A/N I do not own the show, the characters or some of the dialogue in this chapter that was featured in this chapter.

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Sometime later, Ace is standing at an Art Gallery taking a photo of a missing painting and gets the attention of an employee and asking her questions about the most recent painting that just had renovation work done on it. She calls Tegan and they both decide, well Tegan reluctantly agrees to head into UNIT HQ in London. On her way in she calls Graham, "I am heading in."

"You are."

"It is now up to 15 paintings, I think Kate is going to call the Doctor, because of this and the seismologists disappearing plus Tegan receiving a Russian Doll of a Cyberman and note from the Doctor.''

"How freaked out is she?"

"Just in shock and not happy with the Cyberman as it isn't a good memory."

"Losing Adric."

"Yeah, I am here, I will talk to you later. I love you."

"I love you too, try and be safe."

"I will." Ace hangs up and gets out of her car. "Kate."

"Hello Ace, what is up?"

"Did Tegan call you?"

"Yes, she is on her way from Romania."

"Good. Is she coming by helicopter?"

"She is, and I am trying to get a hold of the Doctor."

"I expected that. Tegan doesn't know yet that I met Graham through the Doctor."

"She still thinks the last time you saw them was 30 years ago."

"She does."

"That means you have to act surprised when she comes in the TARDIS."

"I will do that." Ace smiles at Kate thinking of what she is going to say to the Doctor. Tegan eventually arrives while the two of them are talking quietly when she brings up the Doctor with Yaz. "That's a good look on you Professor." The Doctor just looks on worriedly until Kate grabs their attention and heads over to a big screen. When both Ace and Tegan are shocked to find out the man in the picture is indeed the Master. When Yaz and the Doctor leave to go pick up the Master, Kate suggests for both of them to call their significant others.

"It is all due to the bloody Master."

"What is?"

"These missing paintings and the seismologists going missing, Yaz and the Doctor are going to get him now."

"Want me to come in?"

"No, I want you to remain from that man. He loves to kill loved ones of those close to the Doctor."

"I will, but if you or anyone wants my help I will be there in a heartbeat."

"I know, I should probably go, I love you."

"I love you too Ace." They say their goodbyes and Ace goes back to Kate and Tegan who had finished her call with an unhappy Nyssa about the involvement of the Master.

'Last time I saw you, you were half-cat.' Ace snarls at the Master and quickly after that the Doctor puts Tegan and Ace in charge of watching the Master. After the Cyberman starts invading them from the Russian Doll, Ace and Tegan make their way to the roof. Thinking to herself, "I can do this, I will be safe, I will be able to make it down safely." When she gets out of her mind she realizes Tegan isn't on the roof she is standing in the doorway, When Tegan tells her she isn't going to leave UNIT at the moment. After screaming for Tegan after the metal door slams down, Ace puts the parachute on her and jumps.

Right before she is about to fall to her death, the TARDIS materializes and she safely falls into it. As Ace stands back up she doesn't see the Doctor, but sees that Yaz is piloting the TARDIS. "You can fly the TARDIS, I was never allowed to fly the TARDIS."

"How would you like to go to a Bolivian Volcano and fight Daleks."

Ace gets out her bat, 'Wicked.' Yaz starts flying around the TARDIS while the TARDIS shoots a message to a psychic paper. The TARDIS lands and Ace gets out and starts climbing around the rocks. 'I think I have slightly overestimated myself here Professor.' Suddenly a holographic image shows up of the Doctor she just met and quickly changes into her Doctor. Ace raises her hand not quite believing her eyes and apologizes for calling him heartless shortly before she left him.

After she is done talking to him she turns a corner with her bat at the ready when she is greeted by a small scream, she sees Graham who takes out the psychic paper, "Arnold Pamerl-son, Volcano Expertor.'

Ace, laughing in her mind, reads the psychic paper and reads what that paper says' Graham, friend of the Doctor, oh, former bus driver worried about the amount of Daleks.' As she turns on the flirting.

Graham flirting back, 'I can't get the hang of this, listen, those metal things are from outer space and they seem to be drilling to disrupt tectonic plates and we got to get rid of them a bit sharpish.'

'I know, want to see how I dealt with them in 1963?'

'1963 how old are you?'

'Excuse me, a gentleman never asks that especially on a first date, I am Ace.'

'Yes, you are,' Graham adds giddily while putting the psychic paper in his jacket and following his fiance. Where they start blowing up the Daleks while Ace is simultaneously beating them up with her bat. When the drill gets blown up the TARDIS shows up the Doctor and Graham slightly shocked to see each other. While the Doctor and Yaz are piloting the TARDIS to get Tegan and Kate, Ace and Graham are in an area talking to each other.

"How did you know I was going to be there?"

"I got a message from the TARDIS, and decided to call in a favor from an old friend."

"Why did you pretend that we didn't know each other?"

"I could tell by how you were standing that you were stressed, and wanted to make my fiance laugh."

Tegan by then is already in the TARDIS, "fiance!" Ace and Graham to see the cross Australian looking their way. "First the Doctor repeatedly refuses to let us in the TARDIS and ignores us half the time and now, I find out one of my friends is engaged without telling me."

"Tegan," Ace steps closer to her.

"You three can talk about that later, we need to continue to fight the Master, everyone go to the console I will show you all how to pilot the parts I gave you." The Doctor says as she runs around the console landing on the Cyberplanet.

Everyone stands there as the Doctor gets shot by the Master, but Yaz runs out and carries her back. Graham is trying to comfort Yaz while Tegan, Kate and Ace stand in a corner, "when did the two of you get engaged?" Tegan asks.

"A few months ago, everything was hectic with the young child that Will and Sam are about to have and well, this whole fiasco happened too. I am glad that Graham did show up in the Volcano, we haven't done much like that together since we met."

Kate, knowing how they met looks between Tegan and Ace, the former is giving Ace a look, "what do you mean when you met."

"Oopse, I think I see Graham waving me over."

"Ace, you need to tell me what you meant by that." Ace turns around and shoots a cheeky smile at her friend.

"Hi Yaz."

"Hi Ace," Yaz says all depressingly.

"She is surrounded by those who love her.''

"Not like me."

"I know that Yaz, I have known since I first met you that you had more than friendly feelings for her."

"Is it ok if I drop all of you off. I want some time with just the two of her."

Ace and Graham have a small silent conversation both nodding their heads. "I am fine with that, and Tegan has a few words for Graham and I."

"Ok," Yaz slowly walks to the TARDIS, the others watching her slow movements.

Tegan walks up to the couple, "is she taking us home?"

"She is, she wants some alone time with the Doc."

"Ohh."

The TARDIS lands Tegan and Kate head out first. "Are you going to be ok Yaz," Ace asks, putting her hand on Yaz's shoulder.

"I don't know yet."

"You know you have people you can call whenever."

"I know and thank you Ace," Ace looks at Graham knowing that he knows Yaz better. She nods slowly at Graham, gives Yaz a quick hug and leaves the TARDIS.

"You can tell me the truth and take off the mask you have in place."

"How can one prepare themselves for something like this?"

"You can never truly prepare yourself for losing someone you love. All you can do is let those who love you help you out."

"I just don't want her to regenerate."

"I understand."

"How can you, you left and are now about to get married."

"You heard that, Ace and I agreed to wait to get married until you are back on earth so my whole family can be there. Well, you and Ryan."

"Graham, how did Ace take it you being married before you met her?"

"Well, there are times she asks me stories about Grace and even encouraged me to put up some of the photos of the two of us on our mantle and after we got engaged made sure that I knew that she was ok with me keeping some of them up after we got married."

"Will I find someone like that?"

"I hope you do, though from what little I know of people from your generation they are more open minded then mine is."

"I think you should go to them."

"Ok," he gives Yaz a big hug then leaves the TARDIS."