After breakfast was finished and the dishes done, Jack, the Doctor and the Master all three made there way out to the TARDIS to talk. Though Jack would have like Martha and Marta to be involved it was agreed that they would stay at the house, taking care of Emma, while the three of them took care of the outlaw. Jack was surprised when they went past the Doctor's TARDIS, heading to the Masters. He had never been on another TARDIS before so he didn't know what to except accept that it would be bigger on the inside. Upon opening the doors, he found a much smaller room then the Doctor's.
The console was still set in the middle of the room, but there was less space to move around the edges as the TARDIS had been designed to be driven by three people rather than the six the Doctor's TARDIS required. The buttons on the console were sleeker and the overall feel of the TARDIS was more modern compared to the corals the Doctor had. The Doctor though was immediately at ease in the new TARDIS as he examined the console.
"Yours is male," He exclaimed slightly surprised by the feel of the TARDIS in his head.
"Yes, all TARDISes in this universe are male. I was just as surprised to find yours was a female," The Master informed him.
"So what is the plan?" Jack asked not interested in their conversation about the TARDIS at the moment. The Doctor raised an eyebrow to the Master who shrugged before they both turned to look at Jack.
"We use the Doctor," the Master began.
"Absolutely not," Jack interrupted angrily.
"Let him finish," The Doctor told Jack calmly. Jack looked to the Doctor to see no fear on his face. He seemed happy even with the Master wanting to use him as bait. Jack motioned for the Master to continue.
"We use the Doctor to lead the Outlaw to the location we want him in. The Outlaw keeps up with the news on Gallifrey so he would be aware of the Doctor's presence by now. We use that to draw him out of hiding with news that we are going to send the Doctor through the door back to his own universe before locking the doors forever," The Master explained.
"But we don't know where the door is," Jack informed the Master.
"He doesn't know that. He will show up and try to enter the other universe but we will have guards and security there to arrest him," The Master answered. He made it sound so simple but Jack had lived long enough and seen enough go wrong to know it never was that simple. He could think of all the ways the Outlaw could escape their trap without even knowing the trap the Master was planning on setting.
"What makes you think that he will show?" Jack asked still not liking the plan. He didn't want to put the Doctor into harm's way, even if that is what the Master and the Doctor had agreed upon. Though he was upset by the Doctor's decision to stay with the Master, he would never forgive himself if he allowed the Doctor to be hurt when he could have stopped it.
"He will show. A chance to cross into an unknown universe where he is seen as an entity of good. He has wanted to rule the universe for his entire life and your universe will never see him coming," The Master told Jack. Jack nodded his understanding. The Outlaw's plans though reminded him of the Masters. The year that never was had been forgotten by everyone else in the universe but a few. Jack still had nightmares about it and he doubted they would ever end. Part of him didn't even believe the Master was really gone. He believed somewhere out there he was waiting for his chance to rule the universe again. With the Outlaw by his side the two of them would be unstoppable. Jack reached up and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Tell me what I have to do," Jack said finally.
"Good man. Your job is easy. You will be there to draw the Outlaw to the door, while I try to keep him away from the door. We want him to go through it of course, but he has to believe that we don't," The Master told Jack. "He will also be able to see the way that time bounces off of you. It is hard to look at but it is fascinating. We are going to put you in the room we want him to enter as a focus point. He has to believe that there is a reason to open the door or he will never fall for it."
"So I am also bait," Jack concluded.
"Unfortunately yes. We will make it up to you, later though," The Master answered. He came closer to Jack and threw his arms around his shoulders. Jack eyed him wearily for a second, not sure of the game he was playing. The Master knew he had heard the two of them in bed and that it hurt him to know that he had once again lost his chance with the Doctor. "What do you say Doctor?"
"Yes," The Doctor's reply sounded hesitant. Jack looked to him.
"You don't have to Doctor," He told the man. Carefully he lifted the Master's hand off his shoulder before walking over to the Doctor. "I know you are with the Master now. I don't expect anything from you."
"I have two hearts for a reason Jack," The Doctor said. He leaned in kissing Jack softly on the cheek as the Master once more came up behind him. The Master wrapped his arms around Jack from behind and the Doctor stood, hugging him from the front. Jack though stayed frozen in the middle of the two of them, not sure what was going on. The Master from their universe had always been hypnotic and he couldn't help but wonder if this Master had gotten inside the Doctor's mind as well.