Wanderer of Time: Silence Begins (doctor who)

Chapter 22: Song of Captivity

The Doctor kissed her back happily. He thumbed her face gently, pulling away after a few seconds.

"Another hormonal imbalance?" he asked lightly.

"Not this time," she whispered. Softly, she stroked the side of his face, gazing deeply into his brown eyes. "Did I ever tell you how much I love freckles?"

The Doctor snorted and laughed, leaning down to capture her lips in joy. Wanda sighed into the kiss, loving every second to it. She still felt awkward and uncomfortable by such affections. But . . . she could get used to it . . . probably. Okay, so it would take some time, but . . . . Sharp images of River were suddenly thrown at Wanda, making her stop abruptly in the small snog between her and the Doctor. She pulled away, feeling the barrier in her mind angrily feud at what they were doing. She looked down to his chest, feeling guilt well up in her.

"Doctor, I really shouldn't," she whispered.

"But you want to," he replied, staring at her in concern when seeing the heavy guilt in her eyes.

"Yes, and that's what makes me a horrible friend," she said, looking back to him. "She's going to hate me."

The Doctor raised a brow. "Who?"

"The woman you marry." Wanda looked away again. "You should hate me too, for getting in the way. For getting between not only you and her, but Rose as well."

The Doctor sighed heavily, shaking his head. "We'll talk about this later. For now, let's focus stopping the Daleks."

Wanda nodded quickly, knowing she had been silly in delaying them. "Right. We need to get down the service lift. That's the way we came up. And then . . . . No! Not now!" She felt the warmth begin to spread through her body. The white light slowly coming in around her. "Why does this have to happen now?! We're right in the middle of an adventure."

"Well, this never happened before." The Doctor pulled back to sit up. He helped her sit up as well. "You usually stick around at least till the danger is all gone."

"Yeah." She pouted, feeling frustrated with whatever controlled the force that made her teleport around. She leaned up, hugging the Doctor quickly before she left. "Everything is going to be fine . . . for the most part. Just stay calm. Oh, and Laszlo can be saved. Just use the—."

Wanda teleported away before she could finish. She appeared again with the white dots dancing around in her vision as usual. Blinking rapidly, she tried to clear her sight. But she found it strange when everything still seemed so white around her. Then, she felt the cold. She shivered lightly, mostly from the drastic change in temperature from where she had just been. She looked around, suddenly realizing that the white specks in her vision were not from transport, but from snow that fell around her.

She beamed, happy to see the wonderful sight around her. Snow! Real snow! It had been ages since she seen the stuff. She laughed happily, standing up and holding out her hand to catch some of the light flakes. Beginning to walk forward, she stopped short when she felt a spike of something go through her mind. It felt like a tug. A quick call of sadness. A call for desperate help. She gazed around, wondering where it was coming from.

"Snow! Oh, real snow. Proper snow at last."

Wanda turned around when she heard the Ten's voice. She beamed and bounced up the small hill. She peeked over the top, seeing the TARDIS with the Doctor and Donna standing outside the ship.

"Doctor! Donna!" she cried out, waving to them. They both looked over, seeing her on top of the hill. Wanda pulled herself over the top and slide down to them. She laughed when she rolled over at the end, becoming covered in snow at their feet. She smiled up to the two who stared down at her in amusement. "Hey, you two. Whatcha been up to?"