The trees are still as she falls. Fake.
The ground closes in and she feels the impact reverberate through her arms before they give way, sending the face into greenery that is anything but real.
"You see, Missy. This is where we've always been going. This is our perfect ending. We shoot ourselves in the back." Says the other her. Him. The one who tastes of explosions and burning and the death of countless people.
People.
A murderer.
Even himself- he couldn't resist.
But it's okay.
She laughs at the acceptance.
It's okay.
With the last of her strength she pushes herself up and watches him.
He laughs back and she can't hate him even as he rejoices in her death.
And he leaves.
The strength gives and she drops herself back down into the overgrowth, knowing it's fake and letting the sensation of grass and earth and the gentle wind flitting over her fade from her mind.
This is her perfect ending.
This is where she has always been going.
She had known as soon as she had stepped foot on this ship. Where she was going.
The sky is blue and false above her. Unreal. It reminds her of the Doctor's eyes.
The Doctor who she is dying for. Standing with. Falling when she stands.
She had felt the Master's rage and anger and want to destroy running through her, unable to influence her any more, filtered as it was by thousands upon thousands of years more of experiences.
He was going to kill the Doctor.
Five more minutes- ten more minutes- a week- a year.
Time meant nothing and everything.
All that it would take is the right time. Just a few seconds where it was perfect and the Doctor would have died.
The Master would have prolonged his time on the ship just to destroy him. The Mistress knew his mind intimately. Revenge and burning passion and so much hate.
There was only one thing she could have done. Only one option left she was willing to take.
This was it.
Sacrifice.
She is standing with the Doctor.
She has fallen for the Doctor.
What more could she do?
So this. This is her perfect ending.
Standing in for the Doctor's death.
It's where she's always been headed.