I've been asked by a few people about the 11th Doctor and when he'll be coming back into the story and my reply is - there will be a chapter with him in it after the next one, but there will be other chapters without him for timey wimey reasons.

I have made some assumptions - my own of course - as to what the Silents are, where they came from, and why a certain dark haired, Eye Drive wearing woman hates the Doctor.

Hope you all enjoy the chapter! :)

The Master stared out the false window, impatiently. He called his friend over three hours ago. She should've been there by now. She knew better than to keep him waiting.

"Going by Dr. Chambers now?" a woman asked from the doorway.

He turned to look at her. She was wearing a black suit with her dark, curly hair pulled up and held at the top of her head. She gazed at him with one eye.

"Kovarian," he greeted, ignoring her question. He had his reasons for using the name, but he wasn't going to get into that with her. "You went with the Eye Drive then?"

"I'd rather not have an implant in case something goes wrong," she replied stepping into the room.

"Don't you trust me?"

He had full control over the Silents since they were tuned to his mind. Something no one else knew he was doing when he helped create them. With the exception of a quick witted lab tech, but he'd been easy to take care of.

"Did you forget that I was there when they were created? I remember what you did to the team you were working with."

He smiled, remembering how shocked they were when the creatures they created to help defeat the future Cybermen turned on them. The screaming and panic. It was fantastic!

"I did use them to defeat the Cybermen. Saved the entire universe, if I remember correctly, which I do."

"Only because it was in your best interest since you still hadn't fixed your TARDIS."

"And you came with me because it was in your best interest."

Kovarian hated the Doctor almost as much as he did because her entire planet was converted by the Cybermen. Of course, he was the one who pointed out that the creation of the future Cybermen was the Doctor's fault, which it was because he was responsible for stopping the Cybermen when they were first created in this universe.

The Doctor didn't take into account that maybe they were meant to destroy the human race, which they were. The human race wasn't supposed to survive in this universe. The Master could see that, but then his mind had always been stronger, which was why he was able to tune into the time lines here.

The thing was, the universe, be it parallel or not, always finds a way to work itself out. To get back to the path it was meant to follow. So, the Cybermen were created again, only thousands of years in the future. They were stronger, able to destroy not only the human race, but the entire universe.

Kovarian shifted next to him, bringing him out of his thoughts.

"Why did it take you three hours to get here?" he asked.

"Research," she said.

"You spent three hours doing research?"

"Did you know that the girl's father runs Torchwood?"

"And why should that matter?"

"They have their own military and right now he has everyone who works there running around looking for his precious daughter. If you hadn't left that body at her flat we could've concentrated their search area."

"How do you know I was at her flat?"

She raised her visible eyebrow.

"Fine, but I didn't kill him."

"You didn't?" she asked, disbelief evident in her voice.

"No, I'd say I put him out of his misery. He was already dying."

"Still, you should've brought the body."

She was a stickler for details. Something he liked and hated about her, depending on his mood and at the moment he was becoming irritated.

"I'll remember that next time."

"What are we going to do about her father?"

"He's not really her father." She gave him a quizzical look. "She's from a parallel universe, my universe, and so was the man at her flat who was actually half-Time Lord."

"If he was half-Time Lord how can you be sure he's dead?"

She was the only person in this universe who knew he was a Time Lord, well her and Rose, but since the girl was his prisoner it didn't matter what she knew. She wasn't going anywhere. The Doctor wasn't there and he'd make sure her father didn't get anywhere near her, even if he had to kill him, which he wouldn't have thought twice about before, but now that the drums were gone he could control himself easier. Most of the time.

"Human body. One life. He's dead," he replied, offhandedly.

"Well, whether or not he's her father he's still looking for her along with the rest of Torchwood," she said.

"But they're only looking because he's the Director."

"So?"

"So, if he stops being the Director then the search stops."

"If you kill him that's only going to create another search, unless they think the two are related in which case it'll bring in the rest of the authorities."

"I wasn't talking about killing him. As much fun as that would be I don't want to draw attention to myself either. I was talking about taking away his privileges. Barring him from Torchwood."

"How are you going to do that?"

"Oh, I'm not going to do that. The Vice President will do that."

"But you can't just take away his privileges."

"They can be taken away if there's a formal hearing."

He was already formulating a plan. One that would not only keep her father out of Torchwood and keep him busy for a while, but also make his friends suspicious. Without anyone to help him, he'd be on his own.

"About?"

"About his daughter who really isn't his daughter and the fact that she's gone missing."

"Make it look like he's guilty?"

He smiled and she returned his smile.

"Make it look like he might be. A hearing can be stretched out for years. By the time it comes to pass we'll be gone, taking the girl and her child with us."

"Very cleaver."

No, it was brilliant, but he let her comment slide. It was time to get started.

"How many did you bring?"

"Just one. He's out in the hall."

"One?"

"That's all we need. It's only a test run, remember? Besides I had a hell of a time making it down the hall with the one. Kept running into some idiot in a dress uniform. I had to tell him who I was three times because he couldn't remember seeing me."

He laughed. Must have been Grant. He would've liked to see that. He enjoyed the way they affected people, but he enjoyed watching them kill much more. Maybe he could fire a few of the employees after they were done testing Rose. Yes, he'd enjoy that.

"No time like the present to find out if it works on her," the Master said, turning to walk out.

"And if it doesn't?"

"We can bring in her mum or her little brother until her child is born."

He heard Kovarian follow as he stepped out the door. The Silent was standing in the hall like she said. It fell into step behind them as he continued down the hall toward to room he told Grant to move Rose to. One with a mirrored window so he could watch and issue orders out of sight.

A strong stench invaded Rose's nose, banishing Marion and New Earth. She tried to keep her eyes closed because she could sense him, in the room with her. After he left her the first time he sent men in to drag her out of her room and when she fought them they used chloroform to knock her out the same way her attacker had subdued her.

"Wakey, wakey," the Master sang.

The stench came back, stronger than before, making her cough. She opened her eyes. Her head felt like it was splitting and the glare from the lights intensified the pain.

She tried to move and realized she was strapped to the chair she was sitting in. What the hell? She tried to focus, but her vision blurred. She wasn't sure if that was an effect from the chloroform or something else.

"Hold her head," he ordered.

She felt someone grab her chin and hair then force her head back. She struggled, but without the use of her hands she was powerless. The Master bent over her, close enough for her to see him through the blur. He had something in his hand.

"What are you doing?" she yelled.

"This will help. I promise," he said, reassuringly, only she didn't trust him as far as she could throw him and at that moment she couldn't even pick him up.

A drop of liquid landed in her left eye. She tried to wrench her head out of the hands that held her, but it was no use. Another drop landed in her right eye and a moment later her vision cleared as the throbbing in her head subsided.

"Better?" he asked as her head was released.

"What did you give me?" she snapped, glaring at him.

"Something for your head. Chloroform is pretty nasty, but it's the only thing safe enough to use on you. Wouldn't want to harm your child."

She almost laughed. Why would he care what happened to her child? He only cared about himself. She'd learned that much about him from their meeting.

"What do you care about my child?"

"Just in case things don't go as well as I hope I need something to make you cooperate."

Her chest tightened. He…he was going to use her child to make her do what he wanted?

"Why are you doing this?"

"You know why and as much as I'd like to sit here chatting we should get on with the tests."

"What tests?"

"First, introductions," he said, ignoring her question. "This," a woman with dark curly hair stepped from behind Rose to stand next to the Master. "…is Madam Kovarian and that," he pointed to his right. Rose turned her head to find a tall humanoid creature with grey skin, a large mouth-less head, wearing a black suit, "…is one of our friends."

"You think some alien's going to scare me?" Rose asked, turning back to look the Master in the eye and then she couldn't remember what she'd been about to say.

"What do you think of our friend?" the Master asked.

"What friend?"

"The one over there."

He pointed to his right. Rose turned her head. A tall humanoid creature with grey skin…wait…she already saw it, didn't she? Yes, she saw it and then when she looked away she forgot. What the hell is going on?

"Rose."

She looked at the Master intent on asking him…asking him…she was sure she was going to ask him something.

"It seems to work," Kovarian said.

What works? Did they do something? No, they couldn't have, unless they did something when she was unconscious.

"What did you do?" Rose asked.

"Brilliant!" the Master exclaimed.

"We need to run the other tests from the control room," Kovarian said.

"Where are you going? What other tests?" Rose asked as she watched them walk toward the door. Then she caught sight of something standing in the room. An alien wearing a…wait…she'd already seen it and then forgot and then saw it again and then forgot again. What the hell is that thing?

Oh, this was going brilliantly, better than brilliant, fantastic. He was afraid that with the time energy her mind might be harder to control, but he should've known the creatures would work. After all he made sure they were strong enough to alter a Time Lord mind. Not his of course, well, they would've been able to alter his if he wasn't linked to them, which was why he made sure to link to them while they were being created.

He followed Kovarian into the control room on the other side of the false mirror. Rose was staring at the Silent. He was sure she realized that if she looked away she'd forget that it was even there. She was quick like that. He smiled. Yes, she would be very pleasant company, once she trusted him and once he changed her a bit. Got rid of all that compassion she had. Replaced it with something less boring. Blood lust, yes, blood lust was always nice.

She reminded him a bit of Lucy, well, if Lucy was smart. It didn't take him long to corrupt her. Rose on the other hand was going to be quite the challenge. He liked challenges, especially ones he knew he'd win.

He sat down in the chair with the microphone in front of him. With the link in place he could command the Silent telepathically while giving Rose instructions through the microphone.

"Rose," the Master said, holding down the button on the microphone.

Her head snapped up and she looked around the room, surprised by the sound of his voice.

"Where are you?" she asked.

"Somewhere I can see you."

She looked at the mirror. Oh, yes, she was brilliant, not as brilliant as he was, but enough to keep his interest. He instructed the Silent to step in front of her. The creature's movement brought her attention. She watched it walk toward her, stopping a few feet from the chair she was in. The Master smiled at the fear in her eyes. This was going to be quite fun.

"What is that thing? Why can't I remember it when I look away?"

"When you look away this time I want you to turn your head to the left," he instructed, choosing to ignore her questions.

"Why would I do that?" she asked.

"Because I told you to."

He instructed the Silent to move to her right and then step behind her where she couldn't see it. As soon as the creature was out of sight Rose turned her head to the left. Brilliant! This was going to work exactly as he hoped.

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