The Doctor's Cold (Doctor Who fanfic)

Chapter Fifteen: Glass Case

The Doctor woke up, his neck aching and . . . River’s head on his shoulder. They were still in the console room!

“River, wake up.”

“What time is it?”

“Five thirty.”

“No going back to sleep now, I suppose.”

“Yeah,” he looked at River, whose head was still on his shoulder, and smiled.

When she noticed she immediately sat up “Oh,” she rubbed her eyes “I better go get changed.” She stood up and was walking slowly to her room. She lost her balance and grabbed the TARDIS console.

“River!” the Doctor ran over to her, holding her arm so she could stand up.

“I -I don’t understand, I was fine last night.”

“You should get back into bed.”

“But it doesn’t make sense.”

“Just go to bed.” The Doctor helped River to her room, and then returned to the console room. He turned around when he heard his name, and saw Lucy.

“What are you doing up this early?” the Doctor asked.

“What about you?”

“I fell asleep out here, not very comfortable.”

“So you ended up sleeping anyway.” Lucy said with a smirk.

“Shut up, River’s gotten worse.”

Amy walked out “Worse? What about Rory?”

“Amy, I don’t know.”

“If something happens to Rory –“

“Amy, I don’t know!”

“So he could be dying!” and you just stand there like –“

“Amy! You’re not the only one who’d be losing someone!”

All Amy could do was stare. Finally the doctor’s concern was visible. “What about you? You’re ill too.”

“I don’t know, but I feel a lot better than River probably does.”

“You need to do something about this.”

They turned when they heard River scream. The Doctor ran and opened the door, and River wasn’t there.

“Rory’s gone!” Amy cried

“So is River.” A big bright light filled the room “And so are we.”

“What?”

“We’re not in the TARDIS anymore.”

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

River looked around. She saw people that looked fairly normal. There didn’t seem to be anything wrong with them. She was on a cement floor. The musty room had brick walls and dull lights. She looked around some more and realized that she was in a large glass case . . . along with the Doctor, Amy, Rory, and Lucy.

“Doctor!” River yelled when she saw the time lord. “What’s going on?”

“We’ve been teleported into the Ferra Mind Inc. building.”

“Why?”

“I know why.” Said an unknown voice. Everyone looked around until their eyes came to a speaker in the ceiling.

“Ah!” the Doctor said “You must be Dennis Farra!”

“Correct.”

“So what are we doing here?”

“I need her mind.”

A man and a woman walked in.

“Doctor,” River said “That’s the man! That’s the man I saw at the cemetery!”

“And that’s our waitress.”

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

After two hours, everyone found themselves just sitting on the floor. The people outside the glass case just stood there, watching and making sure the prisoners kept out of trouble.

The Doctor couldn’t think of a way out. He didn’t know how to save him and his friends.

Lucy felt herself slipping away. Not as if she was dying, but as if her brain was being taken over. She fought it, but when she realized she couldn’t do anything herself, she screamed.

“Lucy, what’s wrong?” the Doctor said as he walked over to her. When Lucy didn’t respond, the Doctor cried “What are you doing to her!”

“I need her mind.” Said the voice.

“For what? Why do you need her mind?”

“She will be my telepathic transmitter for the network. Her mind could connect the whole planet.”

“No! Don’t you dare! “

“It’s too late, Doctor.”

“No. No, no, no! you can’t do this! She’s just fifteen!”

“Exactly. I need a young, strong mind.”

“Well, I may not be young, but I’m strong.”

A projection appeared on the wall. It was an old, wrinkled man. “Are you volunteering, Doctor?”

“Yes.”

Amy shot up “No!”

“Amy, it’s fine.”

“No you can’t –“ but he was already starting to slip away, each second he left a little, and Lucy’s consciousness came back.

“Doctor, I don’t want to lose you.” Amy kneeled at his side and looked down at him with tears in her eyes.