The Seventh Doctor suddenly found himself in the deepest depths of the Masters TARDIS. The darkness wasnt something he didnt expect, but it was not the fact that he was alone in the dark that bothered him. The fact he didnt feel alone was what really disturbed him. There was a sound of footsteps echoing through the corridor.
"Ello!?" He yells out into the abyss.
Nothing but echos. The Doctor walks forward blindly. Feeling with his hands to find the walls.
"Professor?" A whisper rang out, almost quiet as a church mouse, but cut like a knife. It certainly stopped The Doctor in his tracks.
"Hello...who is that...i demand to know." He yells louder and more stern.
However the only thing that replied back was an empty echo. The room seemed to get smaller and smaller. The darkness like a cloak being wrapped around him. Then more echoes began to ring throughout.
"Professor is that you? Its dark Professor."
He stops again. The lump in his throat is almost choking him but hes able to bark out.
"Ace...Ace are you hear..Ace...Ace where are you?" He stumbles almost through the corridor of midnight. Then he stops and before him the lights glow a blood red. A very intense blood red. Not enough light to feel comfortable but just enough to not trip over his own feet. Then just 6 feet in front of him there stands a 6 year old boy. Hes clothed in Aces bomber jacket, But it definently was a 6 year old human boy. The doctor became speechless, with his jaw nearly on the floor. The child looks up to the funny looking man.
"Have you seen my mommy mister?" The child asked wiping his brown hair from his eye.
Before the Doctor could even answer the boy runs off into the light then darkness of the corridor. The Doctor thoroughly confused and now generally concerned for the child's well being begins to jog after him.
"Hey...stop i can help you find your mother. Stop please." He cries but to no avail.
Then out of completely no where the Doctor trips to the floor of the corridor. Hat off his head,the fall flat on his face sort of trip. He grunts and looks up in front of him and under the light there is two figures...two figures cascading some of the darkest shadows he's ever seen.
"Who is that...whos there...why are you tormenting me?" The Doctor looks up and cries.
"Whats wrong Professor? You dont recognize me...after all that time we spent together you dont recognize Dorothy?"
The Doctors eyes widen. His heart breaks a little.
'Ace...' He thought to himself because the words wouldnt come out.
She had been gone for so long, the way they parted wasn't on good terms either. She had still heald resentment about the Fenric situation. He had explained to her the dire of what had to be done but it always stayed with her. Then one night she left the TARDIS without the supervision of the Doctor. She stayed gone almost too the point of the Doctor nearly starting an inter planetary war in search of her. When she finally returned it wasn't too long before she turned up pregnant.
He believed it was his fault, he lashed out at her, made her leave the TARDIS. He took her to Earth and left her there. He didn't feel it was an appropriate place for a pregnant woman. Which in a sense it wasn't, however the situation could've been handled better. He knew that, however it was more disappointment than anger. She was so young, almost like a daughter to him. He hated the fact that any one would touch her in that sense.
He began to lift himself up, his arms trembling in all of the adrenaline and fear almost preventing him from standing. He looked at her, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Ace...Ace is that you."his voice cracks a bit.
"You bet...its me Ace." Her voice cracks a bit as well. "Yea your precious Ace you left so long ago. Pregnant and all. You left me in Cardiff alone scared and 8 weeks pregnant." Her face angrier than he had ever seen.
"Ace ive realized since then what i had done. I made a huge mistake .However the TARDIS is not the place for a newborn." He reaches his right hand out to console her but she steps away from him as if he was a stranger she had never known.
"DONT TOUCH ME! You lost all right to touch me when you left me there. Yes it was no place for a newborn. But there was a different way to handle things. Not yell and scold me and then leave me in the middle of london." She pauses and wipes Her eyes and nose.
"And you expect me to just forgive you and waltz back into your arms like nothing happened. You've got me crying, i need to stop. For his sake." She signals to the child in front of her.
The boy does seemed frightened. Seven looks at him seeing the spitted image of Ace.
He kneels down to the boys level and holds out his hand for a shake.
" Hello lad...my names the Doctor. What might yours be?" He asks with a smile that he was forcing to hold back the tears.
The boy hesitant looks up at his mother. She looks down on him and nods , that its ok to talk to the man.
"H...H...Hi sir, my names Danny. Its uh nice to meet you i guess." He reaches out his hand trembling to return the Doctors shake.
"Nice to meet you Danny."
He stands back up to Aces level.
"He looks just like you Ace." Points out the Doctor.
And for the first time throughout the entire conversation she slightly smiles.
"Ace i know what i did was rash and im so sorry. From the depths of my hearts im so sorry, and i realize the errors of my ways. Could you please forgive me."
He grabs her hand and looks into her eyes tears streaming down his face at this moment.
She looks at him and smiles.
"Professor, its hard to forgive you. I have hated you for so long now I had to stay in a shelter until i found a job y'know that. Me, Ace, the girl who travelled the cosmos, and beat Daleks with baseball bats, had to stay in a homeless shelter with hobo bob and his nice orchestra. I was in pain for nine months, no one to stay with, no one to see me throught it. You couldve at least came by every so often or something Professor. Then i get stable, have a career going, and im dragged back into all of this!" Ace Sobs at the painful memories.

"Ace...i did stop in, i knew where you lived, where you were working at. I have been keeping a watchful eye on you my dear. I did...i do care about you Dorothy. You were and still are like a daughter to me. I never said hello, or got back into contact because i thought it would hurt to much. I am truthfully sorry for what i did, but i have seen your pain my girl." The Seventh Doctor sheds many tears during his heart felt apology. The Doctor holds out both arms to bring them in for a hug. Before Ace could give him a hug, in an instant, she fell to the ground in teeth gnashing pain.

"AHHHH GAHHHH WHAT IS THA AHHHHH!"she screams.
The Doctor looks on in horror and shields the young child behind as his mother convulses violently.
"Ace whats wrong...whats hurting you!?"The Doctor's in a panic as he attempts to assist.
"Im squeezing her heart." A dark voice rings out.
"MASTER! Leave her be shes nothing to you. This is between you and I!"The Seventh Doctor commands.
"But why ,this is so much fun." His tone similiar to horrible, sadistic child.
"STOP NOW!" The Doctor screams.
"Oh fine." He breaks the telepathic connection.
"But we are not finished Yet." His voice disappears and the dungeon goes dark once more.