Jack was still reeling from what the thing that called itself Sorsha had poured into his mind.

These creatures had been created by the Time Lords, long before the Doctor had been born.

They were created to do their dirty work and spill blood, but they had outlasted their usefulness and the Time Lords were going to discard them like rubbish. But by then they'd formed their own culture and they rebelled.

Yet they were still imprisoned, but despite that they had thrived and now there were no Time Lords to stop them.

"I ask again, where are his children?"

"Why would I tell you, you only want to hurt them."

Sorsha laughed. "Is that what you think, that we are savages? Why would I kill suitable hosts?"

"What about my people?"

"They are no longer your concern...it is your own fate you should worry about. Once more, where are his children?"

Jack shook his head and remained silent.

"So stubborn, then I will rip it from the minds of your compatriots."

"No...wait, I'll tell you. I told them to take them...I don't know where they are."

"Liar," the creature inhabiting the Master...Sisai went to strike Jack again.

He was stopped by a glare from Sorsha and meekly stepped back.

He narrowed his eyes. "No matter if you are lying or not, they will be found."

He turned to the Master and said something in that language again. The Master ...well Sisai smiled and it wasn't a pleasant smile.

Jack was dragged of his knees and out of the tent. He wasn't taken back to the others but was chained to one of the beasts that the creatures rode. Sisai yanked on his chain and hauled him up, until they were face to face.

"Just because my Lord desires you, doesn't mean I won't kill you."

Jack said nothing but thought plenty; even now that possessive streak managed to seep through.

"Frightened he'll ditch you and keep me."

Sisai said nothing, just gave him a disdainful look and walked away

He was left alone then, but his mind was busy; why did those things need hosts? Could it be that they couldn't pass through the vortex...well their physical bodies?

If he could escape, that could be used as an advantage.

Then it came to him, was that why the Master had tried to kill the Doctor...no host, no escaping the prison. But he could do nothing whilst chained...he would have to wait. Instead he concentrated on taking in as much detail as he could.

It was as he was looking at the vast mass of warriors, that he saw something. It was only a second but it was definitely the long chestnut hair of a certain Time Lord's daughter.

Ashena had heard the noise before she got to the cave entrance and she hid. The noises turned into snarls and growls, and then four creatures dressed in armour emerged.

She didn't recognise the species but every part of her being told her they were trouble. And were there were four, there were no doubt more, and if she was right, her parents were in trouble.

She moved from her hiding place and ran down the tunnels until she came to the cavern entrance. She crawled to the edge and peered over and stopped breathing...there was no way she was going to get through the throng of creatures.

Then she saw her parents, surrounded by the creatures but they didn't look like prisoners. She scuttled away from the ledge as a wave of uneasiness passed through her and her stomach churned.

They looked like her parents but somehow she knew they were not. She suppressed a shudder...whatever was going on had to be stopped and for that she would need an army and the nearest army was the rebel army.

She would have to put aside her hatred of humanity, if she was to save her parents.

Jack was starting to doze, if only to stop the thing he was chained to shuffling every time he moved. Footsteps woke him and he looked up, it was Gwen carrying a jug and a bowl and accompanied by one of the creatures.

"Thank god," she said as she knelt down and poured water into the bowl. "I thought they'd killed you when they didn't bring you back."

"No, just chained me here. I think big chief boy has a thing for me. But never mind me...are you and Ianto slaves?"

"At least they didn't kill us...humiliation I can stand."

Jack leant forward and whispered. "We will get out of this."

Gwen just smiled and moved away when the creature guarding her prodded her with his spear.

"We will get out of this!" he called out.

A shadow fell over him and a voice said. "Interesting, and when exactly were you going to try and get out of here?"

Jack was dragged back towards the tent but wasn't taken inside.

Sorsha dragged Jack up so that he stood just behind him. "My scouts tell me that the inhabitants of this place are small and weak...then this conquest will be short."

Jack looked at the walls of the cavern and then the single tunnel that was the exit. "Kinda' trapped here."

"You think so?" Sorsha replied. "Versah!" he yelled.

The sound of something being wheeled filled the air and from behind the tent came a cart, pulled by smaller versions of the creature that had destroyed the building.

A large cover hid whatever was on the cart until Sorsha pulled it off and Jack found himself looking at a rather elegant looking machine, with what looked like a crystal in the middle of it.

The whine of power filled the air as the machine came to life and the crystal began to glow.

Sorsha turned to Jack. "There is always a door."

The hum of power increased in volume and in a clear space at the edge of the horde a familiar shape began to form and the red and black swirl of a rift began to form.

It only took moments for it to form and then the horde began to move and form its ranks.

Sisai appeared leading two of the beasts and Sorsha mounted and Jack's chains were handed to him by the leader of the horde.

"Tesha!" Sorsha snarled and he turned his beast and kicked it forward, dragging Jack with him and the horde began to file through with the two things that inhabited the Doctor and the Master at its head...and a scourge that had not been seen for over nine millennia poured out of the other end and another war was about to come to New Gallifrey.