There was something in Rose's eyes when he looked down into her deep hazel eyes and saw something that he hadn't seen from anyone in a really long time. Fight and determination. He had never expected to see that look again, especially towards him. He pulled away from her but still kept his hand on her chin. He couldn't hurt the one person who was strong enough to defy him. He needed her in more ways than one.

Keeping her face in his hands he tilts her head slightly to see that where her cheek had split and started bleeding was, to his surprise, was practically gone.

"You really can't do it, can you?" Rose inquired from her place on the ground.

The Master stood, placed his screwdriver in his jacket and turned to the Doctor to see a look of surprise, pride, and fear.

"Doctor, if I recall correctly, humans can carry Timelord children, yes?"

The Doctor turned to the Master with a horrified look on his face, "Don't you dare." It was a mere whisper but it was audible.

The Master smiled with a manic grin which turned into a pouty child, "But whyy?"

"I swear to Rassilon, Master. You touch her I will kill you!"

"I would love to see you try, dear friend." The Master walked over and rattled the chains, "Looks to me that you're a little tied up."

The Doctor glared through what little soul, if any, the Master had, "Stay. Away. From. Her."

"It's not like you could do anything. You could never protect her. You didn't save her from falling into the other dimension. Hell, you couldn't even tell her you loved her for crying out loud! What really makes you think that you could ever help her!"

"There was nothing I could do."

"Right. Just like that time when you weren't there when Cassandra possessed her or when that Wire took her face? Oh! and what about that time she got kidnapped by the people with the 'walking dead' in your last carnation? Then you almost replaced her with the blonde, Reinette, and the only reason you didn't was because she died before you could get back to her. You left Rose on that ship alone because you wanted to be Superman! Rosie and Mr. Mickey Mouse were almost dissected by clock men and where were you? Making a banana daiquiri."

"Ho- How do you know all of that?" Rose looked from him to the Doctor and back.

The Master turned back towards Rose, "What? Did he never tell you, love?"

"Tell me what?"

"The Tardis records every moment, every word ever spoken between the two of you, every mere movement. It's all logged. The fear you felt, the jealousy, the pain." He tilted his head slightly as if to be sympathetic, "All that pain he knew about, that he never cared about."

Rose pushed herself away from him as he inched closer to where she still sat from him hitting her.

"Rose, don't you see he hides things from you?"

"That's not true, Rose, don't listen to him!"

Rose's back was against the wall now and the Master was only a couple inches from her. He pushed her against the wall so she couldn't move and raised his hand to her temple.

"Master, NO!"

It was too late, he had let the drums into her mind. Rose screamed and tried to move away but the Master held her in place. For an ordinary person it took only seconds to break them with just the drums, Rose was stronger. It had never been this hard soon the Master had changed to pushing images into her mind of her being hurt or captured and the Doctor leaving her because she was worthless.

Rose collapsed, unconscious, and the Master caught her. He turned to the Doctor who was practically in tears because of his helplessness. The Master grinned as he scooped Rose up and moved to the door.

"What was that about being able to protect her, Doctor?" And with that he left, leaving the Doctor alone.

A/N: Alright so this was a shorter chapter, sorry. It was a really long week with finals and whatnot so I didn't really have time to write. It's not my best or favorite but it's something. Feedback, reviews, and ideas are very welcome! BTW I could use some ideas at the moment since I'm also writing another fic at the moment I'm kind of blanking. So Please, please, please give me some ideas. Thanks guys, love all of you for all the positive feedback.