Chapter Four; The Ultimate Superweapon

Rose suddenly gave a gasp as her lower jaw dropped wide open. "Did you just see that?" she questioned me with astonishment and disbelief.

"Yes I know it was a great trick wasn't it?" I questioned her back with a grin.

"That's just it, I don't think it was." She whispered softly while the rest of the audience continued to cheer and applaud. While I tried to figure out that if she meant that it wasn't a good trick, or that it wasn't a trick at all an announcement was made that The Dragons would be up on the stage in fifteen minutes and that afterwards they would be signing autographs.

"Oh my God! Can we stay!? Please! Please! Please!?" Jane pleaded while she jumped up and down.

"I don't believe you, I'm sorry but I just don't get you sometimes." Peter began. "Our little sister freaking just disappeared!" he exclaimed.

"I know, wasn't it cool!?" Jane cried.

"No, what if something terrible happened to her!?"

"You know what your problem is? You worry too much." Jane began with a shake of her head. "It was just a magic trick, and I'm sure he'll make her reappear." She said.

"Oh yeah and what if he doesn't?" he asked her when suddenly Rose rushed onto the stage.

"Rose wait! Where are you going!?" I cried when suddenly she squatted down in front of Nathan. "Where's Cassie?" she asked him but he simply just shrugged at her.

"I'm sorry mam I dunno." He told her as he heaved a heavy sad sigh. "Are you her mother?" he asked her.

"Yes I am, and I want to know what happened to her. Where is she!?" she exclaimed anxiously as he just simply heaved another heavy sad sigh and shrugged again.

"I'm sorry mam, I really wish that I could help you." He told her.

"I knew it, I know who you are, I've seen you before in a nightmare. That wasn't a trick." She began. "Where's your father? I know that he's behind this, he must have found us here." She said.

"Please don't get angry with me, I didn't do it on purpose." He told her sadly with a sniff as a tear rolled down his cheek and he quickly brushed it away before wiping his nose with the back of his hand.

"Alright then if you really mean that then bring my daughter back. Please, she's just a little girl." She told him.

"I can't! I don't know how!" he cried.

"Rose," I began as she turned to look back at me stepping onto the stage behind her. "what's going on?" I asked her. "Who is this?"

"His name is Nathan Humble." She began. "He's a wizard and the son of The Master." She told me.

"What!?" I began with complete and utter disbelief. "That's impossible! The Master can't be his father he doesn't even look anything like him." I told her.

"Oh he is trust me, I've seen it before on Fantasy Island. I'll tell you about it later, right now we need him to bring Cassie back." She said.

"But I already told you, I can't!" he sobbed as I simply just looked down at him.

"Rose," I began. "I think he's telling the truth." I told her as I gazed down into his blue innocent eyes before squatting down in front of him.

"Do you know who I am?" I questioned him as he nodded in response. "Well alright then, who am I?" I asked him.

"You're The Doctor." He answered.

"See Doctor you can't trust him, he knows who you are. The Master must have sent him here. They must have been spying on us all along." Rose told me anxiously as she quickly glanced over at me before back down at the boy breathing frantically.

"It's alright Rose just calm down, if he was going to hurt us I think he already would have a long time ago." I told her. "Listen Nathan, I'm your friend and I want to try and help you,.. I just need to understand you first. Now before we take this thing anywhere else, I have to ask you a question. If you could figure out a way to bring Cassie back then would you?" I asked him as I waited for a few moments for him to respond before he finally nodded.

"Alright then, why don't you come back with us to our hotel. There are some other questions that I want to ask you. That is if your mummy doesn't mind." I told him.

"I don't have a mummy. I mean I do, but I'm not where she is. She left before I was born." He explained.

"Alright then come with us." I told him.

"I can't I'm scared, what if my father finds out that I'm with you? He won't like it at all, he'll become very angry with me." He said worriedly.

"It's alright Nathan, I won't let anything happen to you I promise. Trust me." I told him as I slowly reached out my hand and offered it to him. He slowly backed away for a moment unsure of himself.

"Well you protect me from the monsters?" he questioned nervously.

"Yes, I will." I answered with a nod even though I didn't have a clue what he was talking about.

"Well, alright then, I trust you." He told me as he slowly reached out and grabbed my hand.

"C'mon Rose let's go, I'll make sure that Mickey and Martha keep an eye on our remaining children." I told her as I walked with Nathan off stage. Then I explained the situation to them before I took Rose and Nathan back to the hotel.

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"Alright Nathan, I began as I picked him up and then set him back down on the bed once we got back to our room. "It's just you and me and Rose now, nobody's going to harm you. We just want to get to know the truth, what happened to Cassie?" I asked him.

"I'm not sure." He began in a small voice. "Things just happen to me, I don't know why, but it's been like that for as long as I can remember. Ever since my father created me." He explained.

"What do you mean created you?" Rose questioned him with uncertainty as he took a deep breath and sighed.

"I'm a robot." He responded. "Well sort of anyway. He told me that he created me inside a lab, he wanted to build the ultimate superweapon, the kind that was part time lord and part wizard. So that's why he went to the graveyard and dug up some human remains and placed their organs inside a doll, that's how he brought me to life." He explained.

"So I was right then, in my nightmare I saw it all. You really are here to destroy us." Rose realized.

"No mam, I swear I'm not! I'm nothing like my father wants me to be, nowhere near it!" he cried. "I mean it's true that he sent me here to kill you but I could never do that, I just want somebody to be my friend." He said with a sniff as another tear rolled down his cheek and he quickly brushed it away.

"Of course you do." I began. "It isn't right what's happened to you and I'm very sorry for what happened to you and how your so called father treats you." I told him.

"He said that he would destroy me if I didn't obey his orders, but I couldn't do it. I really want to help you find your daughter and get Cassie back." He assured me.

"I know you do, everything's going to be alright Nathan I promise. Just stay here with Rose for a moment and then we'll figure something out." I told him as I pulled a tissue out from a box and then gave it to him to blow his nose and dab his eyes. As I left the room I realized that I didn't have a clue what to do, but at the moment I swore on my life that I would do everything in my power to help this kid.