Chapter 4
"Matthew!" Cassie yelled and lunged towards him. "How are you alive? The Dalek... It killed you!" Matthew didn't move, his face frozen in the grin, which was at this point becoming rather creepy.
Matthew stared into the TARDIS, and the Doctor-Dad- moved into a protective stance in front of us. "The Daleks brought me back," Matthew said, "on one condition." He narrowed his eyes at us. "That I bring them to you. And where else would you be than with your precious Doctor?" He spit the words at our faces, a look of insanity crossing over onto the lines of his face, and even into his eyes.
I pushed my way past the Doctor to be face to face with what was once one of my best friends. "What.. Who are you?" I asked him. Matthew sneered. "Someone from your Daddy's worst nightmares," he said, the creepy smile never leaving his face. Matthew's foot lifted, and a soft beat of four echoed around the console room. The Doctor's eyes widened. "But, But you're dead! I was there when you died! You can't have come back! Not AGAIN!" Matthew laughed hysterically. "Oh, Doctor, don't you realize, your eyes are always playing tricks on you. You saw Gallifrey burn to ashes, but it returned. You saw me die, then die a second time! Who's to say I can't come back again?" The Doctors face paled noticeably. "And the answer to your question, who am I, is simple. The Master."
"But how?!" The Doctor almost screamed at his former friend. "I saw you die. I burned your body. Until all that was left were your ashes." The Master grinned, a sly grin, "You burned one of the justice robots of the universe. I barely got scorched. Afterwards, I regenerated. I've been hiding out here as a disgusting human, trying to find your precious daughters. And now, you're going to watch them die." The Master pulled out simple pistol from his coat pocket. He aimed it for Cassie. The Doctor jumped in from just as the bullet left the chamber. Suddenly the Master screamed, "NOOO!" he spun quickly and shotgun bullet flew into the wall of the TARDIS. The evil smile left his face. "Matthew," I whispered as he fell to the ground. The Doctor ran up to him, sonic screwdriver already out. He ran it over top of Matthew then looked at it. "The Master is still in there," the Doctor said sadly. He turned to walk away, and in that moment, the Master lifted the gun off the ground and fired, directly at me.
"No!" I heard the Doctor scream as I felt a bewildering pain in my side. I heard a scream as everything went black around me.
What felt like seconds later, my eyes flashed open and I was gasping for air. I looked up and heard two sighs of relief. "Emily!" Cassie said smiling, standing beside a tied up Matthew. "Cassie," I muttered as I realized my head was lying in the Doctor's lap and he was stroking my hair. "Dad?" I said softly, "What happened to me?" I looked down and saw a bandage covering from my torso to my waist on my left side. "The Master, your friend Matthew," he said slowly, "shot you. In the stomach. But you're okay now. Cassie I fixed you up." He smiled down at me and I looked at Cassie and then at Matthew. "Matthew," I said softy, my voice croaking, "Are you still in there?" I received a evil grin as an answer.
That night, Cassie and I went to bed in the room next to the Doctors. I fell asleep quickly.
When I woke up, something was different. I looked in the bed beside me, and Cassie was gone. I jumped out of bed, remembering Cassie's episode with the watch. I ran to the Doctors door, pounding on it. He appeared, looking quite confused. "Cassie, she went missing, and I know something went wrong," I said quickly, pulling the Doctor out of his room down the hall. The Doctor was being rather slow when a loud bang echoed around the hall. That got the Doctor moving. We ran to the console room to find Cassie with a gun in her hand, pointing it straight at Matthew. "CASSIE!" I screamed, slamming into her, the gun flying across the room. The Doctor swooped over to pick it up. I looked over to Matthew and saw an evil grin spread across his face. I saw a hole in the TARDIS floor. Cassie must have shot it. I looked over at Cassie and saw her curled up in a ball glaring at the Master. "Just so you know," Cassie spat, "I have no regrets in trying to kill you."
The Doctor looked at her, with a sad look on his face. "Cassidy," he said, "Go back to your room. We can't kill him. He's one of the four of us left. I just got you two back, and I don't think I can lose either of you again." Cassie nodded sternly and skipped off. "I still regret nothing," she said, and I could hear the bit of crazy in her voice. I looked at the Doctor and then at the Master-Matthew, I corrected myself- who was glaring at me.
"Doctor," I said, feeling uncomfortable being glared at non-stop. "He tried to kill us. I think we should at least punish him in some way. He did shoot me. I would've died if you and Cassie weren't right there when it happened"
The Doctor looked at me, and the sadness in his eyes grew. "You're like me, while your sister is more like her mother. Exactly like her. Even if she looks like me," he said sadly.
"Doctor," I said softly, "Cassie's always been like that. She doesn't like it when her friends, or in this case twin, get hurt." He looked at me and a single tear went down his cheek and to his chin. "I never knew how any of you died. And it's just...well...odd to try and think differently about it now." He smiled slightly and looked back at me. "How about I give you and Cassie a tour of the TARDIS? You should probably know where the closet and kitchen are." I smiled, "Sounds good to me." He grinned, "Allons-y!" And then he ran off.
I followed behind him, smiling. Soon, we were at the room Cassie and I had taken on as ours. He knocked twice, "Cassie? We're doing a tour of the TARDIS. Want to come?" We heard shuffling and then Cassie opened the door slowly. "Is he gone?" The Doctor nodded. "A room deep in the TARDIS. And I've got the key," he smiled. Cassie sniffled a little and then nodded. "Okay," she said softly, stepping out into the hallway. Right as she did, all the lights in the TARDIS went out and we all heard an insane chuckle, which only got louder.