I bet you could image the panic I was in. I remember the times when Rose and the Doctor would somehow end up separated, and even then panic would run through my heart. But now I was there, now I could feel the fear Rose had felt…then again, wasn't I just another Rose?
"Doctor?!" I got to my feet, scrambling, "DOCTOR!" I screamed, my hands flew to my hair and I turned to Monica, who seemed shocked and dazed. I was in utter panic, my hands twisting in my hair, threatening to rip it from my scalp. "We're trapped! Trapped without the Doctor! We're lost in caves that housed spiders! We're trapped! Oh god!"
"Bryanna! Bryanna breathe!" a sharp slap came across my face; I froze, looking at Monica. She was shaking as well, panic in her eyes, "Stop being such a little girl! Get a hold of yourself, The Doctor wouldn't want us panicking either." she muttered, "We have to find him of course…" she muttered. I slumped down,
"Monica what are we going to do?" I muttered covering my face, "This isn't exactly a human simulation that can be fixed with a bit of problem solving and hacking." I muttered, "This is a real life situation, our lives are on the line. We could be killed!" I glared up at her, cowering as she threatened to slap me again.
"We have to carefully retrace our steps, the Doctor's gotta have left something to clue us in on where they took him, he's not stupid…that we know of." she looked at me, I suddenly snapped into realization of the situation,
"We arm ourselves, the people had guns back there, we can do what we can." I scratched my head, "We stick together, follow any signs of the Doctor, but stay quiet." I threw my hands out in front of me, "Then I'll lure them away while you get the Doctor." I nodded.
"It was good till the last part, but let's just make that up as we go along." Monica rolled her eyes at me. She led us back to the room; dead bodies of the Arachnotorians were spread out across the room. Their black and red splotched exoskeletons penetrated in random areas, there guns ripped from them. They looked just like spiders…crushed beneath a foot. I wrinkled my nose at the smell; reaching down for the discarded weaponry…I had never shot a gun in my life.
"Don't worry." Monica said reading my expression, "It's not hard."
"You're so better then me." I sighed, "Why the Doctor picked me…"
"Oh shut up." Monica rolled her eyes, "If the Doctor picked you, it was obviously for good reason, he's a TimeLord, he can see what you could be. So shut up, you're so annoying sometimes."
"Sorry." I sniffed, "Just scared…" I laughed, "I've never had to actually fight for him…he usually does the fighting."
"Well." She charged the gun, "Don't let your name go to shame." She grinned, "Rose lets kick some alien ass." she grinned jogging out. I watched her for a moment, and looked down at the spiders,
"He couldn't save you…but I've got to save him." I muttered, "Sorry…I'm so sorry." I ran out after her. She pressed her fingers to her lips, hushing me almost instantly. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears, and my brain screaming at me. I gripped the gun, flexing my fingers to loosen and tighten the grip.
"Where are the humans!?"
"I don't know- GAHHHH!"
His screams penetrated my heart and a hand flew to my mouth, covering it, tears flowing down my cheeks. They were hurting him; they were torturing him so they could find us. I made a move to go forward but Monica stopped me,
"Self sacrifice won't help." she looked at me, "We need something loud...something to distract them, away from us…" she looked at me. We grinned,
"Cell phones." we said together.
"The Doctor's programmed mine for time in space, sorry you have to give yours up." I frowned,
"The Doctor will owe me, it'll be fair." Monica ran off into the tunnels and I waited. Time dragging by like the hours would never pass. Every minute he screamed made me grip my arm tighter and tighter, until I was sure my fingers had fallen off. I could hear him panting, trying to show he wasn't weak but he was clearly in pain. The Doctor was in pain, and it was my fault…
"Bryanna?" Monica was next to me again, looking up, "Okay, let hide in here, and you call my phone."
The two of us backed into one of the many chambers to the tunnels. I pulled out my phone and selected Monica's name from my list of contacts. I pressed the phone to my chest to hide the noise coming from it. I could hear the distant blaring of some sort of music, which was defiantly Monica's phone. The Doctor's screams came to an abrupt stop.
"Get them!" the voice hissed, screeching heard. I could hear their wings flapping, flying out after the other past our corridor, I counted ten in total. Before running out toward the room, Monica at my side, we got to the door, and closed it quickly. Monica standing read for them to barge in and me already at the Doctor's side.
"You were supposed to run…" he muttered, panting, "I'm fine…sh…shocking…volts…system…" I looked at him. How pathetic and defenseless he really was…It hurt me to see him like this. I fished in my hand for his sonic screwdriver as he made no motion to object my use. I unlocked his bindings but he still laid there.
"Doctor…" I was crying again, I felt like such a baby, doing all this crying. He looked at me, sudden strength in his eyes. Like he had to be the stronger one, he didn't want to see me cry.
"Guys, emotional moment later." Monica growled. I nodded, putting the sonic screwdriver in my pocket and grabbing him from the table. He was defiantly heavier then I thought and set him down, most of his weight leaning against me.
"Come on, Doctor." I said, "Don't give up on me now; I can't get rid of you that easily right? Right? You're gonna come bug me at school everyday, and we'll god to the seething seas of Satha-whatever." I said muttered trying to get him to the door, "And don't you dare regenerate…" I glared, "You're not that hurt…are you?" I looked at him, worry filling my eyes.
"No…no…" he muttered, "Just…need to…" he took a deep breath, "not move…"
"Not an option, Doc." I replied faithfully, "This is it, it's all of us or none of us." I used all the possibly strength I had to lift him to his feet, "Lean on me all you want." I said smiling. He looked at me, weak and helpless, and I looked back at him, strong and brave, "You don't always have to support yourself." I said, before moving over to Monica, dragging the TimeLord was difficult, but he was trying his hardest to keep his weight off me.
"Bryanna, I'm fine-"
"Shut up." I glared, "Stop trying to be tough. I'm ready." I nodded at Monica. Monica kicked open the door. The creatures no where in sight,
"Lets go." she said hurrying forward. The Doctor and I scuttled behind, trying out best to keep up with our defense, and then there was that pain.
A jolt of electricity, flew threw my body, and the Doctor shoved me away. I gasped for air, opening my eyes to look at the Doctor, all the blue electrical waves jumping around his body, as he seizured and wobbled about. Like a fish out of water…like those creatures who had tried to kill me. I had to bear it, I had to get him to the TARDIS.
"Bryanna I found- Doctor!" Monica almost dropped her gun, "What do we do?!" she turned to me, panicked, and I was looking at the Doctor.
"I take it like a man." I grabbed the Doctor's hands , feeling the shock of it all. I gasped hands soon releasing him no sooner did they touch him. I felt my hair stick up on end, and there was silence,
"Ever stick a fork in a light socket?" the Doctor coughed, and I was glad to see that he looked almost as good as new, not weak and tired. I laughed, feeling sick to my stomach.
"No…"
"Now you never will." he sat up, he looked at Monica and gestured her over. Monica slowly approaching her pulled both of us into a hug, "Thank you…for coming back for Me." he said.
"You don't hear that everyday." I said smiling, "Doctor never says Thank You."
"Well if you're going to be like that." He let go and yanked us both to either side of him, "Then I won't say it anymore, human children need praise to guide them in the right path, I though I was doing something right for you primitive apes."
"You sound like Ninth." Monica rolled her eyes. The Doctor glared,
"Throw that gun away and we'll get out of here."
Monica discarded the gun and the three of us were off, running down the empty tunnels of the now extinct race. It seemed like we would never stop circling, and we could hear the bat's cries.
"Faster!" The Doctor said hold of the dirt and pushing upward, we climbed out, with much help from the Doctor. And took a look around….
"It's…a slaughter…" I muttered, looking around, dead bodies and carcasses of the spider creates laid all over the place.
"Don't look." He said nudging my shoulder, "Just walk to the TARDIS, and don't look back." he muttered, "There was nothing we could do…it was meant to be like this." he said, "We couldn't stop it." He opened the TARDIS door, and Monica stepped in before me. I went against what the Doctor said, and looked back.
The universe was a beautiful place. But it was full of death; I turned my head and walked into the TARDIS, again with my life, my friend, and the Doctor. I realized that next time I may not be so lucky, next time I may loose him, or her, or my own life.
I realized how dangerous my life had become.