Jack followed the Doc out of the smoke filled TARDIS, coughing violently. Once outside…well, more like inside some kind of parking garage, he leaned his hands on his knees and waited for his lungs to clear. He heard the Doc cough. He glanced over at the Time Lord.

"Nice landing, Doc. I see some things haven't changed," he joked.

"I could've landed her perfectly if we weren't crashing, Jack," the Doc snapped.

"Sure you could've."

He stood up and looked around. Yep, parking garage. He glanced at the TARDIS and noticed all the debris. The TARDIS crashed through the roof…he stepped over and looked at the hole…no, ground. They were in an underground parking garage.

"So, how much trouble are we going to get in for that?" Jack asked, looking from the hole the TARDIS made to the Doc.

"For what?" the Time Lord asked, glancing at him and then noticed the hole. "Ah, that's really not good, but I'm sure she'll be fine."

"I wasn't talking about your TARDIS Doc. I'm sure someone heard or saw that."

"Maybe we'll get lucky."

Jack laughed.

"The one thing I've noticed is that I'm never lucky when I'm around you."

"What're you talking about? I'm Mr. Lucky…" Jack eyed him. "Okay, that's a rubbish title, but my point is I always make it out of whatever scrape I'm in."

"The first time I met you I wound up in a ship with an exploding bomb."

"That was your own fault, releasing those nanogenes, and I saved you, if I remember correctly, which I do, photographic memory," the Doc said, tapping the side of his head.

"Then there was the time I almost died because that Slitheen survived and you didn't realize she intended to use the TARDIS to blow up Cardiff until it was too late."

"Almost too late and we survived, I might add."

"Only because the TARDIS saved us. And what about the time I did die and Rosie brought me back only she accidentally made me immortal. And the time you took me to the end of the universe and-"

The Doc held up his hand.

"Alright, Jack, I get it, but no one has come yet and I'm sure if-"

The Doc was cut off by the sound of not one, but multiple guns cocking at the same time. Jack couldn't help rolling his eyes before turning around to find a dozen soldiers standing behind them with guns drawn. How did I know this was going to happen?

The Doctor slowly turned around. Soldiers? Really? Why was there always an army? He gave Jack a sideways glance. He could almost hear the I told you so running through the man's mind. A man in a dress uniform stepped in front of the soldiers.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The man glanced from the TARDIS, debris, large gaping hole, and then to Jack and the Doctor. The Time Lord pulled a look of happy sincerity over his face and extended his hand.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor and this is Jack," he said, taking a step forward at which point all the guns trained on him, making him stop.

"The Doctor?" The man asked and then seemed to muse for a moment. "Did she send you?"

She? She who? He wasn't sure who the bloke was talking about, but it was a way in and he wasn't about to overlook it.

"Yes, as a matter of fact she did. Sent me and Jack to make sure everything was running along smoothly."

"She doesn't know then? I was afraid of that when I couldn't get in touch with her. I can't believe she sent another Doctor, where does she get you guys anyway?"

Another Doctor? He knew the bloke had to be an actual doctor, but still it intrigued him. He needed to get out of there and find Rose, but with the TARDIS repairing he was stuck for the time being.

"Would you mind asking them to stand down? I really don't like guns being pointed at me and I'm sure Jack doesn't either."

"Oh, right. Sorry. Stand down."

The soldiers lowered their weapons and the Doctor breathed a sigh of relief, not that either one of them would've actually died, but he didn't feel like regenerating right then.

"Thank you…" the Doctor said, closing the distance between them.

"Captain Grant," the man introduced.

"Captain Grant, yes," the Doctor said, as if he knew the name. Had to keep the facade up. "Now, about this other doctor."

"Come on and I'll fill you in." The Doctor followed him to the lift with Jack trailing. Once the man pushed the button he turned to them. "I want you to be clear that I tried to get hold of her as soon as I found out it happened. It was that doctor she sent. She put him in charge so she can't blame me for any of this."

He was rambling nervously.

"Of course you're right. She can't very well hold you responsible for something your superior did." The Doctor gave Grant a reassuring smile. "What exactly did he do?"

"The plan was to keep the girl until she had her baby. That's what Drexler told me in the beginning, but after she put that doctor in charge everything changed."

The Doctor froze. The moment Grant mentioned she had her baby his mind snapped to Rose. Of course! He had to stop himself from slapping his forehead because he just realized where they must have ended up. As they were flying into the crack he'd entered the coordinates Jack gave him for the place Rose was being held. The TARDIS must have crashed there. That meant…oh, that meant they found her. In just a few minutes he'd be reunited with her. He had to keep Grant talking so he could assess the situation in the compound and work out a plan to get her out of there.

"What changed?" he asked, trying to keep Grant from figuring out what he was going to do.

"He brought in a woman. I don't think Drexler even knew about her. She pretty much took over things while the doctor spent most of his time with the girl."

The Doctor's eyes narrowed. He was sure when Grant talked about the girl he meant Rose and he didn't like the idea of her spending time with this doctor, whoever the hell he was, but he decided to focus on answers.

"What woman?"

The doors to the lift slid open and Grant stepped inside followed by the Doctor and Jack. He waited while Grant pressed a button then he finally got his answer as the doors slid shut.

"Kovarian, she called herself. Madam Kovarian."

The Doctor froze. Kovarian? No! It couldn't be the same woman who'd taken River from Amy when she was a baby and turned her into a weapon to kill him. It just couldn't be. He swallowed and Jack seemed to notice his discomfort.

"Doc?" Jack asked, but he shook his head to keep the man from questioning him further. He needed to keep up the ruse that they belonged there.

"Kovarian," the Doctor cleared his throat when he realized his voice was quieter than he intended. "Kovarian was working with this doctor?"

"Yes, he's the one who brought her in."

"What…what did she look like?"

"Dark, curly hair, middle-aged, she was wearing a strange looking eye patch…"

The Doctor stopped listening after the eye patch, which was actually an Eye Drive, but Grant didn't know that. So, she'd been here and not only her the Silence must have been there as well otherwise she wouldn't have been wearing the Eye Drive. Was she from here? Or did she come to this universe by some other means? How did she even get from one universe to the other? He had too many questions, none of which Grant could answer. The doctor. He needed to find out more about this doctor.

He opened his mouth to ask the doctor's name and then realized he couldn't do that. Grant thought he was working for the same woman that doctor worked for. Asking for a name would give him away.

The lift doors slid open and he followed Grant down a long hallway with Jack walking beside him. As he made his way down the hall he tried to come up with a way to find out more about that doctor without giving himself away.

Grant opened a door on the left and they all stepped into…a security room. Definitely not what the Doctor expected. He thought Grant would take him to Rose's room, but instead he stood in a room filled with security monitors, computers, and desks. A young man of about twenty sat at one of the desks typing on a keyboard. He stood up, abruptly, and saluted the moment they walked in the door. Grant returned his salute and then motioned for him to continue working. The young man sat down.

"I thought you were going to take us to see the girl," the Doctor said. "I was sent here to make sure everything was in order."

He hoped Grant wouldn't see through his lie or notice the worry in his eyes that he was trying to hide.

"Can't very well do that," Grant said.

"Can't or won't?" the Doctor asked, feeling anger building inside of him.

"She isn't here."

"Isn't here? Where the hell is she?"

"Doc," Jack warned and he felt the man grip his shoulder.

Right. The facade. Damn it! He pulled the mask back over is emotions.

"The doctor took her," Grant said.

Took her? Took her where? How the hell was he supposed to find her? He had to find out who this doctor was. He needed a name.

"What was his name again?" Jack asked, as if he could hear the Doctor's thoughts. Grant eyed him, but Jack gave him a teasing smile. "Sorry, I was out late last night. Met a girl in a bar if you know what I mean." He gave Grant a wink. "I was just pulled in this morning and briefed before I was sent out with this bloke."

Grant gave him a disproving, anyone-can-work-for-the-government-these-days, look. Then shook his head.

"Doctor John Chambers."

The Doctor was pretty sure his eyes widened and he hoped Grant didn't notice. Chambers. It was the same name on a document he'd been forced to sign. The name the Valeyard was going by when he was trying to kill the Doctor so he could get the Time Lord's remaining regenerations. It couldn't be him, could it? If Rose was with…He didn't even want to consider what might be happening to her.

"The only thing is I don't know how he got her out," Grant continued.

"What's that?" the Doctor asked, brought out of his tormenting thoughts about just what Rose might be going through.

"He didn't take her up the lift and that's the only way in or out of the compound."

Another thought struck the Doctor. One that told him how they might've gotten out and began to cement the idea that Rose's captor was indeed the Valeyard. He glanced around the room at the security monitors and then eyed Grant.

"You have security cameras in all the rooms?" he asked.

"Yes."

"Then you have footage of Dr. Chambers?"

"Yes, but I can't see-"

"Run the last hour before he took her. Just the footage of him," the Doctor ordered.

"The last hour? How is that going to help?" Grant asked, making no move to fulfill the Doctor's demands.

The Time Lord glared at him. He didn't have time to play nice with the Captain. Every second he wasted was another second Rose would have to spend with the…No, he can't be the Valeyard. He just can't be!

"Chambers obviously planned on taking her. I doubt it was a last minute decision, which means whatever steps he put in place to ensure he'd get away with her, he put into place right before he took her. If I can see what he did then maybe I can work out where he took her."

What he actually wanted to do was figure out if he was right about how Chambers took her, but he wasn't going to tell Grant that.

The Captain walked over to the monitors and brought up the feed for the day and time the Doctor requested as Jack and the Time Lord watched.

Jack wasn't sure what was going on with the Doc. He noticed the shock and fear on the Time Lord's face when Grant said the name Dr. John Chambers. He wasn't sure what was up with that name, but the Doc obviously recognized it, though he wasn't sure how that was possible since they were in a parallel universe.

A moment later the monitors came to life with the feed that the Doc requested. He looked around at the screens and then noticed someone. Someone he hoped to never see again. He was pretty sure his heart stopped. The Master. If he had Rosie that was…the worst thing that could ever happen to her with a whole truck load of even worse piled on top.

He looked at the Doc and saw the horror he felt mirrored on the Time Lord's face. How was the Master even there? He was dead. That woman, Lucy, shot him. Jack watched the other Time Lord die in the Doc's arms.

"Doc?" Jack asked, wanting to find out how the Mater could be there, what was going on, and what the other Time Lord would want with Rosie, but he knew he couldn't. Not in front of Grant.

The Doc swallowed. His eyes glued to the screen. Jack turned his attention back to the screens, but he couldn't see the Master in any of them.

"Where did he go?" he asked.

"Oh," Grant said, typing some keys. "Sorry one of the cameras has been acting up. I'll get the feed in a minute."

A few, impatient, minutes later another monitor flickered to life and he saw Rosie standing in what must have been her room. She looked exactly like he remembered when she handed Violet to him. She was even wearing the same hospital gown. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed the Doc tense up.

The door opened and the Master stepped inside. He said something and then began searching the room. Rosie glared at him, defiantly and Jack couldn't help the smile that crept over his lips.

"S-sound?" the Doc asked with an unsteady voice. He cleared his throat and then tried again. "Is there any sound?"

"Yes," Grant said, typing keys. "There."

The speakers crackled to life.

"Where is she?" the Master's voice demanded from the speakers.

"Somewhere you'll never find her," Rosie replied and then she smiled.

The Master grabbed her shoulders and shook her. Jack wanted to strangle the other Time Lord and one glance to his right told him that the Doc wanted to do far worse. His mouth was set in a grim line, his eye had gone cold as he glared at the screen, and his hands that were fisted at his sides shook with rage.

"Tell me where she is!" the Master yelled.

"No!"

"If you don't tell me you're going to regret it."

"Kill me if you want. I'm not going to tell you anything!"

"Kill you?" The Master pulled her close, very close and when she started to struggle he tightened his hold on her. Jack watched the Doc vault over anger and go straight to fury. He was pretty sure the Time Lord was considering climbing through the monitor to get to the Master. Of course, that wouldn't have worked, but he looked like he was thinking about it. "Rosie, don't you know how important you are to me?"

Rosie? What the hell was he doing calling her that? He narrowed his eyes. He was sure the Master was doing it because he knew that's what Jack called her. The other Time Lord liked to play mind games like that.

Fury and Rage coursed through the Doctor's veins. After the Time War, no, he amended, after Rose he hadn't wanted to kill anyone. He tried to save the Master countless times. Hell he even tried to save Davros, but none of that mattered. Not anymore. The Master had gone too far this time. He took the one person the Doctor would tear universes apart to save.

A moment later the Master pulled Rose out into the hall and the sound stopped, which was probably for the best. Hearing her voice and knowing the Master had her was enough to drive the Doctor over the edge. He watched them walk down the hall and enter the room that he now stood in.

The Master walked over to the desk of the same young man who sat to the Doctor's right. He bent over and seemed to be looking at the monitor, but what he was seeing would remain a mystery because the camera was positioned in such a way that the monitor wasn't visible.

The Master got upset and the kid looked scared then the other Time Lord was reaching for his sonic. A device the Doctor knew all too well. Then Rose put her hand over the Master's and he…What? He actually stopped what he was doing. She was talking and he was listening intently and the Doctor was trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Then the Master pulled his hand away and drug her out the door and down the hall.

The Doctor's hearts un-clinched. He wasn't sure what was going on with the display between the two of them, but for a moment…He pushed the thoughts aside. Rose would never…especially with him…The Master was making him lose his mind, as well as the fear he felt for her, for what she might be going through.

The Master pulled her into a room and up to a wardrobe. When he pulled out the key the Doctor knew that it wasn't merely a wardrobe as it appeared to be. How did he get a TARDIS? The last time he saw the Master was when he stepped into the…Wait! How the hell was he even here? How had he gotten out of the time lock? He should be dead! He should've burned with Gallifrey!

He studied the Master's appearance more intently. He was wearing a suit, but he had the same face he'd had after regenerating into the man who would take the name Harold Saxton and the same blonde hair he had after his resurrection that went wrong, but he didn't appear to be suffering the side effects that plagued him after Lucy sabotaged his resurrection. A moment later the Master disappeared into his TARDIS, taking Rose with him.

When the wardrobe vanished he heard Jack gasp. He glanced at the man noting the stunned look that transformed into one of horrified understanding as he realized what the wardrobe really was.

"Thank you, Captain Grant," the Doctor said, turning to the uniformed man. "I think we've learned all we can. I should give her my re-"

He was turning to leave, but the Captain stepped in front of him with a gun pointed at the Doctor.

"Did you really think you could fool me?" Grant asked.

The Doctor decided to bite back the response that, yes, he really did.

"What are you talking about?" he asked, instead, feigning ignorance.

"I thought I recognized him in the parking garage," Grant motioned toward Jack with the gun, "...but I couldn't place him until you asked me to bring up the security feed then I realized where I'd seen him. In the girl's room. You see, the camera works perfectly, but of course I couldn't let you know that. I saw you appear in her room and then vanish after she gave you her baby. So, tell me who the hell are you two?"

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