When I wake, I'm in a hospital gown. The Doctor is in a chair next to me, sobbing.
"Doc-" I try, but my throat is dry. "Doctor?"
His head snaps up. His eyes are red and puffy, his face a bit splotchy.
"Who did that to you? There's years of malnourishment, and all of those scars… Who carved 'DADDY' into your back? Who would hurt someone like you?"
"M-Malnourishment… is because I'm anorexic and bulimic. Everything else… my father. He used to rape me, before the Dalek, that is. He would get mad when I screamed or whimpered, so he started bringing a knife to carve me like a chicken. He got my face, too."
"What? Where?"
I ask him for makeup remover. Once the makeup is gone, I look down, ashamed. He gently lifts my head and places a kiss on my lips.
"You shouldn't wear makeup. You're even more beautiful without it."
I suddenly start to panic. "Where's my fob watch?!"
"It's right here, calm down." He hands it to me, and I quickly slip it back over my head. I turn to see him staring at me.
"What?"
"Have you ever opened that watch?"
"No. It's broken."
"How do you know?"
"I don't know."
"Open it."
I open the fob watch and a golden light surrounds me.
"I love you, Maiden."
"I love you, too, Doctor."
/.../
"Theta…"
"Aghanashini."
"Why do you want to do this with me? You know you will never be able to consummate with another. It will feel wrong and painful."
"I love you, Aghanashini."
"Theta, I'm fat. I'm ugly. I am awful."
He storms towards me. "Don't you EVER say that to me again! You are worth so much!"
"No I'm n-" He cuts me off with a fevered kiss and things get heated from there.
/.../
The Daleks have taken me. They want to brainwash me. I'm the woman who destroys the Doctor.
I gasp and stumble back.
"Get out of here, Theta. You're in danger. They're coming for you. They know I've remembered. And my training is coming back to. I'm the woman who destroys the Doctor. You have to run."
"Who are you? Why do you know that name?"
"Theta!"
"No! You tell me who you are! You tell me right now! Only two people call me that, and one of them is a psychopath."
"I am the Maiden."
"No. She died. The Daleks killed her. I watched."
"No. They hit me with a transmat beam. They trained me to destroy you."
"Aghanashini?"
"Run, my love. I can sense them. They're near."
"I'm not leaving you. I will never leave you again."
"You must. I'm losing the battle. She will be here soon."
"Who?"
"The Matron. The Dalek-trained assassin in me. She wants to kill you."
"Come on, love, you can do it. Fight for me."
"I can't. I love you."
He kisses me one last time. Then she takes over.
She pushes him off of me.
"I'm guessing you're the Matron?"
"Yes, and the Matron says the Doctor needs to be punished."
I could see he wasn't going to fight her. Because I'm still in here, and he wouldn't risk hurting me.
This is going to be a long night.
