AN: My update times have been set to every week on Sundays, purely because my GCSEs are starting next week and I will be struggling to write chapters. -Fleur
Also TW this chapter does contain slight scenes of what is sexual harassment, just a warning for people who are triggered by these things. :/
"I'm sorry what? He just killed them. Wait what about the other." I ask, disturbed and upset by how easy this Avalk killed.
"Nym is hiding." a female voice announces, I turn to see Pen now standing fully no longer leaning against her companion. "We told them to hide. Get help."
"Did they send the distress signal. Could they do that?" I ask, looking back at the Doctor.
"With the right materials yes."
I nod taking in the information. So all we have to do is fix Rose, find Nym and get the hell outta here.
"First we find and fix Rose. We need all of us to pull the rest of it off." Doc starts, pulling us together to form a circle. "I'll check the cameras with Alula, Pen you need to gather things to fight back with. Preferably not guns. Syndra I need you to create a distraction, blow something up or break stuff. I don't know and I don't care as long as it keeps them occupied long enough for us to escape when the time is right. Just make sure the distraction is in the west corridor, our exit is in the east. I'll tell you when to make the distraction."
We all nod, understanding our positions. Doc grabs my hand, dragging me down the corridors to the security camera room. I don't understand what help I'm going to be, after all I'm human and have no comprehension of alien technology.
"Doc, don't you think I would be more useful with Sandra. I can blow things up. I think." I question, speeding up to match the Timelords speed so he wasn't dragging me behind him.
"I'd rather you're with me and not with an alien I don't know or trust." he explains, tightening his grip on my hand. I nod squeezing his hand back.
"Did they hurt you?" I mutter, looking up at him. I watch as his expression changes to a grimace before switching back to a blank slate.
"It doesn't matter." he answers shortly, releasing my hand to sonic a passcode panel.
"Of course it does. You might be alien, but I'm pretty sure you still feel pain Doc." I state, watching as he runs around the room switching on different machines. One looking similar to a monitor. He ignores me though and focuses on the task at hand, rolling my eyes I take note to bring the conversation up later once Rose was asleep.
~1~
"Doc how much longer do you think we will be here?" I question, my back now painfully aching from sitting on the floor against the metal wall.
"Oh stop whining. I'm nearly done." he snaps, rapidly typing on the keyboard.
"How is it taking you so long to hack into some cameras?" I mutter, rolling my neck.
"I'd like to see you do it." he grumbles, glancing back at me for a moment. I simply reply by childishly sticking my tongue out at him. "How mature."
"You know what I'm going to do. I'm going to go find Rose myself. They haven't set off some kind of alarm yet so they must not know you lot have escaped. Therefore I am relatively safe until then. Just have to dodge Mikhail for a bit." I exclaim, standing up. My joints crack and pop at the change of stance.
I swiftly leave the room, not giving the Doctor a chance to prevent me from leaving. I begin to aimlessly roam around the corridors, hoping that at some point I will find Rose by some miracle.
After waltzing around I finally find the cafeteria again. Somehow still with people in it. I glance around hoping to see my blonde friend lingering, it was a stupid wish because who stays in the cafeteria for more than an hour. A girl can dream I guess. I sigh slightly put down by the fact I couldn't find her. Maybe I should ask around, although that might raise suspicion. What would the Doctor do?
I turn to exit my body swaying to the side slightly as I'm knocked away by someone. I spin to give said someone a shout only for the words to die in my throat when I see Mikhail staring at me. Fuck. Shit. Bollocks. Taking his momentary shock as a blessing I sprint out of the room, speeding down new corridors and turns.
My haste only causes my downfall though as I trip over something once again. A wave of deja vu hitting me as I attempt to get up only for me to be grabbed by the pervy man once again.
"This seems to be a common occurrence for us baby. You on the floor with me above you." I shiver in disgust, God I hate men. "I've been trying to find you. Thought we could continue our conversation before I took you to Boss." he adds, his slimy hands gliding down my sides.
"Fuck you." I bite out squirming away from him, I gain enough room to shove my leg up between us and kick him off. "Never happening you predator."
Just as he stands up the lights start flashing red. A loud siren like noise flooding the entire place. It seems they've realised that their prisoners are missing.
Mikhail, looks from the lights to me. His brain seeming to work over time before he reaches out to me. My knee jerk reaction being to pull my fist back and punch him square in the face. He reels back, gasping in pain as blood gushes from his nose.
"You fucking bitch. You're going to regret that." he shouts out. I flip him off before running off, my hopes off finding Rose pittered out as I decide to find the Doctor again. I am never wearing a dress again.
~1~
As I return to the corridor Doc was in I'm grabbed from the side and dragged into a room. A teenage looking alien stood there holding their hand over my mouth. Their body was white, small black spots dotted randomly around - similar to a dalmation - the teenagers head had no hair and their face held feline like eyes, a bright amber colour. I watch them as they examine me, their head tilted. I gently raise my hands pulling it away. I wonder what species they are, Liriris the mystery voice whispers again. I really need to get Doc to bring me back to Earth.
"I'm guessing you're Nym." I state offering a smile to the young person. They nod offering my a smile as well. "Well I guess you can help me find the rest of them. Do you know where my friends are, they're probably with Pen or Syndra."
The alien simply nods before motioning for me to follow. They climb up into a vent shaft their head popping back out before signalling for me to follow.
I hate small spaces. I swear to anything and everything this better be worth it. Holding my breath I slowly climb up into the air vent. Trying to focus on the person in front of me I gradually follow Nym. Said alien turns back to me after a few more moments of crawling, they point down at a grid before opening it and swinging gracefully down.
I shimmy forwards, poking my head over the hole to look inside. The Doctor, Pen, Nym and Rose stood in the room. Nym points up at me causing me to flinch back slightly as their eyes all follow the pointing hand. I wave at them which cause Rose to grinn up at me.
"Will someone help me, I hate small spaces and am slowly panicking. I also chose to wear a dress but my dignity is that last thing on my mind right now." I explain, the Doc nods moving a chair from the side of the room to below the hole before standing on said chair.
"Climb down I'll catch you." he states, now a bit closer. I nod taking a deep breath before sliding my legs through the gap. I flinch ad hands gently grip the sides of my thighs, looking down to see Doc watching me. He smiles encouragingly which helps me let go of the shaft above me and hold onto the Doctor's shoulders. His hands shift to my waist as another pair of hands holds my dress down. Doc lowers me onto the floor and Rose releases my dress.
"Well atleast I still have my dignity. Also, I've been looking for you. Got into some trouble as well whilst I was at it." I start pointing at Rose, I then turn to Doc "And you. Never let me leave your side again. I ran into Mikhail, he is such a predator." I shiver slightly at the recall of the situation I had previously found myself in. They both nod slowly before I randomly lung at Rose holding her tightly. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, they just injected me with something. Doctor reversed it though." she answers, pulling back to smile at the man.
"It was just a simple mind medicine, chemicals used to induce certain brain waves that makes the mind susceptible to influences. Use the chemical then give the patient certain orders and they follow them until the medicine wears off." he rambles, shrugging the thanks off.
"So like brainwashing. Just a bit less Bucky Barnes with the electricity and a bit more like Yolena." I state, wrapping my head around it. The Doc pauses before nodding.
"Yeah." he answers. I smile glad that I was beginning to understand his science babble. It's an accomplishment. "Since we have Nym and Rose all we need to do is signal to Syndra for the explosion and safely get to the TARDIS."
"Right so how are we telling Syndra?" I ask, bouncing on the balls of my feet. The four of them turn to me, their brows raised expectantly. "Um no thanks." I add, catching onto what they were insinuating.
"Come on Alula, I need to go to the TARDIS so we can get away quickly. Rose has just come back from brainwashing, Pen and Nym are reuniting. Have a heart." Doc taunts, opening the door for me.
"I just crawled through a fucking vent for nothing." I grumble at him.
"Language." he replies, his voice is ever so slightly smug. I huff quickening my pace to a jog yelling out as I round the corner.
"Whatever you say Cap."
I eventually speed to a sprint, this was after realising that if I run into anyone then they'll know and since everyone is kinda looking for us maybe jogging through the spaceship wasn't a good idea. As I enter a completely foreign corridor I nearly run straight into the back of Mikhail, said alien stood waiting for what I assume is the signal. He spins at the sound of my heavy footfall and panting breath.
"Mikhail, we need to, start, the distraction." I gasp out, folded in two whilst attempting to catch my breath. He nods shifting to the corridor wall, I look up briefly to see the wall torn apart. Numerous wires and pipes ripped out and mismatched, this all I'm assuming makes a big bang. He nods over at me which I take as a sign to run, I stumble slightly as he attaches something before sprinting past me. I spin, sprint away; my stumble caused me to lag behind slightly. As the explosion took place the force sends me forwards, my head hitting the floor which was all my mind needed before sucking me into another daydream.
I stand high above my battalion, friends and foe dying at each others hand. Embarrassingly more friends. The cries of death and scent of my burning people helped make my decision slightly easier. This quadrant of the war was important, if we lost then the Daleks will move to the second city of Gallifrey, Arcadia. If that happens then the Last Great Time War is lost, Daleks and their allies will rule over Time. This possible outcome caused the High Councils of both my planet and Gallifrey to send me a message; 'Stop the enemy, even if it leads to the demise of our side. After all your battalion is only a fraction of the rest of our armies.'
I'm General Nudea, The Phoenix. Forced to kill her family and possibly myself in the process.
Breathing deeply I focus on my essence. The fires around me roaring and doubling in size as my Nether sweeps through the battlefield, the fire gathers in front of me building in pressure, size and temperature. My body struggles with exhaustion, stumbling slightly I drop to my knees. The fire spluttered slightly at the flux of focus. I gather the last of my energy, forcing the fire wave across the armies. Ending the Battle of Kastraya.
I thankfully snap out of it as Syndra shakes my lying form, he eventually gives up throwing me over his shoulder before running away to the TARDIS. Still disorientated, I wince at the pain in my head. Pressing my fingers to the front of my scalp, I bring them away to see blood maring my skin. I swear if I have a concussion I'm suing the Doctor.
"Syndra, I'm good let me down." I announce after a few moments, allowing myself to get my bearings before I sprint to the TARDIS. He nods, politely setting me down before continuing to sprint. We race down the metallic corridors, turning around twists and turns. Syndra ten times more graceful and orderly then I, I'm stumbling and staggering as the world keeps tilting.
We eventually make it the rest of the group, who were waiting outside of the TARDIS. As we round the corner Doc opens the doors before becoming everyone inside, the TARDIS rotor already pulsing. He must have been setting it up for our arrival. This is the smoothest adventure yet, I'm surprised we made it this far. I slide onto my favourite chair, gripping the bar as we're hurtled into the Vortex. After a few moments the shaking stops, Doc spins to face the now traumatised looking aliens.
"We're floating in the Time Vortex, completely safe. Right. Where are you from? I can send you back or if you want to go somewhere new, I just need to know where to drop you off." he explains, folding his arms across his chest whilst leaning against the console. The three new passengers glance at one another, a silent conversation between them before Pen faces Doc again.
"New place, in the Praist Galaxy." Pen requests, well that totally wasn't pre-planned. I glance around to see Rose except she seemed to have disappeared. Slipping off of the seat I gently walk over to my other companion, leaning on the console as I look up at him.
"Doc, where is Rose?" I mutter, wincing slightly. I need some painkillers. He looks down at me, his eyes flicking over my features before taking in the blood slowly running down the side of my face. I bring my sleeve up to wipe the trail away, almost self consciously. His brain seems to slowly add the factors of my appearance together before rapidly pushing him into action.
"Alula, what the hell happened. I swear I have never had a companion get injured so much. You've got a concussion, sit down for Rassilon's sake." he orders, switching from checking my head to dragging me to the chair I had just left. "Pen, Syndra, Nym hold on we're going to the Praist Galaxy; what do you feel about Asteroid 9, well known for its market." he rambles flying around the console at a speed he had never done before. The flight seemed almost steady and calm, which I'm not complaining about.
He stops abruptly, almost sprinting over to the doors. The trio following him, he swings the doors open, ushering them out before closing them quickly. Setting off about the console once again. We stop at what I'm assuming is the Vortex. He gently pulls me from the seat before leading me down to the most used room, med bay. I sit down on the bed patiently waiting as he gathers different medical supplies, some human and others very much alien. I fiddle with my jumper sleeve, slightly worried for Rose before shrugging it off. I don't know her, I don't understand why I'm getting so attached.
I continue to fidget and twist my tights as I wait patiently for the Timelord, said person gently places his gathered things beside me before tilting my head up. He rapidly sets to work on my injury, cleaning it before pulling out this laser looking thing.
"This will sting slightly." he warns before switching it on. I flinch at the sensation, at least he wasn't lying about it stinging. He brings a hand up to hold my face in place, a blush flooding my cheeks at the situation. He carries on doing something before scanning me with the sonic. "You have to stay awake for another 3 hours, just to be careful." he orders, "You can stay with me we can keep each other occupied."
I nod, smiling gratefully at the alien in front of me, "Cheers, Doc. Also is Rose okay?"
"Yeah, she is asleep. I told her to get some shut-eye after being brainwashed for a bit." he informs me, holding a hand out for me to take. I hop off the bed, gripping his hand before allowing him to lead me down the corridors. "We can go play some board games, read something, and talk about stuff. Anything as long as it doesn't make you sleep."
"How about a game of chess?"