Chapter 4 - Interrogation

"Listen, I think I know what that device does." The Doctor said in the elevator "I think somehow someone has created a symbiotic link between the TARDIS and that device. I have no idea how it was created, but someone is messing about with time. I can sense it. Someone is anticipating my every more, always one step ahead. You have to press the device so I know for sure that I'm right. I'm pretty sure that is how I got here."

Will looked at him like he was crazy.

"Nobody knows what the device does. I certainly don't expect a stranger like you to know either." Will said

"How do you explain how I arrived here at the same time as he pressed the device?" The Doctor asked

Will ignored him as the agents stepped out at one of the floors. The agent with the black communication device handed it to him. The agent who had once been known as Epsilon #2 followed them.

"Assign the former special agent the most boring task." Will shouted out to one of the agents who nodded in agreement.

"Where are you taking me?" The Doctor asked "What is this interrogation floor?"

"The last floor of this bunker, where I take all aliens for questioning." Will replied

"What are you interrogating me for?" The Doctor asked "For saving the lives of your special agents? For not letting you talk to Torchwood?"

"No. I have personal bone to pick with you." Will said "I think we both know what it is."

"I don't." The Doctor said

"Well you better jog your memory." Will replied "You're not leaving here until I get answers."

"You can't do that, it's illegal!" The Doctor replied

"The Agency does not follow laws" Will replied "We create them!"

A few seconds later the elevator came to a halt. They stepped out into a poorly lit stone corridor with hundreds of rooms sealed shut with large metallic doors. As The Doctor was slowly walked down it, they could hear alien screams and calls for mercy from rooms. One of the rooms they could hear something pounding against the door. The light flickered as they went.

"What is this place?" The Doctor said

"Ignore the rabble. Clive and Giles left some of their work unfinished before they went on holiday" Will said "they're the other assistant directors"

"How are you all allowed to use your names?" The Doctor asked

"In this place, identity is used as hierarchy. The higher up you are, the more identity you have." Will explained

Will suddenly stopped The Doctor outside a metallic door where the number '13' had been scratched into it. Will put down the communication device and pulled a small silver key out of his pocket and opened the door.

Will picked up the device, switched the light on as they walked in. The room was completely bare and had only a small metal chair and table. The only ventilation came from a small air vent on the ceiling. A small battered brown briefcase was placed at the side of the room.

"Sit down" Will said as he slammed the door

Will picked up the briefcase.

"This room has been waiting for you." Will said as he pulled out a file and placed it on the table "Okay, where is he?"

"Where is who?" The Doctor asked

"I think you know." Will said "William Eris. Where is he?"

"Who's William Eris?" The Doctor asked

"The man you kidnapped." Will said, one of his eyebrows going up

"I'm sorry, I think you've got me mistaken me for someone else." The Doctor replied

"Oh come on. It is obvious that you kidnapped him." Will said "He had pages and pages of information on you."

"Show me." The Doctor said

"I can't show you, since you stole it!" Will suddenly yelled

"How do you know he had information on me then, if I supposedly stole it?"

"He was a history lecturer at the university I went to." Will replied "When I started working here, he became one of our biggest sources of information, especially on you."

"You didn't copy it?" The Doctor asked

"We had a professional relationship. One of his terms was we weren't allowed to keep copies of it. However, it's all in my mind. Your legacy runs through history… if you look closely enough."

"You do realise I'm a time traveller. Maybe I haven't kidnapped him yet?" The Doctor said "Probably won't now." he mumbled to himself

"Well why hasn't he popped out of nowhere then?" Will asked sarcastically

"You don't know me, Will." The Doctor said ignoring his question "I don't really care if some university lecturer has information on me. I still wouldn't kidnap him."

Suddenly they were interrupted with a hiss from the communication device.

"Clive, Will, Giles, is anyone there?" a male voice shouted frantically "It's Team Beta. #3, I think it's working!"

Will suddenly rushed to the box as they could hear a girl saying "Yes!" in the background.

"Team Beta, where have you been? You've not been in contact for days." Will said "Who's speaking?"

"This is Beta #2" the voice said

"Can I speak to your team leader" Will replied

"He's gone. #1 and #4 have completely vanished" the voice said "we're only minutes away from base"

"What on earth happened?"

"We started our mission in the Bermuda Rift Monitoring Station" the voice said "the place was completely empty, apart from one corpse. That's when we found out that all communications were down. We couldn't get ours working. #1 and #4 used one of the monitoring team's helicopters to go out into the area of the rift, since their boat was missing. We waited three days for them but they never came back."

"So why didn't you alert us, soon after you'd left?" Will asked

"We thought we'd be able to do that. But we just couldn't get the device working, until now. Whatever force that came from that rift was powerful."

"Did you identify the corpse?" Will asked "Was it one of the monitoring team?

"Well that's the strange thing. We've looked through all the files of the team, and it doesn't look like the person worked there. Plus, the corpse has literally hundreds of bullet holes. It's like the team shot at it and then left as quick as they could because they were afraid of it."

"Did you bring it back with you?"

"Of course. We'd like an autopsy done on it."

"That'll be kinda hard. All of the scientist went away on vacation just after you left." Will replied

"Damn. We'll need to put it in storage." the voice replied

"Listen, I'll send Team Epsilon up as soon as you land. I've got my hands tied up at the moment. Over and out." Will said as he put the receiver of the communication device down

He pulled out his walkie talkie.

"Hello, Team Epsilon. Listen, Team Beta will be landing any minute. Could you please open up the base, and escort them to one of the freezing chambers on the storage floor with a corpse." Will said "Do something useful for a change"

"Whoa man, #4 here." Epsilon #4 said "haven't they been missing for like a week?"

"Yes, they just got in contact" Will said "Over and out" before he threw the walkie talkie down onto the table

"You won't mind if I examine the corpse?" The Doctor asked

"Like hell you will. You're one of my suspects. You're not getting out of this room until I'm satisfied."

"I have a device that could tell in seconds what it could take scientists days to infer. It's called a sonic screwdriver. I'm the only one who knows how to use it."

"I don't care"

"Look, you don't even know what can come out of rifts like that. It could be anything"

"It's human. That's good enough for me to say that it's dead." Will said "Now thanks Doctor, but I don't need your help."

"Why are the Bermuda Rift Monitoring Team not part of the Agency anyway?"

"They were once, but we sold the team to a private investor"

"You privatised a team that monitor a space time rift!" The Doctor

"Yeah, it was to give the Agency more money for technology. We privatised both the Bermuda and San Andreas Rift Monitoring Teams. The grant we get from the Government isn't even close to enough to run this place."

"You're crazy, all of you." The Doctor replied