Kayla ran down a long hallway. Behind her was a large, possibly poisonous, completely covered in scales…baby dragon, "Doctor!" She cried out, ducking the lime green flames that had been shoot at her.
Skidding around the corner, the brunet banged into a very crowded room and turned to look at the dragon.
"Oh damn the Doctor." She muttered as the dragon approached her slowly. Taking a deep breath, she slipped her gun out of her pocket, "Now listen. I don't want to shoot you but I will if you keep walking towards me."
Of course, the dragon continued to walk towards her, so Kayla did exactly what she had threatened, she shoot it. Surprisingly, probably since it was a baby, it died.
"Oh your knees." A man ordered. Glancing around, she saw the ruler pointing at her. Rolling her eyes, she did as he commanded, "Do you know what you have shot?" Before Kayla could answer, the man continued, "You shot the future ruler of the dragons. By our laws, you will be beheaded tomorrow at dawn." Ignoring the brunet's gasp of shock, he ordered the guards to take her away, which they did.
When the Doctor had finally arrived, Kayla had been in the cell for five hours. When she heard the rush of the TARDIS, the brunet had muttered out, "Finally," And then had waited for the Time Lord to come over. Expecting him to be smiling with his spiked hair, she was shocked to see him looking, well, angry.
"Doctor?" She asked, as if the man was an imposter. Not even acknowledging her question, the man unlocked the door she was in with his sonic screwdriver and then left. Annoyed, Kayla ran after him.
Only when they had gotten to the TARDIS did the Time Lord speak. Rounding on the ex-Time Agent, he yelled out, "What the hell where you thinking?"
The surprise that flashed across Kayla's face was quickly replaced by anger of her own. Not one to step down from a fight, she yelled back, "What the hell was I thinking? Really Doctor? Really? You told me to take care of it so I did!"
"I didn't mean kill it! It was a baby Kayla. A baby." The Doctor stared at the girl incredulously.
Why had she thought that killing something with so much life was okay? Of course he had done that before, but never had he felt like it was okay, something that Kayla seemed to think. Though he had told Kayla to take care of it, and he had gone back to the TARDIS only for it to, without him wanting it to of course, fly off to some moon. And if Kayla had woken it, as it she was caught killing it, then it might not have been to her choice.
Like the Doctor, Kayla was going through her own turmoil of emotions. Yes, she was angry because the Doctor just didn't seem to understand why she had killed the dragon. But…could she have done something different? She could have kept running or she could have left with her Vortex Manipulator. Both were two things she didn't do.
Looking down at the floor, Kayla muttered out, "I'm sorry." The Doctor however, didn't comment. Instead, he fiddled with the console for a bit.
"Kayla..." the Doctor ran a hand through his spiked hair, just making it even more spiked and rumpled. Taking a deep breath, he tried again, "Kayla, while you did something wrong and I'm still really angry…"
Before the Time Lord could finish, the brunet kissed him gently, "I know Doctor, I know."
Despite the very sweet apology, the Doctor stayed away from Kayla and Rose. He locked himself in the library. The TARDIS assisted him as always. Whenever the two went looking for him, the hallways were moved and they grew hopelessly lost before ending up in the console room again. Due to this, Rose called Mickey, who had called earlier and reported some stupid thing, and told them they would arrive at some point but probably not soon.
The days turned into a week, then two, and finally, on the last day of the third week, the Doctor strolled out of the library looking the same as ever if a bit tired. He acted as if nothing had happened and when Kayla asked, he didn't answer her.
Rose however, seemed to know exactly why the Doctor had been gone. When the ex-Time Agent had asked her, the blond had said something along the lines of, "He did it a few weeks before we met you."
Though it was an answer, it was not the elaborate one that Kayla had wanted, so she had no choice but to wait.
She finally got an answer when she had spent the night with the Doctor.
Ever since the three weeks away from her, the Time Lord had barely done anything romantic with her. When he did, it was just holding her hand or a very light kiss that lasted barely a second. This had taken its toll on Kayla. Perhaps it was the last straw for her fragile stress, because the ex-Time Agent just stopped sleeping. Yes, she was tired, but she couldn't get herself to sleep.
Finally, the ever caring Doctor found her in the TARDIS kitchen and with little resistance he was able to carry her in his arms to her bedroom. Got her under the covers and then, with a lot of awkwardness, he joined her.
"You can't do this to yourself." The Doctor chastised gently. Even if Kayla had been more alert, she would have had trouble paying attention due to the Doctor's hand running through her hair, "I know things have been rough lately but that's no excuse."
Instead of nodding, Kayla asked softly, "Why did you hide for three weeks?" she turned her head to look at the Time Lord, who had closed his eyes.
Unlike the many times she had asked the same question before, the Doctor answered, "Years and years ago, the Last Great Time War started. Years and five days after it began, I ended it." He looked down at the bed, and this time it was Kayla who comforted the grieving man.
If someone had gone into Kayla's bedroom, they would have seen the Doctor with his arms wrapped around Kayla. The brunet herself was sleeping on a mix of his shoulder and a pillow. And, if that someone had been paying attention instead of gasping in horror and pain, then they would have noticed that the two were both fully clothed.
But that someone hadn't. Instead that someone had quickly closed the door and hurried to her room where she had sobbed into a pillow. Around her, the TARDIS hummed softly, trying to comfort her, but it didn't work.
When Kayla and the Doctor woke they both headed into the kitchen to see Rose making a pot of tea as she often did when she was upset. When she turned around and saw them, the two could clearly see that her eyes were rimmed with red.
"Rose, is everything okay?" the blond nodded quickly and hurried off, leaving her unfinished tea on the stove.
It was the Doctor who had sought out Rose. He would have liked Kayla to but the brunet had insisted that he do it, saying that, "Rose would get more comfort out of you than me," and, "She likes you better." After having a short paper rock scissors battle, Kayla had won, the Time Lord made his way to Rose's room which was, of course, locked.
Sighing, he knocked shortly three times, "Rose I know you're in there. Kayla and I are worried sick. We know there's something wrong, so please come out, because we're scared. It's only the three of us, just us three, and we need you. Do you wanna come out now?" A long pause followed that made the Doctor start to walk away when the door opened and a very upset Rose peaked out.
"I saw you and Kayla and her bed…I know it's stupid of me, but I just can't help but be upset." Moving to close the door, the Doctor rushed over and placed his foot firmly in between it and the door.
Scratching his neck awkwardly, he said, "I was forcing her to sleep. We didn't do…well…that."
After the Doctor assuring Rose that that hadn't gone on, and then Kayla had said the same thing, the blond finally left her room, cleaned up and looking more like the happy pink and yellow human she always was. Standing in the console room, she watched as the Doctor and Kayla skillfully flew the TARDIS to their next destination, which was, sadly, a very odd school.
No, no, no. I miss my sisters. Oh how we flew and talked. Poor Thief. Poor Other Thief. Not really poor Flower, she should have looked better. But poor the other two, mostly Thief. He HAS to tell her. She won't get scared...at least I think she won't. Or thought? Stupid tenses!
I am so, so sorry this is late! I only just woke up, which isn't like me.
I actually enjoyed writing this. But next is Sarah Jane Smith! Oh my god I love her!
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