Doctor Who - New Series Adventures - 026 - The Doctor Trap by Simon Messingham

Author:Simon Messingham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781846075582
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2008-10-09T07:00:00+00:00

They were beating Sebastiene. Donna would wait

outside his door, which she couldn’t break down no matter

how hard she thumped. The sounds from within, the

muffled cries and the thuds, the mumbled questions and

the defiant replies, left her in tears.

When the sessions ended, when they had had enough,

the door would click open and Sebastiene would stagger

out. Donna would help him down to the lobby, their nest.

Practised now, she dabbed his bruised face with cotton

wool and water scrounged from the Exquisite Traveller’s

meagre first-aid box. Every day he took longer to recover.

‘Why are they doing this?’ she asked.

‘They like it,’ he said back.

‘There must be a reason. There has to be.’

Sebastiene winced and held his jaw. ‘It’s the other

Sebastiene. He comes in with his pals, works me over and

leaves.’

‘Where?’ She tried not to sound hopeful. ‘I mean, if

they’ve got a secret exit we could—’

‘Forget it,’ said Sebastiene. ‘They’re using the

transmat. I thought I had arranged it to be switched off but

—’

‘If we got hold of this man. If I got in the room, put a

gun to his head, held him hostage...’

Sebastiene smiled. ‘It’s a nice idea, but there’s a reason

you can’t get that door open, Donna. There’s a molecular

seal. You couldn’t break it down in a million years. But I

admire your imagination.’

Donna dropped her cotton wool into the bowl. The

water was red now. ‘That’s the best I can do, Sebastiene.

I’m sorry.’

He sat up, wincing as he did so. ‘Listen, you’re

terrific.’

‘I don’t understand why they’re beating you up. If they

wanted to kill you, wouldn’t they have done it by now?’

She didn’t wait for an answer. ‘Why bother to send you

here to meet me? They must want something.’

She looked at him. He looked at her. They both spoke

at once. ‘The Doctor.’

That afternoon, Sebastiene decided to take a walk round

the grounds. ‘Sod the rain,’ he said. ‘Let it fall.’ And for

the first time in what seemed like for ever, Donna laughed.

Sadie watched from the reception desk as they linked

arms and stood in the doorway.

‘We’re off,’ said Sebastiene. ‘We’re taking a

constitutional.’

‘A perambulation,’ said Donna.

‘A walk!’

Sadie smiled. ‘Have a nice time,’ she said.

‘Oh Sadie, while we’re out...’

‘Yes, Sebastiene?’

‘Don’t forget to kill yourself. A really excruciating and

hideous death would be ideal.’ He smiled back.

‘Have a nice day,’ said Sadie again, without changing

her expression.

‘Why do they want the Doctor?’ asked Donna. ‘And

why don’t they have a go at me?’

They had reached the road’s first pointless turn. From

here they would be walking in an endless loop. All roads

led to the Exquisite Traveller.

Sebastiene shrugged. ‘Good question.’

‘They must ask you something.’

‘I think he’s worried. Afraid, even. The Doctor has

done something to him.’

‘That sounds familiar.’

‘No, I mean really afraid. Is he really as terrifying as

the stories say?’

Donna remembered her first encounter with the Doctor.

When she had been supposed to be getting married. She

remembered what she said when he asked her to join him.

‘I told him once he needed someone to stop him.’ She

looked at Sebastiene. ‘Yeah, he is that terrifying. Your

invader bloke is right to be worried.’

‘You care about the Doctor very greatly, don’t you?’

Donna nodded.

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