Chapter Two
"So what do we do now, Doctors?" Jamie asked, sounding as though he were at wits end.
"Find out what's going on." Doctor 3 replied.
"And put a stop to it." Doctor 4 added, much to Doctor 3's chagrin.
"I was just getting to that." Doctor 3 said, testily. Doctor 4 merely grinned, knowing that he was going to enjoy getting on his previous incarnation's nerves.
"Get along, you two. Don't make me separate you." Romana warned.
"Wouldn't dream of arguing, Romana." Doctor 4 said, cheerfully.
"Of course you wouldn't." Doctor 3 muttered, as they then started discussing the situation at hand.
"What confounds me is, why haven't Jo and Romana been affected? It is plain to see that Jamie has also been changed." Doctor 3 said, as he glanced at the nervously pacing gray cat.
"Yes. But why would someone do this?" Doctor 2 asked.
"Maybe the person in question is a cat lover." Doctor 4 suggested, with a shrug. Before anything else could be said, however, the sound of yet another TARDIS filled the air.
"Who could this be, I wonder?" Doctor 2 asked, as the TARDIS in question materialized in front of them.
"Another police box?" Jo asked, as they all watched the door open and a garishly clothed ragdoll cat stepped out, obviously nonplused about his appearance.
"Oh no, you too?" Doctor 2 asked, when the stranger had approached.
"What do you think? You're the earliest incarnation here, so naturally the rest of us would be affected." The ragdoll cat said, peevishly.
"Which incarnation are you?" Jo asked, out of curiosity.
"Fifth regeneration, sixth Doctor." The stranger in the multi-colored coat said, with some pride in his voice.
"And he's me? I hope he didn't chop up my scarf to make that coat." Doctor 4 muttered.
"Might as well start a circus. Got three clowns already." Doctor 3 sulked.
"Clowns?! You think I'm a clown?!? How dare you!" Doctor 6 shouted, ready to give the third Doctor a piece of his mind.
"What's going on out here?" the sixth Doctor's companion, Peri, asked, as she joined Jo and Romana.
"The first male cat-fight." Romana replied, dryly, as the four Doctors gave her, then one another, a dirty look.
"If you all are finished chatting, let's get on with finding a solution to this mess." Another voice said, as it's owner slinked out of the shadows. Doctor 3's ears immediately pinned themselves back and a look of distrust came into his eyes.
"So, it's you." Doctor 3 said, barely maintaining a civil tone.
"Good to see you too, Doctor. Doctors." The newcomer said, nodding with false politeness to the others, with a sly smile.
"Who are you? And how do ye know the Doctor?" Jamie asked, already suspicious of the shifty looking black cat that now stood in their midst.
"This, Jamie, is the Master. My old enemy." Doctor 3 said, as the renegade Time Lord smiled in satisfaction.
"And it has been fun battling you across the cosmos, Doctor. But now we are faced with a common threat, as you can see. And soon this threat will spread until every male of every alien species is……………how shall I say it………….made feline?" the Master said, almost casually.
"You mean that even the earth will be affected?" Jo asked, shocked.
"My dear girl, the whole universe will be affected. Even your precious earth will feel the effects, even into its past." The Master replied, as Jamie's face took on a look of disbelief and horror.
"We've got to do something! We can simply let the earth end up like this!" Jamie said, as he looked at himself with disgust.
"Don't worry, Jamie. We'll find a way out of this. Now, tell us everything you know." Doctor 6 said, as he came and sat down in front of the Master, and as his previous incarnations did the same. The Master took a deep breath, then began explaining what had occurred to make them like this.