To everyone concerning my last post: I am glad to see that the shut down is something that will most likely not happen anytime soon, but I am definitely going to be posting my story over on AO3.

Once I have it all set up I will probably be posting a chapter every week over there until it is caught up with this, and as soon as I begin posting it over there, I will make an authors note on this which will have the information to find me over on there :)

To Artemis Sherwood: so glad you liked it! And it is true, Koschei is a very big dumb dumb. But I think he will realize that this chapter :D

Also! Happy Doctor Who day!! I didn't even realize it was today until late last night, so I wrote pretty much this whole chapter today XD

I hope you will all enjoy this chapter!

Now back to The Valliant!

I can't breathe...

All at once it felt as though time had stopped, nothing moved around me, no one breathed, no one blinked.

I stare down with tear filled eyes, at the face of my son...I have a son...

As I try to keep a grip on him, around his shoulders, and arm, holding him in my lap, I start to feel heat emanating from him, causing my heart to jump in hope.

And just as I had hoped, had prayed for in the last few seconds, Jon begins to emanate a warm deep golden light.

I release a soft sob, gripping tighter to his shirt as his body tenses as the regeneration energy begins to overwhelm him.

I can feel the Doctor beside me, leaning against me for support in his weakened state, though he keeps one hand on our sons arm tightly, not wanting to let go either.

But before anything more can happen, before I get to make sure he would be alright, or get to see his new face even, a blue light envelopes him and he's suddenly gone, and I'm left with empty arms, my hands shaking as I stare at them in mid air.

"Ha! You should see your face, Flower" the Master sneers from the steps above us.

I raise my eyes to meet his gaze, and he suddenly seems to falter for a moment.

"Rose..." I hear the Doctor whisper shakily, his grip on my back tightening a little.

I let my hands fall into my lap for a few moments, keeping eye contact with the smirking man above us.

"You don't even understand..." I murmur, getting a slightly confused look from the Master.

"What? Understand what?" He asks, stepping down a few steps.

"Even after millennia...you still don't understand" I continue, my tears stopping, and the hot tracks left on my face began to dry.

I turn and look the Doctor in the eyes, seeing his exhaustion, and hopelessness, and fear.

I softly kiss his forehead, even as my hands shook, then I slowly stand, turning to face Koschei yet again.

He was starting to look angry now "understand what?" He demands.

"I have known you, Koschei, for years, my entire human existence, and non-human existence. And I'd wager you've known me for most of your life. And yet..."

I pause to take a breath, trying to stay as calm as possible, even as anger and hurt fight for control.

"And yet? What? What am I missing!?" He demands angrily, stepping off the bottom step now and moving to grab my arm, but I had anticipated this, so I move first, grabbing his wrist holding his laser screwdriver, forcing it back to where the back of his hand nearly touches his forearm, causing him to drop his trusty weapon, then I put one leg behind his, forcing him back by his hand and he trips over my foot, his eyes going wide as he begins to fall.

I drop my hold on him and let him crash back down against the stairs, he lets out a growl of anger and pain, then, as I hear the guards moving to stop me, I stand over him, grabbing him by his tie and pulling him up a little as I hear a gun cock and the barrel pressed to the side of my head, but I keep our eyes locked.

I could see out of my peripheral vision, that it was Lucy holding the gun now pressed to the side of my head, but I pay her no mind as she demands for me to release him.

He has his hands up in surrender, but he's smirking, knowing he has the upper hand.

"You should have known by now" I continue on "in my world, my old home, I had two people I called true family. Only two. And I valued them above anything else in the world. And now I'm here, and do you want to know something? Something I've only realized recently?" I ask, now glaring down at him into his brown eyes.

"I have a bigger family than I could have ever imagined. Here, I found my real home. And what I've realized, is that they have only made me stronger. My friends, my family, they have taught me so much, they have saved me, have loved me, far more than I thought was possible. I don't ever want to lose a single one of them, not ever. And I've realized..." I pause and let go of his tie, letting him fall back against the stairs again, my gaze softening now.

"You have never had that...never had a family...you don't know what this feels like" I finish just staring into his eyes as I'm nearly tackled to the ground by his guards, but I don't fight them, just keeping eye contact with the Master.

He stares back, as if I had just said something that his mind couldn't even comprehend.

I watch as he jumps to his feet, adjusting his tie as he seems to need a moment to think before he nods to his guards and they handcuff me and stand me up, then they head toward the door with me, I look back to meet the Doctor's eyes, his sad defeated eyes.

I open my end of the connection, not caring now if Koschei could sense it, I send the Doctor care and love and reassurance, I'd do everything I could to get us out of here.

Then I glance to Jack to see he's being held to the ground, I hadn't seen but he had tried to get to me, to protect me from the guards, so now he's face down on the ground with two soldiers on his back and another putting him in handcuffs, even as he tried to fight them off.

I stop us in the hallway, looking back through the doors, meeting the Master's gaze again "I know what I could lose, so I only fight harder for it" then the doors close with a whoosh.

Days soon pass, I'm locked in a room in the aircraft carrier, the room had been build with telepaths in mind, as once I was inside and the door closed and locked, my connection with the Doctor seemed empty, making me panic at first, but then I realized I could also not feel the Master trying to find a way into my head.

I spent many hours crying, I often felt hopeless.

How was I to get out of this hell? I tried to bargain with the soldiers that would bring me food, but they never even spoke to me, which was very aggravating.

I sit on the cot in the corner, watching the soldier by the door who had their gun aimed at me, while the other set the small plate of wood and a plastic cup of water on the small table in the middle of the room, it was all bolted to the floor, so I had no weapons.

"You know you guys can ditch the guns, it's not like I have magic mind controlling abilities" I scoff at them.

It felt better to act casual and annoyed with everyone, even as I was breaking down inside, no need to give the Master satisfaction of me fully breaking down.

The soldiers leave the room, the large metal door locking tight as I stand, sighing tiredly and moving to eat the small bit of food.

Days continued on like this, days turned into weeks, which began to turn to months, all agonizingly slowly.

One day however, I wake up to the bright lights flashing to get me awake, then once I sit up my stomach drops as I see the table isn't alone in the middle of the room now, beside it sat a large metal chair now.

I scoot back on the bed, pressing my back against the wall "if you think you're going to get me to sit on that, you're sorely mistaken" I call out loud.

A dark chuckle comes over the speakers, the first time I had heard from the Master since that fateful day in the control room.

"I have some experiments I'd like to run, if you'd be so kind" he sneers.

"No thanks, I'd rather keep my appendages intact" I retort.

My stomach drops out as a shaky breathless voice comes through the speakers "don't...don't do it mom..."

I suck in a breath and stare up at the blank ceiling, that voice sounded so familiar...then I realize with a jolt.

I had been thinking about my son every day, thinking of everything, and always landing back on him and the Doctor.

I stand to my feet, still watching the ceiling "Jon? What is he doing to you?" I ask quickly.

"Ah ah" the Master interrupts "I don't think so, this isn't an open mic night" he chuckles.

"Now, my Flower. Sit down in the chair, or your son won't be feeling well at all" he warns.

I glare at the ceiling "Jon, if you can hear me. Just hold on, please. I know none of this is good, but please" I plead honestly, the Master tries to shush him but I hear him anyways.

"I trust you mom. Always"

I clench my fists as they shake, my heart thudding hard in my chest.

I wanted to fight him, I wanted to punch him in the face, but I move over and slowly sit in the chair, only to growl in pain as a bright red light appears around my wrists and legs to hold me in place, while I feel multiple needles piercing my palms on the arms of the chair.

"Fuck...what is all this about? Planning on experimenting on me or something?" I call out.

"I've wanted to try something for centuries now, and now I have you all to myself. I think you will also find this fascinating. Though it will hurt" the Master sneers, though he sounded very happy at this news.

I grimace "you do know you had me locked up for months, why not do this then? Why wait?" I ask confused.

"Because I didn't know when your precious Doctor would come. Now I have him at my mercy" he chuckles.

I glare up at the ceiling "alright, are you gonna tell me what you pla..." I get cut off, my eyes widen as the room goes black, all lights shut off but the red glowing energy around my limbs.

A high pitched noise begins to echo around the room, like metal screeching on metal, I grimace and try to cover my ears, pressing one against my shoulder with my eyes shut tight.

After a few minutes the sound slows then stops, the lights still off, then an electric shock zaps my palms, making me curse under my breath.

"What is thi...!" I get cut off again, the second shock was Way worse than the first, bright yellow light was beginning to glow from under my hands and arms from the chair.

"What the hell is that?" I snap loudly.

But I get no reply, only the sound of a button being pressed, and then pain.

Blinding searing pain, the golden light was getting brighter and was starting to surround my arms, I grit my teeth, trying desperately to not make too much noise.

I gasp as the energy stops for a moment, letting me breath for a second, when the chairs arm under my left hand suddenly forces my arm to turn over, palm facing out now as I wince.

I look down at my arm, I could feel a painful burning and my sweatshirt sleeve was burning away, slowly moving up my arm, showing off the many tattoos I had now.

Then the golden light returns and I throw my head back in pain as the burning shocking pain returns, like my skin was on fire, the outlines of each tattoo feeling even worse than the skin around, as if they were the source of the pain, or as if the tattoos were soaking up the energy.

I look down at my arm, my eyes widening in shock as I see the tattoos were all glowing, a deep blue light that looked as if it were a living blue flame.

I clench my fists and try to think about this all, trying to focus on something other than the pain, and maybe figure out what to do.

I look around the room, looking for anything, but the only light came from the tattoos, so I couldn't see very far at all.

So I look back to the tattoos, leaning a little closer to look down at them, even as my back protested moving at all with those levels of pain, but I push through it, sweat starting to cover my skin.

I watch the lights flow through the linework, it was almost mesmerizing, until I notice.

And thats when I realize what he's doing, what he wanted to try.

The clock on the inside of my wrist was moving, the hands rotating, it was very slow, but it was happening.

I look to the ceiling "don't you dare Koschei! I've already had this done!" I shout angrily "it hurt like hell then too!"

I get no response, and for the next few days, I am sat in the chair every morning, and the Master would test on me, it seemed he wanted to find out how my whole being worked, and how the clock worked, but I never gave him any information, just enduring the pain for as long as I could.

I just prayed, as the weeks go by, as I lose more and more energy, hope starting to dwindle, that the Doctor and Jon weren't being forced to hear or see any of this happening to me.

He kept the watch moving very slowly, but over a few more months, it had jumped from hour 6, minute 5, to hour 7 minute 4.

I stay on the small cot, my back to the door when I hear it open, I glance back slowly to see Tish come in and set a plate of small bits of food, scraps from the kitchen probably, onto the table.

I make eye contact and then look down to her hand still holding the tray for a moment, then I see her stick out three fingers, its a tiny gesture, but I knew right away what it meant.

I hadn't spoken to any of them, hadn't been allowed to, but they must have gathered that I knew more than seemed possible.

I sit up, discreetly nodding as she then leaves the room quickly, the door slamming closed behind her from the soldiers on the outside.

I move to stand, going to eat a bit of the food, I had lost a good 15 or 20 pounds from being in here, meager food rations, and the constant torture of that damned chair.

I stand on the other side of the table from the chair, not looking at it.

I turn my back to the table and chair, stretching a little, wincing at the soreness of my body, having not used it properly in nearly a whole year.

I frown softly, realizing how long it had really been, some of the time felt like it flew by, yet other times it felt as though I was wading through honey.

I look down at the red and dried bloody mess of my left arm, the tattoos had begun to bleed when I was pumped full of time energy, my human like skin not made for the kind of energy, nor the tattoos made for it either.

I carefully run my fingers over the bruised and messy skin, shivering a little before I look up to the door, something felt different...

Then my eyes widen as I realize what it is. What ever was set up to block telepathic connections wasn't there anymore, it felt like a headache had been instantly lifted from my head.

Then the alarms go off, lights flickering and there's shouting outside the door.

' What do I do...? This rebellion doesn't work out in the end...'

"Condition Red. I repeat, Condition Red" calls someone over the speakers.

I keep my eyes on the door as I listened, waiting, but its not even a minute later when the alarm stops, making my heart sink.

But a sudden sound hits me, making me lean back against the table, my mind feeling raw and bruised from non use and having the block up.

'Mom...'

I look toward the door, my heart racing and eyes watering a bit.

'I'll find you' I try to reply, reaching out, trying to connect to him, but then I cry out as the block is suddenly turned back on, making me grab my head in my hands in pain.

I sink to the floor, holding my aching head as I try to breathe through the pain.

The day wears on, and the awful block stays in place again, pressing down on my mind, making me feel sick to my stomach.

I move back to the cot and try to get some sleep, though its not long before the lights flash.

Sitting up, I grimace as I see the chair is on and ready for me to sit down.

I glare at the ceiling "you want to kill me? Cause thats how you kill me. My body wont be able to handle this for very long. It will give out" I call tiredly.

"Well then lets find that line. Come now My Flower, aren't you bored in there? Don't you want to find out? Find out what you are?" He asks.

I roll my eyes tiredly "I already know what I am, and who I am. But I'm not going to tell you" I retort.

He huffs "no fun. No fun at all" he pouts before going silent, but the chair, mercifully, shuts down.

The next morning I wake to the sound of the massive speakers filling the ship and the outside.

"Citizens of earth, rejoice and observe"

My breath catches for a second, and I stand as my door opens, soldiers flooding the room, many guns aimed at me.

I can't help but roll my eyes a little, three soldiers approach me and I'm handcuffed in two separate kinds, as well as a large cloak being thrown over my shoulders, confusing me for a moment but I focus on the men around me.

"Where are you taking me? To the main deck to see Martha be executed?" I ask, my throat feeling tight and raw from not speaking much for an entire years.

The head soldier stops and looks back at me, glaring a little, he opens his mouth to speak but quickly closes it, they must have been told to not speak to me or engage in any way if they could avoid it.

They take me out the door, out into the rest of the ship.

I look around as we go, as I hadn't left that damned cell in forever.

We stop in the middle of a hallway though as the head guy seems to get something on his coms, he motions for everyone to stay where they are, so I look out the window to our right, looking down over the clouds and open sky.

For a few minutes we are stationary, before moving again, and we soon arrive in the main room, my heart jumping as I meet eyes with the Doctor, he looked ancient and exhausted, held in that little cage.

Then I see on the other side of the stairs, my son, having regenerated from the damage he sustained, now I knew for sure, he was the man who would go on to marry River.

With chains on his wrists and ankles, he looked a little bruised and tired, but he smiles as he sees me, which I return, relieved he was alive.

Then I realize I couldn't feel either of them in my mind, making me grimace as I look down at the two separate handcuffs, realizing one must be keeping me cut off.

I glance around to see Martha near the middle of the room, her family to my left near the back, and Jack to my right, then I'm shoved to stand nearest to Jack, though the guards have a hold of my shoulders to keep me in place as we watched Martha.

I watch as we all watch the Master and Martha with baited breath.

"The teleport device, in case you thought I forgot" the Master begins, holding his hand out toward Martha.

She pulls it out of her pants pocket and tosses it up to him, he catches it and continues.

"And now, kneel" he orders, and she obeys.

"Down below, the fleet is ready to launch. 200 thousand ships, set to burn across the universe" he smirks, then he moves up to the controls and presses a button.

"Are we ready?" He asks.

"The fleet awaits your signal. Rejoice!" someone replies.

"3 minutes to align the black hole converters" Koschei says as he presses a button on his watch, then he turns back to us.

"Counting down" he says as a timer begins to count down on the wall, I glance between my friends, my family, trying to keep myself from running toward any of them, even as my limbs ache from non use, even as I feel exhausted, I just wanted to hug them all again.

"I never could resist a ticking clock" the Master says cheekily, obviously enjoying this all.

"My children! Are you ready!? He yells, and the coms are filled with replies from all of the so called Toclafane "we will fly and blaze and slice" over and over again.

"At zero, to mark this day, the child, Martha Jones will die" he continues, laughing a little "my first blood"

"Any last words? No?" He pouts a little now "such a disappointment this one. In the days of old Doctor, you had companions who could absorb the time vortex. This one's useless" he gripes, pointing his laser screwdriver down at Martha, making everyone stiffen.

"Bow your head" Koschei orders, and she obeys "and so it falls to me, as master of all, to astablish from this day, a new order of time lord" I could see Martha beginning to smile now, only making me smile as well.

"From this day forward..." she lets out a soft laugh, stopping the Master in his tracks, and everyone around watches in a bit of confusion.

"What...? What's so funny?" He asks, lowering his screwdriver a little, and she looks up.

"A gun?"

"What about it?"

"A gun in four parts?" She continues.

"Yes? And I destroyed it" he says, getting agitated now.

"A gun, in four parts scattered across the world. I mean...come on. Did you really believe that?" She asks, making my smile grow now.

"What do you mean?"

I glance to the Doctor as he moves to the edge of his cage "as if I would ask her to kill" he grabs one of the bars.

"Oh well, it doesn't matter. I've got her exactly where I want her" he retorts, I could see his confidence beginning to crack, just the tiniest bit.

"But I knew what Professor Docherty would do. The resistance knew about her son. I told her about the gun so she'd get me here. At the right time" Martha explains.

The Master is beginning to get more and more agitated "oh but you're still gonna die"

"Don't you wanna know what I was doing? Traveling the world?"

"Tell me" he says, exasperated.

"I told a story. That's all. No weapons, just words. I did just what the Doctor said. I went across the continents all on my own, and everywhere I went, I found the people and I told them my story. I told them about the Doctor. And I told them to pass it on, to spread the word so that everyone would know about the Doctor" she explains.

"Faith and hope?" The Master asks, sitting on the steps as he stares at Martha as if she had gone mad.

"Is that all?' He demands, seeming to find this very funny.

"No. Cause I gave them an instruction" she says as she stands "just as the Doctor said. I told them that if everyone thinks of one word, at one specific time" the Master stands and interrupts her.

"Nothing will happen" he exclaims "is that your weapon? Prayer?" He mocks.

"Right across the world. One word, just one thought, at one moment. But with 15 satellites" she says, which catches his attention.

"What?" He asks.

"The Archangel network" Jack speaks up, I smile more and nod, looking to him then back to the Master.

"The telepathic field, binding the whole human race together, with all of them, every single person on earth, thinking the same thing at the same time, and that word is Doctor" she says.

My heart leaps as he stands up, chin held high as he stares down at Martha, I could see his fear then, could see the panic hidden in his eyes, the anger just under the surface.

Then the countdown strikes one, and I close my eyes for a moment "Doctor" I murmur and open my eyes, looking to him as he began to glow, the cage melting away and my heart leaping again.

I smile wider as Koschei speaks up in a panic "stop it. No no no no you don't" he demands, hand up in a gesture to try and keep him back, then I look to everyone else in the room, smiling as they all focus, all saying his name again and again.

I focus on Jon, meeting his gaze both of us smiling wider than ever as we both say, at the same time "Doctor"

But then a shock is sent through my hands, making me whimper in pain and fall to my knees, gritting my teeth in pain, the shocks getting stronger the harder I try to fight it, the cuffs trying to keep my mind locked away from others, trying to keep me contained, weak.

I close my eyes tightly and continue to chant the Doctor's name in my head, even as Koschei tried to keep control, even as the Doctor was flying over the ground, even as Martha ran to her family, even as Jack kneeled beside me.

Even as the Master called for the Toclafane.

Then Jack is gone, going to take care of the bastardized Tardis.

The cloak is suddenly pulled off of me and hands grab my arms, trying to steady me as I feel dizzy and sick, still trying to fight through the mental block.

I look up through bleary tear filled eyes, to see Jon there, the chains that held him having been melted off.

I grip his hand shakily in both of mine, focusing on him, as he grabs the guards keys and begins frantically trying each key, trying to find the right ones for the two pairs of cuffs.

Then as they both fall off not a few seconds later, I gasp, my vision going white as I'm suddenly engulfed in sound, and warmth and love.

I take a few deep breaths as my vision clears, the pain in my mind gone, and I meet my sons worried gaze, before smiling widely and pulling him into a hug.

He returns it, clutching onto me with all his strength.

I pull him closer, ignoring the pain in my left arm as I release a shaky breath, closing my eyes for a few moments, then I open them again, getting us both up and smiling at him widely.

"We will need to hold onto something in a few moments" I say and he smiles back, through his own tears.

I reach up and gently wipe them away with my right sleeve "come on" I say and we run up to the control center in the room, I pull Martha into a quick hug, smiling at her before looking over the screens myself, just before the entire place begins to shake, I miss my hand hold and begin to fly back only to be caught in a pair of strong skinny arms, I look up to see the Doctor, making my heart leap as I beam up at him.

He returns the smile and looks around us "everyone, get down! Time is reversing!" He calls as everyone hits the deck, grabbing onto something as papers fill the air, flying all about.

I laugh as I try to protect my face from the paper, holding tightly onto the Doctor's hand as the world around us seems to shake.

Jon drops to the ground next to us and grabs onto my arm tightly as time moves back to before the hell of a year started, right back to the day of the invasion.

Soon the place stops shaking and the papers fall to the floor, leaving us all breathless.

The Doctor jumps to his feet, looking out the window "the paradox is broken. We've reverted back. One year and one day. 2 minutes past 8 in the morning" he says, jumping around the controls to turn on the radio.

"This is UNIT central, whats happened up there? We've just saw the president assassinated" I move to stand with Jons help and I lean against the railing tiredly, looking to the master as he sat on the floor.

"see? Just after the president was killed but just before the spheres arrived. Everything back to normal. Planet earth restored. None of it happened, the rockets, the terror, it never was" the Doctor explains.

"What about the spheres?" Martha asks quickly.

"Trapped at the end of the universe" he replies.

"But I can remember it" Martha's mother says.

"We're at the eye of the storm" the Doctor explains "the only ones who will ever know"

"Oh hello" the Doctor says happily, going and meeting Martha's father, just as the Master tried to escape, sprinting for the door, but the door opens and Jack catches him.

"Woah, big fella. You don't want to miss the party" Jack says, he's covered in grime and dirt, bruises here and there and blood on his clothes, most likely his own from his deaths while fighting off the spheres to get to the Tardis.

"Cuffs" he orders, a guard handing them over quickly, Jack putting them on the Master.

I glance down and see Martha's mother was standing very close to the gun, so I begin to make my way down the steps quietly, focusing on her rather than what they were talking about.

I make it down the stairs just as she holds the gun up, pointed at the Master.

I move slowly, stopping in front of her, the gun now aimed directly at the middle of my chest.

I meet her eyes sadly "Francine...this isn't what you want..." I pause for a moment, seeing the Doctor slowly moving to come down the stairs behind her, then I meet her tear filled eyes again.

"Yes, everything he has done has been horrific, we will remember it all, carry that weight with us. But I promise, if you lower yourself to his level, you won't ever be able to climb out of that hole. You are a good woman, you don't deserve to carry such a weight on your back, nor your mind" I say softly.

"Trust me...I've killed people" I say softly "you would regret your choice till the day you die" her hands shook more than ever, the Doctor now standing beside her, his hand gently lowering the gun, it hits the floor and she falls into my arms, which I wrap around her tightly, holding the shaking woman against me to help comfort her.

The Doctor places a hand on both of our backs for a moment before he turns to the Master.

I focus on Francine for now, smoothing my hand down her back and rocking us back and forth a little "you're alright, I promise. You're all safe now. I'm sorry...Im so sorry I couldn't stop this before it started" I murmur, then I gently hand her off to her daughters, meeting Martha's gaze and nodding before I look to the two ancient beings behind me.

"- my responsibility from now on, the only time lord left in existence" The Doctor says seriously.

Jack comes over to say to him "yeah, but you can't trust him"

"No. The only safe place for him is the Tardis" the Doctor replies.

"You mean you're just gonna...keep me" the Master asks, sounding as thrilled about it as a child who got socks for Christmas.

"If thats what I have to do" the Doctor responds, nodding a little.

He looks to Jack "it's time to change. Maybe I've been wandering for too long" he says, glancing to me, and Jon, who had come down the stairs and was standing right beside me, gently holding onto the sleeve of my right arm.

I glance at him, realizing even now, Jon was at most 16 years old, years away from meeting River. Just a child, a scared child that was kidnapped, and shot, so I raise my arm and gently wrap it around him, pulling him close to me, and he responds by wrapping his arm around my waist, pressing close.

I could feel his mind in my own, though unlike the Doctor's mind, I could feel him, as if he were just part of my mind all along, there was no need for a door here, he was just in my mind, just there by nature.

I tighten my arm around him and look up, just as the Master gets shot right in the gut, I gasp and quickly turn Jon away, watching in grief as the Doctor goes and catches him, Jack quickly moving to take the gun from the Master's abused, broken wife.

Jon presses closer, hiding his face in my shoulder, clutching onto me.

"It's alright" I whisper into his ear gently, trying to block out the sound of everything for him, but I knew he'd still hear everything, still hear his father beg his greatest enemy to not die, demand the Master regenerate.

I look to Martha and her family, nodding to my son and Martha nods back, I gently lead him over, kissing his forehead and Martha gently takes his hand and pulls him toward them.

He looks to me with fear for a moment, but I smile gently at him "I'm not going far" I reassure before I turn back to the Doctor and the Master quickly.

"Will it stop Doctor? The drumming, will it stop?" The Master demands in a low whisper, I silently make my way over as he breathes his last, going limp.

The Doctor cradles him close as he breaks down, quietly sobbing and rocking both of them before letting out a heart wrenching yell of anger and grief.

I quietly kneel beside him, my hand on his back rubbing gentle circles into it, opening my end of the connection and flooding his mind with warmth and love.

He leans against my side in his despair, so I pull him closer, kissing the side of his head gently, cradling him as he loses the last hope he had to not be the last of his kind, the last hope he believed he had to find someone like himself.

The Valiant is flown over London and lowered into a massive field not far from the city, UNIT coming to take over the ship and figure out what had happened.

The day drags on as we all work quietly to get everything figured out, the Master's body lay in the Tardis, a blanket covering him, I asked Jon to stay with Jack and Martha and they agree to look after him, then I go with the Doctor to burn the Master's body.

I stand beside him as he sets the funeral pyre alight, quiet and forlorn as the flames overtake the body quickly.

I take his hand as we begin the quiet walk back to the Tardis parked not too far away, then we fly back to pick up the others, and I see someone as we talk with UNIT, a woman with blond hair working away from us.

I smile softly 'Kate's already working for them...'

I focus back on the others and we quietly agree to leave, let UNIT take over everything else.

Martha asks to take a few flowers to Professor Docherty, so the Doctor takes her to do that, me and Jon and Jack all stay in the Tardis before we go to drop Jack off back in Cardiff.

I lean against the railing with Jon next to me, as he hadn't left my side since I returned with the Doctor from the Master's funeral.

"Time was, every single one of these people knew your name" Martha says softly "now they've all forgotten you" she looks to him.

"Good"

Jack nods before he climbs under the railing "back to work"

"I really don't mind though, come with me" the Doctor tells him, I smile softly.

"I had plenty of time to think the past year. The year that never was" he looks back to the towering water fountain "I kept thinking about that team of mine" he looks back to the Doctor "like you said Doctor, responsibility"

The Doctor nods a little "defending the earth, can't argue with that" he then grabs Jacks arm and disables the vortex manipulator.

"Hey, I need that!" Jack gripes.

"I can't have you walking around with a time traveling teleport, you could go anywhere, twice. The second time to apologize"

"And what about me? Can you fix that? Will I ever be able to die?" He asks, but I notice they both glance to me then back to each other.

"nothing I can do. You're an impossible thing Jack"

Jack laughs cheekily at that "I've been called that before" he goes to walk away but turns back, saluting to the Doctor, I smile softly and shake my head as the Doctor returns the gesture.

"Sir. Ma'am" he says to Martha with a wink, then he smiles at me fondly "Short stuff" I smirk and shake my head.

"Be glad I don't have the energy to throw my shoe at you" I joke softly, earning a warm smile from him.

Then he turns away, then back again, looking to the Doctor "but I keep wondering, what about aging? Cause I can't die, but I keep getting older? The odd little gray hair? You know? What happens if I live for a million years?" He asks, his hands now on his hips.

I smirk a little as the Doctor says "I really don't know.

I nod "you'll just have to find out Jack-a-boy. See if you can outlive me, you die first, I'll go to your funeral in a terrible colored suit. I die first, you go to my funeral dressed in a Tardis themed dress" I joke, earning a snort of amusement from both the Doctor and Martha, Jon laughing softly beside me and Jack smirking back.

"I'll rock that dress" he jokes, making me laugh as well, some of the tension leaving my shoulders now.

"Sorry, vanity. I can't help it. Used to be a poster boy, when I was a kid, living in the Boeshane peninsula. Tiny little place, I was the first one ever to be signed up for the time agency. They were so proud of me. The Face of Boe they called me" at that I can feel the shift in the others, their shock and awe as they stare at him.

"I'll see you" he says before he's off down the white steps.

Martha grabs the Doctors arm in shock "it can't be" she says quickly, I can't help the beaming smile as I watch them, Jon watching on curiously.

"No, definitely not, no...nooo" the Doctor says in shock, before they are both laughing, causing me to laugh as they both look at me, I nod happily.

"Yup. It's him, who do you think I had to go and talk to before we left, back on platform one? Big face himself" I chuckle softly.

We soon head back to the Tardis and I take Martha aside, away from the others, smiling to her softly "thank you. For everything Martha. You've saved the world, the whole universe. And you deserve so much more. I know your staying home, and I can't blame you. Keep the earth safe for us. You can get in touch with UNIT now, and just tell them I sent you. Me and the Doctor. You'll have a good job, and I can tell you, this isn't a last goodbye, we will see you again" I say softly.

She smiles and nods, pulling me in to a hug "good. I do want to see you all again"

I say goodbye and the Doctor takes her home, not knowing yet if she would stay home or not.

I kiss his cheek on my way past "we'll be in the kitchen" I tell him softly before me and Jon head that direction.

"How long has it been since you've eaten?" I ask him as we go.

I had taken time earlier in the day to wrap my left arm in some bandages to hide the worst of it until I could clean up later.

Jon frowns a little as we go "I don't know" he says honestly.

I smile softly at him "then lets make something to eat. I'm sorry to say I'm a horrible cook but I'm sure the Tardis can help us"

He smiles again "I can cook, I love it" he says happily, I open the door into the kitchen and smile more at him.

"I have to say Jon, you remind me so much of my little brother" I say honestly, he looks to me worriedly "which brother?"

Making me laugh a little "James. My eldest younger brother. You even look a lot like him. Which is a good thing" I reassure him.

We get to work and just as he said, he seemed to really enjoy cooking as he basically danced around the kitchen.

We enjoy each other's company for a while, then I hear a loud sound coming from the Tardis around us, the whole room shaking a little.

I frown in worry for a moment before I remember what had happened after Martha left.

Jon looks to me worried but I smile to him gently "it's alright, just your father. Would you finish this while I go to check on him?" I ask, he nods, though he still looks a little worried.

"Don't worry, I promise everything is ok" I say and smile before heading out the door and down the hallway.

Finding my way to the console room, just as I suspected, there now stood two Doctors at the console, both 5 and 10.

I smirk a little and lean against the doorframe, wanting to watch this play out, hands crossed over my chest comfortably.

"-universe goes bang in five minutes, but, brilliant" 10 says happily.

"I'm the Doctor, who are you?" 5 asks seriously, I have to bite my lip to keep quiet.

"Yes you are, you are the Doctor" 10 says jovially.

"Yes, I am, I'm the Doctor"

"Oh, good for you Doctor, good for brilliant old you" 10 beams.

"Is there something wrong with you?" 5 asks.

"Oooh! There it goes! The frowny face! I remember that one. Mind you, bit saggier than it aught to be, hairs a bit grayer" 10 says, messing with 5s face and hair.

"That's cause of me though, the two of us together have shorted out the time differential. Should all snap back into place and we'll get you home" 10 says, pressing a few buttons then he turns back to his past self, grabbing his coat and miming closing it.

"Be able to close that coat again. But never mind that, look at you! The hat, the coat, the crickity cricket stuff, the stick of celery" 10 rants happily, though he's obviously a little embarrassed about the veggie.

"Brave choice, celery, but fair play to you. Not a lot of men can carry off a decorative vegetable"

"Shut up" snaps 5, at his wits end now, he takes off his hat a little forcefully.

"There is something very wrong with my Tardis and I've got to do something about it very very quickly, and it would help, it really would help if there wasn't some skinny idiot ranting in my face about every single thing that happens to be in front of him"

I cover my mouth to hide my quiet snicker, this was much more fun in person.

"Oh, ok, sorry, Doctor" 10 says, a bit surprised.

"Thank you" 5 then turns to the console to get to work.

"Oh, the back of my head" 10 beams.

"What?" 5 asks grumpily.

"Sorry, sorry, it's not something you see every day, is it? The back of your own head. Mind you, I can see why you wear a hat, I don't want to seem vain, but could you keep that on?" 10 asks.

5 turns to him "what have you done to my Tardis?" He demands "you've changed the desktop theme haven't you? What's this one? Coral?"

"Well..." 10 begins but 5 speaks again.

"It's worse than the leopard skin" He says and pulls on his glasses.

"Oh! And out they come! The brainy specs!" 10 basically cheers.

It was taking all of my self restraint to not speak up now.

"You don't even need them, you just think they make you look a bit clever" 10 says, standing with his hands in his pockets and his feet spread wide apart, then the alarms begin to go off.

"That's an alert. Level five, indicating temporal collision. It's like two Tardis's have merged. But there's definitely only one Tardis present" 5 explains as he goes around, messing with the console quickly.

"It's like two time zones at war in the heart of the Tardis...thats a paradox, could blow a hole in the space time continuum the size of..." 10, who had been leaning back against the console, shoves the screen over to be in 5s view.

"Well actually" he begins but I finally give in to my temptation.

"The size of Belgium. And I agree, its very underwhelming" I say as I start up the ramp to the console.

Both men look to me in surprise "Hi hun" I greet both of them, 10 smiles and 5 looks quite pleased.

"Ah! Rose, perfect timing, love. We have a bit of a situation, would you distract this idiot so I can get on with fixing this?" 5 asks.

I smirk a little as 10 looks grumpy.

"Which idiot?" I ask, 5 playfully glares at me.

"You know which" he grumbles, I smile more.

"I see two of them, or is it one?" I ask.

10 sticks his tongue out at me and I smirk more "Doctor, I do have a bit of surprising news for you" I say, leaning against the console beside 5 as he works on typing something quickly.

"Hmm? This man a friend of yours? A human?" He asks.

I shake my head "nope, he's from way closer to home than you may think" I continue.

He glances up to me then to 10 "a time lord?" He asks cautiously.

I smile more and nod "yes, just as much as you are" I say happily.

He sighs and looks to 10 but before he says anything another set of alarms goes off "this is bad. Two minutes to Belgium" 5 says as he works, I quickly move out of his way.

"He's a pretty big fan of yours, Doctor" I say, smirking as 10 pouts at me.

"What do you mean a fan? I'm not just a fan. I'm you" 10 says to 5.

"Ok, you're my biggest fan. Look, it's perfectly understandable. I go zooming around space and time, saving planets, fighting monsters and being, well lets be honest, pretty sort of marvelous. So naturally now and then people notice me, start up their little groups. That LINDA lot on earth. Are you one of them?" He asks.

10 is barely keeping himself back from full on laughing as he tries to explain.

"Listen to me. I'm you, I'm you with a new face" he pats his cheeks "check out this bone structure Doctor, cause one day you're gonna be shaving it"

Just then the cloister bell goes off and I move away from the console quickly to be out of their way.

5 looks to me for a moment, pointing to 10 as if to ask 'really? Is that me?'

I nod and smile more "I said he was much closer to home" I say before they both quickly get to work to stop Belgium.

I lean back against the railing as I watched their frantic and hurried movements and words, then the entire room goes white for just a moment, I cover my eyes before everything returns to normal.

"A supernova and a black hole at the exact same instant."

"The explosion cancels out the implosion"

"Matter remains constant"

"Brilliant" 10 says happily.

"Far to brilliant. I've never met anyone else who could fly the Tardis like that" 5 says amazed.

"Sorry mate, you still haven't" 10 says, I snort a little in laughter.

"You didn't have time to work all of that out. Even I couldn't do it" 5 says, following 10 around the console.

"I didn't work it out, I didn't have to" 10 says, face to face with 5.

"You remembered"

"Because you will remember"

"You remembered being me, watching you, doing that" 5 says, looking to the console in amazement.

"You only knew what to do, because I saw you do it"

"Wibbly wobbly" 10 starts, then they both finish.

"Timey wimey"

I laugh as 10 goes for a high-five but 5 doesn't move.

"Bootstrap paradox's are interesting things, I think" I say as I come to stand beside them both now.

10 quickly moves to start making sure both Tardis's get away unscathed.

5 smiles to me softly before we both look to 10 "right! Tardis's are seperating, sorry Doctor, times up. Back to long ago. Where are you now? News and Teagan, Cybermen and Mara and time lords in funny hats and the Master? Oh! He just showed up again, some as ever" 10 says as he goes around the console.

"Oh no, really? Does he still have that rubbish beard?" He asks, I smile softly and shake my head, leaning on the console again.

"No, no beard this time, well, a wife" 10 says.

5 looks to me and I smile gently as he was beginning to look see through.

"Oh, I seem to be off. What can I say? Thank you Doctor. and Rose, I love you" I blush deeply and grin back "I love you too" I say happily.

"And thank you" 10 says.

"I'm very welcome" 5 says just as he disappears, but 10 presses a button and 5 reappears, I grab his hat and hand it back to him.

10 smiles warmly "you know, I loved being you. Back when I first started, at the very beginning I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important, like you do when you're young, and then I was you, and I was all dashing about and playing cricket and my voice going all squeaky when I shouted, I still do that! The voice thing, I got that from you"

5 smiles warmly as he pulls his hat back on.

"Oh! And the trainers" 10 says, putting his foot up on the console, I chuckle and gently smack his foot back off.

"Aaand" he pulls out his glasses and puts them on "snap. Cause you know what, Doctor? You were my Doctor"

5 raises his hat in fair well "to days to come"

"All my love to long ago" 10 replies before 5 disappears for good this time, only a faint hint of his voice saying "oh Doctor, remember to put your shields up"

Then as 10 is pressing a button on the console, there's a loud boat horn and suddenly the front of a ship slams through the Tardis walls, sending me back to be caught by the Doctor as we hit the floor, we both look up in shock at the massive ships front.

"What?...what?" He splutters.

I cough a little as we both sit up, I wave away some of the dust and I watch as he turns over the life preserver thats on the floor in front of us "what?"

I laugh as I climb to my feet, though I felt a little wobbly now, so I hold onto the console before my smile falls.

The music was beginning now, I sigh as the Doctor jumps to his feet, looking to me worriedly, placing his hand on my back.

"You alright?" He asks, I nod and sigh again.

"Yes, I'm alright, but I'm leaving" I say sadly.

"Oh, love" he murmurs, pulling me into a hug, which I happily return.

"Mom?" I look up as Jon comes into the room worriedly.

I smile sadly "Jon, I'm so sorry, but I'm leaving now, please be careful ok? Get some food and good rest, I'll probably come back soon for you two. And I don't want either of you to leave the Tardis until you are both fed and rested" I say seriously, looking to the Doctor.

"You can park on the ship, but remember what I said" I say and he nods seriously.

Then I smile at them both "I love you both...so much, please be careful while I'm away" I say, pulling them both into a hug as the music got louder and louder.

They return the hug, the Doctor pressing a kiss to my forehead.

"We love you too" he murmurs and Jon nods, and as I blink, I'm suddenly left empty armed and alone in the void.

And without the energy nor the help to stay standing, I sit down shakily, exhausted and just wanting to sleep.

I yelp in pain as my bloody and bruised arm suddenly feels on fire, I tear off the bandages and can see both the clock changing to the minute 5, and a new tattoo appearing, one of the Master's Laser Screwdriver.

I sigh a little as the pain disappears not long after, so I close my end of the connection and hope that I could sleep, and maybe get some food where ever I end up.

I close my eyes and just try to rest.

Then I can hear somethings different, I wasn't in the void anymore, so I open my eyes and find myself in a hallway, seems to be a hotel of some kind.

I lean back against the wall and sigh softly before slowly getting myself to my feet, using the wall for stability.

'Ok, hotel like hallway...Minotaur?'

I rub my eyes a little before I rewrap my arm with the bandages.

I see movement out of the corner of my eye so I turn around only to see the tail end of someone walking past the end of the hall.

I quietly make my way after them, turning a corner into a large open lobby of the hotel, massive windows out onto a large lawn 'ok, no Minotaur'

Then I see a woman ahead of me, pulling out her phone, I stay still for a moment, not wanting to disturb her.

"Hey. Can you pick me up from work?...yes now, it's urgent, I'll text you the address. Don't let on to your dad, I'll tell you everything when I see you. Thanks sweetheart" then she hangs up.

My eyes widen as I stared for a moment, I glance around before clearing my throat.

"Mrs. Khan?" I ask, she yelps and jumps, turning as she presses her hand to her heart.

"You nearly gave me a heart attack! You can tell your boss I'm already leav..." she stops mid sentence when she gets a good look at me, I look down and realize I'm still in my torn and bloodied clothes.

I grimace and look up to her, smiling sheepishly.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, and don't worry, I don't work for whats his face. Can I wait with you?" I ask.

I hope you all enjoyed this!

I'm very happy with how this story line worked!

Also! Happy (one day early) thanksgiving! Even if you don't celebrate, its always fun to have a good fun meal! :D

Alright, next time we get to see a first meeting! A whole host of first meetings! And I can't wait!