Ties Between Freedom and Love

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Chapter Thirty-Two
Catching Criminals Along With Answers

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The Doctor stopped in front of the secretary's desk by the Mayor's office. "Hello, I've come to see The Lord Mayor," he smiled at the man, who looked up from where his nose was buried in paperwork.

"Have you got an appointment?"

"No, just an old friend passing by, bit of a surprise," the Doctor admitted and he wasn't wrong. It was going to be one hell of a surprise."Can't wait to see her face."

"Well," the secretary said, looking at the door. "She's just having a cup of tea."

"Just go in there and tell her the Doctor would like to see her."

"Doctor who?"

"Just the Doctor," he replied. "Tell her exactly that, the Doctor," he smiled.

"Hang on a tick," the secretary sighed, getting to his feet.

He opened the door and walked in, the Doctor turned to face the door and he heard the cup of tea she was having drop to the floor. The secretary came back out, trying his best not to open the door too much.

"Uh... The Lord Mayor says thank you for popping by," the Doctor smiled as the secretary stumbled over his words. "She'd love to have a chat, but. . . umm, she's up to her eyes in paperwork. Perhaps if you could make an appointment next week?" he suggested.

"She's climbing out the window, isn't she?" the Doctor asked, a knowing look on his face.

"Yes, she is," he admitted.

The Doctor pushed him aside and swung open the door, running into the office, and finding the balcony door wide open. He rushed out and saw Margaret helplessly climbing down onto a construction platform.

"Slitheen heading north," he spoke into his phone.

"On my way!" Emma replied.

"Over and out!" Jack called.

"Got it!" Rose answered.

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Emma darted through a group of people in the hallway, ignoring their yelps of surprise. She burst out of the doors and ran as fast as she could towards Margaret. She immediately stumbled to a stop before quickly spinning around and going the opposite way, but Jack ran out of his own doors and she changed directions again, but Rose appeared cutting her off once again.

"Margaret!" the Doctor sang out, jumping over the balcony and down the construction ladder.

"Who was at Exit Five?" Jack asked as Steve and Tony finally joined them, all of them, sliding to a halt beside each other.

"That was Mickey!" Rose panted out.

"Here I am," Mickey gasped as he tripped to a stop, a cleaning bucket attached to his foot.

"Mickey the idiot!" the Doctor muttered.

"Well, be fair, she's not exactly going to outrun as, is she?" Emma asked as they watched Margaret fast walk forward, her high heels and pencil skirt restricting a lot of her movement.

She blinked as Margaret suddenly disappeared, "She's got a teleporter!" Jack exclaimed. "That's cheating. Now we're never gonna get her!"

"That's a real thing?" Tony questioned in surprise, not believing what he was seeing.

"What are we going to do now?" Steve asked. "How do we find her?"

"Oh," Emma tapped Jack's arm, "the Doctor's very good at teleports."