Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or its characters. I DO however own this plot, Lynn O'Connor and anything else not in the show.
This is my first Doctor Who fanfic. I put a lot more of work into detail than I do most of my other stories. Not sure if this should be considered AU or not.
Summary: In a quiet little shop Mr. Chambers works on and sells clocks. Lynn O'Connor, a young woman, works for him part-time. She stumbles upon a small dusty box. Inside is a unique fob watch. The Master/OC Not sure if this is considered AU since it's still in the show's universe. My 1st DW Fic.
Reversed Roles Chapter 1: The Fob Watch
People walked up and down the sidewalk of London passing it like any other normal day. Some glancing as they walked by others simply ignored it. It was a small place, barely noticeable unless you were looking for it. It was only one story and only had two dusty windows. A small sign on the door said Chambers' Clockworks.
Run by an old man in his late 80's, Grant Chambers. He was a short, sweet old man with ash white hair and big glasses. He wore an old light brown suit, a darker brown tie and had old style black shoes.
The shop was only 40 by 20 feet with a small back room for storage with a small table for when watches needed to be repaired. There were four small glass cases displaying watches of all sorts: bracelet watches, chronograph watches, dive watches, pilot watches, gold and titanium watches, Pocket watches, etc. There were very few digital watches on a small stand in the front corner right of the store. In the front left was a case full of different chains for pocket watches. The more valuable watches were in the display counter the cash register rested on. Along the walls, on the floor, were grandfather clocks. On the walls were many different wall clocks that all ticked in sync.
Every clock in the store read 9:25 am. Mr. Chambers sat in a wooden chair behind the counter winding up and polishing a watch. The door of the store opened with a small ring of a bell making Mr. Chambers look up. Walking in with a smile was Lynn O'Connor, a 22 year old young woman who worked part-time at the shop. She had blue, almost grey, eyes with flecks of gold. She had a heart shaped face with a cute button nose and thin eyebrows. She had long dark brown hair that fell straight down to her bust, with the part to the right. She was fairly tall, average weight with the right curves and bust. She wore dark skinny jeans with brown boots. Over a cream coloured, long sweater was a black jacket. She had a brown messenger bag on her shoulder. On her fingers were three rings, an onyx one on her left pinky, a silver one with a pattern of black inverted triangles on her left ring finger and a plain sliver one on her right pinky. On her left wrist was a onyx bracelet of little stones and on her right was a black digital watch.
Lynn walked up to the counter and smiled at Mr. Chambers before going around the counter and heading into the back room. She put down her bag and took off her jacket, hanging it on a coat rack.
"You're here early, again." Mr. Chambers said. Lynn walked back into the shop.
"Figured I'd get here early to help out more." She said with a slight shrug.
"For the fourth day in a row?" He chuckled slightly. "You're too kind." He said with a warm smile. She grinned.
"Alright, I guess I'll get started on cleaning then I'll be in the back doing inventory."
"Alright dear, I'll be here."
After cleaning the windows, door and glass cases Lynn carefully dusted every grandfather and wall clock. She put the cleaning materials away and went into the back room. She got the book of parts and a pencil and started taking inventory; checking the boxes and containers of watches and part on the shelves. She pulled the chair in front of the small table over to a shelf and stood on it to get a box from the top shelf. She picked up the box and was about to step down when she noticed a smaller box that was behind it. The box had a thick layer of dust on and around it. She put the bigger box back and picked up the smaller box. She brushed off the dust from the top before opening it carefully. She tilted her head at its contents. Inside the small box was a sliver fob watch. It had a strange design with many different sized circles. Lynn took it out of the box and put the box down before stepping down from the chair.
"Mr. Chambers? Is this your watch? I found it on the top shelf; looked like it hasn't been taken out in years."
"What's that dear?" Mr. Chambers walked into the back room. He walked over to her and looked at the watch. A uncertain look came over his face.
"Is this yours?" He blinked a few times. "Mr. Chambers?" He looked at the watch a bit longer then shook his head slightly. "Are you okay?" He looked at her.
"Yes, dear, why do you ask?"
"Cause I asked if this was yours and you didn't answer." He looked at the watch as she held it up. He reached out and touched it. He took it slowly and looked down at it in his hand. He rubbed his thumb over it.
"I haven't seen this in… years. It's broken." He held it back out to her.
"Well we can fix it." He shook his head.
"Can't get it open, it's stuck."
"Well I'll get something to open it with." Lynn walked back to the shelf and got on the chair. She looked through a few boxes for something to pry the watch open. Mr. Chambers looked at the watch a moment and opened it. A glow came from inside and wispy light came out and made its way to him.
Meanwhile back in the front of the shop two young men walked into the shop. Both had hats covering their hair and scarfs covering their mouths. Hands in their pockets they looked at the display cases.
Lynn came down from the chair and turned to him. "Oh you got it open. Guess it wasn't that stuck." He looked at her. "What's wrong?" Suddenly the bell on the counter dinged. "Huh, I didn't hear the door open." Mr. Chambers turned around and walked into the front room. Lynn got back on the chair to put the small piece of metal she got back.
Mr. Chambers walked into the front part of the shop. The two men looked at him, both smirking under the scarfs. The taller of the two suddenly pulled out a gun.
"Empty the register and you won't get hurt, old man." Mr. Chambers looked at the gun calmly. "Now!" At the sound of the shout Lynn peeked out from the back room and her eyes widened. The second man noticed her and she quickly pulled her head back.
"Hey! There's a girl in there." She moved further into the back room as the first man ran around the counter and into the back room. "Don't move." She heard a gun cock and froze. "Turn around." She slowly turned around and swallowed. He walked over and grabbed her arm pulling her into the front room. He put the gun to her head.
"Don't hurt her." Mr. Chambers said calmly.
"Give us the cash, old man!" The second guy said now pointing the gun at him. "Now!" Suddenly the clocks struck 10 o'clock and all of them all at once began to chime and coo loudly. The second guy jumped, startled and accidentally squeezed the trigger. Lynn screamed as Mr. Chambers fell to the ground, a bullet wound in his chest.
"You idiot! You weren't supposed to have that thing loaded!" The first guy snapped loudly over the sounds of the clocks.
"I-I didn't mean to- t-the clocks-!"
"Shut up." Lynn stared down at Mr. Chambers, tears streaming down her cheeks, her hands over her mouth.
"What are we gunna do?!"
"Shut up!"
"What about her?" The two looked at her.
"P-Please don't kill me, I'm 22 I won't tell please." She said quickly. The two men exchanged a look.
"Sorry." The first guy said before pistol whipping her, knocking her out and to the floor. "Let get outta here!" The two men ran out of the store, not noticing the golden glow coming from Mr. Chambers hands and face.
Next chapter: What's in a Name? Please tell me how I did. Sorry it's short. This is my first Doctor Who fan fiction. Would you consider this an AU? It's in the same universe just might not have The Doctor in it. (Haven't decided yet.)