The one where there's a power cut
It had been three days since the incident at Homebase and Ten was trying to put all of it behind him, although he did get occasional flashbacks of a river of water rushing through the store after the Master had blocked up all the toilets, flushed them, then left the taps running, causing a major flood which destroyed the store.
It was a Saturday evening, both Nine and Eleven watched as Ten and the Master competed against each other on guitar hero. Eleven was holding a notepad, writing down the scores they were both getting.
"I'm getting the highest score" Ten yelled "look at me go. I'm am so going to win this."
"In your dreams" the Master scoffed "everyone knows I rock at this game and that I am going to win this."
"According to my scoreboard, Ten has the highest score, you're behind by five points" Eleven stated. The Master growled and declared that he was going to get the highest score on the next round.
"I'd like to see you try, you're rubbish at this game" Nine pointed out. Just as the master was about to throttle him, the apartment was engulfed in darkness and they all yelled in surprise.
"What's going on?" Eleven yelled "who killed the lights."
"Oh oh, maybe we forgot to pay the electrical bill and now they've cut us off until we pay it" the Master suggested.
"Just relax everybody, we've had a power cut" Ten pointed out "so it should be back on pretty soon." Eleven walked up to the window and peered out of it behind the curtain.
"He's right, the whole streets out" he said "but I wonder how long it will be until the electric comes back on."
"Who knows" the Master replied "it could be hours, days, months, years, maybe it will be like this forever, eternal darkness,ha ha ha." Ten gave the Master a disapproving look and told the others that it might take a few hours or until the next day until the electricity comes back on.
"So what are we supposed to do until then?" nine asked "sit here like fools."
"No, we can still have fun, we can play games or something" Ten suggested "that way none of us will be bored."
"That sounds like fun" said the Master "but first I need to write down a few names my people to kill list and I've got some basic ideas of who I'm going to add."
"Who are those people then?" Eleven asked.
"Justin bieber, Miley Cyrus, Jedward, that opera singing guy from the go compare commercials and Paris Hilton. Those people annoy me to hell and they all must die" the Master said in a sinister tone. Ten looked creeped out but shook it off before telling everyone that they needed to find the torches.
"How are we supposed to find the bloody torches when it's pitch black?" nine asked.
"I think there's a box of them in the broom cupboard" Eleven pointed out "but if I can just feel my way around the apartment, then maybe I can find it." He then started feeling his way around the apartment to try and find the broom cupboard, he kept bumping into things a few times, like the kitchen table, a few chairs and he almost tripped over the dustbin, but he managed to locate the broom cupboard.
"I think I've found it" he called to the others "I'm going in." The others listened as the sound of mops and brooms toppled over, clanking against the ground.
"I'm OK" Eleven replied.
"Is there a box of torches in there?" Ten asked.
"It's quire dark so it's very hard to see, but hang on a minute, I think I see something." A couple of minutes later, Eleven emerged from the cupboard, holding a torch and carrying a box of them.
"I knew there was a box of torches in there" he said as the other three picked up a torch each and switched them on.
"So, who fancies a game of scrabble?" Ten asked "I think we have that game somewhere." he then went to try and find it, but had no luck so instead, came out with something else.
"I couldn't find scrabble, but look what else I found" he announced, carrying a small owl like creature with cat ears.
"What is that?" Nine asked.
"It's a furby" said Ten "I found it in the back of my bedroom cupboard. I thought we should see what it does."
"Don't tell me you bought that thing with you when we moved here?" Nine asked. Ten shook his head and told his previous incarnation that whoever owned it must have left it behind. He then tipped it upside down and flicked it onto the on switch before setting it down on the table just as the furby moved it's eyes and began to speak.
"u-nye-boh-do?" it spoke. Eleven jumped back in fear, Nine rolled his eyes, the Master started laughing and Ten was looking at the furby with a big grin on his face.
"It spoke, it spoke in another language" Eleven said, pointing a shaking finger at the furby who spoke again.
"U-nye-noh-lah" it said.
"What did it say, I can't understand it's evil language" Eleven said. Ten took out the furby translator book he had found with it and flicked through the pages to find the meaning of the word.
"Ah ha, here it is, it translates as show me a dance" Ten replied "I think it wants us to dance"
"Well go and ask it then" Nine replied. Ten then walked up to the furby and put his face close to it.
"Do you want us to dance, because we might have a bit of trouble because as you can see, we've had a power cut and I think it will be quite difficult to dance when it's dark and the only light we've got are the lights from the torches" he said to the furby.
"Doo-Dah" the furby replied. Ten flicked through the pages of the translator booklet before he turned to the other three.
"It wants us to dance" he told them.
"No way am I dancing for a toy" Nine spat "a toy cannot order us about."
"I knew that thing was evil" Eleven pointed out "it's trying to conquer our lives and then eventually, it will takeover the world and enslave the human race."
"Now that's my job" the Master pointed out "I'm not going to stand here while a toy does all that stuff that I'm supposed to do." He then marched up to the furby and poked it in the chest.
"Listen here you piece of fur and plastic, don't think you can get away with ruling the world because that's my job, you got it. I am the Master and you will obey me" he said. There was a few minutes of silence before the furby answered back.
"Boo" it said.
"What did it say this time?" Nine asked. Ten took out his booklet again and searched for the English translation of that word.
"It said no" said Ten. The Master turned around to face the furby again.
"How dare you refuse to obey me" he said to it " as for that, you will suffer a most painful death for your actions." The Master then picked up the furby, walked up to the window, opened the window and dangled the furby by it's ears.
"Any last words you pathetic creature?" The Master asked it "before I toss you to your death?"
"U-nye-loo-lay-doo?" the furby said.
"It said do you want to play?" Ten translated.
"I'm sorry, but this isn't playtime" the Master told it "it's death time." He then tossed the furby out of the window and they could hear it, plummeting to it's doom before a man's voice from outside said "ow, what the... hey, a free furby."
An hour had past by and the power still hadn't come back on. The four time lords where playing a game of connect four.
"Now we must get four of the same colors in a row, but watch out as your opponent can block your path with their colors" Ten told them "now I want a nice clean game, no cheating and no arguing, do I make myself clear."
"Yes" the other three said at the same time. They then played connect four for the next hour until they got bored and the power still hadn't come back on.
"This is stupid" Nine complained "it's been two hours and the power still hasn't come back on. How much longer do we have to sit here for until we have some light."
"We've got to be patient and wait for the lights to come back on" said Ten.
"Well it better come back on soon, because I've still got to beat you on guitar hero" the Master told him.
"Technically, I was winning because you were behind by like five points before the power went out" Ten indicated.
"Well, I will still beat you on the next round" the Master replied "because the next round is mine to win." Ten rolled his eyes and put on a "yeah right" expression before saying that he was the ultimate guitar hero champion and that no one could defeat him.
"Well, we'll see about that won't we on the next round" the Master told him "you may have won the first two rounds, but the other rounds are mine to beat." Another hour had past by and the power had finally come back on.
"Finally, after three bloody hours, we finally have light" Nine said in sarcasm. Eleven looked at the clock on the kitchen wall and saw that it was past one in the morning.
"Blimey, it's late, we should turn in" he said.
"Fine, but I am finishing you off at guitar hero first thing" the Master told Ten.
"Yeah yeah, whatever" Ten replied, gesturing the W sign with his fingers. The Master walked backwards into his room, continuously shaking his fist at Ten before he shut the door. The three doctors also went to bed and as soon as Ten fell asleep, he had the most bizarre dream ever.
He was stood outside his Tardis when he heard someone calling out to him.
"Doctor, doctor." He looked up and saw a figure with long blonde hair, running to him.
"Rose, rose is that you?" he asked.
"Dooooooooooooooctor" the blonde screamed, running towards him. A grin spread across Ten's face as he ran towards the figure.
"Rose, is that really you?" he yelled.
"Yes doctor, it is me, your beloved Rose Tyler, I have finally returned" the blonde said. Ten grinned even more and ran faster towards the on coming blonde figure. When he finally got up closer, he yelled in horror. It wasn't Rose, it was the Master in a blonde wig, that was Ten woke up.
"Phew, at least that never happened for real" he said before flopping back down on the bed again "that was the strangest dream I ever had."
Coming up next, a new family move into the apartment below and the timelords get invited to their housewarming party. It also marks the debut of Charlene and Emily Mitchell, two young sisters who will be appearing now and again throughout the story. that's all to come next.