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Period Two - A Dark Reality

"Hello, kind sir!" I shout as Clara and I jog over to the stranger. Now that we're closer it's easy to see he is an alien of some sort. He has light tan skin, more like scales, actually. He blinks his red eyes at us and nods at me questioningly.

"Ah, yes. I'm The Doctor. And who are you?"

The creature narrows his eyes at me.

"Err...Were you signaling to us?"

"Doctor..." Clara says hesitantly. Can't she tell that I'm trying to talk here?

"Not now Clara, I'm busy."

The alien is now glaring at me. Well, this isn't going well at all.

"Right...Uh..."

"Doctor!" This time Clara screams, and I whirl around to face her, in time to see her collapse into the arms of another alien, obviously the same species as the first.

"Clara!" I rush forward, but strong hands grab me by the arms in an iron grip, pulling me back. "Oi! Get off! What are you doing? Clara, are you ok? Clara!"

A needle is injected into my neck, and my vision instantly goes pitch black. I can't see a thing. I can't talk. I can't hear. I can't move. I feel myself falling, and then I'm being pulled up and dragged away - but to where I have no idea. I'm utterly disoriented. What's going on?

I'm shoved onto something, and then I feel tight metal clasped onto my wrists, ankles, and then a big panel across my torso, holding me against some sort of stand-up plate, which is leaned back slightly at an angle so that I stay up. My arms are stuck close to my sides. Another needle is injected into my neck, and my vision, speech, hearing, and movement slam back into action.

I yelp at the sudden light and blink furiously to get rid of the blotchy red dots. My vision finally clears and I get a good look at my surroundings. The tan, scaly aliens are in the room - 5 to be exact.

"Where am I? Who are you? What do you want?" I demand. It's not that I'm not semi used to situations like this, but after a while you really do get tired of being tied up - you know?

"You are the Doctor?" One of them speaks up, approaching me. It's the first time I've heard one of them speak. From the pitch I would judge it to be a male, but a male what? What species is this?

"Yes." I sigh. "But you haven't answered my questions. I did ask first, after all -"

Another one of the aliens flips a switch on a panel built into the wall, and a sudden, excruciating pain sears through me. It feels as if someone has sent electricity through my veins. I yell and struggle against my restraints, desperately trying to escape the agony.

"W-what...Stop! Please!" I shout, energy draining from me as I go into a spasm. "Please..."

The alien flips the switch back, and just like that, the shocking stops. I slump in my restraints. I've never been immune to pain, not even after all the times it's been inflicted upon me. I gasp for breath. "T-thank you..."

"Do not thank us, you sniffling, rotten filth!" The one by the switch snarls at me. His hand seems to be itching to flip the electricity shocks on again, so I decide not to anger him further. Silence hangs in the room. The loudest sound is my heavy breathing.

"At least tell me where my friend is? Is she ok?" I ask cautiously.

"You will see her soon enough, Doctor." Another alien says, coming forward. This one seems to be a female though. She is taller than the others and sturdier too. There's a red belt wrapped around her waist. "Do you know who we are?"

"If I knew, I wouldn't have asked, would I?"

"I wouldn't know. I have only heard of you in stories."

"Well, I am well known."

"In history lessons. The ones that involve the destruction of over ten thousand of my species." She whispers, leaning towards me. Her red eyes look slightly crazy.

"What? I don't know what you're talking about -" The agony starts again without warning, and I let out a high, strangled yell. The alien with the belt straightens and just stands there, watching as I jerk and scream. The pain vanishes again, and I crumple.

"Over ten thousand died!" The female screams, smacking me hard in the face, causing it to snap to the side painfully. "My whole family was murdered because of you! How dare you say that you don't know what I am talking about? Do you kill so many that the destruction you caused my species is nothing to you?"

My head reels. Over ten thousand dead, because of me? I honestly can't remember it...Because I did not do it. I did not. I did not.

"Please," I say slowly. "I swear I did not murder your species. I don't know what happened, but it was not because of me."

Again, the consuming pain engulfs me. It is sharp and quick. This time though, the leftover burn lasts, refusing to fade away. I lean my head back and pant heavily. My brow is wet with sweat. The main alien grabs my face and forces my head down to look her in the eyes.

"Five years ago, we were here. Then, a sonic blast sends a toxic star streaking towards this planet, killing 10,950 of us. And do you know how that star came here?" She leans her face towards mine. "Because you caused the planet Archinaga to explode, and that caused a chain reaction, hitting the stars around it."

My eyes grow wide. I did blow up Archinaga, not too long ago, actually. It was before Clara, sometime after Amy and Rory were taken from me. I was alone, and ran into some trouble with a group of cybermen on the planet. I couldn't stop them, and they killed all 100 of the tiny planet's inhabitants. To stop the cybermen, I blew up Archinaga, while I escaped on the TARDIS.

"I...I..." I struggle to create words. "I'm sorry...I'm...So sorry..."

"It's too late for that, Doctor." The alien hisses.

I made up Archinaga - Nice name, huh? ;) - and the story, in case anyone was wondering :)