They all walked up to a cafe and The Doctor looked around, "What's so special about this place? We passed 15 cafes on the way." The Doctor looked at Rose and she shrugged. They walked into the cafe and Wilf nodded two men walking out the door, "Afternoon." He lead them all to the table and sat down, The Doctor sitting across from him, Rose was sitting with Isabel on her lap they were in a deep conversation while The Doctor and Wilf talked.
"Oh, we had some good times, didn't we, though? All those Atmos things? And planets in the sky and me with a paint gun, and..." The Doctor just stared at him, and he sighed, "I keep seeing things Doctor, I..." Isabel froze and looked at Wilf. "This face. At night." The Doctor just stared at him, his arms crossed, trying to figure him out, "Who are you?" Wilf sat up straight, "I'm Wilfred Mott." The Doctor got quiet and shook his head, Rose got up and took Isabel away because she was staring at Wilf, "No, people have waited hundred's of years to find me and you manage it in a couple of hours."
Wilf shrugged it off, "Well, just lucky, I suppose." The Doctor shook his head again, "No, we keep on meeting, Wilf. Over and Over again, like somethings still connecting us." Wilf looked at him weird, "What's so important about me?" The Doctor shrugged, "Exactly. Why you?" They stared at each other for a couple of seconds then The Doctor looked out the window. Then looked over at Rose who was getting something for Isabel to eat, then back at Wilf. He spoke quietly, "I'm going to die."
Wilf nodded, "Well, so am I, someday." The Doctor shook his head, "Don't you dare." He looked away starting to tear up. Wilf nodded again, "Alright, I'll try not too." He laughed softly. The Doctor looked at Wilf again, "But I was told. 'He will knock four times.' That was the prophecy." He nodded, "Knock four times, then..." He looked back over at Rose who looked back and smiled softly, he looked back at Wilf, "But I thought when I saw you before, you said you're people could change, like their whole body." The Doctor shook his head, "I can still die. If I'm killed before regeneration, then I'm dead." He leaned forward on the table, "Even then. Even if I change, it feels like dying." The Doctor started to tear up more and Wilf lifted his hand up putting it under his nose, he to was starting to cry, "Everything I am dies. Some new man goes sauntering away..." He looked at Rose and Isabel, "And I'm dead." He tried to hold back the tears as he looked away from Rose. Wilf straightened up and looked out the window, "What?" The Doctor looked out the window too, at Donna.
Wilf frowned, "I'm sorry, but Look, can't you make her better?" The Doctor looked back at Wilf, "Stop it." He looked back at Donna, "No, but you're so clever. Can't you bring her memory back? Just go to her now, go on. Just run across the street, go up and say hello." The Doctor looked back at Wilf, "If she ever remembers me, her mind will burn and she will die." The Doctor looked back at Donna as she yelled out, "Don't you touch this car?!" The Doctor and Wilf started laughing, "She's not changed." Wilf shook his head, "Nah. Oh there he is Shaun Temple, They're engaged, getting married in the spring." As Donna's fiancée walked up with some bags.
The Doctor looked back at Wilf, "Another wedding." Wilf nodded, "Yeah." The Doctor looked back at his best friend, "Hold on, she's not going to be called Noble-Temple? Sounds like a tourist spot." Wilf shook his head, "No, Temple-Noble." The Doctor nodded, "Right. Is she happy, is he nice?" Wilf nodded, "Yeah, he's sweet-enough, a bit of a dreamer. Mind you, he's on minimum wage, she's earning tuppence, so all they afford a tiny little flat. And then some times I see this look on her face, like she's so sad. But she can't remember why." The Doctor stared out the window at Donna and he said quietly, "She's got him."
Wilf shrugged, "She's making do." The Doctor nodded, still looking at Donna, "Aren't we all?" Wilf changed the subject, "What about you? You've been traveling with Rose? And you're Daughter." The Doctor nodded, "But I've made some mistakes." He started to tear up, "When Rose and Isabel were gone somewhere. I did somethings and it went wrong, Rose doesn't even know. I need..." The Doctor leaned back and covered his face up, Wilf held out his hands to to The Doctor, "Oh, my word." The Doctor tugged his hands down his face wiping away his tears, secretly, so Rose didn't see him crying. She would want to know why and he can't tell her that.
The Doctor nodded to Wilf who was trying to hold back tears, "Merry Christmas." He laughed and cried at the same time, "Yeah and you." The Doctor joined in with Wilf's laughter, "Look at us." Wilf leaned forward, "But don't you see?" He started to cry, "You need her Doctor. I mean, look, wouldn't she make you laugh again when Rose was gone. Good old, Donna? Eh?" The Doctor nodded, once again tearing up, he got up and walked to Rose.
Rose looked at The Doctor and saw the tears, she pulled him into a hug, "Donna? I saw her out the window, I figured Wilf was trying to get you to give her her memories back." The Doctor nodded silently and buried his face in her shoulder, she rubbed his back softly. He pulled back and put on his coat, he grabbed Isabel and walked out the door and Rose followed, Wilf following her. She turned to him, "It was nice meeting you again, Wilf" Wilf nodded. She turned and walked away, having to run to catch up to The Doctor.
The Doctor walked back to the ship yard, Rose following close behind, The Doctor looked back at her, "I think it's time you and Isabel go back to the Tardis." Rose shook her head, "I think it's time we put Isabel to bed, I'm not leaving you..." The Doctor turned abruptly on Rose, "Rose Tyler, please listen to me just this once and go back to the Tardis." Rose stared at him, the anger in his voice and the look of it plastered on his face, his eyes were so cold and unfeeling that it made Rose want to break down and cry. He obviously saw the hurt that he caused because his expression changed to regret, Isabel held her arms out to Rose, wiggling around to get away from The Doctor, Rose took her from his arms.
The Doctor tried to speak but Rose just held up her hand, "We're going, just come get us when you actually want us." The Doctor winced at her words, "Rose..." He tried to tell her why but she was already walking away, ignoring every word he said. The Doctor sighed, "Great, this is just great..." He walked around the ship yard until he finally caught scent of The Master and he took off that way.
Rose carried Isabel towards the Tardis, he heart shattering with each step. She walked up to the Tardis and just stared, not knowing what she should do in this moment. She looked back at where The Doctor would be and she wanted so badly to run to him, to make sure he was alright.
Rose shook her head and opened the Tardis, she put Isabel down, "I'll be back soon, stay here Is', I mean it." She closed the door behind her and took off running towards the direction of The Doctor, "You better be alive, Doctor, if not I'm going to bring you back to life then kill you myself." She took off running at full speed, skidding to a stop where behind a pile of rocks were flames and a strange white light. She climbed to the top of the rocks and watched just as The Doctor fell to the ground, she had to keep from screaming for him.
The Master crouched down to The Doctor, "I had estates. Do you remember my father's-land, back home? Pastures of red grass, stretching far across the slopes of Mount Perdition. We used to run across those fields all day, calling up at the sky." He sat down, "Look at us now." The Doctor took a heavy breath, "All that eloquence, but how many people have you killed?" The Master looked at him strange, "I am so hungry." The Doctor watched him, "Your resurrection went wrong. That energy...Your body's ripped open. Now you're killing yourself." The Master pointed, "That human Christmas out there, they eat so much. All that roasted meat, cakes and red wine. Hot, fat, blood, food, pots, plates of meat and flesh and grease and juice." The Doctor looked down, "And baking, burnt, sticky hot skin, hot, it's so hot!." Rose was frozen and freaked out by his ranting and so was The Doctor, "Stop it." The Master continued on, "Sliced, sliced...!" The Doctor tried again, "Stop it" But The Master wouldn't stop, "Sliced, it's mine. It's mine, it's mine to eat and eat and eat...!" "Stop it." "And feast and eat and eat and eat and eat...!" The Master covered his head with his arms.
Rose couldn't move and she could barely think, all she could do was watch. The Doctor watched The Master, "What if I ask you for help?" The Master looked up, "There is more at work tonight then you and me." The Master looked at him and smirked, "Oh, yeah?" "I've been told something is returning." The Master looked at him and changed his voice so it was deeper, "And here I am!" He ran his hand through his hair and The Doctor shook his head, "No, there's something more." The Master closed his eyes, "But it hurts."
The Doctor ignored him, "I was told The End of Time." The Master continued, "It hurts, Doctor, the noise...The noise in my head, Doctor," He got up and moved closer to him, "One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Stronger then ever before! Can't you hear it?" The Doctor stared at him, "I'm sorry." The Master pointed at his head, "Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen. Every minute, every second. Every beat of my hearts. There it is...calling to me. Please, listen?" The Doctor shook his head, "I can't hear it." The Master got really close, "Listen." He put his hands on the side of The Doctor's face and closed his eyes, putting his forehead against The Doctor's
The Doctor pulled away quickly, The Master looked at him, "What?" The Doctor stared at him, horrified, "But that's..." The Master looked confused, "What?!" "I heard it." The Master slowly stood up, "But there's no noise, there never has been, it's just your insanity, it's the...What is it? What's inside your head?" The Master started laughing, "It's real! It's real! It's REAL!" He screamed, cause Rose to jump and rocks to roll down. The Master shot up into the air while The Doctor ran after him on foot and Rose followed quietly behind.
Rose hid behind a wall, when The Doctor stopped at The Master's voice, "All these years, you thought I was mad! King of the waste-land." He raised his hand, "But something is calling me, Doctor, what is it? What is it? What is it?" Then a light came down from a helicopter on The Master and The Doctor, they were both blinded slightly by the light, two men came down from the helicopter by The Master. They grabbed him and shot some substance into his neck, knocking him out and The Doctor started to run to him, "Don't!" Then there was some gun fire and The Doctor ran to keep from getting shot but he was still trying to get to The Master.
The two men carried The Master up to the helicopter as The Doctor screamed at them, "Let him go!" He got hit in the back of the head and fell to the ground, unconscious.