LES: This chapter is rather shorter than I usually write. But, what you guys don't know is that this story is all ready written. So you won't have to wait long for updates.

Chapter II: Sweet Lover

Rose looked up when she heard her name called, and she froze. "Doctor?" She gasped, and then was roughly pushed towards the Master by her guards.

The Doctor instantly growled. "Don't touch her! Don't you dare…"

"Oh, I intend to do far more than that." The Master said coldly. "However, I do have some amount of affection for you, for old time's sake, mad though it may be. Not to mention that we are the last two Time Lords to have stood on Gallifrey. So…" He let go of Rose. "Go to him."

Rose didn't waste a second. She barely spared the Master a glance before she ran across the room towards the Doctor. Once she got there, she pulled him into an embrace, which he returned fiercely. "Doctor? I don't understand. What's going on? Who's he?" She glanced back at the Master.

"Rose…" The Doctor whispered, holding her closer to himself. "I'm sorry, but I have to introduce you to the worst of the Time Lord race… the Master."

"Oh, come on, that's a bit harsh!" The Master said. "The other Time Lords were about as interesting as fungus. Dead boring, we both used to say. Wouldn't lift a finger unless it was their own arses on the line. I'm worse than that?"

"Undeniably." The Doctor said.

"Now is that any way to treat the one who has reunited you with your lover, old friend?" The Master asked.

"Lover?" The Doctor said in surprise. "How do you know…?"

"That you two, to use the quaint human word, fucked?" The Master asked. "You've been separated from the Time Lords for too long, Doctor. Even a child could see the bond that has been formed between the two of you. As soon as I regained my Time Lord body, I knew. The bond was all over you… stale but there. That was all I needed to track down the girl in any universe."

"But that's impossible…" The Doctor said.

"You like to use that word, 'impossible'." The Master mused. "But the years of my life have taught me that nothing is impossible."

"But it is impossible!" The Doctor insisted, holding Rose closer to himself. "Only two Gallifreyan life forms could bond."

"Is that a fact?" The Master asked.

"It is."

"Maybe it's time for me to teach the Doctor something." The Master said, moving closer to the two. "Or, better yet… teach me some of your medical knowledge, Doctor. How does a first regeneration Time Lord differ from a second regeneration Time Lord?"

"They…" The Doctor began. "They are able to age… but much slower than a human. They have a higher body temperature due to the overabundance of life energy. They only have one heart. The second heart grows during the first regeneration."

"Yes. Now, what did our professors teach us would happen if we absorbed the Time Vortex within our bodies?" The Master asked.

"That we'd become Gods… vengeful Gods. But it doesn't work like that." The Doctor said. "I only contained the Time Vortex within my body for a short time and it still caused me to regenerate."

"So you failed to contain all that power. The girl in your arms held the power for much longer than you did and suffered no ill effects. Point one… only a Time Lord could bare that sort of power for even a short while. Point two… if you don't mind answering, Bad Wolf Rose, what did it feel like when you fucked your Time Lord?"

Rose gaped at him, but the Doctor didn't allow himself to be too shocked. "That," he said, "is none of your business."

"Earth-shattering, am I right? Probably the best you've ever had, am I right?" The Master asked.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Jack asked from across the room. "I mean… not that I've ever thought…"

"Please. I can smell your pheromones from over here." The Master rolled his eyes. "Humans. Willing to fuck anything with a pulse. Of course, they rarely want what is good for them. You, Doctor, are so naive when it comes to inter-species relationships. I'd bet hard money that, before Rose, you had never touched anyone besides your wife on Gallifrey. Me, on the other hand, have not been nearly so stand-off-ish with my companions. Ah! Speak of the devil!" The door opened and a young woman was escorted into the room. "You haven't met my human wife, have you? She's a sweet, lovely thing. Not very talkative, though."

Rose stared in horror at the young woman. She had the looks of a woman who was once very beautiful, but now didn't give a care what she looked like. Her face was pale, her hair unbrushed, and her eyes completely vacant. There was something wrong about her.

"She's lost her mind." The Doctor said simply.

"Unfortunate side-effect, that." The Master said, shaking his head with pretend pity. "You see, humans can't handle being in a physical relationship with a Time Lord. It's too much for their minds to take. Exposure to the essence of time, which fills a Time Lord's very being, wipes their minds clean. But, little Rosie, as we can clearly see, has retained her mental capacities. She is clearly more than human." He glanced briefly at his wife. "Get her out of here." He ordered briefly, orders which were obeyed instantly. "And the final proof!" Without another word, he pulled out an ordinary gun and shot Rose in the chest.