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Chapter 10
"Hey, Jennifer, can I talk to you?" the Doctor said, pulling Jennifer to the side.
"Yeah, Doctor. What's up?" Jennifer asked.
"I'm just curious, and I'd like to put my nagging suspicions to rest. Have you and Faria created some sort of bond? In the romantic sense?" the Doctor asked. Even after being 2500 years old, she was never good at figuring these things out on her own.
"Yeah, is there a problem?" Jennifer asked.
"No, I've just been noticing things… I had married ones once. Acted just like you two," the Doctor said, fighting back a sob as she remembered Amy and Rory.
"Really? Where are they now?" Jennifer asked.
"Taken by a Weeping Angel," the Doctor said, bowing her head to hide the choked sobs she had tried to fight back. She brought her head back upright and stood with her shoulders back. "I'm okay."
"Glad you're okay. So, where are we going?" Jennifer asked.
"Not sure. Can't switch the Randomizer off for some reason," the Doctor said, walking back to the console.
"Doctor, this monitor says we're going to Metabilis III!" Faria said from the monitor.
"Metabilis III? No, we can't go there," the Doctor said.
"What's wrong with Metabilis III?" Jennifer asked.
"I don't want to. Okay, different time or different planet?" the Doctor asked.
"Time!" Faria said.
"Parallel universe?" Jennifer said.
"I can't access parallel universes. How about an inverse universe? I can get there fairly easily," the Doctor said.
"What does that mean?" Faria asked.
"Coordinates are negative instead of positive," the Doctor said.
"Can we go? Can we, can we?" Jennifer asked.
"No, I don't think we should. I think we should go to Dargon. Main species looks almost like us," the Doctor said. He programmed the coordinates into the TARDIS and set off for the planet. "It's almost like Earth, but the flora and fauna are very different. I must warn you, it's a little bit less rich in oxygen than you're used to."
"That's okay," Jennifer said as the TARDIS landed. The Doctor opened the doors and stepped out, followed by her companions. The landscape in front of her featured beautiful blue mountains with water tinted purple running in a river in the valley. The sky was green, and there was an ornate building made of what looked like bricks standing next to them. The three ladies walked towards the building, but found they were surrounded by troops with their guns trained on them. The men looked much like humans.
"I suggest we put our hands up," the Doctor said, raising her hands in surrender. Jennifer and Faria did the same.
"Who are you?" one man asked. The decoration on his uniform suggested that he was a figure of authority.
"I'm the Doctor. This is Faria McDonald and Jennifer Dunst."
"Womenfolk are forbidden from walking the grounds in front of the King's palace."
"What would you have us do instead?" the Doctor asked.
"Come with us. We're taking you into custody. Is there no man with you?" the man said.
"No, but I have the mind of a man," the Doctor said.
"Nonsense," the man said before turning to three of his men. "Cuff 'em," he said. The three men nodded and placed handcuffs on the three ladies' wrists.
The three women were taken to a cell inside a single-story building and thrown unceremoniously in after having their handcuffs removed.
"Way to treat a lady," Jennifer said under her breath.
"I must have gotten the date wrong. I accidentally landed us too early in Dargonian history, the part when their women were considered property, yet not slaves. We've got to get out of here," the Doctor said.
"How? They locked the door," Faria said. The Doctor reached into her boot and pulled out her sonic screwdriver, a silver instrument with a purple light on the end.
"I've still got my sonic," the Doctor said with a smile. She checked out the cell door window before pressing the sonic onto the lock and turning it on, concentrating the light on it until the lock disengaged. She put her screwdriver away, then pushed the heavy door open and let her companions out before running with them. They got to the end of the hallway before being stopped by a Dargonian.
"How did you get out?" he asked. "That doesn't matter, we were coming to get you anyways. The King of Dargon wants to see you three," he said, roughly grabbing the Doctor by the arm and dragging her towards the next hallway. The Doctor yanked her arm back.
"I can walk without help, thank you," she said, and the Dargonian soldier led the three ladies to the King's room.
"Announcing three prisoners, all female, caught outside the palace," the soldier said.
"Enter," said a voice from inside the room, and the three ladies were pushed inside and pushed to their knees in a forced bow.
"Why were you walking the grounds when you know it is strictly forbidden for a woman to walk those grounds?" said a man on a throne, obviously the King.
"I apologize, your Highness, but-"
"Keep your eyes downcast!"
"Sorry," the Doctor said, lowering her eyes back down to the floor in front of the King. "My TARDIS landed there, and I didn't know I was in front of the King's palace."
"What is a TARDIS?" the King asked.
"My spaceship. I am its captain," the Doctor explained, raising her head to look the King in the face.
"Nonsense. Women cannot captain a spaceship!" the King said. Jennifer stood up in defiance.
"The Doctor is more than capable to pilot the TARDIS!" she shouted, and was immediately knocked back to her knees by a guard.
"I will not tolerate the actions of this insolent female. You will be respectful of the laws of Dargon!" the King said. "Get them out of my sight."
The soldiers forcibly removed the three women from the room, to which the Doctor loudly protested. They were thrown back into their cell, the door locked with extra locks to keep them in.
"And stay in there!" the soldier said before the men left.
"Great. Just great. This is your fault, Jennifer. If you hadn't acted so defiantly-" Faria was cut off.
"I refuse to let that scumbag treat me like a sack of manure!" Jennifer shouted.
"You're on Dargon. Respect their laws or get thrown in a jail cell," the Doctor said.
"Their laws are wrong!" Jennifer said.
"Calm down, Jennifer," Faria said, giving Jennifer a kiss on the cheek.
"Oh, no. Please don't start having relations in here or I might vomit," the Doctor said.
"We won't, Doctor. Don't worry," Faria said with a smile, arm around Jennifer, who had been coaxed into sitting down and leaning against Faria's shoulder. The Doctor pulled her sonic screwdriver out of her boot and began working on the many locks keeping the door securely closed.
"I hope the Doctor can get us out of this pickle," Jennifer said as Faria played with her hair.
"Agreed. I'd really rather not waste away on an alien planet," Faria said.
"Same."
"Hey, I'm trying my best here," the Doctor said as the first lock disengaged and the Doctor focused on the next one.
"Let's hope your best is good enough," Faria said.