I'm so sorry that it took so long! It's just been so busy lately and school kind of got the better of me as well… It's kind of short, I know, but I promise the next one will be longer and faster! Again, sorry! Enjoy!

A TARDIS? Why did I know that name? He hadn't told me, had he? No, it were my memories that had supplied me with the term, the name. But why was it there? The only possible explanation I could come up with was that I overheard it from someone else or perhaps the Doctor himself. It was very well possible that I'd unconsciously remembered it. Yes, that was it, no need to worry.

The machine trembled and shocked and I struggled to keep my balance. I didn't feel like receiving another blow to the head and quickly held onto something. It only lasted a few minutes and everything died down, including, much to my dismay, the sound.

'Alright then, ready to go meet the Vatrena?' The Doctor said as he marched over to the front door.

'Yeah- wait, the who?' I followed.

'Vatrena, it's the name of their kind.'

'Ooh, alright then, let's do it!' He smiled at my enthusiasm and threw the door open, only to be greeted by at least ten flaming spears aimed our way.

'Well, that wasn't what I was expecting...' I murmured as I looked at the Doctor from the corners of my eyes.

'Nothing to worry about, let me handle this.' He whispered as he turned to the fiery women. 'I request an audience with your leader.' One of the women tilted her head slightly before withdrawing her spear.

'I see that you bear no ill will against us. Your request has been granted.' Now all the women put their spears away and nodded in either agreement or confirmation.

'Follow me.' The first one said as she turned and walked away.

'Told you so.' The Doctor said, following the woman.

'Not bad,' I tailed him, 'not bad at all.'

The woman's stride was long and firm, but at the same time very graceful. Then I noticed that the ship's interior matched its inhabitants greatly. It was just as graceful and not to mention beautiful. Because the women surely were beautiful, their flaming hair matched incredibly well with the rest of them.

'They're all like that, you moron. Of course it fits.' I realized that I'd said that out loud only when I noticed several pairs of eyes on me. Suspicion from the women and curiosity from the Doctor.

'Nothing, just talking to myself.' I quickly said, followed by a loud sigh. I probably look like a crazy person now, I thought as I shook my head slightly. One string of bandage now hung in front of my eyes. I had completely forgotten about that! Reminds me of what they always said to me... "If you don't pay attention you'll forget your head at one point", suppose this is the closest I've ever gotten to that. My thoughts took in most of my attention and I would've bumped into the woman if the Doctor hadn't grabbed my arm.

'You feeling alright? You keep spacing out.' He sounded sort of worried.

'Yeah, fine. Just lost in thought... Don't mind me.' He shrugged and turned back to the woman. She was busy instructing others to open the huge doors in front of which we were standing. They were decorated with several golden plates, each depicting what I guessed was a part of their history. From what I could see, there was a lot of blood.

The doors slowly opened to a large throne room. Upon the throne sat, surprise surprise, a woman. Her hair seemed a lot more fiery than that of the others or maybe that was a crown of fire, I honestly had no idea.

'This man seeks audience with you, your highness.' The woman said as she bowed slightly. The Queen gave a slight nod and the woman then nodded at us, granting us access into the room. I walked in and heard a faint crying from the corner of the room. I turned to find Cass in a cage, her knees pulled up to her chin and her face hidden away behind her arms. I suppressed the urge to run to her, knowing that that would only make matters worse. I received an approving nod from the Doctor.

'Your highness, requesting permission to speak.' I could tell by his tone that he didn't do this very often, or at least not this politely. The Queen gave a nod.

'Simply put, your highness, you have something that belongs to this girl right here.' He put a hand on my shoulder and shoved me forward.

'She'd really like it back. As you can see, she's but a shell without this precious item.' I caught on and stared out into the distance, no emotion on my face or in my eyes. It was my best impression of a soulless shell.

'This item is like her soul, she simply can't live without it.' Maybe he was overdoing it now. The Queen looked at me, pulling up an eyebrow at the girl before her. She stood and walked over to me, stopping in front of me and staring straight into my eyes. Hers were blue like ice, much to my surprise, but I tried my best to retain my emotionless gaze.

'Doctor!' She suddenly yelled. I nearly flinched at that. Luckily for me, she looked away just as I blinked.

'I really thought I'd finally settled matters with you...'

'I thought so too and then you went out and kidnapped a human.'

'Humans.' She scoffed. 'Pathetic beings.' The Doctor reacted before I could.

'Now that's not true, is it?' He said as he walked around. 'I mean, sure they're stupid, reckless, ignorant, annoying and weird. But they're still so young! They've only just started out, you can't blame them for being pathetic. They've barely had time to evolve!'

'Only a few billion years...' I thought as I rolled my eyes at his insults and compliments.

'So we'd kindly like to ask you to release the human over there.'

'I need that kid.'

'What would you possible need her for? After all she's just a pathetic human.' He grinned, thinking he was so clever and witty.

'She is, but I need her nonetheless. There's a party coming up and I require a pet. Status shows better that way, don't you think?'

'You can't use humans as pets! Get an ood or something!'

'This is unique, everyone has an ood. I'll be the only one with a human.'

'You mean to get power through subjecting a human being to being your pet?'

'Very good, Doctor, I see you're still just as clever.'

'I can't let you do this. I won't allow it.' His tone was ice cold and it even gave me goose bumps.

'What can you do about it, honey? Especially when you're imprisoned.'

'Imprisoned? I'm not-' Three women held their spears dangerously close to his face. As they were closing in on me, thinking I was completely harmless, I caught the nearest by surprise and took her spear.

'Holy shit, I didn't think that'd work.' I said surprised as I smiled.

'You have no idea what to do next, do you?' The Doctor asked.

'Not a clue!'

'Well, well. Isn't that interesting.' The Queen murmured as she clapped her hands. Several women surrounded me and I soon felt a slight sting in my back.

'Perhaps this will put you to rest.' Her laugh was the last thing I heard before crashing to the ground. My mind blank and my sight gone, there was nothing I could do but submit.