Emily and Tommy walked closely behind the Doctor, Tommy by now had started becoming faint from the loss of blood. The mysterious girl has stopped talking all together as she led them through the winding corridors to the location of the TARDIS. She didn't have her trench coat on her this time so the Doctor wasn't able to read what was on the back. "So what is your name?" He asked, hoping to fill some of his curiosity and actually find out the identity of his helper. "If you want to have a name for me then call me Hunter... Just Hunter got it?!" Her spicy attitude was appealing to the Doctor, as was her mysteriousness. A few doors away from the TARDIS the girl stopped and stood still, motioning for the three to get ahead of her which the Doctor helped Emily to drag Tommy further to the TARDIS. "Why did you stop, Hunter?" He questioned as Emily took over and kept leading the wounded boy away.
Hunter stood there with her head down and a hands rested on her utility belt, a few seconds passed before she took a knife out stabbed the wall making an invisible creature cry out on pain as blood splattered out of no where. "He is awakening... This is bad... Move." Speaking coolly and all calm she walked back down the hall away from the Doctor. "Wait where are you going?" He ran after her, knowing he needed to find out what is happening. "The drummer is waking up, he must be stopped... Or else he will rip galaxies apart to find his comrade." She has no sign of emotion in her voice as she threw herself against the wall suddenly, breaking it to reveal a new corridor. "Who is the drummer? What are you... Answer me Hunter!" He grabbed her arm and in a quick second found himself on the ground with Hunters one foot on his throat and another on his belly, he tried squirming under her but she applied more weight to his throat causing him to start to choke. "Now then, listen to me and listen well Galfrian... I know who you are and what you are, but always taking the title as "Last Time Lord" just makes you look full of yourself, you hide behind the humans that are willing to lay down their lives for you and in turn you become lonely and scared, vulnerable like a little child. I thought a 900 odd old would know better." She got off him and turned away from him as he slowly got up coughing. "You... Cough... You didn't answer my questions girl... I am the last... Ever since the M..." His voice was ended when Hunter turned and gave him a fowl look, a look that sent painful chills down his body. "Ah yes... The Master... Such a simple name and yet it is so powerful..." She slowly walked up to him while talking in a cold and blood lusty tone. "The Master that tried to bring back the Time Lords, but your last regeneration just had to destroy the plan cause you knew you would be in trouble and be punished, you want a chance to live past your 13 and terrifying regeneration, yes I know all about it!" She back him against a wall and grabbed his hand, placing it against the right side of her chest. "The drummer is an evil man, and it is my duty to either protect the man I have grown to hate, or kill him before he starts his rampage. So Doctor you must decide, fight with me..." She let out a sigh as a frightened and shocked look overcame the Doctor's face. "Or run, and stay away from him." She let go of his hand and kicked him out into the main hall making him go fly right into the wall, he tried getting up but she threw the fake wall back up and bolted something in place so that it doesn't move. "Hunter! Wait!" He tried forcing the door open, but it wouldn't budge. "Hunter please!" He waited for a response and it wasn't until he heard a small voice that he actually breathed a sigh of relief. "By the way Doctor, tell Jack to keep his experiments under control!" Hunter turned and walked away, hiding the scared little girl that was screaming to leave, but she left and ignored the Doctor banging on the wall.
"Damn it..." He collapsed onto the floor and sat thinking, here was a girl that had 2 hearts and the senses of a Time Lord... And the drummer... Is he the Master? But if so what is he doing here? "I saw his corpse burn... I cried when he died... And yet... If he is here..." The Doctor held his head in his hands and let out a frustrated sigh, not noticing the sound of boots walk up behind him. "So this is the new Doctor?" He let out a scared yelp and jumped back, peering into the darkness unable to see who spoke. "Cute, but I don't think this one is as hot as the last... But I suppose it works..." The Doctor stood up straight and stared into the darkness, recognizing the voice that spoke to him. "Jack Harkness, Hunter was just talking about you. She said something about your experiments." Jack stepped in front of the Doctor and gave him an invisible kiss on the cheek, to which the Doctor quickly slapped him away. "Hmm. I see this Doctor isn't compassionate. Oh well. I suppose I owe you an explanation." He said as he turned the invisibility device off.
The Doctor took in the looks of the Time Agent, Jack looked slightly aged but had a grey strip in his hair. "That is a new look for you Jack..." Jack laughed at the Doctor's observation and leaned against the wall, knowing he has a lot of explaining to do. "So what do you want to know first?" The Doctor looked at the fake wall for a few seconds before turning back to his friend. "Hunter, who is she... And how in the world can she be a Time Lord?" Jack looked at his watch before answering. "Well... Remember that hand I took with me? Back in your 10th regeneration? Well we decided to do some tests, Hunter is the only successful Time Lord experiment we made, out of 3 we created she is the closest to a Time Lord. I started this experiment 868 years ago, she is capable of regeneration and is like a Time Lord in every way, when the Master made everyone him we found someone that didn't change back so we combined his DNA to hers and it made her a full Time Lord when we combined her back in the initial DNA creation era. Sure it almost created a time paradox but we worked around it, we raised her to be a fighter but also understand how to feel emotions which is hard for her because she never knew the love of a family, she only knows the anger and rage of a Time Lord. She actually isn't supposed to be here, she snuck away from us when she over heard me talking to her care taker about the Master being here." The Doctor took a step back and processed the information he was just given, looking at Jack for signs of him lying but there was nothing but honesty in his eyes. "So the Master is alive?" Jack looked down, bashful about the situation at hand. "Yes, when he died you burned a body, but a pirate stole his real body. We recovered it and held him here but we noticed his heart was slowly starting back up, we didn't know there was going to be a space expedition to this facility, not to mention the Geminit being here caused problems as well for they are trying to revive him. Hunter came here to stop that from happening for she knows about the DNA belonging to both the Time Lords. She protected you because she feels she is supposed to from me talking about fighting for the protection of your friends and family. She may have the DNA from both of you but she is not connected to you in any way, she is her own independent person." Jack finished speaking just as a loud bang was heard followed by a loud metal scraping sound. "I think we should move!" The Doctor nodded and ran with Jack to the TARDIS, the sound got louder and louder but stopped when the two ran into the TARDIS, Emily and Tommy sitting on the floor with Emily trying to revive Tommy who had passed out. "Jack take care of the boy, we need to get out of here!" The Doctor started flicking switches as a body flew in the TARDIS and crashed against the round console, before the Doctor can see who it is the person jumped up and threw a knife out the door before snapping and giving the TARDIS the command the close the door. "Hunter! What happened?!"
Hunter turned and ran to Jack, giving him a quick hug before helping him revive the boy. "He is too awake for me to kill, we must get out of here right now!" The Doctor smiled and pressed a few more switches before the TARDIS hummed and vanished, taking them away from the planet but only as far as a planet over. "Jack, tell me something... She is..." The Doctor motioned towards Hunter as she picked up Tommy and rushed him to the infirmary. "She is legal if that's what your asking but she is like a daughter to me." Jack laughed as the Doctor stuttered trying to fix what he meant. "Sirs? Is Tommy going to be alright?" Emily spoke up, a worried look across her face as she wrung her hands. "He should be fine, he is in good hands, Hunter is a natural healer." Jack winked at Emily as the Doctor stepped past them and started towards the infirmary.
"God I am so stupid... I didn't stand a chance against the... Geminit..." Tommy wept on the bed as Hunter pumped him with a bag of blood while trying to regenerate his arm. "Hang in there boy, every life is significant... You did what was foolish... But half the time foolishness can be seen as bravery." She hung the bag up and took a knife, slicing her finger off and pouring her blood onto Tommy's wound. "Wait! Won't I get a disease?!" The injured lad started to squirm to get away but one glare from Hunter stopped him. When her bleeding stopped she placed the same hand onto his wound as it started to glow gold, flesh started to reconstruct itself on both Hunter and Tommy who was busy staring as he felt his arm return to normal, even the bone and tendon healed back. Once his fingers where done coming back Hunter removed her hand and stretched her 5 digits while going to a chair away from the bed, sitting down to let her body recuperate from healing both herself and Tommy. "Thank you... Miss... I don't know how to repay you." Tommy sat up and disconnected the blood tube and leapt off the bed, swinging his arm around in a few shadow boxing moves. Hunter watched him with slight amusement as he did a few more moves then left to see Emily. Hunter sat there alone thinking for a few minutes before a knock on the door startled her slightly. "Hey Hunts, how's it going? Mind if I come in?" Hunter looked up to see Jack standing above her with a stupid smile on his face, she quickly stood up to salute but he waved her down. "So Hunter, you disobeyed orders and came here, I should be mad but I know you're a good girl and won't do that again right?" He gave her a playful look that made a small sliver of a smile flicker on her face. She removed her hat and glasses to reveal her real eyes and her waist long fiery red hair with a long brown strip over her eye, she put her hair up in a ribbon made out of copper wire type fabric. "Jack, you knew I would go after this man, you knew about my knowledge on the Master and yet your about to give ME trouble for doing what you anticipated?! I May be a time lord and I may be old in the eyes of most… but what I don't want is to be this! A little girl… you treat me like nothing but a child… You may be immortal… but look at things my way…" She removed her contacts and looked at Jack with her real eyes, they were glowing a marvellous gold and shone with wisdom and innocence dabbed with slight blood lust. "I never asked for this Jack and I never wanted you to… make me into this…" Jack took her chin and kissed her on the head, letting her emotions flow through his touch. "Hunter… you are a Time Lord, a Time Lord in a young girl's body, but that happens, especially since you're a genetic experiment… I am sorry you have to go through this… Hunter… but it is the only way…" Hunter pushed Jack away and walked out the room, hiding her tears starting to fall from her face. She pulled out a watch and looked into it, a countdown with 3 years left on it was ticking down. She pocketed the watch and walked towards the TARDIS's main room.
Jack stood there, a feeling of guilt trampling his heart from the day of judgement that is coming… "Oh Hunter… I truly am sorry…"