A/N

Hello readers! Here's Chapter 4 for you.

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or their characters. I only own my plot/ideas and oc's.

I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll see you next week!

- Artemis

Lucy stumbled and fell forwards slightly when she appeared in a flash of light for the second time that day. She looked around and saw she was in a small wooden room with hammocks hanging around, with one directly in front of her. She moved it aside and stepped out from behind it to find herself staring right at a pirate with his gun pointed at a man with his back to her.

"Ah. Worried coz I'm wearing a hat now." She heard the man say just as the pirates eyes found her. He looked at her in shock before he whipped his arm around to point his gun at her. Lucy's eyes widened in terror as she looked down the barrel of the gun to see the pirate now glaring darkly at her.

The man from before turned slowly around, looking confused before his eyes focused on Lucy and he cried happily, "Lucy!"

Lucy's eyes flicked over to see the 11th Doctor looking at her with an enormous smile on his face. Her lips parted slightly in shock as she stared at him for a moment before she looked back at the Pirate in front of her.

The Doctor then noticed that the pistol was pointed at her and turned to glare at the pirate as he asked, "You know this demon doctor?"

The Doctor's face darkened as he took a threatening step towards the man with the gun.

"She is not a demon," the Doctor spat, "she is my friend. Now you will lower your gun, Captain," he finished bitterly as he glared at the man in front of him.

The pistol stayed where it was as the man who she knew was the Captain, continued to stare down at Lucy. The Doctor became impatient as the Captain didn't move, and Lucy looked between the two men as her heart beat rapidly in her chest.

"If you want my help in getting you and your crew off this ship, you will lower gun and step away," The Doctor said bitterly as he glared at the Captain.

Finally, the Captain turned and looked at the Doctor. They stared at eachother for a few moments before the Captain lowered his gun. Lucy let out a breath she hadn't realised she'd been holding and the Doctor relaxed. He bounced over to her and and before she knew what was happening, the Doctor had enveloped her in a bone crushing hug. Lucy tensed up at the contact and the Doctor immediately let go. Lucy took a step back and relaxed again at the distance.

The Doctor looked at her strangely before asking, "Are you okay?"

Lucy nodded reply before the Doctor asked slowly, still with a strange look on his face, "Where were you before you came here?"

Lucy began twiddling nervously with her fingers as she replied slowly, "With you and Martha, At Lazarus' Laboratories."

The Doctor's face fell for a second after hearing where she had been, "Oh,"

But it brightened again as he changed topics and said with a clap of his hands, "Right! Let's get to the magazine," He turned to start off before he added as a second thought, "And don't touch anything sharp!"

He glanced back at Lucy quickly with a sad look in his eye before continuing on ahead. Everyone began to follow the Doctor and Lucy waited until everyone had gone ahead of her before she followed.

Why hadn't she woken up yet? Why had her dream suddenly skipped ahead to 11's time when before she was with 10 and martha? Questions spun around in Lucy's mind as she climbed over crates. She thought back to what the Doctor had said before about not touching anything sharp, and realised what episode she was in. Curse of the Black Spot, she thought. I'll just have to go with it until I wake up, Lucy sighed to herself as they reached the magazine.

"Captain. The key, it's gone" one of the crew said as he searched through his giant ring of keys.

"How can it be gone," the Captain asked incredulously as the other crew members looked between each other nervously.

The Doctor looked on at the door as he said slowly, "Someone else had the same idea," before he gave the door a push and watched as it swung open.

Everyone walked slowly into the room as they gazed around warily. Once everyone was inside, the Captain ordered, "Barricade the door,"

One of the crew grabbed a lantern that was hanging from the ceiling so they could see and the captain said as he saw the lantern was lit, "Careful of than lantern, every barrel is full of powder,"

Lucy looked around the room and spotted the barrel that Toby was hiding in just as the Doctor said, "Who's been sleeping in my gun room,"

Lucy made to go and stand by the barrel but before she could get there, Toby started coughing. Everyone froze as they looked down at the barrel. The captain walked over slowly before he paused and pulled the lid off the barrel. He stood and looked in for a moment before he reached in and pulled Toby out.

He held him against the wall as he growled, "You fool! You fool boy," His vice softened a little as he sighed and asked, "What are you doing here?"

One of the crew asked, "Who is he?" before the boy could answer.

The Doctor's brows furrowed in confusion as he asked, "What he's not one of the crew?"

The captain glanced back and sighed before his eyes returned to the boy in front of him and said, "No. He's my son,"

…

In a room separate from the others, the Doctor, Lucy stood to the side while the Captain and Toby sat on some crates. The Captain shook his head at his son while the other two looked on silently.

"What in god's name possessed you boy. Your mother will be searching for you," the Captain scolded as he looked disappointedly at Toby. Toby looked away from his father at the mention of his mother and stared down at his lap. He glanced back up to see it dawn on his father why he was there.

"When," the Captain asked sadly.

"Last winter. Fever," Toby explained. The Captain looked down in sadness before glancing back up as Toby continued, "She told me all about you. How you were a captain in the navy. An honourable man. How I'd be proud to know you,"

The Captain sighed and glanced away again. Lucy felt bad for the man. Even though he had pointed a gun at her before, he was still a good man. Just one with questionable intentions.

Toby coughed before he said enthusiastically, "I've come to join your crew,"

"I don't want you," The Captain said plainly, trying to turn the boy away.

"You can't send me back," Toby laughed "It's too late. We're 100 miles from home," he finished confidently as the Doctor smiled fondly.

"It's dangerous here. There is a monster aboard." The captain warned, "She leaves a mark on mens skin,"

Lucy looked at Toby sadly as he questioned after a moments pause, "The black spot?"

Everyone turned sharply at that to look at Toby as he turned his hand over, revealing a black spot in the palm of his hand. The Captain grabbed Toby's hand to examine it before he looked up at the Doctor, confirming it was the same mark, just as Toby gave another cough.

…

Everyone was back in the magazine and were all sitting down on the various crates and barrels scattered around the room. Amy and the Doctor were sitting on the barrels that were barricading the door, while Lucy sat on the other side of the room next to Toby, wanting to keep him close. The captain sat down dejectedly as he said, "There is nothing wrong with the boy. He has no scars,"

The Doctor sighed "Ignore my last theory,"

"He has his good days and his bad days," Amy defended as she rubbed his shoulder.

"It's not just blood," the Doctor theorised, "She's coming for all the sick and the wounded like a hunter chooses its weakest animal," he finished with a sideways glance to the Captain.

"Okay look, he's got a fever. The siren knows it," Amy said matter of factly.

"Human's. Second rate. Damaged too easily. It's only a matter of time before everyone gets bruised…" The Doctor trailed off as everyone turned to glare at him. Lucy was looking at him too, but stopped as she felt an ache in her chest again and started rubbing it.

"My ship it can sail us all away from here. You and me we fetch it. Let's go," The Doctor said to the Captain as he Jumped off his crate.

The Captain cocked his gun at pointed it at the Doctor as he said darkly, "You're not the captain here, remember,"

Lucy, after realising she had become distracted, looked up just in time to see Toby pull the lid off the water barrel.

"No!" She cried just as the sired reached a hand out of the water. The Doctor ran over and pushed Lucy out of harm's way as he grabbed the lid. Lucy grabbed Toby and held him behind her as the Doctor cried out in exertion as he tried to push the lid back on and shut siren out. Finally, he got the lid closed and held it there as he soniced it shut. Everyone sighed in relief as the Doctor stepped back to reveal the barrel securely closed.

Lucy let go of Toby just as the Captain exploded, "The water's dangerous! That's how she gets through, H yelled at Toby, "One touch of her hand and you're a dead man,"

Lucy had been listening to the Captain yell harshly at Toby before she burst and yelled, "How was he to know that!"

Everyone froze at her out burst and turned to stare at her. Even the Captain paused to look at her. Lucy shrank back once she realised everyone was staring at her and the Doctor walked over to her to see if she was alright. She waved him off as one of the crew mumbled, "We're all cursed if we stay aboard,"

The Doctor turned to face the man who'd spoken and argued, "It's not a curse. Curse means game over. Curse means we're helpless. We are not helpless," he finished before he turned to the Captain and asked determinedly, "Captain what's our next move?"

"We go and get your ship," he replied after a moment's deliberation.

The Captain turned to Amy and said, "Wait with the boy," before turning to the rest of the crew and saying, "All of you,"

"Captain," one of the crew argued, "We're all in danger here,"

"I said wait," he replied slowly, before he turned to everybody and said, "Barricade the door after we're gone,"

Meanwhile, The Doctor Amy and Rory had walked over to where Lucy was and they stood in a huddle as Amy asked the Doctor, "Sure you want to go?"

"We have to get Rory and Toby away," the Doctor answered, "She's out there now, licking her lips, boiling the saucepan, grating the cheese," he acted out as Lucy and Amy gave a small giggle.

Amy gave in as she half joked, "Okay. Well if you get an itch don't scratch too hard,"

"We've all got to go sometime," the Doctor replied before he turned to Rory and said, "There are worse ways than having your face knocked off by a dodgy mermaid,"

He then turned to Lucy and said quietly, "Lucy, I want you to stay here with Amy and Rory. Keep Toby safe," Lucy nodded, and before she turned away, she said, "Be safe."

The Doctor then smiled and gave her a joking salute before Lucy turned away and walked over to Toby.

The Doctor stared after her for a moment before he leaned into Amy and whispered, "Keep her safe,"

Amy smiled softly and nodded before the Doctor turned and walked over to where the Captain was waiting. He gave one last look at Lucy and the Ponds before he opened the door and stepped out of the room. After the door was shut behind them, the remaining crew restacked the barrels against the door and they all settled back down into silence.

A/N

And that was Chapter 4! As always, thanks for reading. Please leave a review telling be what you thought. Also, At the moment, I'm writing around 2000 words for each chapter. Should I bring it up to 2500 or keep it the same as what I've been doing. I would love to hear your opinions.

Until next time

- Artemis