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Beware, it gets darker!

Being strapped to a bed wasn't the best way to wake up from being shot

Being strapped to a bed wasn't the best way to wake up from being shot. She squinted in the bright light and found that she was no longer a werewolf and was back in her human form, which brought her to wonder who could summon such a power to change her.

Panic rose through her and she started to thrash against the bed, hoping the binds would loosen, but the metal clamps held her wrists and ankles down securely. Rose looked from left to right, hoping to see some way to escape. On the other side of the room she saw the door opening and an alien with the same shape proportions of a human walked in, with two guards behind him, dragging an unconscious figure.

As they got closer, Rose got a better look at the man who lay limp in the guards grip. "Doctor!" She cried sadly, watching as he was tied up by chains, his arms raised above his head and tightened securely.

"Miss Rose Tyler." The creature cackled, shoving his yellow stained teeth in her face, making her gag on his rotten breath. "I don't believe we have met-"

"What have you done with the Doctor? Where am I? Who are you? What species? What do you want with us?" She asked quickly, making the creature roll his eyes and snap his spindly fingers angrily.

"Gag her." He said, yawning tiredly.

Rose watched in horror and started to try and bite their hands as they put a dirty piece of material in her mouth and put a knot in it so it wouldn't come loose.

"Good, now we can be a little more cooperative, don't you think?" He stared at her and started to put wires on her head, fusing them against her skin. He placed two of his fingers on her temple and closed his eyes.

Rose jerked back as she suddenly felt a presence in her head and the pain of him probing her mind. She tried to block him, but this alien was too powerful and easily broke down the walls that she had weakly tried to put up. He started to scan her memories, bouncing back and forth between her treasured thoughts that no one, not even the Doctor, had seen.

She let out a strangled breath as the probing kept on going, and she was vaguely aware of the Doctor shouting in the background, but it hurt too much to open her eyes. Rose squeezed them shut tightly, hoping it wouldn't hurt as much. The probing felt even more than a head ache and it throbbed with pain. Finally the creature released from her thoughts and she collapsed on the bed, panting and groaning.

"What have you done to her?!" The Doctor shouted, trying to rid himself from the metal clamps, with no avail.

"Merely probed her mind, seeing what she knows. Looks like you keep yourself secret to everyone." The creature stepped in front of the Doctor and looked at him up and down.

"But if you looked into her mind, then surely you have found the answer to why we can turn into wolves?" The Doctor asked, exasperated.

"Oh of course. Get bitten by a werewolf and you turn into one yourself. I don't care about that. I know you are Time Lord and my colleagues have found your space ship, and now all I want to know is how do I get in there?" He glared at the man in front of him and held up a piece of string with a key hanging on the end of it. "Your time machine's key, am I correct?" He asked.

"The TARDIS is a living thing. It isn't just a spaceship, it breaths and lives just like you and I. In many ways it much more alive than you'll ever be." The Doctor smiled.

"Of course. Now we tried to open it, but the door refused to open. Why?" He was beginning to get tired of his foolish behaviour.

"Well the TARDIS is particular in who she opens for. Why would she open for you? You would just harm her and turn her into something she's not." The Doctor stopped as he saw Rose begin to groan and open her eyes. "Rose?" The Doctor called softly, making sure the noise wouldn't hurt her head.

"Uh?" She groaned, seeing the Doctor tied up a couple of metres away.

"It's okay, you'll be okay." He coaxed, his face hardening as the creature turned away from him and back to Rose.

"Ah the beautiful Rose has awakened." He sung.

"What alien race are you?" The Doctor asked, trying to distract him from Rose. The alien turned around, back to him.

"Why would you want to know?" He asked.

The creature cackled cruelly. "We do not give out our names to strangers, but of course we have nicknames. We call ourselves the Torturers, but our victims call us the Screaming Nightmare."

Rose had an extremely bad feeling about all of this. Torturers? Screaming Nightmare? She didn't even know if she was on Earth anymore. She watched as the 'Torturer' clicked his fingers and the guard took the Doctor away, yelling for Rose all the time. It broke her heart, watching him scream for her, and she could do nothing.

When he had finally been taken away, the creature entered once more. Rose's heart skipped a beat as she watched him approach the foot of the bed. The gag had been removed by one of the guards as they had left, but she could still taste the foulness in her mouth.

"So… what's your name?" She asks, her voice quivering. She mustn't show weakness.

The creature paused and looked up at her, flashing her a sickly smile. "I named myself after I researched all about Earth. I found myself liking a word from your puny dictionary. I looked it up and it was a type of bird. A dark bird in fact." He walked over and put his face by the shell of her ear, snaking out his tongue and breathing heavily on the side of her face. "Crow."

Rose shudders as she felt his moist tongue against her skin as he breathed out the word. She could feel her spine tingling as he whispered his name so quietly that she had to strain to hear it.

"What do you want with me?" She whispered quietly.

Crow cackled cruelly and went to a table by the side of her bed. On the side were various glinting instruments and none of them looked terribly appealing. Rose stared at them and she had a bad feeling they weren't just for display.

"Well that time machine of the Doctor's refuses to let me inside it, so I thought maybe torture you until the Doctor lets us inside ourselves. You are a puny human and no use to us, but that Doctor of yours cares deeply, doesn't he now?" He picked up a knife which was closest to him and stared into the frightened girl's eyes.

Rose looked at the binds which fastened down her wrists. If I turn back into a werewolf, these binds are sure to snap, Rose thought quickly. She closed her eyes and started to let down the barriers which seemed to be stronger than usual, but something resisted. She slowly opened one eye to see Crow staring down at her with an amused expression.

"Can't turn into a wolf?" He cooed.

"What have you done?" She asked, but Crow said no more, as he brought the knife on her throat, causing her to choke.

They were right to call them the Screaming Nightmare.

All Rose did was scream.

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The Doctor was thrown into his cell, which had remained completely white, except that something was projecting an image on the screen. He stumbled forward and noticed that it was the room he had been in before, with Rose. She was still strapped to a bed and he could vaguely hear them talking. The Doctor suddenly became aware of the knives that had been laid on the table and sucked in his breath.

"Don't you dare." He whispered harshly, but already he saw the knife come down on her throat.

The Doctor spun around breathing heavily, not even daring to look at the screen. The volume had been turned up and all he heard was the piercing scream of the woman that he cared so deeply for.

He blocked his ears and felt fury rise up inside him. The noise was making his blood boil and he cried out in anguish as he carried on hearing the screams and pleas made by Rose, despite him covering his ears. The Doctor sat, back to the wall so he couldn't see what was going on, and watched as the door opened slowly and Crow was revealed in the doorway. He grinned and closed the door behind him, watching as the tear-stained Doctor looked up at the man with hatred.

"I have employed a few people to torture her continuously." Crow explained, stepping forward. "She is a little screamer isn't she?" He cackled, taking another step forward. The Doctor just watched him, anger building up inside him. Rose's screams began to get quieter as her throat became sore. The Doctor didn't turn around, as he dreaded seeing what they were doing to her.

"Stop it." The Doctor hissed. "Leave her alone. I will let you into the TARDIS. Just leave her!"

It had been a hard decision, but he couldn't bear to hear her screams because he refused to let them into the TARDIS. Crow clapped his hands together and grinned.

"Oh brilliant! Well done! Guards!" He called. Two guards appeared at the entrance, and they walked over to the Doctor and took one arm each and dragged him in the direction of his beloved ship. The stopped right outside the blue doors and Crow thrust a key into the palm of his hand. The Doctor shakily put the key in the lock and turned it, but the door wouldn't budge.

What is it, old girl? The Doctor soothed calmly, stroking one of her panels.

I don't let in the evil ones. Make them go away and I will let you in, came the reply. The Doctor took a step back from the ship and looked at it carefully.

If you don't let them in then Rose will die! The Doctor was beginning to raise his voice in his head and the TARDIS could sense his distress, as could he, but the doors still refused to open.

You choose her over me. The TARDIS answered bluntly.

"Well?!" Crow barked angrily.

The Doctor looked over his shoulder at the cruel man with his hands on his hips. "She won't open the doors with you there." He answered.

Crow grabbed the Doctor's arm and twisted it across his back, making him wince in pain, but he refused to scream. "So, Time Lord, my guards are going to have a bit of fun with your lady friend." Crow spat in the Doctor face and let go of him, but before the Doctor could wipe away the saliva, both the guards had grabbed him by the arms, taking him back to the cell.

He was thrown into the complete white room, and Rose was still on the projector, making him cry out in anguish. He had failed her and the TARDIS. The Doctor gulped back a sob and saw how bruises and cut she was since he had last seen her. She had given up screaming and was now silently crying, glistening tears rolling down her rosy cheeks.

"Oh Rose, I am so sorry." The Doctor whispered. The Doctor couldn't believe that all this had happened, just because of turning into a werewolf. He had tried turning back into one earlier, but had failed miserably. Something here was managing to block his telepathy with the wolf genes, causing him to stay in Time Lord Form.

The Doctor sat down on the floor, looking at the opposite wall from where Rose's cell was being projected. It hurt to hear her cry and sob, and once in a while she would cry out for him, but no one would come. Tears sprung at the Doctors eyes but he had to be brave for her. Someone had to be brave; otherwise they wouldn't be able to escape. He closed his eyes, racking his brains for some way to escape.

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It would be an understatement of the century if Rose said that it hurt everywhere. She was in excruciating pain and could barely move. Her throat was parched and raw from screaming and her eyes were puffy from crying. Where had the Doctor gone? She watched with barely open eyes as they unbuckled her from the bed and managed to tie her to the same contraption the Doctor had been on previously. Her arms were in shackles above her head and her feet barely touched the ground.

It almost felt as if her shoulders were going to come out of its socket it was so painful. There was no possible way to escape from the chains and she was completely stuck. Before the guard brought another blow to her stomach, Crow entered the room again, a long, thin stick in his hand. The guard stood by the door entrance and she let out a sigh, glad to have a break from it all, but she knew that it wouldn't be for long.

"I had a talk with your Doctor." Crow grinned, staring at her in the face with disgust. "He would give up the TARDIS for you. Good news, yes?"

Rose's eyes lit up but she could barely raise her lips to form a smile. She was weak all over and hardly had to energy to raise her eyes to look at Crow. So why did she have a bad feeling that there was also going to be bad news?

"But," There it is! Rose thought, the dreaded but. ", his spaceship refused to let him in, so we will beat you even for, just for the fun of it, yes?" Rose swallowed down her choked sob.

Crow lifted up his long, thin stick and then went round the back of Rose and lifted up her shirt, bringing the stick down on her bare back. There was a sharp crack as the stick met the skin and then a cry out in pain as Rose struggled in her binds, but she could do nothing as he brought it down harder every time.

Rose didn't have the energy to scream. She didn't have the tears to cry. All she could do was accept her fate.

The Doctor looked up suddenly, hearing a crack, and then another one. He turned around to face the screen, his heart in his mouth, and nearly threw up at the sight of it. There Crow was, holding a stick and was whipping her mercilessly across her bare back. Fury built up inside the Doctor and he ran to the door, scratching and scraping at it, trying as hard as her could to get out, but it was no use.

Without this Sonic Screwdriver, he was powerless against locked doors, and he could do nothing to save Rose from the harsh beatings that she didn't deserve.

What scared him the most was that she had fallen silent. There was not a cry or a scream out of her as each whip hit harder than the last. It was as if she couldn't feel it, but as the Doctor brought himself to look, he could see her wincing with pain and her eyes tightly shut as the stick was brought down against her skin.

It killed him to see her in so much pain, especially when he could do nothing about it whilst the TARDIS refused to let him in.

He curled up in a ball in the corner and listened to the rhythm of the lashes, as he rocked himself into the sleepless night.

Little did he know that tomorrow was going to be far worse.

So there is chapter 3 - please review and point out any spelling mistakes, please! I will upload chapter 4 when I get at least 10 reviews :)

Kirstie.