The Doctor explained how he gotten trapped.

Shorthand, however, as time's of the essence.

He kept it cohesive for the quizzical couple and the others.

"Got trapped. Couldn't get out. Barely getting through. Need to hurry," the Doctor summed as he quickly ran past them towards the other trap.

Following him, Matt and Ripley hurried with the others trailing behind as the Doctor ran madly through the halls.

When he gotten to the room the entity's trapped in, he slid to a stop and looked into the room.

Ominously, there's a shift in the air, a strong presence.

Catching up, Matt and Ripley looked to the Doctor as he had a look.

"You caught him," the Doctor's chestnut eyes widened.

Matt blinked as he asked, "Who?"

The Doctor turned to him and summed, "Bad guy. Don't say his name. Don't ever say his name!"

He didn't give much but Ripley got his attention.

"What does he want?" Ripley asked the Doctor as they followed him into the room as the trap's silent, but the heavy presence remained.

Unlike the Doctor who desperately wanted to escape it, whatever the entity is, didn't seem compelled to do the same.

Patiently waiting.

Like it wanted to see them, first.

The Doctor strolled up to the trap and Ripley followed him, demanding answers to her question.

As much as Ripley badgered him, the Doctor wouldn't tell her. He only told her that he was a dangerous man who shouldn't be named.

"Why?" Matt asked the Doctor.

The Doctor grimaced as he turns to Matt.

"If I tell you, you promise me, nay, will promise me, you pass this along to whoever comes after you," the Doctor ominously tells Matt as his eyes never strayed far from the trap.

Matt agrees and the Doctor grabs him close and whispers in his ear.

"Prepare for unforeseen consequences," the Doctor ominously told Matt.

His eyes wild with fear.

His heart beating against his chest.

He wasn't bluffing Matt, he was serious.

Whoever or whatever this was, scared him immensely.

"What does this have to do with it?" Matt winced as he looked at the Doctor.

The Doctor warned him, "Don't say his name."

That's all.

Liliana stepped near them, intent on blasting whatever this thing was and the Doctor stopped her.

He begged her not to do it, to let him and Matt deal with it, and for her to stay away.

The Doctor knew what this entity was and he's terrified of it.

In the long history, all Doctors knew of it.

Never to say it's name.

Never to try to harm it.

To avoid it, by humming a specific tune.

Or have it play continuously, no matter how.

Just a tune keeps it away and no reason.

Only that a Doctor discovered it sometime ago, before his sudden death.

He made sure that all Doctors after him knew about this entity and the warnings thereafter.

It'd seem that one of the Doctors's companions encountered the entity and found out the hard way what it can do when someone dares utter its name.

What it does to people that say its name, well the Doctor heard this once from a previous Doctor he encountered in his travels.

He only heard this once and he never wanted to hear it again.

If whoever utters the entity's name, even under duress or other, he will take their form and energy, killing them instantly.

No matter where they are in the world, space, or universe, if they utter his name, he will come, and he will not stop until he gets their form.

Nothing can hurt him.

Bargaining doesn't always work, even under normal circumstances.

Sometimes he'll help you, but only for his own gain, and when you least expect it, he'll turn on you. Leaving you with no way of fighting back and some instances, even to die, with nothing to protect you.

His truth is his lie.

His lie is his truth.

But often, he'll trick you one way or another.

If you utter his name, age, creed, or what, your form is forfeit and you'll know this the moment when you start seeing him in the corner of his eyes, out of reach.

Slowly, he'll appear closer and closer, probably to torture you, and when he finally appears before you, it's over.

Even if you killed yourself to get away from him, he'll still get your form.

Hence why all Doctors never utter his name or even acknowledge it.

When he shows up, it's always for his own gain.

The only way to describe his usual form, the first form he ever took and his favourite, a gentleman wearing a pressed blue suit with a red tie. Sometimes he carries a suitcase with him, probably a trophy of the man he killed for his form.

The Doctor or the Doctor who came before him didn't know why for sure, but in all forms this entity takes, he always has his distinct illuminated blue eyes.

Sometimes he wears shades to mask them, obscure them with shadows or hanging branches, as even he can't hide them.

He'll never have the same form, though, sometimes he'll take another for any particular reason, but always for a reason.

Another thing this Doctor heard, if he tries to take a form he doesn't have, it'll always turn out wrong. He'll lose his ability to speak, his form's black and white, he can't walk correctly even if it's an able person, and his invalid form always have incorrect features, no matter how much he tries to copy.

He tries to avoid this as it's bad for him.

The Doctor doesn't know if it's a limitation, but if he can help it, the entity doesn't try to take forms it doesn't have.

That was about how he steals forms from people.

What he does with his forms is a completely different story.

Wherever he goes, whatever form he takes, there's always a reason.

He'll manipulate whoever he feels like into doing what he wants.

Sometimes they'll be fine, but other times, he'll have them killed to keep them quiet.

To describe it, the Doctor likened him to a bureaucrat.

Always by the book, even if it's something neither Doctor understands.

He won't lay a hand on just anyone, just the ones he thinks are useful.

Only attacks them when they say his name.

Never goes after them otherwise.

If someone manages to converse with him, most likely or not he'll leave them alone.

It's stranger than anything this Doctor encountered since he started his own journey some years ago.

One of the older Doctors mentioned that he felt that the entity was not a mere entity, not a force, but a man.

He suggested that this man wasn't created by nature, by another, and something went horribly wrong that resulted in the creation of the termed man.

G-Man.

Due to his odd bureaucratic nature and his forced politeness, the Doctor that came before called him the G-Man.

It's no relation to his real name, so it's safe to say it without fear of losing their form.

The G-Man, as it's passed around, is a strange man who's quite alien in nature.

Whatever his origin, no one can be certain.

It's whispered that a Doctor found out his origin, but the G-Man in his unearthly ways, silenced him, to keep the others from knowing.

The Doctor's not sure when he started appearing, but when he did, things gone awry for him and always the G-Man at the centre of it.

It doesn't help the G-Man manipulates memory and coerces everyone who he considers useful into helping him, no matter what, that keeps the Doctor from successfully arguing his case.

His predecessor was close to catching and killing him with a trap by Jack, but unfortunately, he'd escaped.

It doesn't seem that the G-Man's fussed about trappings, he knows he can escape, and doesn't care what efforts they'll go through to keep him under lock and key. He'll always find a way out.

Nothing can keep him contained, nothing ever has.

Matt might've tried, but even his plan wouldn't work, the G-Man won't let it.

If the Doctor had to guess, the G-Man won't fuss with Matt.

Some reason, he's always particular when he shows up.

Sometimes he'll appear, but other times, he's nowhere.

For Matt, the Doctor believes, he'll have a safe travel across time and space.

Safe if the G-Man ordains.

"Well, do something!" Liliana shouts at the Doctor, snapping him back to reality.

He looked at Matt for guidance in the trap he made and Matt walked him through it.

"Okay," the Doctor only said as he dragged Matt with him back to the TARDIS.

The G-Man won't let them win, but even then, the Doctor and Matt have a job to do.

As they ran out of the room, Ripley and the others were forced to stare at the walls as the ominous feeling wafted through the room.

"What should we do?" Melia worryingly looked at Liliana.

Liliana held a hand near her plasma gun, ready to grab it, as she eyed the walls wearily.

"Melia, you should leave," Liliana suggested.

Melia protested, but Liliana ordered her and had Patata leave with her.

It's only Ripley and Liliana in that room now.

Unnerved, Ripley glimpsed around, unsure what'll happen.

She stopped when she felt an energy shift and the room becoming frightfully cold.

As it did, Ripley and Liliana saw their own breath as they heavily breathed, their lungs hurting from the blistering cold.

They're shocked when they heard the groan in the walls as they slowly opened on their own and when they swung open, there's no one inside the trap.

The ominous feeling disappeared instantly and the room slowly warmed up.

The women looked at each other before Liliana grabbed her plasma gun and stepped in front of Ripley, holding it outward as she stared at the empty trap.

No one inside, nothing to suggest there was, and the trap itself, dead.

Somehow, everything Matt did undid itself, like it was never set up at all, and even then, it looked like the trap disintegrated.

It confounded Liliana and she jumped when she heard footfall behind them and turned to see the Doctor and Matt running through the doorway.

"Is he gone?" the Doctor ran past Liliana and Ripley, towards the empty trap and peered inside.

Like always, he'd gotten away.

"Now hold on a minute, Doc," Ripley called out to him.

He turned his head and Ripley asked him, "What did he want?"

The Doctor can tell just by looking, both Matt and Ripley encountered the G-Man, and don't remember a thing.

After experiencing the G-Man, the Doctor's gotten good about spotting the ones he messed with, be manipulating or mind altering.

Chewing on his bottom lip, the Doctor said that the G-Man wanted something. The Doctor hoped to prevent him from taking it.

Judging from his calculations and the reactions, the G-Man underhandedly got what he wanted in the end. He made sure that none knew what he was doing or how he did it, as is tradition of him.

"What's that?" Matt inquired as the Doctor paced around the room.

He stopped finally and looked Matt in the eyes.

"You gave it to him, didn't you?" the Doctor accused Matt.

The G-Man's done it before, using people to get what he wants when he can't himself.

The Doctor made sure he couldn't get it, but it's apparent that he found a workaround.

Matt's baffled at the accusation and the Doctor dropped it without a word, he couldn't be angry with Matt, he couldn't have known about it.

"What I don't understand, Doctor, why were you in my manor?" Liliana shouts at the Doctor, demanding answers.

That's simple.

The G-Man trapped him here.

Sorta a payback for his predecessor's transgression.

… Or because it's part of the G-Man's long twisted plan that even the Doctor couldn't comprehend and he's had many convoluted plans!

Not to mention, the Doctor hid what the G-Man wanted in the manor in a last-ditch effort to hide it until he came up with a better plan.

He had a reason; Silurian have better eyes than most humans dream and could've spotted him a kilometer away.

Aliens don't seem to fall for his manipulative nature, humans however, it's his national pastime.

The Doctor expected him to stay a way from the manor because of Liliana, but the Doctor guessed the G-Man found a workaround that plan.

Using the Doctor's trapped state to lure another.

If he can't use the alien Doctor to get what he wanted, he'll suffice on the human kind.

They're weak against him and always did what he wanted.

Couldn't use Melia because of her approximation to Liliana, which would've tipped her off.

"I'm not following, what did I exactly do?" Matt asked the Doctor about his accusation.

The Doctor told him to forget it.

He already did, the G-Man wiped his memory of it.

"Why did he try to attack me?" Ripley questioned why the entity targeted her.

She omitted the fact that he said her surname.

Noticing the look on the Doctor's face, Ripley demanded answers and he looked frazzled.

He wouldn't say anything on the matter and instead apologize to Liliana about what happened.

It won't happen, again.

Not that it'd matter.

Melia and Patata returned from their hiding spot and given the shorthand version on what happened.

"So, what now?" Matt asked the Doctor.

Scratching his bare chin, the Doctor heavily sighed before telling Matt he better work to take down the traps and the discs, get everything back to what it was.

Matt did just that and the others helped.

After everything's said and done, the Doctor exhaled as he pondered to himself.

He might not look it, but if you had a stethoscope and two brain cells, you would've found out that he's not human. On the surface he looks human, underneath, there's all sorts of genetic history that humans would've lavished if given the chance.

Part of that let him peak into their heads.

He saw what Ripley saw and confused as to why the G-Man attacked her.

He never attacks anyone unless they say his name.

Wouldn't even hurt them if they tried hurting him, he's invulnerable, he doesn't care.

Some reason, he wanted Ripley.

In a form he didn't have.

Most unusual, even if for him.

He'd never do it if he had no reason.

"If you're done making an utter mess of my manor, I do believe you have no reason to stay here, correct?" Liliana held her hands together as she looked down at the Doctor as he sat one of the chairs.

Standing up, the Doctor apologized and said that his business concluded, he won't trouble her again.

He apologized profusely before he left to talk to Matt and Ripley as they readied to leave, their services rendered as their adventure concluded with the elusive entity disappearing into the dead zone.

That's what the Doctor wanted them to think.

He didn't want to tell them anything about the G-Man.

Less murmurs, less appearances, at least what the Doctor hoped.

The phrase he told Matt, it's something all Doctors before them used to covertly tell each other that he's around.

Human Doctors, especially at a risk.

That's why the TARDIS makes certain noises, to keep the G-Man from getting inside and mucking up the interiors for his own uses.

The reason the Sonic Screwdrivers have a distinct sound. To keep him from tampering.

It's hard coded in the TARDIS and the Sonic Screwdriver, any chance of tampering, they'll emit the tune until the affected person snaps out of it.

"Didn't answer my question," Ripley eyed the Doctor.

She wanted answers and the Doctor chewed on his bottom lip.

The G-Man's a master of manipulation, but so was the Doctor, and while he never liked doing it, for her sake, he made an exemption.

"Come on, half-naked woman in the loo, where's the cliché in that?" the Doctor shrugged, his coat ruffling. "You know the rule, don't take a bath in a horror movie."

He suggested that the entity's drawn to her because she was bathing and as horror movies go, bathing is one of those vulnerable times someone's alone, ample reason for someone or something to attack.

As for her surname…

Well… she didn't say that and he had a peak in her mind to get an idea of why the G-Man wanted her.

Had to come up with a reason the G-Man spoke to her.

The Doctor came up with an excuse that the entity's not very good with English and probably picked it up from him.

"You have no idea what sort of things I babble to try to obfuscate people. I've given more fake names than free tissue packets!" the Doctor gave his excuse.

Worked like a charm.

Even the skeptical believed him.

Ripley sighed as Matt comforted her.

He reminded her that she was alive and that's all that mattered to him.

The Doctor smiled as he knew from their body language how close they were to each other.

"Well, suppose I should thank you for helping me out," Matt thanked the Doctor for his help.

The Doctor waved his hand and said that it's only fair he helps Matt. Matt helped him before, so this was just formalities.

He asked if the couple were all right and they nodded.

Patata came and gave them their washed clothes from the other night and a message from Liliana.

She's giving them the clothing they're wearing.

No reason to go through the hassle of changing clothes and giving Patata more work.

Thanking Patata for their clothes, they gave their thanks in his help and he modestly told them that even though he's a humble butler, in his heart, he's a Sontaran warrior.

"Thanks for protecting me," Ripley thanked him.

Granted, the entity flung him into the bathtub without much effort, but Ripley appreciated him helping her all the same.

Patata bowed his large body to her as he thanked her for that and for saving him.

Hadn't she got the entity's attention, there's no telling what it would've done to Patata.

They conversed with Patata before he left and the Doctor saw the couple off.

"Take care," the Doctor said to Matt.

Matt nods.

"Suppose we'll see each other, again?" Ripley looked at the Doctor.

He shrugged his wide shoulders before saying he wasn't sure, but he wouldn't mind seeing the couple again, without anything going on.

Shaking hands, the two Doctors bid each other farewell.

Matt went with Ripley inside the TARDIS and the Doctor silently watched as it disappeared before his very eyes.

As it disappeared, Patata returned to tell him that Liliana's insistent on him leaving. He overstayed his welcome.

Nodding, the Doctor left the manor and ventured off the estate. As he went down a winding path towards his own TARDIS, hidden away.

As he reached the TARDIS with his hands in his pockets, the Doctor stops and looks around.

"Bloody took the journal, didn't ya?" the Doctor frowned. "What's in it that you don't want people to know?"

The Doctor reached out and opened the TARDIS, disappearing inside before the TARDIS slowly disappeared, leaving only an impression in the dirt.

THE END