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Hello again. So here's chapter two! I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor who or any of the characters from the show. I only own my plot, ideas and oc's

- Artemis

The elevator doors opened and they all stepped out into a dark room. The Doctor flipped a light switch on the wall and the lights blinked on to reveal what appeared to be Lazarus' personal office. Martha and the Doctor wandered out into the room curiously, while Lucy stayed close to the elevator doors, not wanting go further into the room knowing what they would find behind the desk.

"This is his office alright," Martha commented as she glanced around the room.

The Doctor walked up beside her and put his hands in pockets before asking, "So where is he?" He turned around casually and saw Lucy shifting nervously by the elevator doors rubbing her chest.

He started to walk over to her and ask her what was wrong when Martha replied back, "Don't know. Let's try back and the recep…. tion," she trailed off as she spotted a pair of legs poking out from behind the desk. Lucy closed her eyes and winced as the Doctor spun back around at Martha's tone. He and Martha ran over to the desk, but stopped as say what lay behind it.

Martha gasped and asked horrified, "Is that Lady Thorn?"

The Doctor kneeled down beside the mummified body of Lady Thorn and stated, "Used to be,"

Martha came around and slowly kneeled down next to her as the Doctor said, "It's just a shell. Had all the life energy drained out of her," He looked back at Lucy as she slowly made her way around with tears in her eyes. "Like squeezing the juice out of an orange," The Doctor looked back down at the corpse with interest as he examined it further.

"Lazarus," Martha breathed as she looked down horrified at the body before them.

"Could be," The Doctor replied to her without looking up.

Martha looked back at the Doctor quickly before asking with a hint of worry, "So he's changed already?"

"Not necessarily," The Doctor replied slowly but then whipped his head up and sped, "You saw his DNA, it was fluctuating. The process must demand energy. This must not have been enough," the Doctor finished in realisation as he looked to Lucy for confirmation.

Martha reeled on the Doctor as she asked appalled, "So he might do this again?"

The Doctor hummed in reply as he saw Lucy's stricken face. Martha gasped in worry as jumped up to get back to the reception. The Doctor stood up and approached Lucy slowly and gently placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "Come on," tearing her away from the sight of Lady Thorn. Lucy flinched away from his touch and sped away to where Martha was waiting by the elevator while the Doctor looked on worriedly. He shook himself off and hurried over to where the girls were waiting in the elevator.

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The Doctor and Martha hurried around the reception hall looking for Lazarus while Lucy trailed behind the Doctor. She was about to tell him they were in the wrong place when Martha ran into her brother. He was just telling her that Lazarus had taken Tish away upstairs when their Mother came over wanting a word with Martha. The Doctor and Martha ignored her as the Doctor hurriedly pushed past her and they all hurried away back upstairs.

They came out into Lazarus' office again and Martha asked desperately looking around, "Where did they go?"

"Fluctuating DNA will give off an energy signature," The Doctor pulled out his sonic and finished quickly, "I might be able to pick it up," but before he could start scanning, Lucy said quietly, "They're on the roof."

Martha didn't waste another moment as she sped past and led the way up to the roof. The Doctor and Lucy ran after her quickly and caught up to her just as they reached the stairs.

They arrived on the roof to find Lazarus and Tish looking out over the city and caught the end of their conversation as Lazarus said, "Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act,"

"Falls the shadow," the Doctor finished as he stepped forward with Lucy and Martha flanking him on either side.

Lazarus turned around and smirked, "So the mysterious Doctor knows his Elliot. I'm impressed."

"I wouldn't have thought you'd have time for poetry, what with you defying the laws of nature and everything," the Doctor replied calmly.

Lazarus laughed, "You're right doctor. One lifetime's been too short for me to do everything i'd like. How much more i'll get done in two or three, or four, " Lazarus smirked at the Doctor as he rocked on his feet.

The Doctor replied with a glint of sadness, "It doesn't work like that," He stated, "Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It's not the time that matters it's the person,"

Lucy smiled at that. It had been one of her favourite lines in the whole show.

Lazarus gloated back, "But what if it's the right person? What a gift that would be," he smirked.

The Doctor looked back at him with a heavy look in his eye and replied darkly, "What a curse,"

Martha called Tish over then and the two proceeded to argue and payed no attention to what was happening to Lazarus. For while they started arguing, Lazarus had started his transformation and before long, he stood towering over the four people standing on the roof.

He gave a monstrous roar and the Doctor yelled, "Run!"

They all ran for the door, the Doctor arriving first and ushered the three women in before him. He grabbed Lucy's hand after he locked the roof door behind them and pulled her along behind him. This time she didn't flinch away from the touch as they started running for their lives. They stopped in front of the elevators and only when they paused for breath did Lucy realise they were still holding hands and quickly pulled her hand away.

They were waiting impatiently for the elevator when they heard a loud bang coming from the roof. Suddenly all the lights dimmed and alarms started blaring throughout the building.

Martha asked quietly what was happening and Tish replied shakily, "Intrusion. It triggers a security lockdown. Kills most of the power. Stops the lifts. Seals the exits."

The Doctor turned to look up at the ceiling and said worriedly, "He must be breaking through that door."

Lucy noticed that Tish was shaking so she gently placed a hand on her shoulder reassuringly before the Doctor whipped back around and yelled, "The stairs. Come on!"

They all started running down the stairs as another loud bang came from the roof. They all paused for a moment as they heard a monstrous roar coming from above them and Martha yelled, "He's inside!"

They all sprinted down the stairs in an effort to reach the reception before Lazarus caught up to them.

They made it into the reception and pushed past a few people who were in their way. The Doctor looked around desperately before turning to Tish and saying, "Tish! Is there another way out of here?"

Tish panted, "There's an exit in the corner, but it'll be locked now," she gestured lazily as she tried to catch her breath.

"Martha. Setting 54, hurry" The Doctor called to her as he tossed the sonic at her and didn't waste any more time before he jumped up on a platform and turned to the crowd and yelled, "Listen to me! You people are serious danger! You need to get out of here right now!"

A woman from the front of the crowd turned to him and scoffed, "Don't be ridiculous. The biggest danger here is choking on an olive!"

Immediately after she had spoken, the sound of shattering of glass was heard as Lazarus came into view on the balcony above. He gave another roar as he jumped down into the reception and people scattered as chaos broke out. People ran in all directions as they screamed and tried to find a way out of the room. Some saw Martha and Tish trying to get the door open and ran for them, drawing others to them as well.

Meanwhile the Doctor and Lucy had moved to the Machine in the centre of the room to avoid being trampled. The Doctor was searching the room trying to find anything that could help while Lucy scanned the room, looking for one woman in particular. She finally spotted her standing frozen in shock in front of Lazarus. Lucy sprang forward without a second thought and dove into the woman, pushing her out of the way of Lazarus. The Doctor gave a shout as he saw Lucy in harm's way and tried to get Lazarus' attention away from the girl.

"Lazarus! Leave them alone!" Lazarus turned to face the Doctor menacingly as he continued, "What's the point. You can't control it. The mutation's too strong!" The Doctor gave a quick glance behind Lazarus to see Lucy helping the woman up and getting her to safety. The Doctor steeled himself after seeing Lucy was safe and turned back to Lazarus.

"Killing those people won't help you. You're a fool. A vain old man who thought he could defy nature. Only nature got her own back didn't she?" the Doctor smirked as he started backing away off the Machine. "You're a Joke Lazarus! A footnote in the history of failure!" He turned and ran as Lazarus lunged at him. Lazarus ran after the Doctor in fury and they disappeared around a corner.

Lucy looked up as she suddenly realised that the Doctor was no longer in the room and ran after him after him down the corridor after getting the woman to the exit. Lucy could hear Lazarus banging around in a hallway up ahead as she ran after them. She stopped suddenly when she realised that she couldn't hear Lazarus anymore. She tried desperately to remember where the Doctor had run to in the show and took of running as she remembered how Lazarus found the Doctor in the boiler room. She only hoped she could find it.

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The Doctor slowly moved in between pipes and behind panels to try get away from Lazarus when he heard the door open close quietly. He paused behind some pipes as he heard a voice whisper ominously "It's no good Doctor. You can't stop me,"

The Doctor replied back as he looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, "Is that the same arrogance you had when you swore nothing had gone wrong with your device?"

He whipped his head around when he heard a clang from behind him as Lazarus taunted, "The arrogance is yours. You can't stand in the way of progress,"

"You call feeding on innocent people progress? You're delusional!"

Another clang sounded from a different direction as Lazarus replied "It's a necessary sacrifice."

The Doctor shot back, "That's not your decision to make," He reeled around, about to pull his sonic out when he heard a clang sound right behind him but his stomach dropped as he saw Lucy round the corner. He beckoned her over quickly and whispered urgently, "What are you doing here?"

"Looking out for you," Lucy whispered back as she crouched down next to the Doctor, momentarily forgetting her nervousness.

The Doctor sighed and was about to scold her for following him when the lights flicked on and a shadow fell over them. They both looked up and saw Lazarus hanging upside down from the ceiling.

"Peek-a-boo,"

The Doctor winced, "Oh. Hello…" before grabbing Lucy's hand and pulling her up as they started running again.

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So that was chapter 2. I really hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a review and let me know what you thought. Also, I would like to know it the formatting is okay and if the chapters are too long or too short. Thanks!

- Artemis