Okay, I'm not sure if this as good as the first chapter, but I'd love to know what you think.

I slowly regained consciousness, every inch of my body on fire, I could do no more than lie there and feel my head hurt – it hurt so much. But I realised there was silence, true silence without the drums. The drums that were gone, gone. But I felt nothing, nothing but pain, why did it hurt so much, was this hell? I deserved to go there after all - I knew that much. I opened my eyes slowly, so slowly, keeping them squinted to stop the light burning into my head. Light, that was something, where ever I was it was light, my eyes inched open ever slower, so slowly that I wanted to snuff out every last light in my desperation to see. There was something close by, a dark shape just to the right of me, hard to make out as my eyes remained squinted. Such anger flooded me, anger at everything and nothing, and everything once again. And pain, more than physical it crushed my entire being, and I raged at it. With my eyes still unopened, I threw myself up, pain or no pain I needed something to replace the drums. I couldn't face being alone with myself, with the hurt.

I lashed out wildly at the blurry shapes in front of me. Thud, thud, thud. Not a sound came to me, though I was sure I was screaming in rage too, and all I could see was limited too. I wanted to destroy it all. I fell forwards as I went to hit out again, and struck my head against something hard and cold. Everything went black, for a second time.

I woke up much more comfortable than before, and with my vision better – I could see my hands at least as I held them in front of my face. As for my hearing, I had no idea what it was like, as there may or may not have been anything to hear. I looked past my hands and saw I was in some sort of hospital or something, medicines of various sorts in cupboards and on shelves and that awful sterile whiteness. I looked to my side and saw The Doctor, sitting there with his head turned up to the ceiling, lost in thought. Anger and frustration filled me again and I went to push myself up, but my arms were strapped down. I tried to rip myself off the bed all the same, and resulted in my wrists becoming red and raw. The Doctor had merely turned his head to watch me, with that god-awful pity and sadness in his eyes. I kept ripping at my shackles, until I felt them rip through my skin. Then I stopped. What had I become? What had the drums done to me? I used to be so sure of what I was, and what I wanted, but now I was a wretch who lay there, alone, and screamed at the universe to go away. My head hurt so much, and as did the weight on my chest. And I drew in on myself, curling up into a ball and turning away from The Doctor, my arms still outstretched and bound, and I cried, and screamed, and shouted, and cried again, as I never had before, the uncontrollable need to get rid of the pain taking over. The sobs racked my body furiously, and I found I couldn't stop. The Doctor leaned over then and placed his hand on my shoulder, with his arm resting behind my neck and, in typical Doctor style, said;

"I'm am so sorry."

Oh, the words, how pitiful they were compared to the suffering and hate I had endured for so long.

"Sorry! Sorry? What is sorry to the years I had the drums pounding, pounding in my head. Onetwothreefour onetwothreefour. Merely a product of insanity you thought? Well you were wrong! And what do you say? Sorry? You toss the word around as if it can make everything better. It can't!"

He opened and closed his mouth like a fish before deciding not to say anything. Good, good, what could he say anyway, nothing! I cried and raged for a long time after that, shouting at the air for all that was wrong, and by the time I'd calmed down I realised The Doctor had left. My exhausted mind pushed me into sleep, and I dreamt dreams of Gallifrey, that became nightmares quickly. I couldn't decide, in my dream state, whether I loved or hated that planet.

I have alot of time on my hands at the moment, so I should update quite quickly. It always helps to get reviews though :)