Very far away ,on the edge of there Universe, the Borg Cube emerges. Orbiting the nearby planet Tark, it had begun its assimilation process. However deep in the core of the vessel there something even more sinister taking place. A regeneration was taking place in front of one of the most genius minds of his universe, Professor Archibule Soong. The Timelord being regenerated, was a very familiar one to the Doctor.
The Master arose from the table, Cold and very confused. The dark room was almost too hard fo him to see in.
"Where am I?" He asks nothingness...Then seems puzzled about his own voice.
"Hello..hellooo...hello...hellllooo...Hello..." He says testing his voice.
"Oh, I sound american...," he says in dismay.."ive regenerated."
He then turns himself to the side of the table and and hangs his legs off. He can't find a mirror to see himself so all he can do is wince at the horrors of his new body.
Then out of the shadows this elder man steps to the table. His hair disheveled, long and white. He was a relatively small man ranging from 5"2 to 5"4 . Thin figure, very dirty to boot. His face had definently not aged well, maybe 45 at the least. His black button up shirt on top of his black slacks made him camouflage perfectly.
"Well i see my guest is awake." He growls almost menacingly.
"Yes i have, now i would like the name of my host please." Retorts the Master trying to stand up but failing, barely making it back onto the table.
"Whoa whoa now, dont hurt yourself, and i am merely but a matire d." Archibule replies with a smile as he opens a compartment to the left of the table with some new clothes for the Master.
"Well then, Mr. Matire D could you please explain to me who you are exactly and how am i alive." He's now sternly asking.
"Well my good sir i work for a...lets say company. It is pretty hard to nail down a title for them to just one word. They are called the Borg. We come from very far away basically we have a lot of different interests but one we share is domination. We have dominated star system after star system and now we want to go onto a bigger scale." He uses his hands to emphasize his meaning. "We want this universe, it is so overpopulated here. The assimilation to the great hive would be magnificent. Now there are a couple a speed bumps we will have to face, the Daleks, The Sontarans, and a few other pesky little races. However one thing we do not want to risk any thing on is this Timelord called...The Doctor..."
The Masters face began to show anger, and pain even just at the mention of his name.
"Yes i can see you may have bumped into him once or twice."Soongs chuckles.
"Ok so you want me to help you keep the Doctor out of your way. However none of that explains how im here. I was dead, I didn't want to Regenerate."
The man walks to the head of the table and out of another compartment he pulls a syringe that had been used. He holds it up in the air with his Pride glowing.
"This serum is based on your Timelord DNA. Its almost a replica but it's used in this situation as more like a kickstart. We sent probes back through time to just a bit after you died and swapped your body for a cadaver clone. We brought you back to life with a mix of the serum that kickstarted your chromosomes all over again and made you regenerate, and electric shock so to speak." Archibule sounds quite proud of himself as he elaborates on it all.
The Master now in a gazed look stands up realizing that his legs were fully working again. He walks around the room until some thing in the next room catches his eye. It was a TARDIS, his TARDIS, lost for so long, it was camouflaged back to its original form. Probably because it couldnt read its surroundings.
"We found it not too far from here adrift. It was just an added bonus to you being alive and merging forces with ours."
The Master turns around to this savior of his,and then back at the TARDIS.
"Well it seems i still don't even know your name sire." The accent was starting to form there maybe a northern european accent.
"You can just call me Dr. Soong." He grins maliciously.
The master turns around to him,
"Usually by this point I would've already killed you, but you seem to have everything in order...maybe except your sanity, but who does. I do have a question though." The Master says as he is changing out of his cadaver cloths.
"That is?" Soong replies.
"How exactly do you know all of this about me, about the Doctor, how do you know?" The Master,now fully clothed, stands closer to the exit near his TARDIS.
"To be quite honest i hacked into your TARDIS mainframe and researched you and the timelords. He was another subject that came up, great history you all have. Its a shame the way things happened." Archibules malicious smile returns.
"You hacked into the mainframe. Do you realize...oh, just never mind. I will find the Doctor. And i will bring him to you friend, but after that I want my freedom."
The Master awaits his reply.
"Yes yes that will be your reward then. Now go on go find your Doctor we have a lot to do." The grin on Dr. Soongs face could make a blind man cry. The master returned the same grin with a chuckle proceeded to make his way into the TARDIS. The inside was much different from the Doctors. The lighting was dim, the entire interior was filled with so much machinery to power the weapons that the Borg had installed for him. There were three metal beams that formed a triangle over the main console , they were all glowing red to boot. He walked over to one that had a more reflective surface than the others to get a look at his new face. His face long and rigid, with a beard to round it off. Nice burnt orange red, topped by the same colored hair.
"Oi Finally ginger... bet that Doctors going to love that." He laughs and then begins his calculations for scanning of the Doctors power signature.
Outside the Master's TARDIS, Archibule was accompanied by the Borg commander. As he stepped from the shadows his complexion was enough to be intimidated by. The Borg Commander walked up beside Archibule. His boots echoing through the room like gunshots.
" have you completed your task?" Says the commander.
"Yes...i do believe we've got the master and soon the Doctor exactly where we want them. Soon my friends we will be the owners of the entire continuum." He laughs as the TARDIS disappears from sight. There seems that there was even more afoot than the Master would've known.