Time Lord conference
The Doctor had sat in the tent he had been made to sleep in by the very generous Master. He had known the Master for years. And yes, they were enemies, yes the Doctor had defeated every plot the Master had ever devised to rule (or sometimes even destroy) the earth. Or any other world he tried conquering. But he had always thought that he and the Master had a mutual respect. Maybe it was the youth of is new regeneration. Or the Time War. But whatever it was. The Master was insane. And gone had the mutual respect that they shared for each other. As the Doctor pondered on this he heard the door of the Valliant bridge door open. And footsteps approached nearer and nearer until they stopped dead in front of the Doctors tent. The Doctor could sense his Gallifreyen anatomy. Now they were alone for the first time since the Doctor had seen him blown into atoms in the eye of harmony.
"Master" The Doctor broke the silence
"Doctor, Why don't you come on out of your tent and have a little catch up with your lord and Master"
"There's only thing I have to say to you Master. It doesn't matter how long I have to wait. And you know…
The Doctor was silenced with a foot in the face. He was then dragged out of his tent and thrown in a chair.
"I am the Master and you will obey me or else you will bear witness to each of miss Joneses family being slowly sliced by my wonderful Toclafane.
"There not Toclafane. There…" The Doctor stopped. Not wanting to speak what he already knew.
"Their humans Doctor." The Master said in a cruel whisper. "Serving me. As it always should have been. Now then." Said the Master spinning the Doctors chair.
"Lets get down to business. How did YOU? Out of all those great minds. How did the cosmic gypsy of time and space escape while the rest of the Time Lord burnt?
The Doctor took a deep breath. He could very little. Even talk. Without getting tired due to the results of the Masters laser screwdriver.
"It was the final assault on the Daleks. The Vortex was literally filled with ships. But…. The Daleks were winning. There were just so many. They soon began to invade Gallifrey. The time lords tried but there was just…there was just so many of them. Wave after wave of Daleks. Romana and Susan were dead. The Rani had betrayed us. I thought it was the final end.
"I take it wasn't" Sad the Master. Disappointed evident in his voice
"No. The Time Lords were dieing. Tine and space were being torn inside out. Then I heard a voice. In my head. Telling me what to do. It was Rassilon, Master. I did what he told me. By this point there was much time distortion it was dangerous just fly a TARDIS. Let alone what I was about to do. Rassilon told me I had to open the eye of Harmony so it would implode on itself. Sucking the Daleks, as well as the Time Lords into it.
" Eye of Harmony. That didn't work on me did it." Said the Master.
"You know that's a just a link. And when they were sucked into they sucked into a newly formed black hole."
"Why weren't you?"
"Romana, While I was staying on Gallifrey during the Time War she was drugging me neuron particles. The particles in my TARDIS and me activated. I woke up in my TARDIS, which survived the carnage by escaping through a very carefully made Time corridor. Of course that didn't grant me a free ride. It cost me my eighth life. After I had regenerated I scanned for the Time Lords. Over and over again I scanned, there was nothing. I was alone. Everywhere I went after. I always saw scars of the Time War. Entire planets burnt to sinders."
The Master let out a small laugh that turned into a chuckle.
"Stop it" said the Doctor. He wanted nothing more then to grap the Master and shout at him to stop his laughing. " He could have helped save them
"You" Said the Master through heavy laughing, " You tried to be a hero but ended up the biggest killer. It's always been a " Catch 22" of yours hasn't it Doctor. You tried to be a hero but you coudnt save them. You couldn't save me.
"Since when did you need saving. Aren't you the Master of all. That should also include saving your own skin."
The Master pulled the Doctor towards him and rewarded him for questioning his greatness with three hard punches in the face"
"YOU'VE NO IDEA WHAT I WENT THROUGH" bellowed the Master
"Surprise me. Im sure its nothing I haven't been through.
"Very well then Doctor" Said the Master reseating himself "My turn"
"Yes" the Doctor took a tissue from his pocket and wiped the blood from his nose "So then Master, how did you survive the Time War"