3Deep inside a mysterious pit of darkness lay the Doctor. He groaned and moved his hand to his head. He felt something wet there amidst his messy curls of hair. Blood.
"Owww... " he groaned. "K9, Romana!" he called after them, but he was disoriented and forgot where he was, and that they were not around.
Then he heard footsteps. They were echoing in the long corridor where he lay. Stumbling to his feet, he called after the noise "Who's that?! Where i this place?" Then a cloaked figure stepped out of the shadows. He couldn't see her face, but he did notice the maniacal gleam of her eyes.
"Hello, Doctor!" the cloaked figure stepped closer, addressing him. "It was much easier to catch you than I had anticipated! Ha! I knew you were weak, always putting up a front of confidence!" She spat the words, throwing them at him like cruel daggers.
He patted his jacket and smoothed his scarf, taking in the situation and determining the correct response. "Forgive me, err... Miss, but I don't recall our previous interaction. What have I done to you, and what is it you have brought me here for?" He slowly backed away from her, invisibly searching for a way out.
"Ha! Do you hear that girls!" The cloaked figure called into the shadows and small voices began to respond to her... "Oh shut up!" she yelled back at them. "Listen, Doctor! Of course you wouldn't remember me, but oh, I remember you! Now, tell me where the others are!"
"Why would I want to do that? I don't see much of a bargain there..." The Doctor was fingering something on his scarf, and he had seamlessly removed something from his pocket.
"Doctor, your time is running out!" coaxed the sinister voice.
"Yes, yes, but, you see, I don't think I shall be telling you anything." He spoke quite cordially to her, then reached into his pocket once again.
She saw him, "Don't try anything, Doctor! There are more of us in these shadows than you think, and we can shred you apart."
"Oh, no, I wouldn't dream of trying anything! I just though, well... would you like a jelly baby? Or, perhaps some for your minions?" He held a small paper bag out for her,
She scoffed.
"Well, your loss, then!" He smiled grandly and dropped the bag on the floor.
The Doctor and Romana rushed through the streets of the city, looking for a way to where the other Doctor had gone.
"So, what happened back there?" Romana panted.
"Err..." The Doctor slowed down a bit and smiled. "Apparently I am quite a hit with the ladies. That nun back there kissed me!"
Romana laughed and looked at him teasingly. "Well, she wouldn't have done if she really knew you! Are you sure you don't have some similar mind control powers as these Sliveens? It's hard to imagine a woman being drawn to you like that..."
"Hey! I will have you know that women find me very attractive!"
"Where are they? I'd like to meet them." Romana laughed, but then she quickly turned serious once more. "Look, Doctor, I don't know if we are going to make any progress this way. I think we had better go back and get K9. He may be able to help us."
"That's true... and I wouldn't mind having some real company along!"
Romana glared at him, and they quickly turned back to the TARDIS for K9.
"I said I wouldn't tell you anything" the doctor reminded the cloaked woman. She wandered around the large dim corridor. The doctor had been apprehended and tied up very generously with ropes to a chair. Sireens guarded him, standing at each side. They sometimes mumbled and licked their lips. The seemed hungry but the doctor paid them no mind.
"I don't expect you to talk" said the cloaked figure "I expect you to wait. We will all wait until you-the other you-comes to us! I need you both. Really, I don't know how two of you got involved in this! I only wanted one. But double the Doctors means double the revenge for me!" She grinned in a sinister way.
The Doctor stared at her, still quite unable to make out her face beneath the robe. "I have no idea who you are, madam! I certainly don't recall how I wronged you. I don't see the need for all the drama and cloaked mysteriousness…" he shifted uncomfortably "and the ropes! You used quite enough of them, didn't you?"
"You might not remember me but I know he will. And once I have shown him my face he will soon after know the pain he has caused me!" She held out her hand, it appeared somewhat old and withered. Her sharp nails caught the dim light as she made a fist, shaking it dramatically as she spoke. "You will both know my pain! I will destroy you as many times as I can for what you have done!"
"Really, perhaps it is time to forgive and forget!" the Doctor smiled at her awkwardly. "We could sit down, have some tea…and some jelly babies. And just let bygones be bygones. Whatever it was I was supposed to have done it is in the past now." He thought a moment "Err, well, perhaps it is the in future for me but in the past for you. And really, that's all that-"
"Oooh, you are absolutely insufferable!" she roared. "Yes, I will enjoy destroying you soon enough!"
The Doctor, Romana, and K-9 stood at the place where the other Doctor had vanished. "What do you think, K-9? Try your laser on it, perhaps?"
"Affirmative, Master. I will attempt it but success is not probable." A red light began to glow on the robotic dog's nose and a laser shot out, blasting the wall but making no dent in it.
"I wonder what this wall is made of" Romana remarked.
The Doctor, frustrated, gave the wall a slap.
The bricks began to move almost instantly, causing he and Romana to jump back in shock.
"That was…easy?" Romana blinked, amused.
"Well, let's go!" The Doctor said.
"Master" K-9's robotic voice chimed in "I calculate 99.999% chance that this is a trap."
"Oh, I'm certain it is. But we're going in anyway! What other choice do we have?" He nodded at Romana and the metal dog "Come on, then!" and he raced into the opening.
The passage was dark and narrow but seemed worn with use. The three made their way along it for what seemed like a very long time as it wound further and further down underground.
"We must be somewhere deep under the city!" Romana observed.
"Affirmative" said K-9.
"Slow down" said the Doctor. "I see a light ahead. I'm sure they must be waiting for us but we should at least make it difficult for them to catch us." He took out his sonic screwdriver so it would be ready if needed and nodded to his companions. They slowly made their way into the light.
There was an enormous corridor stretching out before them. It appeared to be completely empty. "It looks like they were here" said the Doctor. He wandered forward to pick up a small metal tube. "They left this behind!" He held it up to Romana with a smile.
"Another lipstick? These ladies sure like to have their lips painted!" She took the tube and twisted it open. Instantly the area around them filled with a strange, thick smoke. The Doctor didn't have time to react before falling to the floor, unconscious.