The Doctor scrunched his face as he made his way towards the fence. "You know I blame you for this!" I watched as he attempted to jump the fence catching his foot on one of the railings and falling face first into a puddle of mud.
I giggled to myself and followed him slowly throwing my legs over the railings and hopping down not wanting to share the same fate as he had. "How can you possibly blame me? You failed your flying test it's not my fault you flew the TARDIS to wherever this is. Besides the TARDIS takes you where you need to be isn't that right?"
He stood up and spit the mud from his mouth spraying it all over my crisp white shirt. "Don't bring the TARDIS into this. God I smell…"
"Rancid? Foul? Putrid? Musty?"
"It stops at musty. Now let's see here." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his sonic screwdriver pointing it up at the sky for no obvious reason. Most of the time I think he just likes to show off almost as if I am supposed to be awe struck by the shiny silver object. I watched as he shifted his eyes watching me as I too reached for my screwdriver. "Don't pull that thing out again."
I stuck my tongue out at him and pulled it out waving it wildly in his face just to annoy him. "You're not my father!"
"And rightly so."
"What?"
"Erm…" Before he could speak I watched as a tall man dressed in a gray Nazi suit ran up behind him and pushed a gun into his back. "Well at least now we know where we are."
"SHUT UP! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION?" The man said in his thick German accent. The Doctor reached into his trench coat and pulled out his psychic paper. I breathed a sigh of relief hoping everything would be cleared up by then, but instead the German soldier's face twisted in anger. "Do you think this is a joke?"
"No of course not why would you say that?"
"Maybe your little friend can explain it to you."
I felt another soldier grab my arms and pull them behind my back as they flashed the psychic paper in front of my face. I rolled my eyes as I saw what was written upon it. "It says 'I'm single and ready to mingle'. Really Doctor? REALLY!"
"I WAS DISTRACTED! I HAVE A GUN IN MY BACK YOU KNOW!"
"QUIET!" The man shouted pushing the gun deeper into his spine. "Now what are your names and why are you here?"
I made sure to speak up before The Doctor could especially since he had already gotten us into enough trouble. "I'm Ann Marie and this is my friend the Doctor."
The German soldier's eyes widened as he pulled the gun back and whipped the Doctor around in one swift motion. "Are you a real doctor?"
"Well uh…"
"YES HE IS!" I blurted out not knowing what these men could have done to us had I kept quiet.
"You will come with us then." They then released us allowing me to stretch out my now aching arms.
The first soldier was tall with broad shoulders and black hair. He had an angry face and tiny black beady little eyes. The second was shorter and leaner with lighter features. His hair was blonde and his eyes were a magnificent shade of blue. For a moment I found myself mesmerized by his appearance as I looked him up and down. As my eyes trailed down his neck and too his chest I noticed a rather familiar looking object hanging from around his neck. It looked almost like scrap metal except its coloring was indescribable and the shape of it was mangled and twisted. I stepped closer to get a better look and as I did I felt myself being pulled away. I glanced up at the Doctor who looked at me with worried eyes. "Alright then?"
I nodded my head. "I'm fine."
"Liar."
"Oh shut up."
He smiled faintly and offered his arm to me and we intertwined them together walking a good distance behind the soldier just in case we felt compelled to run.
"Nazi Germany it seems a little odd don't you think?"
"Considering last time we were stuck in a maze with two children from hell I'd say this is quite normal."
He chuckled under his breath and pulled me in closer not wanting the two men to hear what we were talking about. "I remember when you use to be blonde…"
"Stop it!" I said as I felt my face become hot and my cheeks turn red.
"You were quite dishy. Who was this guy you were trying to make jealous if you don't mind me asking?"
"You probably won't remember him he was really tall had curly black hair…"
"WHAT?"
I smiled. "So you do remember him."
"He was hideous!"
"He was not! He was very attractive."
"Not."
"O.K. we are not having this conversation. How about we change the subject?"
"Alright you pick."
"What's the deal with being single and ready to mingle?"
"OH LOOK WE'RE HERE!"
"Dammit!" I mumbled to myself as he let go of my arm and rushed up to the ornately decorated building.
"Is the Führer home?"
"Inappropriate." I said as I nudged him in the side with my elbow. The doors opened and we quickly shuffled into the rather large waiting hall.
"Wait here the Reichsführer will want to speak with you." The taller soldier exclaimed his voice echoing through the room.
As the soldier left the room I leaned tugged on the Doctor's jacket signaling for him to lean over. "We're not going to help these people are we?"
"No of course not. We're just going to see what they have to say and then…run for our lives." He smiled as the Reichsführer entered the room dressed in his heavily adorned military jacket. "Oh God this is a nightmare." The Doctor said through clinched teeth as he greeted the man before him.
"I'm Heinrich Himmler."
"Well that's unfortunate. I mean…hello yes hello."
Heinrich scrunched his face causing his mustache to curl up under his nose. "My officer tells me you are a doctor. The Reich requires your assistance. "
"Well you see there's a problem with that."
"Is there? Well maybe I can help change your mind." Heinrich turned and stared at me nodding his head softly. Little did I realize this was some sort of a signal for his soldiers to grab onto me and use me as a pawn in their game. "She seems to be of no use to you. Perhaps one of my soldiers could use her to have a little fun."
"No no! Alright I will help, but she comes with me she's my nurse. I won't do anything without her so you tell your men to release her."
"Fair enough Doctor." Heinrich waved his hand and they released me. "Now we seem to be having a problem in one of the camps." I winced upon hearing this not wanting to even step foot near such a place. "The Jews they're…they're…" We waited for his answer, but he seemed unwilling to even let the words slip from his tongue. "You should see for yourself. I'll have my men bring you there."
"You didn't tell me we were going to the camps." The Doctor said in a deep serious tone of voice.
Heinrich simply smiled and replied. "You didn't ask."
