The Time Ship.
Argument.
" These people are horrible!" Natalie shouted when she stormed through the double doors of the suite she'd been assigned to with Harry.
Harry had been reading a number of reports Omega had given him about their time travel projects when Natalie had walked in. When he saw her expression, he jumped up to his feet at once.
" What happened?" He asked.
Natalie looked him in the eye squarely. " Rassilon's apparently told everyone the 'savages ' as he calls us that we're not allowed to visit even a library."
Harry bit down on his lip to stop himself from lashing out at Rassilon's name, but it wasn't easy. They'd been on Gallifrey for less than a week, and already their actions and movements were being curtailed. Some of the Gallifreyans had welcomed the humans, though they'd been a little smug in themselves but Harry had been used to meeting aliens who thought more about themselves and their abilities.
Omega had become their staunchest ally, but not quite as many people had publicly announced support for the two humans to be on their planet. Indeed the stellar engineer had ensured Harry and Natalie were given every amenity; Natalie, not being a scientist but a healer was allowed to see the hospital. Harry was brought onto the science team with Omega.
Unfortunately Rassilon was on the team, as the political liason. Harry had to admit, Rassilon was a man as charismatic as Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte, and his scientific faculties were close to Omega's himself. He was in a league to himself, and Harry had to admit he didn't like that glint in Rassilon's eyes, a ruthless ambition.
Harry had listened to Omega as outlined the project for the Gallifreyans to become the lords of time. Indeed Harry had seen the project in its many forms; the power part of the project, as headed personally by Omega, and the ideas presented by Rassilon. He was quite the dreamer. Harry preferred time travel to be simple, but Rassilon took the words over the top to new heights. Harry wasn't even sure it was feasible for half of Rassilon's plans to be made, but even he was impressed by the scope.
When they'd met, Harry and Omega had formed an instant friendship, a rapport. Rassilon, on the other hand, had not bothered hiding his contempt for the humans from Harry, or unluckily Natalie. Rassilon was arrogant, and Harry could see political schemer in him, it radiated from his body like methane from a pile of horse dung. What was truly annoying was that Rassilon couldn't see that segregating Harry and Natalie was counterproductive. It was bad enough whenever Harry tried to offer a suggestion to the science team with Omega, Rassilon would always go out of his way to shoot down Harry's proposals, now Harry had tried to be the bigger man despite the odds, but it was hard.
Now Harry was mad.
" What happened?" Harry asked, getting back on track.
Natalie could see through the haze her friend was as angry as she was, maybe more. She remembered the last time Harry had lost his temper, so she calmed herself down, and hoped if she could word what happened carefully then Harry wouldn't explode.
" After breakfast, I decided to go for a walk. Those jarheads Rassilon had assigned to follow us began following me as I left. I wanted to see the city, but they kept stopping me from seeing ludicrous parts of the city. Places like art galleries, museums, even shops." Natalie said, watching Harry carefully.
Harry narrowed his eyes, finding it hard to believe the Gallifreyans would stop her doing something he considered mundane. Scientific secrecy, Harry understood that, but cultural secrecy of that kind? He couldn't understand it. Seeing Harry's look, Natalie carried on.
" I told the guards, rather stupidly, I wanted to visit a library to learn on an intellectual level about what Gallifrey was all about, but they refused. That's when one of them called me a savage."
" Why are you harassing me and Natalie?" Harry stood up from his seat, asking Rassilon during the next science meeting.
Harry had kept himself quiet until the meeting had carried onto its halfway line, keeping his eyes firmly on Rassilon as he lectured the scientists on what they were going to accomplish rather than the how they were going to do it.
Finally Harry had had enough, of the double talk, of the almost prophetic way Rassilon was speaking like some mystic dabbling in mumbo-jumbo about how the Gallifreyans would be the lords of time, how they would master time and space as easily as they did space.
" Excuse me?" Rassilon was affronted. " I am not harassing anyone."
Harry sneered, and decided to show this pompous bastard exactly who he'd messed with. Uncaring about his question, he acted. He had a good reason why Rassilon was treating both he and Nat like shit, but he wasn't going to let him get away with it without a clear warning. Hopefully he'd learn something from it. With a thought, he reached out, and levitated Rassilon above the ground. Foolishly some of the guards moved forwards, hands going for their weapons. Harry kept his eyes on Rassilon though he spoke to the guards. " If you attack me, I'll drop him, and he will be injured."
To prove his point, he levitated Rassilon higher in the air. If the Gallifreyan was dropped then he could suffer a major injury. " Do as he says," Rassilon ordered, trying to sound unintimidated, though it didn't work. Omega stepped forward. " Harry," he said. " This is a bad idea."
The human time traveller turned to him angrily, the very air around him crackling with rage and power. Omega stepped back slightly at the sight. In all the time he'd known the human, Harry had given him no reason to be afraid. Now Omega was afraid. " Omega, this has been a long time coming. Someone has to teach him a lesson." Harry spat before swinging round again on the still levitated Rassilon.
Harry glared at the Gallifreyan politician / scientist, and sent up the cruciatus curse through the spell. Rassilon surprised everyone by suddenly screaming in agony. Harry managed to keep the others away, just. He kept his focus on Rassilon.
" You can harass me anytime you want, though from your current position you can see its an unwise idea. You see Rassilon, I grew up in an abusive home. I was forced to clean, cook, do chores and lift things well beyond my strength, but I developed a thick skin. Wanna know what I did to my bastard relatives? I killed them, Rassilon. And I don't regret it. Not one little bit. Harassing Natalie is going to annoy me, so don't. This is your only warning. Leave her alone. If you have a problem with me, then say so in civilised way, like you people really think you are.
" Get on my badside, send someone to hurt or heaven forbid kill her, then I'll start killing innocent people. Leave us alone. I'm trying to help you, so let us come and go as we please. We're not here to harm you. I'm trying to help you master time and space travel, and I can't if you attack us."
Harry glared at the Gallifreyan. " Do we understand each other?" When Rassilon didn't reply, Harry attacked him with the pain curse once more. When Rassilon had finished screaming, Harry asked him again. Rassilon nodded, anything to stop feeling anymore pain. Harry smiled. " Good." He lowered the Gallifreyan to the ground, then he cut down the spell so the politician dropped to the ground. Everyone heard a crack as Rassilon's leg snapped.
Harry snapped his gaze around the room, and all the Gallifreyan scientists looked away as the environment became oppressive.
" Listen, I was asked to help by Omega," his cold voice chilled the spines of all of them. " I agreed because he was compelling, but don't take my aid for what Rassilon thinks. I don't care, this is an alternate universe so it means nothing to me at the end of the day. But don't get in my way. That is also a bad idea."
Harry walked away, but he failed to notice Rassilons gaze.
" Oh yes, Harry Potter," he thought to himself. " You will pay for that."