Chapter 13: Scarlet

Hally's eye's flickered for a second, before properly opening. She was lying down, straight ahead was the bleak colour of a grey ceiling. Hally sat up and looked around. A girl caught her eye, she was about Hally's height and looked round about Hally's human age, she was looking at Hally like she had nothing better to do than stand there looking annoyingly knowing.

Hally smiled innocently at her.

The girl smiled back.

She had deep brown hair with red highlights and piercing blue eyes, she wore red jeans and a short strappy top with red stripes.

She was lent against the wall next to the door, looking at Hally as if she had just walked into her room or something.

The door behind her opened and the Master strolled in, he now looked tall, young, brown short hair, wearing suit, he had the same expression as the girl but when he saw Hally awake his face brightened into a wide grin.

" You two made friends then?" He exclaimed looking from the girl to Hally.

" Over my dead body!" Hally narrowed her eyes a little at the girl.

" That could be arranged!" She returned Hally's stare.

" This could be fun!" The Master laughed and the girl stormed out the room.

Hally realised she was in a bed, she was dressed in a nightie.

She looked around her, the room was small and had only the bed, desk and chair, and what looked like a bookcase.

The Master watched her with the utmost interest.

Hally's gaze shot back and met his.

" So…" The Master said cocking his head, " suppose you'll be wanting me to answer your questions, do we pet?"

" Well yes, one minute, end of the universe, next your stood here in a suit and me in bed in pyjamas!" " I'd say you've got a lot to answer to! pet?"

The Master laughed and walked over to were Hally was still sat, he lent on the bed. "Pet, I like it." He said a small smirk on his face.

"Well I don't, you haven't answered my question."

" And what exactly would that be?"

" Where are we?"

" Earth."

" Where?"

" Do you want me to be that precise?"

" Well yes, seeing as I'm just going to tell everyone who you are, especially people like UNIT and Torchwood!" Hally said sarcastically.

" Oh, it's a shame I'm Prime Minister then." He said grinning at Hally's stumped expression.

" WHAT!"

The Master just laughed.

" How've you managed that, I mean I've only been it here for what? A couple of hours."

The Master sat down.

" Arrrhh, that's where you wrong, you see you've been here for 18 months." He carried on, even when Hally's expression made him smile.

" Yes, you see, every day, since you blacked out in the TARDIS, I've been injecting you with the stuff doctors use to put people to sleep for a short amount of time. Booted it up a bit so I only had to come down here every week, but I came down here on my own, I did it personally, you know, you look so cute asleep." He gave her a sympathetic look, sticking out his bottom lip. " Bad luck about the nightmares."

Hally looked at him, he looked at her.

" Still haven't got over me then?" He smiled cheekily.

" What! I… I don't…" Hally looked shocked.

" Well coming down here to tranquilise you I had to do something, I just took a peek, well a pretty big one at that, but you know, ok?."

" You looked into my mind that's not ok!" " Anything else I should know about?"

" Well apart from the fact I've bonded us, no." He smiled slyly, a bond was a type of energy coming from the planet Romericontoe, it meant that two people were made into one, in a way. They would both die at the same time, the victim will share the pain from the bonder but the bonder won't have the pain of the victim, and they couldn't go a mile away from each other, it was supposed to be a romantic bond for couples who wanted to spend a lifetime together.

" But that's just not normal! It's disgusting, I can't believe you!" Hally was so angry, a bond was just what she didn't need.

" Oh well, for now I'm off." the Master turned to leave and he walked out the door.

Hally stood her ground but after a while she started to feel a pulling feeling in the pit of her stomach it started to hurt and after a while it hurt so much Hally bent over top try and stop it.

A voice echoed in her mind.

" It would be less painful if you just kept up with me."

Hally cursed and started to follow where the Master had gone.

Hally was half way down the corridor when a woman bumped into her, she had blonde hair, she looked a lot like the girl who had been in Hally's room.

" Hello, I'm Lucy Saxon, The Master's wife, don't worry I know all about you. Oh, you can't go round looking like that." She eyed Hally's nightie, "you can borrow some of Scarlet's clothes." The girl shuffled forwards from out of the shadows.

" Does she have to mum, that is so unfair!"

" Hold on a minute, did you say your name was Scarlet?"

The girl nodded defiantly.

" Scarlet Saxon!" " OMG what a name!" Hally laughed.

Scarlet pulled a face.

" Look come on Hally I'd better get you some clothes."

Hally walked into Scarlet's room, and followed Lucy to the other side where the wardrobe stood. She opened it. Inside was just a load of red clothes, Hally almost burst out laughing but stopped herself just in time, at least Lucy was trying.

" Um, have you got anything less red? It's just I really don't look good in it."

Lucy frowned, but rummaged through the wardrobe anyway.

After about 10 minutes Lucy straightened up.

" Well it's a bit grey…" With the tone of disgust.

" Grey is fine!" Hally grabbed the T-shirt.

Lucy then held out some black jeans with red poppers,

" And I suppose they'll have to do." Hally said.

Lucy left the room and Hally got changed into her new clothes.

As Hally came out of the room she was confronted by Scarlet,

" Good, I don't like those,"

" I wonder why…" Hally muttered under her breath.

The uncomfortable feeling in Hally's stomach resided and footsteps came round the corner.

" Come on ! I thought you were coming with me pet?" The Master gave Hally a sarcastic grin. She scowled at his use of his new name for her and she knew he only did it to annoy her.

" If you hadn't noticed I was sought of getting changed, seeing as you left me in a NIGHTIE!" Hally frowned at the Master's smug expression.

He started to walk away and Hally just followed.