The Doctor watched the look of disbelief cross Seska's face, but said nothing.
"Don't lie to me," Seska said.
"I'm not lying," she replied.
"Please, you expect me to believe that they want to raise a mythical Egyptian god."
Alyssa was about to reply, it was then that he decided to speak.
"She's not lying."
Seska and Ash turned to look at him.
"Gods are not real," Seska said.
The Doctor gave him a 'don't be so closed minded' look and said. "The names were fiction but the race that inspired them is very real."
"You're telling me that the Egyptian gods were aliens," Ash said.
The Doctor nodded. "Sumerian, Assyrian, most of the very early gods were an ancient race that colonised Earth long before humans came along."
The conversation was stopped by the door opening and the same man walking in.
"Enough, take them back to their rooms. Alyssa, we will have words."
Once the room had been cleared the man said to the Doctor. "I've kept my side of the bargain, now keep yours."
"I will," he replied. "There's just one more thing."
Ash paced his room, he was concerned at the Doctor's lack of protest at his sons being taken away. Like Seska he didn't believe this raising a god bullshit. But he never got to ask the Doctor why he was lying too.
He had the feeling that he might never see the Doctor again; in fact he felt that neither he nor the boys would be seen again.
Eventually he grew tired of pacing and lay on the bed and was on the verge of going to sleep when there was knock at the door. He couldn't exactly say go away but he tried anyway.
The voice that answered took him by surprise.
"You don't want my company then?"
He was up in an instant and wrenching the door open; the Doctor stood there, with an eyebrow raised as if to say 'invite me in then.'
Ash pulled him in but put a finger to his lips.
"This place will be bugged," he whispered.
The Doctor smiled and shook his head.
"Condemned man's last request."
Ash's heart and stomach lurched at those words.
"Don't say that."
The Doctor moved until he was a close as he could be. "Ash, I didn't want to say this in front of Seska, but if this works I might as well be dead, and if it doesn't, I will be."
"I won't let…"
The Doctor silenced him with a kiss. "It's going to happen, like it or not."
"But."
"No Ash, I don't want to argue. After tonight things will change forever. I just want my last memory of you to be…"
The Doctor kissed him again and the heat in it caught light to Ash's already smouldering fire. He returned the kiss and soon their clothes were on the floor.
He traced new and old scars that tracked across the Doctor's body, wondering how he'd got some of them.
The Doctor said something in his own language.
"What does that mean?"
"It means you will always have a place in my hearts, no matter what happens."
Eventually they succumbed to sleep but when Ash woke later the Doctor was gone and once again he found his door was locked.
He had no idea how long it had been before the door unlocked and he was escorted out. He was expecting to be taken somewhere remote and have a bullet put in his brain, instead he was taken to what looked like an observation area.
He's been expecting some kind of altar; considering they were thinking of raising a god, but what he saw was an examination table and medical equipment. The thing that looked out of place was the golden Eye of Horus that sat on a plinth next to the table.
He tensed when the door opened and the Doctor was brought in and he didn't like the way the Doctor tamely allowed himself to be strapped down.
The door opened again and a group of people entered, some of them went to the bank of computers and Ash heard the whine of power.
One of the men stepped away from the computer and up to the Doctor and began speaking. Ash couldn't hear what he was saying but he guessed it wasn't good.
Once again there was the whine of power and Ash's eyes were drawn to the Eye; it had begun to glow.
Moments later his attention was fixed on the Doctor as he was now in severe distress. He was straining against the restraints and he was bathed in sweat. Ash wanted to shout at them to stop but he knew that would be useless; he could only stand and watch as the Doctor suffered.
Then the scene changed abruptly….the man who'd been standing over the Doctor backed away and if Ash could believe it there was fear on his face.
The scene then became horrific as the Doctor broke free from the restraints and one by one the men in the room were assaulted by the Doctor and fell to the floor, undeniably dead.
Only the man who'd been speaking to him was left and he fell to his knees in front of the Doctor, who this time didn't touch the man but the look he gave him was one of contempt and he turned away and looked directly at Ash.
Ash backed away when he saw the Doctor eyes…they were no longer that soulful brown, they glowed with malevolence.
Then he spoke and the sound seemed to come from nowhere.
"I see you," whatever had taken over the Doctor hissed.
Ash stepped back again as the Doctor seemed to dissipate and then appeared directly in front of him.
The Doctor looked him up and down and Ash felt like a small bug under a microscope.
"I have need of a consort."
"Who are you?" Ash said.
"I am Seth, Lord of Chaos and you will serve me."
Before Ash could answer alarms started going off and the Doctor's…no Seth's attention was taken away from him.
"Time to leave…but first."
The ground beneath Ash started to vibrate and then chaos reigned.
