SLAVE OF THE GOA'ULD
Chapter Eight Aye and Horemheb stood before the Doctor. Sekhmet had fully taken him over, subsuming his personality and becoming dominant. The Doctor's eyes were glowing and he had a smirk on his face. He had changed into a blood red ankle length robe with gold trim and he wore a gold skullcap. Aye and Horemheb bowed to her and she chuckled in a deep feminine voice. "Thank you, my brother Goa'uld," she said in a mixture of the Doctor's voice and her deep feminine one. "I like this body, so many interesting memories to look through. This one is truly powerful. And in many ways, he is like me. He has shown both mercy and cruelty in the past and has the power to both heal and destroy. He and I are two sides of the same coin. Thank you for selecting him for me." "You're welcome, Sister," Aye said in his deep voice. "And now that I have a body, I wish to give one to my sister, Bast," the Doctor said, walking around in front of Aye and Horemheb. "And I know just the host. The Doctor's lover, Rose Tyler. She is strong, yet feminine, perfect for my lesser sister to inhabit." "Where is she?" Aye said. "Here with the Doctor's other friend, Jenny." "What?" Aye said, coming close to him. "When did you come here? How long have you been in the palace." "A few hours. They were trying to get into the palace to figure out who kills Tutankhamen. They were denied entry but the whelp snuck out with her servant, Meren, and met them in the marketplace. She asked them to become her servants." Aye cursed. "That little whelp, she is far too dangerous. She must be destroyed," Aye said. "Not yet, we need her alive for the time being," Horemheb said. "We must carefully lure Tutankhamen into our trap and he'll become suspicious if she dies. They're already suspicious about their mother." "What about this other girl, Rose, you said her name was?" Aye said to the Doctor. "Yes, Rose Tyler, we must have her. She once held the power of a TARDIS in her body and survived.' Aye and Horemheb stepped back in shock. "Is she a Time Lord?" Aye said. "No, she is human," the Doctor said. "A human was able to carry the power of a TARDIS within her?" Horemheb said in wonder. "Truly, no human could do that and live, no ordinary woman, that is. Sister Sekhmet is right, we must have her. But what of the other woman?" "She is nothing, just a street whelp, she can be done away with," the Doctor said. "Then go and lure this Rose to us while we take care of this…Jenny." "No!" the Doctor said forcefully. Aye and Horemheb were taken aback by the forceful tone of his voice. For a moment, it sounded as if the Doctor had reasserted himself but they still saw the glowing eyes and heard Sekhmet's voice inside the Doctor's. "No, I will take care of her, she trusts the Doctor," he said. "Concern yourself with the royal brats." "As you wish, Sister," Aye said. "Now go and I will go and pretend that nothing has happened to me," the Doctor said. "I will imitate the Doctor and lure them a false sense of security before I spring my trap." Aye and Horemheb nodded and watched while the Doctor left the room. They both chuckled, pleased with what they did to the Time Lord, before they followed him out. "Are you sure?" Meren said to Rose and Jenny when they found him again and pulled him into a corner. "Something's going on," Rose said. "I think we need to warn Ankhsenamen and Tutankhamen now before they end up dead." "But what about the Doctor?" Meren said. "We can't get to him, that trapdoor thing is locked," Jenny said. "So you think Aye and Horemheb caught him and torturing him?" Meren said. "Or worse," Rose said. "We have to find a way to get down there, even if we have to break through the wood." "Oh, I don't think that'll be necessary." Rose spun around when she heard the Doctor's voice and breathed a sigh of relief for a moment. Then she stared at his robe and skullcap. "What's this?" Rose said, pointing to the outfit as Meren and Jenny came up beside her. "Sorry, I'm not used to being that naked. I'm used to my suit. I found this in the hidden room and took it." "Hidden room? What'd you find?" Jenny said. "Nothing much," the Doctor said. "Just a few tables and chairs, some more of the embalming implements and that's it. No sign of Aye and Horemheb anywhere. They must have used another hidden passage or something because I couldn't find them." "Great, now we really do have to warn Tut and Ankhsenamen before they get to them," Jenny said. "Yeah, we better do that now," Rose said. "At least tell them that Aye and Horemheb are up to no good and there's a secret passage under the embalming room." "Can you and Meren do that?" the Doctor said to Jenny. "I want Rose to come with me and look for Aye and Horemheb. If we split up, we can get more done. You think you can handle her royal highness?" "Yeah, I think Meren and I can talk to Ankhsenamen and let her know what's going on. She'll be easier to convince than Tut, I'm betting," Jenny said. "Just be careful, both of you." The Doctor nodded and Rose wished them luck before the Doctor took Rose's hand and led her away. "I may have a hunch about where they went but I want backup while we search," the Doctor said to Rose while they headed for the lower levels. "I just hope they haven't gotten away completely," Rose said softly. "No, I doubt that, I'm sure they just went down into another secret room to be away from prying eyes. I just want you with me. Jenny's fine, but I haven't known her as long as I've known you. I trust you implicitly at the moment. Jenny still needs a bit of breaking in before she's as brave as you." "Sleeping out in the middle of Oklahoma City among drunks and randy men? I don't think she'll need that much breaking in, to be honest." The Doctor stopped her. "I also wanted to show you something," he said. "Watch." He pushed a button on the side of his skullcap and Rose stepped back when the skullcap unfolded and covered the Doctor's entire head in a bronze imitation of Sekhmet's lioness head. Rose was in awe as the eyes on the mask came on and burned a soft blue color while the mask moved around as if it were looking around. "Wow, that's beautiful," Rose said, touching the cool bronze cheek of the lioness. "The Goa'uld used these to deceive the humans into thinking they were gods," the Doctor said in a metallic voice. "That's why most of their gods have human bodies and animal heads. The heads are these masks." "It's brilliant," Rose said. "It's odd looking on you but it's beautiful craftsmanship." "Yes, this is Sekhmet, goddess of war and healing." "War and healing? Odd combination," Rose said. "Athena was the goddess of war and wisdom, it's not that uncommon," the Doctor said. He pushed the button again and the mask folded back into the skullcap. "Just wanted to show you that. Come with me and we'll go back to the embalming room." "Lead the way," Rose said. The Doctor took her hand and smirked to himself when they walked towards the stone steps that led down to the lower level.
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