After the Tardis was brought into the lab and the guards were gone, the Doctor ran inside to grab a giant plug from the middle console, and then ran out to plug into the machinery.
"What are you doing", Yana asked, "Like we said, the rocket would need extra power! A little bit of cheat, but who's counting", the Doctor asked.
"I'm not, as long as it gets them off the ground and safely to Utopia", I replied just as Chantho and Martha returned.
"Jack, you're in charge of the retro feeds and Voyager- ", "Already on it", I said as I worked on the side machinery.
"Oh, I'm glad to see that thing", Martha exclaimed once she saw the Tardis and Chantho checked on Professor Yana.
"Martha! Connect those circuits into the spar, same as the last lot, but quicker", Jack ordered, "Yes sir", Martha said and then did as he said.
I looked back at Yana to see if was alright, "You don't have to keep working, we can handle it", the Doctor told him.
"It's just a headache, just…noise inside of my head, a constant noise inside my head", Yana told the Doctor and I as he noticed I was listening as well.
"What sort of noise", the Doctor asked, "The sound of…drums. More and more, as though…it's getting closer", Professor Yana told us.
"When did it start happening", I asked, "Oh, I've had it all my life. Every waking hour…still no rest for the wicked", Yana told us and then went back to work.
I smiled sadly as the Doctor and I did the same, as I did I wondered how that could have happened.
A few minutes later, Professor Yana got a call from a guard, "Professor, Professor are you getting me", I heard the guard say, but the screen kept flickering.
"I'm here, we're ready. All you need to do is connect the coupling then we can launch", Professor Yana explained, but then the screen flickered again.
"God save this equipment", the Professor exclaimed as I walked over to give him a hand, "What's wrong", I asked him.
"It keeps rebooting all the time", he told me, "If you want, I can fix it for you", I told him, "You can", he asked, "Yeah, although it'll work more on this side", I explained.
"Yes, yes anything to get it work", he said as he moved away from the computer, so I could start working on the wiring behind the computer. Somehow, I had to make it work without pulling it apart and fixing it from the inside.
Then I bent down to fix the lower part of the monitor, which caused Yana to stand back a bit. Finally, it was fixed, and the screen was clear.
"What…what just happened", the guard asked as he saw me stand, "I think she fixed it", the Professor told him as he went up to the monitor, then looked at me shocked.
"Send your man inside, we'll keep the levels down from here", the Professor told him, as a picture of a radiation control room appeared on screen.
"Captain, keep the dials below red", the Professor told him, and Jack nodded, "Where is that room", the Doctor asked as he came up behind us.
"It's underneath the rocket", the Professor told him, "Fix the couplings, and the footprint can work, but the entire chamber is flooded with stet radiation", the Professor told the Doctor.
"Stet? Never heard of it", the Doctor told him, "You wouldn't want to, but it's safe enough. We can hold the radiation back from here", Professor Yana told him, as a man wearing a radiation suit walked into the radiation filled room.
As he set one down, an alarm went off, "It's rising to 0.2, keep it level", the Professor told Jack, "Yes, sir", Jack said as he did as he said.
"What happens if it's not", I asked fearfully curious and before he could answer, all the power in the lab turned off.
"Where's all the power go, tho", Chantho exclaimed, before the machinery short-circuited, "Radiation is rising, we've lost control", Jack told us as he tried to get the radiation levels under control.
I watched the screen in horror as we all tried to bring the level down, suddenly Jack grabbed two cords and put them together as he said that we could, "Jump start the overdrive."
"Don't! It's gonna flare", the Doctor warned, but it was too late…the electricity through the cords shot threw him, which made jack fall to the ground…dead.
I've got him", Martha exclaimed, before running to Jack and then tried to bring him back, "Don't touch the cables, tho", Chantho warned as she threw the exposed cord out of the way.
"I'm so sorry", Professor Yana apologized, "The chamber's flooded with radiation, yes", the Doctor asked Yana, "Without the coupling, the engines will never start. It was all for nothing", Yana exclaimed.
"Oh, I don't know", I said as we both watched Jack as we waited, "Professor, you've got a room which no man can enter without dying, is that correct", the Doctor asked.
"Yes", Yana said confused, "Well…", "Um…", the Doctor and I said awkwardly, before looking back to Jack just as he came back to life.
"Well, I think we've got just the man", the Doctor told him as he placed his glasses back into his coat, "Was someone kissing me", Jack asked as everyone stared at him in shock, besides the Doctor and I.
"Right. Martha and Voyager, you handle the machinery and communications from here. Jack, follow me", the Doctor ordered, and then the pair ran out of the room.
"We lost picture when that thing flared up", I heard Martha say by the computers as I dealt with the machines, "The machines aren't doing too well either", I told her as I went about fixing them.
"Doctor, are you there", I heard Martha say, "Receiving, yeah. He's inside", I heard the Doctor say over the speaker.
"And he's still alive", I asked, referring to Jack, "Oh, yes", both the Doctor and Jack replied, "But…that can't be right…what sort of man is he", Yana asked.
"I don't know…we just kind of just met him. The Doctor and the Voyager go through time and space, just picking people up…makes us sound like stray dogs. Maybe we are", Martha said.
"You don't really believe that do you", I asked her as I moved a big cord out of the way, and Martha remained silent.
"They…travel in time", Yana asked as I noticed he was looking back at the Tardis and I gave him a confused look.
"Don't ask me to explain it. That's a Tardis, that box thing…" sports car of time traveling" he says", Martha told Professor Yana.
Yana continued to stare at the Tardis, "T.A.R.D.I.S. Time and Relative Dimension in Space, that's what it means", I told Yana as I studied his expression curiously.
It looked like he was trying to remember something, and this confused me. Why would he need to remember something about the Tardis? Unless…
"When did you realize", I heard the Doctor ask over the speaker, "Earth, 1892. Got in a fight on Ellis Island, man shot me through the heart and then I woke up. Thought it was kind of strange, but it never stopped. Fell off a cliff, trampled by horses, World war One, World War Two, poison, starvation, a stray javelin. In the end, I got the message. I'm the man who can never die, and all that time, both of you knew", Jack told the Doctor.
"That's why we had to leave you behind. It's not easy, even just…looking at you, Jack, because you're wrong", the Doctor told him.
"Well, that's rude", I commented, "He is! I can't help it, don't you feel it too", the Doctor asked me, and I just went back to work as everyone in the lab looked back at me.
"We're Time-Lords, it's instinct, it's in our guts. You're a fixed point in time and space. You're a fact and that's never meant to happen. Even the Tardis reacted against you, tried to shake you off, flew all the way to the end of the universe to get rid of you", the Doctor told him.
"So, what you're saying is…you're prejudiced", Jack joked, "I never thought of it that way", the Doctor admitted, "Shame on you", "Yeah…", the Doctor said.
"Last thing I remember, back when I was mortal…I was facing three Daleks, death by extermination and then I came back to life", Jack said.
The name "Dalek" echoed in my mind like I was supposed to remember something about them and then I soon realized it was coming from Yana as well as I glanced over at him.
"What happened", I heard Jack ask and then there was silence, "I deserve to know", Jack told the Doctor.
"Just tell him Doctor", I said and then I heard a sigh, before the Doctor said, "Rose."
"I thought you sent her back home", Jack asked, "…She came back, opened the heart of the Tardis, and absorbed the Time Vortex itself", the Doctor told him.
"What does that mean exactly", Jack asked, "No one's ever meant to have that power…well…" the Doctor trailed off before continuing, "If a Time-Lord did that, he or she would become a God, a vengeful God, but she was human and everything she did was so human. She brought you back to life, but she couldn't control it, she brought you back forever. That's something I suppose…the final act of the Time-War...was life", the Doctor finished.
I looked over to Yana as soon as the Doctor said "Time-War", and noticed he was crying, "Yana", I whispered as the Doctor and Jack continued to talk. He glanced over at me with tear stained cheeks, "Are you alright", I asked him.
"I feel like I'm remembering someone else's past and it resonates something within my mind", Yana told me.
"Do you want to die", I heard the Doctor ask, "Doctor", I exclaimed, "No, it's alright", Jack told me.
"I thought I did at first…but I don't know. Seeing this lot here, surviving, and that's fantastic", Jack said, and I smiled.
"You might be out there somewhere", the Doctor told him, "I could go meet myself", Jack said, "Well…it'd be the only man you're ever going to be happy with", the Doctor said, and I just shook my head.
"This new regeneration, it's kind of cheeky", Jack commented, "You're telling me", I said, I heard Jack and the Doctor chuckle at that.
I looked to Yana as Martha said she sometimes doesn't understand what we're saying, before she turned around to look at Yana as well.
"What's wrong", Martha asked concerned, "Chan, Professor, what is it", Chantho asked as well as they came over.
"This time travel…they say there was time travel back in the old days, I never believed…but what would I know? Stupid old man, never could keep time. Always late, always lost…even this thing never worked", Professor Yana said as he pulled out a pocket watch.
"Time and time and time again, always running out on me…", Yana said as I looked sadly at him, "Can I have a look at that", Martha asked nervously pointing at the watch, while I looked at her confused.
"Oh, it's only an old relic", Yana told her and then chuckled, "Like me."
"Where did you get it", Martha asked him as my brows narrowed in confusion, "Hmm? I was found with it", he told her, "What do you mean", Martha asked.
"What are you getting at", I asked her and then she looked at me with a bit of fear and…hope?
"An orphan in the storm…I was a naked child, found on the coast of the Silver Devastation. Abandoned, with only this", Yana told her as he showed her his watch.
"Have you ever opened it", she asked him, "Why would I? It's broken", he told he her, "How do you know if you've never opened it", Martha asked him.
"It's stuck, it's old, it's…not meant to be…I don't know", Professor Yana admitted, before Martha turned the watch over in his hand to reveal some sort of strange pattern on the other side.
"Does it matter", he asked as Martha stood there in shock, "No, it's nothing…it's…Listen, everything's fine up here. I'm going to see if the Doctor needs me", Martha said as she walked towards the exit and then left.
"May I take a look at that", I asked the professor, "Hm? Oh, of course", he said as he showed me the pattern on his pocket watch.
I tilted my head in confusion, "What is it", he asked as he noticed my expression, "This pattern", I replied as I pointed at his watch, "It looks familiar…it looks like it's woving together to form…something…", I told him.
"That's ridiculous...it…", Yana trailed off as he stared at his watch, and then I felt it…something or someone resonated from within the watch.
The Professor then wandered to the Doctor's hand that was in a jar and stared at it as if he was in a trance, "Professor", I questioned.
"Chan, Yana, won't you come rest, tho", Chantho asked in concern as she approached him cautiously, "Yana? Are you alright", I asked, then he turned around to face me in the same trance-like state.
For a moment he reached out to touch my face, before he retracted his hand and put it back to his side. I was a little taken aback as Chantho and I looked at each other in confusion and then glanced back at the Professor as he went to stand in front of the Tardis.
Suddenly, just when the rocket was about to take off, Yana opened his pocket watch as a bright golden light emitted and flowed into him like streams of water.
When it was done, he closed his watch, then stared back at us with cold eyes, then I realized he wasn't Professor Yana anymore…it was the Master!
"Chan, Professor Yana are you alright, tho",Chantho asked, as she went to take a step forward toward him, I held her back as he flipped a switch to close and lock the doors that led into the lab.
Chantho looked at me confused and then said, "But you've locked them in, tho", Chantho told the Master, who she believed was still the Professor.
"Not to worry, my dear, as one door closes, another must open", the Master told her as he flipped another switch, which caused her to stare at him in shock.
"Chan, you must stop, tho", Chantho said, "What is he doing", I asked her, as he began pressing switches and buttons.
"Chan, he's lowering the defenses and letting the Future-Kind in, tho", she told me and I narrowed my eyes in anger, then rushed to stop him before he shoved me back into the middle machine.
He then began flipping some switches as I gasped in pain and held my ribs. Then the lights in the lab turned off as I leaned against the machine.
"Chan, Professor, I'm so sorry…", I heard Chantho say and then looked up as she was pointing a gun right at the Master.
"…But I must stop you", Chantho told him, he chuckled as he looked back at her and then he paused, "You're destroying all our work", she said as she was shaking.
"Ohhh…now I can say I was provoked", he said as he pulled a short-circuited cord out of the wall and pointed at Chantho who gasped, then stepped back in fear.
"Did you never think all those years, standing beside me to ask about the watch? Never? Did you never once think, not ever, that you could set me free", the Master asked Chantho angrily as he slowly walked toward her with the cord in his hand.
"Chan, I'm sorry, tho…Chan, I'm so sorry, tho", Chantho told him as I inched my way quietly behind the Master, "And you, with your "Chan" and your "tho" driving me insane…" the Master told her angrily.
"Chan, Professor, please- ", "That is not my name! The "Professor", was an invention. So perfect a disguise, that I forgot who I am", he told her.
"Chan…then who are you, tho", she asked him, "The Master", he told her and before he could hurt her, I grabbed him.
"Chantho, run", I told her as the Master dropped the cord, but she didn't listen and tried to help as well before the Master knocked her out.
When I tried to see if she was alright, the Master grabbed me, "Now, where do you think you're going", he asked me and then dragged me over to the computer as the Doctor could be heard right outside the door.
"Professor! Professor! Are you there?! I need to explain, what ever you do don't open the watch! Is Voyager okay", the Doctor yelled in concern.
"Doc-hmph", I yelled before the Master held my mouth closed, before he took the chip, that held the coordinates to Utopia, out of the computer
"Acacia", the Doctor yelled as he heard me, "Doesn't he sound worried", the Master told me mockingly.
"Utopia", the Master said evilly, I tried to pull myself away from him, but he just held onto me even tighter. He was forcing me to watch everything that he was doing…like he was getting kick out of it.
"They're coming", Martha exclaimed, I looked over to the door in concern, I wanted to help them so badly, but the Master just held onto me.
"Open the door! Open the door, please", the Doctor yelled as the Master dragged me over to the Tardis to unplug it from the machinery.
"I'm begging you Professor, please listen to me! Just open the door, please", the Doctor yelled, then I saw Chantho open her eyes, lift her arm as she pointed her gun towards the Master and I.
As she pulled the trigger, the Master turned so that his back was facing it, "Gah", the Master yelled in pain and I was left in confusion.
Then the Doctor, Martha, and Jack managed to get into the lab. That's when the Doctor looked at the two of us and then rushed forward, before the Master dragged me into the Tardis.
"Acacia", the Doctor yelled, before I heard him hit the front doors of the Tardis as the Master locked it. Then he dragged me over to the console, "Let go of me", I said angrily as I managed to remove my face from his hand.
"No", he told me as he was in pain, before flipping a switch on the console to permanently lock the doors to the Tardis.
"Let me in! Let me in", the Doctor yelled as I heard him pounding his hands on the outside of the Tardis, "I'm begging you! Everything's changed! It's only the three of us, we're the only ones left! Just let me in", the Doctor pleaded as I looked back at the Tardis doors.
"What", I asked in confusion as my heart dropped, and then the Master shoved me into a nearby seat, "Stay there and if you don't, I will hurt you", the Master told me.
I looked up at him angrily as he walked painfully to the middle console, "Shot by an insect! A girl…how inappropriate", the Master said and then looked back at me as he hoped what he said would make me angry…it did.
"But still, if the Doctor can be young and strong…then so can I", the Master said as he stood up straight, "The Master…reborn", he said, then it seemed like he exploded with light coming from within and then he screamed.
As I watched, I was gasping for air as I was holding onto the railing as the Master changed right before my eyes. Then suddenly, he fell onto the floor right next to the Doctor's hand that I didn't even notice he grabbed.
Then the Master opened his eyes then looked at me, the Doctor's hand, and then at himself before standing up to look around. The Master then started laughing as he ran around the console excitedly, before he quickly came up to me, spun me around, and then pulled me close.
Which I didn't want as I tried to push him away and he just held onto me tighter as the Master pressed the button that controlled the speaker.
"Now, then! Doctor…ohh, new voice! Hello! Hello! Hello", the Master said as I gave him a surprised and narrowed browed look.
"Anyway! Why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, I don't think", the Master told the Doctor.
"I'm asking you, really properly…just stop-just think", the Doctor pleaded, and I knew it was just a long shot, but I had to try as well, "Please, listen", I said and then gave him a look of surprise as he grabbed my chin to make me look at him.
"Use my name", he told me and since the Doctor was listening as well, we both said his name at the same time, "Master."
He smiled, "Tough", he said as he began pressing button and switches on the console, "I'm sorry", I heard the Doctor say and then the Tardis's console began to short circuit.
"Oh no you don't! Acacia or Voyager or whatever you call yourself these days", the Master said before he dragged me over and then forced me to hold down a couple of buttons, which I refused to do.
The Master gave me a look, before putting them back and I removed my hands gain. Angrily, the Master slapped me, and I was taken aback by the sudden attack.
"Listen to your Master when- ", he was cut off when I punched him in the face and this action caught him off guard as he looked at me in surprise. I gave him a look of defiance and he laughed.
Then he went behind me when I tried to get away and then forced me to hold down the buttons. After that, he let go of my hands and flipped a switch causing us to dematerialize.
"End of the universe! It's been fun! Bye bye", the Master said before turning off the speaker and then he grabbed me as I tried to open the Tardis's doors.
We bot held onto the Tardis as we went through time and space…I was confused…why wasn't I disappearing?