A/N: Thanks to all who have reviewed! For now, the Talia/Doctor relationship is staying. For those who weren't such a fan; it doesn't come up too much, so please, if you like the story, bear with it.

Chapter 13: Sound Familiar?

I opened the door warily, looking out. "Where…are we?" I asked.

"The barren plains of Thom, uninhabited for thousands of years." The Doctor answered, striding out past me, his cloak billowing behind him in the brisk wind.

"Completely uninhabited?"

"As far as I'm aware." He shrugged. "I mean, you might get one or two mutant species…but what's an alien planet without some form of danger, hey?"

He grinned at me and, despite the ominous words, I couldn't help but grin back. It was just infectious. He offered me his hand and I took it as he led me towards a far off tree.

It seemed to be the only living thing. The entire landscape was completely bereft of life; brown plateaus and hills extended as far as the eye could see. The tree itself barely had any leaves, but its huge trunk was brown rather than a dead grey.

Once we reached it the Doctor began his usual monologue of the planet's history, how everything died in a huge war between two tribes that, up till then, had lived together peacefully. His voice was full of the usual regret and dislike towards warfare, and I could only imagine the images flashing behind his eyes of the war he participated in on Gallifrey.

I briefly wondered whether I should tell him what I knew.

"All it needs is a good terraform." He commented at the end.

I agreed, wandering around the tree. The ground beneath my feet felt harder than everything else. I bent down to tap at it. A hollow metallic sound echoed, making me jump. I walked back around.

"Doctor it's…" I trailed off; he was gone. "Doctor? Doctor, this isn't funny!"

A faint grating noise met my ears, sounding like it came from underneath me. Then suddenly a piece of the ground shifted away beneath my feet and I fell down what seemed to be a metallic tunnel, landing in a heap when it ended.

A second later I was grabbed roughly by the arms and lifted into the air. I was more than slightly dazed from the fall and it was quite dim, so at first I couldn't see who was holding me. They attached my arms and legs to some sort of clamps, raised above the floor and leaning slightly forward. (picture the Incredibles)

About half a minute had passed when my eyes finally adjusted. I sucked in a breath as the figures around me took shape; they were human. Or at least, they appeared human. Five of them stood shoulder to shoulder. They were all men and, as far as I could tell, they looked identical. Pentuplets? Or something more sinister? Each one had skin that was so pale it was almost blue, and all were bald.

"What are you doing?" I demanded.

"You are the Girl Who Knows." They said at the exact same time in a monotone voice.

"What?"

"The Girl Who Knows can answer our question."

They continued speaking in unison and I felt chills run down my back. "Question? Listen, I…I was here with a man. I think you, or others like you, took him. Do you know where he is?"

"Do not play dumb with us." They warned. "The Doctor is also being detained. You will answer our question."

"What is your question?" I asked, looking around nervously. Surely, the Doctor could get out of anything. But then again, not always.

"How do we kill the Doctor without forcing him to regenerate?"

The chilling shivers returned.

"Why do you want to know?" I asked back, trying to wrack my brains for any other time these beings had appeared.

"Perhaps this will jog your memory." They said.

"What do you mean?"

My eyes widened; they'd spoken at the exact same time as me. As if like a movie, the scenes of Midnight flashed behind my eyes. My blood went cold with fear, the fear of the unknown. I had no clue as to what these beings were capable of.

"You're…you're…whatever that thing was on Midnight!" I gasped.

They nodded. "Correct. We are called Mimisa. The one the Doctor encountered and killed was young, not even at, to use the human term, puberty. She was young, and weak, and needed to steal a body as she was not yet able to create her own as we have. He took her life from her. That is why we want revenge."

"He didn't know that!" I shouted. "He wasn't even the one that killed her!"

"That does not matter."

"What makes you think I'd even know the answer to your question?"

"You are the Girl Who Knows, not the Girl Who Asks." They replied.

Then it hit me. Somehow they were aware of my knowledge about the Doctor. I didn't know how.

"Well then know this; I will never, ever tell you how to kill the Doctor!" I snapped, feeling slightly less vulnerable now their desires were made known.

"Then we will make you."

As one, they pressed a button on the large machine I was attached to. Instantly, from all four of my limbs that were trapped in the clamps, blasts of electricity surged around my body. I screamed, the agony obscuring my vision for several seconds.

When it stopped I hung forward, breathing heavily.

"Still not…going to tell you." I gasped.

"Then know this; every time you resist and are pumped with energy, the Doctor is also undergoing the same procedure. But the amount of energy is double for him to account for his two hearts. If you will not tell to save your own suffering, maybe you will to save his."

But they didn't understand, I thought; no matter what they did, I would rather see the Doctor hurting than dead.

I shook my head firmly, which brought on another wave of torture. They left after that, telling me they would return in a few hours to ask me again.

I just wondered how long I would be able to last.

The procedure occurred somewhere between five and ten times more. After the fifth I lost count. By that time my entire body ached constantly. It had been around two days. I wondered how the Doctor was faring but beyond that wasn't capable of much more coherent thought. I used all my remaining willpower to continue to thwart the desires of the Mimisa.

When they left for the whatever-it-was time, I was almost done. Everything seemed blurry and out-of-focus. I felt hopeless as I realised that my fragile human self couldn't last much longer and just hoped that with the increased power the Doctor was still hanging on.

There was a muffled crash and voices I couldn't quite identify. Then I was able to identify the voices, and for a moment I couldn't believe my ears.

"What is this place?"

"I dunno, but we saw the TARDIS outside, so we should at least look around."

Oh. My. God. It was Martha and Mickey.

I tried to call out, but my voice was hoarse from all the screaming I'd been doing. I made another attempt.

"Martha!" I managed to shout.

"What was that?"

"Was that a voice?"

"It was a girl."

"Maybe it's a new companion of his."

"This way!"

I heard them running towards me and felt like crying with relief. When they appeared and shone two torches into the room, I was finally able to relax.

"Martha, Mickey, out of all the places, you came here! I can't believe you found us!" I gasped.

They looked up at me for a few moments. "I don't mean to be rude, but how the hell do you know who we are?"

For a second I felt like lying and saying the Doctor had told me, but then I said, "Long story, but basically I know a lot of things about the Doctor and those who've travelled with him. I'm currently with him now and he's also being held captive."

As quickly as possible I explained the situation. Martha stood and listened, while Mickey worked on unlocking the clamps.

"So you've been up there for hours?" Martha gasped, her natural concern from being a doctor showing.

"I think it's been more than that. Roughly two days." I murmured.

Mickey finally cracked it and all four clamps released at once. I dropped to the ground and my legs momentarily forgot how to work, requiring Martha to come and support me.

"You're very weak." She noted. "Do you want to stay here while we get the Doctor out?"

"No." I said instantly, steadying myself. "I'll come."

I'm going to stop putting A/N because you know what it is XD. Anyway, what condition will Talia, Martha and Mickey find the Doctor in? Wait and see!