The Doctor was cautious entering the room, to say the least. The door was heavy, he estimated maybe eighty kilograms. Exactly the kind of door that you'd use for a jail cell, he realised. "Maybe I can stay outside a bit longer?" he asked.
"No. Jenna will want company. You will not be allowed any special privileges." That worried the Doctor. This was beginning to seem more and more like a capturing. He stepped inside, quickly realising that it was a corridor with many doors off of each wall. Only one was open, second from the end on the left side. Rakshir motioned toward the door, and the Doctor complied. He walked inside, and was almost blinded by the change in light. This room appeared to be a laboratory of sorts, and was using heavy fluorescent lights. Compared to the corridor and the barren tundra outside, it was like, well, stepping into the TARDIS. In one of the back corners, a young woman sat, hunched over what looked to be a piece of Ayokyan shell. She seemed very deeply invested in her work.
"Jenna. There is another of your kind here." Said Rakshir, and turned away, leaving the door open a crack. At least it wasn't a capture then, the Doctor reasoned. That was an upside. Jenna turned around, stood up, and ran towards the Doctor, pulling him into a fierce bear hug. "Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god." She panted, pushing him away to examine his face. "Another human! I have not seen another person, well you know what I mean, the Ayokyans are people, but they're not really people, but, like, oh my god! It's so good to know that I haven't been left here to rot!" After her rant, Jenna realised that he looked rather uncomfortable with the excitement.
She stepped back, wringing her hands and looking at the floor. The Doctor laughed. She looked up surprised. "What's so funny?"
"It's just, I've never met someone so… forward." The Doctor responded, stifling a chuckle. "What are you doing here?" She looked confused for a bit, but quickly recovered, standing up straight and smiling. "I'm doing research for the Ayokyans."
"Yes I can see that, but why?"
"Well it's a long story. And I know that that's cliché, but it's true." At this the Doctor quickly looked around the room. "Looks like we have a while."
"Hmm. Yeah I guess we do. Well, it all started with a TTA meeting. That's Time Travel Association. I was meeting with a few other pilots. Actually, it was only the fifth meeting that we'd ever had. We were tasked with trying to find intelligent life. We'd already met some species of course, but the Association wanted to explore all possibilities."
"That never goes well. Didn't they consider the possibility that there might be dangerous species out there?"
"That's what I thought. Anyway, I was just coasting through the cosmos, when my engines started to fail. I had nowhere to land, and I might've still been drifting if the Ayokyans hadn't contacted me. They had very basic communication and teleportation technology, but it was enough for me to be transported down here. I planned on staying only until I could get my ship fixed, but I ended up doing some research on the Ayokyans.
"So how long are you going to stay?"
"That's the thing. By the time I'd finished fixing my ship, they didn't want to let me go, and they destroyed it. I'd done too much for them. The King wants me to stay forever."
At this the Doctor's head snapped up. "You're a captive?" He wondered if they knew about the TARDIS. If they did, then he was screwed. They'd never let him onto his ship alone, and he sure as hell wasn't going to let any Ayokyan onto his ship. They'd probably try to lay eggs so that they could take over other planets. "Yeah I guess. But I've been thinking of leaving. Just escaping somehow. I haven't figured out the plan yet. I don't even have a ship."
"I have a ship." He recommended.
"Really?! That's awesome! But is it big enough for both of us to sit comfortably?"
"Yeah, I think it might be."