A/N: I'm so glad everyone likes this. I've had this story written down on a paper for quite a while so i'm glad to finally be typing it for other people to read. My friend Sophie and Angelica liked the idea of it.
Just so we can clear everything up, Theta, Koschei and Missy are NICKNAMES they used back in the academy. It is NOT their real names, I repeat for the last time, That is not their real names! It's their nicknames.
Thanks for being patient with me everyone. The story was kind of slow in the last chapter but this chapter should start making it go fast. Just please still be patient with me. Thank you :D
The Time Lady and her Boys
[Doctor Who Fanfiction The Doctor/Time Lady OC/The Master]
Chapter 5: The Sound of Drums
Summary of the chapter: Reunited with The Master, The Doctor and The Fighter are stuck in the middle of his dark plans for Earth.
In an alleyway in the middle of London a time vortex opened as The Doctor, Jack and Martha were thrown on the ground before it closed.
"Oh my head!" Martha groaned, holding her head.
"Time Travel without a Capsule, That's a killer!" The Doctor said cracking his neck and standing up quickly to look around. He was still worried about The Fighter who was taken by The Master, he couldn't imagine what he was doing to her, but he had to find her. He promised to keep her safe, to never make her cry. But what was going to be hard was breaking the news of Elizabeth to her. They looked everywhere for the blonde girl but eventually had to leave since the future-kind were after them. He felt bad for having to do that.
"Still at least we made it," Jack remarked examining the area around them. "Earth, 21st century by the looks of it. Ha ha, talk about lucky."
"That wasn't luck Jack, that was me." The Doctor said as he still looked around. Martha and Jack could obviously tell he was worried about how The Fighter was as he seemed on edge.
They walked over to seats in the middle of a pedestrian only road, looking around the street.
"The moral is, if you get stuck at the end of the universe, get stuck with an ex-time agent and his vortex manipulator." Jack smirked tapping the device on his wrist.
"But this Master bloke, he's got the T.A.R.D.I.S. He could be anywhere in time and space." Martha shook her head frowning.
"No, he's here, trust me." The Doctor said as he looked around, observing the area.
"Who is he anyway? And that voice at the end, that wasn't the professor." Martha asked curiously.
"Well if The Master's a Time Lord, he must have regenerated. Changed his face, voice, body, everything. He's a new man." Jack said as The Doctor was listening to a faint tapping sound from a homeless man standing a short distance away.
"Then how are we gonna find him?" Martha asked
"I'll know" The Doctor said as he listened to the tapping more. The Doctor could tell The Master was here along with The Fighter as well. Time Lord's always had that connection.
"But hold on...if he could be anyone...we missed the election." Martha said looking at the posters saying "Vote Saxon" on it. "But it can't be..."
"Mr. Saxon has returned from the palace and is greeting the crowd inside Saxon Headquarters." A news reporter announced.
Martha gasped "I said I knew that voice. When he spoke inside, i've heard that voice hundreds of times. I've seen him, we all have. That was the voice of Harold Saxon."
"That's him, The Master's Prime Minister of Great Britain!" The Doctor said stunned as he as he then watched The Master kiss a human woman beside him. "The Master and his wife!"
"Mr. Saxon, this way, sir." A photographer shouted to him. "Come on, kiss for the lady sir."
The Doctor then jumped up when The Fighter appeared on the screen as well walking behind The Master and his wife. She had a smile on her face as she appeared silent but The Doctor could tell it was a forced smile.
"Oh Mr. Saxon's sister, join your brother in a picture!" The photographer yelled at The Fighter as requested she stood next to The Master and took a photo with him.
The Master stepped forward to talk to the press. "This country has been sick and lost. This country needs healing and guidance. This country needs medicine and hope. This country needs someone who won't give up on it." The Master looked over at The Fighter giving her a grin as she remained silent standing next to his wife. He looked back at the press "In fact, I'd go as far as to say that, what this country really needs right now is a doctor." He said grinning.
The Doctor exchanged looks with Martha and Jack realizing he knew they were here and he was ready.
The Master walked down the hall in Number 10 downing street with his wife beside him and The Fighter on his other side as clerks were handing him files. He stopped outside the Cabinet room as his wife smiled at him. The Fighter standing behind them watching silently. "I'm so proud of you Harry."
He smiled and pulled his wife into a kiss as he gave The Fighter a quick grin when Tish Jones walked up. "Bless. Uh sir if you don't mind me asking...i'm sorry, but it's all new. What exactly do you want me to do?"
"Oh yes what was it?"
"Tish Jones."
"Tish well you just stand there and look gorgeous." The Master then entered the Cabinet room to join with the other ministers. The Fighter and his wife then walked over to a sitting room to wait for him after his meeting. The Fighter bit her lip as they walked away.
The Doctor, Martha and Jack arrived at Martha's flat. "Home" Martha said. The Doctor looked around "What have you got? Computer? Laptop? Anything?"
Jack then pulled out his phone as The Doctor looked at him "Jack, who are you phoning? You can't tell anyone we're here!"
"Just some friends of mine...but there's no reply."
Martha came back with her laptop handing it to The Doctor "Here we go, any good?"
Before The Doctor could get a look at it, Jack grabbed it and placed it on Martha's desk. "I can show you the Saxon website. He's been around for ages."
"That's so weird though, it's the day after the election. That's only four days after I met you." Martha remarked
"We went traveling all around the universe while he was here the whole time." The Doctor sighed realizing as he looked at the ground with worry. He left The Fighter alone this whole time as he just traveled around the universe, saving people and having fun adventures while who knows what The Master was doing to her. He mentally cursed himself.
Crossing her arms, Martha asked "You gonna tell us who he is?"
"A Time Lord" The Doctor replied
"I sort of got that thanks, but what about the rest of it? I mean, who'd call him The Master?" Martha asked
"That's all you need to know" The Doctor said not wanting to talk about it anymore. He was more concerned about finding The Fighter and The Master. "Come on, show us Harold Saxon."
Martha pulled out her phone as she was saw she had a voice mail from her sister "Martha, where are you?" Tish spoke. "i've got this new job. You won't believe it. It's weird, they just phoned me out of the blue. I'm working for..."
"Like it matters" Martha said rolling her eyes as she deleted the message, not knowing the true importance of it.
Tish followed the reporter through the office as her attempts to turn her away failed. "I'm sorry but you're not allowed in..."
"Harold Saxon: A modern Churchill. It's the definitive think piece on the man himself." The woman said as she handed a copy of the article to Tish. "Oh, come on sweetheart, you must have read it!"
"Um, not really, sorry. I'm new" Tish said sheepishly
"Mr. Saxon does like a pretty face. But i'm here to see Mrs. Saxon and his sister." The Woman stated
"But you can't just go barging in!" Tish exclaimed but it was too late as the woman went in anyway to see Mrs. Saxon and The Fighter, sitting on the sofa while Mrs. Saxon massaged her own feet.
"Mrs. Saxon, Vivian Rook, Sunday Mirror. You've heard of me." The woman held up a press card and looked over at The Fighter.
"Hello Mr. Saxon's sister." The woman said as The Fighter waved at her.
"Oh, can't we just have an hour to ourselves?" Mrs. Saxon said weary. "It's been a hell of a day."
"Yes, having my brother become the Prime Minister and following him around is more than we can handle. Please leave and we can talk another day." The Fighter exclaimed trying to get the nosy woman out of the room before The Master came back.
"Oh strike while the iron's hot, that's what I say, Lucy and Missy. I can call you both by your first names, can't I? Now everyone's talking about Harold Saxon, but I thought "What about the wife and sister?" All I need is twenty minutes." The woman insisted, unknown of the danger that was to fall upon her.
"Oh I think maybe we should wait." Lucy said as she gave The Fighter a nervous look as they both looked at the back door to the room.
"Yes, we are waiting for my brother. Please just leave and we can set an appointment for you another day." The Fighter insisted but the Woman ignored her.
"The Headlines waiting to print: The Power behind the throne"
"Really?" Lucy asked a bit intrigued. The Fighter sighed.
"You can hold it off until tomorrow." The Fighter told the woman.
"Britain's First Lady." The Woman said still ignoring her.
"Oh well... I suppose. oh go on then. Twenty minutes." Lucy said as The Fighter sighed deciding to give the lady a chance. Maybe The Master wouldn't be back yet to see the woman still here.
Tish then exited the room as the woman turned all serious. "Mrs. Saxon and his sister, I have reason to believe that you're in very great danger. All of us, in fact. Not just the country, but the whole world. I beg of you, hear me out." The Woman said as Lucy scoffed and The Fighter looked at her shocked.
"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked
The Fighter looked at the woman with a stern look. How did this woman know? "What do you mean?" The Fighter asked trying to keep up her act.
"Your husband is not who he says he is. I'm sorry but it's a lie. Everything's a lie." The Woman said sadly. The Fighter bit her lip worried for The Master to walk in and find out what was going on.
Jack paused the commercials playing on the Saxon website. "Former Minister of Defense. First came to prominence when he shot down the Racnoss on Christmas eve."
"He goes back years. He's famous. Everyone knows his story. Look... Cambridge university, Rugby bridge, won the Athletics thing, wrote a novel, went into business, marriage, everything. He's got a whole life." Martha said shocked.
"Let me see that" The Doctor said looking at the laptop.
"All of it, the school days, his degree, even his mother and father. It's all invented." Vivian said holding up a picture of the man claiming to be Harold Saxon. "Look, Harold Saxon never went to Cambridge. There was no Harold Saxon. The thing is, it's so obvious. The forgery is screaming out and yet no one can see it. It's as as if he's mesmerized the entire world."
"How could you say that?" The Fighter said as she was still trying to get the woman out of the room. "Alright your time is up."
"I think perhaps you should leave now." Lucy told the woman stiffly.
"18 months ago he became real. This is his first, honest to god appearance, just after the downfall of Harriet Jones. And at the same time, they launched the Archangel Network." Vivian continued ignoring them.
"Mrs. Rock, now stop it." Lucy said
"Even now they say that the...the cabinet has gone into seclusion. I mean, what does that mean "Seclusion?"
"How should I know?" Lucy asked
"But i've got plenty of research on you. Yes good family, Roedean, not especially bright but essentially harmless. And that's why i'm asking you, Lucy, Missy. I'm begging you! If you have seen anything, heard anything, even the slightest thing that would give you cause to doubt him..." Vivian said.
The Fighter shook her head. A long time ago she made a promise with The Master when he told her about the never-ending drums in his head, she promised she would find a way to stop them. When he kidnapped her from the end of the universe, she decided to talk with him about why whenever she touched him the drums seemed to stop until she wasn't touching him anymore. They couldn't figure it out. But she made a promise to herself and The Master, She would find a way to stop his never ending drums all she had to do was go along with whatever his plan was first and hopefully find The Doctor in time so he can help her and The Master didn't do anything to dangerous. She wanted to put an end to the never ending drums that caused him pain in his head. Since she could stop it for a few minutes with a simply touch, She knew she was the only one who could stop it.
The Fighter then looked up to see Lucy beginning to say something "I think..."
"Yes?" Vivian asked
"There was a time when we first met, I wondered but...he was so good to my father. And he said..." Lucy continued remembering what happened.
"What? Just tell me, sweetheart."
"The Thing is... I made my choice." Lucy said. The Fighter looked behind to see The Master walking in.
"For better or for worse." The Fighter said as she looked at the woman with sad eyes.
"Isn't that right Harry?" Lucy said asking The Master.
Vivian looked up to see The Master leaning on the connecting door, "My Faithful companions" He said looking at Lucy than at The Fighter.
"Mr. Saxon...Prime Minister, I was just having a little joke with poor little Lucy and your sister. I didn't mean to..." Vivian said nervously.
The Master walked to the center of the room as The Fighter stood up "Oh, but you're absolutely right. Harold Saxon doesn't exist." He said grinning.
"Then tell me...Who are you?"
"I'm the Master and these... are my friends!" He said holding out his hands as four small metal sphere's floated around him. The Fighter ran to stand in front of Vivian to help protect her but The Master grabbed her by her waist, having a strong hold on her. "Ah ah ah my dear Missy. Be a good girl now."
The Master with a strong hold still on The Fighter's waist looked back at Vivian. "Can't you hear it, Mrs. Rook?"
"What do you mean?" She asked curious
"It's stopped for now thanks to my Missy but...The drumbeat. The drums coming closer and closer!" The Master exclaimed.
The Sphere's headed towards Vivian with spikes sticking out of them "The lady doesn't like us" A sphere said.
"Silly Lady"
"Dead lady"
Vivian screamed as the sphere's attacked her. The Fighter tried kicking The Master to break free from his hold but he grabbed her and Lucy from the room, shutting the door behind them. The Master kept a tight hold on The Fighter's hand. He opened the door to still hear the screaming. The Fighter stomped on his foot trying to break free of his hold. He winced still having a tight hold on her and shut the door before opening it again and quickly shutting it as the screams still continued.
Lucy sighed, "But she knew Harry. She knew everything. You promised. You said Archangel was 100 percent."
"Um, 99, 98?" The Master said unsure as he still had a tight hold on The Fighter.
"But if she's asking questions, then who else? How much time have we got?" Lucy asked frantically. The Fighter stopped her struggle as she couldn't hear the woman screaming anymore.
The Master looked at The Fighter smirking as he pulled her closer into him "So were gonna be a good girl now huh? Tomorrow morning, I promise. That's when everything ends."
"But he's got the T.A.R.D.I.S, maybe The Master went back in time and has been living here for decades." Jack said as he was making tea for them.
"No" The Doctor said shaking his head
"Why not?" Jack asked walking back into the room carrying the tea cups. "It worked for me."
"When he was stealing the T.A.R.D.I.S and kidnapping The Fighter, the only thing I could do was fuse the coordinates. I locked them permanently." The Doctor said "That means he can only travel between the year 100 trillion and the last place the T.A.R.D.I.S landed which is right here, right now."
"Yeah but a little leeway?" Jack asked
"Well 18 months tops. The most he could have been here is 18 months. So how has he managed all this? The Master was always sort of...hypntoic..." The Doctor said remembering the times he tried to hypnotise The Fighter but couldn't.
"I was gonna vote for him." Martha said
"Really?" The Doctor asked shocked
"Well it was before I met you. And I liked him"
"Me too." Jack added
"Why do you say that? What was his policy? What did he stand for?" The Doctor asked curious.
"I dunno...He always sounded so good." Martha said smiling as she started tapping the same four beat rhythm the homeless guy was. "It's like you could trust him. Just nice. He spoke about... I can't remember but it was good. Just the sound of his voice..."
"What's that?" The Doctor pointed at the rhythm Martha was making. "That! That tapping! That rhythm! What are you doing?"
"I dunno...it's just...I dunno." Martha said startled.
A tune began to play on the website as a message "Saxon Broadcasts all channels" appeared.
"Our lord and Master is speaking to his kingdom." The Doctor said sarcastically turning to the T.V.
The Master appeared sitting in front of the fireplace in the cabinet room. "Britain, Britain, Britain! What extraodinary times we've had. Just a few years ago, this world was so small. And then they came out of the unknown, falling from the skies. You've seen it all happen, Big Ben destroyed, A spaceship over London, All those ghosts and metal men, The Christmas star that came to kill. Time and time again the government told you nothing. Well not me, not Harold Saxon because my purpose here today is to tell you this, Great Britain...I have been contacted. A message, for humanity, from beyond the stars."
A metal sphere appeared on the screen "People of Earth, we come in peace. We bring great gifts. We bring technology and wisdom and protection. And all we ask in return is is your friendship."
"Oh, sweet." The Master said as it returned to his side. "And this species has identified itself. They are called the Toclafane."
"What?" The Doctor exclaimed. The Toclafane were nothing more but a bed time story that was told by older children to their younger siblings to frighten them.
"And tomorrow morning they will appear, not in secret, but to all of you. Diplomatic relations with a new species will begin. Tomorrow, we take our place in the universe. Every man, women and child. Every teacher and chemist and lorry driver and farmer. And every...oh I don't know...medical student?" The Doctor spun the T.V around to reveal a bomb strapped to the back. "It's a bomb! Everybody out!" The Doctor yelled as they ran out before it exploded.
They made it to the street as the front windows exploded. Martha pulled out her cell phone beginning to make a call as she was worried for her family.
"Martha? What are you doing?" The Doctor asked
"He knows about me, what about my family?" Martha said putting the phone to her ear.
"Don't tell them anything!" The Doctor warned her.
"I'll do what I like!" Martha snapped before gasping as someone picked up on the other end. "Mum? Oh my god, you're there!"
A few minutes later Martha gasped "Dad! What are you doing? Dad? Just say yes or no, is someone else there?"
"Dad! What's going on?" Martha said hanging up the phone and running towards a car. "I've gotta help them!"
"That's exactly what they want. It's a trap!" The Doctor yelled
They all got in a car as Martha began to drive over to her house. When she got there people were outside putting her parents into the back of a black van.
"Martha, reverse!" The Doctor yelled as Martha began to reverse the car and drive away.
They left the car behind as they walked on foot, under an overpass. Martha was calling her brother unknown that The Master was listening in on the conversation.
"Don't tell anyone! Just hide!" Martha yelled
"Ooh, a nice little game of hide-and-seek. I love that." The Master said as Martha froze in place."But i'll find you Martha Jones. Been a long time since we saw each other. Must be, what, one hundred trillion years?"
"Let them go Saxon. Do you hear me? Let them go!" Martha yelled as The Doctor reached forward and took the phone from her.
"I'm here."
"Doctor."
"Master."
"I like it when you use my name. Even more when The Fighter says it, but she calls us by our nicknames anyway."
"Well you chose it. Psychiatrist's field day."
"As you chose yours. The man who makes people better. How sanctimonious is that?"
"So, Prime Minister?"
"I know, good isn't it?"
"Why put The Fighter as your sister? You better not be doing anything bad to her."
"I wouldn't harm my little tiger."
"Who are those creatures? There's no such thing as the Toclafane. It's just a made up name like the Bogeyman."
"Do you remember all those fairy tales about the Toclafane when the 3 of us were kids? Back home. Where is it Doctor?"
"Gone."
"How can Gallifrey be gone?"
"It burn't"
"And the Time Lords?"
"Dead. And the Daelks more or less. What happened to you?"
"The Time Lords resurected me because they know I'd be the perfect warrior for a Time War. I was there when the Dalek Emperor took control of the Crucilform. I saw it and I ran. I ran so far. Mad myself human so they would never find me because... I was so scared." The Master explained.
"All of them? But not you, which must mean..."
"I was the only one who could end it."
"How did The Fighter survive?" The Master asked curious.
"I put her on a T.A.R.D.I.S and sent her to Earth for safety."
"What did it feel like though Doctor? Two almighty civilizations burning. Oh tell me., how did it feel? How does it feel to know The Fighter is with me and not you? How does it feel?"
"Stop it! Leave her out of this!" The Doctor yelled
"Touched a nerve did I?" The Master asked grinning.
"Don't you see, all we've got is each other. Just the 3 of us."
"Are you asking me out on a date?" The Master asked. "What about The Fighter? I thought you said she was a one of a kind lady. Don't tell me you've finally gotten over her?"
"You could stop this right now. We could leave this planet, the 3 of us. We could fight across the constellations if that's what you want. But not on Earth."
"Too Late"
"Why do you say that?"
"The Drumming. I thought it would stop but it never does. It only stops when I touch The Fighter, like we're connected somehow. But once we lose contact, it comes back. Inside my head, the drumming. The constant drumming."
"We could help. Please let us help."
"The Fighter has been working on it. It's everywhere Doctor. Listen, Listen, Listen! Here come the drums. Here come the drums!"
The Doctor looked up to see a teenage boy tapping the same rhythm on a building. "What have you done? Tell me how you've done this!"
"Ooh, look, You're on T.V! No really. You're on the telly! Missy, come and see this!" The Master exclaimed happily.
The Doctor looked inside a shop window to see a T.V showing photos from the Lazarus Labs.
"You're public enemy's number 1, 2 and 3. Now go on. Off you go. Why not start by turning to the right?" The Master asked getting enjoyment out of it.
"He can see us. He's got control of everything." The Doctor said shocked.
"Run for your life Doctor!" The Master said laughing.
"We run!" The Doctor said as they began running.
"I said run!" The Master shouted before ending the call.
The Master watched his laptop in the Cabinet room along with The Fighter as one of Toclafane appeared.
"Have you seen these things Missy? This planet's amazing. Television in their stomach. Now that is evolution" The Master exclaimed to her as she watched silently.
"Is the machine ready?" the female Toclafane spoke. For some reason it sounded familiar to The Fighter but she couldn't figure out why.
"Tomorrow morning. It reaches critical at 8:02 precisely."
"We have to escape because it's coming sir. The darkness, the never-ending darkness. The terrible, terrible cold. We have to run and run and run!" This Toclafane was sounding even more and more familiar to her.
"8:00 tomorrow morning. Tell your people. The World is waiting" The Master said putting an arm around The Fighter as he turned out the window smirking.
The group was sitting in an abandoned warehouse as The Doctor was looking at the laptop, Jack was off to the side messing with his Vortex manipulator.
"How was it?" Jack asked
"I don't think anyone saw me." Martha replied "Anything new?"
"I've got this turned into the government wavelength so we can follow what Saxon's doing." Jack told pointing at his Vortex manipulator.
Martha gave him a cold look a package of food into his hands "Yeah, I meant my family."
"I'm sorry Martha, it's still saying that the Jones family has been taking in for questioning." The Doctor replied sadly "Tell you what though. no mention of Leo."
"So Doctor, who is he? How come the ancient society of Time Lords created a Psychopath.?" Jack asked changing the subject
"And what was he to you and The Fighter? Like a colleague?" Martha asked.
"A friend at first..." The Doctor replied "Though no matter how many wrongs he has done, The Fighter still thinks of him as her friend. She believes he will change one day..."
"I thought you were gonna say he was your secret brother or something?" Martha laughed.
"You watch too much television." The Doctor shook his head.
"But all the legends of Gallifrey made it sound so perfect" Jack replied
"Well, perfect to look at maybe." The Doctor replied back. "But oh it was beautiful. They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems and on the continent of Wild Endeavour, in the mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords. The oldest and most mighty race in the universe. Looking down the galaxies below...sworn never to interfere...only to watch. Children of Gallifrey, taken from their families at the age of eight to enter the academy."
"According to the stories, that's where it began. When he was eight, when he saw eternity." The Doctor continued. "As a novice he was taken for initiation to the Untempered Schism. It's a gap in the fabric of reality through which could be seen the whole of the vortex. You stand there, eight years old...staring at the raw power of time and space, just a child. Some would be inspired, some would run away, and some would go mad."
"What about you and The Fighter?" Martha asked
"Oh I was the one who ran away and i've never stopped. The Fighter on the other hand told me she was inspired. That's why her dream was to get away from Gallifrey and venture the world." The Doctor replied smiling as he remembered when she told him and The Master her dream of getting away and venturing the world.
"Encrypted channel with files attached, don't recognize it." Jack frowned as he manipulator beeped.
"Patch it through to the laptop." The Doctor said nodding towards the laptop.
"Um since we're telling stories, um there's something I haven't told you." Jack said feeling ashamed as he moved closer to the laptop and a Torchwood logo appeared on the screen.
"You work for Torchwood!" The Doctor he growled. He was trying to avoid getting The Fighter caught up in U.N.I.T and even Torchwood as he didn't want her to get harmed.
"I swear to you, it's different. It's changed, there's only half a dozen of us now." Jack explained.
"Everything Torchwood did and you're part of it?" The Doctor said angirly.
"The Old regime was destroyed at Canary Wharf. I rebuilt it, I changed it. And when I did that, I did it for you, in your honor." Jack told him.
"Sorry" The Doctor said "I'm just worried about The Fighter is all. I didn't want to get her involved with anything to do with U.N.I.T or Torchwood."
"It's fine, don't worry about it. We will get her back ok." Jack said trying to calm his friend down.
A message then appeared on the screen with a woman, Vivian, talking. "If I haven't returned to my desk by 2200 hours, this file will be emailed to Torchwood. Which means if you're watching this, then i'm...Anyway the Saxon files are attached. But take a look at the Archangel document. That's when it all started. When Harold Saxon became Minister in charge of launching the Archangel Network."
"What's the Archangel Network?" The Doctor asked curiously.
Martha held up her phone "I've got Archangel, Everyone's got it."
"It's the mobile phone network. It's gone worldwide. They've got 15 satellites in orbit. Even the other networks, they're all carried by Archangel." Jack added in.
The Doctor took Martha's phone and scanned it. "It's in the phones! Oh I said he was a hypnotist! Wait, wait, wait! Hold on." He hit the phone against the side of the table and it began to beep in a 4 beat rhythm. "There it is. That rhythm, it's everywhere. Ticking away in the subconscious."
"What is it? Mind control?" Martha asked
"No no no. Subtler than that. Any stronger and people would question it. But contained in that rhythm, in layers of code...Vote Saxon. Believe in me. Whispering to the world. Oh yes!" The Doctor said.
"Anyway we can stop it?" Jack asked.
"Not from down here. But now we know how he's doing it."
"And we fight back!" Martha smiled
"Oh yes!"
"Right, The Archangel network's got a second low-level signal. Weld the key to the network and...Martha. Look at me. You can see me, yes?" The Doctor took a step back.
"Yep!" She said with a nod.
The Doctor put the key around his neck "What about now?" Martha's vision veered to the left.
"It's like I know you're there but I don't want to know." Martha mumbled.
"And back again." The Doctor said yanking off the key. "See? It just shifts your perception a tiny little bit. Doesn't make is invisible, just unnoticed. Oh, I know what it's like. It's like...it's like when you fancy someone and they don't even know you exist. You're nothing more but a friend to them. That's what it's like." The Doctor explained thinking about how The Fighter only noticed him as a friend, not a man that fancy's her. Martha on the other hand looked at The Doctor nodding her head as she had feelings for him but knew he liked The Fighter.
"Like ghosts" Jack said smirking.
"Yeah, that's what we are. Ghosts" The Doctor replied.
The Master, Lucy and The Fighter arrived with escort to greet the President of the United States below a large aircraft. The Doctor, Martha and Jack were watching from the edge. "Mr. President, sir." The Master said mockingly saluting the man.
"Mr. Saxon. The British army with stand down. From now on, UNIT has control of this operation." The Doctor mentally hit himself as not only did he get her involved with Torchwood but UNIT as well.
"You make it sound like an invasion." The Master remarked.
"First contact policy was decided by the Security Council in 1968 and you've just gone and ignored it."
"Well you know what it's like. New job, all that paperwork. I think it's down the back of the settee. I did have a quick look. I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket, and uh...have you me the wife and sister?" He put an arm around Lucy and The Fighter.
"Mr. Saxon, i'm not sure what your game is but there are provisions at the United Nations to have you removed from office unless you are very, very careful. Is that understood?" The Master zipped his lips. "Are you taking this seriously?" The Master nodded. "To business. We've accessed you're files on these... Toclafane. First contact cannot take place on any sovereign soil. For that purpose, the aircraft carrier "Valiant" is en route. The rendezvous will take place there at 8:00 am." The Master tried to speak with his mouth still zipped. "You're trying my patience sir."
The Fighter smiled if off and put a hand on his shoulder. "Brother..."
The Master looked at her then unzipped his lips and looked back at the president "So America is completely in charge?"
"Since Britain elected an ass, yes.I'll see you onboard the Valiant." He said as he turned and left.
"It still will be televised though, won't it? Because I promised and the whole world is watching." The Master asked calling after him.
"Since it's too late to pull out, the world will be watching. Me." The President said as he turned and walked to his car.
The Fighter was looking out in the distance where the Doctor and them were. She smiled as she could feel them out there. The Master smirked leaning close to The Fighter to get her attention. "The Last president of America. We have a private plane ready and waiting. We should reach the Valiant within the hour." Lucy got in the car as he then helped The Fighter "My Darling" he said as he then watched the President's car drive off before looking out in the distance where The Doctor, Martha and Jack were watching them quietly.
A siren rang out and police pulled up, drawing his attention away. The Jones family ,without Leo, was taken out. "Hi guys! All will be revealed!" The Master smiled
"I'm gonna kill him." Martha said shaking from anger.
"Say I use this perception filter to walk up behind him and break his neck?" Jack Suggested.
"Now that sounds like Torchwood" The Doctor scoffed. "He's a Time Lord which makes him my responsibility. And as much as I hate to say it, i'm not here to kill him. I'm here to save him."
Jack glanced at his Vortex Manipulator "Aircraft carrier Valiant. It's a UNIT ship at 28.2N and 10.02E."
"How do we get on board?"
"Does that thing work as a teleport?" The Doctor asked curiously.
"Since you've revamped it, yes" Jack said as they all touched the manipulator and ended up landing on the Valiant's engine room.
The Master, The Fighter and Lucy arrived at the conference room of the Valiant with secret agents and various military men standing around along with camera crew. "I want the whole thing branded in my sort of honest, not the United Nations. Got that?" The President said.
The Master walked over to him "Anything I can do? I could make tea or isn't that American enough? I don't know I could make grits. What are grits anyway?"
"If you could just sit."
The Master turned and made a face at the president before walking over to the chairs "Misery guts." he mumbled before smiling at The Fighter and Lucy. "What do you think? It's good, isn't it?" He pulled out a chair for the two of them.
"It's beautiful" Lucy said.
"Interesting.." The Fighter said, looking around the room.
"Some of my best work. Ministry of Defense. I helped design this place. Every detail." The Master said as he sat in between the two of them.
The Doctor, Martha and Jack looked at the red T.A.R.D.I.S in horror. "What the hell has he done?" Jack yelled.
"What's he done? Sounds like it's sick..." Martha said looking at it sadly.
"It can't be. He's cannibalized the T.A.R.D.I.S. He's turned her into a Paradox machine." The Doctor said looking at it sadly.
"Two minutes everyone! According to the treaty, all armed personal are requested to leave the flight deck immediately." The President said.
The Master, The Fighter and Lucy watched as Lucy and The Master smiled while The Fighter remained silent. "You're so silent. Jelly Baby?" The Master offered as he nibbled on one. The Fighter shook her head no, hoping The Doctor would come in time before she had to take action herself.
"What's it for? What's a paradox machine do?" Martha asked
"More importantly can you stop it?"
"Not until I know what it's doing. Touch the wrong bit and blow up the solar system." The Doctor replied.
"Then we've got to get to The Master" Martha said determined.
"Yeah, how do we stop him?" Jack asked.
"Oh i've got a way. Sorry didn't I tell you? Come on!" The Doctor said smiling as they ran.
The Doctor, Martha and Jack quietly entered the bridge of the Valiant were the President was giving his speech. "This plan, you gonna tell us?" Jack whispered as they watched The Master, The Fighter and Lucy listening to the president. The Doctor watched The Fighter intently. A smile came to The Fighter's face as she could feel them in the room.
"If I can get this around The Master's neck...cancel out his perception..." The Doctor said "They'll see him for real. It's going to be extremely hard with everyone on red alert. If they stop me, you've got a key."
The Fighter secretly grabbed The Master's hand and held it as he turned his attention towards her shocked at her action. He then began to smile at her. She was trying to turn his attention away so The Doctor could get his plan working.
"I'll get him." Martha said
"And I ask you now, I ask the human race to join with me in welcoming our new friends. I give you the Toclafane." The metal Sphere's appeared as the president turned to talk to them. "My name is Arthur Coleman Winters, President elect of the United States of America and designated representative of the United Nations. I welcome you to the planet Earth and it's associated moon."
"You're not The Master"
"We like the Mr. Master"
"We don't like you"
"I can be Master if you wish." The President said
"Man is stupid"
"Master is our friend"
"Where's my Master, pretty please?"
The Master then let go of The Fighter's hand and stood up. "Oh alright then, it's me. Ta da! Sorry I have this effect. People just get so obsessed. Is it the smile? Is it the aftershave? Is it the capacity to laugh at myself? I don't know. It's crazy!" He said laughing. The Fighter bit her lip, mentally cursing herself for failing to keep him distracted long enough.
"Saxon what are you talking about?" The President asked
"I'm taking control Uncle Sam. Starting with you!" The Fighter quickly jumped up knowing what he was going to do. "Kill him!" The Master yelled.
"No!" The Fighter yelled as The Master quickly grabbed her and stopped her. "Ah ah my dear. Interfering again. Bad girl!" The Toclafane shot at the president. The entire room gasped.
The Master grabbed The Fighter by her wrist and ran up to the place where the president stood looking at the cameras. "Now then, people of the Earth, please attend carefully."
The Doctor took off his key and began running for The Master. "Stop him!" A guard yelled as they stopped The Doctor and forced him to kneel on the floor.
"We meet at last Doctor. Oh ho! I love saying that!" The Master smiled. "Lookie at who i've got" He looked down at The Fighter he was holding by the waist now.
"Stop this! Stop it now! Just let her go!" The Doctor yelled.
"As if a perception filter is gonna work on me. Oh look it's the girlie and the freak. Although i'm not sure which one is which." The Master said looking over at Martha and Jack as guard's handcuffed them.
"Let go of me now!" The Fighter yelled, fighting in The Master's hold on her. "We just want to talk to you, not harm you. Please Listen! Just hear us out!"
The Master laughed "Calm down or you'll hurt yourself my feisty tiger." Jack began to run forward as The Master then pulled out a sonic screwdriver with his free hand and fired a laser at him. "Laser screwdriver, who'd have sonic? and the good thing is he's not dead for long. I get to kill him again."
"Master just calm down. Just look at what you're doing. Just stop. If you could see yourself." The Doctor said
The Master looked back at the camera "Oh do excuse me. Little bit of personal business. Be back in a minute." He looked at the guards holding The Doctor "Let him go."
"It's the sound, the sound in your head. You said The Fighter was trying to help you with it. What if I could help too?" The Doctor said.
"Oh how to shut him up? I know, Memory lane." He pulled The Fighter along with him as he moved in front of The Doctor. "Professor Lazarus. And his genetic manipulation device? Did you think little Tish got that job by coincidence? I've been laying traps for you all this time. And if I could concentrate all that Lazarus technology into one screwdriver but oh if only I could have The Doctor's biological code? Oh wait a minute! I do!" He pulled The Fighter with him as a guard opened a case showing it to be The Doctor's severed hand. "I've got his hand. And if Lazarus made himself younger, what if I could reverse it? Another hundred years?" The Master pointed his laser screwdriver at The Doctor.
"Teleport" Jack told Martha handing her the manipulator.
"I can't" Martha said shaking her head.
"We can't stop him. Get out of here now." Jack told her
The Master stopped and smiled as The Doctor was now an old man. Martha went to his side "Doctor, i've got you." The Fighter looked at him in shock as tears threatened to fall. "Stop this! Stop it right now!" The Fighter yelled at him growling.
"Down girl." The Master said to her as he looked over at Martha. "Aww, she's a would be doctor. But tonight Martha Jones, we've flown them in all the way from prison." The Jones then appeared through the door.
"Mum" Martha breathed shocked
"The Toclafane, who are they? Who are they?" The Doctor asked
"Doctor, if I was to tell you the truth it would break your hearts." The Master said
"Is it time?" The first Toclafane asked
"Is it ready?"
"Is the machine singing?"
The Master pulled The Fighter by her waist closer to him as The Doctor gave him a glaring look, despite how weak he felt.
"Two minutes past!" The Master grabbed The Fighter and pulled her to the top of the steps where Lucy as waiting. "So earthlings. Basically, um, end of the world. Here come the drums!" He helped up his screwdriver yelling.
The song "Voodoo Child" began to play throughout the room as the paradox machine activated and a red rift opened in the sky with Toclafane flying out. The master pulled The Fighter along with him to a window as Lucy joined next to them.
"How many do you think?"
"I don't know." Lucy responded
"Please don't tell me..." The Fighter said
"Six Billion" He replied smiling. "Down you go kids! Shall we decimate them? Remove one-tenth of the population." The Fighter slapped him as he grabbed her hand before she could run away "Ah, Now that wasn't nice. Bad Bad girl!"
Martha stood up taking a couple steps back from The Doctor as she teleported away like the Doctor said to. The Master not caring Martha escaped went down and grabbed The Doctor with his free hand as he dragged both his friends up to look out the window.
"And so it came to pass...that the human race fell and the Earth was no more. And I looked upon my new domination as master of all and I thought...good. See we're together again, like good old times, just the 3 of us."
The Fighter looked out the window glaring as she was determined to stop her friend's evil plan and try to save him all together. The Doctor looked out the window closing his eyes as he couldn't bear to watch it.
A/N: The next chapter will have you guys shocked. I promise that! As for right now, i'm working on writing out the idea for the "End of Time" Chapter that will appear later on. As you guys have probably noticed by now, I'm writing the episode's as one full chapter instead of in parts.
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