Okay, and here's more! oooh and we've got some drama going on up in here! Just wanted to notify you all that this is not the end, of the "Have You Found Melody" series. I figured it kinda seemed like it could be, so I wanted to clarify. =D
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"We've found him." Madame Kovarian stated as we landed smoothly in the "church" corridor.
My heart started beating faster as she said this. I couldn't tell if it was just my instincts kicking in, or if I really was dreading the thought of what her words meant. It wasn't that I didn't know who she was talking about. I had just been preparing myself for more training, and her announcement changed everything.
I couldn't stop thinking about it as Madame Kovarian led me down different empty hallways. It wasn't just the fear that I would fail that had me dreading this event. I also had this small suspicion that when Madame Kovarian uncovered the evil Time Lord, I would recognize him. I'd been trying to deny it since I'd first learned what the Doctor looked like, and what kind of habits he had, but it was hard to hide the fact that John always seemed to be an awful lot like the Doctor.
I didn't know what I'd do if it was John. I was trained to kill an evil man. but "John" had proved to me that he was good. In fact, he was the closest friend I had. Could I still do that? What would the church and the monsters do to me if I didn't? I couldn't tell.
"Madame..." I cautiously started. "Who is it, exactly, that you've caught?"
"The Doctor of course, child." she replied. "You're quite a bright girl. I thought you would have known."
"Of course." I swallowed. "I just wanted to be sure." My hands were beginning to sweat. I unceremoniously wiped them off on my already dirty school shirt.
She took me down one more confusing hallway and then we entered a room that had been completely cleared out except for the man tied to a chair in the middle with a blindfold covering his eyes. He wouldn't shut up about all of the other times he'd been captured and how rude his captors had been to him even then. I tried to hide my disappointment. It was impossible to deny now, John Smith, the man who was telling me not to kiss boys only hours before, was sitting in the chair just a few meters away from me, yabbering about how clever he was.
"Good afternoon Doctor," Madame Kovarian said cynically.
John turned his head towards her and gave an open mouthed smile. "Aha! Finally the head in this operation. Now, I'd like you to tell me why you've taken me here! I haven't done anything wrong, I was just exploring and then you've come and ruined it. I've got a...a sort of date later and I hope you know that if she finds out I'm late again...you'll be getting the brunt of it! She's got a gun and she's a bit too happy to use it, and she'd love to see you again!" he laughed.
"Oh believe me, you won't last that long." Kovarian bantered.
I rolled my eyes. "Did you check his pocket for the screwdriver. He's stalling to burn a hole through the ropes!" I felt that I hid the shake in my voice pretty well.
His face fell as he heard what I'd said. The screwdriver was tossed across the room as Madame Kovarian nodded at something behind him. "Melody?" he asked.
"Hello, Doctor." I greeted. Something in my head kept repeating itself, getting louder and more demanding as I stared at the bow tied idiot. Kill him. Kill the evil Time Lord! And he was pretty evil. His nice guy act was just simply that. He didn't really care about anyone but himself. He was selfish and old and horrible! "You lied." I said.
He grimaced. "Well, you see, I had to! You're Melody Pond, I couldn't just stand by and watch you grow up unloved! I'm not changing anything too much! Just..."
"Quiet!" I interrupted. His real motives were falling easily into place in my mind. "I know your real reason. You wanted to get close to me so that I wouldn't carry out my destiny, didn't you!"
"No!" he said. "Blimey Pond! So easy to accuse, just like your mother!"
"Hey!" I warned.
He gulped but continued on. "I couldn't care less about my own life. Well, I mean I could a little bit, but I know my time is coming! The TARDIS can't hide everything from me and this is not that time!"
"Time can be rewritten." I argued.
"Not this time." he didn't give any other explanations and grew quiet. If it were possible, he looked like he'd gotten sad or depressed all of a sudden. I wondered if he'd given up. I didn't even have a weapon yet!
"You see Doctor, this is what happens when you try to meddle with what must be done." Kovarian gave a box to something that then held it out to me. I looked up to see who it was, but forgot instantly when I looked back down to the box. It had an assortment of different hand guns, all decent looking. I picked one at random and aimed it at the Doctor. Madame Kovarian laughed cynically. "Any last words before you meet your end Doctor?"
I looked over at the gun in my hands again, thinking that this was all so wrong. I was supposed to battle the Doctor, not hold him at gunpoint while he was tied up defenselessly and couldn't even see what was coming. This was supposed to be more violent and challenging. The way that it was set up now seemed unfair. He seemed innocent while I seemed like the bad guy. How could that happen?
"Yeah, I'll have a few." He retorted. Although he couldn't see, he turned his head toward me. "Melody, this isn't for me. It's for you. For your future!"
"My future is here." I said keeping my grip firm on the gun.
"It is! Just not yet!" he set his jaw the way he does when he's trying to hide his feelings.
He's lyng! Don't let the evil man fool you!
He continued to talk, and for a moment I wasn't sure what he was saying because the monsters, I was pretty sure the voices that told me things to do were caused by them, were standing behind me trying to convince me. I didn't need convincing though.
I had gotten closer and closer to him as he'd babbled on, and he'd noticed. When I placed the cold metal against his chest he panicked. "No! Melody listen! You can't do this, or...or..."
"Or what?" I growled
The Doctor was pensive, finally he replied. "River. Remember River?" there was regret in his voice.
I crossed my arms. He sighed in relief. "What about her?"
He was smiling now, which really set my teeth on edge. "You'd never become her...well, actually I don't know how you regenerated into River...but she's you!"
"What kind of game are you playing?" I asked. Madame Kovarian looked displeased. If I didn't do something soon, I'd be hearing from her. Still I didn't point the gun back at him.
"No games!" he said. Everyone behind me was trying to discourage this. They didn't want me to listen, and Kovarian was yelling now. I knew though, that none of them would step in the way. This was my destiny, and if Kovarian wanted this to have the ironic affects that she had planned for, then I was the only one who could fulfill it. "It's all true, and I know it's spoilers. Forgive me if you ever remember this..."
"Why wouldn't I remember?" I had an edge to my voice as I asked.
"The silence." He swallowed. "they've got to be in here, and they're controlling you. You'll forget. Just like I will. " I wanted to disagree with him, but I knew it was true. Only moments before seeing him in the chair I had questioned my ability to fulfill what was needed to be done if it was "John". But once I'd walked in, it was like a switch had flipped, and there was only one thing I wanted to do, and that was killing the Doctor. They were controlling me. They had for all my life. And just like he had said, I couldn't remember a thing, and probably wouldn't.
"Why are you letting him talk?" Kovarian rooted in. "Have you forgotten what you were made to do?"
"Hold on! I'm not done with my last words yet!" The Doctor shouted. "Just one more thing. Then it's you're choice Melody. You should just know that Amy and Rory, they love you. Very much. You'll get to be with them one day, but not if you kill me now..."
I looked down at him confused. It didn't make sense, but I believed him. Everything he had just said contradicted what Madame Kovarian had always told me, but it was what I wanted to be true. But here was my chance, this moment was what I had been training for my entire life. I could only remember my training in the presence of the "silence", but even without them, it had been drilled into my brain that I had to do this. It all felt like a gut reaction, an instinct. I had never expected for it to be so easy, to just have him handed over to me, but it was my destiny I had to fulfill .
"Fine!" I had come to a decision. I put the gun in my pocket and took off the blindfold to glare at him. "But you lied." I repeated from earlier.
"Rule one my dear Pond: The Doctor always lies. Now get me out of..."
I was grabbed by the arms by two of the "Silence" and pulled away from the Doctor as Madame Kovarian came closer. He wasn't scared of her, although her expression wasn't one to bring a smile to anyone's face, instead he only scowled. "Consider this a warning for what is to come Doctor," She said. "her heart is not cold enough yet, but with time, it can be. Never meddle with my plans again." She turned to the monsters holding me. "Remove all memory of each other from them both! We can't have her doing this when the real time comes." I struggled and kicked against them, but it didn't work. More silence seemed to come out from no where, and were surrounding the Doctor as well. When I looked away, only for a second, he was gone.
