LIFE WITH THE FAMILY
Chapter Nine "Are you sure you know where you're going?" Awinita asked Mingxia. "Not entirely. I'm really just playing this by ear," she replied. "Yeah, well if we get caught, we're gonna be dead meat," she said. Mingxia looked at her. "I used to be with UNIT, trust me; I know how to act like a guard. All we gotta do is find the Doctor and get him the hell outta here before Sister Psychopath rapes him." "Oh, is that all? Gee, I'm filled with so much confidence now." "Do you have to be argumentative?" Mingxia asked. "Sure." Mingxia rolled her eyes. Suddenly Awinita felt a hand on her shoulder. She gasped and spun around to see Rain behind them. "It's alright, it's me," she whispered. "Alan's okay. Tied to her bed but he's alright. Have you found the Doctor?" "Not yet, we're still looking," Awinita said. They peeked around the corner and noticed two male guards in front of a door. "My guess is he's in there," Rain whispered, pointing to them. "So what do we do?" Awinita asked. They stared at the door. Rain looked at her sister's guard uniforms. "Where'd you guys find those?" she asked. "Supply closet," Mingxia whispered back. Rain looked down at her bathrobe and looked at them. "Follow me," she said to them. She straightened herself and made herself look as presentable as she could while Awinita and Mingxia straightened themselves behind her. Lifting her chin up, she strode towards the guards with her sisters in tow. "Guards!" she said as authoritative as she could. "You are relieved. I'll look after the prisoner." The guards glanced at each other, bowed and left their posts. Rain watched them go. "Nice going, Sis," Awinita said. "Thanks. And now…" She reached into the pocket of the bathrobe, pulled out her sonic screwdriver and used it on the lock. It clicked and she opened the door a crack and peeked inside. She saw her husband lying on the floor in the middle of a sea of multicolored pillows. She breathed a sigh of relief when she noticed he looked fine, just bored and frustrated. She looked at her sisters, nodded and she opened the door wider. The Doctor glared at her and her hearts ached when he saw the cold look on his face. "Finished already, your Majesty?" he spat out. "I…" He trailed off when he saw Awinita and Mingxia. "Shame on you, Bro, that's no way to talk to your wife," Awinita teased. The Doctor's eyes widened and he looked at Rain with hope in his eyes. "Latara?" he said. Rain ran to him and the Doctor leapt up and enfolded her in his arms. "Oh blimey, I'm glad to see you, my love," he whispered. "Me too." He smiled at Awinita and Mingxia. "I'm glad to see all of you." "Ditto, Bro," Awinita said. "Have you been sexually assaulted though because we could circle the block." The Doctor stared at her while she giggled. "Beg pardon?" "It's from the Jim Carrey movie Liar, Liar," Awinita explained. "Jim's secretary is bailing him out of jail and says that to him when she sees him." "Oh!" the Doctor said while they laughed. "Sorry, I haven't had the privilege of seeing that yet." He looked at Rain. "My brother?" he asked her. "He's alright or he was when I left him," Rain said. "He's in her bedroom tied to her bed." The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Well, I was dumped in the "harem", he said, making quote marks with his fingers. "Except I'm the only one in here at present so I don't think it's really much of a harem she's got. If I didn't know any better, I'd say Alan and I were the first concubines." He smiled at her. "But let's go get Brother before something happens to him, eh?" They nodded. The Doctor looked at her bathrobe. "Are you sure this will suffice, Latara?" he asked, gesturing to it. "It's all I could find. I didn't find any more of the leather dominatrix things she was wearing." "I'd like to see you try to put one of those things on personally," Awinita said as Mingxia snickered. "Not on your life, it'd be tight and hotter than hell in that getup." "I really wish you would have told me that before I decided to follow you, dear," the Doctor said. "You didn't really believe…" "I didn't know. I really had no clue there was another you here and I figured you wanted to try a different outfit," he protested. "I'm sorry." "God, he really doesn't know you all that well, does he?" Mingxia said. "Apparently not," Rain said while he blushed. They looked over when the guards appeared in the door. All three women straightened up and Rain took hold of the Doctor's arm. "Yes, what do you want?" she barked at them. "Princess, we came to find you. You requested scented oils for the other captive. We wanted to know what scents you would prefer before he's rubbed down." Awinita and Mingxia fought to keep from laughing when they noticed the wide eyes on Rain and the Doctor's faces. "Dear God, what is she doing with him?" Rain muttered. "What was that, your Highness?" one of the guards said. "Nothing. Um, I would like…strawberry. Rub him down with strawberry oil." "At once, your Highness." Awinita and Mingxia snickered when they left the room. "Wow, Bro's in for one wild time, sounds like," Awinita said, nudging Mingxia. "Yes, well, I think we better go get him before he kills me," Rain said. "Yes, my thoughts exactly," the Doctor said. Awinita and Mingxia got behind him and grabbed his arms while Rain led the way back towards the bedroom. "For the last bloody time, you put that scented crap on my body and I'll bite your bleeding faces off!" Alan growled at the guard who had a small rose colored bottle in his hands. "I'm not some prize pig that needs to be oiled up. I mean it, one drop of that hits my skin and I'll shove the bottle up your sodding nose!" "Mistress commands you be prepared," the guard said. "Well, Mistress can take the bottle and stick it up her…" "Enough!" The guards spun around and Alan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his sister standing in the doorway. "Leave the bottle on the dresser, I'll prepare him myself," she said. "Yes, Mistress." Alan breathed another sigh of relief when he sat the bottle down and they went past her. Rain looked back at the others and let them inside before closing the door. "Brother, God, am I glad to see you," Alan said. "Get me out of this freakshow!" Awinita and Mingxia used their screwdrivers to burn through the ropes while the Doctor picked up the bottle, took a sniff and poured a drop out on his fingers. "Please tell me you're not gonna taste that," Alan said, making a face. The Doctor grinned, put the drop on Rain's neck and took a sniff. "Will you set me free and worry about your lovemaking later," Alan said, annoyed, when the Doctor pocketed the bottle. "I wonder if they have banana though?" the Doctor said to Rain. Alan set up and eyed him. "I'm so glad you're concerned for my wellbeing, Brother," he said. "Oh, for pity's sake, you're fine, Alan. We're all in here, you're not getting sexually assaulted," the Doctor said. "Otherwise, we'd have to circle the block." "You'd have to do what now?" Alan said while Awinita laughed. "Circle the block? What the hell does that mean?" "I'll explain later, Bro," Awinita said, kissing his cheek. He and Mingxia burned through the ropes around his ankles while Rain went to Lalora's closet. She looked through the clothes and made a face when she pulled out the leather catsuit. "Not on your life," she muttered putting it back. She noticed the Doctor pouting. "Yeah, I know you want to see me in it," she said when he grinned. She pulled out a flowing pink strapless gown and held it against her body. "This is nice too," the Doctor said to her Alan got up and retrieved his clothes while Rain went to the bathroom. Mingxia and Awinita guarded the door while the Doctor helped Alan retrieve his personal effects. "Where's the rest of the family?" Alan asked them. "We telepathically told them what was happening and they're back at the TARDIS waiting," Mingxia said. "We didn't think it was a good idea to have everyone in here at the same time." Alan nodded and pulled on his trousers. "How do we take down our sister's bitchy twin?" Alan asked the Doctor. "Element of surprise," the Doctor said. "We can use my wife's resemblance to her to our advantage." "How so?" Alan said. The bathroom door opened and everyone stared at Rain when she came out in the dress. The Doctor gave her an appreciative look. "You look gorgeous," he said. "Thanks, this is better than that stupid leather thing she wears," she replied. "Now what's this about using me to our advantage?" "You can impersonate yourself and tell the guards that Lalora is an intruder," the Doctor said. "Command them to capture her." "How do you know they'll believe it's me?" Rain asked. "The other me could tell them I'm the impostor and sic them on me." The Doctor rubbed his cheek and looked at his brother. "Thoughts, Brother?" he said. "We need a way to convince them that she's the princess. It won't look right if we all go in there and she's just leading us and…" His eyes widened and he looked at Mingxia. "Te'lesu, come here a mo," he said. Mingxia walked over. "Yes?" "Punch me." They stared at him. "Punch…you?" Mingxia said. "Yes, rough me up and make it look convincing," Alan said, falling to his knees. "Bro, wait!" Rain said. "Rain, if we look roughed up, it'll help to convince them that you're the real deal. Mingxia's been with UNIT, I know she knows how to punch people and not kill them. Trust me. Hit me hard!" Mingxia glanced at Awinita. "You heard the man. Beat the shit outta him," she said, locking the door. Mingxia sighed. "I'm sorry for this." Alan nodded. "There's no need for being sorry. I'm telling you to do it. Now hit me." "And hit me too when you get done with him," the Doctor said. Mingxia shook her head and gulped. "Damn it, this is gonna be hard," she said. She drew her fist back and held it there while Alan stared up at her. "Do it." She closed her eyes and smacked him hard in the eye. Rain gasped when she heard her fist connect with flesh and the Doctor put his arms around her. "Again, Te'lesu," Alan said when he recovered from the blow. "Harder. Give me a black eye and split lip." He smiled at her when he saw the pain in her eyes. "Trust me, Mingxia; I've had worse than this. I'd rather be beaten up by you than raped by her double. Just do this." Mingxia sighed, glanced back at the Doctor and hit him again in the mouth. "Ow!" the Doctor said, holding Rain closer to him. After twenty minutes, Mingxia finished working over the Doctor and Alan and all of them stared at their bloody and bruised faces. "This is turning out to be quite a shopping trip, Brother," Alan said. Awinita and Mingxia grabbed the ropes from the bed and tied their hands behind their backs while Rain stood near them. The Doctor smiled at her. "Just tell everyone we tried to escape and the guards roughed us up," he said to her. She nodded. "You're gonna be in pain tonight, both of you," she said, gently touching the bruise on his cheek. "It'll be worth it if we get away from the demon bitch from hell," Alan said. "Besides I got Rose to comfort me which I'm sure she will. It'll be worth all this for a cuddle tonight. Now that we're sufficiently roughed up, what's next?" The Doctor looked at Rain. "You need to come up with some excuse," he said. "Tell them you're taking us somewhere to be punished so we can all get outta here," he said. "If we're outside, we can go to the authorities and Alan and I will say they did this to us so they'll arrest her." "But what if they won't, dear?" she said. "What if she has diplomatic immunity or something?" The Doctor looked at Alan. "She has a point, Brother. If she's a princess, she may have immunity," Alan said to him. The Doctor let out a frustrated sigh. "I guess if we can't get her arrested, we just get the hell outta here and never come back," he said. "As much as I'd hate to leave her behind, it won't do any good to just stay here and risk capture again. But…first things first, let's get the hell outta here before she comes back."
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