This chapter has been reworked a fair bit from the original. Enjoy!
"Captain! Long time no see. How have you been?" the Doctor asked enthusiastically, as he bounded up to the new member of our gathering and shook his hand vigorously.
"Yeah, good thanks," the captain said, smiling with a big smile, showing off his very white teeth. "I see you have regenerated again since we last met."
"Oh of course! Yes. I'm still getting used to it. Have to wear it in. I did like my last body,. Such a shame it was one of my shorter lasting regenerations. I didn't have my spare hand to prevent it this time."
The pair shared a knowing smile.
"How is Donna?" asked Captain Jack.
"Oh yes, I was with her when we saw each other last. She wasn't able to maintain the metacrisis, so I had to wipe her memories of the TARDIS and all of our adventures, preventing her brain from burning up. She's fine though. She got married and is living comfortably with her husband."
The rest of us stood there impatiently, watching them have their catch up moment, consciously aware that the shape in the doorway was also waiting for us.
"Doctor, don't we have a job to be doing?" Amy asked, breaking the tension the rest of us had.
"Yes, sorry," the Doctor said. "Why do we need to go with this person?" he asked Jack.
"Because he will lead us to his Dad," Jack said pointing straight at me.
Something struck me. How did he know about my Dad and also how did he know who I am?
"How do you know about me? I only got my powers yesterday," I asked suspiciously.
Jack took a long look at me and then smiled. He walked over to where I was standing.
"Well kid, you see I work for a top secret organisation back on Earth and it is our job to monitor alien activity. When your Dad came to Earth, we made it a priority to track his movements, where he grew up, went to school and who he fell in love with. So when you were born, we monitored you as well. Just to be safe."
I would be lying if I didn't say I wasn't a little bit offended, but I could see some of the logic.
"I actually have a question to," the Doctor said. "How did you get through the time lock? Even the TARDIS had some struggle."
"Something seemed to let me through, but it hurt like nothing I have ever felt before," replied Jack. "I landed a few days ago and have been scouting around the planet. It has changed a lot Doctor."
"I can see," the Doctor said with a sigh.
"You must come with me," the shape in the door repeated.
"We're coming," the Doctor said and turned to leave the room. "Come on then."
We began to leave when Jack called for Wally to stay behind. Wally looked very apprehensive at being asked to stay.
"Don't worry, it isn't anything bad," Jack reassured him.
Wally looked at me and nodded for me to go on. It wasn't until later, that Wally told me what happened.
Jack walked over to Wally and took a small box out of his pocket. Opening the box, Wally saw a small gold ring sitting inside, that had a small circular disc on the top. Engraved onto the disk, was a lightning bolt.
"This is for you," Jack said. "I was asked to pass this on a long time ago and never knew when it would be. It is clear that this is the moment."
"Are you going to ask me to marry you?" Wally asked.
Jack laughed with a mischievous chuckle.
"No. I'm not. Just take it," he said, giving it over.
Wally took the box and looked carefully at the ring. It was well made and shone in the red light that was coming through the windows close to them. He slipped the ring out and placed it onto his ring finger, on his right hand. As it slotted into place, a green light appeared around the edge of the circular disk and then disappeared.
"What is it?" Wally asked.
"This is a suit, which allows you to use your powers, without damaging your civilian clothes. To activate it, push your thumb down onto the disk and release. It will shoot out your suit and then using your super speed, you can change into it. The suit is made from a fabric that can compress into a micro space."
Jack then remembered something and dug deep into his pocket again. When his hand came out, it had inside of it, another five rings.
"These are the spares. Keep them safe."
"Who gave you these?" Wally asked in awe.
"Sorry kiddo. I'm afraid I can't say. It happened in my last, but I was in the future when I was given them. I have to let established events take their course and the person who did give them to me, have the idea on their own. We could change the universe irrevocably if I tell."
Jack gave Wally a knowing smile.
"Come on, we had better catch up to the others."
And that is just what they did, a few minutes later, Wally beaming at me when we met up again. I noticed the ring, but he smiled at me and mouthed that we would talk about it later.
The shape in the doorway turned out to be a man. They were one of the Doctor's own people. An actual Time Lord. He had refused to say his name and was guiding us across the dry surface of the planet, the heat was intense.
"I know this is my home planet and I condemned it when I sealed it inside the time lock, but shouldn't it be destroyed? There seems to be so much life still around."
The mysterious man turned to answer.
"The planet is now under new management. They have prevented Gallifrey's destruction. You have caused much grief to them upon your arrival. They have been forced to advance their plans in order to stop you from halting their work," he said.
Just then, a rather mesmerising but also disgusting thing happened. A loud cracking noise came from the monks body and he began to contort, his arms bolted to his sides as his body twisted from right to left. Then it stopped. He stood up straight and as he did so, his forehead opened up and what I would describe as an eyestalk, protruded from the opening. A blue light was at the end of the stalk.
"Daleks," the Doctor breathed quietly, with an air of total defeat. "They won."
"We have seen these before haven't we Doctor?" Amy said. "In the Dalek asylum? Are we safe; are there nano genes in the air like there were there? Are we going to become their puppets?"
The questions tumbled forward. There came a beeping noise from my right and I saw Jack looking at the device on his wrist.
"There are no nano genes present. He has been converted somewhere else."
The Doctor brought out his screwdriver and began to scan the man, giving it a small flick with his wrist, expanding its claws out.
"Who are you? Who were you before the Daleks took control?" he demanded.
"I, I... I am..." the puppet stuttered.
"I can't tell who you are? The Daleks have blocked off my psychic link. I need to know what Time Lord I am speaking to," the Doctor demanded, getting more and more frustrated and emotional.
"I was the Time Lord known as... the Master."