"My head," I groaned. I brought a hand up and gently prodded the bump on the top of my noggin where I had been bashed with the butt of the gun. "Why are people always trying to knock me out?"
I slowly rose up into a sitting position. I pulled my legs up to my chest and glanced around at my surroundings. I was in a cell. A cold, dark cell. There wasn't even a bed, though even if there was one there wouldn't be any room for it. The cell was only large enough for me to sit or lie down in it. Even sitting up straight was uncomfortable since my head kept banging against the top of the cell.
I brought my hands up and wrapped them around the bars before me. I shook them harshly in hopes of successfully loosening one or two. No such luck. With an angry growl, I narrowed my eyes and shook harder.
"Let me out!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. "Let me out of this bloody cell!"
"Oh, my," a female voice spoke in a gravelly voice.
"Does the little Colorian want out of her cell?" another voice, more gravelly and rougher than the first, asked.
My eyes glowed red. "I know that type of voice. Show yourself, Golems!"
Two figures stepped forward, both humanoid in shape, but covered from head to toe in rocks and stones. One was slightly taller and had a male build while the other had more of a feminine one. Their skin was a light grey color, with a bit of dark brown mixed in, and both were bald. Their eyes glowed a bright silver color and turned transparent every few minutes. Every step they took towards my cell sounded of when someone would walk across rocks, causing the stone to bang against the others. Even their clothes, a suit for the man and a dress for the woman, were made entirely from rocks.
"Welcome aboard my ship, Colorian," the male Golem told me. He smiled at me, showing his sharp, pointy rock teeth. "My name is Gravelstone," he said. "And this is my lovely mate Stonesetta." He pulled his mate close and kissed her head after introducing her. I rolled my eyes. PDA much?
"What a pleasure," I sarcastically spat. "Now, what do you want from me?"
"What Golems have always wanted," Stonesetta giggled. "That dazzling rock upon your skinny fleshy neck, darling."
I protectively grabbed at my choker. "Is that why all the Colorian bodies are missing from Chroma?"
"Of course," Gravelstone answered. "After Stonesetta and I discovered that we were unable to take off the chokers, we were forced to bring them all onto our ship. We studied them in hopes of finding out why we were unfortunate in removing the chokers."
"Apparently the only way to take them off is if a Colorian were to do it," Stonesetta added.
"Just what were we to do?" Gravelstone asked with a feigned upset look upon his face. "Every Colorian was dead."
They both then smiled at the other before returning their attention to me. "Just imagine our surprise, though, when our scans suddenly picked up traces of a living, breathing Colorian," Stonesetta chuckled. "We're not sure how you did it, but you just popped up out of the blue. Tell us, darling, where have you been hiding the past couple months?"
"What have you done with my friends?" I growled instead.
"Oh, you mean the non-Colorians?" Gravelstone asked. "They're in cells. Like yourself."
"If you harm even one hair on either of their heads…" I threatened.
The two Golems turned to the other again. This time they laughed loudly, shaking the room. "Don't be ridiculous child," Stonesetta told me once they calmed down. "They're the bait so you cooperate and do exactly what we say."
"Child?" I mumbled under my breath. "Do I really look like a child?"
"Just wait until you meet our son," Gravelstone told me. "Oh, Rocky! Come here a moment, would you? Come meet the nice Colorian!"
The floor shook as Rocky made his way to the room we were in.
Third Person P.O.V.
"Doctor!" Rose shook the bars of her cell. She felt very uncomfortable ever since she awoke five minutes earlier. She just wanted out so she could stretch her back. "Krystal!"
The Time Lord's head suddenly popped out of nowhere, causing the blonde to shriek in surprise. The Doctor quickly put a hand through the cell bars and over top of Rose's mouth. Rose blinked at him, her chest rising and falling rapidly while her heart slowly returned to normal speed. After a moment she pushed his hand away from her mouth.
"Where are we?" Rose whispered.
The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the lock on her cell. It buzzed loudly before the lock clicked. He hurriedly pulled the door open and offered a hand to Rose.
"A spaceship," he answered once Rose took his hand. He pulled her up to her feet and immediately looked around. "You haven't seen Krystal anywhere, have you, Rose?"
The blonde Human shook her head. "I haven't seen anyone. I just woke up a few minutes ago."
The Doctor ran a hand through his hair for a few seconds before roughly grabbing Rose's hand and running off with her trailing along behind him. The two ran around the ship for several minutes until the Time Lord finally skidded to a halt when he heard voices coming from the room up ahead. He pulled Rose with him to the wall and both pressed their backs against the cold metal.
The Doctor peered around the side of the wall and into the room. He saw Krystal being carried by a huge alien made almost entirely out of rock. Two others aliens of the same species stood nearby with wide smirks on their faces.
"Let me go!" Krystal shouted at the alien holding her. Her eyes glowed bright red with fury as she pounded her fists against her holder's backside. It didn't even faze the giant alien. "Release me this bloody instant!"
Rose peeked over the Doctor's shoulder as the alien placed Krystal into some sort of leather seat. Instantly straps sprung from out of the chair and strapped the Colorian in place. Krystal pulled at her tight bonds, but none would budge. She could feel bruises forming on her arms and then instantly healing.
"What are they?" Rose whispered.
"Golems," the Time Lord replied.
The blonde Human's eyes widened and she looked at him. "Golems? I thought they were just stories?"
"And where do you think the stories came from?" The Doctor returned her look and arched a brow.
Rose re-brought her attention to the three Golems and the captive Colorian. "What are we going to do, Doctor?"
The Time Lord straightened up and threw his hands into his coat pockets. "Improvise," he told her. "Stay right here, Rose."
Krystal's P.O.V.
"Ah! There you are, Krysty!" the Doctor's voice exclaimed. I glared at him for the use of the stupid nickname as he wandered slowly into the room with his hands in his pockets. The Golems all turned around in unison and stared at the cocky Time Lord. "I've been looking for you for ages! Rose and I have been worried sick. How dare you cause us to suffer like that. You should know better than any of us about emotions, Krysty." My glare hardened even more at the second use of the nickname. I would've been swearing at him – in German maybe – if weren't for the fact that I had a strap covering my mouth…he was doing this on purpose.
I hate you, Doctor. Really, I do. This is so not funny. I may just kill you later. Death by Colorian. Has a nice ring to it. Hopefully your new Regeneration is better than this one.
"How did you get out of your cell?!" Gravelstone demanded. The chair I sat in then suddenly shook as a needle came up and plunged itself into the middle of my chest, right where my heart was. I winced from the pain of the stab.
"J-J-Just hold on one second," the Time Lord told him, his words coming out in a rush.
Both Stonesetta and Gravelstone raised their rock eyebrows at him. "Who are you anyway?" the female Golem asked.
"I'm the Doctor," he told her calmly.
"Well, Doctor, my name is Gravelstone," Gravelstone introduced. "My mate Stonesetta" – Stonesetta waved in greeting at her name – "And our son Rocky who is our pride and joy." Gravelstone looked back at Rocky with a wide grin. "Come say hello, Son."
Rocky grunted in acknowledgement and began to move towards the Doctor. He reached out a gigantic hand for him, but the Time Lord easily ducked under his rock arms. Rocky slowly turned on his heel with a loud animal-like growl and began to go after the Doctor again.
"What do you want with Krystal?" the Doctor asked the two Golem parents. "Why hook her up like that?"
"Why, who else is going to get those beautiful chokers off of the dead Colorians?" Gravelstone asked.
Something seemed to click in the Doctor's head. "Colorian Mood Gems," he said slowly. "The rarest gemstones in the entire universe." He quickly ducked under Rocky's arms again when the Golem grew too close. He now stood before me. "Colorians created them years ago and started to place them into chokers for their young when they discovered that the gemstones reacted with their emotions. Once a choker is on a Colorian's neck, though, only a Colorian can take it off…which explains why you need Krystal."
"Such a nuisance, really," Gravelstone admitted. "But it does seem as if you've done your homework."
"Would you care for a medal?" Stonesetta sneered.
"Actually," the Time Lord began. The Doctor pulled out his sonic and casually threw it from one hand and to the other. "I'll just be taking the prize instead." With a cocky one-sided grin, he pointed his sonic at the chair that I was strapped in. A moment later the straps retracted and went back into the chair.
I jumped immediately to my feet. I glared over at the Time Lord as I crossed my arms over my chest. "I am no prize, Doctor."
"Most people say thank you after being rescued, Krysty."
"Krystal!" I shouted. "I was born with the bloody name Krystal!"
Gravelstone and his wife stared dumbfounded at the two of us. The male's eyes then slowly traveled down to the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. His mate blinked stupidly at us before turning to her husband. Rocky stood off beside his mum in silence glaring holes at the Doctor.
"How did you do that?" Gravelstone demanded.
The Doctor pocketed his sonic. "With a little thing I refer to as my sonic screwdriver."
I was half expecting him to say magic just for laughs. I probably would've.
"Where's Rose, Doctor?" I asked him after finally deciding to let up on trying to shoot daggers from my eyes at him.
"She's safe," he told me. That didn't exactly tell me much, but it was good to hear. "What about you, though?" he asked me, his voice sounding slightly concerned. "Have they hurt you?"
"Just the bloody needle to the arm, Doctor, but I'm used to needles so I'm fine."
"Good," he smiled. It then immediately turned into a hard frown when he turned his attention to the Golems. "And now to deal with the three of you." The Doctor looked into each Golem's eyes before continuing. "I'll give you one chance. Return the Colorians back to Chroma and leave this planet for good, promising never to return ever again.
Stonesetta scoffed as her husband exclaimed, "Not a chance! Golems do not listen to puny fleshlings!"
"Besides," Stonesetta added with a roll of her eyes. "We've come much too far to return home empty-handed.
"In the end, whatever happens, just remember: I warned you," the Doctor told them in a dark voice. "I gave you a chance to stop and leave."
"I believe you are the one who should be warned, Doctor," Stonesetta replied back, showing off her pointy teeth in a smirk.
"What the bloody hell are you talking about?!" I demanded. "You've lost, we've won. What's so complicated about that?"
"You said your name was Krystal, correct?" she asked me. I stayed quiet, instead choosing to just glare back in response. As she continued to smile creepily at me, I frowned and glanced over at the Doctor whose eyes were fixated on where I had had a needle jabbed into me. I raised my eyebrows at him in question.
Stonesetta's smile grew when I returned my attention to her. "I order you to confirm whether that is your name or not."
I gasped as I felt my back instantly straighten. My eyes locked with Stonesetta's as I answered back, against my will, "Yes. It is, ma'am."
"Krystal?" the Doctor murmured.
"Where have you been the past two months?" she asked.
I tried biting my tongue to stop myself from answering her, but it didn't work. "Earth."
"She lies," Gravelstone huffed. "There is no such planet called Earth. It was destroyed years ago."
"Time travel," I explained. What the bloody hell?! Why was I answering all of their questions? Somebody stop me now! Doctor!
"Oh, I know what you've done," the Doctor said. He then grew extremely angry. "Release her!"
"Make me," Stonesetta sneered. "Krystal," she then announced. Against my will my head turned to face the female Golem. Stonesetta smirked over at the Time Lord and pressed something in her hand. I screamed as a horrible electrifying shock reverberated through my body. It burned so badly, but I felt like I was losing control over my body like what had happened when Cassandra took over my body.
I felt helpless.
"Krystal, don't give in," the Doctor told me. He grabbed both of my shoulders. "Come on, stay with me. Look into my eyes."
"I'm sorry," I was able to whisper just before I felt my eyes roll to the back of my head.
Third Person P.O.V.
The Time Lord slowly watched as Krystal's eyes turned white and slowly glazed over. Her head fell back and her body instantly went limp. The Doctor quickly dropped down in order to keep her from crashing to the floor. If it wasn't for the fact that he could feel her pulse, he would've thought that she was dead. He glowered over at the three Golems as the Colorian's body began to tremble in his arms.
A scream ripped its way from Krystal's mouth. The Time Lord instantly turned back to her and tightened the hold he had on her body. "Krystal," he said once she quieted down. "Krystal, wake up. You've got to fight it. Come on. Come back to Rose and me." When the Colorian didn't respond to his attempts, the Doctor turned his brown eyes up on the family of Golems. He glared. "Release her," he growled.
Stonesetta smiled. "You heard him, Krystal. Wakey-wakey."
The Colorian's eyes immediately snapped open at the Golem's demand. She stared blankly up at the Doctor and blinked a few times. Without even a word, her eyes hardened and she pushed him away from her. The Time Lord stumbled backwards as Krystal slowly rose to her feet.
"Restrain him," Gravelstone ordered her. "Wait, on second thought, just kill him."
"Certainly," Krystal answered in a monotone voice. She ran at the Doctor with glazed over red eyes. The Doctor didn't even try to evade the Colorian as she ran around him and grabbed both of his arms, forcing them behind his back. With a small grunt she pushed her knee into his lower backside and forced the Doctor onto the floor.
"Krystal, snap out of it," he told her as she pressed the side of his face against the floor. The Golems laughed at the sight before them, causing the room to shudder.
A gasp came from the direction of the corridor just before Rose ran into the room. "No! Stop it, Krystal!" Rocky instantly grabbed hold of her by the shirt and held her up in the air. Rose tried to squirm loose, but failed miserably.
"Krysty," the Doctor told her. "You don't wish to kill me. I know you don't."
"It's Krystal." The words slipped out so quietly out of the Colorian's mouth that the Doctor wasn't sure if she had actually said them.
"What did you say, Krysty?"
"My bloody name is Krystal," she growled. Krystal then gasped loudly and jolted back and away from the Doctor. She stared down at her hands as her eyes glowed brightly before glaring at the Doctor with glazed over eyes.
The Doctor rose to his feet. He gave her a raised eyebrow. "Is something wrong, Krysty?"
Krystal's eyes flashed back to bright red as she growled. "Stop with the nicknames!"
"Krys-Krysity-Kryst?" he grinned.
"Stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP!" she screamed at him.
"Doctor, what are you doing?" Rose asked. "You're just making her angry which is going to make things worse for you."
The Doctor ignored her and took a few steps closer to Krystal. "You're not angry, are you, Krysty?"
The Colorian growled and covered her ears. She shook her head back and forth. "Stop it, Doctor!"
"What are you doing?!" Stonesetta screamed at the Colorian. "Get him, Krystal!"
"Krysty, don't listen."
Krystal screamed and fell to her knees. With all eyes on him, the Doctor slowly made his way towards her and bent down to her height on the floor. The Colorian trembled and pushed her hands tighter against her ears. "Make it stop," she whimpered. "Please."
"Shh," the Doctor murmured. He gently removed her hands so he could instead place his own on her temples. Almost instantly, her eyes began to change between white and black. "I'll fix it."
"What are you doing?!" Stonesetta demanded.
"Kill him!" Gravelstone yelled.
"Doctor?" Rose called.
"Just give me a moment, Rose," he told her as his eyes closed. Krystal's breathing slowed down along with the Time Lord's and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. "All right, Krystal," he murmured. "I've started the process, only you can finish it."
"Get them, Rocky!" Gravelstone ordered.
The gigantic Golem dropped Rose to the floor. The blonde Human hurriedly got back to her feet as Rocky made his way towards the Doctor and Krystal. The Doctor ignored everyone around him except for the Colorian between his hands.
"Come on, Krysty, come on," he told her.
"My name is Krystal," the Colorian murmured.
"What did you say, Krysty?" the Doctor asked.
"Doctor!" Rose shouted as Rocky grew closer to the two.
Krystal's breathing stopped for a split second. The Doctor slowly pulled away from her and leaned back on his hands. The Colorian slumped forward and fell against his chest. The room grew eerily quiet as all eyes were on the two. Even Rocky had come to a hesitant stop.
Suddenly Krystal's head snapped up and she gasped. Her eyes were as wide as saucers while they turned back to normal. Krystal glanced all around the room before her blue orbs landed on the Doctor who smiled back at her. Without any hesitation, she instantly brought her hand up and slapped the Time Lord across the face.
Krystal's P.O.V.
The Doctor placed a hand against the cheek that had been slapped. He turned back to me with a horrified expression on his face. "What was that for?!"
I pointed a finger at him sternly. "For calling me by that bloody nickname!" I brought a hand to my forehead. "Thanks for the headache by the way, Doctor," I murmured. "I'm just going to lie down for a teensy bit." I felt myself fall forward and land against the Doctor's shoulder.
The Time Lord wrapped an arm tightly around me and I felt him kiss the side of my head. "Welcome back, Krystal."
"Thanks," I breathed. I tiredly peered over his shoulder. "Oh no. We have a problem, Doctor."
"Huh?" The Time Lord stood up with me in his arms bridal style. My eyes kept flickering shut. I had to strain to keep them open. The Doctor turned us around and found Gravelstone standing before us with a gun pointed at our heads and his wife with a gun pointing at Rose's head. "Oh."
"Do something, Doctor," I muttered.
"Like drop you?" he asked back. I glared at him.
"Give us the Colorian, Doctor," Gravelstone growled. "Or I'll make sure your death is as painful as possible."
"Guns. It's always bloody guns," I murmured. "I hate guns."
The Doctor frowned at the Golem. "As tempting as that sounds, I can't." I grinned in pride and stuck out my tongue at Gravelstone and his wife. "I've only been in this body for a day and I kind of like it the way it is." My tongue instantly went back in my mouth. I frowned. Wait a moment...
Gravelstone bared his teeth and shoved his gun against the Doctor's forehead. He growled deep in his throat in warning. "Give us the Colorian, Doctor, or else."
The Doctor calmly looked down at me, even though he had the gun pressed against his head. "I'm going to need to borrow your watch for a second, Krystal."
His brown eyes travelled down to my E.T.L. and he gestured towards it with his chin. I glanced at the alien locator. I had actually forgotten that I had it on, which was a bit strange since it was burning my skin and beeping loudly. I guess I had gotten caught up in everything else that was happening that I kinda forgot.
I tiredly lifted my arm up for him. "Sure, Doctor."
The Time Lord reached into his coat pocket. "I apologize in advance."
"What are you -?" both Gravelstone and I began. I then gasped and squeezed my eyes shut at the loud noise that was emitting from my wrist. The Doctor had used his sonic screwdriver to make my E.T.L.'s beeping much louder than it usually is. The burning increased as well.
I heard a few crashes and painfully cracked open an eye to see all three Golems with their hands covering their ears and the guns on the ground. Gravelstone was cursing under his breath while his wife shrieked.
"What's going on?" Rose asked. "What did you do?"
"Golems have extremely sensitive hearing," the Doctor explained. "But so do Colorians. We need to go now, Rose, before Krystal goes deaf." Rose nodded and ran out of the room. The Doctor tightened the one arm he had holding me before following after her.
In the hall we found Rose looking both ways with confusion written all over her face. The Doctor pulled his sonic away from my alien locator and pointed it at the door behind us. I sighed in relief when the beeping quieted down.
"That'll give us a bit of time, but not much," he said as the door slammed shut.
The blonde Human turned to face us. "Which way's the exit?"
I crossed my arms. "I'm not leaving until I find my people!" I exclaimed.
"We don't have time for that!" Rose argued. "They're surely kill us and re-capture you before we even find your people!"
I hung my head. She was right. And if I got re-captured, the Golems would win and be able to get my people's precious Mood Gems. All of my people were dead anyway...but the Mood Gems. I couldn't let the Golems get the Mood Gems, even if they had no way to take them off of the Colorian bodies. Colorians are a proud race. They'd rather die than allow another to take their Mood Gem.
I couldn't let the Golems keep the Colorian bodies and the Mood Gems. I would be disrespecting my people if I didn't do something.
I know what to do.
"Go left."
"Are you sure?" Rose asked, but the Doctor had already started running in the direction that I had told him.
"Trust me, Rose," I said softly. "It's this way."
"Krystal," the Time Lord said in a warning tone.
"When I was younger, Doctor, a Golem ship crashed on Chroma. The Golem inside was dead, so my people buried the body and took the ship. It was inspected inside and out and reviewed until my people knew everything there was to know about the ship. The ship was then placed inside of the museum and there were tours every day to show everyone the ship in case any of us got kidnapped, like the three of us were. My friends and I took the tour once a month. Trust me. I know this ship inside and out."
The floor started to suddenly begin to shake. Both the Doctor and Rose stumbled. I fell out of the Time Lord's arms and crashed to the ground. I rolled a few times before slamming against the wall.
"Krystal, are you all right?" the Doctor asked.
I looked up at him and squinted. "Why are there three of you?" I then thought about what I said and quickly blinked a few times to clear my vision. I accepted the Time Lord's hand once I was able to distinguish which hand was actually his. He pulled me to my feet.
"You good now?" he asked in concern.
"Bloody brilliant," I replied. "Let's go."
I pulled out of the Doctor's grasp and led our party down the hall and towards where I knew the exit to be. When I knew we were extremely close to the exit, I came to a sudden halt. I felt the Doctor ram into me and then heard a soft curse as Rose slammed into the Doctor.
"Why'd we stop?" Rose asked as she stood up. "Is something wrong?"
I shook my head. "You two keep moving forward. You'll find the exit if you keep going straight. I have something I need to do first."
"What's that?" the blonde Human asked.
"I'm going to make sure that the Golems never follow after us," I murmured. "Don't follow me."
Without another word, I took a right and darted down the corridor. I didn't stop until I came to the very end of the hall where I had a door on my left and one on my right. I closed my eyes and quickly imagined myself when I was little and was touring the Golem ship. Left or right? I snapped my eyes open and reached out a hand towards the door on the left just as I heard running footsteps make their way towards me.
I had made the right choice. I slowly shut the door behind me with my foot while my eyes stayed glued on the silver metal box on the wall before me. My eyes fell to the floor as I walked up to the box.
I opened the metal box and stared at all of the colorful wires inside of it. I slowly breathed in and out so I could stay calm. I needed normal vision to figure this out. I had to figure out which wire was the correct one.
I jumped a few feet in the air when I heard the door begin to open. My vision changed to sonic yellow and I cursed aloud when all the wires looked the exact same color. I squeezed my eyes shut and reached out with a hand. I grasped all of the wires in the box and pulled. Each wire easily snapped off. I hesitantly opened my eyes and dropped all of the wires that I clenched.
Sparks flew from the box where the wires had been disconnected. I stared down at my empty palm and frowned. The hot wires had burned me severely, leaving my hand a black, charred mess. I carefully cradled my hand to my chest, but didn't worry too much about it. My hand would heal soon enough. It'll probably take a few hours at the most.
"What did you do, Krystal?!" the Doctor yelled. Overhead red lights were flashing and a loud siren was going off.
I slowly turned around and gazed into his brown eyes. I swallowed. "What I had to do." Without another word, I ran past him and towards the direction of the exit.
A moment passed before I heard the Time Lord running after me. "Krystal!" he hollered.
"Hurry up! We don't have time!" I yelled back. I could already feel tears start to slide down my cheeks.
"Krystal!"
I lengthened my leg stride which forced him to do the same. He soon caught up with me and gave me an angry look. I averted my eyes and instead just grabbed his jacket sleeve so we could run faster. We only had minutes before we were toast. Hopefully Rose was already waiting outside for us.
I unexpectedly got flung back with no warning whatsoever. I collided back with the Doctor and struggled against the arms he had around me. "Let me go, Doctor! We need to get out!"
"Tell me what you did, Krystal!" he angrily said.
My lower lip began to tremble and soon I was sobbing my eyes out. "I'm sorry, Doctor! So, so sorry! Really, I am!"
His voice grew soft. "Krystal."
"The ship's going to self-destruct, Doctor," I whispered. "It was the only way I knew of to keep the Golems away from my people and their Mood Gems."
Immediately the Doctor scooped me up in his arms and was running down the hall as fast as he could. When we got to where the exit should've been, we found Rose pacing. As soon as she spotted us, she ran over.
"Where's the exit, Krystal?" she asked.
I hurriedly wiped my eyes. "The wall. Just run through it."
Rose nodded and dashed through the metal wall in front of us. The Doctor followed silently behind her.
We were back in the TARDIS, narrowly getting away from the Golem ship after it had exploded. Rose immediately had said when we got back that she was tired and went to her room. Once she was gone, the Doctor and I had gotten into a huge argument. He had been upset that we could've possibly killed the Golem family. I on the other hand didn't really care. I was more upset that I had to destroy my people's bodies, even though they were already dead, just so the Golems could never get the Mood Gems. Besides, he had given the three Golems the chance to give up and leave on their own. It's not my fault that they declined.
Currently I was ignoring the Doctor as he leaned against the TARDIS control console and stared up at the ceiling. I was on the ramp by the door leaning against the pillar that had the Time Lord's jacket laying on it. My bad hand was in my lap while I doodled on my knee with my other.
After a few minutes I heard the Doctor sigh before he came over and sat down beside me. "I'm sorry, Krystal," he murmured. "Though it was wrong what you did, I understand. I completely understand."
"It's all right, Doctor," I replied whilst grabbing at the choker at my neck. I sighed and turned to look at him. "You know, I've never killed people before. I don't like it just as much as you do, but it had to be done. My people come first. The Mood Gems are too important to us. It's better for them to be destroyed than for someone else to have them."
"Oh, Krystal," he mumbled. He delicately took my bad hand and looked it over. "What am I to do with you?"
My eyes turned black from the skin contact. "Maybe, hopefully, wrap up my hand?"
He chuckled. "I guess I can do that. Come on."
Whoo! Updated on my birthday! :D
Chapter started feeling rushed somewhere in the middle. I apologize for that. Still, let me know your thoughts.
Next chapter should be 'Tooth and Claw'