THE DOCTOR'S TRIPLE TROUBLE
Chapter Fifteen (Twenty five minutes earlier…) "Sabessa, my dear…" Sabessa was sitting on the chair near the console when she heard the Alternate Doctor calling her name. She smiled, got up and froze when she saw Rose following him into the room. Her confusion deepened when she noticed Rose was free of any restraints and the two of them were holding hands as they came towards her. "Um…I thought she was your prisoner," Sabessa said, pointing to Rose. "She had a change of heart and decided to switch to our side," the Alternate Doctor said. "Oh really?" Sabessa said, giving Rose a dubious look. "That was fast, don't you think?" "Rose understood the hopelessness of her situation and I gave her the option to become my assassin and lover so I have been magnanimous and given her a chance." Sabessa bristled when he said lover and narrowed her eyes as she came up to Rose. Rose met her gaze bravely while Sabessa stared her down. "So, you've decided to join our side," Sabessa said. "Yes, I have," Rose said. Sabessa snorted at that and continued to stare at her while her claws slowly slid out of her fingers. Rose didn't flinch as she returned the stare. The Alternate Doctor looked from one to the other and chuckled. "Ladies, ladies, no need for this. We're all on the same side now," he said. "There's no need for jealous catfights. I enjoy a threesome as much as the next person." "Somehow, I don't think your new concubine enjoys beastiality," Sabessa said. "But she's an ape so isn't it beastiality on your part?" the Alternate Doctor said to her. "Now…the two of you be good while I do a quick scan of the surroundings and make sure Dopey Doofus the Wonder Wanker hasn't found us yet." He walked to the monitor but the two women stood their ground and glared at each other. Rose smirked when Sabessa growled low in her throat. "What's wrong, love, am I taking your place?" Rose said sweetly. "I don't believe for one second you're abandoning your Doctor," Sabessa said. "You're up to something and when I find out the truth." She showed Rose the claws on her right hand. Rose glanced at them calmly before she locked eyes with Sabessa. Sabessa hissed at her and came closer until her snout was inches from Rose's nose. "Just watch yourself," she growled at her. "I'll be watching you closely and the moment you show any sign of deceit, you're cat food." "I wouldn't try it if I were you, puss," Rose said. Sabessa hissed at her and was about to scratch her face but the Alternate Doctor commanded her to stop. "I don't like being disobeyed when I give an order," he said to them. "I said stop and I meant it. Now leave her alone before I turn you into cat food. Rose, come here by me, I have something I want to show you." Rose smirked at Sabessa before walking over to the Alternate Doctor's side. Sabessa let out one more hiss and slammed her butt back down in the chair, glaring balefully at Rose while she stood at the Alternate Doctor's side. Rose tried to hide her emotions when she noticed that the readings on the monitor indicated the Doctor was drawing near to their position and Mara was with him. She glanced at the Alternate Doctor who was now staring at the monitor in confusion. "Mara is with him?" he muttered. He stared at the monitor and then slowly anger replaced his confused look. "What's wrong, dear?" Sabessa said from her spot in the chair. "Oh, she better not have," the Alternate Doctor said. "Better not have what?" Sabessa said. "The Doctor is coming towards us and Mara is with him," the Alternate Doctor said to her. "Oh?" Sabessa said sweetly. "So, the other girlfriend must have gotten angry when you dumped her for the ape and led him here, is that it?" The Alternate Doctor clenched his fist and Rose jumped when he slammed it on the rim of his console. "I just got done saying I won't tolerate betrayal!" he yelled. "You don't know that," Rose said, trying to calm him down before he attacked her out of anger. "She might be leading him into a trap." The Alternate Doctor breathed angrily out his nose while he thought that over. "Perhaps, but I can't take that chance. He's coming and we have to move before he finds us. I'll just leave a little surprise for him so we'll have time to get away." He commanded the TARDIS to bring him a training robot and put it in the console room. There was a flash and a silver faceless robot appeared near them. Rose watched with a sinking feeling while the Alternate Doctor walked over to it, opened up a panel in it's back and quickly programmed it. Once that was finished, the Alternate Doctor walked with it to the front door, opened it and let it out before closing the door behind it. "There, that should keep him busy," the Alternate Doctor said, walking back to the console. "Now…let's see, first I'll get us into the vortex and then I'll find a location for us so we'll have some privacy." Rose kept her face passive but inside her stomach was churning knowing that he was taking her someplace else far away from her Doctor. She felt her spirits sink as the Alternate Doctor went around the console, taking the TARDIS into the vortex. (Present time…) "Mara, get back, get away from here," the Doctor said as he grappled with the robot. "I can't just leave you here!" Mara said. "I'll be fine, just get away from here before this thing targets you next," the Doctor said. "Not a chance," Mara said. She ran up to the robot and kicked it off the Doctor. The Doctor leapt up at the same time as the robot. They gasped when his hand transformed into a dart gun and he started shooting darts at them. The two of them ran into the trees at different points while the robot pursued them. Mara looked around and found a large limb lying by a nearby tree. "You were looking out for me, Time Lord, and now I'll do the same for you," Mara said as she ran to it and snatched it up. She turned and looked around but the robot wasn't around. Cursing, she realized it must have gone after the Doctor and she ran diagonally through the woods, going towards where the Doctor had run. She spied the robot after a few minutes and used some low tree limbs to scramble up a tree. She hopped from tree to tree; trying to get above the robot who she figured was searching for the Doctor. Finally, she got above its head and with a yell of rage; she leapt down and slammed the limb into its head. There was a loud clang and the robot staggered back but Mara left it no room to regroup as she kept on hitting it, knocking it into a nearby tree. She tried to destroy it but all she succeeded in doing was knocking its thin arms off its body. She kicked it and then noticed the outline of a panel on its back. While the robot tried to regroup, she fell on it, opened the hatch and grabbed a random batch of wiring. She pulled the wires out of their holes and breathed a sigh of relief when the robot jerked several times and died. She waited a moment; limb raised above her head for the robot to rise up and then lowered the limb when it remained motionless. She got off it and looked around. "Doctor?" she yelled. "Doctor, I got it! Where are you?" She frowned when she didn't hear him answer back. "Oh for god's sake, Doctor, surely you're not that angry about me disobeying you," she muttered as she walked back towards the clearing. As she walked, she called out to the Doctor. After several tries with no response, her heart began to beat rapidly in fear and she walked faster. "Doctor, please answer me!" she yelled as she walked. Then she walked through a cluster of trees and froze in horror when several feet in front of her the Doctor was lying on the ground, motionless with his eyes staring up at the sky. "Oh gods, no!" Mara said, praying that he wasn't dead as she ran to him.
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