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They had been walking for hours and of all the crazy dangerous things Osgood had been expecting on an excursion led by The Master boredom had not been one of them. The long white corridor seemed to stretch on forever and Osgood stared with something akin to longing at the doors they passed, her fingers itching to open just one of them. It was worrying that the only thing keeping her from doing that was the manic humming and occasional snatch of song as Missy babbled away to herself at the front of their little troop and Osgood could only clench her teeth as the Master's version of Hey Mickey was now on an insanity driving loop in her own brain.

Surely there had to be more to this place than this repetitive endless path that Missy had them on? Anything would be better than this…How could anyone have mistaken this place for Heaven? It certainly didn't look like any afterlife Osgood had ever imagined.

"Do you think we'll be stopping anytime soon?"

The sudden question startled Osgood and she blushed slightly on catching the gaze of the tall Dr Chang who had dropped back to walk alongside without even Osgood noticing.

"Ummm I don't know."

Osgood could only mumble ducking her head slightly as she pushed her glasses up her nose before forcing herself to feign a confident smile and glancing back up at the handsome Dr Chang.

"I doubt it I just hope we are turning off soon….I would suggest asking but well…I don't think we'd get the truth if we did."

Nodding Dr Chang smiled briefly before his face fell slightly as he followed her gaze and they both watched Missy, strangely fascinated as the timelady seemed to skip about like they were off on a jolly.

"Probably not…" He answered.

It was tripping off her tongue before she could stop herself and Osgood couldn't help but curse her curious nature.

"How could you have worked with her and not have noticed that's she well…well psychotic?"

This time it was Dr Chang who blushed slightly, his ears turning red as he fumbled with his hands and for a moment Osgood thought he wouldn't answer, that he would regret slowing down to talk to her.

"There was always something a little different I mean she always stood out because she seemed larger than life, it was a challenge just trying to keep up but you learnt so much just by listening, more than I learnt in all my years at university. I knew I was doing something important, something revolutionary." Dr Chang admitted with a shy smile.

I just thought she was a little eccentric but brilliant…She really was the best boss I ever had, as sad as that sounds, well up until she killed me."

"You can't have had many decent bosses if she was the best." Osgood snorted unable to reconcile this version of Missy with the manic grinning version that had announced so gleefully Osgood's impending death.

The Master was like a cat playing with its kill allowing her victims the glimmer of hope of escape before going for the death blow.

"I guess you just had to be there." Dr Chang answered feebly before suddenly pulling up short and Osgood quickly found out why as she suddenly barrelled into the back of one of the UNIT guards.

Missy had stopped dead, the gleeful skipping and singing was suddenly over and Osgood shivered at the sudden loss of what had become bizarrely reassuring. Instead The Master was tense as a whip twisting her head from side to side as if listening to something only she could hear.

"Thing One come here."

Missy's command was issued softly but there was no doubting it was an order to be obeyed. The only question was who by and the assorted human's looked between themselves in confusion, before the timelady huffed and glanced back over her shoulder and jerking her head in the direction of one of the armed guards.

Nervously stepping forward the guard shuffled up to Missy's shoulder, flinching when the timelady suddenly flung her arm out to stop him moving forward.

"Careful careful we wouldn't want to have an accident now would we?" Missy playfully chastised before her gaze drifted over to the nearest door.

"Now do be a dear and check out what is behind that door." She added pointing at just another non-descript door in the unending series. "Just a peek now do be quick."

Her heart pounding in her throat Osgood couldn't believe it when the guard actually obeyed. If it had been her she would have flatly refused, after all if it was safe why didn't Missy take a look for herself? She half expected the guard to be sucked into some sort of vortex the moment he carefully opened the door, yet as she craned her neck to see she was disappointed only to be confronted with what appeared to be another non-descript room.

"Just an office…" The guard exclaimed with a sigh of relief as clearly he had shared Osgood's belief and his relief at not dying horribly for a second time was palpable.

Clearly that was not the answer Missy had been hoping for as her eyebrows creased as she glared down the corridor. "That isn't right."

"Great so we're lost. Brilliant!" Osgood couldn't help but snort, regretting it slightly when Missy turned those ice blue eyes on her and there was no sign of amusement in their depths.

"No we're not Skippy." Missy hissed. "You may be lost but I know precisely where we are; only someone is playing a game with us, moving things around. Not that it will stop me but it will make things… interesting." She added her blue eyes lighting up with something akin to manic glee.

"You mean there is someone here other than us?" Osgood demanded her desire for adventure shrinking rapidly when Missy's grin grew. "Something's stalking us?"

"After a fashion." Missy shrugged unconcerned reaching up to pat her hair.

"And what happens if it catches up to us?" Osgood cursed her inability to not ask the question everyone was thinking but no one really wanted to know the answer too.

Stepping forward Missy closed the distance between them and Osgood stood her ground as best she could when her knees started trembling.

"Do you really want to know Skip?" Missy asked familiarly as she reached out and patted Osgood on the head like a favoured pet and Osgood's face creased in revulsion.

"Yes." Osgood forced herself to reply, refusing to admit aloud just how terrifying it was being so close to The Master once more. To feel the artificial warmth of her breath on her cheek just like she had when she had bargained for her life before the excruciating burn of Missy's vaporiser had been turned on her.

If there was a right answer this clearly was it as Missy's indulgent expression turned into a broad smile as she cocked her head and stared at Osgood appraisingly, muttering to herself. "Brave little thing aren't you…"

Opening her mouth to reply Osgood was shocked to silence as The Master struck, whirling around she pushed Thing Two and the armed guard stumbled forward. It was over in a flash, one moment he was there and then suddenly he was gone as a wall of fire erupted in front of them and the heat had them all staggering back in shock and horror.

Breathing in the man's dying scream Missy sighed in something skin to satisfaction, "Now that's what I call a firewall", before turning back to her little ducklings, her eyebrow raised at their horrified expressions, an innocent look on her face. "Well you did ask."

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