Romana turned to Yana, wanting to get down to business. Truth be told, the sooner they got out of here, the better. "What of the Futurekind? They look nothing more like mad, savage cannibals to me."

Jack nodded in agreement. "Yeah. The Beastie Boys. Who the hell are they?"

"We call them the Futurekind. Which is a myth in itself, but, uh, it is feared they are what we will become. Unless we reach Utopia." Professor Yana explained.

Romana wanted to scoff at these humans beliefs. Utopia was not a real place. Everyone should know that! "And please tell me just where you think this Utopia is?"

Yana raised an eyebrow. "Oh every human knows of Utopia. Where have you been?"

"Like we said, we're not human." Braxiatel replied. "We're not even supposed to be here technically."

Yana crooked his finger at them and he lead them to a computer that showed a navigational chart with a blinking red dot that was supposed to be where Utopia was. The dot that has given many of them hope. "The call came from across the stars over and over again. Come to Utopia. Originated from that point."

"Where exactly is it?" Romana mused.

"Oh, it's far beyond the Condensate Wilderness. Out towards the wildlands and the dark matter reefs. Calling us in. The last of the humans. Scattered across the night." Yana explained.

"Any idea what is out there?"

"I don't know. A colony, a city, some sort of haven? The Science Foundation created the Utopia Project thousands of years ago to preserve mankind, to find a way of surviving beyond the collapse of reality itself. Now perhaps they found it. Perhaps not. But its worth a look, don't you think?"

Braxiatel looked at him. "You remind me of my brother from a long time ago." He commented. "Much like you, he was very much an explorer as a scientists. An annoying little brother he was too."

Romana moved across to them, typing in something onto the computer. "The signal itself keeps modulating." She muttered, not noticing Professor Yana turn around, his eyes squeezed shut as though he was trying to block out sounds. "I see you have a navigation Matrix. I'm nearly impressed. Using this to be able to fly without the stars to guide you." She glanced at Yana, noticing his position and she looked concerned. "Professor? Are you all right?"

Yana blinked, shaking away his head. The noise appeared again. The same noise he has had ever since he was a young boy. The drums. The never ending drum beat. It was driving him mad! "I-right, that's enough talk. There's work to do." He slowly got out of his chair, walking away. "If you're not going to help me, you can all leave. Thank you."

"Of course we are not going to leave!" Romana exclaimed. "We are going to help you but you know just as much as I do that the rocket is not going to fly. Your footprint mechanism is not going to work."

"We'll find a way!" Yana cried desperately, flailing his arms in despair.

"And we will. If there is a will, there is a way Professor." She gave him a friendly smile. "This science is similar to what we used to have back home. Not quite the same but similar in some aspects. You have a boost reversal circuit which in any given time frame must be a circuit which has to reverse the boost. But, let's see what happens when I do this!" She picked up the circuit and used her sonic screwdriver on it before switching it on, giving them power.

Chantho and Yana looked around in delight, realizing it was actually working now and that they weren't stuck. The people were saved! "Chan-it's working-tho!" Chantho cried with delight.

Yana looked extremely grateful towards Romana. "But how did you do that?"

Braxiatel felt the corners of his mouth rise, as though hiding a smile. "Have I ever told you how magnificent my Lady Romana is?" Romana laughed delightedly, throwing her head back with joy. Braxiatel turned to Martha and Chantho. "Could you get some more circuit boards? We may need more of them for later. There are a few boxes by the door I've noticed so you can use them to carry them."

"Of course." Martha beamed and she and Chantho carried the boxes and went out of the room and into the corridor where they headed in the opposite direction from the long queue of refugees trying to get into the rocket. Martha noticed Creet walking past, carrying what little belongings he had left and she stopped him, smiling faintly. "Excuse me. Hey, what was your name? Creet."

Creet beamed, nodding. "That's right, miss."

"Who are you with, Creet? You got family?" Martha asked. The boy seemed so alone and Martha knew it was so worth it asking Creet these questions. This poor boy needed a role model in his life and he had none.

"No, miss. There's just me."

Martha's smile faltered. Creet seemed such a lovely young boy! He didn't deserve this. No child ever deserved to be left alone. "Well, good luck. What do you think it's going to be like in Utopia?"

Creet leaned forwards excitedly. "My mum used to say the skies are made of diamonds!"

Martha laughed slightly, making Chantho smile warmly at Creet's answer. "Good for her. Go on, off you go. Get your seat." She ruffled his hair slightly and Creet continued on before they made their way back to Professor Yana's office.

Romana, Braxiatel and Professor Yana were working on either side a large clear circuit board in the centre of the lab. Braxiatel sniffed the cords that were in his hands, pulling a slight face. "Tell me, are you using gluten extract to bind the neutralino map together?"

Yana nodded. "Yes of course."

Romana looked impressed. "You are using food! You built this whole experiment out of bits of food and scraps of rubbish. Oh Professor, you are marvellous!"

"Says the woman who made it work." Yana pointed out, smiling.

Braxiatel smirked. "My lady has always been a genius Professor. She passed all her exams with triple high scores back on the Academy schooling on our planet."

"Flattery will get you nowhere Brax." Romana commented fondly, sending him a smile. "I was also President of our home planet once upon a time and honestly, sometimes I felt being President was the lowest of powers with just a fancy title."

"Well, even my title is an affection. There hasn't been such a thing as a university for over a thousand years. I spent my life going from one refugee ship to another." Yana replied though he couldn't help but find the word the 'Academy' familiar.

"If only you had been born in a different time Professor, you would be revered!" Braxiatel told him and Yana chuckled. "And I think you should take that compliment very seriously because it is rare that I do give out compliments to humans."

"But there is one thing I like to point out," Romana said as she plugged some more wires together. "You can not possibly activate your footprint engine onboard. You have to do it here. You are staying behind whilst letting all those people go?"

Yana nodded. "With Chantho. She won't leave without me. Simply refuses. Besides, I'm too old for Utopia. It's about time I had some sleep."

Braxiatel and Romana shared a look, wondering why such an intelligent man would so easily give away his life when the communicator bleeped. "Professor, tell Romanadvoratrelundar and Irving Braxiatel that we have found their blue box."

The Time-Lord's stopped what they were doing and headed over to the computers where they saw the TARDIS was safely inside the silo. Yana and Jack quickly joining them. "Speaking about sleep, I think you may have to put hold your nap for a little while yet Professor." Braxiatel commented before he rushed to get to the TARDIS.

Yana looked at the TARDIS on the screen with awe. Something about that blue box was familiar. But what? Why was he so drawn to the blue box that was now somehow arriving in his office? Why were Romana and Braxiatel's conversation drawing him in, as though hypnotising him? He closed his eyes, the drums beating once more in his head just as Martha and Chantho returned.

Martha grinned upon seeing the TARDIS, Braxiatel inserting a long power line from the TARDIS and into the lab with Romana helping him. "Oh, am I glad to see that thing." She commented, putting down the boxes.

Chantho walked over to Professor Yana, looking extremely concerned for he was sat down with his eyes closed. "Chan-Professor, are you all right-tho?"

Yana opened his eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. I'm fine." He realized Chantho was still looking at him. "I'm fine. Just get on with it!" He snapped and Chantho nodded, making her own way.

Jack turned to Martha. "Connect those circuits into the spar, same as that last lot. But quicker."

Martha gave him a mock salute. "Yes sir." She went out once more.

Romana went over to Professor Yana, noticing he wasn't quite himself. "We can take over from here. You do need some rest, we know what we're doing."

Yana sighed, rubbing his temples. "It's just a headache. Just, just noise inside my head, Romana. Constant noise inside my head."

Braxiatel stopped working, looking over to Professor Yana. "May I ask, what sort of noise?"

Yana looked over to him. "It's the sound of drums. More and more as though it's getting closer."

Braxiatel only knew one other Time-Lord who had drum beats inside their head. The Master. An old friend and enemy of his brothers. Braxiatel had not seen the Master since he was a little boy when his brother would invite him over to their House in the holidays but Braxiatel could remember the Master complaining constantly about a drum beat inside his head but nobody believed him, thinking he was just seeking attention. But it couldn't be him, could it? "And how did this drum beat start mmm?"

"Oh, I've had it all my life. Every waking hour." Yana patted his knees, looking at Romana with a slight smile. "Still, no rest for the wicked." He stood up and went back to work, pushing aside the topic.

"He reminds me of someone." Braxiatel warned Romana telepathically. "Someone from my childhood."

"Who? I admit, the drum beat inside his head makes me curious. It can't be a headache or migraine that's for sure." Romana replied.

"He reminds me of The Master." He replied and Romana paused in her work, looking alarmed. "I have not come across him since I was a Time-Tot-"

"The Master has long since been gone." Romana snapped. "When I still had power as President in the Time-War, I sent him to the Cruciform! But the craven ran away! Letting the Dalek Emperor take control! He is long gone, I assure you. Besides, Professor Yana is human. It could be a mere human condition that humans have. Let us not talk about the Master for now. We have work to be getting on with." With that, Romana let his mind and Braxiatel sighed but he couldn't help but feel as though something was off about Professor Yana. Something not quite right.

Just then, one of the guards spoke through the communicator. "Professor!" The machine went a bit fuzzy and Yana went over to the computer. "Professor, are you getting me?"

"I'm here! We're ready! Now all you need to do is connect the couplings. Then we can launch." Yana replied before he lost connection with the guard all together and Yana grumbled. "God sakes! This equipment! Needs rebooting all the time!"

Martha went over to him with Chantho after having completed their task. "Anything I can do? I've finished that lot."

Yana nodded. "Yes, if you could." He and Martha swapped places, Martha taking his seat in front of the computer before pointing to a key on the keyboard. "Just press the reboot key every time the picture goes out."

"Certainly, sir. Just don't ask me to do shorthand." Martha joked, pressing the reboot key as the screen went out.

The guard that let them in appeared on the screen. "Are you still there?"

"Ah, present and correct. Send your man inside. We'll keep the levels down." Yana commented and they watched on the screen as a man dressed in a hazmat suit walk into the room full of stet radiation.

"He's inside. And good luck to him." The guard commented, hoping that his friend would be okay.

Yana turned to Jack. "Captain, keep the levels below the red." Jack nodded, doing as he was instructed.

"Might I ask, where and what is that room?" Romana enquired, glancing briefly at the computer as she and Braxiatel worked on getting more power.

"It's underneath the rocket. Fix the couplings and the footprint can work. But the entire chamber is flooded with stet radiation."

Braxiatel looked thoughtful. "Stet? I don't think I have come across that term before."

"You wouldn't want to. But it's safe enough. We can hold the radiation back from here." Yana replied and they watch on the monitor as the man worked on the couplings before an alarm began to sound.

"Jack, keep it level!" Romana told Jack urgently, knowing that if they reached above red, then something terrible wouldn't happen. What, she didn't want to know.

Chantho looked alarmed at the machines. "Chan-we're losing power-tho!"

"The radiation is rising!" Braxiatel yelled, getting out his sonic pen. "We need to bring it down!"

"We've lost control!" Jack cried.

Yana looked back at the computer screen, realizing what was going to happen. No, not after all his hard work! It couldn't lead to this! "The chamber's going to flood!"

"Jack! We need to override the vents!" Braxiatel warned and he looked towards Jack. "You know what you have to do!"

"Brax!" Romana shouted in disbelief, not believing that he was asking Jack to kill himself. Yes, he was immortal but it was simply right to ask for their friend to die in such a way. Not to abuse his ability.

Jack gave him a cold look before rushing over to where two half of the cables were. "We can jump start the override!" He holds both cables together, making Jack scream as the power courses through him. Everyone apart from Braxiatel watched helplessly as he fell to the floor. Nobody seeing the man in the Stet room disintergrate, the suit falling to the floor.

Martha quickly rushed to Jack. She knew of his secrets now, thanks to Romana and Braxiatel. But that didn't mean she was prepared for what was coming. "I've got him." She told them crouching down beside him to make sure he was okay once he rose back from the dead.

"Chan-don't touch the cables-tho." Chantho warned and she quickly pushed them aside, flinching when a spark appears.

Romana rounded up on Brax. "Never again will you ask our friend to die in that manner, is that understood? He may be what he is but we cannot use him for silly sacrifices when they can be prevented."

"Of course. But as you can see my Lady, the power is back relatively to normal." Braxiatel replied coldly before turning to Professor Yana. "You mentioned the chamber is flooded with stet radiation?"

Martha looked up from where she was sat, watching the conversation. She was glad that Romana defended Jack. Even she was slightly surprised by Braxiatel's slightly cold attitude to Jack and asking him to die. Oh, she knew Braxiatel could be cold when he wanted to be, but not cold towards his friends surely?

Professor Yana nodded. "Without the couplings, the engines will never start. It was all for nothing!" He threw his hands up in despair, feeling very much hopeless.

"I would not say that Professor," Braxiatel began and Romana gave him a scornful look. "This Stet radiation room. It's a room you cannot enter without dying is that correct?"

"Yes."

"Well..." Jack gasped for breath, making Martha jump slightly "We have just got the man."

Jack blinked, looking around him as he saw Martha crouching near him. "No kiss to greet me back from the dead?" He asked hopefully and Martha merely laughed whilst Professor Yana and Chantho looked at Jack with a dumbfounded expression.

Romana, Braxiatel and Jack raced through the silo towards the control, seeing the Lieutenant still near the door. Romana ran up to him. "Lieutenant, you need to get onboard the rocket. We can deal with the rest!"

The lieutenant looked wary at her. "The chamber's flooded!"

"Humans. Stating the obvious as always." Romana sighed impatiently. "Listen, we have found a way of overriding the system. Now do as I say, go back to the rocket!" The lieutenant nodded before running off to the rocket just as Jack was removing his jacket. "Is there a particular reason why you are taking your clothes off?"

"I'm going in." Jack replied as though that explained everything.

"Stet radiation does not affect clothing, only flesh. You do realize that?" Braxiatel asked him, raising an eyebrow.

Jack merely shrugged. "I look good though." He stopped at the door, looking at the Time-Lord's. "How long have you both known?"

"Ever since I started to die." Romana replied. "Good luck." Jack entered the room and went straight to the couplings. Romana watched from the window whilst Braxiatel stayed at the controls, helping to keep the radiation level normal.

Back in Professor Yana's office, Martha was sat back at the computer trying to get a clear pictue of what was happening in the stet room but the computer was down and Martha kept rebooting the key. "We lost picture when that thing flared up. Braxiatel, are you and Romana there?"

"We are receiving. Jack is inside now." Braxiatel replied.

"And still alive?"

"Alive and well."

Yana gazed at the screen with a confused expression. "But he should evaporate. What sort of a man is he?" How could an ordinary man without any safety gear survive through stet radiation?

"I've only just met him. Romana and Braxiatel travel through space and time and pick people up. God, I make us sound like stray dogs. Maybe we are." Martha admitted. She knew a time would come when one day she would have to leave the Time-Lord's but not any moment too soon. She still had so much to learn with Romana and Braxiatel.

"They travel through time?" Yana asked, turning away and feeling slightly distracted, feeling bothered about the whole thing. Time travel. Why was he so fascinated by it? Never in his life had he ever bothered with time travel, not until he dragged Romana into his office. Why now? What was so important about it now?

"Don't ask me to explain it." Martha pointed towards the TARDIS. "That's a TARDIS. It used to belong to Braxiatel's brother, the Doctor. The only and proper way to Time Travel Romana says."

Yana gazed at the TARDIS, her voice ringing through his head. For some reason, the name the Doctor too bothered him. As though he was meant to recognize that name. He knew of no one called the Doctor. Who would have a brother name the Doctor and why did the TARDIS fascinate him so?

"When did you realize?" Romana asked Jack, watching him work in the stet room.

"Earth 1892. Got in a fight in Ellis Island. A man shot me through the heart. Then I woke up. Thought it was kinda strange. But then it never stopped. Fell off a cliff, trampled by horses, World War 1, World War 2, poison, strangulation, a stray javelin. In the end, I got the message. I'm the man who can never die. And all that time, both of you knew."

Romana nodded. "We ran away from you because you are a fixed point in time and space. Because with us being Time-Lord's, it's in our biology that you are a fact and that is not meant to happen. If you had come near me all those years ago, I would have been unable to regenerate simply because of you being a fixed point in time and space. We do not hate you at all Jack, not as a person. It is not your fault or ours for being the way you are now."

Jack finished the third coupling. "At least you are not being prejudiced." He told her as he made his way to the fourth one. "But, uh, last thing I remember back when I was a mortal...I was facing three Daleks. Death by extermination. And then I came back to life. What happened?"

"Rose." Romana snarled, her fingers clenching at the name. The very thought of Rose now made her angry. She does not regret taking Rose as a companion but regrets for not giving the human a firmer lesson for all those mistakes she has made.

Jack winced. "I thought you sent her to a parallel universe?"

"We did." Braxiatel replied, walking up to the door. "But before then, she broke several laws of time and paid no attention to our rules. She brought the TARDIS back by opening it's heart and absorbing the time vortex. A rule that has been strictly forbidden even to Time-Lord's."

Jack looked slightly confused by this. "What does that mean exactly?"

"No Time-Lord or Time-Lady, let alone a human is meant to hold the power of the time vortex." Romana explained. "If a Time-Lord did that, let alone if that bastard Rasslion did that, they would become a vengeful god. But Rose was human." Romana shook her head. "A foolish one. She could not control the time vortex, something she should have realized in the first place and brought you back forever."

"Do you think she could change me back?" Jack asked hopefully, finishing off the fourth coupling before moving onto the fifth one.

"I absorbed the time vortex out of her before she could do any more damage." Romana explained. "It's why my regeneration went wrong. At the battle of Canary Wharf, she was willing to leave her own mother behind just so she could be with Braxiatel for a human crush. So we sent her to live on a parallel world, away from us so she can avoid doing anymore trouble."

Jack flinched. "I didn't realize Rose could have been that foolish."

"We didn't either. She was my first companion after the Time-War Jack and yet she has abused us and our power to time-travel, using it merely for her own gain." Romana shook her head, looking slightly doleful. "Never again will I make that mistake."

"It's all in the past now." Braxiatel replied. "We make mistakes. We live and we learn and we shall hopefully never make that same mistake ever again." He cocked his head to the side, looking at Jack. "But what about you Jack? Do you want to die?"

Jack struggled with the coupling, wanting to avoid the question that was being asked. Even himself didn't know the answer to that. He has lived for so long now, he wasn't sure if he wanted to die or not. "Oh, this one's a little stuck."

"Jack?"

"I thought I did. I dunno. But this lot, you see them out here surviving and that's fantastic." Jack smiled slightly as he moved onto the last coupling.

"We haven't really left you, you know." Romana smiled faintly. "We've seen all the work you do at Torchwood Cardiff."

"You know about that?" Jack asked, surprised. He was going to tell Romana and Braxiatel later but he couldn't help but feel slightly pleased that Romana and Braxiatel do actually keep regular cheeks on him, not abandoning him completely. But actually keeping checks on him in the shadows. But if they have been doing that, why have they not interacted with him?

"Oh yes I must say though, I wasn't happy with the Cyberwoman incident but you have been saving the world all by yourself and I thank you for that Jack." Romana told him, making Jack smile. "We thank you for doing what you do because you know us better than anyone else, we are not always on Earth and the Earth sometimes needs someone who is not us."

Martha looked over at Chantho. "I never understand half the things Romana or Braxiatel say." She turned around to see Yana looking slightly out of sorts, his eyes squinting as though he had a bad headache. "What's wrong?" She asked, going over to him in concern with Chantho. Looking at him now, Yana looked very ill and very out of sorts and Martha wondered briefly if it was all the workload.

"Chan-Professor, what is it-tho?" Chantho asked, looking worried.

Professor Yana shook his head, his face turning red. "Time Travel. They say there was time travel back in the old days. I never believed. But what would I know? I'm just a stupid old man. Never could keep time. Always late, always lost." He pulled out his old fobwatch from his waistcoat pocket. "Even this thing never worked. Time and time and time again. Always running out of me."

Martha gulped, staring at the watch with a frightened expression. It looked exactly like Romana's and Braxiatel's fob watches. But that couldn't be possible could it? "Can I have a look at that?" Martha asked, her voice trembling.

"Oh, it's only an old relic." He chuckled. "Like me."

"Where did you get it?"

"Hm? I was found with it." Professor Yana looked thoughtful.

"What do you mean?"

"An orphan in the storm. I was a naked child found on the coast of the Silver Devastation. Abandoned with only this." He showed her the watch once more.

"Have you ever opened it?"

"Why would I? It's broken." Professor Yana pointed out and Chantho looked concerned between Yana and Martha, wondering what was going on.

"How do you know it's broken if you never opened it?" Martha pointed out.

Yana fiddled with the top of the watch, trying to open it but failing. "It's stuck. It's old. It's not to meant to be. I don't know." He shook his head. Martha gently took the watch and turned it over, noticing it bearing the same engravings as the Time-Lord's fobwatches when they turned human and she took a step back, breathing nervously. "Does it matter?"

Martha faked a smile, feeling her body trembling slightly. She needed to warn the Time-Lord's. The Face of Boe's message has come true. "No. It's...nothing. It's...listen. Everything's fine up here, I'm gonna see if Romana or Braxiatel needs me." She left the room as quickly as she could, leaving behind a very confused Professor Yana and Chantho.

Jack released the last coupling, grinning in victory. "Yes!"

"Get out of there! Come on!" Romana opened the door, letting Jack into the control room as Braxiatel called the Lieutenant.

"Lieutenant, is everybody on board?" He asked, speaking into the monitor.

"Ready and waiting."

"Stand by! At least two minutes to ignition." He hung up, pressing some buttons on the control.

"Ready to launch. Outer doors sealed countdown commences T-minus. 99...98..." The Lieutenant began to countdown just as Martha ran into the room.

Romana walked over to Martha. "Just in time. We are nearly there now. The footprint is a gravity pulse so it will have to stamp down whilst the rocket shoots up. Braxiatel and Jack are working on it to keep it stable."

Martha shook her head, taking steady breathes. "Romana, Braxiatel. It's the Professor. He's got this watch. He's got a fobwatch. It's the same as the ones you and Braxiatel had. Same writing on it. Same...everything."

Romana paused in her work, glancing at Braxiatel as her hearts beats quickened, realizing where the topic was heading. "But that's impossible! Only a Time-Lord can have the fob-watch unless-"

Martha nodded. "I asked him. He said he's had it all his life."

Jack looked confused as he worked further down on the controls. "So he's got the same watch?"

Martha looked at him. "Yeah, but it's not a watch. It's this chameleon thing."

Braxiatel shook his head. "Wrong. It's a fob watch Jack and these fob watches are of Time-Lord design only. It's purpose is to rewrite our biology and change us into human. We know. We've done it before."

"And it's the same watch!" Martha shouted excitedly just as an alarm blared and Romana rushed to fix it.

Jack grinned. "That means he could be a Time Lord. You and Braxiatel may not be the last ones!"

"Depends who has survived the Time War." Romana grimaced. "I did start a civil war before the actual Time War happened and a lot of the old Time-Lord's that belonged to the ancient Chapter Houses will never forgive me for my actions or for my policies whilst standing as President." She turned to Braxiatel. "You think Yana is The Master don't you?"

Braxiatel nodded. "I do. The drumming he has told us about. I only know of one Time-Lord who has constant drumming inside his head that has occurred ever since he was a Time-Tot. And that is the Master."

"But this is brilliant isn't it? This means you two are not alone!" Martha asked, not understanding why the Time-Lord's are so horrified. Ever since the Face of Boe's message about them not being alone, they have been searching frantically throughout the whole of time and space for another of their kind and now they have found another, they are both acting scared and frightened.

"No. It's not Martha. On any other occasion we would be thrilled, but not with him. If Professor Yana is who we think he is, then this is extremely bad." Braxiatel warned. "And could lead us to an awful lot of trouble."

Yana held his watch, different voices echoing inside his head. He heard Romana talking about the Time-War and regeneration. He heard Martha's about the Doctor and the TARDIS. He looked at his watch, feeling the urge to open it as the voices grew louder and louder. "The drums, the drums, the drums. The never-ending drumbeat. Open me, you human fool. Open the light and summon me and receive my majesty. Destroy them! And you will give your power to me!" That voice sounded strangely familiar to him as though it once belonged to him and he stroked the fob watch.

Chantho looked extremely concerned at him, noticing he was out of sorts. "Chan-Yana, won't you please take some rest-tho?"

"13, 12, 11,10..." The countdown continued loudly as Romana furiously worked on the controls.

Jack looked over to her. "If he's escaped from the Time War then it's the perfect place to hide. The end of the universe."

"Oh it is." Romana laughed bitterly. "But if this Time-Lord is who we think it is then we are dealing with a deadly psychopath. A craven that abandoned his people when they needed him the most! Pah!" She launched the rocket, her hands getting sweaty, causing Jack and Martha to look at each other in alarm.

Professor Yana opened the watch and released the contents, The Master returning to his true form and the gentle Professor Yana was no more. Oh! It felt so good to be back! And President Romanadvoratrelundar was here! It was time to take his revenge upon her. Oh, he has waited all these centuries to think up of the perfect revenge and he was going to fulfil it.

Chantho blinked, covering her eyes away from the golden swirl. "Chan-Professor Yana-tho?"

The Master turned away from the TARDIS to face Chantho, giving her a hostile look and Chantho knew that somehow the Professor Yana she knew was long gone and was replaced by something else entirely.

Braxiatel rushed to the comm to talk to the Lieutenant. "Lieutenant, have you achieved velocity?" There was no reply. "This is an order. Lieutenant. Have you achieved velocity?!"

"Affirmative. We'll see you in Utipia."

Braxiatel hung up, looking at Romana. "What do you want to do?"

"We need to stop him before he gets control of the TARDIS." Romana replied as she felt the Master's presence in her mind and she grabbed Braxiatel's hand and they both ran from the control room, Martha and Jack quickly following them.

The Master threw a lever that closed and locked the main door before Romana or Braxiatel and Chantho looked with wide eyes. "Chan-but you've locked them in-tho!"

Romana screamed with frustration as they arrived at the door, realizing that Yana has locked them out and Braxiatel rushed to the keypad, trying to override the deadlock seal as Romana got out her sonic, sonicing the door before they heard the front door open, knowing that the Master has let the Futurekind in.

Braxiatel furiously typed away at the keypad before he managed to open the door and they quickly ran through.

"Chan-Professor, I'm so sorry but I must stop you. You're destroying all our work-tho." Chantho raised her gun at him, her hands trembling slightly. She couldn't understand it. Why was Professor Yana destroying all their hard work? Years and years they've spent working on this! Why was he throwing it all to waste?

The Master gave her a mocking look. "Oh..now I can say I was provoked." He held out one of the live cables, feeling Romana and Braxiatel getting closer. "Did you never think, in all those years standing beside me, to ask about that watch? Never? Did you never think, not ever, that you could set me free?"

"Chan-I'm sorry-tho. Chan-I'm so sorry-" Chantho cried.

The Master gave her a reproachful look. "And you with your 'Chan' and your 'tho', driving me insane!"

"Chan-Professor, please-"

"That is not my name! The Professor...was an invention. So perfect a disguise that I forgot who I am."

Chantho dared not lowered her gun, feeling very much afraid. "Chan-who are you-tho?"

The Master smirked, dropping his voice to a whisper. "I. Am. The Master." He thrusts the cable forward to her chest, Chantho screaming in his ears.

The Futurekind were chasing Romana, Braxiatel, Martha and Jack through the corridors. Jack stopped at an intersecting hallway and he indicated the others to follow him. "This way!" He shouted and they followed him.

The Master kneeled and reached out to take the canister containing Braxiatel's hand before walking up to the computer displaying the navigational chart for utopia and removing the circuit board. He gave a deep chuckle before putting it away. "Utopia." He spat.

The four managed to reach through the lab door, Jack quickly working on the keypad as Romana soniced the door. "Master! I know it's you in there!" Romana barked. "You have to let us in! We need to discuss this as civilized Time-Lords! I command you to let us in!"

Chantho managed to flutter her eyes open, feeling her breathes getting shorter and harsher and she slowly reached for her gun, picking it up just as the Master turned and she fired at him before falling to the floor, breathing no more. The Master groaned and staggered back to the TARDIS just as Jack slammed the keypad with the butt of his revolver and the door opened.

Romana and Braxiatel rushed inside, facing the Master and Braxiatel made to move forward but it was too late, the Master backed into the TARDIS, locking it. Romana tried to use her key but the Master locked them out.

"Deadlocked." They heard the Master say, groaning on the inside.

"Let us in at least!" Romana shouted.

Martha rushed towards Chantho, seeing her body and she quickly checked for a pulse. "She's dead."

Jack turned to Martha. "I've broken the lock! Give me a hand!" He shouted, struggling to close the door as the futurekind tried to get in, Martha rushing to help him.

Romana sighed. "Master, we know it's you in there. But I swear I have changed. We all have. We are the only ones left and I swear to you, we can all figure something out between the three of us to make it work!"

"First I have been brought back from the Matrix by a woman. Now I have been killed by an insect!" The Master raged. "A girl! How inappropriate. Still, if Madame P can be young and strong, then so can I." The Master straightened up. "The Master...reborn." Romana and Braxiatel quickly stood back from the TARDIS as the Master regenerated, both hearing him scream.

"Braxiatel! Romana! Please can one of you think of something!" Jack cried as the Futurekind struggled to get in as the door wasn't fully closed yet.

The regeneration light vanished and they heard the Master running around excitedly in the TARDIS console room. "Ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!" He began to laugh manically before he switched on the open speakers. "Hello! Ooh, new voice." He began to speak low. "Hello." Then raised it to high. "Hello!" He lowered his voice to normal. "Hello Madame P! Anyway, why don't we stop and have a nice little chat whilst I listen to you babble on your stupid policies and reprehend me for ruining the end of the universe? I don't think so!"

Martha gasped, knowing that voice. " Hold on! I know that voice!" The chieftain of the futrekind snaked an arm through the door, making Martha scream.

Romana shared an uneasy look with Braxiatel before looking towards the TARDIS doors. "You know very well I am President no longer. Myself and Braxiatel are requesting to talk to you as allies! Not as enemies! You've regenerated, yes. But please, just for one microsecond just stop and use your head to think about your actions!"

"Use my name! Both of you!"

"The Master." Romana and Braxiatel said in unison, before Romana spoke once more. "Please."

"Tough!" He started the consoles.

Braxiatel got out his sonic pen, trying to override the controls. "Romana, Braxiatel! We can't hold out much longer!" Jack cried from the door but the Time-Lord's paid no heed, too concerned about the Master.

"Oh, no you don't!" The Master got the controls column moving again, making it under his control. "Ha! How about that! Madame P and her lapdog at the end of the universe! Have fun. Bye bye!"

"Romana, Braxiatel! Stop him!" Martha screamed as she and Jack struggled to fight off the Futurekind whilst the Time-Lord's could only watch with horror as the TARDIS dematerialises.