AN: There is a reason I'm posting this late at night. I was making improvements and making the story a nit longer.

All of the Doctor's thoughts were put on halt as feelings rushed through him. He couldn't comprehend anything going through his head at that point. Of all the people it could have been, why did it have to be Rose? Why not River? He could use a good flirt right now with all the trouble he was in. Or why not Amy? She could surely have gotten him out of this mess in the first five minutes he was there with her Scottish accent and her demanding demeanor, but nope…it was Rose.

"How did you get here? Why aren't you with the meta-crisis?"

"Doctor you left me. You left me with him for someone else didn't you?"

"Rose you know that's not the reason. You know good and well that's not the reason. I explained the reason to you. Please don't make me feel guilty." The Doctor said, tears starting to form in the corners of his eyes.

"That's what I'm here for though. To make you feel guilty. For everything you've done. To past companions you've had, and all the people you've killed." Rose said without emotion.

"Rose this isn't like you. What's happened? You can tell me I want to help. Whatever you've been through, I want to help."

"It's too late to help Doctor."

Then Rose disappeared. Or at least what he thinks was 'disappeared'. The Doctor returned to reality and noticed Taylor staring at him. He wiped at his face clearing any tears that had fallen during the encounter with Rose. Taylor seemed a little shaken up too. As if he'd seen the same thing the Doctor had.

"You saw that too!" Taylor said with a crack in his voice.

"It was my dad…" Taylor said at the same time the Doctor said, "It was Rose…"

"It was obviously my dad...wait a minute, who's Rose? Is she someone you fancy?"

"No, no, no, it was obviously…no I don't fancy Rose!"

"Yes you do, you were crying while you were talking with her!" Taylor said with a laugh. "You fancy her but you don't want to admit it!"

"No I don't and I wasn't crying! There must be something in the air! Even if I was crying, you can't talk because you look as shaken up as I do!"

"OI! Don't turn this on me now, we need to figure out how to get you that girl."

"Nope I already have…hold on a second why would YOU need to find me a girl, what if I already have one!"

"Oh please! A man like you having a girlfriend."

Taylor laughed as the Doctor sat in discomfort. Everything seemed okay for about a minute before it went crashing down.

"Enough with the rambling. Time to get to work. Have either of you figured out where you are yet?" A mysterious voice in the shadows said.

His answer was only met with silence.

"Taylor you should have figured it out already with the knowledge you have."

The Doctor took a glance toward Taylor and saw that his smile was no longer there, instead it was replaced by a quite cross look.

"Why does everybody think I'm so special? There are over two billion people on Earth you could have chosen to kidnap and made a weapon. Why did you have to choose me?"

As soon as the sentence came out of Taylor's mouth, he knew something was wrong. How did he even know that he had been chosen for a weapon? Time to start preparing for the unknown he guessed.

"Now you getting to something! So, have you noticed you're able to talk yet? Or that the person you hold close to your heart just appeared out of nowhere? Oh! How about this one. The fact that you don't know where you are Doctor." The shadow said with a sigh.

Taylor hadn't even thought about his ability to talk yet. The idea of why his father popped into thin air also seemed to go in one ear and come out the other.

"You know where you are Taylor, don't you. All you have to do is put your mind to it and you'll find that the answer will just magically come into your head." There was a hint of anger in the shadow's voice.

"I'm not answering anything until I know who you are. The real you. Don't take on any other form but yourself. It's about time we deal with this stupid matter face to face like real men!"

Both the Doctor and the shadow let out a giggle.

"OI! What's so funny?" Taylor said defiantly.

"Your catching on quickly aren't you! You even are starting to consider yourself a man. Have you seen yourself in the mirror lately? If a penny dropped on you it would break your bones!" The shadow said while trying to stifle a laugh.

The Doctor immediately stopped with his giggling and looked up at the shadow with a surprised look on his face. "You went too far…"

Though Taylor thought the shadow wasn't going to honor his request he was surprised to see the shadow moving towards the light in the room. Through all the darkness, the figure could be clearly seen. Taylor didn't recognize the person immediately but the Doctor seemed taken aback.

"No," the Doctor said, "It can't be. Master?"

Today had been horrible. Absolutely, horrifyingly, terrible. It wasn't the fact that the Doctor had seen a person he longed to see since he left her on the beach or the fact that his best friend who had died just appeared right in front of him. It was not being able to tell what was going on. His sense of time was wrong, he was clueless about his whereabouts, and he didn't have his screwdriver or T.A.R.D.I.S with him. Stranded with no way out. To get out of a dream you would usually either wake up by, an outside force or by dying in the dream. Since he had no way of contacting the outside world there was no way he could send a message. He didn't quite agree with the second choice. Just have to buy us sometime then.

"You died." The Doctor said moving towards the Master.

"No, that's just what you assumed happened."

"The how are you here?"

"If I tell you will you promise not to act so surprised about it?"

"Oh believe me I've had quite a day. Very few things now will surprise me."

The answer seemed fine for the Master so he resumed with his talking.

"I thought I had died too, but then I woke up in a T.A.R.D.I.S. next to a short man with a bow tie on. He told me he needed me for something special including the Doctor. I couldn't pass up that opportunity so I picked myself up from off the floor and asked him what he wanted. You want to know what he told me."

"No thanks I'm just going to make up the rest of the story and go with it…of course I want to know what he said!" The Doctor said sarcastically.

"You're joking now Doctor but you won't be when you figure out what we're going to do with you."

This made the Doctor go quite.

The Master resumed. "Like I was saying. He told me he wanted to take revenge on you. He didn't give me a reason but that was good enough for me to join him. Which brings me here. Would you like to talk to him?"

The Master didn't wait for an answer as he swung open the somehow closed door and allowed another figure to step inside. The lights in the room had improved and he could see things clearer now. The Dream Lord stepped right under the light bulb.

"Hello Doctor! I see you've meet my partner."

The Doctor had no words. Again. How do people just come up with clever ideas to surprise him? Do they just sit in their chairs in their evil little caves and say "I think I'm going to trap the Doctor today!"

"What are you doing here?" The Doctor said rather bored.

"Not happy to see me? Come on! That was classic. Show me at least a little emotion. You did when I was here before as Rose!" The Dream Lord replied.

"That was you!"

"Of course! You know what, I'm getting rather bored. How about I give you a five minute running head start, then I'll see how far you get and we can really get down to business!"

The Dream Lord opened the door(which had closed again) and stepped aside with the Master as his right hand man.

Taylor had managed to stay quite during the whole conference, interview thing but now there was a question edging at his mind. "Why are you doing this?"

"Taylor, I know that's a pretty unclear question right now but I think we should take this opportunity. Run"

The Doctor ran through the hallway passing by doors left and right. He had been running for about 30 minutes through the never ending maze of different corridors and hallways. His legs were tired of running but fear of getting caught pushed him forwards. Not knowing what was chasing him was edging at his conscience. Knowing your enemy is one thing but being followed by a mysterious figure is another. If the Doctor knew what he was up against then maybe he could reason with, find a possible weak point and bargain for his and Taylor's life, but instead all he knew was that this figure had seen him before and the Doctor had a bad experience with him.
The Doctor skidded to a halt. Two corridors were on his side, one right and one left. The chances of choosing the right one was very slim. He never remembered having good luck when he was younger...or older. He glanced behind him to see if anyone was catching up to him. The corridor was clear but he could hear footsteps close behind. He had to make a decision, and quick. Right or Left? The footsteps were getting even closer and the Doctor was starting to sweat, which didn't happen a lot when he ran into problems. To save time he ducked into the left corridor and stayed close to the wall. The footsteps stopped close to entryway of the left corridor. No other sound could be heard except the shallow breathing of the shadow and the Doctor.
" What are you doing over there? We need to go right if we're going to get out of here."
The voice belonged to Taylor.
"How did you get out?" The Doctor said while walking toward the right hallway.
"Long story. Kind of heart breaking too..." Taylor responded.
"Well then, better keep moving shall we?"
The Doctor continued to run through the corridor with Taylor at his side. The fear of being chased was starting to go down but he was slightly frightened about what might be in store ahead of him. Time started to pass by quickly but there was still no sign of an exit. The Doctor felt himself getting more tired but he trudged on. Taylor was running faster than him put paused suddenly. As the Doctor caught up he saw something he feared when he first started running. A dead end.

AN: So how did I do? Hopefully better. I would like to thank sunlightxiii for all the positive feedback. The first fifteen people to review get a preview to the next chapter. See you guys next time!