A/N - I know, this took me way too long and I apologize from the bottom of my heart! It seems that the new year has decided to grant me a social life as I've been invited to over three parties already and have another one tonight.
I'll try and upload faster next time! (I've already started the next one, so it'll go a lot faster)
Anyway, here's 3 and a half pages of trying to escape prison :) Enjoy!

I woke to an intense pain in my leg and groaned, opening my eyes to see one of the Vatrena standing on it, apparently with her full weight. I want to punch her, but realized my wrists were shackled and wouldn't come loose. As I heard a crack in my leg, I screamed loudly, much to the Vatrena's amusement.

'Haylee!' With tears in my eyes, I looked to the side, seeing the Doctor not too far away from me, also bound.

'I'm fine, I just-' The woman practically jumped on my leg now to make sure that I wasn't actually fine.

'Okay! I'm not fine! Just get away from me! Let me rest a bit... please.' That last word was the hardest, the one I didn't want to say at all. Luckily for me, the effort wasn't wasted and she actually retreated, closing the cell door behind her.

'Haylee, are you okay?' The Doctor asked.

'My leg's broken and my head feels like a brick, but beside that I feel perfect.' My voice was drenched in sarcasm, understandable as my leg hurt like hell. I tugged at the chains holding me and smiled when noticing one squeaked a bit.

'If I could just pull the entire chain out then I'd have a weapon.' I thought as I started pulling at it, careful not to make too much noise.

Inch by inch, the chain came loose and much to my delight, the guards didn't even notice.

'Be careful!' The Doctor hissed as he moved impatiently, trying the method for himself, but failing horribly. Finally, one chain fell and dangled from my bruised and bleeding wrist, apparently the friction didn't do the skin any good. I grabbed the other one and gave it a few tugs, loosening that one as well. As soon as that one came out as well, I sighed relieved and crawled over to the Doctor, ignoring the pain in my leg as much as possible.

'I'm so sorry, Haylee... I shouldn't have let you come along.'

'It's not your fault. I asked, didn't I? Now keep still.' The bricks, if they actually were bricks, weren't very strong. I guessed it was because of their age, but I wasn't sure.

As soon as he was free, he swung to his feet and turned back to me.

'I'll get you out of here.'

'I'm not leaving without Cass.' He rolled his eyes as he reached out his hand. I took it and he carefully got me to stand, supporting me with his arms.

'Then you wait in the TARDIS while I get her, you'll only get in the way with that leg of yours anyway.'

'Thanks for that...' I murmured as we quietly snuck to the cell door. He took something from his pocket and used it on the lock, which broke rather quickly.

'A sonic screwdriver?' I thought surprised. He stared at me for a few seconds, obviously having read my mind.

'I hardly think now's the time to admire the view...' I whispered as I pointed at the door. He nodded and put his screwdriver away.

'That guard though...' He said worried, devising a plan in his head. I threw the door open and smacked the guard in the face with the chain, knocking her out. The Doctor stood beside me, looking at the unconscious guard.

'Big links.' I grinned as I held up the chain, it chimed slightly.

'I'll not comment on that right now.' Was all he said before moving on.

'Do you even know where you're going?' I whispered as he turned a corner.

'Improvising.' I sighed and stopped for a moment. He stopped as well and frowned at me.

'What're you-'

'Shh, I'm listening.' I'd always had exceptional hearing and it often came in quite handy. I heard the Queen's voice coming from the left and turned to find a rather small door there.

'Look here, back entrance to the throne room.' I smiled as I limped over, peeking through the keyhole.

'I'm actually surprised that they have keys...' I thought as I processed what I saw. The Queen was walking in circles around a cage, Cass' cage. There were several guards in the room, all armed with spears. I turned back to the Doctor and sighed.

'We need a diversion to lure the guards away. I'll do that and then you open the cage and release-'
'Since when did you become the leader?'

'Since you're not taking the initiative. It's only an idea anyway.'

'You'll get killed for sure if you do that, you can't even walk properly, let alone run.' He did have a point there. He held out the screwdriver.

'I'll create a diversion, you have to open the cage.'

'But-'

'No buts. That's how it's going to happen.' I nodded uncomfortably. He stood and wanted to walk away, I grabbed his sleeve. He turned in surprise.

'Thanks for everything, Doctor.'

'What now? Talking like you'll never see me again. I'll make it, don't worry.' He radiated such an amount of trust that I believed his words without the slightest thought.

'That's a promise?' He nodded.

'I promise.'

He hurried off down the hallway and I peeked through the keyhole once more. The great doors swung open, the Doctor blabbering about this being the exit, or not.

'Seize him!' The Queen yelled furiously. The Doctor made a run for it, minding to not lead the guards my way, and disappeared from my view. I silently tried the knob, the door was open and I silently cheered for a small victory on my part. I pushed at it ever so slowly, quietly, carefully until the gap was big enough for me to slip through. I snuck my way in and his behind the large throne, the Queen hadn't noticed me yet.

'Okay, now what. I hit her? Like the guard? Will she go down from just that?' I thought, panicking slightly at the thoughts of the worst case scenarios.

'No! Calm down. You've got complete control over the situation. She has no weapons and you have two, you have nothing to worry about.' I decided to imbue my mind with some encouraging words and for once, I actually believed them. I realized I was clenching the screwdriver in my right hand.

'I wonder what the range of this thing is...' I shook my head. 'No, that'll give me away...' I took a deep breath and peered around the throne. She was facing the cage, standing with her back towards me. I saw my chance clean and quietly came out from behind the throne, walking up to her with the chains in my hands, keeping them quiet. When I was close enough, I smacked one right into her face. Less than half a second after that, I realized that wasn't enough and I threw it around her neck, catching it with the other hand. She grabbed at it, breaking her fingernails on the cold metal of the chain as she gagged and slowly choked. As soon as she went limp I released her, crouched down and checked her pulse. There still was one and I sighed relieved, taking a life wouldn't have been something I'd be able to forgive myself, even if she'd kidnapped Cass. Reminded of my initial objective of rescuing my friend, I looked up and crept closer to the cage.

'Hey there, Cass.' She jumped up and threw herself at the bars upon recognizing my voice.

'Haylee!'

'Shh, keep it down. I'll release you.' I got the screwdriver and pressed the button. It buzzed and within a few seconds, the lock fell off. Cass threw the door open and launched herself at me, hugging me tightly and leaning on my leg at the same time. I spastically squirmed my way out of her grip and took a few deep breaths, letting the pain subside.

'This isn't the time for hugs. We have to get to the TARDIS.'

'The what?'

'Not now!' We stood and Cass supported me, nodding that she understood.

'Alright, let's-'

'Ruuuuuuuuuun!' I turned and saw the Doctor dashing towards us, having entered through the door from which I'd come. He grabbed me by my waist and swung me over his shoulder as if I weighed nothing, took Cass' hand and started running again. About one third of the soldiers that he'd managed to gather up in his diversion stopped to look after the Queen, the others were right on our tails.

'Do you remember where you parked?' I asked, realizing that we could be here for hours more before finding the TARDIS again.
'I kind of hoped you would've...'

'You're joking, right?'

'Afraid not.'

'Okay okay, let me think...'

'Take your time.' He said mockingly.

After running for another five minutes I felt the Doctor slowing down beneath me, not surprising as he had already ran quite a while and was carrying me. Suddenly I felt a tug at my sleeve and looked to the side, finding no one at all.

'This way.' The voice seemed to come out of the same spot, but there was nothing there.

'Doctor, turn right please.' I said as I patted his back, deciding to trust the voice.

'You sure?' He panted.

'No, but it's better than nothing.' He nodded and did as asked.

'Left.' The voice whispered again and I repeated after it.

'Again.'

And there she was, in a storage room. They'd moved her.

The Doctor quickly took out the key, unlocked it and opened the door, throwing me inside. He came in after that, but Cass didn't.

'Cass?! Hurry!' I yelled, panicking. She shuffled inside, a small stream of blood coming from the corner of her mouth. My eyes were pulled down and I saw a spear sticking out of her stomach. She fell to her knees and smiled at me as tears ran down her cheeks. I crawled over to her and reached out to her, but then froze midway. I was scared to touch her, scared I'd break her if I did.

'Doctor, can you..?' He stood there, shaking his head.

'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.'

'Cass-' She shook her head as well.

'It's alright.' Her eyes closed and she fell forward, onto me, the spear nearly cutting me as well. The Doctor moved on to the control panel and pressed some buttons after which he pulled a lever. The whirring noise returned, drowning the sounds of my sobbing.

It was raining and I stood before her grave with a black umbrella over my head and a walking cane in my hand. The Doctor stood beside me, I unconsciously shared the umbrella with him. As everyone, even her parents had left, I stayed behind together with him.

'It pains me that I can't tell them the truth.' I said as I sighed. 'I suppose a robbery gone wrong would be the most logical explanation anyway.'

'If if makes you feel any better. In her last thoughts, she thanked you for coming to rescue her.'

'Of course, you idiot, of course I'd come for you...' I muttered to the grave. My shoulders started shocking and the umbrella with it as I broke out in tears. The Doctor awkwardly put an arm around me and sighed.

'I know what it's like to lose a friend.' He looked up at the sky. 'It hurts.'

And that moment, everything he'd been meaning to ask her about, just slipped his mind.