The telephone in the TARDIS rang, catching the Doctor and the Master by surprise. "Who the hell would be phoning you?" the Master hissed, ripping his hand away and stalking to the phone and snatching it up. The Doctor bounded over to peer over his shoulder at the caller I.D. "It's Jack."

"Haven't we taken care of Torchwood?" the Master growled. The Doctor ducked his head shamefully. "I… not really."

"What d'you mean, not really?"

"I destroyed their homes, but I didn't really check to make sure they were… dead."

The Master snarled at him and shoved the phone into the Doctor's thin hands. The Time Lord slowly flipped it open and held it to his ear. "Jack?"

"Doctor! Oh, it's so good to hear your voice! Where the hell've you been? Some maniac's taken over the planet! He says he's the Doctor, but…"

When the Doctor didn't reply, he could hear Jack's strangled breath on the other end of the line. "Doctor?" Jack demanded in disbelief. The Master snatched the phone away and held it up to his. "Yeah, and me."

"No. Where's my Doctor? What've you done to him!" Jack shouted. The Master held the phone away from his ear and raised his eyebrows at the Doctor like, no need to shout!

"This is your Doctor, Girlie. He's mine now, though."

The Master handed the phone back to the Doctor. "He's right, Jack. I realized some things, and now I know better."

"Doctor, you can't! You save the world! That's what you do - you save people!"

"Not anymore, Jack. I used to. I was the hero, but where was my reward? For everything I've done, I never got a reward. No one thanked me. It wasn't fair. But now, I'm getting my reward."

"What reward?" Jack snapped incredulously.

The Doctor didn't answer. He honestly wasn't in the mood to talk to Jack at all. So he simply hung up. The phone rang again, but he knew better than to answer, and turned to the Master. "We should blow up the base. But… Jack can't die."

"Y'think I don't know that? I did torture him for a year."

The Doctor almost chuckled. "Ah yes. How could I forget?"

"I don't think we should destroy the base. They've got some valuable equipment in there. I'd rather just go in and kill the others, that way I can drag Handsome Jack here myself."

The Doctor shrugged. "Sounds good. Should...I come?"

The Master nodded. "Oh yeah. Might make them go into shock. Might even make it easier to kill them."

The Doctor nodded. "And...what about Jack?"

"We'll torture him! What'd you think? Got a better idea?"

"Not at all." He flashed a grin. "Well. Allons-y!"

They walked up to the Tourist Center to find Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, and Ianto Jones standing outside, with guns.

"How'd you know we were coming" The Doctor called.

"Call it a hunch. Doctor. What the hell's happened? Why're you...with him? Don't you remember what he's done!" He cried.

"I do have a name!" the Master yelled.

"Yeah, I remember. But he's the only one who gets it, Jack." The Doctor said.

"Get what?" Jack spat.

"The loneliness, Jack. Even not getting a reward, along with... everything."

"Everything? What is everything?"

The Master walked forward. "I'm getting tired of all these questions. Getting a bit pesky." He muttered under his breath, "Maybe this'll shut him up." Without any warning, he thrust his arms forward and sent streams of crackling, blue life force energy into Gwen's chest, blowing her back. She screamed, and before Jack and Ianto could do anything, the Master stopped, leaving Gwen lying on the ground. She wasn't moving. Jack ran to her, took her head in his arms and frantically checked for life signs. The Doctor and the Master could hear him begging her to not be dead, and they smirked. Ianto, however, stood anchored to his spot. His face was dark, sparking a wicked grin from the Master. "Jack's lover, aren't you? Oh, I remember you. You were the one that begged, begged me to let Jack go, even when I was slicing off your pretty little face."

As the Master said this, Jack's head snapped up, jerked from Ianto to the Master, but Ianto - of course - had no idea what the Master was talking about. "I don't - I didn't - "

"No, Yan. Don't speak. It only pleases him." Jack snarled. The Master smiled smugly and winked at Ianto. "I remember in detail all the things I did to this one. Maybe I could replicate them? It was so much fun."

Ianto ducked over to Jack and whispered, "I've never met him before."

The Doctor and the Master chuckled as Jack tried to explain as quickly as he could what the Master was talking for. The Time Lords curiously stood on their toes and mockingly peeked over Jack and Ianto's shoulder, even from the distance. "Where's that little Japanese delicacy? Not dead yet, is she?"

Jack didn't reply.

"And the other one - the one with the frog face. Or is he an ape? Where's the King of the Weevils, hm?"

The human's eyes were dark as he glared up at the Master with venom. He gently laid Gwen's head back on the concrete and stood next to the tea boy. "Or is he dead, too?" the Master inquired with mocking innocence. The Doctor smirked. "Faithful to the end, your team. Well, except for that one." the Master continued, making a gesture to Gwen's body. "At the first mention of freedom, she simply threw herself at me. Of course, I didn't set her free. I finished with her and then I killed her. I suppose it's a small comfort that I didn't torture her to death, although I would've liked to. I liked the way she screamed."

Jack's gun hand twitched and he gave the Doctor an imploring look, silently begging for the real Doctor to step forth. "Anyways," the Doctor said, his hands behind his back in an innocent pose, "we've got work to do if you don't mind. After we kill you all, we're just gonna give your base a quick once-over. Okay?"

"Doctor, this isn't you. You would never do this. Not in a million years. Hell, you don't even use guns!" Jack protested. The Doctor shrugged, reached into his coat, and brought out the Master's laser screwdriver that he'd kept in the TARDIS until now. Jack's eyes widened in terror at the sight of the thing. Ianto put his hand on the immortal's shoulder, but it did nothing to help Jack breathe again. "I don't really have to." the Doctor said, flipping the screwdriver up into the air and catching it. Jack scrambled away from him and the Master, properly terrified. "Jack? What is that?" Ianto asked, desperately seeking answers. No one answered the tea boy. "Doctor… don't." Jack choked. The Doctor fiddled with the settings of the screwdriver, finding the right setting to decimate both of the humans in front of him. "Just… tell me one thing." Jack begged. The Time Lord froze and looked to the Master for affirmation. The Master nodded, just slightly, and the Doctor turned back to Jack. "What."

"What did you mean by 'reward'?"

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Oh, you need to know everything, don't you. It doesn't concern you." he snarled. In one swift motion, he brought his arm up and flicked the switch, sending a searing laser into Jack's face. After a few moments of screaming and writhing, his smoking corpse fell onto the pavement and only Ianto was left, red faced. "He trusted you!" the human shouted. The Doctor and the Master watched him, keeping eyes on his gun hand, which was trembling with rage. From there, everything happened too fast - the Doctor couldn't comprehend what was happening. The tea boy brought his arm up and aimed the gun straight at the Doctor, and at the same time, the Master leapt into the air, superhumanly high, and came down behind him. Before Ianto could turn or shoot, the Master had his hands wrapped around his forehead and jaw and twisted. There was a sickening crack, and then Ianto's body slumped onto the concrete. His body was facing the Tourist Center, but his head was staring straight at the Doctor, one hundred-eighty degrees the wrong way. The Master looked from the tea boy's warm corpse to the Doctor, frozen in place and staring at the cadaver. Taking them both by surprise, Jack gasped to life beside the Master, but the Time Lord swiftly broke his neck as well. Jack's neck snapped like a carrot in the powerful hands of the Master. The Doctor was staring at Ianto's body, but he wasn't really seeing anything. He was stunned stupid. Everything had happened so fast… he felt the Master's warm, soft hand slip into his, hot breath on his neck. Coarse stubble grazed the tender flesh of the Doctor's throat. "It's okay, Doctor." the Master whispered. The Doctor felt the hot tears in his own eyes and he turned his head to look at his friend. "You… you killed them?" he whispered, not really able to comprehend it. The Master nodded, smiled softly, looked up into the Doctor with warm, reassuring eyes. "Yes, I did. That's okay, right?"

"I… don't know."

He felt the Master's hand on his cheek, turning his head, and then lips. The Master's stubble irritated the skin of his face, but he didn't mind. Too soon, the Master broke away. "It's okay, right?" he asked again. Now, the Doctor was confident. "Yeah. It's alright." he replied. Jack gasped to life again twenty feet away from where they were standing and he took a few seconds to catch his breath. In those few seconds, the Master leapt to him, cackling, and seized him by the hair. In moments, the Doctor was by his side and they were both snarling down at Jack, who still had a grip on his revolver. The Doctor sharply kicked his wrist and Jack yelped, letting the gun go and sending it flying away from him. "Go on, Doctor. Not your first blood, is it?" the Master commanded. The Doctor tucked the laser screwdriver into his pocket and put his hands where he'd seen the Master's. Jack didn't beg. By now, he'd seen Ianto's corpse and he was unable to speak. All the fight drained from him, the human closed his eyes as the Doctor snapped his neck. Again, Jack fell onto the concrete, his hair released. The Master pursed his lips and looked around. No one was in sight. Most of the humans on Earth were either dead or enslaved. He took Jack's body in his strong arms and leapt away, leaving the Doctor alone with Ianto's dead body. Unsure of what to do now, the Doctor prodded the tea boy's corpse with the toe of his trainer.

Inside the Hub, Dr. Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato nervously waited, large guns in their arms. Tosh nervously glanced at Owen. "You know, Jack's told us a bit about the Doctor."

"Yeah, but not enough. And he's not said one word about that Master bloke." Owen growled.

"He said that the Doctor is powerful, but he also said that the Doctor is good."

"Doesn't seem too good to me if we have to take precautions against him."

"But he also said that the Doctor is dangerous, and powerful. He was afraid of the Doctor."

"Yeah, and?"

"Well, we might not make it out of this alive."

"Bollocks to that, Tosh. I'll get you out of here." Owen said, trying to reassure her. She smiled softly. "Maybe not, though. And that's okay, I suppose. I just want you to know - "

Before she could say anything else, there were four loud bangs, coming from the cog wheel door that lead into the Hub. Tosh jumped, but Owen kept his cool. "Who's there?" he called mockingly. "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"

"Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!"

"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your door in!" the person on the other side of the door called. Tosh steeled herself and cocked her gun, and Owen glanced at her. She was so beautiful. He cocked his gun as well and positioned himself next to her. There was unnerving silence on the other side of that door, but Owen was confident that the intruders would not get in. It would take a lot more than they had. Without warning, the cog door exploded, sending shrapnel and sparks flying at deadly speeds toward the two Torchwood operatives. Instinctively, Owen dropped his gun and leapt on Toshiko, pinning himself on top of her and protecting her. Now, they both knew the danger they were in. It would've taken an almost impossible effort to reduce that door to shrapnel - it was nearly a foot thick and made of reinforced steel. A figure stepped through the flames with gleaming eyes and an unnervingly wide grin. The man was clad in black, with a hint of red peeking out from underneath his hoodie and bleached blond hair. Behind him was someone taller and he emanated vengefulness. His long face was dark and a brown trenchcoat trailed behind him. Owen instantly realized that this was the Doctor - but not Jack's Doctor. Dread pooled in his stomach when he realized that Jack, Ianto, and Gwen must be dead. That would be the only way these two would get into Torchwood. Now, Owen stood and helped Tosh to her feet. He scooped up his gun and aimed it at the Doctor. Toshiko aimed hers at the other man - who must have been the Master. "Hello, little pig." the Master said with a grin. His voice was the one that was on the other side of the door. Owen smirked bravely. "Hello, fox." he said. The Doctor looked Toshiko over, and then Owen. The man felt chills where the Doctor's eyes fell. "I remember you." the Doctor finally said, turning back to Tosh. She glanced at Owen and then addressed the Doctor. "I've never met you."

"Yes you have. Just not this face."

"What?"

"Middle aged man, leather jacket?"

"I don't - "

"Space Pig?"

Owen and Tosh both gasped and glanced at each other, but kept their guns trained on the attackers. "That was you?" Toshiko demanded. The Doctor smiled and nodded. "Yup. 'Allo!" he said. The Master rolled his eyes and curled his lip. "Can we get on with it, please?" he growled. The Doctor's smile disappeared and he nodded. "Right. Yes."

Without warning, the Master thrust both arms forward and began rubbing his hands together, blue life force energy crackling along his knuckles. He licked his lips, and the two humans sensed that this was the end. Owen hefted the gun to one arm and slipped his hand into Toshiko's. She looked up at him quizzically, and then realized what he was trying to tell her and she gave him a small smile. "Me too." she whispered. The Master made a sympathetic face and grinned wickedly as he pulsed twin beams of lethal energy into Owen's chest, blasting him back and tearing his hand from Toshiko's. She clenched her teeth and fired her gun at the Master, stopping him and knocking him into the wall behind. For a second, just one brief moment, his skin turned translucent and she could clearly see beneath his skin, his eyes and skull and the life force pulsing through him. Caught by surprise, she stumbled back and tripped on an imperfection in the floor. The Doctor took this opportunity to sprint to her and whip out the laser screwdriver - isomorphically bonded to both him and the Master. He stood directly above her, glaring down darkly into her eyes, filled with panic. But she didn't show any. She instead took the precious few seconds that the Doctor hesitated to look beside her at Owen's unmoving body, take his still-warm hand in hers, and close her eyes, and that's when the Doctor flicked the switch. Her scream ripped through the base and it was abruptly cut short. The two Time Lords simply stepped over their bodies and into the Hub to search it for anything of interest, leaving behind a grotesquely beautiful scene - two smoking cadavers, bodies broken, fingers intwined.