The Master landed on the ruins of Broadfell Prison after a long and bumpy ride. He stepped outside to confirm his surrounding and caught a whiff of the Doctor's residual scent.
"Ohh I have missed that." He thought and said out loud while taking in his surroundings. He noticed where he was and memories flooded back to him. Of his tampered resurrection, of Lucy, of his hunger…He was starved. At least now it was for the Doctor, and not because he was dying.
He couldn't help but notice that, even though he was healthy and alive and in the right world, he felt weird. He could sense himself; it was like he was having an out-of-body experience. He was startled out of his thoughts when he heard a car horn beep.
He looked to the driver's side and saw none other than his own face staring back at him.
"Get out of the way! What're you doing just standing in the street?" The stranger yelled to him.
He smiled, memories of this day from the past… the last words they shared. He had to see him again. Sooner rather than later.
He trotted off, toward the Doctor's scent, when he was stopped in his tracks when he was met by two, no… three, familiar faces.
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"'…took David on his first vacation to…gosh, I don't know? I'm not the best with details when I'm lying." Rose said to John. "…the States? Ooh, Australia!"
"I think it'd be best if this imaginary trip we were taking was a bit closer to home." John interjected.
"Well…" Rose sighed. "Why is this so difficult?"
"Why do you have to lie to your mum anyway? I've whisked you away before. Loads of times. She seems to have forgiven me." John asked.
"Where has this complete change of behavior come from anyway? The last time we talked about this, you said you were uncomfortable because we've been 'settled' for too long. What changed?" Rose questioned her spouse.
"Our lives are short, Rose. If I can compare one regeneration to one lifetime…it'll be over in an instant. It's time. It's time we had our own lives, away from your mum, away from home…travelling the stars like we used to. The limits are endless. We have a whole world to ourselves, and we shouldn't let it go to waste." John took a breath.
"But like it or not, David is my mum's grandchild as well. I was 19 when you first stole me from my boring life. David is 6. She's not going to agree to it, no matter how much you plead to her that you'll keep us safe." Rose replied.
"…How about a day trip to the zoo?" John suggested.
Rose smiled. She crumpled the piece of paper in her hand and got out a new one. "Took David on a trip to the zoo. Be back soon. Love, Rose and the Doctor.' Do you think she'll buy that?" Rose said.
"We'll be back before she can suspect anything." John genuinely smiled.
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"Now David, sweetie, when we come back, you can't tell grandma where we've been, or what we've been doing, okay?" Rose tried to persuade her little boy.
"Oh, come on. David, son, don't listen to your mother. Lying is bad." John said.
"But-"
"She might be suspicious, but we'll just tell her that we told him our stories and try to persuade her to let him come with us, without going behind her back." John whispered to Rose so David wouldn't hear. "He's a child; do you really think he would be able to hold all of that in?"
"Are we all set?" Rose exclaimed, so David could hear. John smiled.
"Allons-y!"
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The TARDIS was shaking uncontrollably, and Rose had to hold on to David because he was frightened.
"It's okay sweetie, it'll be over soon. I've got you." She rocked him back and forth and looked at John with concern.
The trembling stopped and they all let out a sigh of relief. John went to console his family and brought them to their feet.
"Wasn't that fun?" He asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Where are we?" Rose asked.
"Uhh…I don't know. It doesn't indicate that we've even changed location at all. But everything seems to be working…let me check outside." John went to the door and opened it slightly. That was all he needed to smell another Time Lord. "Rose…" She went to him, holding David by the hand.
"What's wrong?" She gasped. "Is that another TARDIS?" They stepped out and saw the ruins of the prison before them. They definitely weren't at the same location…Rose was unsure if they were even in the same universe. She ran into John, who was stopped right in front of her. She looked up at him to see that he was staring at something in the distance. She followed his line of vision to see none other than the Master.