HI! Thank you for the reviews! And ThePhoenixandtheDragon, the reasons for the Master not knowing River's part Time Lord will come up a bit in this chapter but more in a later one(s). I have it planned out. I'm a little nervous about this chapter. It's not one of my favorites but I hope it's not that bad.
Chapter 5:
About 5 minutes later two large men came in holding River by the arms. Her hands were tied to her back and she was struggling. "River!" He wasn't shouting but he was very happy to see her. "Sweetie!" She tried to get closer to him but the men were still holding her. "Sweetie?" The Master looked at the Doctor a little shocked. Then he looked over at River. Then back to the Doctor. "I told you: It's complicated."
For a moment there was silence. Then the Master walked over to his desk. "Tie her to a chair and leave." The guards did as told. Again, for a moment there was silence. The Master was looking at River, as if there was something about her. Something just barely out of reach. Almost as if…. The Master pushed away the thought. He would return to it later. The Master picked up what looked to be a large belt. River recognized it immediately. "My guns!" She sounded very happy now. "Doctor? I thought you weren't a fan of these." The Master pulled one of River's guns out of the slot. The Doctor took a glance at River. "No, but you're obviously a fan of her." He muttered turning around and setting the guns down. River's expression looked determined. The Doctor knew she had a plan. He distracted the Master. "Where are we? Where is your business?"
The Master sighed. "Oh, the questions never stop, do they? If you really must know, Cardiff. We're in Cardiff." Now the Master was on the other side of the room as River. And she had managed to get a knife, probably out of her pocket. Now she was finishing cutting the ropes tying her to the chair. Before getting up she pulled a lipstick out of her pocket and put it on. Then she stood and ran over to the desk grabbing the first gun she could. The Master turned to face her. "What, are you going to shoot me?" He laughed.
"Do you honestly think I'm so stupid as to believe someone like you, a friend of the Doctor, would ever shoot me?" She shot her gun and he ducked, just barely avoiding it. "My god!" The master looked utterly shocked. "No, I think you're so stupid as to think someone like me wouldn't shoot you." The Master looked at the Doctor, shocked. "What? I thought you said you did research on her? That shouldn't shock you! She shoots people all the time!" The Doctor genuinely did think that he should have only expected that. The Master approached him.
"When did you become so gun friendly?" The Doctor smiled. After, a pause the Master turned to walk away, but the Doctor answered his question. "When I met my wife." The Master stopped dead. "Your what?" He turned his head around blocking his view of River. Taking the opportunity, River walked quickly over to the Master and kissed him. He fell to the floor with a thud. She smiled mentally thanking the future Doctor for buying her that lipstick.
"Oh, that was horrible." The Doctor turned his head, disgusted. "Sweetie, what else was I going to do? He had all my stun guns." The Doctor still had his head turned. He looked as though that mental image would never leave his mind. "I think I would have rather had you kill him…" She smirked. She pulled the knife out of her pocket and cut the ropes tying him to a chair. He stood up, stretching his legs. "Thank you." She smiled and leaned in to kiss him. "Hey, I don't want to end up like him!" He pointed to the Master who was lying on the floor unconscious. "Sorry Sweetie. Forgot." He looked worried. "Do you often forget things like that?" She laughed.
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