Chapter 3 Forgetful

I was staring at him. The man that no one wants to be seen next to, the man that people fear, the man that was in everyone's nightmares.

"Harold Saxon", I spat. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, Leyna, my dear Leyna. I was just about to ask you the same thing", he told me, walking towards me with a sky grin.

"Are you here to take the Earth again?"

"How do you know about that? After I 'died', and time was put back to normal, everyone forgot. How did you remember?" He leaned foreword, as if intrigued.

Wow, I never thought about that. Whenever I asked people about it they would say, 'Saxon who?', or 'Taking over the world?!? Leyna, you're grown up, stop making things up'. But the truth was, I wasn't making any of it up, and now that I saw Saxon in real person after a few years, I thought that it would happen again.

"Leyna, you do look familiar. Where have I seen you before?"

"I interviewed you."

I did, I interviewed him a few years ago, and I still had the tape. He was insane, and so was his wife. At least she was somewhat reasonable. He, well he was just plain crazy.

"Oh yes, but how do you remember that?"

From what I know, the day he took over the world happened. The day he died happened. But it somehow seems like a lost thought or half forgotten memory. That happened on May 16, but after he took over the world, the date was at January 12, 1 year back. A year that no one remembered, a year that never existed.

"I don't know."

I did know, I still have the tape. I still have all the recordings of everything that he did when he ran for government. His speeches, questionings, and even some very rare documents of his. Like how he 'graduated', or his 'accomplishments'. Though, the only thing that he ever accomplished was destroying my home and making everyone think that I was the crazy one. That I was the one that needed to be in a mental institution.

"You're lying. See, you won't like me when I'm angry. Right now, I'm not like this", he put a smile on his face, "I'm like this", he frowned.

"What, acting like a child?"

As soon as I said that, I knew I shouldn't have. This man was not someone to talk back to. He grabbed me by the wrist, shoved me down on a bench, and say down himself.

"Don't make me angry", he screeched, leaning in closer and closer wit each word.

"Why, what's going to happen?"

I didn't need his threats, nor would I listen to them when they were given. The look on his face though, said otherwise. The look on his face would make anyone scared, even Oliver Queen if he were real. Because the thing that Oliver would never say to the master is, 'You have failed this city'. And the thing I would never do to the master, is talk back. Not now, anyways.

"Okay, just one more question."
I needed to know the answer to this, it would make everything seem knowledgeable to me.

"What?" he asked, rather impatiently.

"I might have remembered, but why did everyone forget?"

He thought about this for a few minutes before simply shrugging and saying,"Ask the Doctor."

What would the Doctor have to do with this? I wasn't on the ship, so I don't know what happened. And my tape ended where the Earth was being destroyed, not where it was being renewed. I guess that the master saw the look on my face because he smiled and evil grin.

"Such anger, sadness, and confusion. Now you know not to mess with me."

He let go of my wrist roughly, leaving red marks from where his fingers gripped my arm so tight. I winced. I watched him walk away, because right now, that seemed like the only thing I could do.

'Now you know not to mess with me', kept replaying in my mind over and over and over again. Before everyone left, I would have stood up to him, because I know that if something bad happened, they would all be by my side. But since they're dead, or they left me, I guess I'll just have to keep quiet. This wasn't like me, but why be myself when no one is there to see it?

I just sat there, on the hard, wooden bench. I sat there for hours and hours, and it even rained on me for a quarter of the time. I just needed to know what my next move would be. Do I question the Doctor about it? Do I just move on from it? Do I talk back to the Master and see if I can break him? With every question I asked, the answer was always no. But with each question I asked, came new possibilities. What if the Doctor doesn't return? What if I can't move on, if I can't forget? What if the Master threatens me again, but this time carries through with his plans?

I couldn't stress myself about this anymore. I walked to the back of the cemetery to clear my mind, but instead saw a man in front of a grave stone. Great, I thought, another reason to be sad. He was wearing a bow tie, suspenders, and a tweed jacket. He looked sad, which didn't improve my mood, but I guess he shouldn't have to be sad. I decided that I would go and talk to him to see if there was anything I could do.

"Hi", I said, sitting down beside him.
"Hi", he replied, not even turning his head.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm f---", he was going to continue, but he looked at me and stopped. Just stopped. And stared. And stayed like that for five minutes.

"I'm sorry, I really shouldn't be here." He stood up to leave, but then stopped.
"Don't worry, he'll come back."
I thought about what he said. He'll come back? Who's he? I look up to question him, but he wasn't there. I turn around and look at the grave stone that he was staring at.
It said:

Rory Arthur Williams
And
Amelia Williams- Pond

One of them must of been his sibling, or they were all great friends. Just the way he looked at the gravestone, and you could tell that they were very important to him. But, why did those names seem so familiar to me?
I sit back down on the bench and think about how everyone loses someone. I was going to get up to leave the cemetery, but I heard a very familiar noise. A very strange noise, the noise of the universe.

WHIRRR-CHUNK
WHIRRR-CHUNK
WHIRRR-CHUNK

I ran towards the door when I saw the Doctor run out. I hugged him and was surprised when he pushed me back. I was hurt by his 'sudden act of kindness', but didn't show it. Instead, I decided to ask him questions.

"Where were you?" He keeps leaving me. I honestly don't know where he's going, or where he's been. I know I shouldn't be all over someone and know where they are 24/7, but he's the only 'person' I have left in my life right now, and the thought of him never coming back scares me.

"At your house. Last night. I didn't want to wait because time lords don't sleep and I knew you would be here. What day is it?"

"Saturday."

"Ooh, I love Saturdays."

"Anyways, why did you just jump ahead, you could've gone on adventures."

"Without someone? It gets lonely sometimes."

I know what you mean, I thought to myself. I'm lonely practically all of the time, and I don't want to do anything. Because why do something great when no one's around to see you? It's just better when you're in someone else's company.

"So... What do you want to do today?"

I wondered, I needed an escape. I just saw the master and a very sad man. I also saw a grave stone with familiar names on it, so I needed a big distraction.

"Wherever is fine."

"Okay, let's go to Barcelona!"

We entered the TARDIS and I still stopped when entering. The size was still shocking.

"Okay, whenever you're ready we can leave."

"Well let's go then!"

I sat down on one of the jump seats and embraced for impact. Lets just say, I don't think the Doctor has a license to drive the TARDIS. I walked up to the doors, looked behind me to the Doctor to see if it was okay to leave, and pushed the doors open.

I was surrounded by a futuristic-looking city. It was beautiful! It had silver building surrounding a huge town square with a big, modern fountain in the middle. The people were wearing big white headpieces that looked like huge cubes on their heads, white and silver dresses went down to their ankles or knees, and they were wearing ten inch heels. It was a lot to take in, and so far, all I saw was the women.

"Where are all the men?"

"They're working."

"Oh, and what about the dogs? They..."

"Don't have any noses. Isn't it just brilliant?"

"Yeah, a bit strange, but brilliant." I walked through the doors stopping to pet a Dalmatian with no nose, it was a bit strange, but at the same time it was really cute. The Doctor and I walked through the town and into a café. We got a table and ordered. Peppermint tea for me, and Jammie dodgers for the Doctor Being my usual self, I just asked questions. I asked him about past companions and aliens that he battled. He told me everything, even Rose. It hurt him so much just to mention her name, he must have loved her. He told me about all the adventures he had with Rose and how he wanted to take her here, to Barcelona.

"I'm sure she would have loved it here."

"Yeah, she would have. We would have explored everything here till we found something brilliant, find an adventure."

And adventure. We were just sitting here talking about adventures, when really, that's the last thing I would want to do right now. I just wasn't in the mood. I thought about Mr.Saxon and the sad man at the cemetery again, and this time the Doctor realized. He got up from his red side of the booth and came over to my side. He hugged me. And we just say there, in silence, until a few moments later he spoke again.

"No matter how bad a day you have had, how lonely you feel, how terrible things may seem, just know, that I will always be here for you."

He is here for me. He always was. Watching over me when I was little, protecting me from aliens before I even knew he existed. He was by my side through the pain of the last 63 days, even if he was only there for 3 of them. He's my friend. And he isn't going anywhere.

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