"What do you mean, you don't know what to do?!" Amy screamed, she ran to Melody as fast as she could, pulled her into her arms and stroked her hair. The Doctors both looked at the floor in silence. "I thought there was an old vortex opening that the Time Lords used. There may have been artefacts there once, but then I remembered I destroyed it when a group of human scientists tried to reactivate the vortex and take the objects around it." Raggedy said looking up but flinched when Rory marched forward, his chin set in a tense frame. "So that's it? We give up! You never gave up for us, any of us! But because River isn't one of your companions, you give up?" Rory held onto River, but River didn't seem to move, she almost resembled a statue. "Rory I'm sorry, I'm trying, we're trying, but, we don't know what to do..." The Doctor said, not lifting his head. "They died you know..." River lifted her head all of a sudden, "All of them...The Master deleted my team, and Moon deleted Ella and Joshua. Charlotte will be alone...Sweetie, please take care of her..." Charlotte ran to her mum. "Mummy? Please don't die Mummy, stay with me..." Charlotte started to cry and River held her, "Shush now, I'm not giving up yet." River cooed. The Doctor and Raggedy supported River and Charlotte, "We're her daddy, we will always take care of her." they both said, kissing Charlotte's head.
"What will happen if River dies?" Clara asked. "Well, the paradox will continue to exist, Donna, Rose, John, Amy and Rory will remain out of their appropriate time lines, which will rip holes in the universe. The Silence will have won and I will be stuck outside my elder self's head, split from my fellow former faces...and that would result in my time stream breaking apart, destroying the universe." Raggedy replied quickly. "So marry River now!" Vastra hissed. "I have not given up on saving her! Only when there is no time left, will I concede, and there is at least two and a half hours remaining, I've had much less time before and solved plenty more taxing problems than this! I just need to..." The Doctor answered but paused and looked at the screen in front of him, Raggedy and River. "Hello old Friend!" a chillingly familiar voice rang out through the base. "Master! How did you find us?" The Doctor growled, Raggedy seemed to tense and was akin to a cat with hackles raised. "Well, you're not the only genius in the universe." the Master sniggered. "You're right Master, my younger self and my wife are here as well!" the Doctor retorted, making the Master snarl.
"Enough of these games," The Master growled in response "Let's get down to business! Doctor, isn't it nice to have another Time lord among us, and a female at that..." a sick smile spread across the Master's face, making both Doctors reach a hand out to their wife and positioned her behind them. "Leave her alone!" Raggedy roared, but the Master's grin just grew wider. "Oh come now Doctor, learn to share, such beauty should be for the universe to behold, not just you. That is extremely selfish, friend of mine." the master berated the Doctors mockingly. "She is not yours, she doesn't belong to me, she is free!" Raggedy held River to his chest and hid angry tears from his foe. "No," the Master replied coldly, "she is mine..." he laughed. "Doctor?" River whimpered. Raggedy uncurled her from his arms and his eyes widened, the Doctor joined him by her side. River's fingers were glowing a pale white. "Sweetie, what's going on? What's happening?" she said, panic in her eyes. The Doctor held her hands but the white glow had now spread all the way up her arms and her legs were now glowing. "Master, please, don't do this, let me have these last few hours with her, please!" the Doctor begged, but the Master just shook his head. With that River's entire body was obscured from view. When the glow disappeared, River was not in the base, but her struggling voice was still audible, both Doctors turned to the screen, to see River being held fast by two very large, fierce-looking men, her arms and legs kicking and struggling against them, her voice cracking but the men just gripped tighter.
"River stop!" the Doctor cried, she did, her chest heaving. The Master tapped his fingers on the control panel in front of him, "I'm sending you my coordinates, come out to play! I'm bored! I want some fun!" the Master said, spinning on his foot and turning off the screen. The group stood in silence, except Amy, who was sobbing and Rory, who was stunned, tears running down his face. The Doctors both ran toward the exit, and unbolted the door, "Comon!" The Doctor called back to the group. "We're going to get her!" Raggedy added. The group followed blindly, until they got to the TARDIS. "What are you both planning?" Clara asked. "He wants to play..." Raggedy growled and clicked open the TARDIS doors, before stomping inside. "We'll give him a game he'll never forget," The Doctor ushered everyone into the console room, gently holding both Amy's and Rory's hands. "Let the game commence..."