Old Enemy, New Friends

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Chapter Eleven

Frankie pushed the wheelchair down the hallway when she came to the door and opened it, going inside the room. She knew that Lucy didn't want Adam's Doctor to leave the building but she didn't say she couldn't take him for a stroll up and down the hallway and he looked at her, giving her a big grin.

"Well, there's my favorite care giver!" said Adam's Doctor as she blushed and set the breaks on the wheelchair. Moving the blankets down, she carefully helped him sit up as he moved his legs to the side of the bed and she brushed the bangs out of his eyes. She went to get his slippers and dressing gown as she helped him get dressed and he smiled at her. Carefully, she helped him into the wheelchair as she placed his feet in the stirrups and he looked up at her. "So, where are we going?"

"I thought I'd take you to the conservatory," said Frankie, unlocking the breaks, as she pushed the wheelchair toward the door and opened the door. She backed the wheelchair out of the room while Adam's Doctor looked around and she pushed the wheelchair down the hallway. Adam's Doctor noticed that the walls and ceiling were painted white, the floor was coved with white tile, and lights were on the ceiling, casting a blinding white glare down the hallway. The only door he saw was the door to his room and cameras were mounted on the walls. The cameras turned slowly toward them as the cameras followed them and he looked up at Frankie. She looked scared but smiled and patted his hair as they went around the corner and he saw a lift at the end of the hallway. She stopped the wheelchair when she slid he identification badge in the slot and the lift doors opened. She pushed the wheelchair inside as she set the breaks and pushed the button. The doors closed while the lift moved upward and he looked at the ceiling. He didn't see any way out of the lift as the doors opened and she released the breaks. Pushing the wheelchair out of the lift, she ruffled the back of his hair as they went down the hallway and the cameras followed them. He noticed the large windows that let him see the people in the other rooms and read the signs on the walls, telling him what each room was.

"Bio-genetics?!" muttered Adam's Doctor as they went around the corner and he wondered what Lucy was up to. They came to a door as Frankie used her identification badge to open the door and the door hissed open. She pushed the wheelchair inside the room as Adam's Doctor looked up and saw the large glass ceiling and the sun shined inside the room. A wide variety of plants either hung from rods or sat in pots on the tables and a maze of sprinklers hung from the ceiling. He looked around, looking for cameras, while she pushed the wheelchair along the first row of tables and he saw the door at the back of the room. He wasn't sure if the door was locked or had an alarms system connected to it and sighed.

"Aren't they amazing?" asked Frankie, looking at some of the exotic plants and he blinked.

"Yes, though I don't think she should have that one," said Adam's Doctor as he pointed to a plant with large yellow flowers and she looked at it.

"Why not?" asked Frankie when Adam's Doctor reached over and picked a wooden support stick and pointed it at the flower. Suddenly the blossom opened when they saw three sets of sharp teeth and the blossom snapped the stick into tiny pieces. "Oh."

"So, is this place wired?"

"Wired?" asked Frankie as he sighed and placed the stick on the table.

"Are we being observed?"

"I don't think so. Why?"

"Because there is a door over there and I bet it leads outside."

"It does but it's locked."

"Do you know who has the key?"

"Mrs. Saxon."

"Wonderful," sighed Adam's Doctor as they went around the end of the table and he looked up, watching the clouds floating by the glass.

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"So, does anyone have any idea where we are?" asked Alan while they walked down the pavement and he held onto Rose's hand. They had been walking for hours as the Doctor wondered if Hoshi had any idea where she was going and Rain slid her arm around his waist.

"Well, according to this, we're in Denver," said Awinita, pointing to the news stand and the Doctor walked to it, picking up the top newspaper. He checked the date when he saw that it was still 2009 but what caught his eye was the headline. CEO OF FLILYAREG TO MAKE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK was in bold print as he looked at the picture below it and his eyes went wide.

"Lucy!" whispered the Doctor as Alan walked closer and looked at the newspaper.

"What about her? What's Flilyareg? Sounds German or something," said Alan while Rose peeked at the picture and frowned.

"That's Lucy?! What a chav!" said Rose and Alan smiled. The Doctor thought while he looked at the picture when he looked at the man sitting behind the counter and tapped the counter.

"Excuse me but do you know what Flilyareg is?" asked the Doctor and the man snorted.

"What? You been living under a fucking rock? Flilyareg is one of the biggest companies in the country," said the man.

"There is no need to be rude," said Rain while the man rolled his eyes and they walked down the pavement.

"Doctor-san, I think we should go to this Flilyareg," said Hoshi.

"Why?" asked the Doctor.

"I feel that is where the great evil dwells."

"Sounds like a good idea to me," said Alan and the Doctor nodded.

"Just one thing," said Donna as they looked at her and she folded her arms across her chest. "We have no clue where it is!"

"I hate it when she's right," said Jack when Rose saw an internet café and tapped Alan's arm.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees?!" asked Alan as he batted his eyelashes at her and she giggled.

"There's an internet café," said Rose and he took her hand.

"Looks like my Starlight's found us a way to find where this Flilyareg is," said Alan as he half dragged Rose to the curb and looked both ways before heading across the street. They followed them as they walked down the pavement and went inside the building. The tables were crowded as they looked for a free computer as Rose signed in and the lady behind the counter pointed to the computer in the corner. Nodding, Rose walked to the computer and sat down. Alan found an empty chair as he sat down next to her and took out his brainy specs, placing them on. Shaking her head, she typed on the keyboard when she logged on to the internet and sat back in the chair.

"Does anyone know how to spell Flilyareg?" asked Rose. The Doctor reached over as he typed on the keyboard and hit the enter key. Rose saw the Wikipedia link for Flilyareg as she clicked on it and they read what was on the screen.

"Well, according to this, Flilyareg opened in 2008 and grew to become one of most successful Fortune 500 companies in the world, with contracts in the military and in global and environmental corporations," said Rose while the Doctor thought when he realized something and grabbed onto the back of the chair.

'What's wrong?' thought Alan as he took the glasses off and placed them in his pocket.

'It's so obvious,' thought the Doctor.

'What is?' thought Rain, placing her hand on his shoulder.

'Flilyareg! Don't you see what that spells?' thought the Doctor while they looked at the screen and Alan's eyes went wide.

'Shit, it spells…GALLIFREY!' thought Alan as the Doctor nodded and softly growled, looking at the picture of Lucy.

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Lucy closed her eyes while the sting of the barbs from the whip dug into her skin and bit into the pillow, smothering her screams. He was whistling a song he learned from childhood as he watched the blood rolling across her skin and noticed some of her skin was sticking to the barbs. He was excited to see that she had kept their "toys" when she had taken him to her bedroom, he corrected her by telling her that it was their bedroom, and had carried her to the bed, plopping her onto the mattress. He had tied her to the bedposts, lying on her stomach, and had been using the whip for over an hour and a half. He had used other "toys" on her as he smiled and placed the whip on the bed. He crawled on the bed as he brushed the hair from her eyes and she looked at him.

"That was fun," purred the Master, digging his fingers into the lash marks on her back and she winced.

"I'm gl-glad that you enjoyed it," said Lucy as he moved closer and she felt his breath on her face.

"Oh, I'm just getting started. Where did I put the vinegar?" asked the Master when he saw the bottle on the bar and got off the bed. He walked to the bar when he picked the bottle up and walked back to the bed. He jiggled the bottle at her as the tears filled her eyes and he gave her a wild grin.