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None of the officers had moved.

Donna looked up. 'What are you idiots waiting for? A kind request?' she called out.

'We know where Queen Skadi is,' one of them said, 'But we cannot disturb her. She is at the war council with the other Kings and Queens.'

'What war council?' Donna asked.

'The council for the five hundred and something Interplanetary War,' the Vanr said.

'Oh, not again,' the Doctor said, wrinkling his nose.

'Yeah, Vanaheim and Ásgarð are at war with each other again,' the Frost Wolf groaned, 'And guess what, Ásgarð started it.'

'There's a surprise…' the Doctor muttered.

The Frost Wolf groaned louder. She was in serious pain.

'Help… me…' she managed to utter.

'It's alright, my love, it's alright,' the Doctor said softly, taking the ancient creature in his arms and cradling her gently.

'Is someone going to do something, or do I have to do it?' Donna asked in her usual bossy manner.

The Vanir looked at her, shifting nervously.

The Frost Wolf roared loudly and at the same time, she screamed in agony.

The Doctor held her close and tried to calm her.

'Shhh…' he whispered, 'It's going to be okay.'

The Frost Wolf groaned in reply. Her teeth grew and shrank almost continuously.

A young sergeant suddenly jumped up and ran to the lift. The door closed behind him.

'Drovitsch!' one of the other officers called after him.

The young Vanr did not listen.

He went straight to the council room and knocked on the door.

The Kings and Queens looked up in surprise.

'Who dares to interrupt us?' Heimdall asked, his baritone voice resounding.

'Forgive me, my Lords, my Ladies,' Drovitsch said panting, 'but I need to speak with my Queen Skadi….'

Skadi turned around.

'Drovitsch, what is the matter?' she asked, raising an eyebrow.

'My Queen, it is the Frost Wolf,' the young Vanr said, 'She is in agonizing pain. It is that headband of hers. She appeared to be constantly transforming back and forth. Also, the Doctor is here, I think.'

Skadi stood up.

'What did you say?' she exclaimed, 'My fellow Kings and Queens, you must excuse me.'

'What? Why?' Freya asked surprised.

'My Tracker needs me,' Skadi said, 'Her life may depend on it.'

The other Kings and Queens looked at each other, a bit uneasy about the matter. Skadi however, did not pay any attention to it. She dashed out of the room, Drovitsch on her tail.

'Where is she?' she asked, walking down the hallway.

'On the bridge, as you ordered, ma'am,' Drovitsch said.

They stepped into the lift and it whizzed up to the top floor of the Isa.

The doors opened again.

Skadi entered the bridge. She looked around.

The first thing she saw was an all too familiar blue police box.

The second thing she saw was a red-haired woman yelling at her bridge crew.

The third thing she saw was the Frost Wolf, in agonizing pain, and a strange man in a brown suit holding her tight.

She assumed that that was the Doctor.

'Doctor?' she asked.

The man looked up. 'Yeah?'

'New face?'

'Yeah.'

'Ah. How is she doing?' Skadi asked concerned while she kneeled down beside them.

The Frost Wolf howled in agony, her hands deforming into claws and back.

'As you can see,' the Doctor sighed, 'Why did you ever agree to this?'

'Because she asked me to. She did not want to hurt anyone anymore,' Skadi said sternly.

'So now what?'

'Let go of her.'

'I beg your pardon?' the Doctor asked astounded, 'Let go? Are you nuts?'

'Just do as I say, Doctor,' Skadi sighed, 'You will see.'

The Doctor gently laid the Frost Wolf on the ground. The creature struggled and arched her back, growling and snarling.

'What are we waiting for?' he asked.

'I cannot take that thing off unless she is out cold,' the Huntress explained calmly.

'Then we hit her on the head or something,' Donna said.

'Who are you?' Skadi asked, looking up at the ginger woman.

'Donna Noble,' Donna said.

'I am Queen Skadi of Vanaheim, I am the Huntress, and the Captain of the Isa,' Skadi said, 'but no, that will not work.'

'Why not?'

'Not even hitting her on the head with an anvil will work,' Skadi sighed, 'There is no point in inflicting pain on her, because there is no worse pain than what she is going through right now. She told me once it feels like being stabbed on the inside, over and over again. Like she is being ripped apart from the inside out. There is no pain worse than that.'

'So what? We have to wait until she knocks herself out?' Donna asked.

'Basically.'

The Frost Wolf snapped double, roaring and growling deeply. She looked at the Doctor, panting, half choking. Blood leaked out of her mouth. Except it wasn't blood. It was liquid ice, glowing strangely blue.

'Don't be afraid, my sweet,' the Doctor said, a pained look in his eyes.

'I am not afraid,' the Frost Wolf uttered painstakingly, 'It just hurts… so bad….'

'It's alright,' the Doctor said, 'It's all going to be over soon.'

The ancient creature howled. She gripped her head.

It felt as if it was going to explode, so bad it hurt.

She roared, louder than ever before.

Then she fell back, her eyes shut, barely breathing. She did not move.

'Is… is it over?' Donna asked softly.

'Not yet,' Skadi said softly while she bent over the barely conscious creature.

Suddenly the Frost Wolf arched her back, her fists clenched. She roared.

Her nails pierced her own skin, making the liquid ice flow out rapidly. Rolling from side to side, she screamed growling and howling.

She had so incredibly unbearably, excruciatingly much pain.

Skadi quickly sat back. The creature could have seriously injured her.

'She's got to calm down,' the Doctor said distressed, 'Is there nothing I can do?'

'No, Doctor,' Skadi said softly, 'You cannot do anything. You can only sit back and watch.'

In the meantime, the creature had curled up on her side, still howling with pain.

The Doctor looked at her, so infinitely sad. He wanted to help her, to take away all the pain, but he could not. He could not do a thing.

The Frost Wolf stopped growling.

For a moment, the shifting stopped.

She sat up.

'Frost Wolf?' the Doctor asked.

'…Doctor…?' the Frost Wolf said, barely able to produce a sound.

'How are you, gorgeous?'

The Frost Wolf did not reply. Her breath was shallow and erratically.

Her eyes fluttered shut. She fell against the Doctor.

'There, there, I've got you,' he said softly, 'Hush now….'

The creature went numb in his arms.

She did not respond anymore.

'Put her down, Doctor,' Skadi said quietly.

The Doctor reluctantly obeyed.

The Huntress reached for the headband and took it off.

'She will have to go through this pain one more time, when she shifts completely,' Skadi said, 'It is going to hurt like hell, but after that it will be all over. Shape shifting is an extremely painful process, sadly enough….'

The Frost Wolf still did not move. Her breath was shallow and uneven. Suddenly her eyes flew open and she gasped for air.

'Doctor?' she whispered when she saw her Time Lord.

'Yes?'

'Run.'

The Doctor nodded and stood up. He backed off, with Skadi and Donna.

'Doctor, what's going to happen?' Donna asked.

'You'll see,' the Doctor said sternly.


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