THE DOCTOR'S TRIPLE TROUBLE

Chapter Ten

Rose slowly opened her eyes, trying to get her bearings. When her sight began to clear she could see a ceiling and she felt a soft mattress under her back and realized she was lying on a bed. She tried to get up and gasped when her arms pulled and she heard a clink. She craned her neck up and groaned when she saw her hands were manacled that were attached to a headboard.

"Great," Rose muttered.

She looked down and noticed her ankles weren't shackled to the bed, they were tied together with a thick strip of rawhide.

"Doctor, wherever you are, I hope you're coming for me," Rose murmured as she looked around and tried to come up with a plan of escape.

Her head jerked back towards the door when she heard it opening. The door opened a bit and then the Alternate Doctor stuck his head in, an evil grin on his face.

"So…you've awakened, my pet," he cooed as he came in the room.

"We've been through this before. Let me go or the Doctor will rip the flesh off your skull this time."

"Yes," the Alternate Doctor said nonchalantly as he neared the bed. "We have been through this before, haven't we? I keep trying to keep you with me and that bumbling buffoon of a Doctor keeps interfering. Well, this time he's not coming to rescue you."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Rose said.

"I would because Mara is with him and his ginger pet," the Alternate Doctor said.

"Mara? Who is Mara?" Rose said.

"One of the delightful women who is now my traveling companion. See, I decided to take a leaf from Loser's book and recruit others to follow me mindlessly wherever I go and Mara is one of them. She's an accomplished warrior, stunning as hell and…she's a shapeshifter. Guess who she shapeshifted into, sweetie?"

He laughed when Rose's eyes widened and he ran his finger up Rose's left leg.

"Yes, little doggie," he purred as he neared her crotch, "the Doctor thinks you're still with him which means you're all mine."

"He'll figure it out," Rose said desperately as the Alternate Doctor's finger stopped just below her crotch. "This Mara will make a mistake and then not only will he be coming for you but you won't have her around any longer."

"Eh," the Alternate Doctor said with a shrug, "you make a good consolation prize if I lose her. Now be good and hold still."

He jerked his finger back when Rose tried to kick out with her bound legs. She gasped when the Alternate Doctor slammed his hands down on her legs, murder in his eyes.

"Still haven't learned to listen, have we?" he growled at her. "After all you've been through I'd think you'd have learned by now not to fuck with me because I mean what I say!"

Rose gasped when he slapped her across the face.

"This is getting old, Rose; I'm tired of mucking with you. You should know by now what the drill is. But since you're such a dim little ape, I'll repeat it. Shut the fuck up and do as I say! Got that?"

He seized her face and pushed her head into the bed as Rose tried not to cry from the pain and abuse. She shut her eyes tight when she felt the Alternate Doctor unbuttoning her jeans and she tried to think of her Doctor when he finished undoing her jeans and slipped her hands down them.

"I don't want to hurt you, Rose," she heard the Alternate Doctor say while he rubbed his fingers on her crotch. "I would like you to love me as much as you love him."

"You don't even like me," Rose said with her eyes still closed. "I'm a stupid ape and a dog to you."

"No…" the Alternate Doctor said, getting down next to her face, "I realized that's not true in your case. You are so much more than that and I see why my double goes to so much trouble to rescue you and keep him with you. You are far more intelligent than the average scum sucking Earthling and you and me could be a team."

"Sorry, I don't wanna be evil," Rose said.

"But aren't you evil when you interfere in other planet's right to govern themselves? You and he play God all the time deciding what needs to happen on Earth and in other species' lives. Isn't that evil, forcing others in the universe to conform to your view of morality and what's right and wrong? Now with me, I don't give a fuck and you could do the same. No more having to worry about if you're overstepping your boundaries and being evil when you could just throw caution to the wind and be evil anyway. How about it, Rose? You and me, together…for the rest of your life…or perhaps even longer if I can figure out a way to extend your fragile human life. Think of it, Rose, two immortals traveling through time and space together."

Rose didn't say anything in response. She grunted when the Alternate Doctor jerked her jeans down to her ankles followed by her panties. She opened her eyes a crack and noticed the Time Lord was staring at her crotch with hungry eyes. She tried to shut them again when he looked up at her but she heard him guffawing.

"I saw your eyes, love, you might as well keep them open," he said. "I like to see my lover's eyes when I make love to her."

"The Doctor will stop you," Rose said, glaring at him.

"The Doctor will stop you, the Doctor will stop you," he said mockingly in a snotty voice. "I get so sick and tired of hearing that. When will you learn that even if that wanker takes you back, I'll always be one step behind tracking you. You can't get away from me, Rose, you might as well cut the crap and shut your fucking mouth. Now, will you let me take the restraint off your ankles so I can fuck you or do I have to pour fucking acid on your face and damage your good looks?"

"I…won't resist," Rose muttered, turning her face to the wall.

"Why doesn't that fill me with confidence?" the Alternate Doctor muttered as he got up from the bed.

Salty tears filled up Rose's eyes and she squeezed her eyes as they ran down her cheeks. She listened to the Alternate Doctor pulling something out from under the bed and she willed her mind to go far away so she wouldn't have to conscious of what was coming next.

Meanwhile, the Doctor was standing at his console trying to decide what to do next. He considered going back to the pub and questioning the landlord about his nemesis but only by himself since he wanted Rose and Donna to be safe. While he was thinking out a strategy, he felt hands on his shoulders and looked over them. Mara was standing behind him still masquerading as Rose and she felt a thrill when he smiled tenderly at her and patted the hand on his right shoulder.

"Trying to decide what to do next," he said to her. "I think I should question the landlord at the pub and see what he knows about tall, thin and ugly. Eventually, we'll have to think up a way to capture Ugly and bring him back here. And this time, I'm going to have the TARDIS lock him away deep inside her somewhere since I can't trust a prison to hold him. Only the TARDIS is secure enough to contain him for the rest of his lives and she has the means to stop him if on the off chance he figures out how to break out of the prison she builds for him. But you know what? I'm tired of dealing with him. This is the fourth time I've had to go after him and it's getting very old, very quick. And I'm sure you're tired of him hunting you, yeah?"

Mara nodded and the Doctor frowned.

"Are you sure you're not ill? You still won't say much," he said, turning to her.

She shook her head.

"And you're not helping my worries by not speaking," the Doctor added, putting a hand on her cheek. "Rose, if you're scared, tell me. I'll understand."

"I s'pose I really am ill," Mara muttered softly. "Too much stress."

She glanced at the Doctor's face and her heart lurched when she saw the dubious expression on his face but he nodded and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Have a lie down then, I'm going to handle the landlord on my own," he said.

Mara nodded and the Doctor kissed her cheek. She turned and walked away while the Doctor watched her intently.

"Something's wrong, Rose," he muttered to himself. "I don't know why you won't tell me what's going on but I intend to find out."

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