Chapter 11
The trio arrived in the Tomaqui forests in about three days. Corin suggested that they should rest before they head toward a hotel to rest before they go find the TARDIS. The doctor though the idea was ridiculous though and said the TARDIS wasn't too far away. Dorian felt it was best to just stay out of the entire situation because the both of them had an alpha dog mentality and liked to be the boss.
A few hours later after a much needed meal they finally made their way toward the TARDIS. Dorian could tell the Doctor was getting excited. "There she is. I could tell she missed me. She is quite cross with me though. She's going to rub it in my face. It's definitely the last time I deal with independent dealers."
Suddenly the Doctor felt something pressed against the back of his skull. "Don't move, hand over the keys of the TARDIS and that will be the end of it." A male voice said.
"Well I may consider it but that would require me to move, and you did ask me not to move." The Doctor humorously responded.
"Shut up, stop the joking, and hand over the keys." The man's voice demanded
"Alistair, this is really not necessary, don't do this or there will be consequences." Dorian insisted
"What? Some Carpathian soldiers are going to come after me? That makes me so nervous. Like they'll ever know what happened to you three." Alistair said.
"Oh trust me the consequences would be so much worse. I would make sure of it. If you value your very existence you'll drop your weapons and walk away as if this never happened." The Doctor ordered
"But I have you right where I want you Doctor, why would I feel threatened? It is my gun pointed at your head. Isn't it?"
"Why do you want my TARDIS?" the Doctor asked
"It'll make us rich, isn't that obvious?" Alistair said
The next thing the Doctor heard was Dorian yelling "get in the TARDIS!" and the Doctor and Corin did just that. As they unlocked it, Dorian disarmed Alistair and shot him right in the chest with the gun he took. He then focused on Juno. The woman was definitely good at knives; she was the killer between the two bounty hunters. Though she just expected the average soldier, though unlike the average soldier, Dorian had quite a bit additional training that made him even more dangerous opponent.
"Doctor please hurry" Corin pleaded "I don't know how long he can hold her off."
"I'm going as fast as I can! I do recognize the ramifications if we do not succeed, if you haven't noticed two minutes ago there was a gun pointed at my skull." The Doctor stated "It's open, come on Dorian! We have a planet to get to if you have forgotten."
Dorian ran after the duo, but he was feeling quite weak. Juno had left a nasty wound in his side, possibly breaking ribs. And the blood was definitely coming out fast. As he closed the door he noticed the Doctor getting started at the console, he already was getting better Dorian could tell. He took a look down at his now wet shirt and noticed the red of the blood was far more prevalent than the white of his shirt. It only took Corin a moments glance to go wide eyed with panic. "Doctor, before you get started, I believe there is an issue that desperately needs attention first." She said while hyperventilating.
"What?" the Doctor simply asked. Corin in response just simply pointed at Dorian and the Doctor went from celebratory to being concerned.
"you attend to Dorian, I'll get us some place our friend outside won't be able to find us, that also has friendly people of course." The Doctor ordered.
As Corin ran to Dorian, the soldier just slumped to the ground. The medic worried. She could tell he lost too much blood already. She hoped the Doctor knew where to go, hopefully back to Lucera.
"Where are we going?" Corin asked, getting Dorian's blood all over her.
"A safe place." The Doctor responded.
"Do you want me to get him to the sick bay?" she asked
"that won't be necessary the ride will be too quick it isn't even worth it. Just keep the bleeding down for now" the Doctor said
"how long?'
"About a few minutes" the Doctor responded "I need to make a phone call to let them know we're coming"
"Let who know?" Corin asked.
"A friend" the Doctor said. He picked up the phone and started to speak "Hello, Jack? This is the Doctor. We're on our way to Torchwood right now, please be ready for us it's urgent."