AGAIN I DO NOT OWN DOCTOR WHO AND STUFF
Sorry it's been so long... college apps and work and stuff... but I'm working on something big!
anywho...
The Master.
Just the name itself sent a chill down her spine.
"Doctor, who is that?" She asked in a cold tone.
For awhile, The Doctor stared.
In this short moment of time, the Doctor became entangled in the thoughts of his mind for what seemed to be hours. How could this be? Why is the Master coming after them? How did he survive?
"Doctor... are you alright?"
The Doctor woke from his trance and ran to the console. Rose threw on the nearest T-shirt and pair of jeans, following him afterwards.
"Rose, the Master is... well..." he started saying, when suddenly the TARDIS shook violently as it made its famous wooshing noise.
"I really thought I was the last Time Lord. I thought he was gone."
Rose, holding onto the handles of the console, gave him a confused and uncomfortable smile. "Are you saying...
"Yes, he is a Time Lord."
Before Rose could say something again, the Doctor had suddenly became angry and shouted, "And he is NOT one of the good ones. He is merciless, evil, and a poor excuse of a man. Someone who doesn't deserve the name Time Lord."
The TARDIS landed and both Rose and The Doctor grew very serious at this point. Although Rose wasn't sure what she was dealing with (even though she never is), she knew it had to be something very bad. The Doctor walked up to her, tears in his eyes.
"The Master is- was my br- friend. We were so close as children growing up on Gallifrey. But he did some very, very terrible and unforgivable things. He is a monster. He is merciless."
Rose looked at him with sorrow.
"Are you okay?"
The Doctor cleared his throat and suddenly became very happy (or, at least pretended that he was). "Anyway, it again is up to us to save the world. You ready?"
Rose watched him run out the TARDIS doors and ran after him, nervous but excited. She never got tired of that feeling.
Once outside, they saw they were parked in a dark, strange alleyway. The Doctor waited for Rose to catch up before they both ran off, holding hands.
"Where are we going?" asked Rose. "We're headed to the Torchwood base for a top secret assignment," he said blankly.
It was clear something was bothering the Doctor, because he hadn't sounded as excited as he usually would. But Rose thought it best not to ask what's wrong.
Once they arrived, they informed security they're here to see top Torchwood officials.
"Sir," the guard said, "we aren't expecting anyone today."
The Doctor whispered something into his ear and the guard's eyes widened with shock. He then opened the doors for The Doctor and his companion. "Right this way," he said, saluting the Doctor.
"Why does everyone always do that?" he asked Rose. Rose giggled. A soft giggle, but her smile always cheered him up no matter how dire of a situation he was in.
"Anyway," the Doctor said to Rose in a softer voice, "according to Jack, the Master has done something very horrible that puts everyone in danger. I can't tell you what, Jack wouldn't tell me over the phone but he said it was bad. I'm looking around and everyone seems to be very calm, like it's a normal day." He was right - no one was freaking out, everyone was acting like everything was okay.
Rose tapped on the shoulder of a woman in a lab coat passing by. "Um, excuse me but do you know where Jack is?
The woman laughed. "Sweetheart, your Doctor here has got the wrong address. Jack isn't here - he's over at UNIT. It's odd though, some man told me you two lovebirds would stop by and ask that exact question. Anyway, he's not here."
"What 'some man' is this?" The Doctor asked her.
"I dunno, just some man. Does it matter? Anyway I have to get back to work."
The Doctor and Rose both exchanged confused glances. "Okay, thanks," Rose said. As the woman walked off, Rose spoke to the Doctor, "So this is a setup?"
The Doctor whispered to Rose, his face close to hers, "Rose, this is a trap and we need to get out of here right now."
Rose became very serious and the two slowly headed for the exit.
The Doctor quickly put his hand over her stomach as to stop her. "Don't move. I have a very bad feeling something-" and as soon as he said that, a huge firey explosion happened right outside the front doors of the building. Blood and fire and terror filled the massive room as glass shards fell and flew wherever they could.
"ROSE!" He shouted, "Are you okay?"
The Doctor tried to shield Rose as best he could but they both had shards of glass lodged in their skin.
She nodded and they backed from the fire. The Doctor saw people bleeding, burning, running, screaming and all he could think about was the Time War. Bodies flying, blood spilling. So much blood.
Already ambulances and firetrucks drove up to the scene.
"Doctor we have to help these people!" Rose urged, tugging at the Doctor to wake him from his trance.
The Doctor and Rose separated and tried their best to help people up and escape anywhere there was an opportunity to in the building.
The building emptied rather quickly, being that there were likely structured procedures in case this event were to occur. After all, they were Torchwood.
The other sects of the Torchwood building were alien-proof, so certainly they were fire proof. However, it was obvious this structure did not carry out to the very front of the building.
The Doctor and Rose ran from the scene and into the TARDIS panting.
"Rose, throw me your cell!" he said. Rose tossed him her cell phone and he used his sonic screwdriver on it.
"I sent out a message to emergency responders to arrive on the scene so that they will have come moments after it happened."
"Doctor, what the hell is going on?" she barked, "People have died and you just left them!"
"No, they are not dead and they won't die. Injured, yes, but I promise the fallen will get back up. It is out of our hands now. Whoever set us up to be there WANTED us to help, we were an open target, being watched."
Rose flinched as the shards of glass stung in her skin. The Doctor set up coordinates for the TARDIS and glanced to see the woman he loved so dearly in pain. He walked over to her and looked her in her eyes.
"This may feel a tad weird but I can make this better. Trust me."
Rose let her arms out to reveal shards of glass everywhere. The Doctor held her hands and closed his eyes. Suddenly, her arms became very hot and tingly. A golden light began arising from them and the glass pieces seemed to just fall off of her. Her bloody wounds started to heal themselves.
"What are you doing?" she asked out of concern.
The Doctor let go and the glowing of her arms had stopped. He saw a cut on her cheek and cupped her face with his hands. The same thing happened to her face and suddenly the wound was gone.
"All better?"
"Doctor, what did you-"
"Are you okay?"
Rose asked again, "Doctor, what did you do?"
Silence.
"Yes, Doctor, I am okay. What was that?"
The Doctor went back to the console of the TARDIS and fiddled around with the switches and buttons. The wooshing began once more.
"I used some regeneration energy to fix your wounds. I hope you don't mind."
Rose looked at him in disapproval. "Why? Why would you waste your literal LIFE energy on me? I'm not worth it-"
Suddenly the TARDIS began to erupt in shaking, cutting her sentence short. They both held on tight as the shaking then stopped.
"I set the coordinates to UNIT. Someone wants us dead and we need to find out why. The fact that whoever is trying to kill us can predict the future - something is very wrong."
Rose grabbed his hand and looked at him.
"Let's go then, yeah?"
He smiled. He loved the feeling of holding her hand.
They walked out the doors to several soldiers holding guns at them. When they saw who it was, they put their guns down and became at ease. They all saluted to his presence.
"Oi, stop that, what did we talk about?"
Once they put their hands down, Rose stepped in. "We're looking for someone from Torchwood, has anyone seen a man by the name of Captain Jack?"
One of the soldiers muttered to the other, "Blimey, he was right. Word for word. Guess we owe him a couple hundred quid."
The Doctor became very angry and stepped up to him. "Who was right?"
The soldiers all became very tense again as another one spoke, "It was some new bloke in the building who said he'd bet a pretty blonde would say those words."
Chills went down the Doctor's spine. Someone was watching them. Right now.
"So he's not here, is he?" Rose said, confused.
"No, sorry miss."
The Doctor, stumped, paced back and forth, thinking.
"Well, we think he may be at Torchwood, miss."
The Doctor felt a vibration in his pocket. He saw a text from Mickey. He didn't mean to snoop but he was already looking. "Hi pretty." it read. The Doctor was about to put it back when another text came in, saying, "Oh, and hi Rose too." He tapped Rose and showed her what "Mickey" had sent.
Another one came in.
"Don't bother looking around. Jack isn't there."
The Doctor stepped into the TARDIS, Rose accompanying him.
"Doctor, is someone watching us?"
Just as she said that, more messages flooded in.
"Sorry for the confusion. I love games."
"Want to play another one?"
"Let's play Simon Says."
"Simon says come stop by at your mother's house..."
"...while you still have a mother."
The Doctor scrambled to enter coordinates for Jackie's flat.
Not a word was exchanged, they both knew the direness of the situation.
Rose stared at the phone in shock and sadness. What if it was too late? How did this mystery person know what they would say exactly? How did this happen?
Another text was received, this one making Rose tear up.
"OBEY YOUR MASTER."