboard this ship who is not supposed to be here.'

'Yes, she told me…. Was she right?'

'It would appear so,' the Doctor said.

'And you and your companions are here to investigate it then, I suppose?' the Huntress asked with a raised eyebrow.

'If you will allow us,' the Doctor said and smiled.

'Did he just ask her for permission to investigate?' Rose softly asked Jack.

'Yeah, I heard it too…' Captain Jack said softly.

'He never does that,' Rose said.

'I know. What do you suppose is different about her?'

'It is not about her,' a voice with a strong northern accent suddenly said behind them.

'Ah! You scared me!' Rose said when she turned around and saw the Frost Wolf.

The creature simply smiled.

'If it's not about her, then why is he asking permission?' Jack asked.

The Frost Wolf looked at him for a moment, her head slightly tilted.

'Trespassers get killed,' she then said calmly.

'Killed?' Rose asked.

'Yes, killed. No exceptions.'

'So…?'

'So basically, the Doctor just saved your lives,' the Frost Wolf said, 'If the three of you were to go and investigate on your own, without permission of the Queen, you would be trespassers and killed instantly, no matter who you are.'

'No exceptions? That's harsh,' Jack said, trying to charm the icy creature with his smile, to no avail though.

The Frost Wolf stayed unmoved.

'It is what it is,' she said coolly.

'Wait a minute,' Rose said and spurted towards the Doctor.

'Doctor, can I talk to you for a moment?' she asked.

'Yes, of course,' the Doctor said, 'If Your Majesty will excuse me for a moment.'

Queen Skadi nodded.

'What's wrong, Rose?' the Time Lord asked.

'Did you know trespassers get killed?' Rose asked.

'Yes.'

'But that also includes that person down there.'

'Yes.'

'You knew? You knew that all along?' Rose asked upset.

'Rose Tyler, listen to me. Whoever trespasses on this ship will be killed. That's how it always has been and how it always will be. There is nothing I can do about it. I am not the highest authority here,' the Doctor said, holding the blonde's shoulders.

'Not the highest authority? The last of the Timelords is not the highest authority?' Rose asked smiling, 'Then who is? Skadi?'

'No. It's someone who doesn't know it,' the Doctor said, a sad gleam in his eyes.

'I don't follow.'

'We might as well get moving, Doctor,' the Frost Wolf said.

'Do we have permission to investigate then?' Captain Jack asked.

The Frost Wolf looked at the Doctor and smiled. The latter nodded.

'Okay, then let's go,' Jack said.

'Wait, doesn't it bother you?' Rose asked the Doctor.

'What doesn't bother me?'

'That whoever we're looking for, he or she is going to die today.'

'Of course it bothers me. But I can't do anything about it.'

'This trespasser will not just die,' the Frost Wolf said calmly, 'This person will be executed.'

'Executed? Why?' Rose asked, even more upset than she already was.

'Whoever came here, his or her intentions are to convince Queen Skadi to join a side in the war. That means that he or she is trespassing in an act of war,' the Frost Wolf explained while taking the trio back to the lift, 'Trespassers get killed. Trespassers in an act of war are executed. Publicly. Whoever they are.'

'But that is unfair!' Rose exclaimed.

'So is death and so are many other things. Come on, we do not have all day,' the Frost Wolf said sternly and put her hand once again on the control pad, 'Lift override command until this exact voice tells you otherwise: go down one floor and stop there when these exact four people are inside the cabin.'

'Lift override command initiated,' the lift voice said, 'Going down one floor.'

A few seconds later, the doors opened again and the four of them stepped out.

'This is the second floor,' the Frost Wolf said, 'This is where the Captain's quarters are and mine as well.'

'Are we getting a tour?' Rose asked, smiling again.

'Yes. This is a big ship. You do not want to get lost. It could take days or even weeks before you would ever find someone again, that is if you do not starve to death first,' the ancient creature said, 'This ship is never the same twice. It is an ever-changing labyrinth. Only those who know where they are going can find their way.'

'An ever-changing labyrinth? Useful,' Jack said intrigued.

'Quite. No enemy has ever made it through. We find their bodies from time to time, or whatever remains….'

'That sounds horrifying,' Rose said, 'Doesn't it scare you? To find all those dead people?'

'Scare me? Rose Tyler, I have never been scared of anything,' the Frost Wolf said with an amused smile, but then became grim, 'When the day comes that I am scared, you do not want to be near. That day will come; I have no doubt about it. However, when and where? That is a mystery that only time can solve.'

All of them remained silent for several minutes, uncomfortable and slightly troubled.

The Doctor sighed soundlessly and thought of long ago, of the days his love could not remember. He silently wished the day would come that she would remember, but he also knew that the day she would remember, would be the day she would know fear again.

'Moving on,' the ancient creature said calmly, interrupting everyone's thoughts and the silence around them, 'We have a few more floors to see and investigate.'

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