Chapter 29: Madness

The Master had very quickly arranged a Doctor, and he had got started immediately, giving her drugs he said would clear her head.

Taking her blood pressure and heartbeats.

All the time the Master watched, staring at her, willing her to come back.

After four hours the Doctor left and said Hally should sleep.

The Master helped her into bed, then left.

He was worried, but why was he worried, he had wanted this all along. To drive her mad, to make her cry, to hurt her deep inside. To take everything she loved away.

But why now, when his plan was going perfectly, why was he starting to worry?

Hally would or should be back to normal in no time.

Hally was starting to feel better. Her head had started to clear and she could remember things better now. The Doctor who was treating Hally talked to her about what was bothering her, like a physiatrist, trying to get her emotions out of her head and into the open.

On one of these days, the Master came in and sat down on the opposite side of the bed.

" You called for me?" He asked the Doctor, whom Hally had found out to be called Doctor H. Clarke.

" Yes, I was wandering if you could think of anyone whom Hally was close to, to see if I can get them to make her relax a little… she's very tentative at the moment?" Doctor Clarke said.

The Master seemed to be thinking very hard about this.

" There's always Jack I suppose, but do I have to…he's very…" Clarke frowned at him.

"I'll go get him." The Master sighed and strode out of the room.

A couple of minutes later he re-entered, followed by a confused looking Jack.

The Master and Clarke left the room.

Jack smiled and sat next to Hally on the bed. Hally smiled back.

" Ummm, I'm a little confused, what is this all about?" He asked, apologetically.

" Didn't he tell you ? Obviously not, umm…" She paused " I kind of… lost it? Went mad? Became deranged?" Hally laughed stiffly.

" Oh… I see, but your ok now, yes?"

" Yer I think so…that Doctor guy…put me…on some drugs…and stuff, and I feel a lot better…so they must be doing something."

Jack saw that little spark of life flutter behind Hally's eyes, but soon it vanished. " What was wrong with her?" Jack thought to himself, " She was usually so bubbly and exited, but ever since that Master she had been scared and upset. What was going on?"

Hally smiled and relaxed a bit. "He talks to me, that Doctor, he makes me tell him everything, it's quite annoying but I think it's working, getting it all off my chest, you know." She told him smiling.

Jack suddenly felt a little hurt, she knew she could always talk to him. Some of his disappointment must have shown on his face as Hally suddenly laughed.

" Don't worry Jack he's only a doctor, I don't even like him, and it's not as if me sneaking off to you every five seconds is going to go unnoticed."… " Anyway…he has a funny nose."

He smiled. Then realised that he had just heard Hally laugh, she hardly ever laughed, not now anyway. His smile broke into a grin, he must really be helping.

The Master listened outside the door with Clarke, he seemed to be pleased with Hally's mental progress, and said that he could leave her now,

" Just keep giving her those drugs every night and she should be fine." With that he smiled and left.