In-Joke: AL hating to be held down is a personality trait of mine.
Chapter Ten: Blast from the Past
Swirling and tumbling, knocking into each other, Lisa and Erik bore the uncomfortable ride within the distortion. It seemed to be an eternity before they were not-so-gently deposited on a cold metal floor.
"Captain, it's a match!" shouted a voice.
"Fantastic! Now, which one? I don't see feathers on either one of them."
Lisa opened her eyes and found herself in a metal cell with a glowing force field at the entrance. Erik was lying beside her, staring to sit up. Her wings were hidden, but how whoever spoke knew she had them was beyond her.
Outside the cell stood two tall men with lots of muscle underneath their uniforms. Somewhere in the back of her mind she thought she'd seen them somewhere before, but she couldn't bring up the memory.
"What's going on?" she demanded with more courage than she really had. "How did you get the Timescoop? That machinery was destroyed!"
She knew of the Timescoop from her time with the Doctor. The machine had caused enough trouble for him and his then-four previous selves; it should have been destroyed in the Time War.
"No," said one of the men, one with gold on his collar. "It wasn't destroyed. "Well, not the whole thing. We got it working and have been using it."
"Why?"
"To find the owner of this." He held up a feather. A very familiar feather. One of her feathers.
She nearly asked how they got it, but if they didn't know it was hers, she wasn't going to give them any hints.
"Why?" she asked again instead.
"Now, now…" he said, "what kind of person would I be if I went and told our intentions?"
"Captain," the other one – silver on his collar – said, looking up from the controls he was standing behind. When the other one turned around, he pointed twice at Lisa. They knew.
Lisa would have jumped up and retaliated, perhaps teleported away, but that would have left Erik behind.
"What do you want from her?" Erik demanded, his Scottish accent making him sound harsher than he really was.
"Her powers. Release the gas and charges. I want her on the extractor immediately."
Lisa, go… Erik said to her through the link.
But, I can't leave – " she began.
Go!
The force of the thought nearly knocked her over. With one last look at Erik, just as the silver collar reached for the controls, she shut her eyes and teleported out.
She rematerialized in an empty corridor where she could hear the Captain shouting orders to his crew. He told them to "suit up the masked one and get him on the extractor. I don't chare what we drain, just do it. And find that girl!"
"Oh, Erik…" she whispered.
A klaxon had started to reverberate throughout the ship. She'd be in trouble if she didn't move soon.
She snuck off down the corridor, trying to walk quietly, keeping her senses open for any trouble. Unfortunately, the commotion on the ship was so loud, she couldn't concentrate properly. Perhaps it was that disadvantage that allowed her to be caught.
Two of the crew members ambushed her in the corridor, wrestling her to the floor and pinning her arms behind her back so that pain shot clear through to her shoulders. With that outside influence, she couldn't concentrate hard enough to rescue herself.
"Let me go!" she shouted, struggling as much as she could, but it was no use. They were far stronger than she was.
"Shut up!" one of them said, slapping her across the face. It wouldn't bruise like it would a human, but it still stung.
Tears started to roll down her cheeks. She hated being held down, even when it was just playing. Her hearts started to pound and she struggled more, pleading, "Let me go…let me go…"
Her two assailants had had enough and shot her with their weapon. She cried out, then all went black.
End chapter ten.