"Kayla come on, just think about this!" the Doctor yelled through Kayla's bedroom door, his hearts beating frantically with worry, "Kayla!" He practically screamed as he pounded on the door.
"Doctor I'm done thinking about this." He heard Kayla snap, her voice sounding breathless as the unmistakable sound of a zipper came from her room, "You lied to me. You broke my hearts." The door to her bedroom opened, revealing that her room had multiple books, her flute, and her sheets missing. As the brunette stepped out, she gave the Doctor a horrible glare that made his stomach clench, "And you betrayed me." She whispered.
Stumbling back as if Kayla had struck him in some way, the Time Lord only watched as the brunette walked down a hallway. Shaking his head to get rid of the daze he was in from Kayla's statement, the Doctor started to run after the brunette, "Kayla please!" He begged as he rounded a corner and came upon the empty console room.
For a second, he thought about going outside, but instead, he ran over to the console and checked how many life forms where on the TARDIS. His heart fell and shattered as he saw the single positive integer on the monitor. Counting himself, there was only one person on the TARDIS.
Kayla Harkness had left the Doctor and the TARDIS.
Letting out a strangled sob, it took the Time Lord a few seconds to realize that Kayla was also blocking his thoughts. Taking a deep breath, he leaned on the console for support, "TARDIS, start a timer for four months." Replying with a soothing humming noise, the TARDIS replaced the check of life forms with a countdown of four months, "We have to find her." The Doctor said to his spaceship, "Before she goes insane from blocking me and not having any physical contact with me."
Thirty minutes before…
Kayla and the Doctor were fighting, which was a rarity in itself, because Kayla and the Doctor didn't have much they didn't agree on, and if they didn't agree on something then they could often talk it out in a calm and quiet way.
The only thing they couldn't talk out in a calm and quiet way is the blame game. Kayla could always convince the Doctor that it wasn't just his fault which was a trick she had learned at the Time Agency to help when a person felt guilty for whatever reason.
The Doctor, on the other hand, usually had a harder time with Kayla. That was all his fault, however, because he would usually try to tell Kayla that it was all his fault and not hers. The problem with this tactic was that Kayla would be stubborn, as always, and not believe the Doctor. Then they would fight and finally make peace and usually followed it up with a nice dance.
Figuring that this was the case, the Doctor didn't freak out like he had the first few times when he was locked out of the brunet rooms. He lightly knocked on the door, "Kayla let's just sit down and talk about this." He begged.
The Doctor heard Kayla sigh and open the door, "Doctor I think we need to talk about a few things." She said slowly.
For a second, the Doctor nodded, then paused, "Kayla…is there something you haven't told me?"
At this statement, Kayla recoiled in shock, "No!" she protested, "Never." Shaking her head, Kayla chuckled rather weakly, "It's about my dad's vortex manipulator."
This time, it was the Doctor's turn to swallow nervously, "What about it?"
Kayla shrugged, "It's disappeared and I want to know if you know what happened to it."
"Kayla why would I – I don't –" and then the Doctor grew very old and very tired, "I'm sorry." He whispered, "I am so, so sorry, but you were obsessing over it and I couldn't let you do that. You were hurting yourself in front of me." He explained.
Horror and pain flashed across Kayla's face, "Where is it?" she whispered, too horrified to speak any louder.
The Doctor shrugged helplessly, "I don't know. I threw it out of the TARDIS," Kayla shook her head, tears starting to stream down her face, "I have no idea where it is. By now it's probably broken and beyond repair." Her shoulders shaking, Kayla slammed the door in the Doctor's face, "Kayla I'm sorry!" the Doctor yelled through the door.
Trying to get into the room, the Doctor felt his hearts skip a beat as he realized that Kayla had locked him out, "Go away Doctor!" the Time Lord heard the brunette yelled through the door, "I'm leaving."
Horrified, the Doctor started to rattle the doorknob to Kayla's room, "Kayla please, I'm begging you! Just hear me out!" he yelled, only to hear the sound of sheets getting ripped off a bed, "I couldn't think of any other way to help you." The sound of something getting unzipped made the Doctor pound on the door even more "I never meant to hurt you. Please Kayla, I love you!"
"That's cold coming from you." Kayla snapped through the door, her voice shaking.
"Kayla come on, just think about this!" the Doctor yelled, "Kayla!" He practically screamed as he pounded on the door.
"Doctor I'm done thinking about this." He heard Kayla snap, her voice sounding breathless as the unmistakable sound of a zipper once again came from her room, "You lied to me. You broke my hearts." The door to her bedroom opened to reveal her ransacked room and the brunette stepped out, giving the Doctor a horrible glare that made his stomach clench, "And you betrayed me." She whispered as the last and worst thing on the list that the Doctor had done.
His pain registering on his face, the Doctor watched as Kayla stormed down the hallway, the Time Lord too shocked to move, "Kayla I'm sorry." He whimpered into the empty corridor before he realized that Kayla wasn't there, "Kayla please!" He begged as he rounded a corner and came upon the empty console room.
For a second he thought that he should run out the TARDIS doors and chase after the brunette, but one wild hope made him run to the console and look at who else was on the TARDIS, but counting him, there was no one else.
His hearts breaking completely, the Doctor couldn't help the small sobs that escaped him, "I will find her." He vowed under his breath before addressing his TARDIS, "TARDIS, start a timer for four months." Replying with a soothing humming noise, the TARDIS replaced the check of life forms with a countdown of four months, "We have to find her." The Doctor said to his spaceship, "Before she goes insane from blocking me and not having any physical contact with me."
At that horrifying thought, the Doctor clenched his fist so tightly that he could feel his hearts beating. It was common knowledge on Gallifrey that Bonding was very dangerous. Being away from your mate without having any mental contact or any physical contact would drive both parties insane from pure loneliness. That was the main reason why some never got Bonded. Though they might love someone, the risk was sometimes too dangerous. Time Lords or Ladies often got called off the planet and didn't come back for years, much like the Doctor had.
Kayla Harkness had never been angrier in her life than when the Doctor had admitted to taking her father's VM and throwing it out the TARDIS. So she had blocked her thoughts from the Time Lord, taken everything she needed, and went to the console room where she had used her VM to travel away.
Now the tricky thing about vortex manipulators is that the user had to have a clear mental state when using it, otherwise the most prominent thought in the users head was the place the VM chose to go. That was why Kayla ended up on a small deserted street well after dark.
"Hello?" she called down the street, only to hear no reply except her echo. Not one to be afraid of the dark, Kayla walked down the street, looking at all the cars, "21st Century London." She whispered as she studied each one, "2012 maybe?"
Pausing under an intersection that was oddly empty, Kayla Harkness looked up and studied the sign that was hanging over her head, "Definitely 21st Century London then." She said with a sigh.
Because, by some twist of fate, Kayla had arrived in 21st Century London, the Doctor's favorite place. And of course, she had to pick a non – boring point as well. Because her VM had decided to take her to 2012, and London was hosting the Olympics.
The Doctor is in soo much trouble with Kayla! And Kayla's in trouble too...oh do I sniff tension coming up?
I'm not going to talk a bunch about this chapter because it'll ruin the cliff hanger, so...
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