TRIAL OF A TIME LORD: THE VALEYARD

Chapter Sixteen

Thirteen sat in his cell, twiddling his thumbs while he waited. He heard his twelfth self hollering ten minutes ago and he knew his turn was next. He didn't care what happened to him but he was worried about Namid, Rain and Hamish. He sighed and put his head in his hands.

"Damn it, Imiko, why didn't you take the Valeyard completely out of time and space. Would it have been so hard to alter time so this kidnapping never occurred in my past or future? If it's not one thing, it's another. The Time Lords, the Eternals, the White Guardian, the Black Guardian, the Valeyard and now the Kitsune. Seems everyone wants to muck with me and my timeline. I wish for once everyone would leave me and my family alone."

"Aw, where's the fun in that?"

Thirteen got to his feet as the Valeyard chuckled and showed himself.

"Aw, am I mucking with you and your timeline? I'm sorry, I'm just a naughty boy, I suppose," he said. "Very eloquent though, ranks up there with Hamlet's to be or not to be speech. I'd love to hear more but it's time for you to join the others."

"You're not gonna get away with this…"

"Spare me," the Valeyard said with a sigh as he held up his hand. "I need to finish this up so I can go look for the intruders so get a move on."

Thirteen quietly breathed a sigh of relief that he hadn't captured Namid and Hamish. He silently hoped it would stay that way as the Valeyard slid back the wall.

Meanwhile, Alan was naked and strapped down to a table in the Valeyard's torture chamber. The room was made of polished alien metal that gleamed in the light of the one light fixture mounted in the ceiling above Alan. Around him were torture implements and devices, all of them looking very unpleasant. Behind Alan was a huge lamp, the kind that surgeons use while operating on people. Alan was more bored than scared, he had been tortured before and knew how to mentally prepare for it and survive the ordeal. The Valeyard had purposely left the air conditioning on and the vent was beside the light fixture pumping frigid air down onto his body. To his embarrassment, his penis was now stiff as a spear and if he lifted his head he could see it standing as if it were a guard at attention.

"I do not want that up when the Valeyard comes back," Alan muttered to himself. "Valley Girl might get ideas and slice it off."

To keep his mind off of how cold he was, he searched out his brother's mind, put up a privacy block and pulled it forward.

HELP! I'M FREEZING AND MY NOB IS RIGID. I'M NAKED AND HE'S COMING BACK AT ANY MOMENT, HOW DO I GET MY PENIS TO GO BACK DOWN? He thought to the Doctor.

He sensed his brother's confusion and the Doctor was quiet for a moment.

You're naked and your penis is erect? The Doctor finally thought.

Yeah, I'm in his lovely torture chamber and the first torture is stripping off my clothes and leaving me under the air conditioner. He's not in here right now but when he gets back, he'll see my stiffie in a jiffy. What do I do?

There was another period of silence.

Um…Rain suggests you think of unpleasant things like giving Margaret Thatcher a rim job, he finally thought.

What? What'd you tell Rain for? I put up a privacy block around your mind so Rain wouldn't have to hear, Alan thought to him. Oh bugger, If I survive this, I'll never hear the end of it.

Don't say that.

Don't say what? I'll never hear the end of it?

No, that you won't get out of this alive. Have faith, Brother, we're not finished yet, the Doctor thought.

I don't know. After knowing that Rain now knows I'm in here with a massive erection, I might be better off dead, he thought back.

There was another period of silence.

Rain says if you survive this, she won't make fun of you for having a rock hard schlong in the torture chamber, the Doctor finally thought. In fact, she stated emphatically that she doesn't even wanna think of your rock hard schlong, let along make fun of it. She also says that she loves you and your rock hard schlong and hopes you both make it out of the torture chamber in one piece.

Gee, thanks, Alan thought, rolling his eyes while the Doctor chuckled in his mind.

Alan looked over when the door opened and the Valeyard breezed in.

"So…" he said, kicking the door shut with his foot, "Shall we begin?"

Meanwhile back on New Gallifrey in the Doctor's time, Rose was keeping watch over Hope, her son and the triplets, trying to keep them calm and ease their fears as well as her own. She popped them popcorn and put in The Little Mermaid for Hope. Hope was munching her snack quietly while the triplets and Christopher sat on the sofa beside her with anxious looks on their faces. Rose came to check on them and sat down on the sofa's arm.

"Hey, don't worry, they'll be alright," she said to them.

"I just wish I knew what was going on," Sokanon said as Namid, Christopher and Chaska nodded in agreement. "If they're okay. I hate this."

"Yeah, well, I'm not too crazy about it either," Rose said, tousling her hair. "But there's nothing we can do right now so try to relax. I'm sure they'll be alright. We haven't lost them yet."

She looked at the front door when someone knocked. She got up and walked over to it while the triplets watched. She opened it and smiled when she saw Amato, Peri, Shilah and Mingxia. Amato had a large brown sack in his hands and Mingxia was carrying something square hidden under a small grey sheet.

"Hi, can we come in?" Amato asked Rose.

"Always," Rose said, stepping aside.

The children ran to them and the four of them embraced the youngsters. Amato held his daughter.

"Ya'nala, are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I'm worried but I'll be alright, what's in the sack?"

"Gifts. We went and got you something to cheer you up," Amato said while Shilah was next in hugging his daughter. "We also brought you something to eat but…I see you have popcorn. Blimey, you ate already?"

"Just the popcorn," Rose said. "I didn't feel like cooking a huge supper."

"Well, lucky for you we brought pizza," Peri said as she pulled off the sheet and showed them two large pizza boxes.

"Thank you, I'm sure they'll be gone in seconds," she said, nodding at the five hungry children.

Rose took the boxes from Mingxia as Shilah closed the door. They walked over to the sofa.

"What's in the sack?" Hope asked Amato.

"Gifts," Amato said. "We were in a shopping mood."

"What'd you get me?" Hope asked him.

"Nothing."

"No, I want something!" Hope said with a giggle as Amato tousled her hair.

He set the sack down on the coffee table and opened it. He pulled out a bunny plushie. It was white with a large purple bow around it. Hope ooed at it and kissed his cheek when he handed it to her. While she watched, he reached back in and pulled out five round thin boxes that were covered with purple satin and tied with a black satin bow. He passed them out to the other children and to Rose.

"What's this?" Namid said as he handed hers to her.

"It's chocolate grapes from Alpha 10. It's one of their delicacies," he said to her. "Go on, try one. They're delicious."

The children opened the boxes and lifted a round piece of wax paper. Inside several little compartments were small grapes that had been dipped in chocolate. Namid gave one to Hope while they tried one.

"Mmm, oh my God, these are so sweet," Rose said.

"Yeah, we discovered them on one trip and we've developed a taste for them," Shilah said. "Alpha 10 raise Gaijous which have very sweet tasting milk, that's why the chocolate tastes that way."

"And they also raise very plump, thick grapes," Amato added. "We thought we might get you lot hooked on them as well. Now, let's have some pizza and try to enjoy the evening, eh?"

Alan was whistling while he lay on the table. It had been nearly an hour and his body was as frigid as an igloo but he bravely endured it. Just when he thought the Valeyard wasn't coming back anymore, the door opened and the Valeyard smirked at him when he saw his penis.

"Well, someone is happy to see me," he said as Alan rolled his eyes. "I'm glad you waited so patiently for me. I've finished with the others save your brother and sister and they'll be dealt with shortly but first I'm going to give them a little treat. There is a vid screen in their cell and they're going to watch your agony."

"What about Namid and Hamish?" Alan asked him. "Shouldn't you be out looking for them before they wreck your plans?"

The Valeyard chuckled.

"Taken care of. You see, I have a young helper who is looking for them even as we speak and might I add, he is very ruthless with intruders. But enough chit chat, time to scream, my Halfling."

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