When We Travel Book 2 | Whouffaldi

Chapter 21: Regenerate

Clara's POV

"Are you sure we can trust him?" I whispered to the Doctor as we carefully walked through some unfamiliar halls.

Zok glanced over his shoulder, "Hey, I can hear you, ya know?"

"Care to keep your voice down? We are breaking someone out of a Gallifreyan prison afterall!" Ollie whisper-yelled.

I then groaned, "Zok, you shouldn't be surprised by the fact that we can't trust you. So shut up before I smack you so hard that you'll regenerate."

"Oh, please do." Ollie muttered as we turned a corner and headed down another dimly lit corridor, "At least he'll have less regenerations..."

"I know that this might sound that an insane idea..." the Doctor paused, "But perhaps you two should get along." he said, referring to Ollie and Zok. We all stopped in our tracks and looked at him, "Or not." he added.

Ollie then replied, "You're right. That is a crazy idea. I will never get along with him. Not in this regeneration and not in my next."

Leopold then sighed, "Shouldn't we get a move on? I don't particularly want to be caught by the Time Lords considering that we are pretty much the 'hybrid family'." he paused, "Well... Zok isn't really apart of it but the rest of us are."

Zok nodded, "And how glad I am not to be apart of your family, Leopold." We continued walking...

The Doctor slipped his hand into mine, "Are you alright?" he asked.

"Why wouldn't I be?" I wondered.

"If I was you... I wouldn't be alright. Considering recent events."

I just shrugged, "I know that it should have affected me more, but it didn't. I kind of just expect to lose another so I'm not disappointed."

"Can you stop?" Zok asked, "We are currently on a dangerous mission which could potentially cost us our lives."

"Whatever." I muttered. Leopold was at the front so he put his arm out which made us stop.

"Shh..." he said, "Time Lords. Four of em." he stated, "They're just round the corner." the Doctor tightened his grip on my hand.

Zok then whispered, "Oh, this is just getting ridiculous. This should be a ten minute job."

A few seconds later, Leo spoke, "Okay. I think it's safe to go now."

"Do you even know where you're going?" Ollie asked Zok as we started to follow him.

"Of course I do. I know this place like the back of my hand." he assured us.

The Doctor then said, "Why did you need us to help you again? It seems like we're doing perfectly fine so far."

"You never know what could happen." Zok replied. Suddenly, a blinding light emitted around us. It was practically impossible to see. Once I opened my eyes, the light was no longer there... But neither was Leo, Ollie, Zok or the Doctor. I looked around and noticed two familiar people... two people that I never wanted to encounter again.

"Clara." the General began, "We knew that you would show up here one day."

Ohila then added, "The universe must be saved. The Raven..." she motioned towards the door, "Awaits you, Miss Oswald."

"That's Mrs Oswald to you. And I am not going back to the Raven unfortunately." I replied.

The General took a step forward, "Who is going to stop us from forcefully making you face the Raven?"

"Well..." another voice. One all too familiar, "Maybe I will stop you." the Doctor entered the room with Leopold and Ollie.

"Doctor." Ohila spoke, "Surely you must be here to bring Clara Oswald back to the Raven."

"I would never do anything like that." he replied.

"Where's Zok?" I asked them.

Leo shrugged, "He was gone once the light faded."

The General sighed, "Well it seems that there is only one thing to do." she began.

"And what would that be?" Ollie questioned.

"To dispose of anyone who gets in our way." she replied as she clicked her fingers. Seconds later a loud bang filled the room.

Zok then entered the room with a gun in his hand, presumed to contain a massive quantity of Azbantium, "Yeah... you shouldn't have trusted me." My eyes then widened as I soon realised who Zok had shot.

"Not gonna lie." the Doctor muttered, "I honestly thought that that would have hurt a lot more." Ollie then instantly tossed Leo a gun. The two boys aimed them at the General, Ohila and Zok. I quickly walked over to the Doctor and helped him to sit down with his back against the wall.

"You're gonna be okay, yeah?" I said, trying to convince myself. The familiar golden glow started to appear around his hands, "Don't you dare regenerate on me, Doctor. Not yet."

He whispered, "It's not really my choice, Clara."

"There is a way to stop the regeneration." Ollie spoke.

"H-How?" I questioned as my gaze remained on the Doctor.

The Doctor groaned in pain before saying, "No, Ollie. Don't you dare."

"Doctor, shut up." I started, "Ollie. How?"

The golden glow became brighter, "I regenerate instead." Ollie responded.

"You wouldn't." the General said.

"Oh, I would." Ollie assured.

"He has been shot with Azbantium. That means you'll have to waste three of your regenerations to stop him from regenerating." Ohila explained.

Ollie just shrugged in response, "Fine."

"Okay, the pain is starting to seep in now... can I please just regenerate so I don't-" he groaned, "hurt so much?" I pecked him on the lips reassuringly. He smiled in response before sighing, "Ollie, you don't have to do this."

"I don't have to." he paused, "But I want to. And I will."