Disclaimer: don't own any of Doctor who, just Catharine. Almost done. this is based on the episodes of End of Time, i suck at follwoing and writing a ff off an episode.

Chapter Twelve Paradise Lost

The Doctor planned to take Catharine back to Florana, she seemed happy there and it was the best place he could think of to get their spirits back up. She looked at him then grinned to herself. She walked outside the Tardis wearing only her tank top and shorts. It had taken him over an hour to convince her that they were going to stay there for a while longer than they had before. She looked back at the Doctor and smiled. Her eyes once again held their vibrant youthful look. He followed her and they walked along the white sand. She slipped her hand against his and wrapped her fingers around his hand. The Doctor blushed then looked at Catharine's face. She was focused on keeping herself from fading into a memory of either her own or the Masters. That was another thing that concerned the Doctor, and made him take break; after what the Master had done to her by putting his DNA in her she was gaining all the Master's knowledge and memories. She possibly even had the drums laying in her mind.

Catharine knew that the Doctor was concerned, that was why she put her hand in his. So that he could know that she was perfectly fine. Her hearts skipped a beat when he wrapped his hand with hers. That was the first time he had done something like that without them being chased by monsters or police. The Doctor noticed her anxiety and nervousness at the abruptness of his touch. "I'm sorry if I startled you." He said rapidly with a bit of his own nervousness. Catharine touched his arm and looked him in the eyes.

"It's fine, don't worry about it. I was thinking about why I was put into this position." She tilted her head to one side then looked at the Doctor sadly. "The Master must have had a reason to do this to me." She whispered then tore her hand away from his. The Doctor saw the confusion and disbelief in her eyes.

"Catharine, he turned you into a Time Lord to punish me." That was the first thing he said on impulse. "And in a way he didn't." The second. He wanted to hit himself in the head. Catharine didn't need this on her shoulders, not while trying to understand herself.

"What are you saying?" She glanced at him in even more confusion.

"Never mind, it was nothing." The Doctor quickly lied. Why was he lying to her? She was just like him, except not. She was eventually going to either be the female version of the Master or even a different person all together.

"Doctor, just tell me what is going on." Her voice was desperate and pleading.

You want to know what's going on? He thought bitterly. I love you and am too afraid to even say it. He let out a sigh then took hold of her hand and brought her closer to him. "I wish I could tell you." He whispered in her ear.

Catharine slipped her hand out of his again but this time instead of walking away she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Aren't we supposed to be having fun?" She asked softly. They laughed then reluctantly separated and continued walking the white sandy beaches. She looked ahead to see someone running across the sand towards them. Her eyes instantly squinted to look and see who it was. Jack Harkness. She let go of the Doctor's hand and got ready to punch Jack when he approached. Mostly payback for how he had treated her when she was saying her goodbyes to Ianto. He stopped and started breathing heavily in front of them. "Are you all right Uncle Jack?" She asked as she released her fist for a brief moment.

"Yeah, just had to catch up to you that's all." He said and watched, like a deer caught in the headlights, as Catharine hauled off and punched him with her right fist. He rubbed his jaw then looked at her closely. "I don't remember you ever getting good at hitting people."

"You change when you find out that you're stuck in the middle of a fucking battle field!" She shouted then kicked him in the groin. "That was just because I felt like kicking you." She clarified.

"Look, I all did was come to warn you two that you should leave." Jack said after rebooting his ego. "You're already here…so go." Jack sounded slightly annoyed that he was telling them this. Suddenly his face grew grim. "Catharine, be the hero." He said calmly then ran back to where ever he needed to be.

Catharine looked at the Doctor with a raised eyebrow. "You didn't understand what he meant did you?"

"Nope, let's go." He walked with her back to the Tardis and went off. When they landed Catharine walked out to realize it was snowing, but she wasn't cold. She saw another Ood; this one had the Sigma symbol on his shirt. She, along with the Doctor, followed him to the eldest of the Ood. What was happening was happening so fast that Catharine could barely keep up but the images stuck out the most. The Master, his wife, and then other Time Lords were flashing in her mind just as the Doctor was explaining everything to the Ood. She looked at the Doctor and followed him as he ran back to the Tardis. "Doctor, what's going on?" She asked with a soft kind look in her eyes. She was curious.

"I'm going to die," He whispered, "Catharine, this is the end." She looked at him then at the Tardis as she came to a halt. "Stay here; don't come out unless I tell you it's safe." He had placed both hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes with the most serious look he had ever given her.

She nodded her head and watched as he ran out. Later when he came back in; they transported somewhere else and this time an elderly gentleman named Wilfred Mott had come with the Doctor. She looked for something to do since it was apparent that this was going to be a long journey that the Doctor wasn't going to let her take part of. They walked out and were gone for quite some time before Catharine slowly walked out, there before her was many soldiers. They hadn't noticed her nor did she intend for them to. She looked at the Tardis to realize that the Doctor had cloaked her. She went back inside and looked around. Nothing, there was nothing to fight them with. Typical Doctor didn't carry any kind of weapon did he? She went to her room and searched it up and down. In the corner of her closet was her old fighting gear and weapons. With a grin she put the clothes on, strapped the weapons to her belt and walked out of the Tardis, closing it silently.

The soldiers looked back at her; they were the Master but with blonde hair. She froze. Petrified with terror she grinned at them. "Hello my Master." She said with a soft velvety tone. They let her by and she walked on. "Great vacation Doc, you get me stuck in a world ruled by the Master…just perfect." She muttered to herself as she walked on. There were millions of them, chasing after something, no someone. The Doctor and Wilfred. She shook her head and continued walking away.

She reached a large circular room and slipped the gun that was strapped to her shoulders onto her back. It was strange, to be in the presence of so many Master's that she seemed to almost become overwhelmed, and then she heard it. The constant drumming, it was getting louder. The Masters started working and she saw the glowing of a diamond. She got closer and looked at it. The Master, the one wearing a black hoodie, grabbed her by the shoulder and looked her in the eyes. "Are you on my side?" He asked.

"Depends," She answered. "Will you kill the Doctor?"

"No," He whispered and smiled at her. They nodded heads and she stood in the back of the room. There was a bright glowing light and everything started to shake as people started to show in front of them. She could no longer hear the drumming but she could hear a voice, a woman's voice.

'You can save him Catharine, with the help of the old man.' She said while the Doctor fell through the ceiling. He was weak and tried to raise his hand; in it was a gun. Catharine was stunned to see the people before her. It all had happened so quickly. She knew they were Time Lords. The women didn't look up from their position behind the man. Catharine could hear the arguments but then couldn't. The Doctor was turning all about, pointing the gun at the Master then at Rassilon.

When Rassilon locked eyes on her he nearly turned white then red with anger. "You were not born of Gallifrey."

Catharine scoffed. "Wow, you really are denser than shit. Of course I am not a child of Gallifrey, I am a child of Earth turned into a Time Lord no thanks to that insanity you so kindly put into the Master!" She nearly screamed at Rassilon but turned her attention back to the Doctor. She had never seen him so torn between killing the Master and another Time Lorde before this point. She started to move to push the gun down but instead the Doctor said: "Catharine, Master move!" They moved and he shot the diamond. Rassilon had said something that Catahrine couldn't quite catch and slowly raised his hand saying that he would take the Doctor and the Master down with him.

The woman looked at the Doctor then at her: 'Catharine now, do something now, if you don't then the Doctor will die. Be the hero this time and don't let either of them die.'

Catharine raised her gun and pointed it at him. "Not on my watch old man!" She got ready to shoot but the Master pushed her out of the way and started throwing lightening at him. He was counting to four. She stood there and, putting the gun down, took hold of the Doctor's hand. The white light came back and they were thrown to the ground.

Slowly they woke up, hands intertwined together and they laughed. When they heard someone knocking four times the Doctor froze. She got them up and listened as the doctor told Wilfred that no matter what he did Wilfred would die. Catharine watched as the Doctor started to move towards the door. Wilfred was yelling at him not to and Catharine grabbed the Doctor's shoulder. "She told me to be the hero this time." Catharine whispered. She opened the door, looked at Wilfred, smiled then pushed the button.

She let out a loud scream of pain and curled up on the ground. The pain was gone, the lights had shut off and the doctor had flung the door open. "Catharine," She didn't move, she was in too much pain to move. "Catharine!" He pulled her out and held her to his chest. "You shouldn't have done that."

"If I didn't you would have died, she told me not to let you." She whispered then looked up at him. "Who was she?" She realized that Wilfred and her had asked that at the same time and smiled at the old man.

The Doctor smiled to her while gently stroking her face. "We should get you home Wilfred." He helped Catharine to her feet and they all walked back to the Tardis. He went back in time and got Donna a present; Catharine didn't venture to know what. She was still in too much pain to care. When the Doctor walked back inside he stood there watching Catharine move weakly towards the captain's chair. She fell to the ground and looked up at him for help. He moved swiftly to her side. "Catharine, you really should have let me…"

"No, that woman told me to save you…just never thought I would die by radiation poisoning." She laughed then held her right side. "Talk to me Doctor…please…tell me about Gallifrey before the war." She was barely holding onto her life. When she looked at her hand she saw that it was glowing bright gold. "What happens to me?" She whispered as the Doctor took hold of her hand.

"You're going to regenerate, you'll get a new face new body actually, and a different personality." He said calmly as he helped her stand back up. "It's not going to be pleasant the first time."

a/n: almost done, next two are it for War Torn Hearts.