A/N: lil late but HAPPY WHUMPTOBER! I'm posting this one-shot after a week of trying to get my muse back on the move. Hopefully, this story will satisfy your whump-craving hearts
Enjoy!
They wouldn't stop.
No matter how many times he pleaded.
Her screams filled with anguish... so much pain everytime he pressed the button.
It was supposed to be a call for help. That was what the TARDIS had shown. An emergency signal from a planet the Doctor knew all too well; Rayon III. Its people loved him and respected him for the countless times he had saved them.
Somehow, old enemies of his from the planet Skandar had infiltrated into Rayon III. They had made a mess... killing hundreds of innocent people, stealing thousands more. Final part of the plan was to send an emergency signal to the TARDIS to lure him in.
He shouldn't have gone to the planet having Clara with him. He should have gone alone. She wouldn't have stayed in the TARDIS and left him alone... that's for sure. But at least she would have stayed at home.
It didn't matter for the Doctor if he was caught, tortured, or dead. But there is Clara's safety at stake. Now more than ever.
What had happened beforehand was a blurr. They were investigating the ruins of the planet when they had cornered them and dragged them away from each other (Clara fought to stay with the Doctor, to say the least).
Then they had knocked him out.
The Doctor had found himself in a dull cell. Quite spacious...
But he was alone.
No Clara in sight.
His hands and legs chained, and he noticed that they had stripped him of his hoodie and t-shirt before seeing a pile of clothes in the corner a few feet from him. He couldn't even sit down; for the chains around his hands were anchored high and there wasn't much length to the chain.
He'd spent an hour alone.
An hour calculating on the atmospheric pressure to guess where he was (he was still on Rayon III), how big this place was (not much), how thick the walls were (very... He could barely hear anything when he tried to telepathically contact Clara... He hoped she was in the same building), how strong the chains were (fairly strong... Made from the strongest steel-like material in the galaxy).
He calculated for an hour; one hour before anyone had entered. One hour of thinking about how he was going to get out.
How was he going to get Clara out?
Where was she?
How was he going to find her in chains?
Was the sonic still there? He hoped it was still in his hoodie pocket, hopefully being in the
The door creaked open. Five of them, two of which were dragging Clara. The latter was still fighting before they threw her just in front of the Doctor. Her short hair was messed up, and her wrists were shackled but other than that, it didn't seem they had done anything else to her. She was still fighting. That was good. That meant it was still his Clara.
He could hear her suppressed groan as she looked up. He noticed a thick metal collar around her neck, having a small green light. Her eyes softened as soon as she saw him. Both vulnerable...
"I will not let you harm her." He said as he kept looking at her. "Whatever you want, fine. But spare her." Clara shook her head slightly, her eyes widening in alarm. Don't you dare stay alone. I'm with you. Whatever happens.
"How can we spare such a powerful pawn?" The Doctor's hands turned into fists, but kept looking at Clara. Making sure she was still well. "After all, nothing we will do to will ever difference."
He turned to look at them. "What do you want from me?"
"Vengeance. Vengeance on our families, on our people." The leader said. "Our people have suffered. Skandarians have almost seized to exist because of you! And you shall feel what we'd felt." The leader pressed a button. Clara screamed almost instantly in pain. They had activated her collar, giving her incessant pulses of pain through her body. The Doctor tried to fight against the chains, pleading that she was innocent. His eyes watered, seeing her on her knees, clinging on to the collar, trying to rip it from her neck as she shouted in agony. After what felt like an eternity, the leader stopped the collar, to which Clara stopped screaming but left her out of breath.
Her hair was draped in front of her face, but he could feel that she was crying. Clara was still clinging to the collar, but she was slightly dizzy from exhaustion.
He had done this to her.
"Please... Please... I beg you. I'Il give you anything you want. I swear, I'll give it to you. You can shock me all you want. But not her. Please, spare her." Clara had never heard him so desparate. This face, at least.
"You showed our families no mercy, Doctor. You don't deserve mercy." The leader pressed the button again and Clara's screams filled the cell once again. He'd made it worse.
Oh God, he'd made her suffer more.
"Please, stop! Torture me! Kill me! Not her!" He shouted as the time lord fought against the chains. "Please." Tears ran down his face as he saw Clara trying her best to fight the collar through her shouts of agony. The leader switched off the collar yet again, and Clara slumped sideways to the floor her grip slowly subsiding on the torture device on her neck. The Doctor tried to move as close as possible to her. It wasn't much, but enough to see her bottom lip trembling and a crimson trail making its way down her nostrils to the floor.
He was scared of saying another word to the Leader; scared that he might shock Clara again.
And the Doctor was shocked, to say the least. Angry, anguished, petrified to say anything else.
"If what you're scared of us killing her, there's no need to worry, Doctor." The Leader chuckled. "There's still a long way left till we get there, time lord."
They headed to the door. "See you in a jiffy." He laughed.
Clara and the Doctor were alone. The latter fought against the chains. Clara was almost immobile... And it scared him.
"Clara?" He could hear the smallest shift of the shackles. "Hang on, Clara. I'll get us out."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this short story. I might even continue it *smirks*. I'd love your opinions; should I continue this story for another chapter?
Feedback appreciated as always xxx stay safe!