Chapter 4

The four walk into a labyrinth of tall hedges, "The Queen has my family in her dungeon, I have to work for her in order to keep them alive" the guard admits quietly "I'm Red by the way" he adds quickly, Chess looks down and the Hatter looks at the guard and then sadly glances at Chess, "You okay?" Hatter asks Chess, who then looks up and nods giving a reassuring smile. Doctor claps his hands once again "Right then boys, time for a plan" he smiles.

The room around is dark and cold, it is formed with stone and strays of hay, Clara sits up and rubs her head, it's painful but bearable. She sits up properly and takes in her surroundings. The room is small and damp, there seems to be no door just a hatch. Clara stares around trying to recall what happened... Doctor.. DOCTOR! She remembers, she remembers getting dragged off, watching the Doctor get dragged off too, panic fills her face, whats happened to him?

"Hows your head?" Clara shifts around quickly "don't worry i'm not going to hurt you" the voice purrs

"Who, who are you?" Clara asks, trying to hide that she is frightened

"My names Tess" she answers and moves a little closer, it's dark so Clara can't make out what Tess looks like, "Where am I?" She asks, she knew she was in a cell that much was clear. Tess moves into the small ray of light that leaks into the cell, she has cat like features, similar to Chess, "you're in a cell dear, ready to be taken by the Queen" the Cat answers casually, "what? Why?" Clara asks in hope of getting a few answers, Tess just looks down, no answer.

Clara gets up quickly and stares at Tess "how long have you been here?" She asks, "6 months?" Tess answers "I'm not sure, longer perhaps" she finishes, "what happened to you?" Clara demands "I was taken from my family, from my husband as a hatred act by the Queen, her guards placed me in a machine, it was cold and then i just fell asleep..." She looks down but continues "next thing I know I am here" she shrugs "I can get us out of here" Clara says confidently "I have friends here, a man, The Doctor, he will come for me, for us" she says then shakes her head "oh Doctor, you'd be enjoying this, me, a damsel in distress" she teases.

Tess gets up from where she was sitting and looks Clara in the eyes "you sure?" She questions "yes, he will have Hatter and Chess with him too". Tess steps back and gasps "Did you just say Chess?" Disbelief in her voice, Clara walks closer and goes to speak but stops and just nods holding out her hand for comfort, Tess grabs her hand and studies the women who gave her back her hope "Lets get out of here".

"I found these trying to escape from the prison" Red bellows at the far end of the throne room, red satin is hung from one end to the other, at the end of the throne room sits a grand, golden throne with its back faced to them. Slowly the throne turns around, a stunning young women is perched on the throne, her pale skin is drowned out by her long, curly red hair. She bites her plumped red lips and stands "Escaping?" She speaks elegantly "now, now boys, trying to escape my hold, come!" She demands crooking her finger, obeying the Doctor strolls towards her.

The queen walks towards where the Doctor stands dumbfounded by her beauty, "You're a TimeLord" she says, Doctor looks up and smiles "well that saves some time, Yes the last TimeLord, Doctors the name. Now tell me, what are you?"

The queen smiles mischievously "Well i'm the Red Queen" she speaks "Siren if you will" she smirks. "Of course! I knew I had seen this before, you're a long long way from home. What are you doing on this planet?" He questions wanting answers as he always did, he knew what he was doing and he knew he was doing it well. "I ran, them sirens all good and pure, but I knew my powers could be used for a greater purpose, something more selfish, something more me" she smiles viciously.

"Right then, so why all the beheading?" He questions, she winks "slaves, useless things sometimes I just have to get rid of them" she shrugs "You have my friend, why?" He demands "Clara? I need beautiful girls for absorption, suck them dry of life and beauty, keeps me young and beautiful"

The Doctor stares at the Siren "You will not touch her!" He shouts angrily "no one touches my Clara!" He pulls out his screwdriver and the lights around burst, "grumpy are we Doctor? My names Cynthia thank you for asking" she clicks her fingers and the lights fix themselves "Hold them!" She demands "And Red! I can see right through men, I know when they lie".

The four are held by the guards and then roughly dragged to the chairs at the side and then tied to them. Cynthia clicks her fingers again, Clara and Tess are dragged across the ground unconscious, "TESS!" Chess screams in horror and disbelief "DONT YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" He squirms attempting to break out. "Bring the Doctor here!" Cynthia demands, the guards obey.

Cynthia looks into the Doctors eyes "I would love a TimeLord slave, could be fun".

Clara stirs to see the Red Queen passionately kissing the Doctor. No... No...