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Thanks to Doctor-River for reviewing. I agree, I can't blame Niko for checking out River, but we definitely can blame him for knocking out the Doctor. Thanks to all who story alerted/favorited this!

A/N: I had a lot of time during school today and nothing to do, so I wrote this chapter, along with two other chapters for two different stories. Enjoy Chapter 2!

Sold into Ruin

~Chapter 2: A Bad Day for the Doctor~

The Doctor awoke with a start. The first thing he noticed was that his arms were hand-cuffed to a pole above his head and that said hand-cuffs were digging into his wrists. The second thing he noticed was that he was hand-cuffed in some kind of ominous dungeon. Knives and other creepy equipment lined the metal walls, causing the Doctor's hearts to speed up. Another thing that startled him was a chair on the opposite end of the dungeon. Under his body was a bed of hay which, he had to admit, was quite uncomfortable, but probably better than the cold, metal floor, covered in dirt and dry spots of a red substance the Doctor didn't want to identify. The third thing he noticed, which worried him greatly, wasn't sometime that was in the room, but something that wasn't. River was nowhere in sight.

River's arms were crossed in indignation. Niko sat across from her in a very stylish room. They were both seated on elegant purple couches, Niko staring lustily at River, and River staring back with a murderous glint in her blue eyes.

Niko laughed airily. "Please, beautiful. We could all get along- I'm a good guy, truly. We could have fun with this, I promise." His voice would have appeared seductive to most women of his era, but he did not know who he was dealing with- the River Song. Niko had never seen anyone like River before, her hair, her starry blue eyes. If only those crystal eyes weren't accompanied by that murderous glint.

Niko moved swiftly and seated himself beside River, slinging his arm around her shoulders at what he thought was a seductive manner; River scooted away from him.

He sighed. "Come on, sweetie." River growled under her breath. "Look at me- I'm hot! I'm rich, and basically rule this pathetic town. Who could do better than me?" It was more a statement than a question, but River spewed out the answer instantly.

"The Doctor could. Where is the Doctor?"

Niko looked at her, aghast. "That fellow you walked into town with? The goof with that ghastly bow-tie?" He laughed obnoxiously. "Now I know I have nothing to worry about."

River turned to him furiously, and slapped him straight out, her blue eyes filled with so many memories of breath-taking adventures. No one would bad talk her Doctor, not even if she did agree that the bow-tie had to go. Niko could only stare wide-eyed in shock. "The Doctor is fire and ice, the wind and the rain. He is new and ancient, the things he has seen you couldn't even imagine in two lifetimes. He is the greatest man I have ever met. Even if you managed to become the richest man in the world, the most attractive man in the world, you could never, ever match the brilliance of my Doctor."

Niko stood up with boiling anger, his face red at being humiliated. He knocked over the couch in his fury, River just managing to leap up before she too could topple backwards. "We'll just see how great your doctor is." Niko trudged out of the room, pulling River harshly behind him.

The door to the dungeon crashed open, slamming against the wall with a bang. The Doctor stood up abruptly as River was thrown into the metal room. The Doctor barely caught her before she could smack her head against the wall. He set her down carefully on the bed of hay, kneeling in front of her. The Doctor frowned.

"River, what happened? Are you alright? What did he-"River's eyes widened in fear and she pointed wearily.

"Doctor! Look out!" A bat connected with the Doctor's skull, and his eyes rolled back into his head. River caught him as he collapsed. He looked so young and weak in that moment. River didn't have time to revel in the sight; Niko grabbed the Doctor by his hair and strapped him into the ominous chair...

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter! Please feel free to review and tell me what you thought.

Luv Trinaluv:)