Hi guys this is my first story on fanfic although I have read a lot of other peoples! I would greatly appreciate it if you would review even if you don't like it so I know what to improve and what to leave as is. I doubt many people will read this and if they do it will probs be a while so to everybody who reads this thank you! Also just a warning later on near the end of the story there may be a bit of slash im not decided yet and I would really like all of your opinions about this. For everyone who would like to read on i'm wanting to upload at least once a week maybe twice so wednesdays and sundays are these days. One last thing as I know long paragraphs are annoying at the beginning I found this first chapter difficult as I had to include a lot from the show and this is why it is so short thanks to y'all have a good New Year.
1.
The Doctor span around again, this time facing the Master with the gun in his hand.
"Get out of the way," the Doctor said, his cut face not showing any emotion.
Realising the Doctor's meaning the Master grinned and leaped out of the way as the Doctor shot the machine connecting Earth to Gallifrey.
"You die with me Doctor!" the senator struggled to say strongly as if to induce fear in the Doctor.
He failed. "I know." the Doctor replied calmly his voice filled with hatred. The Doctor knew he would die that day it was foretold he was just waiting for the knock four times. He felt anger when Rassilon faced him and started to activate the hand of Omega. Bitterness entered the Doctor's mouth; after all he had been through he was to die by the hand of a dead Timelord, typical. He couldn't have gone out victorious with out any casualties this time could he?
The weeping women replaced her hands over her eyes so as not to see the monstrosity of what was to surely happen next.
Meanwhile the Master stood up behind the Doctor. I always have his back the master thought. "Get out of the way." he said; repeating his former friend's/ enemy's words while rubbing his hands together to create static electricity.
The Doctor faced the Master and understood in the split second it took for the Master to ready himself as if to punch the Doctor from too far a distance. The Doctor ducked just in time with panic entering his features; it wasn't because he threw himself on shattered glass. That didn't matter. It was because he knew what the Master was doing to himself.
The Master sent a burst of life force at Rassilon, "You did this to me," he shouted struggling to see past the bright white-blue light, "All of my life!" he struggled to maintain the same beam so switched hands staggering slightly. "You made me!" came out of his mouth in a animal like bellow.
Rassilon bent over in pain at the next shock from the Master while all of the Timelords on Gallifrey began to fade from view.
"One!" The master changed his hand, "Two!" he swapped again, "Three!" he shouted, barely audible through his rage, "FOUR!" The rhythm of the drums was completed. Wilf and the Doctor shielded their eyes from the brightness; struggling to keep their feet as Earth shook due to the red hills of the Master's home planet disappearing from the sky.
The Doctor keeled over onto the tiled floor of the massive room...
2.
The council faded from view and the Master bent over trying to get enough air to feed his two hearts. When he placed his hands on his dusty trousers the blue skeleton of his life-force showed. Noticing a change within, the master squeezed his eyes shut, bracing himself and turned his head to the side in an attempt to rid himself of the image of the people who had ruined his life. Duh-duh-duh-dah... wouldn't the drums ever go away! He opened his eyes with his face set in steel.
That is until he saw the Doctor's motionless body lying on the floor. No. No, no, no... The Master ran to his ….what was he? For now he was the only other Timelord in existence and that was the way the master wanted it to stay. The Master pressed his head to both sides of the doctors chest and the sound of the drums didn't disturb the Master this time; they reassured him. He wasn't alone.
Hearts: check, Breathing..., the Master watched the Doctors chest rise and fall in a pattern that indicated rest, check. Any fatal injuries? At this point the Master faltered after all there were obvious injuries on the outside but none of it looked like it was anything a stupid human couldn't handle let alone a Timelord. So that would mean... a mental trauma the Master rolled his eyes and swallowed a sour grin. Typical I'm the mad one and he's the one collapsing from the madness... what a pair...
The Master froze at this thought In no way are we a pair! He said defiantly to his mind while his face went up to argue his case as if someone was there. His cheeks hollowed in the way they did when he had been caught doing things he shouldn't, which of course he had because over there was the old man with the metacrisised granddaughter. What was her name? The Master should learn these things; she shared the Doctors mind... was it Dora?
The Master snapped out of his revelry and stared at... Wilf (?), slowly removing his hand from where it had been unconsciously caressing the doctor's limp head the Master stood up. Tilting his head to one side as he did when he was feeling dangerous the Master crept towards Wilf with his red t-shirt sticking out unevenly from beneath his black hoodie.
3.
Watching the Master come closer Wilf tried to smile from within the Faraday cage but couldn't keep it up with the menacing way the Master was looking at him. Would the Doctor's friend really hurt me? Wilf wasn't sure but there wasn't much he could do about it from inside some glassy gizmo was there?
Wilf knocked four times on the door: "Hello there? Do you think you could let me out ...er... sir?" giving it his best shot "Please?" he hurriedly added onto the end not wanting to fall onto this man's bad side. Wilf was starting to get worried because some of the lights on the panel were flashing red and the temperature was starting to rise. "It's getting a bit hot in here..."
When Wilf knocked four times again the Master jerked his head and stared menacingly at Wilf''s hand. "Stop that!" he ordered while tapping the same beat on his thigh. "ohh... the drums, the never ending drums..." Wilf heard him whisper as he closed his eyes in what looked halfway between annoyance and ecstasy.
"Er... Mr. Master, Sir?" Wilf hesitated, looking down towards the Doctor. Was he okay?
The Master followed his gaze as he heard the Doctor shift his weight on the glass ridden floor. His eyes seemed to relax and and then widened with panic as he suddenly span back to Wilf.
"Okay this is what we are going to do..." the Master began while wearing a manic smile and pulling up the hood on his hoodie increasing the picture of menace.
4.
The Doctor first moved his leg which had pins and needles. Ouch that hurt oh my head the Doctor thought and moved his hand to try and get up letting out a breath in pain. Then it struck him; an overwhelming feeling of surprise. "I'm alive!" he said and altered his wait so he was leaning upwards but facing the ground while his arms slipped a bit from the shattered glass from the broken window above him.
"I'm still alive!" his voice was filled with happiness but as if he was about to cry. The Doctor let out a small laugh that shook his weakened body as he strained to become more upright.
Duh-duh-duh-duh.
The Doctors face turned from happiness to anguish, this time really being on the verge of tears.
Duh-duh-duh-duh.
Breath escaped his mouth and then he closed it instead letting his shoulders shake to keep the tears in.
Duh-duh-duh-duh.
He shifted his weight so he was on his hands and knees and the Doctor slowly started to turn, sitting up with his legs beneath him. There was a tinkle of glass as he moved
Duh-duh-duh-duh.
He faced Wilf, the man who would be the death of him. Typically Wilf waved.
"They gone then?" Wilf said moving his hand slightly in the direction of where the Timelords had been.
The Doctor just stared at him and Wilf took this as a confirmation. "Yeah, good old..." Wilf said trailing away his words as he looked to the side slightly. "If you could... er... let me out" he said gesturing to himself.
The Doctor looked on, his face still filled with pain. "Yeah," he said simply.
Wilf started to panic "Only this thing seems to be making a bit of a noise" raising his voice and moving his hands in circles to illustrate his point along with the flashing red lights behind him.
"The Master," the Doctor said his voice only slightly taken up with pain "left the nuclear bolt running," He got up and walked unevenly towards Wilf, "It's gone into overload."
"That's bad is it?" Wilf said raising his left hand to scratch his head and then raising the other so they both came down at the same time.
"No," the Doctor says calmly moving his head to the side in a explanation of something good, "because all the excess radiation gets vented inside there" he nods towards the Faraday cage. Ignoring Wilf's wild glance upwards the Doctor continues this time his voice quivering slightly "Vinvochi glass- contains it," now pausing the Doctors mouth quivers "all 500,000 rads about to flood that thing." yet again inclining is head towards the glass doors.
Wilf half joking half nervous, looking at the Doctor said "oh, well you'd better let me out then-"
"Accept that it's gone critical," the Doctor continued his explanation while refusing to look at Wilf who was staring at the Doctor in shock. "Touch one control and it floods;" reaching into his pocket, he took out his sonic screwdriver and twiddled it in his fingers. Finally he looked at Wilf "even this would set it off."
Wilf, not being able to stand the Doctor's look of emotion turned away for a second to look at the glass door. "I'm sorry." he said truly sounding like he meant it.
"Yeah," the Doctor whispered, turning away.
"Just leave me." the old man said making flapping movements towards the Doctor to encourage him to go.
The Doctor stopped and looked back "okay right then I will," he wondered around in circle. "because you had to go in there didn't you! You had to go and get stuck! Oh yes..." The Doctor shakes his head while his voices rises with emotion.
Wilf's eyes flick unnoticed over the Doctor's shoulder for a second looking into the shadows.
"because that's who you are Wilfred..." the Doctor stalls "You were always this! Waiting for me all this time." Looking down at his feet the Doctor tries to stop the anguish and pain he feels inside.
"No, really, just leave me," he flaps his arms away again "I'm an old man Doctor, I've had my time." he says raising his arms in acceptance. The trench coat he had put on earlier that day rustling slightly.
Raising his face the Doctor looks at Wilf; his face full of hatred "Well exactly, look at you: not remotely important" he shouts to the side while the receiver just stares. "But me..." he says placing his hands on his hips and walking away again. "...I could do so much more!" he shouts at the ceiling letting spittle fly. "SO MUCH MORE!" almost bursting into tears.
The Doctor leans down and rests his weight on the machine that had held Gallifrey "But this is what I get, my reward..." his voice quivering he turns his face downwards slightly "AND IT'S NOT FAIR!" he shouts again while sweeping everything of the top of the machine.
Wilf hears a tinkle of diamond against tile and looks worryingly at the white point star now on the floor.
Breathing heavily in and out the Doctor then lets out a saddened sigh and stares into the distance. Resining to his fate that Doctor walks back towards Wilf saying "I've lived to long..."
Wilf realising the Doctor's intentions tries to stop him from where he was stuck in the cage "No, no, please don't..." he says, his hands protesting "No, don't, DON'T, PLEASE! DON'T, PLEASE..." Wilf shouts while begging with his eyes.
"Wilfred," the Doctor says his voice proud, "it's my honour."
Looking up at the cage the Doctor worries about the amount of time left and blurts "better be quick." before opening the opposite glass door and running into the cages other half. Meanwhile Wilf watches the Master who is surveying the scene eagerly with hungry eyes from within the shadows...
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