The Doctor of Mercia
He woke up in a warm and soft bed. He opened his eyes, his vision was clear. He took a look around. Purple walls of Dashi, and a small skeleton of Tandum forming a round room. A round window right across the bed, holographic generators in each side.
He was in Mercia. In Narayan, if he was not mistaken. The TARDIS had found its destination. Clever girl.
Whatever that Salesman was saying, he was right in one thing. They had cured him. Well, great thanks to all of them but it's time to go. Mercia is just not the place for me.
As he got up the door opened and a female Mercian got in. She was a Narayan no doubt. That red suit was telling it all. His Mercian were a little bit rusty, hopefully he wouldn't say anything stupid.
"You should go back to bed." The young Narayan said.
The Doctor did as instructed surprised that the girl spoke English.
"You speak English." He said.
"Yes, I do. It is an honour to speak her Majesty's Language." The girl answered as she turned on the holographic generator to check on his tests.
Her Majesty? Queen Elisabeth reached Mercia? When did that happen?
"I thought there were no Queens in Mercia." The Doctor said.
"There aren't." the Narayan replied.
Ok, now he was curious. Maybe he should stay and find out.
That thought flew away as soon as it came. Mercia just wasn't his planet. Especially, Edan. Narayan was a city he could stand but, Edan… was just a few miles away.
"Ok, thanks for treating me, I am fine now. I think I should go." He said but he received a killing look from the young Narayan.
"You are not going anywhere before she examines you." She said and turned the generator off.
"Who?" He asked but he received no answer.
The young Mercian turned the other generator on.
"But I am fine." He said.
"Barely. We have just suppressed it in order to buy us some time." She answered.
"What's your name?" The Doctor asked.
"I am Cur Tamahna Sah, of the tribe of Narayan." She answered.
"What, you are not an Atrus? Not even Sentah? I thought Cur meant help." The Doctor said.
"Exactly. Her majesty decided that a group like us could help running Atrusan, better. Now we can treat all the Mercians and people outside our planet, like you. In two year I can be a Sentah, but I want to be like her." She said like she was lost in a dream.
The Doctor was looking at her weird. Changes had been made in Mercia, but Mercians don't like changes. What was going on?
She turned the second generator off and pushed a button on her uniform.
"Now she will see you." Tamahna said.
"Who?" The Doctor asked.
"Her Majesty, the Doctor." She answered and the door opened.
When she walked in he couldn't believe his eyes. A doctor's white jacket, black leather boots, jeans, a white shirt, hair up, chocolate skin and the most bright smile in the world.
"Martha Jones?" The Doctor said surprised. He looked like his eyes were going to pop out of his head.
"Doctor!" she said and hugged him. She sat on the edge of his bed, taking his hand in hers.
"Oh, I am so happy to see you again. You can't imagine my shock when they brought you. I nearly had a heart attack. Thank God we suppressed it and brought you back. It was very aggressive." She kept talking and talking but he was lost. Martha Jones in Mercia? What the… What was going on in the universe? Her Majesty? Was he in a parallel world again?
"Martha, Martha, Martha, Martha!" he yelled trying to stop her.
"Sorry, I was just so worried. Oh my God, I thought I would lose you. When the diagram went flat I was waiting you to regenerate but when you didn't… I am just happy we brought you back." She said.
"Martha, why are you… How the… What are you doing in Mercia?" He finally asked.
"That's a long story. We will have plenty of time, trust me." She said.
"Whatever you say, your Majesty." He said playfully.
"I'm glad you got your spirit back, but don't call that way." She said and turned both generators on.
"Cur Tamahna?" Martha said, in a serious tone.
"Nothing has changed, your Majesty. It is attacking again." Tamahna said.
"Is it what we were afraid of?" Martha asked.
"Yes, your Majesty." The young Mercian answered.
"Then it's going to be really complicated. But there is nothing we can't do, now is it?" she said smiling at the young assistant.
The Doctor was watching silently. There was something really strange going on here.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"You have been infected by a powerful parasite. Even worse than the Sun, remember?" he said.
It was an experience he would happily forget.
"It's feeding on your dark thoughts, and I know you have plenty of them, while attacking your hearts. Might be a reason you did not regenerate." Martha said.
"How did this happen?" he asked.
"We believe you were attacked." Tamahna said.
"Attacked?" he said annoyed.
"This particular parasite was made by the Municons to be used at war. They were taken away by the 'Police', but we heard some of them were stolen last week, and admit you have a good bunch of enemies that would be glad to treat you a glass of this." Martha said.
"A glass?" he asked.
"It looks like a fluid. You can easily drink it." She answered.
"Asteroid 13. I stopped there to get a new accelerator. I took a … drink." He said.
"How much did you drink?" Martha asked him.
"Just a zip." He said and made a grimace of pain.
"It's starting again. Tamahna give him some thresmesone. We are going to operate him." Martha said leaving the room.
"What?" the Doctor screamed.
Coming up next, the doctor's operation and his recovery at Martha's house in Mercia. What's going to happen between them after she saved his life… again? Why is the destiny chasing him?