It's my birthday but I'm giving you guys a present in the form of this chapter. I hope you appreciate it. The lack of reviews is slightly upsetting, but thank you to those of you who did review.
Clara and River sat in Winston's lounge chatting about the Doctor. They also talked about Amy and Rory and Clara showed River the photo the Doctor had been looking at in the TARDIS library. Winston and the Doctor had moved into Winston's office to talk about the outcome of the war.
"He's amazing," Clara said, "You're lucky to be married to him."
"Yes I know I am dear," said River, "But sometimes I wonder if he actually loves me or just married me to save reality."
"What exactly happened?" asked Clara.
"Well I destroyed a fixed point in time and time split in half," River said, "Reality was falling apart. The Silence were pissed and decided to just try and kill the Doctor themselves; they were too cowardly to attempt to do it before, instead using me as a puppet. Spineless creatures," she spat the last words out venomously, "They always rely on everyone else to do the hard work for them. Anyway, the Doctor and I got married; we kissed and because we made physical contact time started moving again. The fixed point, where I was supposed to kill the Doctor, still happened but that magnificent man had prepared for it. He hid inside a robot called the Tesselecta and I killed the robot instead of him so he survived."
"Clever boy," Clara said affectionately, ignoring the brief pang of jealousy she felt about River kissing the Doctor. Clara had grown to like the Doctor a great deal but knowing he was married she hadn't tried anything apart from playful and mild flirting which she assumed the Doctor interpreted as harmless teasing.
"Not as clever as our Master," said a deep voice. The two women spun around and River seized her gun as three Silent's stepped out of the shadows. One of them raised a hand and a blast of electricity sent River's gun spinning out of her hand. River lunged forwards, acting under the post hypnotic suggestion of "you should kill us all on sight" and physically tackling the lead Silent to the ground. The two others lunged around the struggling pair but Clara had already grabbed River's gun and one Silent fell with a hole in its chest. The other one unleashed a blast of electricity and disarmed Clara before grabbing her around the neck with its powerful hand. Meanwhile the other Silent threw River aside with terrifying strength, smashing her against the wall as it got to its feet. River collapsed unconscious.
"Let's go," said the Silent. Clara struggled furiously but the Silent was far too strong.
"Clara! River!" the Doctor and Winston had obviously heard the commotion because they burst out of the office. The Prime Minister's revolver was in his hand and one Silent fell with a hole in its head. The last standing one darted towards the door which led into the corridor. It turned as Winston aimed his revolver. The one that Clara had shot was still alive but was unable to get to its feet. The only uninjured Silent ignored its comrade.
"Do you want the girl to die?" it asked. Winston fired anyway. The Silent dodged it and the Doctor hastily disarmed Winston with his Sonic Screwdriver.
"Stop Winston!" he cried, "You almost hit Clara," He turned to the Silent, "What do you want with her?"
"Come and find us, and you will find out," said the Silent and disappeared through the door. The Doctor darted after it but the Silent turned on the spot as a force field sprang up around it. Then it was teleported away taking Clara with it. As soon as it was gone, the Doctor forgot it had even been there.
"Clara? River?" he said looking around in confusion and wondering why he was suddenly out in the corridor instead of in Winston's office.
"Doctor," said Winston, "What is that on the ground?" he pointed to a flat circular device. The Doctor scanned it with his Sonic Screwdriver.
"A two trip teleport, one here and one back to wherever it goes back to," he turned and then River came stumbling out of the Prime Minister's lounge, "River are you alright?"
"I'm fine," she mumbled, "What happened? Where's Clara?"
"Well considering the fact that she disappeared and nobody can remember how, and the fact that there is a Silent behind you that appears to have been killed by your gun..." the Doctor nodded into the lounge where the body of the Silent Clara had injured and River had finished off was lying, "I'd say that other Silent's have captured her," the Doctor looked at Winston, "Winston make, sure my wife's okay. I need to find my companion." Winston nodded as the Doctor sprinted to the TARDIS. "Get me there dear!" he commanded the Time Machine as he ran around the controls, "Get me where I need to be!" The TARDIS made a noise of agreement and took off.
"Clara," said the blonde haired man as he stepped towards the girl with an evil smile. Clara's hands were cuffed behind her back and a cloth was bound tightly around her mouth, gagging her. She had been able to reach and remove the gag with some difficulty by bending her elbows enough to reach up and leaning her head down towards her hands, but then her captors had attached her handcuffs to a thin but strong chain around her waist which stopped her from reaching it and hurt her waist because it was tight. The gag had been tied tighter this time so she couldn't just shake it off either. Unable to speak she just glared up at the man defiantly and he chuckled as he pulled down the gag, leaving it hanging around the young woman's neck, "It's been far too long."
"Who are you?" asked Clara.
"The Doctor would call me his arch enemy," the man responded, "Quite fitting I think, considering he is basically the only worthy opponent I've faced in my life." He stroked her long brown hair and Clara jerked away from him, "Still as beautiful as ever I see."
"Let me guess," Clara said, ignoring the shiver that had gone through her body when he touched her, "You met me in one of my other lives."
"Clever girl," the man replied, "As a matter of fact I was the one who gave you all those lives."
"How?" asked Clara.
"I'll explain when the Doctor arrives," the man said and stood up, "You have done well my little sleeper agent, keeping track of his movements. It was so difficult to keep up with him once he started erasing himself from the Universe. Originally I just wanted to use you as a lifeline but you turned into something far more useful."
"I'm not an object!" Clara said angrily, "I'm a Human being." The man chuckled.
"I'm not," he said, "My people are far more powerful than any Human. Unfortunately the Doctor wiped them all out."
"Tell me who you are," Clara demanded.
"If you insist," said the man and knelt down. Clara shivered as he breathed on her neck. Then he whispered in her ear, "I am the Master."
I guess it was pretty obvious I would be using the Master as the main villain after the last chapter but I still want to know what you guys think. By the way the Master is still in the same incarnation he was in The End of Time. If, by some miracle, this turns out to be like the storyline for the Fields of Trenzalore (which I think might be part of the 50th anniversary), I want John Simm to play the Master again.