Chapter 10

They walked hand in hand down the street, keeping a lookout for the old warehouse. They came to the end of a street and found the warehouse in front of them. The Doctor pushed open the door as quietly as he could. He walked inside, pulling Rose in after him. The warehouse was silent. They walked until they came to a corridor.

"Right then. How about… you go left and I'll go right and we'll meet back here in ten minutes," The Doctor said. Rose nodded "Okay" He leaned down and gently kissed her. "Be careful," he whispered in her ear afterwards. "I will. You be careful too" The Doctor gave her a grin. She began to make her way down her corridor. The Doctor watched her disappear round a corner before turning and walking down his own corridor.

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Rose turned a corner and found another corridor but this time, it was full of cells. 'I wonder if Martha is here' Rose thought. She began to walk down the corridor, looking in every cell to see if Martha was there. All of the cells she passed were empty. She walked to the very end cell and gasped at what she found. Martha.

"Martha!" she exclaimed happily. Martha looked up and grinned when she saw Rose. "Rose! Thank God!" Rose tried the cell door and was surprised when it opened. She rushed over to the middle of the room to Martha, who was tied to a chair. Rose quickly undid the ropes on the chair. Once they were undone, she gave Martha an enormous hug.

"Where's the Doctor?" Martha asked when they had pulled away. "He's looking around the place" Martha's eyes widened. "Rose, you two have to leave" Rose's brow furrowed in confusion "Why?" she asked. "Because the people who captured me are looking for the Doctor. I don't know what for but I'm guessing it's not good. They said that they would capture you as well!" Rose was about to reply but was cut off as the cell door slammed shut. Followed by the sound of the lock.

"That can't be good" Rose said.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the warehouse, the Doctor was making his way back towards the front of the warehouse, having found nothing but a dead end. The silence of the corridor was broken when he heard his phone ring. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his phone. He looked at the display. It said Rose. He pressed the answer button.

"Rose? What's wrong? Where are you?""Doctor! Help! I found Martha but now I'm trapped inside her cell with her. Someone came up behind us and locked the door!" Rose's panicked voice came through the phone.

"Okay, calm down. Where are you in the building?""Erm… far left. We're in the cell at the very end. Oh! I have to go! Someone's coming! Hurry Doctor!" The phone went dead.

The Doctor cursed under his breath and began to run along the corridor towards Rose and Martha.

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Back in the cell, Rose and Martha clung to each other as the cell door opened. In came a short dark haired man with a smirk on his face. "Well Miss Tyler. You seem to have gotten stuck" Rose walked up to him "Listen, if you don't let us out right now, I swear, when the Doctor gets a hold of you, he will kill you" she spat in his face. She gasped when the mans hand came up and slapped her hard across the face. He slapped her again, harder than the last one, so that she fell to the ground unconscious. Martha stared in shock.

"Let that be a lesson to you" The man said, kicking Rose one last time to make sure she was knocked out. He walked out of the cell and locked the door. Martha scrambled over to Rose and checked that she was still breathing. She was. She moved her into a more comfortable position, hoping that the Doctor would turn up soon.

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The Doctor ran through the corridor. He panicked when he saw someone coming towards him. He hid in a doorway until they had passed. He continued walking towards the cell that Rose said she was in. He reached the end of the corridor and looked into the last cell. He gasped at what he saw.

Martha was sitting on the ground sobbing quietly as she gently rocked an unconscious Rose in her arms. The Doctor pulled out the sonic screwdriver and unlocked the door. Martha looked up at him and looked relieved. He rushed into the cell and crawled over to them. He gently moved Rose out of Martha's arms and into his.

"What happened?" he asked."Well… Rose came in and found me, and then we both got locked in here. Then this man came along and started talking to Rose. She stood up and began to stand up for herself. She must have gone too far because the man slapped her. Once just to hurt her and then another time to knock her out. She fell to the ground unconscious. Then, just before he left, he kicked her in the side. She's got a huge bruise now" Martha saw the Doctor's eyes darken as she told him what the man had done to Rose. He lifted up her top to reveal the big purple bruise.

"How long has she been unconscious for?" The Doctor asked, trying to control his anger.

"About ten minutes"The Doctor gently stroked Rose's red cheek. He rocked her back and forth, whispering things in her ear. Suddenly, Rose began to move. Her eyelids flickered open and she struggled to focus on the Doctor. "Hey" he whispered, a soft smile on his face. Rose smiled back "Hey"

"How do you feel?" he asked her.

"Sore. Really, really sore" she said, tears starting to form in her eyes. The Doctor stroked her hair. "Hey now, none of that, you'll get me going" he wiped away a tear and smiled as she giggled.

"So what now?" Martha asked.

"We're going to go back to the Tardis so Rose can lie down. Once I've got her sorted, I'm going to check you over. We'll deal with those people tomorrow"

Martha nodded "Okay" The Doctor opened his free arm and pulled Martha into a hug. "Nice to see you again by the way" The Doctor said with a grin. Martha giggled "Nice to see you too!"

"Right then!" The Doctor said, standing up and carrying Rose in his arms, "Lets see if we can get out of here!"

Martha linked her arm through his and they began to walk out of the cell. Hoping that they would get out.