The Master stopped and hid behind the pillar. He peeked his head around it to see the Doctor being held by two cybermen. Peachy, now I have to go up against cybermen, this was not what I signed up for! Wait, I didn't sign up for anything, darn it all! the Master thought to himself. He took a slow deep breath. This is no time to panic you ninny! Now, what should I do? I can't just go up against them all willy-nilly, I'll get myself killed. Wait, what are they doing? A cyberman walked about ten feet in front of the Doctor with a gun pointed to his head. The Master grumbled to himself. This was bad, how was he going to travel with the man if he was dead? He backed up a bit and found himself stepping on something. He looked down towards his foot to see a metal shield of some sort. He grinned as he picked it up. He silently and swiftly made his way around the room, hiding behind the pillars, until he was right across from the Doctor. He took a deep breath. I can't believe I'm about to do this he thought. Oh well, here goes. The Master found himself running out in front of the Doctor with the metal shield. He held it up in front of the blast the Cyberman let out towards him.
"Master?" the Doctor shouted in surprise. The Master looked back at the Doctor. For a moment he almost enjoyed the fact of seeing him alive by the account he had just saved him. But he pushed that feeling away. He hated the Doctor, he was only doing this because Selendra had told him to, no other reason at all.
"Hey Doc," he said. "Give me a sec will ya?" The Master jumped to his feet and smashed the shield into the Cyberman's face. The Master did the same to the two Cybermen the were holding the Doctor. "Come on!" The Master dropped the shield and pulled the Doctor out of the room by the wrist. The three times he had hit the Cybermen the Doctor had screamed 'what?'. The Master dragged him out of the room.
"What? Why?" the Doctor shouted.
"Long story, let's just get out of here, ok?" the Master grumbled. "Where's the TARDIS?" The Doctor switched their hands so that he was holding the Master's wrist instead of the other way around. He pulled him down a hallway and shoved him into the TARDIS. The Doctor ran inside.
"Shut the door!" The Master did as he was told and shut the door as the Doctor started the TARDIS and they fled the premises. The Doctor looked at the Master as he looked around at the TARDIS. Was this one of his plots to steal the TARDIS? Was he trying to kill him? What was his angle and why? The Doctor glared at him a bit as he sat in the chair. The Master looked at the Doctor with a smile. "Why are you here?" The Master sighed.
"If you must know Selendra sent me, she told me to travel with you, though I can't imagine why," the Master said with a roll of his eyes. The Doctor walked over to him, picked him up by the collar and glared straight at him.
"Why are you really here? The TARDIS? Me? The Earth? WHY?" The Doctor threw him back into the chair. The Master stared up at the Doctor. He had seen the Doctor angry many times, but not like this, never like this. Did he really hate him that much?
"I'm telling the truth," the Master said as he stood up. As he did so he pushed the Doctor back a few steps. The Doctor took two steps forward. They were so close to each other their noses almost touched. "I was put in jail by the Time Lords, and she came along and told me to travel with you."
"Liar," the Doctor muttered. The Master grumbled something. "What was that?"
"I said that you're a loney basterd that can't tell truth from lies!" the Master shouted. The Doctor growled.
"Me? You're the one that was insane!" the Doctor shouted back as he turned around and headed over to the counsel.
"Yeah right, you're the madman with a box!" the Master shouted. The Master grabbed the back of the Doctor's jacket and pushed him to the ground. "And you can't even stand up straight you idiot." The Doctor twirled around in the ground and tripped the Master so that he hit the back of his head on the glass floor. The Doctor hopped to his feet. "Why you little...!" The Master jumped to his feet as well. He tackled the Doctor to the ground and made them both roll down the stairs. The Doctor kicked the Master off of him and stood up.
"Little? I'm older then you are you ninny!"
"Well I sure act older then you do!" the Master shouted as he stood up. The Doctor growled.
"Infant," he growled.
"Goodie-goodie," Master hissed back.
"Colok Pelcasa creese salvok!" the Doctor yelled.
"WHAT?" the Master screamed. "Why you little brat!" The Master punched the Doctor the ground. The Doctor came right back up and punched the Master in the jaw. The Master growled and stood up. The Master grabbed the Doctor by the shoulders and pushed him up against the wall. The Doctor rapped on leg around his and flipped him to the ground.
"HA!" the Doctor shouted. The Master grabbed the Doctor's leg and tripped him to the ground. "Whoa!" the Doctor shouted as he fell face-first to the TARDIS floor. The Master stood up and the Doctor followed him to his feet. The Master grabbed the Doctor by his wrists and tossed him into the stairs. The Doctor stood right back up. He rammed into the Master and they both fell to the floor. The stood up side-by-side. They looked at each other. The Master was about to hit the Doctor when he tripped over himself. He fell to the ground and took the Doctor with him, making them both land on their backs, getting the wind knocked out of them and they both paused.
"What's going on in here?" RiverSong's voice shouted. The two Time Lords looked up at the woman that towered over them in her army-wear with her arms crossed. Each Time Lord raised their hands and pointed to the other.
"He started it," they both mumbled. RiverSong sighed.
"Right, figures," she muttered as she walked over to the counsel. The Master stood up and rubbed his head. He looked down at the Doctor as he sat up with a grunt. The Master reached out his hand and helped the Doctor too his feet.
"That hurt," the Doctor said rubbing the back of his head. The Master nodded.
"Mmhmm," he hummed as he walked up the steps to the counsel. Both boys found themselves sitting on the floor with dazed expressions on their faces looking up at RiverSong. She looked from one to the other. She had guessed from the moment she came in that the other one was the Master. But what was he doing here? Was the Doctor really tolerating him? Well, judging by the fact they were both on the floor appearently after a fight said that if he was he wasn't doing a very good job.
"This is insanity," she muttered as she walked over to the counsel and messed with the controls. The Master and the Doctor shared a look. They both knew what they other was thinking. I'm sorry the glances said. Then they looked away from each other for a moment. The Doctor thought and looked back at the Master, at the same time the Master looked at him.
"You're really just here to travel huh?" the Doctor said. RiverSong looked over at the two of them as he spoek. The Master nodded. "Well then, welcome aboard the TARDIS. It's not going to be easy, but I'm pretty sure we can work something out." They both smiled as they shook hands. RiverSong smiled as well. This should be interesting...
