Chapter 16
The Doctor woke up in a room that he never seen before. He knew it couldn't possibly be Torchwood or anything he's seen before and he's seen a lot of things. There were no doors or windows except for a dome window at the top. The walls were a red similar to that of garnets and the floor was stone and caramel colored. At first he thought this was someone's sick joke; stick the Doctor in a room with no way out, with not even the TARDIS to help him.
The walls were completely smooth so it wasn't like he could climb up or anything. "Is this where I'm supposed to remain when I die?" the Doctor asked
"Who's to say that you are dead?" a voice asked
"Well I assumed that because I swallowed the entire bottle of aspirin that would have killed me. Has it not?" the Doctor said
"No it has not and may we say that it was utterly stupid on your part to do such a thing in the first place." The voice said
"Am I dreaming?" the Doctor
"No you're in a balance between death and life at the moment, it's the only way we find it possible to communicate with you." The voice said
"Why do you want to talk to me?" the Doctor asked
"Because we need you." The voice said
"For what?"
"To end them" the voice said
"Who?" The Doctor said now a bit worried
"The people of Carpathia, we know your capabilities after the Great Time War so we know it's surely not something that you're incapable of or that's beneath you." The voice said
"What is it that they have ever done to you that you want them dead?" The Doctor asked
"Nothing, we just enjoy the destruction." The voice said
"You're psychotic!" the Doctor spat
"And you're not?" the voice asked
"You're the ones who have been putting those images in my mind again! And I wondered why they weren't locked down!" The Doctor stated
"Why thank you Doctor you make us feel successful. Now you just need to eliminate the Carpathian race and you will be rewarded."
"With what?" the Doctor asked
"Your life."
"Who says I want it?"
"You don't have to want it. It's the fact that even after you attempted to kill yourself you still live. You may not be conscious of it but there are powers that will do everything imaginable to keep you from dying. It's the will of the Time Lords. Even if there is just one, even one like you, they would still have a chance. "The voice explained
"Like I care what the Time Lords want." The Doctor said "If they were still alive the universe would be in ruins."
"Yes we know. The power of just one is already enough for the universe to handle." The voice said "but you are not the one to decide when the race goes extinct. That is our doing."
"Who are you? And who says you decide such things."
"No one decides we assume it." The voice said
"Who are you though?" the Doctor asked sternly
"We are the Vertini, check your records we do have a place." The voice said
"Funny I've never heard of your race" the Doctor said
"Well you will soon enough. Fail us and there will be consequences, painful ones at that." The voice said.
The Doctor was then pushed back to reality and woke up in a bed back in the sick bay. Jack, Corin and Martha were standing over him with shocked looks on there face. "What happened?" the Doctor asked.
"Nothing really, your hearts and lungs just suddenly started working." Martha said
"And why is that so shocking?" the Doctor struggled to ask
"Doc, you've been out for two weeks with no improvement and suddenly you just wake up with all hearts and lungs working." Jack said
"Well I need to see Dorian right now." The Doctor stated
"Doctor your in no condition to do anything there are still many things we need to work on." Martha said
"I don't care it's quite important, the existence of his people are at stake." The Doctor said.