A/N: Woo so I only have 1 more week to deal with school then Christmas Break! Thank you Doctor! XD
Alrighty so this is the Chapter with The Master's return and a reunion between these 3 friends. Dun Dun Dun!
Check out the somewhat prequel of this story called "Adventures with The Doctor and Fighter" as it tells of the adventures they both went on when The Doctor would come to Gallifrey and take her on adventures before the Time War.
A Light in the Dark
[Doctor Who Fanfiction Time Lady OC/The Doctor]
Chapter 4: The Utopia
Summary of the Chapter: Thrown to the end of the universe, The Doctor and The Fighter reunite with someone they thought was gone along with their home planet.
After they left Elizabeth's house, The Doctor set the cordinates for the T.A.R.D.I.S to materialize at Cardiff to refuel at the rift before they could go exploring anywhere.
"Sorry for the delay. The T.A.R.D.I.S needs to refuel. Won't take long, only about 20 seconds." The Doctor said as The Fighter looked over at Elizabeth and Martha smiling. All of a sudden she heard a ding as The Doctor grinned. "Alright ready to go."
She then walked over and looked to see a man running on the screen as he was screaming The Doctor's name. "Hey Theta!" The Fighter said as she looked over at him and pointed at the man on the screen. The Doctor looked shocked and pulled the lever making the T.A.R.D.I.S take off. The Fighter looked at him shocked for what he was doing "Whoa why are you taking off? That man is calling your name!" She yelled at him as the T.A.R.D.I.S suddenly shook and sparks began to fly.
"What's that?" Martha asked as sparks continued flying.
"We've accellerated into the future, the year 100 trillion." The Doctor said shocked as The Fighter helped Elizabeth keep her balance. The Fighter looked up at the screen to see what was going on. Her mouth then dropped in horror at the realization of where they were going.
"What's going on? What does that mean?" Elizabeth asked as she looked at the screen in confusion with Martha.
"We're going to the end of the universe." The Doctor and Fighter said at the same time. The Fighter then could hear the man that was calling The Doctor's name outside the T.A.R.D.I.S still screaming his name. "B-but that's impossible, we're in the time vortex." She thought.
The T.A.R.D.I.S calmed down as they all looked at each other.
"Well we've landed." The Doctor said. "So what's out there?" Martha asked. The Fighter looked at The Doctor shocked. "I don't know, no Time Lord has ever been this far." He said as The Fighter looked worried and curious at what could be out there. He then looked over at her with a twinkle in his eyes then back at Martha "We should leave."
The Fighter looked over at Elizabeth giving her a smile as she then looked over at The Doctor and Martha as they all smiled and began running outside to see what was waiting for them. Martha and The Fighter looked over to see a guy on the ground a few feet away as they ran towards him checking his vital signs. Martha ran in to get a medical kit.
"I think he came with us." The Doctor said as he sighed. This was the one thing he didn't want to happen, have Jack find him again. The Fighter then looked up at him with a glare "Theta Sigma! What the heck is going on? I saw this man on the screen calling your name, then I heard him when we were going through the time vortex. He obviously wanted to talk to you but you acted like you were trying to avoid him. What's going on?"
He really didn't want this to happen. Have Jack find him and then have Missy be involved. He didn't want to see her sad just like the day he put her on a T.A.R.D.I.S, taking her away from their home planet to keep her safe. He didn't want to make her cry again.
"What? Do you know him?" Elizabeth asked trying to change the subject knowing how Missy was. She was her best friend/sister after all. Martha was still checking the man for vital signs of any kind.
The Doctor looked took his eyes off Missy looking over at Elizabeth. "A friend of mine. Used to travel with me back in the old days." He replied with his hands in his pockets as The Fighter let out a sigh.
Martha looked up at everyone with sad eyes "I'm sorry but...there's no heartbeat, he's dead." The Fighter walked back over to Martha as the guy suddenly burst up with a gasp, alive and grabbing Martha. The Fighter looked shocked at The Doctor for what was happening before her eyes.
Martha helped him as The Fighter helped her and Elizabeth followed after. "It's alright, i've got you now." She said as the man began to grab my arm as well. He looked up at us and grinned "Captain Jack Harkness, and who are you lovely ladies?"
"Martha Jones"
Elizabeth looked at Jack and winked smiling "Elizabeth Butler. Quite an entrance you made, I like that in a guy." Jack winked back.
The Fighter smiled at him brightly "Oh great he sounds like one of those guys that are a flirt. A perfect match for Elizabeth who is a flirt as well." She thought. "The Fighter but just call me Missy. Do anything perverted to my friend Elizabeth and you are gonna answer to me buddy!" Jack looked at her shocked and nodded as The Doctor then grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him. The Doctor and Jack were looking at each other coldly as The Fighter watched them, wondering what was going on with them two.
"Doctor"
"Captain"
"Good to see you" Jack replied.
"Same as ever, have you hard work done?" The Doctor asked as the girls looked at them confused.
"You can talk!" Jack replied. "oh yes the new face." The Doctor replied back.
"Regeneration, It does that." The Fighter replied back to Jack as he looked over at her grinning. She then felt The Doctor's hand tighten around her as she pulled free from it. She thought he was just being overprotective of her like he always was back then.
"The Fighter? I'm guessing you must be a Time Lord as well?" Jack asked putting an eyebrow up. "But I thought you were the only one Doctor."
The Fighter smiled "Yes well more like a Time Lady and no. He saved me before..." She paused remembering the events "Before it all happened. Been living here on Earth with Lizzy for 4 years until he found me." She looked at The Doctor smiling, glad to be back with him again like old times.
"How did you know it was me?" The Doctor asked trying to get Jack's attention away from Missy before he started flirting with her.
"The Police box kinda gives it away. I've been following you for a long time, Keeping tabs on you." He replied back. "You abandoned me."
The Fighter looked over at The Doctor with a frown. The Doctor looked at her expression then back at Jack.
"Did I? Busy life, move on." He replied back to Jack as The Fighter looked at him shocked with her mouth open.
"Doctor, I gotta ask, The Battle of Canary Wharf. I saw the list of the dead. It said Rose Tyler." Jack asked. The Fighter wondered if this Rose Tyler was one of his companions.
"Oh no! She's alive!" He replied. "She's in a parallel world with Mickey and her mother."
"Oh yes!" Jack exclaimed taking Elizabeth and Martha into a hug. The Fighter's eyes widened at what he did. Elizabeth looked at her winking, happy she was hugging him. The Fighter rolled her eyes at her friend's flirty behavior.
"So there I was, stranded in the year 200-100, ankle deep in Dalek dust, and he goes off without me." Jack said as he was telling them his story of what happened with him, The Doctor and Rose. "But I had this" He held up his wrist to show a device on it "I used to be a time agent. It's called a-"
"Vortex Manipulator" The Fighter replied knowing the device he was talking about. "That is not true time travel." The Doctor looked at her nodding in agreement.
"Boys and their toys" Martha said smiling as Elizabeth laughed at her comment.
"Alright so I bounce. I thought 21st century, best place to find The Doctor except that I got it a little wrong. I arrived in 1869 and this thing burnt out so it was useless." Jack admitted. "I had to live through the entire 20th century waiting for a version of you that would coincide with me."
"But that makes you more than 100 years old!" Elizabeth exclaimed
"And looking good don't ya think?" Jack looked at her grinning and winking. Elizabeth nodded in response as The Fighter laughed over her friend. "So I went to the time rift and based myself there cos I knew you would come back to refuel. Until I finally got a signal on this detecting you were here." Jack explained.
"But the thing is why did you leave him behind Doctor?" Martha asked as The Fighter looked at him wondering the same thing.
"I was busy" The Doctor replied looking at The Fighter with guilt in his eyes as he shrugged.
"Is that what happens though? You get bored of us one day and disappear?" Martha asked and The Fighter looked at him frowning again.
"Not if you're blonde" Jack remarked looking over at Elizabeth as she winked at him.
"I was blonde two times. Had red hair one time and green the other." The Fighter said.
"Oh so she was blonde? What a surprise!" Martha said sarcastically.
The Doctor snapped "We're at the end of the universe, alright. We're on the edge of knowledge itself and you're busy...talking about hair colors!"
The Fighter pointed at The Doctor as she realized his point. "He's got a point. We should be exploring the area, not our hair colors."
"Is that a city?" Martha asked curiously.
"A City or a hive" The Fighter said
"Or a nest...or a conglomeration." The Doctor added in.
"But look, that's like a pathway...roads. Must have been some sort of life long ago." The Fighter said.
"What killed it?" Elizabeth asked holding hands with Jack. The Fighter looked back to see it and gave Jack the I'm-watching-you look.
"The age old curse, time. Everything is dying now. All the great civilizations gone. All the stars have burned up and just faded into nothing." The Doctor said looking up at the sky.
"It must have an atmospheric shell, we should have frozen to death." Jack remarked. The Fighter looking back every now and then to keep her eye on him so he wouldn't pull any moves on Elizabeth.
"Well Missy, Martha, Elizabeth and I maybe. Not so sure about you Jack." The Doctor said looking back to see what The Fighter kept looking back at.
"What about the people? Does no one survive?" Martha asked looking at the city sadly.
"I suppose we have to hope, Life will find a way" The Fighter said with an optimistic look.
"Well he's not doing to bad" Jack said pointing toward a young man who was running along a pathway with a group of people holding torches and chasing him.
"Is it me or does that look like a hunt? Come on!" The Doctor said grabbing The Fighter's hand running after the man.
The Gang ran down the hill, following the pathway while Jack and Elizabeth, who were still holding hands were laughing. ""Oh, i've missed this!" Jack exclaimed. They finally reached the bottom as The Fighter grabbed the scared man "I've got you."
"We've gotta run!" The man shouted as he looked at the hunt people. "They're coming! They're coming!"
Jack pulled out his revolver ready to fire at the hunt people. "Don't you dare!" The Fighter and Doctor said at the same time.
Jack fired into the air making the party stop. "What the hell are they?" Elizabeth asked still holding onto Jack's hand.
"Humans I think...or they were once a upon a time." The Doctor said
"There's more of them. We've got to keep going." The man said shaking.
"We've got a ship. It's safe, it's not far, it's just over..." The Doctor stopped realizing there was more hunters coming from the way they came. "Or maybe not."
"We're close to the silo, if we get to the silo then we're safe." The man told The Fighter. The Fighter looked at everyone "Well everyone you heard the man, Lets go!"
"Silo for me." Martha said as they all began running as fast as they could toward the silo followed by the torch baring hunters.
They arrived at the gate, throwing themselves on it to get to safety from the hunters after them. "It's the future-kind! Open the gate!" The man shouted to the guards.
"Show me your teeth! One of the guards said holding a gun.
"What?" The Doctor asked as The Fighter gave a huge grin to them. The other's looked at her and decided to do it as well.
"Humans! Let them in!" The guard said as they ran through the gate then closed it as they fired their guns at the future-kind.
"Thanks for that" The Doctor said to the guard as he walked past him. The Doctor looked over at The Fighter who was still grinning and smiled at her. "You know you can stop grinning now Missy."
"I know but it's funny isn't it?" She said looking over at Elizabeth who was bursting out laughing at her along with Jack and Martha.
"Right, lets get you inside." The Guard said as he looked at her curiously. The Doctor grabbed her hand to break her of her silly act and followed the guard inside.
"It's a box, a big blue box. I'm sorry but we really need it back. It's stuck out there." The Doctor explained to the main guard as they were in the base of the silo.
The man interrupted "Sorry but my family was heading for the silo. Did they get here? My mother is Kristane Shafekane. My brother is Beltone." He said asking the guard as The Doctor and The Fighter looked at each other thinking of helping the man.
A guard named Creet came over with a clipboard with family names on it. The guard looked over at The Doctor "A blue box you said?"
"Yes, big, tall, wooden, says "Police."" The Doctor explained
"We're driving out for a last water collection, i'll see what I can do." The guard replied walking away.
Creet then lead through a corridor lined with people camping out as he called for The man's family. "Kristane Shafekane. Beltone. Looking for a Kristane and Beltone Shafekane!"
"It's like a refugee camp." Elizabeth said looking at all the people.
A woman than stood up who was The man's mother along with his brother as they hug. "It's not all bad news" The Fighter said smiling.
Jack than began flirting with Elizabeth even more as The Fighter pulled him by the ear. "Ow! Ow! Ow!" He exclaimed. "Oh stop and help us open this door you big baby!" The Fighter said as The Doctor was trying to open the door.
"It's a deadlock." The Fighter told him as he pulled out his sonic working on trying to open it. The door then opened as The Doctor let out a startled yell, almost falling into the silo. The Fighter grabbed him by his back and pulled him back with hearts pounding in fear of almost losing him.
"Gotcha Theta. You're not gonna leave me now you hear!" The Fighter said as The Doctor looked at her smiling. He would never want to leave her.
"Now this is what I call a rocket!" Martha exclaimed as she was looking at the giant rocket standing inside.
"They're not refugee's, They're passengers!" The Doctor and The Fighter exclaimed.
"He said they were going to Utopia." Elizabeth remembered The Man saying.
"The Perfect place, 100 trillion years may have passed but it's still the same old dream." The Fighter said.
A moment later an older man dressed in black pants with a white poet sleeve shirt and a dark red waistcoat ran over to them. He looked flustered as he looked between The Doctor and The Fighter.
He decided to look at The Fighter "The Doctor?" He asked her. She smiled and pointed over to The Doctor. "That's him over there." The man smiled joyfully at her. "Ah so you must be The Fighter. That's good, very very good." He said as he grabbed her hand and The Doctor's pulling them down the hall.
The others followed after them curiously.
"Chan-welcome-tho" A blue insect lady greeted them as the old man pulled them through a door into the Lab. The Fighter looked at The Doctor talking to him telepathically "How did he know my name? Heck Jack didn't even know my name before I told him. I haven't told any other human except Elizabeth."
"Maybe he overheard you saying something." The Doctor replied unsure as that could be the only logical explanation. But this old man seemed familiar to her in a way she just couldn't explain it.
The old man pulled The Doctor over to a machine still holding onto The Fighter's hand. "This is a gravitssimal accelerator. Over here is the footprint impellor system." The Old man explained as The Fighter looked down at his hand that was still holding her's. She was finding it a bit creepy but didn't question it to much as he was just an old man, older humans do things unconsciously as she saw.
"We can't get it to harmonize!" The Old man said as The Doctor pulled out his glasses and examined. Elizabeth and Martha heard something Jack's bag as they walked into another room.
Back in the other room with The Doctor, old man and The Fighter, "Well we have no clue on how to harmonize it." The Doctor said.
"Nothing?" The old man said sadly, letting go of The Fighter's hand.
"We're not from around these parts. Never heard of a system like this sorry." The Fighter said looking at the old man sad she couldn't help.
"No it's my fault, I'm sorry. There's been so little help." The Old man said. The Fighter put her hands on the old man's shoulders looking him in the eyes. The Doctor looked at her shocked. "Don't speak like that. We will figure out some way to get this started and get those people to safety. Let's keep going ok!" She said to him smiling.
"You remind me of someone. We haven't met before by any chance?" The Old man asked looking at her knowingly and grabbing her hand again.
"No, at least I don't remember." The Fighter replied looking down at her hand the old man grabbed. The Doctor looked at her with a protective look.
"Oh my god!" Martha exclaimed as Jack pulled out The Doctor's hand in a glass jar. "You've got a hand in a jar!"
"That's my hand!" The Doctor exclaimed with his eyes wide in shock. The Fighter looked over at it with her tongue sticking out in disgust and shock.
"Ok, that's just plain creepy you pervert!" The Fighter yelled at Jack.
"I said I had a Doctor detector." Jack shrugged.
"Chan- is this a tradition amongst your people- tho?" Chantho asked
"Not on my street" Martha replied
"What do you mean that's your hand? You've got both of your hands already, I can see them." Elizabeth replied curious as she looked at the hand Jack held.
"Long Story, I lost my hand in a sword fight on Christmas Day." The Doctor replied as The Fighter looked over at him giving him a questioningly smile. A sword fight on Christmas Day sounds silly.
"What? And you grew another hand?" Martha blinked
"Um yeah, yeah I did." The Doctor waved his fingers at her "Hello"
"Might I ask what species you two are?" The Old man asked looking at The Fighter and The Doctor. The Fighter put her arms around The Doctor's shoulders which was something she always did when people asked who they were. "We're Time lords!" They said at the same time as they looked back at each other smiling. "Well last of, heard of them?" The Doctor asked looking back at the old man and Chantho.
They looked confused as to no idea of what they were talking about. "Chan- it is said I am the last of my species too -tho" Chantho said.
"Sorry what's your name?" The Doctor asked as The Fighter was holding his hand next to him.
"Oh she's my assistant and good friend, Chantho. A survivor of the Malmooth. This was their planet, Malcassairo before we took refugee." The Old man replied.
"Wait the outside city? That was yours?" The Fighter asked
"Chan- the conglomeration died -tho"
"Conglomeration!" The Doctor said grinning. The Fighter pinched his hand she was holding as he yelped. "You interrupted her!" She told him.
"Oh yes...sorry." He replied back.
"Chan- most grateful -tho"
"You grew another hand?!" Elizabeth exclaimed in disbelief still not able to believe it. She didn't know much about Time lords, only what Missy told her.
"Hello again. It's me. Look." He said moving his fingers at her as The Fighter giggled over their expressions.
"So what about these beastie boys outside. What are they?" Jack asked.
"We call them the Future-kind which is a myth in itself. It is feared that they are what we will become unless we reach Utopia." The Old man replied breaking his eye contact away from watching The Doctor and Fighter.
"And Utopia is?" The Doctor asked.
"Oh every human knows of Utopia, where have you been?" The Old man asked him.
"Bit of a hermit." The Doctor replied
"Like a teenager!" The Fighter replied looking at Elizabeth as they laughed. All they did was hang out in their room and watch movies until Lizzy's parents went away and they then went on adventures in The Fighter's T.A.R.D.I.S.
The Old man pulled up a map a flashing red dot on the screen that appeared to show Utopia on it. "The call came from across the stars. Over and over again. Come to Utopia originated from that point." He told them
"Where is that?" Elizabeth asked
"Oh it's far beyond the Codensate wilderness, out towards the wild lands and the dark matter reefs. Calling us in, the last of the humans, scatted across the night." The Old man replied
"What do you think's out there?" The Fighter asked the old man curiously.
"I don't know, A city, a colony, 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 it's worth a look." The Old man said as The Fighter put a hand on his shoulder smiling.
"Now that's the spirit!" She told him, glad he was speaking in a positive outlook on this. "I think it's a pretty good sign someone is out there."
"Oh that's a navigation matrix, isn't it? So you can fly without stars to guide you. " The Doctor said. The Fighter noticed the old man was starting to look like he was in pain. "Theta!" She called out to get The Doctor's attention. "Professor? Professor?" She kept her hand on his shoulder as kept talking to him to get a response from him. A voice in his head whispered "The sound of the Drums only stop for a little bit when she touches you."
Everyone looked at him confused. "I-" The Fighter took her hands off his shoulders moving to look at his eyes when man's eyes snapped open. "Right that's enough talk. There's work to be done. Now if you could leave, thank you." He told them
The Fighter looked at him "Are you sure? We're willing to help!"
"Yes, i'm fine my dear. And busy!" The professor said as he continued working on the machine. The Fighter gave The Doctor a worried look as he grabbed her hand. "Except that rocket's not going to fly, is it? This footprint mechanism things not working." The Doctor said as The Fighter looked at him not accepting the fact.
"We'll find a way!" The Professor said optimistic
"But you're stuck on this planet. And you haven't told them yet, have you? They still think that they're going to fly." The Doctor said again as The Fighter let go of his hand and gave him a stern look not believing it.
"Well it's better to let them live in hope." The professor replied. The Fighter looked at him with a stern look as well. "No...Don't say that! There is always a way!" She yelled. The Doctor came towards her and grabbed her hand, knowing she always tried to find the good in everything and always believed in their being loopholes to things, other choices. The Doctor took her into a hug to help comfort her as she remained silent. She was determined to help save these people, and wouldn't stop until she reached that goal. That's just who she was.
"Quite right too. And I must say professor, um what was it?" The Doctor asked while comforting Missy.
"Yana."
The Fighter pulled herself away from The Doctor's hug as she was determined to still help. She pulled out her sonic. "Professor Yana, A boost reversal circuit in any time frame, must be a circuit which reverses the boost. So..." She gave her sonic a flash towards the circuit giving it the power it needed.
Professor Yana's mouth dropped "But how did you do that my dear?" She gave a bright, determined smile. "I told you, I'm NOT giving up! We are going to find a way to save these people!"
The Doctor came over to her taking her into a joyful hug and kissed her cheek as she looked at him shocked then smiled it off. The Doctor blushed and gave a cough to hide his embarrassment since he couldn't help himself. Martha watched on knowing The Doctor's feelings for The Fighter while Elizabeth smirked with her arms crossed, getting the same message as well. Missy was oblivious to guy's feelings for her and it was a fine example with The Doctor.
"All passengers prepare for immediate boarding! Destination: Utopia." Someone announced through the speakers in the silo.
The Doctor and Fighter were working on connecting wires in the Lab. "You've built this system out of food, string and staples. Professor Yana you're a genius!" The Fighter said happily over the contraption.
"I agree with that! You're brilliant along with my Misty!" The Doctor added.
The Fighter smiled and punched his arm "Oh Theta you! You are too."
"Well even my title is an affectation. There hasn't been such thing as a university for over a thousand years. I've spent my life going from one refugee ship to another." Professor Yana said "Oh those damned galaxies, They had to go and collapse. Some admiration would have been nice, just a little, just once."
"Well I admire what you're doing, Saving these people." The Fighter said smiling at him. "But that footprint engine can't be activated from on-board. It has to be from here. You're going to stay behind..."
"I'll be fine. Chantho is staying with me. She won't leave without me. Simply refuses." Professor Yana said.
"You would give your life so they could fly" The Doctor said quietly
"You're a brave man! You will be a hero to them!" The Fighter said smiling.
"Besides i'm a little old for Utopia. It's time I had some sleep." Professor Yana said.
"Professor Yana, tell The Doctor we've found his blue box." A guard called over the loud speaker. The Fighter and The Doctor looked at each other happily, grasping each other's hands.
Jack then called them over to the middle of the silo where the T.A.R.D.I.S was. The Fighter smiling patting Professor Yana's shoulder "I told you there is always a way and I think we may have just found your way out." She said happily. They then hurried out of the room, not noticing the Professor Yana staring at the T.A.R.D.I.S painfully. The sound of drums growing louder in his head.
A moment later the T.A.R.D.I.S appeared in the corner of the lab as The Doctor pulled a long cable out. "Extra Power" He grinned. He pulled the end into an outlet.
Martha, Elizabeth and Chantho walked in with Circuit boards. "Oh i'm glad to see that thing." Martha said looking at the T.A.R.D.I.S.
"Chan- Professor Yana, are you alright -tho?" Chantho asked the old man who collapsed into a chair.
"Yes i'm fine. Just get on with it." He said weakly waving her off while taking deep breaths.
The Fighter kneeled down beside the Professor as The Doctor watched. "You don't have to keep working Professor. We got this!" She said giving him a thumbs up. "You deserve to take a break ok."
"It's just a headache my dear. J-Just noise in my head, Doctor, Fighter. A constant noise in my head." he replied
"What sort of noise?" The Doctor asked curiously.
"It's the sound of drums." The Fighter looked up at The Doctor with a shocked expression then back down at Yana. "More and More as though it's getting closer. But it seems whenever I have contact with you.." Professor Yana grabbed The Fighter's hand taking her's into his. "The Sound seems to stop for a little bit until..." The Professor let go of her hand. "And just like that The sound is back again."
The Fighter looked over at the The Doctor with a questioningly look for an answer to this. He couldn't think of one. "When did this constant noise start?" The Doctor asked
"Oh, i've had it all my life. Every waking hour. Still no rest for the wicked." Yana replied getting back up to work.
The Fighter watched him go as she walked over to The Doctor with worry and hope in her eyes. "It couldn't be...Could it?" She asked him as he knew what she was talking about. He didn't have an answer to it. He grabbed her hand as they hurried along with help everyone else.
They continued to work in the lab as Yana was talking to a guard over the screen getting the machine ready to launch. "Anything I can help you with?" The Fighter asked him.
"Yes, if you could just press the reboot key every time the picture goes out." Yana asked. The Fighter nodded and saluted "Yes sir!"
A guard then appeared on the screen "Are you still there?"
Yana nodded "Ah present and correct. Send your man inside. We'll keep the level's down from here."
"Captian" Yana turned to look at Jack. "Keep those levels below the red."
"Where is that room?" Elizabeth asked looking at the screen with The Fighter.
"It's underneath the rocket. Fix the couplings and the footprint can work, but the entire chamber is flooded with stet radiation." Yana replied
"Stet?" The Doctor asked "Never heard of it."
An alarm started to go off as Yana yelled to keep the chamber level. The Alarm started to go off again. "The radiation's rising!" The Fighter shouted, trying to look for something that could stop it.
"Jack override the vents!" The Doctor yelled
"We can jump start the override" Jack said grabbing two big cables
"Don't! It's going to flare!" The Doctor warned
But Jack didn't hear as he pulled the cables together screaming as power coursed through him as he then fell to the floor dead. The others looked in horror as Elizabeth fell to the floor crying in shock over what happened. "I've got him!" She yelled as she ran to his side.
"Just don't touch the cables Lizzy!" The Fighter told her. Martha came over and helped her. Martha began performing CPR on him.
"The chambers flooded with radiation, yes?" The Doctor asked as Yana nodded.
"Without the couplings the engines will never start. It was for nothing!" Yana said hopelessly. The Fighter shacked her head, denying to give up.
"Now what did I say about talking that way? There's always a way!" The Fighter said, determined to figure it out. The Fighter looked over at Elizabeth who was crying while Martha was trying everything to save him but couldn't. "There's always a way... There's always a way!"
"It strikes me professor, You've got a room a man can't enter without dying right?" The Doctor asked going somewhere with it.
"Yes"
"Well..." The Doctor looked over at Jack as he gasped back to life. He then looked at The Fighter who's face lit up with a smile. "We've got a way because we've got the man!" The Fighter said finishing his sentence.
The Doctor and Jack walked to the radiation filled room while the others watched them from the screen in the lab.
"Theta are you there?" The Fighter asked.
"Receiving yeah. He's in" The Doctor replied back.
"And still alive?" Elizabeth asked
"Oh yes."
"But he should have evaporated. What sort of man is he?" Yana asked
"A pervert." The Fighter said "You see The Doctor travels through space and time, meeting people and taking them along with him.I'm his childhood friend."
"You travel through time?" Yana asked
"Yep! That's the T.A.R.D.I.S. A wonderful and loyal machine. It stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space." The Fighter replied happily
Martha then looked to see Yana leaning over a piece of equipment with his eyes watering "What's wrong? Are you ok?"
The Fighter ran over and looked at him "Professor Yana? What's wrong?" She put a hand on his shoulder.
"Time Travel..." Yana said looking into the distance. "They said there was time travel back in the old days. I never believed, but what do I know, i'm a stupid old man!"
"Don't talk about yourself that way. You're going to be a hero to these people! Look at everything you've done!" The Fighter said smiling at him.
Yana smiled at her grabbing her hand again. "Thank you but I can't even keep time. Always late, always lost. Even this thing never worked." He pulled out a fob watch as her eyes widened. "Time and time again, always running out on me."
"Can I have a look at that?" The Fighter asked as Martha realized what it was and became eye wide too.
"It's an old relic, like me." Yana said chuckling as she observed the watch.
"Where did you get it?" Martha asked
"I was found with it. I was a naked child found on the coast of the silver destination. Abandoned with only this." Yana replied back.
"Have you ever opened it?" The Fighter asked curious and hoping.
"Why would I? It's broken!" Yana said
"How would you know it's broken if you never opened it?" Martha asked
"Its stuck and old, not meant to be. I don't know." Yana said
The Fighter turned the watch around to see Gallifreyan symbols on it. She realized what it said and gasped whispering "Oh my god! Oh my god! B-But it can't be..." Elizabeth noticed her friends look and came over.
"Does it Matter?" Yana asked
The Fighter smiled and whispered to Martha and Elizabeth "Go to The Doctor. I'll be here waiting ok." Martha nodded and Left as Elizabeth followed slowly behind, getting lost in the crowd of people waiting to board the rocket to Utopia.
Martha reached The Doctor as he was working on setting the controls ready to launch. He looked around to see The Fighter not there. "Where's Missy?" He asked
"Doctor, it's the Professor. He's got this watch, this fob watch. It's the Same as yours. Same writing on it, same everything." Martha said
"Don't be ridiculous." The Doctor said not believing it
"It's the truth Doctor. The Fighter and I asked him and he said he had it his entire life. The Fighter sent me down here to tell you." Martha replied "It's this chameleon thing."
"No no no." The Doctor said. "It's this thing, it rewrites biology, changes a time lord into a human."
An alarm started going off as The Doctor, Jack and Martha worked to quickly fix it.
"That means he could be a Time Lord" Jack stated "You and The Fighter might not be the only ones left"
"But that's brilliant, isn't it?" Martha smiled
"Yes it is. Depends on which one. Brilliant. Fantastic. But they died, the time lords, all of them. Well almost all..." The Doctor said "Not if he was human...Oh I should have seen this coming. He always did find a way to survive." The Doctor said. "What did Yana say?" He asked Martha
"He looked at the watch like he could hardly see it. Like a perception filter thing." She replied
"What about now? Can he see it now?" The Doctor asked as she nodded.
"If he escaped the Time War the it's the perfect hiding place, the end of the universe." Jack said
"That's what the Face of Boe said, his dying words..." Martha said "You Are Not Alone."
"And Missy?" The Doctor asked looking around for her worried "I thought she was the one he was talking about."
"Well maybe there was another one as well. The Fighter stayed behind to watch Yana." Martha said as The Doctor's eyes widened in horror. He got the rocket ready for take off as It began to launch and started running towards the lab with the others following him.
The Door was locked as The Doctor tried to open it with his sonic. "Get it open!" He yelled. "Missy! Missy are you in there? Professor? Listen we need to explain. Professor whatever you do don't open that watch!" Silence still. The Doctor began pounding on the door more, worried for his best friend in there. He wouldn't know what he would do without her, even after they just found each other again "Missy! Missy!"
The Doctor looked through the window to see a bright, golden energy swirl into the Professor's face as Chantho and The Fighter watched. The Doctor banged on the door more desperate to get in. The Fighter and Chantho walk over to the Professor's eyes looking sinister. The Fighter knelt down to look closer in realization of who that look belonged to.
"Missy no!" The Doctor screamed still trying to open the door.
Chantho began to hold a gun to Yana to stop him as The Fighter looked at her. "Put the gun down Chantho." The professor then got up and started going towards her with them. "Chan- Please Professor, I beg forgiveness -tho"
"That is not my name! It was merely a disguise so perfect I forgot my own name." Yana said going towards her with cables still
"Chan who are you really -tho?" She asked curious.
The Fighter then stood up and yelled to get his attention "Koschei! It's you!" She exclaimed happy but trying to draw his attention away from Chantho.
He stopped and looked over at her giving her a grin "Yes my dear but I am also your Master too." He said as he turned back and elecrocuted Chantho as The Fighter yelled for him to stop. He stopped then pulled the cables from the T.A.R.D.I.S as suddenly a gun shot went off as The Fighter looks over to see Chantho did it before dying. She looked back over at The Master.
"Koschei, please stop this now. You know you are my best friend along with Theta and i'll always forgive you guys for what you do wrong. Please!" The Fighter begged him.
The Master looked over at her and smirked, shaking his head. "You just don't get it, do you. You're oblivious as a brick when it comes to it." The Fighter looked at him confused, not knowing what he was talking about.
The Doctor banged on the door again. "Missy!" The Master looked over and glared. Jack finally smashed the control panel and the door opened. The Master quickly grabbed The Fighter and ran into the T.A.R.D.I.S. shutting the doors behind him. She banged on the T.A.R.D.I.S doors. "Theta! It's Koschei, the watched belonged to Koschei." She yelled to him.
"It will be fine. We're going to get you out of there." The Doctor yelled to her as he tried to put the key in but it didn't work. Then he tried to sonic it as he heard a deadlock put into place.
"Let us in!" The Doctor yelled, furious he left Missy all alone. "Everything's changed. It's only you, me and Missy, like the good old times, though we are the only ones left now!"
"Koschei!" The Fighter yelled "Listen to him!" She then looked to see The Master glowing as the regeneration process began to take over. The Master then began to scream in pain as he began to regenerate.
"Doctor, you better think of something!" Jack yelled as the future-kind were getting into the lab and closer to them.
"Oh Doctor" The Master's new voice went over the speakers "Oh new voice. Hello. hello. Anyway, why don't we stop and have a nice chat while I tell you my plans and you can work out a way to stop me."
"Hold on I know that voice?" Martha yelled
"Let Missy go! I'm asking you properly. Just stop and think." The Doctor yelled worried about her
"Use my name" The Master ordered with a grin as he looked over to The Fighter. "You use my name as well sweetheart."
"Master" They both said at the same time.
The Master looked back on the screen at The Doctor "Well tough for you Doctor! I'll be taking my little tiger now." The Master said grinning over at The Fighter as he started the T.A.R.D.I.S.
"NO!" The Doctor yelled as he got his sonic out and stops the launch momentarily. The Master then overrides it. "Oh no you don't! The Fighter is mine now. End of the universe. Have fun. Bye,bye now!"
"No! Missy!" The Doctor yelled as the T.A.R.D.I.S matterialized away. The Master then went over to The Fighter and gave her a kiss on the lips and held her hand as she looked at him shocked and disgusted. She then slapped him with her free hand. "What the hell was that for! Take me back right now Koschei. You hear me or so help me I'll..."
She was interrupted by him "Like I said, You're as oblivious as a brick when it comes to it." She looked at him confused as he looked down at her hand he was holding. "What did I tell you, The sound of the drums only stop for a brief second i'm touching you. Once I let go and lose contact with you, they come back." The Fighter looked as her head began to pound.
A/N: *Sigh of relief* This is the longest chapter I have EVER typed, so hopefully it gets reviews. I killed my back just to get this done. XD Hopefully you guys enjoy it.
Now questions about The sound of the drums stopping for a few minutes only when The Master holds The Fighter's hand or touches her while be explained later on! I promise you that! But I gave you guys a hint to it in Chapter 1 about her looking into the time vortex and her father saying They implanted something into two kids. Hint! Hint! It will be talked about later on. Just keep and trying to guess. ;D
Now for a bit of The Fighter's personality, She is stubborn, won't stand for any wrong doing's and is oblivious to people's feelings of love when it comes to her. Now for her personality towards her friends, She always gives them extra chances (Espcially Koschei) since she understands why he acts the way he does, she cares about them as they are like her own family (with Elizabeth being like her "Sister" and all.)
Now I hope you guys are wondering, Where the heck did Elizabeth go to? See you in the next chapter everyone! The Climax is going to the roof so hang on.
