A Rule27NeverKnowinglyBeSerious fanfic

Hi, here's the next installment of The Girl Time Forgot. Majority won, so we're going with a game theme. Please comment. I love me some comments. Also, sorry about the un-clever title. I literally just woke up from a nap. Anyways, enjoy!

Chapter 8: A Deadly Game

The Doctor groaned. His head was lying against a funny panel. He gingerly opened his eyes, wincing at the light emitting from the panel. He slowly lifted his head. Did I fall asleep against the console again? I need to put a sofa in there. He looked around and noticed he wasn't at the TARDIS console. He lifted his arms from the panel; there were two blank buttons underneath them. Strange, he thought to himself. He gazed around the room. It was quite dark but there were a little light emitting from some large glass tubes 10 feet away. He tried to move his feet but they would. He jerked his legs but they stayed on the small platform.

Suddenly, music started playing. Then a voice from a speaker spoke "Welcome to Channel 235. It's seven pm here in the Apollo Playstation, and you know what that means. It's time to play The Last Level! Then computer generated applause echoed throughout the room. Then the voice spoke again "Today our contestant is The Doctor. Sadly, we don't know much about him, but I'm sure we'll find out when he plays… The Last Level!" "What?" he said. "Let's begin. Bring out the choices," The two glass tubes filled with smoke. As it dissipated, The Doctor gasped, "Finn…"

Finn groaned. Her head was splitting open from a massive headache. Her mouth tasted of iron and titanium. Strange, she thought. She gingerly opened her eyes. There was a weak light emitting from the ground she was standing on. She looked in front of her "Oh no…" she whimpered. She was trapped in a big glass tube. Her hearts sped up as she tried to remember the last thing. She was in the console room with Clara and the Doctor. Finn and the Doctor were arguing about the best way to fix a Friedman Galaxy-hopper. She said the best way was… Wait a second, where's the Doctor? She focused her eyes out of the glass tube but only saw darkness. Then the tube started to fill with smoke.

Finn blinked her eyes as the smoke disappeared. "Finn!" she looked up at the sound of her name. "Doctor!" she tried to step towards but then realized she was still in the glass tube. "Where are we?" she yelled at him. "I don't know. You haven't seen Clara have you?" "No, I haven't. How'd we get here? It's as… the memory isn't there. Like it's been wiped. How about you?" "Same. Hopefully Clara's with the TARDIS and they're both safe," "Yeah," she murmured. "Hello?"

The Doctor and Finn turned towards the second tube. Inside was a young woman. "Can you explain this?" she asked them. The Doctor looked down at the panel in front of him. The two buttons now, read names. One had Finn's name. the other said "Beatrice," The Doctor looked up, his face grim. "The Last Level," his voice shook. Finn looked at him curiously, and then saw his face turn. She knew what he just saw wasn't good. "Beatrice?" he said. "Yeah, that's me," the woman said, "What is this?" "The Last Level," he responded grimly. A look of confusion crossed Beatrice's face.

"I am sorry. I so sorry," The Doctor told her. "What? Why?" she asked him. His face grew pale as he put his hand over the button that bore her name. Finn realized what he was doing "Doctor?" she said cautiously. He closed his and took a deep breath. Next, he slammed his hand down on the button that bore Beatrice's name. Light filled Beatrice's tube. Finn turned away as it grew brighter. Beatrice screamed. The light faded, as did the scream, and all that was left was an empty tube.

Finn shuddered at she looked at the tube. She twisted towards the Doctor, tears in her eyes. "Oh, Doctor," "Don't. Just please don't," His shoulders shook, "She was dead the moment she got here," "Doesn't make it any less difficult. I am to blame for her death," "NO!" she shouted at him. He glanced at her. "It's their fault. The one's who put us here. They chose her, knowing I was your friend and that you would choose me. Don't blame yourself Doctor. It's not worth it. Honor Beatrice by getting us out of here and ruining the people who run this place," Her eyes were fierce and protective. The Doctor sighed. His choice had gotten Beatrice killed, and no amount of encouraging words would change that. Then there was another burst of bright light. After Finn blinked out the spots in her eyes, she looked at the other tube and sighed "Oh no," "Hello?"

It felt like hours had past. The Doctor was angry. Finn was depressed. Five other girls had been thrown into the tube. Jenna, Katherine, Hannah, Sandra and Victoria. Including Beatrice, that was six girls. Six young women, taken from their homes, thrown into a glass tube and a game no one could win. The Doctor was tired of names popping up on the button. He was disgusted by the people who had invented this game.

Who would willingly create a game like this? The Doctor thought. I take that back. 9th regeneration, the Gamestation/ Satellite 5, Daleks, Rose, Time energy. Why would someone open one just like it? He gazed around the room, noting wires and cables. However, something was off about them, they looked old and corroded. Strange, he thought. But then again what wasn't strange about this day. Another burst of light. Finn banged her head on the wall of her tube, eyes closed. "I am sorry…" the Doctor started say before he was cut off. "Doctor!" a familiar voice shouted. Finn's head shot up "No, please dear God, no" she whimpered as she turned towards the tube. "What the bloody hell is going on here?" Clara asked her hands on her hips

"No! NO! No, no, no, no, no!" The Doctor cried. Finn looked at the young woman in the other tube. Tears began to flow down her cheeks. "What? What's going on?" Clara asked her eyes wide at the Doctor's reaction. "It's a game, Clara. A deadly game," Finn told her weakly, "Six girls have died playing. And now, one of us will," "What?! Doctor this is joke right? Please tell me it's a joke," Clara weakly chuckled. The Doctor looked up at her. "I'm sorry. Someone been taking people and putting them in that tube," he pointed at her. "Then they make me choose, between that person and Finn," his voice rising "AND NOW THEY'VE GOT YOU!"

His hands shook as he placed his head in them. Finn took a deep breath. "You know what you have to do, Doctor," she looked at him, her eyes shining. "This would have happened eventually. Heh, it's funny. I thought I would have died in that ship," she chuckled weakly. "But no, you had to find me and give me the adventure of a lifetime. Well Doctor I just have to say…" "No, stop. There must be another way" he said looking at her. "But you know there isn't," she smiled at him. "What are you talking about?" Clara asked.

"She's going to sacrifice herself, in hope that you will be released," "No, Finn you can't!" Finn turned her head "I've been alive for a thousand and something years. I think I would know when my time is up," "You've been alive but you haven't really lived," Clara told her "Please, Doctor choose me. I've already saved your life. I don't need to be here anymore," "Stop, both of you, please," he looked at both of them. "I can't. I just can't," "I've already made my choice and you've made yours," Finn told him. Her tear-streaked face was smiling. "When I'm gone, get back to the TARDIS. Run, don't look back. Race to the stars. Then look up at them. I'll be the one shining the brightest," she sniffed. "Finn, please," "Push the button, Doctor. I don't do goodbyes," Clara tried to speak, but couldn't get the words out. "Goodbye Finn," The Doctor managed to breathe out.

"I don't do goodbyes," she smiled as her tube filled with light.

Finn's tube was still glowing as Clara's lifted. She ran over to the Doctor. His podium had disappeared. She took his face in her hands. He was crying silently as she wrapped her arms around him. "I…I…" "Don't just please, don't," he whimpered. Her Doctor never cried, but he also never had taken lives then lost the one he had been protecting. She held him in silence as he cried. Her face was wet too. She had hardly known Finn, but that didn't change the feeling she had. Finn was like the sister she never had. She could tell he felt the same way. Finn may have been a thousand years old but her life was cut too short. They heard the airlock of Finn's tube opening. The light faded a bit when they heard a voice.

"Oi, you two, quit your crying. You're acting as if someone died," "Can't be," Clara whispered. She pulled away from the Doctor a bit and looked at the figure in the dark. "That's impossible," The Doctor groaned. "Haven't you realized, Doctor? I always come back,"

Hope you liked it. Please comment. The next chapter should be up soon. So, stay tuned for Chapter 9: (title in the works)

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