Chapter Thirteen

Ocelus looked up as he heard movement outside the cell door. Rising, he squatted down on his haunches and readied himself as he heard the key turning in the lock. Tensing his muscles, he gritted his teeth as he watched the door open.

The slaves opened the door and gasped as Ocelus let out a yell and ran straight into them. Before they could recover from the shock, he felled the one nearest him with a haymaker and pushed the other into the cell. He quickly shut the door, picked up the key from the floor and locked the door. He stared down in disdain at the unconscious slave at his feet.

"Coward." He said to him.

He spat on his face and with a snort, quickly turned and headed towards Alcanthus's room.

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Rose turned her head and looked at the door. She glared at Alcanthus entered and grinned at her.

"Ah, and now my dear it is time for you." He said, walking over to her.

"You won't be able to keep the Doctor enslaved forever." She said. "I betcha right at this moment he's fighting the drug."

She paused as she noticed Alcanthus hesitate. She smiled.

"He is, isn't he? My Doctor is freeing himself from your control." She said, overjoyed.

Alcanthus smirked.

"He was. But only barely, my dear. And now that I've ordered the drug to be increased, there will be no more resistance so if I were you, I wouldn't get my hopes up."

Rose smirked back.

"No, I think you are the one who shouldn't get your hopes up." She said. "You see, the Doctor's love for me goes a lot deeper than his mind and that love is gonna help him to break free."

"Ah, but he thinks you're dead, my dear."

"Doesn't matter. The Doctor's need to avenge my death will help him overcome the drug."

She grinned.

"Besides, how do you know for sure he didn't figure out that it was me sittin' there alive when he did have those little moments of clarity? He looked right at me, you know."

Alcanthus shifted slightly.

Rose grinned.

"Yeah, thanks to you and your little need to torment me, he got a reeeeal good look at me in that torture chamber. Saw my face, heard my voice, saw me tied up in this skimpy little nightgown crying my eyes out. The Doctor hates to see me cry, d'ya know that? He gets reeeeeeally angry when someone makes me cry. He gets even angrier when he knows someone is tormenting me."

She looked him straight in the eye.

"And I'm sure you know what happens when the Doctor gets angry, dontcha?"

She raised her eyebrow.

"So, if I were you. I wouldn't rape me. Because if the Doctor finds out; he is bound to do to you what he did to those slaves; except it won't be as quick a death as they had."

Alcanthus chuckled.

"Such an amusing child." He said grinning. "I believe I told you that the dosage of the drug is being increased on the Doctor. As soon as I saw it was wearing off, I ordered a slave to escort him back to his room and put the IV in so as I said, any resistance the Doctor had is gone."

"Unless…the drug wore off enough on the way back to his room for the Doctor to recover his mind and escape."

She gave him a smug smile as she noticed the fear in Alcanthus's eyes.

"Yeah." She said relishing seeing the fear in Alcanthus's eyes for a change. "I betcha right now he's on his way here wanting nothing more than to put his hand down your throat and rip your lungs out. You do know he has a dark side, doncha?"

She giggled as Alcanthus jerked his head and looked back at the door.

Alcanthus looked back at her and smirked.

"Well, then, I suppose we better move you to a safer location then, my dear. Wouldn't want the Doctor to interrupt our lovemaking."

Rose suppressed a grin as he came nearer. She had finally figured out a way to get around the limitations of the leather restraints and fight back. Using her acting skills, she gave him a look of terror.

"No." she whimpered. "Don't move me somewhere else. Don't keep me from my Doctor."

Alcanthus smirked as he noticed all the bravado vanish before his eyes. Rose was like any other female in the universe. Weak and easily dominated.

"Don't worry, my dear. You'll see your love tomorrow when I take you along to watch his conquest." He said in a patronizing tone of voice as he came closer to her.

He chuckled as he saw the terror in her eyes.

"Don't worry, Rose. As long as you obey me, I won't hurt you." He said.

His eyes widened as the look of terror was replaced by an enraged look.

"Yeah, well I'm gonna hurt you, buster!" she spat out.

Raising her bound legs, she drew them back to her chest and with all the strength in her launched them straight into Alcanthus's crotch like a battering ram.

Alcanthus froze for a moment, total surprise on his face and then, grabbing his crotch, he fell to his knees. Rose drew back her legs again.

"Nighty night, now." She said.

She let go and grinned as she kicked Alcanthus square in the head. The grin widened as his head snapped back and he fell to the floor unconscious.

"Bloody Hell that felt good." She said, laying her legs back down.

She paused for a moment.

"Um…okay…now what do I do?" she murmured.

She glanced down at her restraints and groaned. She had been so excited about her idea about kicking Alcanthus; she hadn't bothered to think past it. She sighed as she lay in the bed and stared up at the ceiling.

"Aw, well, at least I got my licks in on the wanker." She muttered.

Her head jerked up as the door opened.

"Doctor?" she said, praying that's who it was.

She grinned as she saw it was the next best thing.

"Rose! I'm here!" Ocelus said, rushing into the room. "I…"

He paused and stared at Alcanthus passed out on the floor. He looked up at Rose.

"Hey, glad you could make it." Rose said. "I would have left you some. But Alcanthus was about to rape me, and I really am protective of my body, so I just went ahead and laid the sot out cold."

Ocelus shook his head.

"I can see why the Doctor loves you so much." He said. "You're just as deadly as he is."

"You better believe it buster! I'm the big bad wolf and don't you forget it!"

Ocelus frowned.

"Big bad wolf?" he muttered.

"Never mind, not important." He said, shaking his head.

He went over to get Rose free from her restraints. On the way, he paused and stared down at Alcanthus. He grinned as he kicked his head and heard him let out a grunt.

"Feels good, don't it?" Rose asked.

"Feels really good."

He kicked him again.

"That felt even better." He added.

He grinned as he went past him to Rose and freed her from her restraints.

"Come on," he said, helping her up. "Let's go rescue the Doctor."

They started to go but paused at Alcanthus. They looked at each other, grinned and both of them kicked him hard. They smiled at each other as they let out another grunt.

"I love that sound he's making. Best sound I've ever heard in my life." Ocelus said.

"I hear that!" Rose replied.

Laughing, they hurried past him and ran out the door.