I have decided to continue this. Unlike the first chapter, which contained a whole lot of quotes from Macbeth, I have found one particular monologue in Antony and Cleopatra that was just PERFECT! I have used it here to describe the Doctor's feelings during Last of the Time Lords.

I have follow'd thee to this: - but we do lance
Diseases in our bodies

The Doctor couldn't believe what was happening as he held the dying Master in his arms. He'd known him for so many years, been through so much with him, and now it was ending.

I must perforce
Have shown to thee such a declining day,
Or look on thine

Taking into account everything that had happened over the past year, it seemed obvious that either one of them would die, or the other. And yet, the Doctor had always hoped and prayed against it – he never wanted death if he could avoid it, but especially not that of the one person in the universe who understood him.

We could not stall together
In the whole world

Even with the rest of the Time Lords gone, the world was still not big enough for the two of them. They couldn't balance each other out – one had to go. That one was the Master.

But yet let me lament,
With tears as sovereign as the blood of hearts,

His tears said it all. He never cried – the last time he had cried he had been John Smith, a mere human. But the pain he felt at this moment made him feel so alone, so vulnerable, that he had no choice but to cry.

That thou, my brother, my competitor
In top of all design, my mate in empire,
Friend and companion in the front of war,

Though the Master was his enemy by far, the man who had basically destroyed Earth and so many other planets in his time, the Doctor could not deny that he would miss the man he used to call his friend. They had come from the same planet. They had looked into the Untempered Schism together. They had studied together, grown up together, and fought together.

The arm of mine own body, and the heart
Where mine his thoughts did kindle

The Doctor had always respected the Master. His intellect and his cunning were enviable qualities, and there were occasions where the Doctor had been inspired by his rival's actions. If only he had used them for good, things would have turned out differently.

That our stars,
Unreconciliable, should divide
Our equalness to this.

But they could never go back to the way it was in the old days. Each was a Time Lord, and each was a very different person. The only way their equality could be changed was through death. And it was through the death of the Master that the Doctor felt truly alone.

I have my Trial HSC starting in 2 days. Therefore, I probably won't be posting for a while.