Chapter Seven
The Master walked outside and saw the Doctor and Rose standing by the edge of the yard waiting for him.
"And now, endgame begins." The Master said.
He sat the boom box and Rupert beside him. The Doctor frowned when he fiddled with the boom box.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm finding just the right song. I like a bit of background music when I'm killing my foes." He said.
"Really? Since when?" the Doctor said.
The Master paused.
"Since this incarnation actually. I have to admit I have a fondness for show tunes and campy music. Odd, really."
He shrugged.
"Ah well, back to the perfect song." He said.
The Doctor frowned when he heard him jumping from song to song on his CD player. So far he had heard snippets of YMCA, Dancing Queen, If I Could Turn Back Time and Over The Rainbow.
"Ah ha! Here we go!" the Master said triumphantly.
IT'S…NOT…EASY HAVING YOURSELF A GOOD TIME…
The Master grabbed Rupert and his ray gun and walked towards the Doctor as the Scissor Sisters blared from his boom box.
"You have a companion to help you fight, Doctor, and now I have one as well." He said stopping a few feet in front of him.
"Really," the Doctor said looking around. "Where is this companion then?"
"Here!" the Master said pointing to Rupert.
The Doctor and Rose stared down at the tiny stuffed bear.
"Yeah, um…Master, I hate to tell you this, but I think when they brought you back this time, they kinda damaged your mind." The Doctor said to him.
"Ah, but there is more to Rupert than meets the eye. Behold, Doctor, my friend's true form!" the Master said.
There was a flash of light. The Doctor and Rose blinked and tried to shield their eyes from the blinding radiance. When the light faded, they were amazed by what they saw. The little teddy bear had evolved into a humanoid form. The Doctor frowned when he noticed from the neck down Rupert was wearing a little red thong and looked like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but from the neck up, he still had his tiny teddy bear head.
"Okay…" the Doctor said.
"Attack, Rupert, destroy the Doctor and Rose!" the Master said pointing at them.
The Doctor's eyes widened as Rupert advanced on them. He threw a punch to Rupert's head. But all it did to the stuffed head was dent it slightly. He threw a punch at his chest and grunted when the rock hard pecs hurt his hand. Rupert threw a punch to the Doctor's face and Rose gasped when he knocked backwards several feet.
"That's it, Rupert. Kill the Doctor!" the Master yelled at him.
Rose looked over and noticed the Doctor was slowly getting to his feet. Thinking quickly, she jumped in front of the bear human and tensed her muscles.
"I won't let you kill the Doctor." She said to it. "You have to get through me first!"
The Master laughed.
"The Doctor couldn't harm my Rupert, what makes you think a slip of a girl like you will…"
The Master was cut short when he saw Rose dodge a punch, run around the back of Rupert, grab his bear head and rip it off his body. As she threw it to the ground, the human body morphed back into the little teddy bear body.
"NO! RUPERT!" the Master said running towards the bear body.
He cradled the body as the Doctor came up beside Rose and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Quick thinking, Rose." He said to her.
"Thanks." Rose replied.
"RUUUUUUPERT!" the Master wailed.
He snarled at Rose.
"You will pay for that!" he said to her. "No bleach blonde hussy hurts my friend and gets away with it! Prepare to become my slave!"
"WATCH OUT, ROSE!" the Doctor screamed.
He shoved her aside just in time to avoid the deadly vomit that flew from the Master's mouth. As the Master prepared to shoot another vomit projectile, the Doctor grabbed Rupert's head and shoved it in his mouth. As the Master's eyes widened in shock, the Doctor picked him up and dropkicked him across the lawn. He grabbed the ray gun. He pointed it at the Master's feet and shot a laser bolt at him. He grinned as he fired at his feet and watched the Master run around the yard. The Master quickly took Rupert's head out of his mouth and shot a vomit projectile at his head. The Doctor ducked and fired another round. The Doctor paused as the Master screamed and ran towards him.
"GIVE ME THAT GUN!" he bellowed at him.
The Doctor waited a moment and then sidestepped the Master. He kicked him in the butt as he ran past and Rose caught him by the sides of his head.
"Unhand me!" the Master screamed at her.
"Whatever you say." Rose said.
She dropkicked him and the Master screamed as he sailed through the air and landed on his head. He skidded across the yard on his head and then flopped over.
"You know, I kinda like this baby body of his. It's easy to kick his ass this way." The Doctor said to Rose.
He pointed the ray gun as the Master scrambled to his feet.
"Surrender, Master, it's over." The Doctor said to him.
"Oh, it's not over, Doctor, not by a long shot." The Master said.
"On the contrary, it's very much over."
Everyone looked over as Brian walked out the front door.
"Unlike some people around here, I have to earn a living." He said walking over to the Master. "I need my sleep and I can't do that when you're out here making a racket. So, come on, let's get you back to bed before Lois freaks."
"Stay away from me, dog! Victory shall be mine! I will triumph over the Doctor!" the Master said to him.
"Come on, Stewie, playtime's over." Brian said walking up to him. "It's time for you to go back to bed and quit trying to kill our guests."
"NO! I will kill the Doctor! He is trapped and helpless! I will not be denied!"
The Master ran towards the Doctor.
"Die, Doctor!" he bellowed.
The Doctor watched patiently. He glanced up at a nearby tree and when the Master was under it, he whipped out his sonic screwdriver and aimed it at a branch. The branch cracked and slammed down on top of the Master's head. The Master's body went rigid and he stood still for a moment staring straight ahead of him with wide eyes.
"Look at that," he said pointing to the air in front of his eyes. "There's a bunch of tiny TARDISes spinning around my head. Isn't that cute?"
He passed out and flopped to the ground.
"Nice shot." Brian said.
"Thanks."
Brian walked over and stared at the Master.
"Sorry about the whole going off on you and trying to kill you thing." He said sheepishly. "He normally reserves his murderous intentions for Lois. I can't think what got into him. Must be teething or something."
He picked up the Master.
"I'll tell Lois what happened in the morning, she'll make sure he gets all his ray guns and shit taken away from him and gets punished. Don't worry about it. Just come back inside and…."
He paused when he noticed a huge black rectangular hole opening up beside the Doctor and Rose.
"What the Hell?" Brian muttered.
"That's it, the door the Cybermaster was talking about." The Doctor said pointing to it.
"Now? We didn't kill the Master." Rose said looking at him.
The Doctor shrugged.
"Maybe we don't have to, maybe we only needed to defeat him, which we did. Anyway, I'm not gonna argue, let's just get out of here while the door's here."
"So, you two are leaving then?" Brian asked.
"Yeah, I'm afraid we are. We have to go on to the next thing, whatever that is."
"Well, I hate to see you go. You seem like nice people. Just take care of yourselves."
"You too, Brian." The Doctor said shaking his paw. "Good luck keeping an eye on him."
"Aw, he's not that tough. I can more than hold my own with him."
He blushed when Rose kissed the top of his head and vibrated his leg when she scratched behind his left ear.
"Easy, that's the sweet spot. I might just have to marry you if you keep that up." He said.
Rose chuckled. She stepped back and took the Doctor's hand. Brian cradled Stewie's unconscious body and watched as the Doctor and Rose leapt through the hole and it closed behind them.
