Experiment Gone Wrong (Dottore x reader)

Caged

Coming back from the waterfall, I felt refreshed. The cascading river-water that plunged from its rocky edge washed away all the dirt that accumulated over the weeks, frothing and rippling as I dipped in and out of the pool beneath. The lotus and morning dew scrub, which smelt of moist-cut grass and earthy yet mouthwateringly sweet lotus petals, was an excellent pairing for this shower; I was in nature's bliss. In fact, not only did I feel uplifted by the scent but I also felt as though a heavy weight had left my aching tired shoulders.

Entering the tent with dripping wet hair that adhered to the sides of my face and slightly damp clothes which clung to my figure, I found a fully dressed Zandik packing the last of his supplies in a large wooden crate. He looked up from placing one of his gadgets on the top of the pile, then lowered his face to view my form in its entirety.

"What." I hissed at him, completely aware of what he was gawking at. "Take a fucking picture you creep."

Giving me a crooked smile, he placed the lid down on the wooden crate and ordered one of his soldiers to hammer it in place.

Then, he faced me once again to give out a command, as though I myself was a fatui soldier. "We're leaving right now, I do not want a repeat of the past. So, you are to be locked in a cage blindfolded whilst we travel." 

What the fuck. "That's not going to happen," I replied, aggravated. "I either travel free from restraints or I don't travel at all." Again, I have no choice anyway. I have no clue where we even are and even if I did manage to escape where would I go other than into the dangerous forest surrounding us?

"You think you have a choice now?"

I quite literally know I have no choice in the matter. But I sure as fuck wasn't going to back down. "I either travel free. Or I don't travel at all." Repeating my words in a precise clear tone, I looked up at him and glowered. 

"Take her." He all but ignored my demands and I was restrained by the arms, his men had forced a cloth over my eyes and wrists, and pushed me into a tiny wooden cage in spite of my lashing out. The door shut close against my fists and locked in place. The key? handed over to Dottore, of-fucking-course.

He leaned down to this belittling height and snickered, I was certain that sadistic little smile of his was present right now and it only made me angrier. "I think I like you better in a cage, y/n."

"That's funny I was just thinking the same about you." I scowled, listening to him move away and mutter something to his underlings.

A pair of muscular men picked the cage up and I tumbled onto my back, slamming my head against the bamboo wood behind me. They carried it out of the tent and roughly dropped it onto a floating carrier. "Watch it, you brutes!"

Being Dottore's evil little minions, they grinned at my anger, not like I could see anyway, and moved away from the carriage to stand guard just beside it.

Hours went by and I ended up conversing with Dottore who was trailing along the path slowly behind the carriage.