Chapter 10: Darkness in the Heart
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It was early in the morning and The Doctor, Jack and Sarah Jane were arguing about what they should do.
"We should go, it isn't safe here."
"Doctor, if the Master comes back to earth he could find us no matter where we are, we are safer together."
"I have to agree with Jack, we are safer together."
"But we are still not safe here, we should stick together but find a safer location."
"Fine, I say we go to the hub, we take the TARDIS, we will be safe there."
"We can't stay there for ever."
"I know, but if we connect the Rift manipulator program to the TARDIS we can trace the rift conditions and follow him through the Rift."
"Right, get everyone up, we will eat and pack up, we will get to the hub and get to work."
Meanwhile Jenny was fighting for her own mind, but as hard as she fought it she could feel herself surrendering to the darkness and she felt herself remembering something that had been hidden.
"What are you doing to me Master?"
"Your plan B, my sleeper agent."
"What are you doing?"
"I am implanting something in your mind, lets call it the Dark, it is part of my mind, if my plan A fails, you will activate and......"
Jenny felt the darkness take the last part of her mind before the memory could return, her eyes turned black for a second before returning to normal, suddenly she felt a sense of purpose and she climbed out of the tent, she found the others preparing breakfast.
"Jack."
"What's up you two?"
"It is Jenny, she is acting a little odd."
"What do you mean?"
"Well for one she is not eating, not even a coffee."
"She is not talking to anybody."
"And just look at her, look at her eyes."
Jack looked over at Jenny and just for a second made eye contact with her.
"Oh my god, right we will tell the Doctor and once we get to the Hub we can get Owen to do some scans, blood tests, mental activity the works."
The three of them marched over to the Doctor.
"Doctor, something is up with Jenny."
"In what way?"
"We don't know, but I say we get her back to the Hub and do some tests."
"What sort of tests?"
"Nothing to invasive, a scan, blood test, the usual."
"What do you think is wrong."
"We don't know but just look at her eyes."
"Doctor!"
"What Sarah Jane?"
"Everyone is ready, if you don't hurry up Tosh and Luke might work out how to fly this thing and take off."
"We will deal with this when we get back to the Hub."
The Doctor ran into the TARDIS followed by Jack, Ianto and Rose and he started to flick switches, nobody noticed Jenny observing from the side, they landed with a jolt and the Doctor ran out of the doors, everyone else followed and found the Doctor staring in awe at the rift manipulator.
"Wow Jack, that is fantastic."
Everyone else who hadn't seen it was looking at the Hub.
"And this is under the middle of Cardiff bay?"
"Yep, good isn't it?"
The Doctor was already running round the machine prodding bits with the sonic screwdriver.
"Right just give it five minutes and we can track him."
"Doctor look at Jenny."
The Doctor looked over at Jenny and caught her eye.
"Oh god, I know that look, she has part of the Master in her mind."
"So what do we do?"
"We, well use this results to track the Master and find a way to get his mind out of her, and where is she?"
"I dunno, Donna, where is Jenny?"
"TARDIS!"
"Oh no!"
The Doctor rushed over to the TARDIS door and tried to get it open.
"Jenny open this up, fight him, you can do it."
At that moment the engines started up.
"Doctor, what is going on?"
"It is the Master, he has control of her."
"So what do we do?"
"Jack I am sorry about this, but I need you to go with her."
"I understand."
Jack grabbed onto the side of the TARDIS and vanished with is.
"What now Doctor?"
"We hope Jack can stop him."