"You wouldn't believe the lecture I got about not coming home for Christmas. As if I have any control over the weather! It's infuriating!" said Beatrice as she and Jo made tea for the Doctor.
"Well, it certainly makes me glad that I don't have siblings." agreed Jo as they began their trek to the Doctor's laboratory. It was rather inconveniently on the top floor of the building while the kitchenette was on the bottom floor. They entered to find the room empty except for the giant blue police box in the corner.
"The Doctor must be in his TARDIS," assumed Beatrice as Jo set down the tea tray. Beatrice picked up on of the cups and walked into the TARDIS. The Doctor stood at the consul fiddling with it.
"Well, any luck?" she asked him. While the Doctor's TARDIS did technically function it could only go places on earth as the Timelords had trapped him. Personally, Beatrice thought the timelord council was a bunch of stuck up arses who needed to get over themselves.
"No, whatever the timelords did to trap the TARDIS on earth was certainly effective," said the Doctor slightly grumpily.
"Oh, you'll get it eventually," she said cheerfully. The Doctor took the tea out of her hands.
"I wish I had your optimism," he replied. "Anyway, I'm not nearly as worried about the TARDIS right now as I am about these readings that I am getting. It's registering another TARDIS materializing.
"Do you think it could be the Master again? After all, he has his TARDIS," suggested Beatrice.
"Maybe, I suggest we go check it out. We can take Bessie," said the Doctor. Beatrice followed him out of the TARDIS. Jo was waiting for them.
"The Doctor and I are off to do some investigating. Want to come?" she offered.
"Of course," said Jo with a smile and they all headed out to the UNIT garage and hopped into the yellow roadster. Beatrice tied her Venusian wool shawl over her head to keep her hair from getting messed up by the wind.
They drove for what quite a while. She watched the green fields fly by. At last, they came to a stop by a small forest.
"The signature was coming from in here somewhere said the Doctor taking out a remote-like device which whirred and beeped.
"Will that device tell us where the signal is coming from?" asked Jo.
"Yes, or at least it should." the Doctor told them as they made their way through the forest. Beatrice was immensely glad that she had chosen to wear riding boots today as opposed to heels.
Eventually, they came to a clearing. Someone was already there. A very familiar someone. He was examining a spot where there was a large indent.
"Master!" exclaimed Beatrice. The Master turned at the sound of his name
"Hello, Beatrice, Doctor, and Miss Grant of course."
"What are you doing here? Causing trouble again?" asked the Doctor.
"On the contrary Doctor, I believe I am here for the very same reason that you are. I tracked a signal from another TARDIS. I knew it couldn't be you as the signal was from a much newer TARDIS than that relic you drive in."
"So you're actually not the cause of whatever is going on? Shocking," said Beatrice, her tone slightly sarcastic.
"Indeed I am not."
"So there's another renegade timelord running about. Fantastic." sighed the Doctor.
"Any idea which one?" asked Jo.
"Well, if we put the readings into my TARDIS we could track who had that type of TARDIS." suggested the Doctor.
"I don't think that will be necessary. You see I arrived while the other TARDIS was here and had a rather aggressive discussion with its owner." said the Master.
"Well, who is it then?" asked Beatrice.
"The War Chief. He has a rather large grudge against you, Doctor, not only does he wish you dead but he wishes to destroy this planet as revenge for foiling his previous plans with the Timelords."
"Let me guess, he wanted you as an ally?" asked the Doctor.
"Yes, however, I refused. If anyone is going to kill you it will be me. Furthermore, I haven't gotten along well with the War Chief since our Academy days."
"Are you suggesting an alliance to get rid of him?" asked the Doctor.
"Yes, I don't particularly care about this planet, however, it would be very inconvenient if he managed to kill you before I did."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend," muttered the Doctor.
"Precisely," said the Master, "Do we have an accord?"
"Yes, I suppose we do. If we are going to face the War Chief we will need all the help possible. I assume in exchange for helping us you also want the assurance of your freedom from UNIT."
"Of course," said the Master.
"Very well, we should return to UNIT. We can't really do anything till we track him down and we need to inform the Brigadier of this new threat." said the Doctor before beginning to lead the way back to Bessie. Beatrice fell into step beside the Master.
"So, who exactly is this War Chief guy?" she asked him.
"The War Chief is another former school mate of mine as well as another renegade." began the Master. Beatrice raised an eyebrow.
"Do you make enemies out of all your former school mates?" she asked. The Master chuckled.
"Just most of them. The rest are indifferent. He is admittedly rather similar to me as far as intelligence and manipulation, although his strengths lie in his tactical abilities."
"I assume he also isn't quite a charming as you," said Beatrice in a teasing tone.
"Yes, that too."
"The last time I saw him he was working with the War Lords. I foiled his attempt to seize power not long before I regenerated into this current body." The Doctor added as they got into Bessie.
"And he hasn't forgiven you." the Master told him.
"Regrettably not," agreed the Doctor, and the four began the ride back to UNIT HQ.
Author's Note: Thanks to those of you who have read this and thanks especially to those who have commented. Your opinions are extremely valuable so continue to like and comment if you can. We are getting close to the first kiss. The War Chief is another character made by the BBC. He appeared in the episode The War Games.
