This is a little earlier than planned but I was bored.
Title: No Longer Alone
Summary: The Doctor always felt alone, and then one day out of the blue, he found himself face to face with a woman who knew of the Time War, and how to fly a TARDIS. And when he finds out she has two hearts he knows he'll never be alone again.
Rating: M (Yes, i have now changed this story to M due to a smut scene later on.)
Author/s: StormFyre (read the Prophets of Terra's profile, you'll understand)
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who! (Do you get it yet?)
The Doctor spun around, worry etched on his face when he heard Yalaea scream. "Yal?" he cried running towards Yalaea as she was jerked backwards into nothing. "Yal!" his voice grew soft with sadness as he looked at his hands. In them lay his jacket he had lent her. He turned to face Amy, River and Rory. "We've got to find her!" his voice was grim and offered no argument.
River nodded, "I know, Sweetie" her voice was touched with sadness, "I know."
The Doctor looked up at her, confusion clear on his face,
"Spoilers" River winked, back to her usual manner.
The Doctor smiled and continued down the hill. "Do you have any idea where Yal could be?" Amy asked,
"No" the Doctor shook his head "But if I get the TARDIS back then it can lead me to her." His eyes flashed with determination,
"Oh" Amy nodded and fell back to talk to Rory.
Yalaea's vision blurred and when it returned she couldn't see anything. Am I blind? She thought before her eyes adjusted to the gloom. She looked around and discovered she was in some sort of cage but all she could see outside the bars was black. Too dark! She sighed. Yalaea scanned the cage, searching for a way out. The cage had a bare concrete floor and the bars were 3 centimetres thick. There was nothing in the cage, not even a door. Then how did I get in here? Yalaea wondered as she sat, cross-legged in the centre of the cage. There's no way out so I shouldn't waste my energy trying. She thought. Instead Yalaea started meditating, a skill habit she had picked up over the years. Her mind flew inwards, to the very centre of her mind. Yalaea let it float there; picking at anything odd that happened on Rhith…Come on Doctor! She prayed silently. Where are you?
The Doctor felt a tug on his mind and was instantly alert. He heard murmuring in his thoughts but couldn't distinguish words. He knew it was Yalaea yet he had no proof. Luckily the tug was coming from the direction that he was headed so all he did was start running. "Come on!" he called after the others "It's this way. I just know it!" Amy, Rory and River ran after him, Amy's bright hair streamed out behind her like a red, flying carpet. River, once again, reached down and checked her gun. She sighed with relief when she found it strapped to her thigh and loaded. Rory ran beside Amy, his breath coming out in a fog. Huh? He thought, shivering Cold? It wasn't cold, it was warm-ish…
Aaah. His mind made the connection. Rhith equals illusions…
The Doctor ran down a slope, the frost covered grass crunching under his feet.
Yalaea felt a presence approach the cage. Her eyes flew open and she saw a dim shape fly up to the bars of the cage. As the dragon came into focus its claws reached out and it landed on the bars of the cage. When it did Yalaea could've sworn that the cage swayed slightly but she passed it off as being disorientated. Her blue eyes met the dragon's purple ones and it hissed at her. "He will come" the dragon's red tongue flickered out as it spoke.
"Who will come?" Yalaea was glad that her voice was so steady.
The dragon stared at her and she thought she saw a gleam of red flicker across the dragon's eyes. "He will come" the dragon rasped "He will come for you! Then, yesss then, my masstersss will rule" Yalaea definitely saw the dragon's eyes flash to red. Her eyes darted around the dragon's face and with a gasp saw the dragon transform into a black, deformed creature with red eyes and strange red markings. Before Yalaea could cry out the dragon retuned to its original form. She stared boldly into the dragon's eyes, "Who are your masters?"
The Dragon hissed "You cannot knowsss! You cannot knowsss!"
Yalaea glared "then tell me, who will come?" her heart leapt in her chest as the dragon transformed again. It glared back,
"Him! The one with whom you came here. The one who hasss two many heartsss to ssspare!" The dragon's, now purple eyes gleamed with mischief as Yalaea gasped, It's a trap! All a trap! Oh please Doctor, please be too late!Her prayers were pointless and Yalaea knew it. A single tear rolled down her cheek and this made the dragon's eyes light up with glee. It laughed, a terrible sound that grated upon Yalaea's ears. The dragon unfurled its wings just as it transformed again and Yalaea saw black and red, bat like wings before the dragon took off. This time Yalaea didn't notice the swinging of the cage, she just curled up on the floor and let tears pour silently down her face.
The Doctor found himself walking through another forest. This one had giant oak trees that were close together, letting no sunlight in. Amy, River and Rory wound their way around the tree trunks after the Doctor. The Doctor, himself was constantly glancing at his watch and muttering to himself, "No, that can't be right…"
Amy and Rory glanced at each other worriedly. "You can't tell him!" Rory said in response to Amy's expression,
"I know" she said softly and glanced at River "I wonder if this River knows…?"
Rory glanced at River as well "I don't know and we can't ask her!"
Amy sighed, exasperated "Yes. I know!" Rory grinned like an idiot as Amy kissed his cheek playfully.
Yalaea woke up with a start as she saw the dragon return, this time in its black form. Its red eyes glared at her making Yalaea flinch. "My masstersss sssaid that I could have sssome fun!" its eyes sparkled with glee "Asss long asss I didn't kill you…"
Yalaea looked up, fear plain in her eyes and her hearts beating frantically. "No" she whispered "please no!"
The dragon took no notice of her pleadings and, in a blink of the eye, it was inside the cage. Yalaea stood on shaky legs and backed away, her eyes wide. She stepped too close to the bars and a jolt of energy ran through her body. Her body jerked this way and that as the energy made its way to her brain. The pain was so intense that at first Yalaea didn't notice she was screaming. It was as if fire itself was running through her veins but eventually it stopped and Yalaea collapsed on the floor sobbing. The dragon flew over her head, spitting out insults. It swooped down and raked its claws across her face, causing her to scream with agony as the dragon flew up again. It continued to swoop, gouging a different part of Yalaea's body each time it did and each time Yalaea screamed. The dragon's eyes glowed with sick joy at her pain. After what seemed like days to Yalaea, the dragon left. She would have curled up in a ball but she as she tried to move her entire body screamed with agony and she fainted, her head lolling to one side.
The Doctor felt a lurch in the murmuring in his head and he gasped with pain.
"What is it Sweetie?" River asked trying, and failing, to mask the concern that filled her voice.
"Not really" the Doctor said, rubbing his temple "There's something bad happening to Yal." He didn't try to mask his worry "I just wish I could make a proper connection!" he spat.
"Sweetie?" River placed a comforting hand on the Doctor's shoulder but he ignored it, still rubbing his temple. "We'll find her." River's voice was so certain that the Doctor looked up,
"How?" there was a glimmer of hope in his voice,
"Spoilers" River smiled but the Doctor remained grim,
"Time can be rewritten…" he said softly.
Yalaea woke up to find the dragon hovering over her again, in its black form. She noticed that her cuts hadn't healed. This cage must prevent my healing energy. Yalaea thought. Yalaea's ¼ human allowed her to use her regeneration energy to repair non-mortal wounds but she didn't know whether this would prevent her from healing a mortal wound. She whimpered as the dragon flew closer and tried to back away. Her injuries prevented her. "I hasss comeback!" the dragon's red eyes gleamed "Time for fun!" Yalaea whimpered again, dreading the pain. The dragon flew closer and Yalaea instinctively closed her eyes. This made the dragon laugh, the sound drilling into Yalaea's already pounding head. The dragon raised its tail, the tip reflected in its eyes. Yalaea whimpered again. Please no! Oh God! Please! Even her thoughts were in whimpers Doctor? Yalaea wished she could've said she faced the torture bravely but she didn't. She screamed each time the dragon's tail of claws came into contact with her skin and flinched at its taunts. Yalaea had run out of tears but never could she get used to that pain. Her screams echoed around her making the dragon dance in the air with glee. The dragon was careful to make sure Yalaea didn't black out; it wanted her to feel as much pain as possible. Eventually it left and Yalaea fell into blissful unconsciousness.
The Doctor occasionally felt jabs of pain through the murmuring in his mind and every time he did he winced in sympathy. It would be so much worse for her. He thought. River still glanced at him with worry every time he winced but Amy and Rory got used to it. The Doctor was running again and they quickly made progress across the country, if that was what you could call it. The landscape changed frequently sometimes only for a second before changing to another form. It's almost as if the planet is fighting with itself… the Doctor mused But that can't be!
PLEASE review! If anyone has any questions do not hesitate to ask. Also, there will be a sequel-y thing (Written by Aldythia Nightmare) which will be a trilogy. There probably will be another one after those (Mostly by me [StormFyre] with help from Aldythia).