The Doctor's Remorse

by Dragon123454

Ten years. That's how long it's been since I met him: The Doctor. Ten years since I saw that beautiful blue box, ten years since he asked me to help him, since we ran. Since we saved the world again, and then he left. I've missed him, but I had to move on. Some people have normal lives, and only a few are forced in. My name is Katherine, and I never expected to meet him again.

16. Chapter 16

I like this chapter, personally. I really took some time on it, no pun intended. enjoy.

I felt strange. I shifted and opened my eyes. I nearly screamed. In front of me was what looked sort of like a snake, but it also looked like air. It was completely golden, a webbed spine lining its back. Its skin, if you could call it that, was constantly shifting, like water. I tried to move away, but it moved with me. I decided to bolt and did. I shot into the air and it followed me. I turned and tried to follow it from the tail. I led up straight to…me? I would have screamed, but Time stopped me. It's okay. This is your true form. She said. What? That didn't even make sense. I heard a laugh in my mind and then noticed something else. I was floating, no flying. I turned my body and suddenly saw a small pool of water that had spilled from a water fountain. I flew over to it and peered into it. In front of me I saw a creature that was both terrifying and beautiful. I looked a bit like a Chinese dragon. I had a sharp, snake-like face with whiskers trailing off. Two sharp fangs dropped down below my jaw line. Everything was gold and slightly transparent, except for the shimmering silver swirls on my side. That's your name, written in your original language, Time explained. I heard a clatter and turned to see the Doctor swagger in.

"Well, well, well. This is the real you. I expected something…darker. I mean you are pure Time, aren't you? But you aren't, no, are you? Do you still have your human pet in there with you?"

Anger welled in me. The Time being and me converged until there was no distinction between us. I opened my jaws and spoke in a language he would understand. "I do not appreciate the way you speak of the soul which is entwined so closely with mine that there is only one soul. Do not test me, mortal. I am infinite and eternal. I cannot die, I cannot feel pain, and I have power that you couldn't even dream of. And you think you can take me?" I saw him stiffen with fear.

"w-well then." he gulped and tried to regain whatever dignity he had left. "We will see your limits, Time creature! We will keep you here forever! I am a time lord and a Cyberman!"

"And I will still outlive you." I said smugly. "You are threatening Time itself. I matters not if you call yourself a Time lord or a Cyberman. I can still make your existence miserable."

"But I'm a Time lord! It was written on Gallifrey that Time creatures could do no harm to the Time lords."

"But you are a Cyberman, are you not?"

"I can hurt you, Time!" he roared. "You just watch."

"I am watching, and it is quite amusing." I responded.

"I will torture your friends. River and the Doctor and anyone you've ever loved."