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My Love
Chapter 13
The Factory
The Doctor sat on the ground where those men dropped him. However from first glance you would think he had given up hope. Not in the least. He was thinking, the only way the Doctor could. The carriage was going toward what looked like a very large factory. He stood up and leaned a bit to the left and then pulled out his sonic screwdriver using it on the ground and looked at it.
"That factory…wouldn't be to search for precious metals would it?"
"Smart this one." The woman with her face covered said. "Yeah they dig out the metals…and use this huge magnet to pull them out. Its that magnet that gotcha stuck here, same as us. He takes other peoples planes, jets, ships…whatever. And melts them down and gets either parts or metal to sell."
"So you're all stuck here? Why haven't any of you tried to stop him?" The Doctor asked.
"They have our babies…he uses smaller kids to go down in the smaller holes to bring back up metals. We're afraid…that if we try. They'll hurt our children." The woman with the infant finally spoke up. Obviously afraid for her own offspring.
"Alright then…does anyone here have a uniform I can borrow?"
"Every one of us work for him, by force…he won't give us food unless we do." He said and looked up at the Doctor. "Promise me…you'll save our kids and I'll let you use mine. We're about the same size."
"I promise I'll try to do something…or I'll die trying. My baby is in there too. Either I walk out of there with her, or I get carried out." The Doctor said and ran his fingers through his hair. "What job do you have?"
"I'mma picker. I go through the line and pick out the good metals from the bad ones. Kids don't know the difference so we gotta figure it out for them." The man said. "It's the only time I get to see my son. Just take off the name tag once you're in there that way he don't think you killed me to take my uniform alright? New people only have a suit and no name tag so they just think you're new."
"Alright when does your shift start?" The Doctor asked the man who sighed and looked down at the ground.
"We just got off…you gotta wait till morning."
The Doctor sighed and nodded. If that's what he had to do to save Eve then he would do it.
11
Eve was scared she didn't have to say it twice because her captors had her tied up, gagged, and chained to the floor of the carriage. Every time one moved in the slightest she would flinch and push herself even closer to the wall. The drive from there little town to the factory which actually wasn't as big as thought to be only big enough to house a few dozen children, a few caretakers, some workers, and then the Boss who stood with a cane and a stone cold glare.
"Ah a new mouse?" Eve was pushed in front of the man who glared down at her. "Go prep her for work. She starts with the morning shift…at dawn." The man said with a very harsh smile. His cloths may have been perfectly pressed…but his teeth were rotten.
"Whats your name kid?" A heavy set woman asked. She had a clip bord in hand and waiting patiently for her to answer.
"Eve…just Eve."
"Whats your dads last name?" Eve blinked at the question and thought for a bit.
"Doctor…"
"Eve Doctor then. Age?"
"7."
"Birth date?"
"December 3rd." Eves voice cracked, she could see the other children in a corner being read to by one of the older kids. She felt as if she were in an orphanage where she never wanted to go.
"Alright lets get her those cloths…and cut that gastly hair. Its only going to get in the way of the harness." The woman said grabbing Eve by the hair since she tried to run.
"No…not my hair. Its our species way, it marks me as a good girl. I'm a good girl. Papa won't be happy!" She cringed and her eyes closed as the knife was thrust down. Her long hair fell to the ground around her in large clumps till it was just as short as a boys.
Eve looked at the ground and then back up at the children. They kept staring at her, she had been standing there for quite some time now. Her eyes went from face to face. She didn't know any of them. How could she know any of them? She was on an asteroid she had never been on before and she hardly knew anyone in the first place. She slowly backed away from them and walked over to a window and sat down looking out over the town which was almost invisible save for the flickering lights in there windows.
"Papa…I miss you." She whispered and ran her fingers over her closely cropped hair. It didn't feel right and she didn't like it. Not one bit. She never had short hair before.
"They missed a spot…" One of the boys said running his fingers over the still longer hair that was pushed down under her collar when they were cutting her hair.
"Might wanna hide your rat tail so they don't find it. Here…" He picked up the bow tie that was now on the floor and pulled out the small clump that was pretty small but was able to be split into twos and pig tailed into a braid and tied off.
"Alright my little fishies…time for bed. Long day in those holes tomorrow." A skinny blond woman said. She looked normal until you looked into her eyes which was blood red and her finger nails were black. Almost looked like a vampire only her teeth were normal and she actually looked nice.
Each one of the kids ran to a bed and got in.
"Oh have we a new fishy?" The caretaker asked seeing Eve who backed away from her and sat down in a corner.
"Its alright. Ebrea won't hurt you she's a false being. A…what did they call you?" One of the girls asked.
"A…Frankenstein I believe the term is. A being made from lots of different parts to suit a certain task or need…and my need is to take care of you all. I'm your nanny until my body perishes." The woman sat down on the bed and patted a spot for Eve.
"We have a bed for you. Its got to be better then that stuffy floor. I hear it smells like feet anyways."
"Jinx doesn't seem to mind! He loves sleeping under his bed." One of the kids said pointing to an empty bed but the covers were under it and a boys foot was sticking out the other side.
"Its his species way. Mole people tend to do that."
"Its very comforting." A voice came from under the bed. "You should try it sometime."
"I've slept under my bed when I was younger. My mom wasn't home she was on one of her many expeditions…it was storming out so bad that a tree fell close to the house. It scared me so I got under my bed. I slept down there for a few times. I think I was only two or three then. " Eve said looking at the mole boy who was looking out from under the bed.
"Do you miss your mom?" He asked.
"I…haven't seen her in four years now. She's dead. My dad takes care of me now. He's not to happy about our situation. If the stories I've heard of him from my mom are true…he doesn't take to kindly to places like these."
"Mines?" A girl asked
"Child labor. He's going to try and free us…and not just me. He never just does things half way. He's a good man…he'll take care of all of us." Eve looked back out the window to see a man standing on the boundary of the gate. It was him, and he was waiting. She knew it. He would come for her. He promised, and she was going to trust her Doctor.