Chapter 8

'Now now, I think we have more important things to talk about… Time Lord.'

The Doctor's mood sunk. What did she do to Rose? He wondered. There was no way Rose had given up that information of her own free will. He took a shaky step backwards from the door.

Vatra unlocked the door and walked in so as to talk comfortably with her prisoners. She was most excited about the doctor, yet she looked at Amy and Rory with interest as well. 'Let's start with you.' She looked at the Doctor. 'I thought the Time Lords were all dead.'

The Doctor answered her with harmless knowledge. 'I'm the last one.' Maybe that will convince her to keep me alive. He thought to himself. At first, Vatra didn't believe him, but with the sadness coming forth from his eyes, she knew nothing else would hurt this Time Lord more… apart from losing his Rose.

'Why did you come to our planet? We've done nothing wrong, yet here you are.' She smiled at him eagerly.

'We were supposed to be going somewhere fun, but my TARDIS has a mind of her own. Something is going on here, but I honestly have no idea what and would be pleased to go on my merry way and leave you alone.' The Doctor replied to her, speaking nothing but the truth to this woman. It was only part of the truth; nothing would please him more than leaving but he knew he had to stay because of his naughty TARDIS.

Vatra looked at him in disbelief. 'If I know anything about Time Lords, it's that they can't ignore a good mystery. If I were in your position, I'd certainly be curious as to why I had been brought to the wrong destination.' The Doctor offered no alternate statement, and after a moment of silence, Vatra moved on. She turned to Amy and Rory.

'You two must be the companions then.' She said.

Amy spoke up quickly. 'I'm Amy, and this is Rory, my friend.' She did not offer up more specific information, fearful that Vatra would try to take her Rory from her just as she had taken Rose from the Doctor.

Vatra studied the two closely. 'Oh come on, it's obvious you two are together. I knew that as soon as I walked in. Tell me, how did you meet the doctor?' She asked.

Amy told her the truth, knowing how ridiculous it sounded. 'When I was a little girl, a mad man with a box crashed into my backyard.'

Vatra laughed. 'Seriously, how'd you meet him? He's the last of his kind; I doubt he'd just crash into a little girl's backyard.' She glanced to the Doctor. She lowered her voice. 'Or maybe he did.'

She stood up and turned to the door. 'Well, it's getting late.' She walked out of the cell, leaving the threesome to sleep on the cold ground. They all exhaustedly sat down, Amy and Rory sitting together while the Doctor fell asleep next to the door.

Amy and Rory both slowly drifted to sleep as the events of the day caught up with them. When the threesome woke up in the morning, there were plates of breakfast waiting for them on the floor. There was a simple piece of bread and an apple on each plate, along with butter and a soft plastic knife. They ate their meagre amount of food in silence and waited for someone, most likely Vatra, to return. By the time she did return, it had once again gotten dark outside.

How about I show you to your rooms?' She opened the door and left it open as she walked out. The three followed her slowly, advancing warily while stretching their stiff legs.

She led them forward out into the hall where two guards were waiting. The guards followed behind while Vatra walked with purpose. At the first door, she gestured for the Doctor and Rory to go in. 'Come on boys, you two can be roomies, can't you?' She replied with a joking tone as they hesitated to leave Amy.

Slowly, they both walked in. Vatra closed and locked the door behind them and walked on, the guards ushering Amy to follow. She led Amy far down the hall and turned down a side hall once before stopping in front of a room. She opened the door, and Amy smiled when she looked inside. Rose waved light-heartedly. Vatra pushed Amy in softly and closed the door behind her.

With the door closed, Rose broke into a huge grin and held a piece of paper to Amy. 'Amy, you won't believe it! Sam! His name isn't Sam, its Josh. And he's Vatra's son.'

Amy snatched the folded paper from Rose's grasp, opened it, and read it quickly. 'That's… interesting.' She said once she had finished. Rose was about to say something to her, but a scratching on the window distracted them.

The two girls twisted to the window to see a naked boy. He was shrouded by the darkness, but his eyes gleaming in the lamplight were surely that of Josh. Amy gasped and Rose ran to the narrow window, opening it for the boy. He slid through the tight gap and dropped to the floor, hiding himself as he ran to the dresser. He yanked out a pair of boxers and slipped them on, then turned hastily to the girls in his room.

"Sorry about that." He said to them. "I don't have much time, but I can tell you one thing. If mom finds out that that man is a time-lord, you'll never get out of here. You're going to need to escape out the way you came. The best time would be in the next few minutes, while the guards are all on break. When I turn back into a wolf, you can let me loose down the hall to cause a distraction. My mom will know who it is, so she won't hurt me." The boy looked at them in earnest.

Rose spoke first, since Amy was still in a surprised stupor. "That might work. We just need to figure out how to get the Doctor and Rory." With the mention of her husband, Amy finally snapped back to reality. "I know where they are. If we take Josh with us, then we can get him to run down the hall and get the guards from the door away."

Rose smiled. "And I know how to get back to where we came from. I noticed the same hallway when I was brought here."

The three friends nodded to each other, knowing this was as good a time as any to get started.