Ok here you go, kind of filleryish I guess, I have a definite idea of where I want this to go now, so I'll be doing fillers and the important episodes because I'm lazy and that's easier Anyways enjoy!
"SILENCE!" Mae screamed at the top of her voice to all the Time Lords that had convened in the Panopticon, the overwhelming noise in the room gradually dwindled down, only the sounds of heavy breathing could be heard as all eyes fixed on the exceedingly young Lord President.
"Thank you, now can someone please explain to me what exactly has happened" she asked, trying desperately to stop her voice wavering.
"My Lord President Mae, the Daleks have destroyed without just cause a Gallifreyan survey vessel at Palamaro" Chancellor Drakis said looking expectantly at her.
"I see, and there was no provocation?"
"None at all, word has been received that the Daleks have an army massing outside the Kasterborous system" Cardinal Alexa added, as she glanced at the Chancellery Guard for confirmation.
"An Army?"
"Yes Lord President"
"Have they declared war?"
"Yes"
Suddenly the noise started, and the council decended into total chaos once again, leaving a very agitated Lord President. Strolling to the centre of the room, she stood absolutely still, arms folded across her chest as the room finally fell silent.
"Then we have no choice, we are at war, I want the new battle Tardis' in operation within the next hour do you understand me? Alert the whole planet, every able bodied man and woman is to fight, children are to be taken to their respective academies, under 8's as well. Call back every person off world, including the Doctor, and I want the Master resurrected"
"Lord President! The Master is a psychotic sociopath!"
"Exactly"
**
"Lord Doctor, I wish we could meet again in better circumstances" Mae said as she guided the Doctor into the Citadel
"I as well Lord President" The Doctor answered, walking briskly beside her trying to keep up with her surprising pace, "With all due respect Ma'am but are you not a little young for this position especially during the present climate"
"Evidently not" she replied forcing a smile at the Doctor "But sometimes I do wonder"
"If it helps, I've heard nothing but praise about you, some say that you are the greatest Lord President since your father himself, although I am still concerned about your age"
Mae's eyes darkened at the mention of her father, "Thank you Lord Doctor, that means a lot, please could you enter the Panopticon the Chancellor will alert you of your task, there is something that I need to do" and with that Mae marched along the corridor towards a room that held a decision that she might later come to regret.
**
The Master sat defiantly in the room, his body shivering violently to regain heat, why couldn't they just leave him alone, not that he wasn't happy being alive, but resurrected just to be killed repeatedly by a Dalek, he didn't quite see the logic behind the Lord President's decision. He delivered another icy glare to the guard who had him held at gun point just to make sure he didn't make a run for it, apparently they were waiting for the Lord Presidents orders, no initiative any of them. The sound of footsteps falling heavily outside made him snap his eyes towards the door, perhaps this was the erstwhile Lord President, he was curious to know who it was, not many would dare bring him back to life, so whoever it was, they had guts. The door swung open and clattered against the wall, the sudden influx of bright light made the Master squint for a few moments, before blinking hard to try and regain his sight.
"Leave us" ordered the voice from the doorway, feminine and assertive; he liked this Lord President more and more. The Guard threw him a glare before shutting the door behind him.
"So, you brought me back, brave"
"Bringing you back Lord Master is not brave, it's impulsive and possibly disastrous but I'll take that risk" Mae snapped, leaning against the door with an aura of self confidence that she thought she never had. Ordering the lights to brighten Mae prepared herself for the Master's predictable outburst.
"See that's better a little light...IT'S YOU!" The Master shouted, pure shock evident on his face
"How very observant of you"
"Lady Mae Alpha Rassilon, keeping it in the family are we?"
"Mocking me won't get you anywhere; I can just as easily order your death"
"But you won't"
At that Mae had no answer, resorting to scowling at him to show her displeasure "Look, I didn't come here to fight with you, I came to offer you a chance at redemption"
The Master scoffed "Oh great another bleeding heart, first the Doctor now you, I don't need forgiveness"
"Listen to me, I won't forgive you if you don't want me too, I won't even let the Doctor know that you are alive but I need your help"
"What does the kid wonder Lord President need my help for?"
"I'm going to Skaro"
"And they say I'm insane, they will kill you as soon as you set foot on that planet"
"I have to try"
"Try what, new and inventive ways of dying?"
"No, I have to try and save my people! I can't just let them die!"
**
The whole planet was thick with smoke and the smell of death as Mae half dragged half carried a newly regenerated semi conscious Master out of the mangled wreckage of her Tardis, her eyes stung with tears as she stared at her ship, the mental connection was broken as she died before her eyes. They had crash landed rather violently after the navigation systems had burnt out in the collision with her and the Master's Tardis. Looking around her Mae couldn't believe her eyes, the sheer devastation made her planet almost unrecognisable, she faintly heard someone call her name in the distance and she turned her head to see the doctor, badly wounded and leaning heavily against his Tardis. He beckoned her toward him with his hand as she watched a grimace spread across his features.
"Master come on you have to try and walk for me" Mae urged, shaking his shoulder as gently as she could, his eyes opened slowly and he nodded as she helped him get shakily to his feet. The pair walked slowly to the Doctor, who had staggered back inside his Tardis. Guiding the Master inside, Mae sighed heavily, staring at the cracked central column. She felt the ship lurch as it started its flight off planet, eyes widening she rounded on the Doctor.
"What are you doing? TAKE ME BACK!" she shouted, banging her fists on the controls, barely registering the slice it took out of her curled hand.
"I'm carrying out your orders! To use the Moment"
Mae's heart constricted in her chest and she stopped breathing "Only if we have no other option!"
"We don't have another option, you tried reasoning with Davros and then the Emperor and look what good that did!"
"At least I tried! That will kill everyone there must be another way"
"You think that I would consider it if there was?"
Mae lowered her gaze and shook her head softly "No"
The Doctor tore his eyes off of the young Lord President, who was wise beyond her years, not many would have dared go to the Daleks to try and reason with them, but she had, and she had resurrected the Master, whether that was a wise move he wasn't sure, at the present time the master was in no state to cause any harm. Squeezing his eyes shut the Doctor activated the Moment, it beeped innocently and then silenced before the tinny voice requested "Presidential access code"
Mae snapped her head up "No, please no"
"Lord President you have no other option"
"You are asking me to deliver a death sentence to millions of people!" Mae shouted her balled fists shaking by her sides
"If the Daleks win they will destroy the whole universe!" The Doctor retaliated
"But you are asking me to kill my own people, my own planet!"
"You think I don't know that?!"
"The needs of the many" Mae said as she took a deep breath
"Outweigh the needs of the few" gasped the Master from his position on the floor, his breathing ragged as he nodded solemnly at Mae.
"Ok" Mae whispered "Presidential access 7630delta8946537alpha"
"Moment activated"
"Detonate" Mae choked out, her head exploded with pain, she felt Gallifrey split in two as the eye of harmony was ripped out of the centre and catapulted towards the primary sun, the resulting supernova engulfed the entire planet and the remainder of the Dalek army. She fell to her knees as she heard her people screaming as they burned, tears streamed from her cheeks while she sobbed, curling into a ball she felt like she was dying, she vaguely registered the Master saying her name and stroking a hand over her cheek before her world went black.
Zoey jolted awake taking in a deep breath of air, sweat dripping down her brow, her heart was pounding hard in her chest, and her body was trembling in a way that it had never done before, the tears were cascading down her cheeks as she held back the sobs, never had that dream been so vivid in all the time she had had it since the war. Jumping as she felt the Master's arms wrap around her and pull her towards him, placing soft kisses to her temple and along her jaw line.
"How bad?" he whispered, holding her tightly, rocking her back and forth attempting to sooth her as best he could.
"It was bad, worse than it's ever been" she mumbled burying her head in his chest, clinging to him as hard as she could
"It's o.k. it's gonna be alright you'll see"
"Really, after 100 years and I still get nightmares, and that's the first time that I've ever got them with you here" she whimpered "I'm scared"
"Don't be, I'm here, I love you, nothing will hurt you"
"I love you too, I love you so much"
"Come on Zo get some rest, I'll protect you from your dreams as best I can"
"You don't have to do that"
"I do Mae"
Zoey stiffened and then melted into his touch, him using her nickname had never felt so right, she smiled and kissed him gently "Thanks, Koschei" she mumbled into his chest as she shut her heavy eyes, moulding her body against his, trying to get as much skin contact as she could, Zoey felt herself drifting off onto a deep and hopefully peaceful sleep.
"Mae Alpha, come with us" asked one of the many cardinals that were gathered in the hall of the Time Academy.
Mae reluctantly stepped forward, amid the rush of whispers at the ending of her nickname, the Alpha meant that she had gotten the highest mark possible in the exams she had taken to enter the Prydonian academy. She tried her best to slow her breathing, panicking wouldn't get her anywhere, at first she had been confused as to why she was taken to the Time Academy especially at the age of 8, and then she realised this was the final test, staring into the untempered schism.
"This way please" they ordered as they walked regally through the large oak doors
Mae followed, quickening her pace to an almost jog just so she could keep up, through the oak doors was a room, that looked surprisingly like a garden, the smell of the flowers made her nose flare and tears to start leaking from her eyes, she rubbed them away quickly as she fought off a sneeze, trust them to have flowers. She looked ahead and she saw it, in the middle of the room, unlike other children she wasn't scared, and if she was she didn't feel it, she was mystified by it, the swirling patterns were beautiful. And she gasped to catch her breath, glancing at the Cardinals, she took her place on the podium and simply stared. At first nothing much happened, and she wondered what all the fuss was about, but then Mae felt like she was being torn from her body and thrust into the schism.
It was too bright, too loud, too colourful. Every sense was in overdrive to try and make sense of what she was seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, but it wasn't working. Time simply moved past her and she hung her head, feeling like a failure, and that seemed like the catalyst. Suddenly everything around her made sense, and she could see ahead of her, three possible futures that she could have, each depended on what she did right here right now, curious she investigated each one, they all splintered as futures moulded themselves around that decision, if she remained standing here, with an aura of dominance she could become many things, she saw herself exploring the universe, being the Lord President, a doctor, a teacher, a councillor. But if she ran, all that changed, she was too different, a leader that followed her heart not her head, a disappointment to the father that was never there, gasping she turned her head to the last possible outcome, turning mad. That future was dark, she saw war, she saw herself being killed by radiation poisoning and the regeneration was painful, she saw herself killing her own people, with one word. She choose her path, the gold thread bound her future together, but as she turned, what she didn't see, was that she hadn't chosen one path, she had chosen the strongest combination, all three.
Zoey took a deep breath as she was once again awoke from her sleep, she glanced over her shoulder at the Master who was gripping her hand tightly, groggily pushing himself up to sit with her.
"Zoey you need to get yourself checked over, this isn't good for you"
"I know, but I figured that after a while it would go"
"How long has this been happening Zo?"
"Couple of weeks"
"Repeatedly?"
"Yeah"
"Zo, why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't want you to worry about me"
"What have they been about, the dreams"
"Everything and anything. The time war, initiation, academy life, when I was made Lord President, travelling, you"
"You're dreaming about your life"
"It seems so"
"Come on, get dressed we are getting you checked over"
"No Master please I'm fine"
"Zo, for me, just so I know that you're ok"
"Fine"
"Why initiation? If you don't mind me asking, yours was good wasn't it?"
"That's what I thought, until that dream, I'd buried it so far down that I'd forgotten what I saw, all these years I thought I was one of the ones that were inspired, but that dream made me realise I was wrong, I wasn't inspired, I was all three"
"You didn't go mad"
"Didn't I? I brought you back from the dead, I went to Skaro to bargain with Davros and the Emperor, I declared war on the Daleks, I helped start the Time War, I ended it by destroying our planet, what sane person would do that?"
"Zoey you're not mad, just impulsive"
"No, you said it yourself when I brought you back, they called you insane, but what I was doing, wasn't just impulsive or reckless, it was insane"
"Zoey it wasn't, you did what anyone would have done, and you didn't run away either"
"I did, don't you see? I could have given the doctor the codes and make myself go back onto the planet to stay with my people but I didn't, I stayed, I ran away because I didn't want to die!"
Suddenly the light in the room was flicked on, and both Zoey and the Master winced at the sudden brightness, they could see a figure in the doorway who seemed to be agitated.
"What is going on in here?" The Doctor asked, frowning at his fellow Time Lords
"Bad dream" Zoey mumbled, barely glancing up to meet the Doctor's expectant eyes
"Yeah that she's been having for weeks. Repeatedly"
"Right, Zoey to the Tardis now" The Doctor ordered, pointing out of the room
"Aww Doctor now? Lemme sleep"
"No Zoey, all you've been doing for the last week or so is sleep and have nightmares, so Tardis"
Glowering at him, Zoey pushed herself out of bed, straitening her camisole before crossing her arms in annoyance.
"You might want something warmer on, it's cold out there, Jackie hasn't put the heating on"
Zoey looked down at her body, a camisole that just past her midriff and a pair of girl's boxers, shrugging she looked back up at the Doctor "I'll be fine, Gallifrey was colder than Earth, so I'm sure I can handle Jackies living room"
The Doctor flinched at the mention of his planet but allowed Zoey past, gesturing for the Master to come with him, he followed Zoey to the Tardis, which was parked conveniently in Jackie's living room so that they could be ready to leave in the morning once Rose had had enough sleep. The door creaked open as they stepped inside, avoiding Mickey's haphazard dumping of bags on the walkway. The room quickly shifted into the medbay, and Zoey groaned before jumping up onto the bed, scowling at the Master.
"Right, full body scan please"
"Oh come on, you know I hate those things"
"Precisely why I'm doing one"
Huffing, she lay herself down on the bed, taking a deep breath as it began to move slowly into the whirring machine.
"Keep still for me Zoey"
"I know, I am a Doctor remember" she growled
Resisting the urge to tap her fingers Zoey lay in waiting for the scan to finish, it was horribly claustrophobic, the machine was loud and her body was itching to run away as fast as it could. After what felt like 20 minutes she finally felt the bed move out of the machine. As soon as it was clear she sat upright looking at the Doctor for the results, only he wasn't looking at her, he was glaring daggers at the Master, who gulped and stood by her side, gripping her hand tightly.
"Well?" She asked, diverting the Doctors attention from the Master who was almost cowering at her side.
"Good news, there isn't anything wrong with you"
"Then why am I sleeping all the time and having persistent dreams, that aren't always bad I have to say"
"That's the other news, interpret it as you will...you're pregnant"
Zoey's mouth dropped, looking at the Master, who was trying to grin at her while not making it look like a grin so the Doctor wouldn't kill him "I'm pregnant? Are you sure?"
"Yes" The Doctor ground out through gritted teeth
"I'm gonna be a mum, and you're gonna be a dad, and you're gonna be a granddad" Zoey breathed before she fainted.
"I thought I was the one who's supposed to faint" the Master muttered to her as he pressed a long kiss to her temple, ghosting his hand over her abdomen, grinning madly to himself, he looked up to the Doctor, who was positively murderous.
"You got her pregnant"
"Well, yes obviously"
"How?"
"When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much..." the master started condescendingly before cutting himself off at the look on the Doctor's face.
"You can't have done, the curse, every child has been loomed, for years, then you two just..."
"Look, I don't know either, I thought I was subject to that curse too, but clearly not"
"Clearly"
"I'm sorry"
The Doctor immediately broke out into a smile "What for? You have a baby, I'm gonna be a grandpa again, well as good as"
The Master grinned, before he faltered "Any tips on being a dad?"
"Sorry that's something you need to figure out yourself I'm afraid" The Doctor said as he walked past squeezing the Master's shoulder "Congratulations"
"Thanks" he murmured, stroking Zoey's stomach in wonder, thanking some non-existent higher power, his life was definitely looking up.
Phew that was long, sorry if it's a little um bad and quick, I really couldn't do it any other way, but the whole Zoey flashbacks I felt they were important, I mean we know about the Doctor and the Master, but you obviously don't know about her, so I thought I give a sense of who she was, and I still will not tell how she saved the Master, I'm saving that for later, coz it will explain what I plan to do for the Utopia/Sound of Drums/Last of The Time Lords episodes.
Enough from me! Please review!