I'm sorry if my version of Romana isn't ok with you. But bear in mind that the Romana of the TV series was sometimes cold. Look at her first incarnation during the search of the Key of Time.

Mind Touch.

On the coast of Australia, one second of peace and quiet, broken only by the squawk of birds, and the sound of the wind, turned into a rush of colours as the time vortex opened a portal. Martha and Romana, clutching the stomach churning vortex manipulator, collapsed to their knees.

Martha groaned and vomited, everything she'd eaten in the last 24 hours was regurgitated all over the once immaculate sand.

Romana closed her eyes, the vomit was doing things to her stomach, which was tempted to do the same. The effects of the vortex manipulator, coupled with the way the Toclafane had slaughtered innocent Japanese people made her lose her Time lord self control.

Romana bent down, and vomited all over the place. It took a moment for the girls to recover from their recent ordeal. The Time lady went over on unsteady legs and hugged Martha to her chest. The girl lost control of her emotions, and she sobbed her heart out. Romana held her, letting her friend recover her composure. Yes, Martha could be annoying when it came to constantly asking questions, but Romana genuinely cared about her.

Martha choked out, " They - They - k-k-killed them ! All of them ! W-why, why did they do it ?"

Romana swallowed thickly, the new memories made her throat raw, " I think, that Rose ordered them to attack Japan, to get to us. Think of it as jealousy with razors and laser blasts."

Martha's head moved so fast Romana heard the crack, " What the hell d'ya mean ?"

" We've been around Toclafane long enough for me to get an idea of how the Master controls them," Romana said, pushing Martha off so then she could look properly into her friends' eyes, " The Master is a hypnotist, the Doctor explained that, he even showed the way the Master duped everyone."

" The Archangel network,"

Romana nodded, glad that Martha had cottoned onto what she was talking about, " The Master's control over the world extends to the Toclafane, whenever they approach, I can feel a lingering tang on my telepathic senses. When he sent those Toclafane down to Earth the first time I could feel his essence all over them, it's the same when they pass over. But this time…" she faltered as memories of Japan on fire, the people being sliced as they tried to run for cover….it made even the sometimes cold Time lady feel sick again, " This time, I felt only a lingering tang, the control wasn't there. The Master would never allow his servants to wipe out a resource."

Martha understood, at least she hoped she did, she ignored the resource bit - Humans were not resources, " So, the Master controls them through hypnosis. I understand that bit, but wouldn't that be a strain ? I mean, wouldn't that give the Master problems concentrating ?"

" Not if he uses the TARDIS telepathic circuits in the network, but the Master can simply," she waved a hand " Plug his mind inside that of the network, and guide the Toclafane."

Martha's eyes widened, " The TARDIS, you mean the TARDIS is helping the Master ?"

" No," Romana said hurriedly, " Not willingly, anyway. The Master's a Time Lord, that means the TARDIS has no choice but to obey him, she has no choice. But don't think that means that she wants too. She hates the Master for what he's done to her."

" I still don't see how the TARDIS is a part of the Archangel network." Martha said after a moment of thinking.

Romana smiled, " You are aware, by now, that the TARDIS translates alien languages for you in your head ?" when Martha nodded Romana carried on, " The TARDIS does that by using the Time lord gift of understanding languages, via the telepathic circuits. In conquering the Earth, the Master has used one of the basics of Time lord science. The archangel network is linked to the TARDIS's telepathic circuits, and it boosts the field and allows the Master to cause what he's doing. The network is the key to the Master's downfall. His one great strength, and his weakness. The Toclafane are just his dogsbodies."

Martha was confused, she understood the bit about the Master having control of the TARDIS, but she couldn't see how Romana could tell it had been Rose who'd ordered the slaughter of Japan and it's people.

" Even if you're right, what does that have to do with Rose ?"

" When the Toclafane flew over us and dive bombed everyone, I didn't feel the Master's telepathic imprint on them. More to the point, he wouldn't want to waste a resource, as he clearly saw the Japanese people. Rose doesn't care, not if she's done what we've been told she's done."

Both girls fell silent as they thought about the atrocities Rose Saxon had caused. Like her husband and the Toclafane, Rose had established a reputation for herself. That of a cold blooded murdering psychopath. The things Romana and Martha had been told….

Martha didn't see how the archangel network was the key to the Master's downfall, " How can the network be the Master's downfall ?"

Romana nodded, her mind made up, " The Time lords discovered that telepathic circuits can generate vast amounts of power. Since it's mental energy, it can do anything. The Master uses it to strengthen his hold on the Earth, he's dependent on it. The Archangel network is basically a giant telepathic circuit, something that any Time lord could conceive. In fact, it's the simplest way that he could cause a massive compulsion over the population. But it can be reversed."

" That's what we're doing, we're gathering the energy the Doctor needs to rejuvenate himself and reverse the damage the laser screwdriver has done."

" How ?"

Romana nodded, " That's a good question. What do you think the primary emotion, feeling if you like, the population of the world is at the moment ?"

Martha took a guess, " Despair ?"

" No."

" Hopelessness ?"

Romana shook her head, " No, think positive."

" Hope ?" Martha asked in understanding.

Romana nodded, a smile on her face, " Right," she clicked her fingers, " Yes, hope. Good emotion, hope. It can do wonders. Before we left Sarah Jane, I asked her to spread the word that we were wondering the world, but I told her to be discreet. That set the stage for allowing the idea of hope to spread, it was just a rumour, but it was enough."

" I've wondered why people seemed to know about us when we first started. I get that Romana, but I don't see how hope is gonna help us," Martha said.

Romana sighed, and Martha was surprised to see that she looked as grim as Martha felt. " This is the tricky part. Have you felt since we started wandering around the world, that the people we've spoken too haven't been spreading the message, and only the Doctor's former companions have actually spread the word to millions of sceptics ?"

Martha hated that feeling, that all their work was for nothing. She knew Romana had those same thoughts, it wasn't a pleasant feeling.

" Yes," she admitted, " All the time," she added.

Romana nodded gravely, " Hope does a lot of things, Martha. But even so, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the of the people we speak too are only there to find out what we're going to do about the Gun." Romana said gesturing to Martha's backpack. Thanks to Ian Chesterton they'd been able to cobble together something that would fool the Master and keep him off guard and unaware of their true purpose. Romana hated guns, even though she wasn't afraid of them like the Doctor was, memories of her first incarnation shooting down the Captain's guards on Zanak came to mind, along with the things her third incarnation had done during the Time War.

But Romana knew it wouldn't fool the Master for long.

Martha shuddered as she turned her gaze to the backpack, she hated guns and violence. She was a doctor, well a doctor in training, but she was a healer. Not a killer.

That night, both girls fell into an uneasy sleep. Romana didn't often dream, but when she did she dreamt of home, the home she could never return too.

But now…..

Romana found herself in what she recognised as a dreamscape, as a Time lady she was aware of mental landscapes. She understood the theory, but she didn't understand how this one was formed now.

" Hello Romana," a familiar voice said from behind her. Romana turned around. Standing there, tall and grinning, all teeth and curls, was the Doctor. Not the Doctor as she knew him, but the Doctor she'd travelled with for so many years during his Fourth incarnation. He was standing there, long maroon coat, awkward looking clothes and the scarf that looked like someone hadn't stopped knitting. He looked young, much like he had when they'd first met. As they continued their travels, he grew older before she'd left for E - space to help the Tharils.

" Doctor," she whispered. Suddenly, she lost control and ran into him, wrapping her arms around him.

" Now this is a welcome, eh ?" The Doctor asked.

They both laughed. Romana buried her face into his chest, feeling the double pulse of his twin hearts. This was nice, she felt like she was home. Romana loved the Doctor, but this one…she knew better than all of them. She loved the present one since he had a nature similar to the fourth Doctor.

Both of them sat down on the grass, red like Gallifrey's, for a moment both of them didn't speak. The Doctor held Romana in his arms.

Finally she broke the silence, " How are you here ?"

The Doctor chuckled, " I see you haven't changed since your first life. The present version of me is currently onboard the Valiant, trying to maintain the Archangel connection."

Romana nodded, understanding completely, " So, he projected you into my head ?"

" Essentially yes, he wanted to come but the problem is the transference is too unstable. It's also a tremendous strain on the present me's mind to allow this." the Doctor explained.

That made sense to Romana; the archangel network was designed to reach minds, not communicate with them. The sheer strain on the Doctor's mind must be colossal.

" How long are you here for ?" she asked at last.

" Not long, whilst time has no meaning here it's not a good idea. The present Doctor's under enough strain as it is, what with being forcibly aged, and Rose Tyler and the Master making peoples lives a misery."

" What's happening on the Valiant anyway ?" Romana asked.

For what seemed like hours, the Doctor explained the recent events to Romana. The Time lady heard how Rose had been punished by the Master for attacking that maid, how the Master was torturing Jack, forcing him to die is various ways, the assassination attempt on the Master and the way the perpetrator was killed.

Romana listened to the way the Doctor told her about how Tish had asked him to forgive her mother, and she could see the way the Doctor felt about Francine. The Doctor had good reason not to trust Francine, after the way the woman had trusted strangers following an agenda the woman would be lucky if the Doctor spoke to her again.

The current incarnation of the Doctor didn't take fools lightly, and then again there was the lack of second chances from the Doctor. But even so she felt the Doctor should consider forgiving Francine, the elder Jones must see by now that the Master fed her lies.

" I think you should forgive her," Romana stated. The Doctor looked at her questioningly and Romana carried on, " I think Francine realises by now that the Master lied to her, and fed her fears."

The Doctor nodded, " Alright, I'll take it back."

Romana nodded.

" So, who launched those Toclafane on Japan ?" she asked. The Doctor winced, he'd been on the flight deck of Valiant when Rose ordered it.

" Rose," the Doctor admitted, confirming the Time lady's theory about who was responsible for the destruction of an entire country and population. " I'd found out both of you were in Japan, and I cried. I cried because I knew you were alive, Romana. You and Martha, both alive and kicking. Anyway, I forgot about the cameras, and by the time I'd realised my mistake, the Master and Rose swaggered onto the flight deck. The Master taunted me, and I replied that I-" he stopped.

Romana's hearts were beating furiously, " You what ?" she whispered.

The Doctor looked at her, and pulled his courage together, " I love you, Romanadvoratrelundar. I love you with both my hearts."

Romana had tears in her eyes, " I love you too," she admitted.

The Doctor nodded happily, the massive trademark grin of the Fourth Doctor all over his face. For a while, neither Time lord spoke, but then the Doctor broke the silence.

" Believe it or not, you're actually spreading the word." The Doctor whispered into her ear.

Romana looked into his eyes, " You mean people are believing us ?"

" It helps that some people have travelled with me, it gives a sense of reality. But, yes, depending on your view, people are spreading the word." The Doctor said.

Romana had had some doubts about her mission, but now the Doctor was here she was reassured that she was succeeding.

When Romana woke up, she saw Martha's sleeping body, and she smiled. They were succeeding. People were believing them.