The Doctor's Forgotten Secret

Part 11 The Queen's POV

"Wow." I slid my hands down to his chest. "Um, what was that for, exactly?" He let go of me and put his hands into his pockets.

"I don't know. I just felt like it. Now should we go?" I nodded. He held his hand open. I took it and we walked into the TARDIS holding hands. The Doctor was already putting the saddle on Danger. He looked at our hands and shook his head. Then he continued with the saddle.

Donna waved me over to her. I let go of Jack and joined her at the monitor. "I saw the whole thing on this screen, and my God, I never saw this coming." She clapped and sat down in the chair. I covered my eyes with my hand.

"And that's a topic we don't need to talk about." She just smiled at my comment and rolled her eyes.

"Every time I get the chance, I will talk about it." I leaned onto the panel and held my face in my hands. I felt something touching my back. I reached out my hand and felt a soft nose. I stood up and stroked Danger's stripe. I noticed her tack and smiled. The black leather saddle and matching bridle fit her perfectly.

"Thanks for tacking her up. Where are we going next?"

"I think we should give Mount Olympus a visit." He set the course, and we were off.

I walked Danger out of the TARDIS two minutes later. "This horse was meant for time travel." I stroked her neck and looked around. I saw 11 giant people looking at me. I then heard a booming voice that made the ground rumble like thunder.

"Who are you?" A man with a white beard and lighting bolt asked.

The Doctor opened the other door to get past Danger and said, "Ah, well I'm the Doctor. This is the Queen." The Doctor reached into the TARDIS and pulled out Donna and Jack. "This is Captain Jack Harkness and Donna Noble." They waved nervously.

"How did you get on Mount Olympus?" The man that spoke was holding a trident and wearing a dark blue tunic.

"Well, just think of this blue box as our chariot. I came to ask about Dionysus's daughter." A fat man with vines around his head laughed.

"Which one? I have so many." He snapped and a glass of wine appeared.

I saw our old friend Athena. She looked at us as she spoke. "They came looking for answers about Isis." Dionysus stopped drinking and looked at us.

"You dare ask about that monstrosity on this sacred mount?" I looked at my father who just nodded. Dionysus's face started turning red. "We don't speak of children here. What makes you think you are any different?"

"Queenie and I are the last of the Time Lords. You know who really saved you all from Cronus's stomach, and it wasn't your dear mother." There was flash and shatter behind us. Zeus had thrown a lightning bolt, and it shattered a column. I got my sword out and shot lightning at Zeus. It hit him but he seems to have absorbed it.

"You stupid child." Zeus laughed and stood up.

"Guys, let's get out of here." We all got into the TARDIS. I felt like we were moving. I opened the door, just a crack and saw the eye of Zeus. "Doctor, now!" He pushed a bottom and we were traveling. I held onto Danger, making sure I didn't fall.

"We just ticked off the Greek gods. Oh my God, I'm cursed." Donna said quietly.

I sighed. "The gods can't really touch us or you since you travel with us. Although I don't think we should go back anytime soon." They shook their heads in agreement. We landed and we walked out onto the streets of London. The Doctor was still watching the monitor.

"I'm going to my house. I want to give my family another little visit." We waved and she went into the TARDIS to tell the Doctor. She pulled out Danger and held out the reins to me. "The Doctor said you have to take her." Jack grabbed the reins and hopped up. I pulled myself up and held onto Jack. We trotted down the road. We had been riding for ten minutes when a black van started following us.

"Jack stop!" We heard a woman calling his name. He stopped Danger and we got off. Two people got out of the van.

"Ah, great Torchwood." The woman hugged Jack. She let go and introduced herself.

"I'm Gwen Copper. I work with Jack when he is actually in the right place, which is Cardiff. Oh and this Owen Harper." He reached out his hand and expecting a handshake I gave it to him. He surprised me when he leaned down and kissed my hand. I pulled my hand back and looked at Jack. Jack looked a little irritated.

Before anyone else could speak, Danger walked in between us. "Hey there girl." I walked her out of the way and stroked her while Jack talked to his friends. I was looking through my saddle bags when I came across something strange. I pulled out a bronze mask with a orange colored gem on the forehead. The details were incredible, and it was definitely Greek.

I put it on and I could hear a voice. There was voice inside my head. I finally focused on it and made out what it was saying. "I am Bia, goddess of force. I had one of my maids sneak this into your saddle bags while you were on Mount Olympus. This mask with help you with your travels. If there is anything magic that you don't notice, it will alert you. I can not give you anymore help. You are getting this gift because Athena pities you." With that the voice stopped.

I pulled the mask off staring at it. "Jack, we have to go. We need to get back to the TARDIS." We climbed on Danger and his friends climbed into their van. We took off flying, going so fast that we couldn't round corners without almost slamming into buildings and cars. We finally got to the TARDIS. I walked into the TARDIS looking at it. I could hear Jack behind me.

Jack prepared them for what they were about to see. "Guys, this is coolest piece of alien tech I have ever seen. Don't touch anything, it's kind of sensitive." I handed the mask to the Doctor.

"Why in the world do you have a Greek mask?" He looked at it, puzzled.

"I found of in Danger's saddlebag, I put it on and a voice said it was a gift from Bia. It is supposed to expose hidden magic or something." He was looking at it when someone knocked on the TARDIS doors. The Doctor didn't seem to notice so I opened them. Bad idea.

Jack's POV

Queenie opened the doors and her S.H.I.E.L.D friends walked in. All six of them, guns in full view. I rolled my eyes and joined Queenie by the doors.

Three of the agents were looking around in amazement. The man with dark hair pointed at Danger. "That's a horse." Queenie looked at him.

"Yes, and that's a gun. All of them away." When they hesitated I stepped in.

"You're in the woman's box, which you probably shouldn't be, I suggest listening to her." I got evil looks from the serious looking woman but they complied. I noticed the Doctor holding a mask. "That's a brave choice with your hair color." He couldn't help but smile.

"A goddess gave it to Queenie. Bia, the goddess of force, was its original owner. It can make hidden magic appear apparently. But I have yet to see it work." He put the mask on and looked around. He took it off, his expression still confused. "Queen, come here." She stopped arguing with the young agent and walked over to us. "Did she say why she gave it to you?"

Queenie shuddered. "She said Athena felt pity for me. As for why, she didn't say." She took the mask and put it on.

"I'm going to the library, there might be something useful in my books. Make sure our guests don't do anything stupid." She nodded. She was looking around the TARDIS, shaking her head. I gently pulled the mask off of her.

"There, much better." I looked into her green eyes. I realized how green they were at that moment. And I could feel myself falling hard.

"Jack, please. I don't want what you do, well not at this moment." She went over to Skye, who was petting Danger. I watched her walk away. I felt someone watching me and sure enough, it was the dark haired man whose name escaped me.

"Hello Captain. I'm Agent Coulson. You remember me right?" I broke my gaze on the man. I shook the agents outstretched hand.

"Yeah, of course."

"Your teammates over there have been very kind in telling us you work for Torchwood. I think you should tell me about it." He took off his sunglasses and put them in his jacket.

"Sorry, it's classified. Even you can't know." That second the Doctor ran back into the control room.

"I have it. The mask is very sacred to Bia. She gives it to people every so often, but only if Athena requests it. So to get our answers we need to go to Athena."

Donna brought up a good point, "We kind of disrespected the gods last time and we are going back?" The Doctor looked at the Queen. They both nodded and then were both pulling lever and pushing buttons. Seconds later we landed. This time we walked out a mile from town. There was a giant mountain behind it.

I breathed out. "Wow, Mount Olympus is amazing."

I heard Donna laugh. "It really is." The sky was pink and the giant rock went above the clouds. Queenie walked up on Danger's back. The S.H.I.E.L.D agents were standing on either side of the giant horse. I noticed Queenie had the mask on.

"Let's go to the town and see if they have any other horses."

The Queen's POV

We walked the short mile to the town. There we saw a man by a corral. In it had seven horses. "Excuse me," I got his attention. "Can we borrow five horses?" He looked at me with fear. He reached up toward my face. I moved back a little.

He bowed to me and opened the corral. He retrieved five horse and handed them to the men. I reached into my saddle bags until I found some gold coins. I tried to give it to the man but he wouldn't accept them. "Please sir, take them." He finally opened his hand and I gave them to him.

I turned Danger around. Jack pulled him self up but I barely noticed. I was watching Fitz and Simmons. Every time the horse moved they put their hands up as if to guard themselves from an invisible threat. Agent May was obviously annoyed. She got onto Fitz's horse and pulled him up. Coulson reached his hand down to Simmons, who struggled to sit on the horse properly. I looked at the other three pairs. Seeing they were all ready, we started through the forest toward the gorgeous mountain.

We were within ten miles of the mount when a flash of light spooked Danger. I could hear the other horses come to fast stop, hooves scratching on the dirt and grass. I saw a woman wearing a tunic and a simple headdress with feathers sticking up every which way. I groaned. "I'm getting tired of gods and goddesses." I said under my breath. I got off Danger and stormed up to the unknown goddess.

"I am Bia. I see you are wearing the mask." Her voice was low, I could barely hear it.

"Yes, it is very pretty. Now, what did you mean it was a pity gift? Why does Athena pity me?"

"I can't tell you. I can tell you that the mask is seeing what you most desire. Even you don't know it, at least not yet. The mask will reveal what you desire at a time of peace and fear. Now, go to Athena but don't expect too many answers." When she disappeared I just stomped my foot in frustration.

"Greeks always make things weird and complicated." I got on Danger behind Jack and we all rode on.

We were at the base of the mountain when Skye said something typical of a first time traveler. "Wait, this is really Ancient Greece." We all looked at her then up the mountain.

Coulson looked at us. "Well, no roads. What do we do?"

Ward sighed behind me. "I think we should probably camp out." He was looking at Fitz and Simmons. They were dozing off, their heads on the person in front of them.

"Good idea."

I was sitting by what was left of our campfire, stroking Danger. Jack and the Doctor were the only other ones awake. They made sure everyone was still asleep before creeping over to me.

"You are just going to fly up the mountain with Jack tomorrow. The rest of us will climb up after you." The Doctor took my mask off and held it in his hands.

"Okay. I could easily just fly you up one by one." I raised an eyebrow.

"You shouldn't waste time on us. We'll be fine. The only reason we are going to follow is in case the gods take you hostage." He smiled.

I noticed Jack was unusually quiet. "Are you okay Jack?" He nodded slowly. After a few minutes they crawled over to their respective grass patches and fell asleep. I leaned against Danger, who was already asleep in the grass. I stared at the sky only seeing clouds. I could feel Danger breathing underneath me. I stood up and put out the smolders of the fire with my boot. I laid down near everybody else and went to sleep.

"Should I wake her up?" I heard a little Scottish voice. I felt something messing with my hair. I opened my eyes and was greeted by a black figure over me. I reached up and pushed Danger off of me. I saw Fitz's face looking sunny as usual. "Oh, good morning. I wasn't sure if I should wake you, but I guess Danger took care of it." I rubbed the back of my head and sat up. Everyone was already awake and ready for the day. I stood up and pulled my hair out of the pony tail. I ran my fingers through it a couple times before giving up.

"I'll tie Danger to this tree. That way she won't run off." The Doctor wrapped the reins around the tree branch. "Is it too hot for you to fly?" He looked at me concerned. I shook my head and picked my mask up off a rock. I put it on and walked toward the mountain. I turned and faced everyone.

"I'll see you guys really soon." I hugged Donna and the Doctor. As I hugged my father I whispered in his ear, "I love you." He whispered it back to me and I let go of him. I came to the agents. I hesitated but hugged everyone of them any way. I even hugged the Torchwood people. I hovered a couple feet from the ground reaching for Jack. I grabbed him by the wrists and started to ascend. "Bye guys."

We were soon high in the sky, making the village look like a play set. We reached the odd layer of clouds. I floated inches from them. I took a deep breath and passed through. Now that we were on the other side I saw the glowing temple. I flew very quickly to the temple. I put Jack down and I landed. We slowly walked through two columns seeing the familiar thrones. Now that they were empty I noticed the beautiful detail put into the symbols on the back. With my mask on I saw a glowing rectangle in each giant chair. I decided they had to be magic doors or something.

I cautiously walked to Athena's throne. I pushed on the rectangle and a tunnel appeared. "How did you see that?" Jack's voice startled me and a wave of lightning covered my body. I turned and pointed to my mask. He shook his head. We entered the tunnel and the darkness surrounded us. I put some lightning into my hand and held it up. Using the light we walked down the tunnel. I could feel it getting hotter and hotter. I found it difficult to keep the lightning contained. I pulled out my sword which helped me keep it under control.

I could see light and I knew we reached the end. I ran into the room expecting Athena. Instead there was a man covered with fire. The heat took my powers and I was left with only my sword. "Not who you were expecting right?" The man smiled a dark smile. "I am Hades. I'm pretty sure you have heard of me."

"Yes. I have. But I don't fear you. I'm a Time Lord, I'm above you."

He laughed. "I don't play by the same rules kid." He opened his cape and ran toward us. I was waiting for the cloth to hit us but when I opened my eyes and we were in some sort of dungeon. Two little red creatures attached cuffs on me and Jack. Jack tried fighting back but a woman just punched him, knocking him unconscious. I saw the sea witch Circe.

"Men, they are all animals." The two demons dragged Jack to the wall and chained him. I closed my eyes not wanting to watch. I felt someone raising my chin with their finger.

I opened my eyes and looked at a sea of red. "Your death is long overdue." I looked around for my sword. I saw it in Circe's hands. "There is no escape for you girl. You have too much power."

"I'm not afraid of you. I don't fear death. I knew it was coming. Before I left my friends and family I had a feeling of dread." Hades laughed.

"Good. I only have one problem," I raised an eyebrow waiting for him to continue, "How should I kill you? The great and mighty Queen." He wandered around the room and sat down on a chair. He put his head in his hands and thought.

I heard the wicked voice of Circe, her blood red lips smiling at me. "I think it would be fun to fight her." This got Hades's attention.

"Unchain her." Circe unchained me then handed me my sword.

"Whatever happens, let Jack go." I put the sword up, ready to fight. The same thought was going through my mind. I'm going to die here. That's when Hades lashed out at me. Fire flew past my head. I backed up, startled. I quickly looked around, looking for anything I could use against him.

Seeing nothing I decided to just try to get him with my sword. I ran toward him and picked up my sword up into the air. I tightened my grip and brought it down. Hades just caught it with his hand. My eyes widened and I backed away.

After multiple attempts I still wasn't getting anywhere. I was starting to give up. I knew I was defeated so I held up my hand. "Please let me just talk to Jack." Hades nodded and I approached Jack. I picked up his head from the floor and put it in my lap.

"Jack please wake up." His eyes fluttered then opened. I smiled at him.

"Queenie, what? What's happening? Where are we?" He sat up and tried to lift his hands. He noticed the chains and cuffs. "Oh, I remember now."

"Good. I'm in a fight I can't win. The others aren't close enough and I'm getting tired. Please don't forget me." I helped him sit up. I leaned forward and gently kissed him. "I'm sorry for what I said. Please forgive me."