My god, that last review. That was quite a read. For your information I ask for reviews for criticism and development and you certainly fulfilled one of those. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to tell me that my writing sucks and that I'm blackmailing readers, which makes me a wanker. Just goes to show that you don't see these things till they're pointed out to you. Well in future I'll be well aware of what I'm asking for and charge higher in blackmail. Hhahahhaa.
Well other than that, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 14 – For the sheer pleasure
He ran until his lungs burnt with the exertion he was forcing them through. He didn't take his eyes off the reader until he reached the co-ordinates that flashed on the screen. His hearts were pounding and his stomach was knotted in anxiety, forcing a lump to rise up his throat. He was aware that he was going in a completely different direction to where he left Faye, and he began to panic that maybe she had fallen from a balcony during her trip. Then sense kicked in, she would have known if she had fallen that far, she wouldn't have been able to talk for one. He jumped down a small set of stairs sliding on the polished floor as he skidded around the turning. He was getting closer it seemed. His brain told him to stop, catch his breath and look around for danger; but his hearts tore through that and forced him to keep going, ignoring all reasonable sense just to find her.
All his rules, all his past warnings, everything... it was crumbling in the fear. The memory of her voice, her scream. There was nothing he could do but endure the ride as his boundaries and walls shattered inside him. The Doctor had to find her, he didn't know what he would do if he didn't. His eyes cast over the corridor in a moment of self preservation. It wasn't enough, all he saw was the bright lights, plain tiles and paint, no signs of danger or enemies. She said she couldn't read the language which confused him, the TARDIS should have been translating everything in here. He turned the corner and came to the place that Faye was apparently hiding, he had half hoped to see her unconscious, back in her coma. It was selfish, but that was a trait of his, he didn't dwell too long on the thought as reality hit. She wasn't anywhere around, there were even books around here. It was all displays of various creatures from what would be a marine environment on a couple of planets.
''Too late,'' the voice said. Was it just taunting him or did it actually mean something by it? He knew from his time with Pond there was a possible truth that she could have gotten into a different time stream, but where would she have stumbled across something like that? He rubbed his eyes, trying to calm his heart rate as he thought quickly. Faye wasn't here, that was a fact. Where she was, that was another question. One he planned to solve quickly.
'God damn it Faye, you owe me years. I plan to cash those in,' he said to himself as he turned around and spotted something across the hall, through the displays. It was familiar and hauntingly so. 'Ah,' he said quietly. 'It's like that is it?'
Now I'm aware this chapter is pathetically short, but I've had a drink and it was mostly because I was angry at that last review. So I promise the next one will be worth reading :D