Old Enemy, New Friends

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Chapter Thirteen

The Doctor wasn't sure what was worse. The scorch marks on the walls, the wires and beams dangling from the ceiling or the stillness that surrounded them. He felt the sadness coming from Rose as he rocked her and sent soothing thoughts to her. He had set up a block so the others couldn't sense what they were feeling and rubbed Rose's back.

"Are you feeling anything?" whispered Rose, looking up at him. Keeping the block up, he reached out with his mind but felt only death and emptiness and sighed.

"She's gone," sighed the Doctor as he led her out of Adam's Doctor's TARDIS then closed the doors.

"Brother?!" shouted Alan as he ran to them then stopped and looked at Adam's Doctor's TARDIS. "Is that…?"

"Yes."

"Is she ok?" asked Alan and the Doctor slowly shook his head. "Shit. Do you think he was inside?"

"I don't know," said the Doctor.

"What's going on?" asked Rain as she came closer and looked at Adam's Doctors' TARDIS. "Is that…?"

"Yep, and, before you ask, she's gone," said Alan as he held Rose and felt her tears soaking into his shirt. Holding onto their wives, the Doctor and Alan walked back to the others when the Doctor sensed something and let go of Rain. Taking out the sonic screwdriver, the Doctor scanned the sand when he fell to his knees and started digging in the wet sand.

"What is he doing?" asked Donna as they watched him digging in the sand. After a few minutes, all they could see was his feet sticking out of the hole when he kicked his feet and Alan and Jack, who ran to the hole, helped get him out. He sat on the sand as he dusted something off and looked at what was in his hand.

"What is that?" asked Jack, kneeling down.

"It's his screwdriver. Now, if it was here then it means that he survived the crash and was standing…" said the Doctor as he stood up and walked around like he was looking for something. He paced around in a circle when he stamped his foot and smiled. "…here!"

"But where is he?" asked Rain.

"I don't know. I can't see him just leaving her behind."

"Which means someone…" said Alan.

"Excuse me, My Alan, but is my mother all right?" asked Adam's TARDIS and Alan looked at the Doctor. Walking to Adam's TARDIS, they walked inside and the Doctor walked to the console. Feeling the concern coming from Adam's TARDIS, he showed her what they had found and the scream echoed around them. Stroking the glass, the Doctor sent loving thoughts to her and assured her that her Doctor was still alive.

"Beloved?" asked the TARDIS.

"Yes?" asked the Doctor.

"As much as I would hate to face the Master again, I want to switch places so she can grieve in private."

"Yes, I think that would be a great idea," said the Doctor as they felt Adam's TARDIS moving and the Doctor walked to the doors. He opened the doors when he saw that they were now in a storage room and they left the room. He led them down the hallway when they walked inside the control room and the Doctor walked to the console, placing his hands on top of it. Hoshi looked at them and knew that they were in no shape for traveling back to Denver and sighed, leaning against one of the support beams.

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Adam's Doctor felt the bile rolling up his throat as he looked at the dried blood and bits of skin caked in the marks on Lucy's back and her wrists were blood from the wire the Master had used to tie her to the bed. He knew that the Master had gotten a thrill out of abusing Lucy but this had gone beyond anything he had ever seen and tears streamed down Lucy's cheeks.

"I am so sorry," whispered Adam's Doctor as she nodded and let him touch her hair.

"It wasn't your fault. I was bad," whispered Lucy almost child-like.

"No, he had NO right to do this to you!" growled Adam's Doctor and she hushed him.

"Not so loud. He'll hear you," hissed Lucy.

"Let him hear me!" shouted Adam's Doctor as he carefully stood up and looked at the ceiling. "Do you hear me, Koschei?! You've gone too far this time!"

"And what are you going to do about it?!" said the Master's voice over a speaker in the ceiling and he glared at it.

"I'm going to stop you!" shouted Adam's Doctor when the door to the bedroom slammed opened and Adam's Doctor thought his hearts had stopped. Floating off the floor was something he thought he would never see again. "No, it can't be!"

"Oh, yeah, it is! Lucy didn't just save the ring and my genetic material! She saved…"

"…the Toclafane!" whispered Adam's Doctor as one of the Toclafane floated closer and a barrel of a laser came out from the shell.

"You will not harm the Mister Master!" said the Toclafane as the barrel of the laser wiggled at him and he sighed, hearing the Master laughing.

"Now, why don't you go back to your room and let Lucy rest," said the Master's voice when they heard the speaker click off and Adam's Doctor looked at Lucy.

"You better go," whispered Lucy when Frankie helped Adam's Doctor get back into the wheelchair and she pushed the wheelchair out of the room. Hearing the door closed, Lucy started crying as the door to the other room opened and she heard someone walking to the bed. Feeling the mattress dip from someone kneeling on the bed, Lucy felt the warm breath of the Master on his face and he jerked her face toward his.

"My, my, my, what a bad girl, now I have to punish you," whispered the Master, getting off the bed, and Lucy closed her eyes, the tears streaming down her face.

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Rain listened to the soft sound of the Doctor's hearts beating as he moved his fingers through her hair and she kissed his chest. She knew he was talking to Adam's TARDIS while she sent her own comforting thoughts and he smiled at her. He picked her hand up as he wrapped his fingers around hers and squeezed them.

"How is she doing?" asked Rain.

"She's devastated," sighed the Doctor.

"Poor little sweetie. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose our TARDIS."

"Neither could I. I think it would break my hearts."

"You know, if you want, I wouldn't mind if you went and spent some time with her," said Rain as he looked at her and a large grin spread across his face.

"Latara, have I told you how much I love you?!" asked the Doctor, kissing her hair. She laughed as he got out of bed and headed for the door. Looking back at her, he gave her a wink and Rain smiled, rolling her eyes.