A Different Set of Drums (The Master, Doctor Who)

Chapter Four

Menace
Kayla's POV
It was cold. So cold tonight. I was lost, I knew that much. I started to run around, hoping to find something, anything.

"Hello?!" I said loudly. "Is anyone out there?" I yell. "Anybody? Somebody..." I whispered, defeated.

"Kayla?" I heard a familiar voice as I look beside me to see Martha with a bag on her. "Martha! Oh my god!" I squeal loudly running up to her as she drops the bags and hugs me. "Oh my god where were you?" She exclaims loudly before picking up the bags and dragging me with her. "We have to tell The Doctor and Jack!" She grins widely at me as I nervously followed.

"GUYS!" Martha yelled as I hid behind a corner from where they were. "Martha, what's with the excitment?" Jack asks as Martha turns around but frowns seeing me not there. "But.. I found Kayla." She whispered as The Doctor instantly looked up and walked to Martha. "Where?" Jack asked happily.

"She was following me..." Martha looked around sadly as she and Jack started to trade things. "I'll be right back." The Doctor says before I notice him about to go around the corner I was at.

I gasped slightly before running off, him chasing behind. "Kayla, stop, please!" He says as rain started to fall, chilling me to the bone. "Kayla!" He shouts as I trip over a rock and fall awkwardly on my leg. "Ow!" I groaned as footsteps slowed and The Doctor kneels beside me, turning me over and sitting me up on the ground.

His old, brown eyes stare at me oh so gently as I stare back with my light blue ones. "Oh Kayla. Where have you been?" He sadly looks at me as I look to the ground, only for him to take my chin and make me look at him.

"Was it The Master? Did he make you run away?" He quizzes as I just didn't repsond.

"Kayla." He says more forcefully.

"He said he would hurt my family, Doctor." I weakly whisper to him. "He said I musn't tell you."
The Doctor wrapped his arms around me as the rain fell heavier. "It's okay, you can tell me." He whispers to me as I nod slightly. "He told me... to go to his office. I had to go or he... you know I guess." I say again as he nods.

"He won't, don't worry. I'll pretend I know nothing of it, okay?" He whispers again as I breath out slowly.

"Okay." I say, leaning against his chest on the soaking wet pavement. "Now it's dark, cold and wet out here. Come on." He says, gently bringing me to my feet. "Ouch!" I flinch as I set my right foot down.

He kneels down and looks at it before steadying me. "It's just sprained, but it will hurt. I'm a Doctor remember." He says before grabbing my waist and carefully carrying me bridal-style in his arms. I blushed dark red as he chuckled slightly at me. "You're all wet." I noted as he rose an eybrow at me.

"Is that an innuendo dear Kayla?" He grinned as I gasped, hitting him on the arm. I nearly got dropped so I'm defiantly not doing that again.

He let out a big laugh before Martha and Jack came into view, whom looked up instantly.
"KAYLA!" Jack squealed, sprinting up and lifting me from The Doctor's arms and spinning me in the air. I giggled slightly before hugging him. "I'm sorry I ran... Duties called I guess." I looked quickly to The Doctor who nodded before back at Jack who was still holding me. "Oh, she sprained her ankle don't let her walk an inch."

"But Doctor her clothes are soaked she needs new ones." Jacks says before I shook my head. "It's okay, I can dry by the fire." I say before hobbling over and sitting by the Doctor. Martha hugged me quickly, smiling all the while. "So glad you're back." She whispers before grabbing her bag again.

"I got this tune into government wave length so we know what Saxon's doing." Jack shows Martha, tapping a device on his wrist. "It still says the Jones family are being taken into question." The Doctor frowns. Martha hands a package to me as I raise an eyebrow at her. "Tell you what though, they didn't mention a Leo."