The Lekar strode towards the dungeons, annoyed. He burst through the doors, startling Gabriel and the Doctor.
"Oh, you finally got here." The Doctor said, straining.
"Your friend has managed to locate your first, second and third incarnations."
"Good on her." Gabriel interjected, equally straining.
The Lekar laughed, before slapping both of them.
"Well, I sent captain Magister after them. They won't get far."
He left, but turned to look at the Doctor.
"Don't worry, Doctor. She'll have a tolerable death."
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"Right, we better get away to find the next me."
The Brigadier entered hurriedly.
"My liege, the Grey Kangs have infiltrated the castle!"
The Doctor looked alarmed.
"Come on Maxine! There's a secret passage back here."
They ran over to a cobbled wall, and the Doctor began to remove stones. They jumped into a thin corridor and began to awkwardly shimmy their way down it. They emerged out into a forest, as the distant screams of the castle filled the air. They kept moving through the forest, before reaching a small commune. At its center was a tavern, with a sign that read "The Blue Box".
"I suppose that's our next stop. Nice seeing you in this form."
They entered the empty tavern. A man with black curly hair and a big toothy grin entered from the back room, followed by a small blue robot dog.
"Hello, Maxine. You'd better get in the back, unless of course you wish to lose your head." he smiled, before jumping over the counter. There was a harsh knock at the door, and the Doctor gestured for her to hide. She heard the door open, and people enter.
"Where is the girl?"
"What girl? Have you seen any girls K9?"
"No females spotted, master."
"You see? No girls. Not that I'm not familiar with the opposite sex-"
"Enough. We are aware of her presence."
"As landowner I can forcibly remove you-"
"For?"
"Hurting my feelings, isn't that right K9?"
"Affirmative, master."
She heard the men leave. The Doctor joined her in the back.
"Right K9, you wait here. We better go."
"Why?"
"Welllll, you know."
"They're coming back, aren't they?"
He nodded. The Doctor threw away the carpet beneath him and flicked open a trapdoor. She jumped down, rolling before regaining her balance. The Doctor positioned the carpet so that it would cover the trapdoor when it fell, and tumbled downwards after Maxine. They ran cautiously down the wet cave tunnel, a visible light which was seemingly the size of a postage stamp in the distance. Maxine wondered how all of the Doctors had changed, what events had kickstarted a visual shift. To be fair, there was nothing else to think about. Which she loved. Ever since the days of Tempergrons and Maghi, since the days she doubted the seemingly impossible, she had learned to take life as travelling down the wormhole of opportunity.
The opportunity she had now was to make sure Gabriel and the Doctor, her Doctor, got out of things ok. No Dalek, no Lekar, not even the devil himself would stop her. They, the people who stood in her way, could hold any gun, brandish any blade, throw any rocks at her and yet she would still walk on. The powers of time and space would flow through and around her, for they were beneath her power. The power of self-belief.
The Doctor tapped her on the shoulder, holding a paper bag.
"Jelly baby? Sugar will do you good."
She took one.
"So, uh, where are we going?"
"No idea. If we had K9, we'd be flying it so to speak."
"So, blind luck?"
"Well, if you want to use those words..."
They almost tumbled out into the wild yonder. The air was a fresh relief, while the bright green trees were a beauty to marvel at in this land of evil. There was a plume of smoke twirling upwards, from the dirt path.
"You know, I have a brainstorming theory that I'm meant to investigate that smoke."
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There was a man in cricket garb, sitting with a straw hat pushed downwards over his face. He raised the brim, revealing a smiling, young-faced blonde-haired visage.
"Maxine, I've been waiting."
"Doctor? Of course."
"Well, we better get going. Magister has guards patrolling every day at this hour."
They walked, down the dirt path of unpleasantness. She felt as though a million eyes were watching, which the Doctor explained to be 'flesh'.
"We could be caught."
"Brave heart, Maxine."
There was a smell of fishy air. They emerged over a grassy knoll to find a port, thriving. The Doctor looked at her, nodded with a smile, and walked down towards it. She followed him and found herself surrounded by screams. Blue globs were dragging themselves in from the sea, bouncing around and flicking themselves through people's bodies. These people died instantaneously.
"What's happening?"
"Fregs! And not a good batch either!"
They turned to see a face they recognised. The Doctor, the one who wore the colourful coat. Only he was dressed in fishermen's wools, with a thick beige jacket.
"Goodbye, then."
The Doctor joined her side.
"Well, we're going to die."
