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The Doctor opened the door and sighed when she saw that the Master’s TARDIS needs to be cleaned up a little. “There you are Doctor,” the Master said appearing from the console in front of him. “Welcome. What do you think? Do you like my TARDIS?’ the Doctor did not say anything as she looked around her. It was red, way too red and she did not see her mother anywhere.
“Where is she?” the Doctor asked in no mood to have small talk about TARIDS’s. “Tell me!” The Doctor snapped when the Master did not answer.
“Oh, come on Doctor. Cant, we talk? It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other. Oh, but wait it’s hasn’t because I was in that prison with you. I stabbed you didn’t I? You know what? I’m going to………” pain the Doctor felt pain in her side when the Master pulled out a dagger and stabbed her. Blood dripped down her hand as she held it on her side.
“You………. where is my………..” the Doctor cut off as the Master laughed as he watched the Doctor blacked out hitting the ground hard with blood pouring on her hand not hitting the ground.
The Doctor woke with a pain in her side and to the smell of blood. “Ow,” she said in a weak voice. The Doctor opened her eyes and looked around her to see a woman looking at her with concern. “Hello,” the Doctor said to the woman who smiled a little.
“Are you ok? You have been out for a while. I thought that…………” The Doctor stood up cutting her off.
“You thought that I would die and change. You know what I am?” The Doctor asked looking at the bars in front of them and this is when she started to get flashbacks from being in that prison. “No! Stop thinking about it. Just stop,” the Doctor yelled to herself, but the woman listened as she looked at this doctor. Then she realized this is her child. Yes, it was. Just like in the picture. Only her amber eyes look more hunted than in the picture. Like she has seen something that changed her life for the worse. Her eyes seemed tired and filled with pain. The woman plugged her nose when she smelled the blood on the Doctor’s shirt. “I’m ok. Don’t worry. Now, who are you? I’ve never……. hello. I’m the Doctor and you are?” The woman gasped a little at how nice her voice sounded after all these years. However, it was tired, but it was still filled with energy. The woman took a deep breath and said:
“I’m Shadow,” the Doctor smiled at this woman, but she still did not know if this was really her mother however she stayed quiet when the Master walked back in.
“Hello, Doctor. Have a nice nap?” the Master laughed when the Doctor stood up and ran slowly up to the bars of the cell. She then stared at him with a look that she never thought that she’ll use again.
“Why are you here? Why did you kidnap this woman whom I don’t even know? You said you have my mother. My real mother. Where is she? Do you know the mother that left me?! Where the hell is she?” The Doctor said voice getting louder. Shadow looked at the Doctor as she wrapped her blood-stained hands on the bars. However, the Master did not say anything as he walked over to the console and worked on it. “Answer me!” The Doctor yelled making Shadow back up a little. This anger in her child that does not even no is in the same cell with her in frightening to Shadow.
“Come on Doctor catch. Sometimes you are so slow for someone who always runs,” The Doctor rolled her eyes and turned to Shadow when it kicked in. “there you go. Good job showing that you are broken to your own mother. Well done. I think she sees the real you now,” after the Master said this he walked out of the console room laughing a little to himself.
The Doctor looked at Shadow after the Master left with anger and hate, but also a sadness in her eyes. “You left me,” the Doctor said quietly before she sits down with her head in her hands. Shadow looked at her with a sigh, but she did not say anything. The Doctor sighed at this and rolled her eyes. “Do you know what they did………did to me…?” The Doctor asked but she still got nothing from Shadow. However, Shadow started to cry.
“I’m sorry, we were escaping our home planet, but someone took you and……….. I never saw you again. I thought that……..” The Doctor laughed darkly but she did not say anything as she pulled out her sonic screwdriver and opened the door.
“Well, you can tell me after we get out of here. Come on!” The Doctor said in a somewhat snappy voice, but Shadow knew that her child would be upset at her. The Doctor grabbed her arm and they both ran out of the Master’s TARDIS and onto the road.
The Doctor and Shadow walked down the road in silence. However, it wasn’t till Shadow spoke that broke it. “What happened to you?” The Doctor, however, did not say anything as she walked up to a big blue box.
“We can talk inside but first I need to talk with my fam. Alright?” Shadow’s eyes lit up at the fact that her child said fam as in family but the look on the Doctor’s face says that they are not related.
“Ok, but can you…….” Shadow was cut off when the Doctor walked into the house and Shadow walked into the blue box.