Rose rubbed her head as she slowly opened her eyes, wondering where on Earth she was. If it even was Earth, which was never out of the possibilities for her anymore. One minute she was simply walking home from work, an ordinary day at Torchwood. But then again, was there every a normal day when it came to working with aliens and saving the world? That was her normal and average day now. She would still give everything she had to have one more day in the TARDIS though. One more day. All of a sudden there had been a bright light, pulling her in. She didn't know where it had come from, there'd been no readings throughout the day, or any sign that something like this was happening.

She lay on the road, her head pounding as she tried to adjust to all her surroundings. "What the hell?" She whispered to herself, groaning as she tried to sit up. It was only when Rose noticed the ordinary looking streets, and the lack of zeppelins in the sky that she began to believe she may not even be in the right Universe. It was deserted, finding no-one around her, making her even more scared of where she could be.

She glanced up to find a man simply standing there all on his own, his hands shoved in his pockets and walking towards Rose with a small smirk of satisfaction on his lips. He started at her for a moment, a smirk slowly beginning to form across his face. Little did Rose know that he had things planned for her, or at least he would make her think that soon enough. He felt his laser screwdriver buried deep in his pockets, smiling as he contemplated over something for a moment. "Rose Tyler. The Doctor's favourite." He squinted his eyes a bit at her as he took in her appearance. "I can truly see why that's the case."

"I'm sorry?" Rose asked, raising her eyebrow as she pulled herself back on to her feet, unable to register that he had even mentioned The Doctor. "How do you know who I am—hold on. Did you just say The Doctor?"

"Oh, I know The Doctor. I know all about him." He said, tilting his head as he took in Rose's appearance, pacing around her, but always keeping his eyes averted towards the sky. "And I know all who travel with him. But here is my question. How did you end up here?" He came to a stop right beside her, bringing his gaze back upon her as though trying to figure her out. Rose's eyes glanced at him now and again before looking away, unable to help but feel intimated by him.

"You tell me..." She whispered, she couldn't look vulnerable, but that easier said than done right now. He knew The Doctor, and she knew that fifty percent of the time that wasn't a good thing. It was anything but goo. "Who are you?" She repeated, "How do you know The Doctor?" She questioned, watching hi place his hand back in to his pockets, pulling out an item looking similar to The Doctor's sonic screwdriver.

"Know what this is?" He asked but didn't wait for an answer as he continued his pacing once more. "His is sonic, mine is laser. Who would have sonic? I mean…what use is that? The Doctor and I go back further than you will ever hope to know." He came to stop in front of her this time, his face mere inches away from her own. "I'm The Master." He half whispered to her, smiling a mile wide, showing how truly crazy he was.

"You're a Time Lord." She said in a tiny voice, feeling shivers running throughout when he whispered. She'd grown up during her years apart from The Doctor, but that didn't mean she was immune to feeling scared. Right now she was terrified, and nervous over why she was here. Was it to get back to The Doctor? Did The Master want to use her against him?

"A Time Lord, yes." He confirmed but shook his head a bit, his finger playing over the button to fire his laser, feeling the urge now more than ever to use it. It had been so long. "Tell me Rose Tyler, can you hear them? I can sense the fear riding off of you. You must hear them then, yes?" He narrowed his gaze at her, any trace of a smile long gone. Rose simply shook her head, feeling her breathing shaking as he stepped towards her. "They never stop. The drums, never ending."

"Drums?" Rose questioned, but he ignored her and went back to pacing around the open space, his screwdriver safely back in his pockets.

"You're on Earth by the way. Not your original time line of course. My guess is you touched something or ended up walking in to something The Doctor told you not to?" He asked, unaware that she had been away from The Doctor for so long.

"I wasn't with The Doctor." She told him, her mind going back to the drums he had mentioned earlier. It suddenly struck her that she knew exactly what he had been talking about. Years ago, when she saved The Doctor and absorbed the Time Vortex, she'd heard them. The drums constantly going inside her mind. "Those drums you mentioned…"

"Yes?" The Master asked, his head shooting up as soon as she mentioned them again. "What do you know about them? Can you make them stop?" He asked, hi voice almost begging, emphasising how crazy they had truly made him throughout the centuries he had been living. His eagerness was getting the better of him, trying to calm himself down with a few deep breaths. He wouldn't allow himself to get this way, to show his desperate state to a mere human.

"No," Rose shook her head, slightly shocked that he was so desperate for an answer, relieved that the drums hadn't been in her head for long. They clearly made people insane. "No, I've heard them before though. They were in my head once." She explained, noticing The Master's slightly disheartened expression, but he quickly covered it back up.

"Come." He said, his head lowering in sadness that he had lost all hope of ever being sane. If that was even possible for him anymore. He chewed his bottom lip for the time being, shoving his hand in to his pockets again. For a moment Rose feared he would get out the laser screwdriver and show her what it could do to someone as weak and vulnerable as her, a human. "You must be hungry, it's freezing out here." He said before walking off in front of her, not wanting to show that he cared in the slightest.

Enjoy. Sorry this was so short; I just wanted to introduce the surroundings and the 2 main character. I hope you enjoyed this so far. R&R and I shall give you a cookie, and another chapter tomorrow!

My aim is to update one a day/every other day, most of it's already written loosely, so I just have to type it all up!

Let me know what you think/ Everyone loves a bit of Master/Rose, right?