The poll for whether I bring Florence back to life or not is up so have a go at that if you want before the fic ends.

"The rain will not fall." Says the Cyberman as he detaches from the human. It fits the bracelet around its wrist and takes what the Mistress presumes is meant to be a threatening step towards her.

"Oh? Why won't it?" She questions, playing along.

"The clouds will burn." It steps directly in front of her and she has to tilt her head up slightly- why couldn't she have regenerated taller?

"And who'll burn them?" She rests her hands on her hips, a symbol of defiance.

"I will burn them."

"How?" She smirks, taunting it.

"I will burn." Her plan is beginning to come together.

"One burning Cyberman is hardly going to save the planet." She suggests subtly. Part of her will be sad to see them go- they were quite fun really.

"Correct." She supposes she couldn't have them hanging around anyway- not with Florence around. They aren't the most reliable of lackeys. Cyber-soldier turns around, stepping atop a burial mound and raising his arm to his contorted face.

"Attention! This is not a good day. This is Earth's darkest hour. And look at you miserable lot." The Mistress is already quite bored of the shouting. "We are the Fallen. But today, we shall rise." She swings her arms idly, closing her eyes and trying to ignore the yelling. She snaps them open and glances behind her- where is the old fool?

"The army of the dead will save the land of the living." He was meant to grab the Blondie (or not, she couldn't care less) then try and kill her, "This is not the order of a general, nor the whim of a lunatic".

"Excuse me?" I mean of course she is a lunatic but this is all part of a very complex and delicate plan? It was anything but a whim. He turns back to shouting and the Mistress will never be so happy to see something disappear she thinks.

"This is a promise. The promise of a soldier!" Soldier-robot turns to the puppy, "You will sleep safe tonight." And- finally- he activates his boots. The rest of the Cybermen follow, flying off after him.

The cloud explodes and the Mistress sways slightly, vision marred by the influx of light. She folds her hands behind her back, feeling slightly calmed by the fireworks.

"Well. The clouds have all gone." Says the Doctor's human. She hears the Doctor step forwards then sees him pass by her.

"Yes, burned up. Totally burnt. Burnt to nothing. Sorry." She recites off by heart.

"Ten zero eleven, zero zero by zero two" He spins to face her, recognising the coordinates.

"What did you say?" She stares off into the distance.

"The current coordinates of Gallifrey. It's returned to it's original location. Didn't you ever think to look?" They aren't but it's a bit of revenge for his brushing her off. She glances at his human.

"You are lying!" She's somewhat surprised he figures it out so soon, knows he will look anyway.

"We can, we can go together, just you and me. Just like the old days." The Mistress tries to distract him. She can feel his gaze on her back and wishes that it could be true.

"You'd be clapped in irons." The Time Lady swallows but knows she would.

"If you like."

"Doctor, I'm assuming you'll remember those coordinates?" She turns to look at the human who finally reveals that she has the Mistress' phone. Missy steps forward and the puppy turns to her, pointing the business end of her phone at her.

"No. No, don't you dare. I won't let you." The Mistress' hearts are somewhat warmed by his protests and the odd pointing he does at the human as if they need to clarify which of them is holding a weapon. Is there anyone else threatening to kill her around here?

Well- aside from the Doctor's Cyber-friend- she isn't sure where he's got off to.

"Old friend, is she? If you have ever let this creature live, everything that happened today, is on you. All of it, on you. And you're not going to let her live again." The Doctor panics.

"Clara, all I'm doing is not letting you kill her. I never said I was letting her live." He attempts to soothe the wound up human though his eyes obviously scream 'I'm going to pretend to kill her because I can't let her not live'.

"Really?" The puppy doesn't stop glaring at her.

"If that's the only thing that will stop you, yes." His voice is low. The human doesn't look into his eyes and passes the Mistress' phone over. The human doesn't see the way he fiddles with the controls as she turns away. The human doesn't hear the Doctor's pain and distress but the Time Lady can feel it.

She grins, pretending she doesn't know what he has done. It dims a little as she walks to the nearest gravestone, peeking at the human as if confused.

"Seriously. Oh, Doctor. To save her soul?" She backs between two gravestones, swinging an arm over each with a cruel grin. The Mistress chuckles but the sound is cut off as she asks, "But who, my dear, will save yours?" He rubs a hand against his face, not breaking eye contact with her.

"Say something nice. Please?"