Chapter 11: The watch
" Ok, Hally you can stay with Yana, Chantho and Martha here, me and Jack will go down to the room of no return and shall return shortly." The Doctor smiled and started to run down the opposite corridor that Jack had already disappeared down.
" Ok, well this is going to be fun." Hally said making her way over to the other side of the room and flopping down on the chairs away from Yana and Martha and Chantho.
The rest of them went over to the screen to see if they could hear what was going on.
" You know I don't understand most the things he's saying." Martha turned around and found Yana stood crying.
They heard the rocket launch.
" What's wrong?" Martha asked concerned.
" This time travel, they said there was time travel back in the old days, I didn't believe but then again what does an old fool like me know?"
" Never could keep time, always late always in a rush, even this thing broke on me."
Yana got out an old fog watch.
" Where did you get this from?" Fear was plain in Martha's eyes.
" Oh that old thing, I've had it since I was… well found, yes that's it I was found with it, a lost child alone in the wind. But it's useless look it's stuck. I've never thought anything of it."
Until now.
Martha turned the watch over and she recoiled.
" Does it matter?"
" No, no it's fine, I'm going to go and see if the Doctor needs me."
Martha backed off and quickly retreated down the corridor the Doctor and Jack had gone.
Hally watched her go, but thought nothing of it.
Chantho watched in fear as Yana toyed with the watch, Yana looked at the watch as if it was his life long dream to open it. Chantho heard whispers and hisses from the watch. Whoever was inside really wanted to get out. And Chantho knew well and true what would happen then.
Yana forced the watch open and a golden glow of light engulfed him.
Hally noticed this and walked over puzzled. When she saw what was happening Hally backed off. Deep into the shadows.
" Ut oh!" Hally may not have known who it was but she could tell by Yana's sly grin that they weren't good. The watch must have been a chameleon arc, a little device that changes a time lord's DNA to change them to human. Which basically meant professor Yana was a time lord, but which one?
By now Martha had told the Doctor and they were all running down the corridor trying to get back to the room.
Yana slowly tuned on Chantho, she was shaking.
"Chan, Professor Yana. Tho"
Yana locked all the doors, the Doctor was trapped outside.
" Chan, but you've locked them out, Tho."
" Don't worry my dear as one door closes another must open." Yana flicked a switch and outside the silo, gates swung open and the hungry humans ran into the silo.
" Chan, you must stop, Tho."
Yana ignored Chantho and carried on sabotaging the equipment.
" Chan , I'm so sorry but I must stop you, Tho!" Chantho held a gun up to Yana, he smiled.
" Ohhh, well now I can say… I was provoked." He picked up the sparking pieces of wire Jack had used earlier and he skulked towards Chantho.
" Didn't you ever think after all these years standing beside me not to mention the watch, never did you ever once think, not ever! That you could have set me free."
" Chan, I'm sorry, Tho"
Chantho backed into the corner and started to cry.
" Chan, I'm so sorry, Tho."
" And you with your Chan's and your Tho's driving me insane!"
" Chan, Proffessor, Tho."
" THAT IS NOT MY NAME!"
Hally backed further away into her corner.
" The professor was an invention, so perfect a disguise I forgot who I was."
" Chan, the who are you, Tho?"
" I am the Master!"
The Master thrust the wires at Chantho and she doubled over and fell to the ground, never to rise again.
Hally froze, but this time she wasn't happy. She was terrified.