"So that's how I ended up here," The Master gestured towards his handcuffs to Cameron, "Can I get these off now?"

"Stop," Rose said sternly, eyeing the Master. "What do you mean that's how you ended up here? Traveling through parallel universes isn't possible."

The Time-Lord scoffed in reply. "It is if you're dedicated enough."

"So basically, you don't know where he is?" Rose sighed, lowering her gun.

"No clue."

"And... You came here to look for him?"

"Yep."

"And... You can get me back there?"

The Master rolled his head back and twisted his mouth to the side. "I suppose..."

"Look, if I could get a word in," Cameron said suddenly, stepping forward into Rose's field of sight.

Rose's eyes widened as she remembered that Cam was there, and her gun clattered to the floor. She opened her mouth to talk, but before she could he continued. "What is going on? Who's the Doctor? Rose, how do you know this guy?" He nodded his head towards the Master, who was still struggling with his handcuffs.

"I just met him! And... The Doctor..." Rose shook her head, her voice trailing off. The idea of talking about him was too painful. "Peter, are you a Time-Lord?"

The Master groaned and rolled his eyes, "It's the Master, not Peter. And yes, I'm a Time-Lord."

"Can't you find him then?!" She yelled, hands clenching into fists. "Don't you have some technology that can find him for me? Because he's not here. And hold on, the Time-Lords are dead! Is this some stupid trick?! Have you been leaving the flowers?!"

Rose suddenly bent down and picked up her gun again, cocking it and stepping closer to the Master, holding the gun to his head. The Master raised his hands in defense again and raised his eyebrows, "Calm down! Ask me one question at a time!"

"Can you find him?" She hissed at the man.

"Well, obviously not since I'm here," The Master replied simply.

"How come you're not dead?"

He rubbed his forehead and sighed, "I survived the Time-War by transforming myself into a human."

Rose stepped closer, a defiant look on her face. "So you're not a Time-Lord?"

"I changed back. Look, that's a long story, do you want to find the stupid Doctor or not?"

Her mouth dropped open, "If he's so stupid why are you looking for him in the first place?!" She nudged him in the forehead threateningly with the gun. For a second she was shocked at herself, since when had she gotten so defensive of the Doctor? It wasn't like they had even ever really had a romantic relationship. God, maybe being here too long was causing her to already start to forget little things about him.

The Master backed away from the gun only to fall back into the cubicle chair. "Look, could you put that away? I'm not a threat, and I want to find him. Maybe not as badly as you, but I want to find him. I already told you my story."

Rose didn't move the gun, but Cameron came from behind her and snatched the gun out of her hand, putting it in his belt. "Rose, I want to know what's going on," He said softly.

"Have you been leaving the flowers?" She asked the Master next, ignoring her friend.

"What flowers?" The Master asked innocently.

"I've been getting flowers... I think they're from him."

The Time-Lord stopped to consider this for a second, his gaze floating to the wall to the left of Rose. He bit his lower lip a little and thought for a moment, before a smile grew on his face. "Flowers?" He began laughing uncontrollably, and it was only when Rose reached for her knife that he stopped. "Sorry, hold on. Flowers, let me guess, brown package? Your name on it? Probably in Gallifreyan?"

"Yes!" Rose said, shocked. "You've been leaving them? Oh you little fu-"

CRASH!

"CAM! ROSE!" Finn's voice screamed out from above them.

The two reacted instantly, Cam cuffing the Master's handcuffs to the desk and Rose sprinting up the stairs even though she was reluctant to leave the Master. They were two floors up from where they had been when they saw the open door, Finn struggling with someone in all black holding him, and worst of all a gun pressed to his left temple. "Lower your guns," The man in black had a masculine, deep voice and only his small, brown eyes, mouth, and tan nose were visible in his suit. Rose nodded and lowered the second gun she had pulled from her belt, placing it on the floor and raising her hands. "Get your friend," The man commanded.

"Cam! They have Finn! Come in here without a gun!" Rose yelled behind her, eyes focused on Finn. He appeared uninjured, with only a bead of sweat on his forehead and flushed cheeks as signs of what had happened.

Cameron walked in, hands mirroring Rose's, and stood next to her. "Let him go," He said, narrowing his eyebrows at the man in black.

"Where's the Master?" The man asked in return.

None of them answered, instead Cameron just turned to Rose and stared her in the eyes, asking a silent question. Rose swallowed, "What do you want him for?"

"I'm working for the Shadow Proclamation. He's guilty of several crimes across the universe, including treason, murder, rape, genocide, tor-"

Suddenly the Master walked into the room, twirling empty handcuffs around his right index finger. "Oh, can it. Show me your badge. And why are you dressed like a stereotypical ape robber?"

The man didn't move.

"Okay, here, pretty boy," The Master turned to Cameron. "Cuff me." Cameron reached for the handcuffs the Master was holding but he shook his head. "Not these cuffs, if buddy-boy over there really is from the Shadow Proclamation he won't trust these."

When the Master was well-restrained, Finn was released. Finn leaned against the wall, his breaths ragged and eyes shut. Rose ran over to him to support him by his arms, and carried him back over to where the scene between the man in black and the Master was going down. She had absolutely no idea what was going on, all she knew was she would die trying to see the Doctor again. She couldn't let the Master get shot, seeing as he was her only hope of seeing the Doctor again.

"I'm Officer Julie," The man removed his mask to reveal he had a semi-goatee and shortly trimmed straight brown hair. He raised a badge up and the Master stared at it curiously.

The Master chuckled, "Officer Julie? Not very manly, is it? God, I'm being arrested by Officer Julie. How terrifying."

Julie ignored his taunting. "You're under arrest for one-hundred and seven known offenses to the law. Please follow me for transport back to the Shadow Proclamation."

"Are you from the other universe? Or this one?"

"The other universe."

The Master looked at Rose then back at Julie. "Then you know of the Doctor?"

Julie's face grew solemn, "Yes, I know of him."

"Have you seen him recently? At all?" The Master asked instantly.

The look in the Master's eyes told Rose that he definitely cared for the Doctor, if not in a strange way. The way he had tried to act as if he really couldn't care less about the Doctor's safety, even though he had come all the way to another universe just to see if he was safe was unlike anything Rose had ever seen before. And she had seen a lot. Whenever the Doctor had spoken of the Time-War, even if it was brief, had told her that it had been devastating and he was the only survivor. Had he lied? Julie stared the Master straight in the eyes and sighed. "How long have you been in this universe?"

"Not very long. About," The Master checked his wrist but there was no watch there, "Oh, right, don't need a watch. About two hours or so. It took Rose and company long enough to get here."

"Well, I don't know what time period you were in in the other universe, but the Doctor is dead."

A/N: Hooray for more things that have to be explained! :) Sorry for there not being any flowers for these last few chapters, but I'm kind of trying to get into the big plot of the story.