A/N: Hallo. So this is the second of three installments about the master's return. I hope you enjoy this as well. This one focuses on the Master's past. Third part is the conclusion, completely AU...cause I can.
Thank you for your kind reviews.
Hugs and such.
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"Is it almost time then?" Magi asked, looking at the Doctor with a smile.
"It should be, yes...I won't survive again...you need to be ready for that." The Doctor said, running her hands through her hair.
"Oh I know...I'm sorry you go through this every time..." Magi said, sorrow lacing his words.
"Oh come off it. You know I've always loved children. I don't mind dying for them."
"But why DO you die?" Magi asked, confused.
"I'm not a woman, not really. I have to force this body into this shape, it's not natural for me to be like this and my body knows it and so I die."
"But that's not fair."
"Anything worth having is worth having the hard way."
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"Papa...can you call me Master?"
"Absolutely." Magi said, raising the five year old and holding him close.
"So I'm the Master now?"
"Yes!"
"So Archie and Medic won't be mean to me anymore?" The Master asked and Magi smiled kindly.
"They're your brothers. They're not mean to you for fun, they want you to grow up strong. I remember when I was young..."
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"You can't tell me what to do. You're not papa." The Master yelled, backing away from the Doctor.
"I AM your mother though and you will listen." The Doctor said, irritated with his youngest son.
"You're not though. She died when I was born. You're not my mother...you can't be. You're a man." The Master said, angry at the situation.
"Oh Master, I am your mother...I couldn't sustain the body...I'm sorry."
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"They had me look at it today...at the academy. I had to look at the untempered Schism...I hear things now...drums...always a beat of four. Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum...it's driving me mad."
"I can help." The Doctor said, walking over to hold his son.
"I don't WANT your help. Where's papa?" The Master asked, on the verge of tears.
"He's with the council, he's not happy about what they've had you see."
"I want papa."
"I know Master, but for now, I'll have to do won't I?" The Doctor said, heart breaking.
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"I'm NOT MAD." The Master screamed, holding his head. "Can't you hear it...just listen."
"I can't hear it, but I'll help you, I swear I will. I don't care how long it takes, I will fix this." Magi swore, grabbing the Master's face to get his attention.
"The time war is getting worse. We have to leave Gallifrey." The Doctor said and Magi looked deadly as he turned.
"NO! I will help our son and Gallifrey has what I need to help him. We're not leaving until he's healed."
"Please, you have to listen. We'll all die if we stay here." The Doctor said, panicked.
"You'd watch the whole universe burn to save us?" Master asked, looking up at the Doctor.
"Yes. I would watch it all burn and fall if it meant you lot were safe. Please just do as I ask...let's leave."
"NO!"
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"Please don't walk out..." The Doctor said, tears falling from his eyes.
"I will. You can't stop me." The Master said, heading for the door. "I'm a burden to father, I need to leave before he comes home."
"You don't have to do this. You're not a burden...you're our son and we will go to the ends of the universe to help you."
"Exactly. He'd die for me, and I can't let that happen."
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"Master, love...what's happened to you?" Magi asked, looking down at the battered body of his son, huddled in on himself and holding his head in agony.
"Get away from me. Who are you? What's happening...the drumming...always the drumming...make it stop." The Master said, holding his head and screaming in agony.
"Hush my love. Hush now. I've got you." Magi said, looking at the watch in his hands. He'd never forced a change on someone but he had to, for the Master...he had to.
"Open your eyes." Magi commanded and the Master did as he was told. "That's my boy. I've got you."
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"Magician...what are you doing?" A soldier asked, getting in between Magi and the semi broken down TARDIS.
"I need it. I need it to save my son."
"We need them to evacuate. We can't lose a single one."
"GET OUT OF MY WAY." Magi screamed, rushing in and getting shot in the process.
Starting the TARDIS he put in the coordinates and fell to the floor. Looking at his hands he sighed in sorrow. It was starting...he was regenerating. He'd not done that in so long...he'd been seven the last time he'd regenerated...so long ago it'd been.
"I wonder who I'll be then."
And a flash of light.
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"It might be the end of the Universe...but you'll be safe here. I'll find a way to help you...to fix you...I will come back for you one day I promise. Yana, you need to blend in, you need to become someone different...you need to be happy and safe and I'll come for you...I'll come back I promise." Magi said, turning to leave.
"Who are you?" Yana asked and Magi turned to look at him.
"I'm someone from your past...and future."
"What am I doing here?"
"You're surviving until I can help you...you're here because it's safer than home."
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"This is it. My family, my home, all of it...gone and scattered...it's my turn now." Magi said, looking down at the watch in his hands. "I'll find them all one day...one day soon I'll find them all."
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"Oh we can have him, and we will." The woman said. "Fire."
The bullets flew and everyone flew for cover. Ianto got between Jack and the bullets, sustaining quite a bit of damage in the process, and the Doctor had thrown The Master behind him for protection and had been shot several times as well. Micah had been thrown to the ground well before, the Master having foreseen this outcome. He wouldn't let anything happen to his father, not when that man had gone through hell to save him.
"Two of you are about to die, how about you come with us now. It's the safest option you have available." The woman said and the Master looked around. Jack was holding Ianto, who was in the process of dying and the Doctor, who'd shielded him from the onslaught, was holding his stomach and folding in on himself. Why would he do that for him? Why would he care?
"You won't have him." The Doctor said, straightening and glaring daggers at the woman. "Magi, take the Master and go...you can save him...we'll be fine."
"NO!" The Master screamed, grabbing the Doctor and throwing him towards Micah, who held him close and looked at the Master. "You will not have them."
"And why do you care? Last time you were alive, you were happy to kill them all." The woman reminded and the Master curled in on himself as his life force was burned, making him glow blue and scaring the crap out of the lot that stood by.
"You're dying." Micah said, moving the Doctor so he could get closer to his son.
"This body was born out of death, all it can do is die." The Master answered, looking angrily at the team gathered.
"I care, because they're my family." The Master said, answering the earlier question. "Go to hell."
And with that he unleashed his entire life force, killing the whole of the team before falling to the ground, gasping for every breath.
"Master." Micah screamed, walking over to hold him. "Please...no...I could save you."
"I'm not something to save...I've already died papa..." The Master said, causing Micah to weep at the memory of a younger Master...before the Schism.
"No talking...keep your strength."
"I have none left. I love you papa...I'm sorry I ran." And with that the Master closed his eyes for the last time.
