Revery of Silence (Doctor Who)

II - The chase

Roka kicked the nearest desk and let out a small frustrated cry. From the very first moment they had met again she had acted like a total idiot. And now he was gone. For good.

It didn't hurt as much as the last time, simply because she at least knew he was still alive. But she also knew they would probably never meet again anyway. The Master would do his best to stay away, probably even using the link on her chest to avoid her.

For a quick, desperate second she thought about destroying it. That wasn't too difficult, although it would require a great deal of self harm. But even then it was nearly impossible that they would run into each other ever again. Not when what they were running through was all of time and space...

Right now though there were more urgent things at hand, things she still might be able to change. Things to distract her mind from giving in to the pain. So Roka rushed outside and to the basement to meet the Doctor and Amy. Only a few minutes had passed, they might still be down there. The two brothers stood on a small podium right now, talking some nonsense about the school, but she didn't listen at all.

Down in the basement she found the door to be open and slid inside.

"It's me," she said not too loudly.

Shortly after the two appeared from behind some machine and the Doctor continued to sonic everything, while Amy came over.

"Oh no. It's written all over your face. He's gone, isn't he?"

Roka nodded and swallowed. "It's... probably better that way. Let's focus on the current problem."

There wasn't much the two of them could do though. The only thing was to watch the Doctor fidgeting around, rambling some tech-nonsense and theories and here and there snippets of stories that fell into his mouth, but never got finished. Finally he glared at his Sonic Screwdriver and shook his head.

"It's a storage," he announced. "Not quite sure for what... dreams, memories? Only thoughts? It makes no sense. Nonsense! Why would they need that? And why does no one... oh!" The Doctor spun around and grabbed Roka's arm. "Your brain bots! That's what you felt! That's why the others don't! Brilliant, isn't it?!"

"Err... I have not the slightest idea what you mean," she admitted.

He chuckled a bit an gave her an adventurous wink. "Give me your tablet. I'll show you, and then we're going to get them! Haha!"

She did and watched as he pulled out a bunch of data that he now pointed at. "See?" he asked with a grin. "Your little augmentation caught the signal and got a little overloaded, I think. Nothing bad, not damaged. But you felt it."

"Okay... but what signal?" Amy asked and bent over to also look at the tablet.

"Not sure yet," the Doctor plainly said. "It's sending something, or maybe receiving? Either way, it's there and we can track the source! Because these," he waved a hand at the machines, "are only the destination. It's the end point. But not where it starts."

They nodded at each other and headed outside, the Doctor held the tablet up to follow the trace, lead them out of the basement and, surprisingly, back into the crowd and towards the separated dining area.

"No entrance," a tall man in a black suit said, holding a hand up when they approached.

Quickly the Doctor produced his psychic paper and held it up. "I'm the exception. Dining area check. Very important. Let us in."

"Alright, you can enter," the guard said uncomfortably and eyed Roka and Amy. "But these two are clearly students. They'll stay outside."

"Well, it'll do." The Doctor smiled and gave the two women a wink, before he entered the room.