A/N: Short chapter, I could have written more but, I just liked the way this ended and decided to hold off. Please R/R and thanks for the reviews so far. Hands out David Tennant cupcakes and cookies.

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Chapter six: The Keeper meets the Kept

"What do you mean; you can't show him to people because he's naked? I don't care; it's nothing I haven't seen before. And nothing the public hasn't seen either, it's not like they haven't seen their own anatomy before. Besides if he wants to roam around his enclosure with nothing on at all, that's his affair. I may like the Victorian era, but I assure you I am not Victorian in my thinking."

One of the staff members shook his head, "But Ms. Lai, we can't. The children, you'll drive away them and their parents. They bring in a tremendous amount of income to your menagerie. The schools come in all the time…"

Lora sighed, "I suppose you're right, Blast it all, the last Time Lord in existence and he has to put on a peep show. I'll handle this myself, thank you for reporting it Mr. Thomson."

Thomson let out a sigh of relief; he feared reporting this news to Ms. Lai, her temper was well known and founded, she had even sent forth her Kai'cha staff out to dispose of Mr. Wilden, at least that was the rumor among everyone that worked at Ms. Lai's Menagerie. You did not cross her, but working here paid well and you would be foolish to leave, if it meant having an angry employer breathing down your neck. The Kai'cha served as body guards to Ms. Lai as well as did some menial tasks around her estate, such as serve tea, but they were always close to her.

Thomson left the room relieved to escape with his life. And Lora gathered her transmat device and transmated into the Gallifreyan enclosure. The Doctor meanwhile smiled, "Hello…" He stood up and grinned, "You must be the owner, let me congratulate you on your wonderful display. I am impressed, it's brilliant. It's…."

Ms. Lai coughed, "You're naked, scares away the tourists."

"Naked, really? I wouldn't have noticed. Doesn't seem to frighten you any. Ms…." He looked at her Victorian outfit, "Are you going for a Victorian revival in the six billionth century? Because I can tell ya, it's not going to happen."

Lora chuckled, "Doctor, you're so amusingly quaint. And it's not the six billionth century, it's the seventh."

The Doctor looked around, "Really? I wouldn't have guessed. Not with your fashion statement."

"Speaking of fashion statements…."

The Doctor smiled, "Not one stitch….till you tell me where Martha is Ms…."

"Lora Lai, but my good friends call me Lokei."

"Norse god of deception and trickery. Do you fancy yourself as such?"

Lora smiled, "Perhaps, as for your friend Martha, I left her behind on your ship. She's safe and sound."

The Doctor glared at her, "You better hope so for you're sake. I am likely to get angry, Ms. Lai. And you do not want to see me get angry."

Lora laughed and the Doctor frowned, "What's so funny?" It smacked heavily of arrogance and perhaps a hint of overconfidence. Rose would have easily accused him of such things as well. But he was a Time Lord, this woman wasn't. She was going to end up messing up, eventually.

"Nothing Doctor, you're hilarious. You honestly think you're going anywhere. You're mine. I own you, as distasteful as that might sound to you. You're too rare to go prancing across Time and Space. I have seen you in the galactic records, Doctor. Going around doing this and that, not even contemplating that you're the only Time Lord left in existence. You take little care for your own existence. Are you suicidal, Doctor? Or perhaps you just wish to end your own life with a bang, because you miss a little place called…." She grinned, "Gallifrey."

The Doctor slowly put on his boxers, "That's another thing, how do you know so much about Gallifrey?"

Ms. Lai smiled, "I am well read, Doctor. Plus a lot of little things from your home got sucked in through inter-dimensional rifts. The most famous one of course was found in Cardiff. A lot of junk came through that rift. Quite a bit went through Torchwood's hands, but Torchwood went the way of the dinosaur, as I am sure you know. All that fabulous Time Lord knowledge changed hands lots of times, till it came into my hands. But that's just one rift, I am sure you know about a few others."

The Doctor nodded seeming interested, "How did you mange to transmat me off the TARDIS, Ms. Lai? I don't mean to brag but, that was no normal transmat you managed to pull off."

Ms. Lai smiled, "More Time Lord relics, Doctor. You do realize that when your home went kaput, that it caused a lot of fractures and rifts in time. Some of those relics ended up becoming flotsam and jetsam."

"You certainly know a lot about inter-dimensional rifts and space time distortions. I am impressed. And it's very rare that I am impressed."

Ms. Lai smiled, "Would you care for tea, Doctor? I have to admit that it's not often that I find one of my exhibits charming enough to have tea with."

The Doctor grinned, "Let me get properly dressed first…"