The Stolen Child
Chapter twelve:
I was immediately seized by the Silence and pulled over to where my family was huddled in the living room of the house. Both Doctors were loosely bound while the others were not. Shocking must not have worked on my Time Lords as well as they had hoped. My hands were shackled together with a strange substance and then our captors left to converse in the next room. I was met with tons of talking all at once as soon as they left.
"One at a time please, and keep your voices down we don't want to get in trouble," I reminded everyone. Suit piped up first.
"I'm so relieved you're alright. What happened?"
"He trapped me on the TARDIS, pulled it into space and locked it into emergency shutdown. I was going to suffocate if I hadn't figured out how to reprogram Voice Interface and have it show me how to fly the TARDIS back," I whispered. He smiled and gave me a wink as a job well done. I returned it, my eyes still sore and dry from all the crying I had done.
"Hey, Voice Interface should only correspond with my voice!" My Doctor said slightly offended. I let out a small snicker.
"Not anymore. It recognizes both of our voices now. I also learned a lot about you through it. Why haven't you fixed the..."
"Now is not the time to have this conversation Pippa! I'm glad you are alive but we need to think of a plan!" Bow Tie interrupted me. He was still a bit cross with me I could tell, and I leaned my head on Gemma's shoulder. She ran her fingers through my hair and I closed my eyes thinking.
"I've told you you're brilliant before right?" Suit asked and I smiled. I couldn't hug him since we were both bound but I could stand on my tip toes and place my forehead against his so we were eye to eye. After a bit he winked and I slouched back down. He kissed the top of my forehead quickly.
"You've only told me so about a dozen times," I said winking back one more time.
"Quiet in there! Prisoners should not be chit chatting!" The Master shouted coming back into the room. The Silence loomed behind him and when I looked at one directly my head began to swim for a bit. I shook it clear and let out a heavy sigh. Their forgetting effects seemed to be far stronger on everyone else than me. The others seemed dazed and confused, and it gave Suit the opportunity he needed to undo his binds.
"I'd so love to start with you Pippa darling, but I think we should start with your mother dearest! And we'll have some good fun," The Master said pulling my mom toward her and sitting her down on the couch. One of the Silences came up beside me and handed me a modified cattle prod. I gaped in horror at the weapon placed in my hand and shook my head.
"No," I told him firmly. He giggled at me. I closed my eyes slowly hoping that this would go away. When I opened them it had not. The Master got a chair and placed it in the centre of the living room and gestured for me to sit in it.
"If you don't do it, then it shall be done to you," He taunted. I handed the prod to my mother and sat down in the chair where I was quickly tied to it as tight as possible.
"You are such a slippery one Miss Rider, did you know that?" The Master declared with a frown. "And I don't honestly like that."
"I'm sorry to hear that sir."
"Don't patronize me girl, your time is coming to you swiftly," He snapped getting in my face. He looked at my mom and took the prod away from her.
"No, you won't have to torture your own daughter that would be too cruel. Well actually not as cruel as what I am about to do…now which Doctor will be assisting me with this today hmm? Oh! I know…" He said pointing at Bow Tie. The Silence pushed him towards me and the Master and he grimaced. He struggled against them until they gave him a quick bolt of electricity and he gave in ready to obey. He glanced at me and gave me a sad look that clove my heart in two. A loud sniffled caused me to look away at my family to see that they were all crying. The Master gave my Doctor the cattle prod and his eyes got wide in fear.
"No…no…."
"Yes! Yes you will. Or I will do it for you. And I am most certainly sure you don't want me to do that now do you? We all know how that will end."
"What is it you want from me?" My Doctor asked outraged. The Master laughed again and everyone in the room flinched. He locked eyes with me and an involuntary shiver ran down my spine.
"She's figured it out, why haven't you? It's what I always want Doctor," He trailed off taking the prod and jabbing me in the side with it. I let out a wail of pain as the amplified voltage raged through my body. Tears leaked from my eyes only making the pain worse.
"To make you suffer," The Master finished his sentence releasing me from my private hell. I gasped and gulped for air. My heart raced and my body tried to stop my muscles from twitching like it was still fighting.
"Alright, I'll do it," My Doctor said weakly. His throat went suddenly dry. The words barely left his lips they were so soft. The Master laughed in triumph. I watched through eyes that felt incredibly jaded as my Doctor took the prod from the Master.
"Pippa, I'm so sorry I yelled at you. I didn't mean it I promise," He whispered a tear rolling from his eye. I nodded feebly and slowly raised my heavy feeling head to look him in the eye.
"Doctor it's alright, just do what he says," I whispered back. I looked away and made eye contact with Suit as my Doctor reached out and as gently as he could poke me with the cattle prod. I gritted my teeth and tried not to cry out, but a small yelp escaped my lips. The Silence in turn shocked him as a punishment for his actions.
"Do it right Doctor or I will," The Master warned. My Doctor closed his eyes, more tears rolling from them and did it again, longer this time. My body went stiff and I tried to hold back the feeling that I was falling into a seizure or worse. I did convulse a little and they sent the chair to the floor tipping me on my side. That's when Suit made his move. He bolted for the TARDIS and quickly flew off with it. The Master cursed and grabbed the cattle prod from the Doctor's hand and held it to the same place before and pushed the button.
"Goodbye Pippa Rider," He whispered as I convulsed again my body going into shock. There was too much pain; I didn't know how much more I could take. I felt him twisting it deeper into my side and the tissue splitting open in agony. Then I blacked out. When I came to I was no longer tied to the chair and my side was bandaged well. Everything hurt to move.
"Pippa…."
"Please tell me I haven't died," I mumbled groaning in agony. He laughed very slightly and shook his head helping me to my feet. I swayed a bit and crumbled in pain into his chest.
"Pip,"
"Not now Doctor you can tell me this important thing later," I said steadying myself and turning to my family. "Is there some place you can hide, some place you can go that is safe?"
"We've got a beach house on the coast…you talk as if you aren't coming with us," Gemma spoke up.
"I'm not. I have to help get the Master and restore order. It's what we do. Go, now, I'll be fine," I told her holding her hands. I tried to hide the fact mine were shaking in pain but she saw it. She gave me a warning look and kissed my cheek. I exchanged hasty goodbyes with the rest of my family and they took off hastily trying to escape the horror they had just seen. I turned to my Doctor and smiled my hand outstretched.
"Allons-y!"
