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Chapter Two:
After what felt like hours but was only probably five minutes, the TARDIS appeared to land somewhere. Seconds later, the doors flew open and a figure resembling a large blue slug rushed forward.
"Perfect timing as always darling," the female voice they recognized from the recording said. "I was about to be chased off a cliff for stealing the Jewel of Arcardaria. Don't worry it was already stolen from a dead person so there is no harm in me having it.
There was a snapping sound and slug transformed into a woman with frizzy red hair wearing a black even gown.
"Okay," she said as they stared at her. "Which one of you is my husband or wife?" she added winking at Yaz.
"None of us," Ryan said. "We're her friends. She's been abducted by some alien and tried to send us home but you-"
"Say no more, dear," she said and approached the TARDIS console. "I'll just enter the last known coordinates and we'll find my wife, she's my wife right now, correct?"
"Wait," Yaz said. "Are you River Song?"
"Why yes," she said sweetly. "Has she mentioned me?"
"When we asked if she were married, she said she was in complicated long-distance marriage with a woman named River Song," Graham said.
"That's me," she said with a smile.
"How do you know how to fly this thing?" Ryan asked as she turned nobs.
"I was conceived here, so she responds to me naturally," River said.
"The doctor never fully explained the complexity of your relationship," Yaz said slowly.
She laughed.
"And that is hardly the tip of the iceberg."
She snapped her fingers above her head again and her gown was transformed into jeans with denim jacket over a white shirt.
"Let's see what took my wife, shall we?" she said.
They ventured out of the TARDIS and into the same asteroid field. It didn't feel as menacing for some reason. Yaz, Ryan, and Graham stuck close while River led the way.
After a couple minutes, they found the distress beacon. It wasn't lit anymore. River pulled out a green sonic screwdriver and scanned it. She turned around and the look of horror on her face matched that of the Doctor.
"We need to get out of here and gather reinforcements," she said. River took the beacon and led them back to the TARDIS.
"Are you going to tell us what took the Doctor?" Yaz asked.
"And ancient race of evil," she said seriously. "I thought they were a myth when the Doctor first mentioned them. Known for specifically torturing and experimenting on timelords, they make the Daleks look positively innocent."
"What are they called?" Ryan asked.
"The English word for them is the Belua," she said.
"If I remember my Latin, it's a word for beast," Graham said.
"You're smart," she said. "You all seem like a nice charming group. What are your names?"
"Yaz."
"Ryan."
"Graham."
"Well, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham, the TARDIS is about to get more crowded."
"Where are we going?" Yaz asked.
"Earth to pick up a couple immortals, a medical doctor who traveled with the Doctor, and Victorian England for a gang of characters." she said. "We are going to need all the help we can get."
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The Doctor's throat was sore from screaming. They'd given her a few minutes to rest before their next round of experiments.
She tried to think happy thoughts. All her adventures with her new friends. Discovering chocolate for the first time. Accidentally inventing pasta. Meeting Cleopatra. Donna wasn't a terribly bad kisser, the more she thought about it. She hoped her friend was happy.
Still, the pain was unbearable. Whatever was in those syringes made her want to rip her own skin off. She didn't like showing weakness, but the tears were inevitable. The Doctor didn't beg though. The torture hadn't reached that point, yet.
A tech arranged her on a cold metal chair. The tech then pulled out an electric razor. Her first thought was to beg, but then she thought hair was an awfully vain thing to beg over.
"Make sure to get it all off," she said lightly. "I want my head to look nice and shiny."
The tech leered at her.
"Then I'll shave the rest of you later," he said in a low menacing tone.
She refused to say anything, but tears fell.