When we played the history of the Eye of Rasalon or Eye of Harmony, the transcript said that the Eye of Harmony could only be opened by a great key, but before that I learned from the same transcript…that Time-Lords only had twelve regeneration's and each time they did, their face…and personality would change… However, when I tried to ask about it, the Doctor asked, "What's the great key?"
"It's a ebolin rock, it's said that it can only be passed onto the Presidents", the man said."But, what's the Eye of Harmony", I asked.
"Well, my dear, it is said that if the Eye of Harmony is opened it could restore a time-lord's regeneration at the cost of destroying the world…you see it take up so much energy, that it just absorbs everything around it", the man explained.
The Doctor scoffed, "Of course…the Master would destroy the time-lords and Galifrey…for his own survival", he said, then Castellan returned and gave the needle, the Master used to "Kill himself", to the Doctor.
"Careful! It's poisoned", Castellan warned as the Doctor sniffed it, "No, it's a neural inhibitor…the Master…he is still alive", the Doctor exclaimed as we ran back to the room where the dead from today laid.
"You say that as if you knew", Castellan said as we ran, "Acacia had already figured it out", the Doctor replied, "Why didn't you say anything girl", Castellan said annoyed, "I was hoping I was wrong", I admitted.
When we entered the room, we noticed that the Master was already gone and there was a pile of ashes on the floor. "The Master is consumed by hatred, that's his one weakness", the Doctor told us as we approached the tiny guard on the floor.
"Lies, Doctor! It is strength", said a hooded figure in the shadows. "Not in your case it isn't", the Doctor told him, "I'm afraid my execution has been delayed." "No, Doctor, it is only the beginning….and Acacia…" the Master said as he stepped into the light, "Do you really think you can help me now", he yelled in fury and I flinched back, he was filled with so much hate…
"Don't you dare read me", the Master said as he raised a gun at both the Doctor and myself, then the Master ordered the Castellan to get him the Eye of Rasalon. "Don't do it", the Doctor warned, "A stupid remark, Doctor…resistance is futile", the Master told him, and Castellan paused, but the other man decided to do it for him.
"Don't do it", I warned more urgently, but it was too late, "I have had enough of your interferences. At last it has come to an end to our rivalry and conflict, Doctor and Acacia", the Master said before he lifted his gun at the Doctor.
"No", I screamed, but the Castellan was quick to get in the way of the gun shot, "Why have you brought us here", the Doctor asked angerly.
"I was going to use you as a scapegoat for killing the President, Doctor and then watch you squirm in disgust as I helped change your favorite human into a Time-Lord. The very thing that you've been running from…but, I can see you are more attached than ever", the Master said.
"Yes, the latter of your plan didn't work since she was already a Time-Lord…it was bound to happen", the Doctor said, the Master looked at both the Doctor and I angerly. Then he shot us each in the arm, before running off, then closed, and locked the door behind him. The Master was going to use the Eye of Harmony to regenerate and destroy everything, and what's worse it wouldn't just destroy Galifrey, but countless others.
We tried opening the door, but it was sealed shut with no way through, then we looked around to find another way out until we stopped at a shaft that lead straight up; the Doctor planned to climb it, even if it was around a hundred feet long. He was about to go up the shaft, before he stopped to look at me, "Acacia…if I die- ", "Don't", I said, cutting him off, he smiled at me sadly before making his ascent up the shaft.
Then everything around us began to shake like an earthquake, until it stopped a few hours later, and just as we thought we were going to die…at that moment the Doctor opened the door as he was on the other side.
I ran up to hug the Doctor, "You're alright", I said happily as the two men and I made our way to the door; then he just smiled, and grabbed my hand, "Come on", he said as I followed.
We ran back to the trial room just as we felt another earthquake, "The city is in ruins and lives were lost", cried the Juror as he came up to us. The Doctor said that he had stopped the Eye of Harmony from destroying the world and everything around it.
"Yeah, the Doctor stopped it", I told the Juror, but he looked at me angrily, "Yes, but at what cost? Galifrey has never known such devastation. What shall we say", the Juror asked.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to adjust the truth…again. How about a plague of mice", the Doctor joked. "As I told you before Doctor, you will never amount to anything with your continuous acts of sheepishness ", the Juror told him. "Or you could…you know…tell the truth", I suggested, and the man shook his head, "No, now that is out of the question…no, I'll think of something. Good day", the Juror said, then we walked away.
"Oh, and Doctor", the Juror called, then we turned around as he said, "Nine out of ten", then he walked away, and I stood there confused. "Nine out of ten? What does that mean", I asked the Doctor, "It means…I can't back here again. Come on", the Doctor told me as we made our way to the Tardis.
As the men from before rushed to us, my brows knitted together in confusion as I noticed a grandfather clock not too far from where the Tardis was. We went inside before they could reach us, the doctor didn't seem too concerned of the possibility that I might disappear…at least until I realized that I didn't.
My eyes were shut fully expecting to be engulfed by a white light that never appeared, when I opened my eyes I was still there with the same console room and the same Doctor. Then I looked at my hands and around the room confused, "That's strange", I wondered out loud, "Expecting to disappear were you", the Doctor asked me.
"I…guess", I answered sheepishly as the Doctor went around the console pressing various buttons until we de-materialized, "Not today, Acacia", the Doctor said as he flipped a switch and we went flying through the Vortex.
I felt my body being pulled and back again and I knew it was because of the Doctor, "Doctor? What are you doing", I asked, "I'm trying to find a way for you to stay here", the Doctor told me. I looked at him sadly as he went around the console, pressing buttons, "Doctor…that's not how that works", I told him. "Doesn't hurt to try", the Doctor said, "You're a Time-Lord now…so there should be a way", the Doctor said thinking.
I stood there, frozen in place, and I couldn't move, "Doctor", "Maybe if I- ", "Doctor", I shouted cutting him off, "I'm frozen and I can't move, I feel something in me…pulling…it wants me to go….and it hurts", I told him as a tear streamed down my cheek.
"I know, but I don't understand why you can't just…stay", the Doctor said smiling sadly as he approached. I hesitated, "It's the way it has to be…there's a limit or a door. It opens, closes behind you, and you can't go back or stay…I have to keep going forward", I explained. "What happens when you reach the end", the Doctor asked me, I hesitated again, "...I don't know", I admitted.
Then he sighed and held my hand, "I'll find a way", he told me and I looked up him confused as he walked away, then flipped a switch. Just like that a white light engulfed me, I closed my eyes tight, and then felt my body being pulled forward in time. Everything went dark, until I opened my eyes just as a blonde man bumped into me as he was not paying attention.
I heard the man chuckle as he said, "Now, I wonder who that could be", he said before looking up from looking at the floor, "Hello Acacia."
"Doctor", I asked, but I knew it was him, "Were you expecting somebody else", the Doctor joked, then I lifted a brow at him as he smiled. I smiled as I wondered how the Doctor was able to freeze me in time...