Chapter Twenty One

"I hope you know what you're doing, Doc," Jack said as they carried the drugged Master to a spot some distance from the invisible lift. "You're letting the Devil loose again."

"I know but it's the only way we can find the rest of his fan club," the Doctor said while they laid him down on the ground. "Believe me; I'll be keeping a close eye on him during all this."

"I hope so," Jack said. "I don't want to undo the damage a second time."

They finished adjusting his body so he was facing away from the lift and the Doctor, Jack and his team headed back to the Hub.

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Rose had a shower and laid down in her bed. She tried to go to sleep but images of the unfamiliar men kept coming to the surface of her consciousness. What frustrated her was when she tried to focus on one of the fleeting images and concentrate on it; it would slip from her mind as if it were forbidden. She tossed and turned for an hour before she finally sat up.

She went out to tell her mother she felt like going for a walk but Jackie had already gone to bed. Rose paused for a moment in hesitation before deciding to go out for a short walk, figuring she wouldn't be long and would stay near the Powell Estate. She put on her coat and quietly headed out the door.

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Trefusis stopped her group. She had been using a handheld SATNAV device to track the artron energy, slowly making her way towards the Powell Estate. Now the marker was moving away from the block of flats. She studied it for a moment before telling the others what was happening. She looked at the map on the device and noticed that they weren't far away from here.

"This way, I think we can ambush whoever this is," Trefusis said to the other cult members before they walked on.

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Rose sighed as she stuck her hands in the pocket of her jacket. She hated not knowing what's going on. She hated that she knew her mother was hiding something from her. She had a hunch she knew what the fleeting images in her mind meant but apart from putting her on the rack, she figured her mother would never talk voluntarily about them. She found a bench and sat down, watching the people passing by while she continued to mull over the images. She wondered if the men she was seeing in her mind lived in London. Perhaps she could try to find them and see if she could meet with them. Perhaps they could shed light on what was going on.

She slumped a bit while she continued to watch the people across the street. She noticed a group of them had just walked up. A woman in the front was looking at a small handheld device and then looking at her. She looked at the device again and then looked at her. Rose frowned when the woman spoke to the people behind her and then pointed right at her. Red flags went off in her mind as she rose from the bench. She decided perhaps was the best time to leave as she headed back towards the Powell Estate. She walked for several feet before chancing a look back. To her astonishment, the group was blatantly following her, their eyes on her every move. She decided to veer away from her home and hurried to a crosswalk, intending to quickly cross the street and lose them. But when she reached the corner of the pavement, the group suddenly surrounded her.

"Hello, Rose Tyler," Trefusis said to her.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Rose said, trying not to panic as the group surrounded her.

"We are disciples of the Master, Rose Tyler," Trefusis said.

She gasped when the woman seized her arm and glared at her.

"Oi, let go of me!" Rose said, trying to get her arm out of her iron grip.

"You will come with us or we will destroy you and the ones you love," Trefusis hissed at her.

"What do you want with me?" Rose said, panicking.

"You will help us get our revenge on the Doctor," Trefusis said with a smirk.

Rose tried to get away from her and gasped when she jerked her arm and got into her face.

"Don't resist or you'll live to regret it," Trefusis snarled at her.

Rose stared at her eyes and saw no mercy or compassion in them. She decided not to resist and go with them, figuring they would carry out their threat if she did. She decided to keep calm and think up a plan for getting away from them.

"I won't resist, just don't hurt me," Rose said.

"Good girl. Now walk with us and don't you dare alert someone that you're being kidnapped because I have a tiny laser blaster in my pocket and I'll blast a hole in your head before anyone can help you. Now move!"

Rose glared at her for a moment before letting out a sigh, turning with the group and following them.

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The Doctor and Jack stood together on the invisible lift, watching the Master and making sure no one bothered him. Jack had a handheld device in his hand that was about the size of a Kindle. It was a SATNAV device that would track the Master's movements through his artron energy signature. The Doctor nudged him when he saw the Master beginning to wake up. The Master slowly got to his feet and so far he hadn't seen them, which was a good thing since the Doctor knew he could see past the perception filter on the lift. He was risking discovery but he had to watch and see what he did in his first moments of awareness. He had taken out his memories of being a part of Torchwood so he didn't expect him to return to the Hub and seek out Jack.

The Master looked left and right for a moment in obvious confusion before he reached into his pocket and took out his mobile. He spoke for a few minutes and they could see him nodding while he spoke. He then finished the call and put his mobile back in his pocket before heading away from the lift in a hurry. To the Doctor's relief, he never looked back and he was too busy now to look, making a beeline for his destination. The Doctor and Jack exchanged a look.

"Follow him?" Jack said to the Doctor.

"Follow him," the Doctor said.