Chapter Two - Thorn

A/N: if you wanna see a disclaimer note go back to chapter one please!!!!!!! soz if it annoys you, but i will have a habit of saying "Uru'baen's halls/corridors/dungeons" a lot. thanx to Timewatch and cat2772 for reviewing

Murtagh walked as fast as he could through Uru'baen's halls. Millions a questions flickered across his mind and his heart pounded at three-hundred miles an hour as the Doctor and Martha somehow managed to keep to his pace. His face reflected off the glassy walls as he continued the journey to Thorn's dungeon. So many images of himself showed him how he had changed. Actually he hadn't really changed that much. He'd just learnt that Eragon was such a moron that he would kill his own half-brother. Murtagh turned the last corner and swung open the door to Thorn's dungeon. A smile lit up his face when he saw Thorn. Smiling felt strange, he hadn't done it for so long. Thorn's red scales glimmered in the candlelight and his vermillion eyes were fixed on the two newcomers. Murtagh heard several deep breaths from behind him. It soon became obvious that somebody was in panic mode. He didn't really need to ask who.

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god.....IT'S A FRICKING DRAGON!!!!".

Yep. He was right. It was Martha in panic mode.

"Shut it, or someone will hear and Galbatorix will find you and then you're in for it, Martha.", snapped Murtagh.

You know, people might like you better if you weren't telling them to shut it all the time.

I don't care how many people like me Thorn. Now, respect your elders and shut it

Technically, you're not actually older than me, as I've been an egg for about, i dunno...1000 FRICKING YEARS!!

I'm still gonna tell you to shut it, Thorn.

Fine.

SHUT UP THORN.

Murtagh found Thorn's following bout of swear words so amusing that he laughed out loud.

"I think he's crazy, Doctor", Martha almost yelled.

This brought Murtagh back to earth as he realised that to them it would look like he'd just been staring at his dragon and then randomly cracked up.

"Oh. Sorry," Murtagh hesitantly said to Martha, "A dragon and his or her rider communicate with their mind, others can't hear. It's a huge advantage in a battle situation, but yeah, I suppose I did look a bit crazy". He gave her a friendly smile and she blushed.

Sucking up to someone are we Murtagh?

WHAT?! NO!! Anyway, I thought I told you to shut up Thorn.

Oh well, she's way out of your league anyway.

.....THORN!!

It was at this point that Murtagh went a delicate shade of red. He avoided Martha so his face wouldn't go even redder.

"Doctor, who are you? ", said Murtagh. The question had been burning in his mind ever since the mind-reading incident.

"...Well does it really matter to you? You don't really need to know...Murtagh, was it?".

"Doctor, you know I could just reach out into your mind and find out anyway", Murtagh replied tersely.

"If you're so capable, why don't you try?".

Leaning on Thorn, in case he needed the extra strength, Murtagh slowly reached out into the mind of the mysterious Doctor. His mind probe remained on the border to observe the defences. They were present, but to weak for him. He went through the defences as if they were nothing and the things he saw made him gasp (audibly). He saw the interior of the Tardis, every nook and cranny the Doctor had seen, he saw Gallifrey, the Doctor's homeworld, turn to dust in a fraction of a second, he saw monsters, aliens and robots in all shapes and size and then......Rose. Rose Tyler, disappeared to an alternate world four months ago. Before he could investigate further, the connection between them was reversed. Suddenly, the Doctor was living all eighteen and a half years of Murtagh's life from receiving the scar on his back to first entering Farthen Dur.

"STOP IT!!", Murtagh shrieked ( a manly shriek, of course).

"No."

The Murtagh shouted "Brisinger!" and a string of flame shot out of his hand and formed a ring around Martha.

"Stop it, or she dies!".

The Doctor withdrew from his mind instantly.

"You were really gonna kill me weren't you?" Martha said slowly.

"Yes. I was. You two were proving to be a threat to me, and I eliminate any and all threats. You'd do the same if you had lived my life. You would without mercy or compassion to your enemies. Unless of course, your enemy is your moronic half-brother Eragon." explained Murtagh.

"I'm sorry. Sorry for everything you been through, every last second of suffering...I'm truly sorry.", the Doctor said.

"It doesn't matter" ,snapped Murtagh.

Well, I guess that it for sucking up to people.

Shut up Thorn, I'm not joking this time.

Martha interrupted his thoughts. "What did happen to you, Murtagh?"

"None of your business."

"No, I think it is my business, since you two seem to know everything about-"

She was cut off as Murtagh suddenly realised that someone was coming, probably to check out where all the noise had been coming from. Quickly, he extinguished the fire around Martha's feet with magic. "Hide, now,fast as you can. Somebody's coming."

But they were two late, for in the door way of the dungeon stood Galbatorix.

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A/N: muahahahaha i'm evil i left you with a cliffy muahahahahahahahahha!-shifty eyes-. you need not fear, there's not going to be anything between Murtagh and Martha (lol M and M) . I understand that i said it won't be a romance and i'm gonna stick to that. i also understand that Murtagh belongs to his fangirls, not Martha Jones. plz be nice and review.