I appeared in the Tardis again, only no one was inside, but once I stepped out I saw both Jo and the Doctor. They were talking about going to see the Master.

"What", I exclaimed, "Ah, Acacia. You're here. Yes, you've heard me right", the Doctor told me, "But why", I asked him, "Just checking on an old friend", he told me, I looked away at that and he gave me a questioning look.

"Doctor, who is that", Jo asked, "Hm? Oh that's Acacia", the Doctor told her, "No, really", Jo asked, "Really. She's just changed how she looked is all", he told her and she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"But she can't be", Jo said, "Remember when I said, "Looks like you got a hot date", before we went into the Tardis", I told her, before she looked at me shocked.

"What's the matter", he asked me, "Just a lot of history", I told him, opening up a little, but not revealing anymore. He nodded and we soon set off to see the Master who had been locked up.

We set sail on a boat to the Master's prison that was on an island, so this is where he's being held prisoner, I thought.

"That's it over there", the escort on the boat told us as he pointed to a large building on the island.

"There you are Jo and Acacia. That's the Master's permanent residence from now on", he told us.

"Let's hope he's still there", "Yeah", Jo and I said as we landed at a port bridge, where the Doctor hopped out and tied the boat to it. After that we made our way to the large building where the Master was being held in a car that a person was driving.

The person drove the car to the building where a security guard waited outside of the main gate, "Three to see the Prisoner", the Driver told the guard, "Passes", the guard ordered and we showed the guard our UNIT pages.

The guard then used the phone to call the front desk, "Main gate. Three visitors for the prisoner, sir, from UNIT. Passes all in order, sir", the guard told the person over the phone.

The guard nodded, hung up, and then let us through the main gate where we drove through and parked in front of the large building, before walking in.

Then another security guard escorted us to the front desk where a man sat and wrote. Jo tried to get his attention, but he seemed preoccupied with whatever he was writing.

"Well, I suppose we could always come back later", the Doctor said and that seemed to get the man's attention and as he looked up.

"Oh, yes of course", the man said and then coughed in embarrassment, "You'll be the chappy from UNIT", the man said referring to the Doctor.

"My name's Josephine Grant", Jo greeted the man and then shook his hand, "My names' Acacia Wood", I greeted and then it was the Doctor's turn, "The Doctor a pleasure to meet you", the Doctor told the man.

"Colonial Trenchard. Delighted to meet you. Pleasant trip", the man asked us, "Yes, thank you", the Doctor said.

"You're late you know", the man told us, "Yes, we know we were held up", Jo said making up an excuse.

"Hmm, thought you might have sunk without a trace", the man told us, "Sunk", I asked, "Happens all the time recently", the man told me.

"What does", the Doctor asked, "Ships vanishing. Makes you think it doesn't", the man told us.

"Yes indeed", "Yes", the Doctor and I replied, "Now then, passes", the man said, asking for our UNIT passes again.

"Well, look, we've been through all that-" the Doctor told him, before the man cut him off with, "We don't take any chances here. Let's see them"

We reluctantly handed over our UNIT passes to the man again, "Oh. Ah, yes from UNIT", he said.

"That's right yes", the Doctor told him, "Yes", the man said before examining the passes and then when he was satisfied with them he said, "Ah, jolly good. Well, you'll be wanting to see the prisoner?"

"That was the general idea", the Doctor told him, "He's an interesting chap, you know", the man told us, "Is he now", I said with a sneer. The Doctor and Jo glanced at me, before looking back at the man.

"Yes. You'll enjoy talking with him", the man told us, "Oh. I doubt that", I said quietly.

The Doctor gave me a worried look, before he asked the man, "Has he given you any trouble as yet", "Not a bit", the man replied.

"You've got to be joking", Jo exclaimed, "He hasn't tried to escape? At all", I added, "No. You've seen our security precautions. Anyway, we're on an island", the man told us.

"Has he tried to hypnotize any of the guards, by any chance", the Doctor asked him, "Not at all. All our men are completely immune to hynotism", the man told the Doctor.

"How can you be so sure", Jo asked, "I'll prove it to you", the man said and then pressed a button to his intercom that was on his desk.

"Trenchard here. Send that new man, WIlson, in to see the prisoner", the man said to one of his guards, before turning off his intercom.

"Now then, come over here and take a look into this screen", the man said, before getting up to turn on the television that was on the other side of the room.

We followed him as he turned it on, then we could see the Master, and then I sneered. The Doctor gave me a questioningly look, "Are you sure you're all right", he thought in my head. I glanced at the Doctor and then back at the Master as images of being trapped within my own mind, imprisoned on an aircraft, and forced to become the Master's lover came to mind before I could stop it.

I shook my head to get rid of it, but it was already too late. When I looked back at the Doctor his worried look took one of concern as he reached out to hold my hand. I let him as I sighed through my nose, "That hasn't happened for me yet", the Doctor thought, "No", I replied, "I won't forget", the Doctor thought determined.

We saw a guard walk up to the Master on screen and say, "Mr. Trenchard sent me, sir, to see if you wanted your book changed", "Well, that's very kind of him, but I haven't quite finished yet", the Mater told him.

"Right you are sir", the guard said, than began to walk away before the Master stopped him, "Just a minute", the Master called out, "You're new here aren't you?"

"Arrived yesterday, sir", the guard told him and began to walk away again, "Wait", the Master said and the guard stopped to look at him, "Do you know who I am", the Master asked him.

"You're the prisoner", the guard told him, "I am the Master. Come here", the Master told him, before the guard did as he said as the Master stood up.

"I am the Master and you will obey me. You understand", the Master demanded trying to hypnotize the guard and I glared at him, "You will obey me", the Master said to the guard again who seemed unfazed.

"You'll let us know when you've finished the book, sir", the guard said, before walking out and closing the door behind him.

The Master seemed shocked and upset that he couldn't hypnotize the guard and I smiled smugly at that.

"You see", the man told us, before turning off the screen, "Yes, very impressive", the Doctor said, "Um, perhaps we can see him now", the Doctor said, before letting go of my hand to scratch his ear.

"Certainly this way", the man said as he walked down the hallway with the rest of us following him.

When the man opened the door to the Master's cell we found him exercising and I lifted a brow at that, ", "Visitors for you", the man said to the Master.

"Why, Doctor! Miss Grant and Miss Wood. What a very pleasant surprise", the Master told us and I just sneered, which seemed to take the Master by surprise.

"Yes", the Doctor said, looking between the Master and I, "Well, how are you", the Doctor asked him, "Well, as you see, very well. Trying to stay fit", the Master told him.

"Yes, well, I'll leave you all together", the man said before turning his attention to the Doctor, "Give the guard a shout when you want to leave."

"Thank you, Colonel", the Doctor said, before the man left the room and the Master chuckled.

"He's quite a decent sort really. Used to be the governor of a colony once, so he tells me", the Master said, "Very small colony, wasn't it", the Doctor replied, "In fact, I believe they claimed independence soon after he arrived."

"He seems to be looking after you very well", Jo said, entering more into the room to examine the Master's belongings.

"Oh, yes, I've got everything I want, except of course my freedom", the Master told us, "It's what you deserve", I said and the Master lifted a brow at me, before the Doctor said, "Yes, well, you can consider yourself lucky. Quite a few people were in favor of having you executed."

"My dear Doctor, don't think I'm not grateful. I've had a chance to think about things while I've been in here", the Master told the Doctor.

Both the Doctor and I lifted a brown at that, "Have you now", the Doctor asked, "I wish something like this had happened a long time ago", the Master told him.

"Well, surely you don't like being locked up", Jo asked, "No, but it's given me a chance to reconsider my life", the Master said and I crossed my arms at that.

"Am I to take it you're a changed man", the asked and I gave the Doctor a look, he can't be falling for this, I thought.

"Is that so very incredible? After all, I do have a great deal of which to repent", the Master told us, "You're telling us", Jo said and I sighed, before scrunching up my nose. I hated the Master, I hated what he did to me, I hated what he almost did to the world, and most of all I hated how he tortured my friends. The Master looked back at us, then at me, and then looked away before smiling.

The Doctor glanced between the Master and I, before stepping forward, "In that case, perhaps you'd like to tell me the whereabouts of your Tardis", the Doctor asked and the Master scoffed at that.

"So that you could use it in order to escape from this planet, Doctor", the Master asked him, "No, so that I can make absolutely certain you can't", the Doctor told him.

"No, I'm sorry. That is too much to ask", the Master told him and the Doctor seemed disappointed upon hearing that, "Ask a silly question…", the Doctor said, before looking at Jo and I, "Come on, Jo and Acacia, I think we'd better get going", he told us, before Jo went over to the door to knock on it, signaling for the guard to let us out.

"Is there anything I can do for you at all", the Doctor asked the Master, "There is one thing. Please come in now and then to have a chat. Oh, Trenchard's a very nice man, but his conversation is somewhat limited", the Master told the Doctor.

"Goodbye", Jo said, before leaving, "Goodbye, Miss Grant", the Master called out, "And goodbye, Doctor and Acacia. I sincerely hope we meet again very soon", the Master said, before holding out his hand for the Doctor to shake. The Doctor was about to shake his hand, before he stopped himself and waved instead.

The Master smiled as we left, "He can't be aloud to be set free", I whispered to the Doctor after the door was closed, "He won't", he reassured me, before gently pressing a hand on my back to encourage me to go ahead as he followed behind.

Jo, the Doctor, and I returned to the room where the front desk was and where the Doctor sat on, "Are you okay, Acacia", Jo asked me and I turned to face her.

"Because I noticed you were tense when we were in that room with that Master and before we left", Jo asked me.

"...A Lot has happened since I've been away", I told her honestly, "Like what", she asked, "It's best she doesn't say", the Doctor told Jo and she nodded, dropping the subject.

"Doctor", Jo asked, "Did you want to show Acacia that the Master was locked up or did you want to come down here and see that he was all right?"

"Well, a little bit of both. He used to be a friend of mine once. A very good friend. In fact, you might say we were at school together", the Doctor told her.

"How long is he going to be here", Jo asked and the Doctor looked at me, before looking back at Jo, "Forever, I should think", he told her, before the man from before or Trenchard came back into the room.

"Ah, ready for off, then? I'd better stamp your passes",Trenchard told us and we did so as the Doctor asked, "What again?"

"Gotta be checked in and out, old man. It's the rule", Trenchard said before going over his desk to stamp them, "Well, we don't look after him too badly, do we?"

"No indeed. But I advise you to be careful. He's a very dangerous man, you know", the Doctor told him.

"Ah, don't worry. I keep my eye on him", Trenchard said, before handing the passes back to Jo, "Now, there you are, my dear", then stood up, "I'll get one of my chaps to run you down to the quayside", he then led us out room, before a guard led us the rest of the way to the car which drove us here; then we entered the car and left.

When we made it back to port where the boat was, Jo said that she was going to get some postcards from the shop and left. The Doctor and I made our way to the man who escorted us to the island on his boat and asked him about the vanishing ships as we walked to the boat.

"Ah, it's true. Three ships vanished. Something weird going on for all their trying to hush it up", the man told us, "Well, who's trying to hush it up", the Doctor asked.

"Well, them over at the naval base, the secret research establishment", the man said, "If it's secret how come you know so much about it", I asked him.

"Well I'm in the lifeboat crew, aren't I? We went out to look for survivors. Only found the one lifeboat, capsized. The bottom was all charred in a sort of pattern", the man told us.

"Well, where is this boat now", the Doctor asked, "Ah, the navy took it. Told us to keep our mouths shut", the man said.

"Well, where's this naval base, then", the Doctor asked the man, "Over beyond the headland", the man said and pointed in that direction.

"Right, well, perhaps you'd like to take us there straight away", the Doctor asked and the man shook his head, " paid me to bring you out here and take you back. You want to go over to the naval base, then you make your own arrangements", the man told the Doctor who then sighed at that as we made it to the boat.

"Yes, well you're probably perfectly right", the Doctor said as he pulled out some money out of his pocket, "Look, I wonder whether you'd like to go and see what's happening to our friend. She said she was going to go and buy some picture postcards."

The man eyed the money, then looked back at the Doctor, "I don't mind", he told the Doctor, "We'd go ourselves, only my bad leg's playing me up a bit", the Doctor told him, "And of the girl", the man asked him, "Oh, she's helping nursing it", the Doctor said, then the Doctor gave me a look, before I said "Oh, yes", and then awkwardly rubbed his leg.

The man looked at us with a lifted brow, before I stood back up, "Does it really matter", the Doctor asked him as he handed the man the money, "I reckon not", the man said as he gladly took it, before walking away.

Then the Doctor untied the boat from the bridge, helped me inside, before getting in himself and started it. As we set off to the military base I noticed the man glanced back at us, before leaving again.

We sat there in silence until the Doctor broke it, "Acacia", he asked me, "Yes", I said, "Are you all right", he asked me, "Why", I asked him, "You're silent", he told me, he meant my thoughts as well.

"I'm just calm and worried", I said,"Worried about what", he asked me, "The future. What does it have in store for me", I said honestly.

"You can't get yourself caught up in thinking like that", he told me,"Life is about little moments. Let it pass you by and you might miss it", he told me and I thought about that as we landed on shore.

"We've landed", he told me as he got out of the boat and then held out a hand for me to help me out as well. He held onto my hand as we went over to the lifeboat with the scorch marks, then the Doctor let go to pull out a magnifying glass to examine it.

He was at least until a group of military men came running towards us yelling, "Oi, you", "Good afternoon", the Doctor greeted the men as soon as they approached.

"I wonder whether we could see your commanding officer", the Doctor asked the men who only staired, until they finally agreed to escort us to them.

"Look, why are we going through all this trouble. We're from UNIT", the Doctor told the Commanding officer, "I've already seen the young lady's credentials, now where is yours", the commanding officer asked.

"I never carry the things. A lot of bureaucratic nonsense. If you wish to see my pass then ask Miss Grant", the Doctor told the commanding officer, before we walked into the man's office.

"Why didn't you arrange for an official visit through normal channels", the commanding officer asked us, "It was an impulse", I told him, "An impulse", the commanding officer questioned.

"Yes, as soon as I heard about the charred lifeboat, I had to see it", the Doctor told him as I walked to stand next to the Doctor.

"Oh, why", the Commanding Officer asked, "You've inspected the boat yourself", the Doctor asked him, "Well, of course I have", he told the Doctor.

"Then you must have noticed the linear nature of those scorch marks", the Doctor said before picking up a notepad and a pen, sitting on the desk and drew five wavy lines.

"Now, the marks are very definite shape, a linear shape, like this. Now, how do you account for that", the Doctor asked the man as I looked at the lines the Doctor drew.

"A freak effect if the ship caught fire", the man told the Doctor, "But it did n't catch fire", I tod him, "Correct, it didn't. If it had, the smoke and Flames would have been seen, wouldn't they", the Doctor asked.

"All right then, how do you account for them", the Commanding Officer asked the Doctor and then he replied with, "A concentrated beam of heat, applied from underneath the boat whilst it was still in the water. "

The man looked at the Doctor like he couldn't believe what he was hearing, "Deliberately to sink a lifeboat", the Commanding Officer asked.

"Yes", the Doctor replied, "To make sure there were no survivors", then he stood and turned around to face a board that stood behind him indicating three markers.

The Commanding Officer walked up to the Doctor, "Those are the last known positions of the missing vessels, so far that we can estimate", he told the Doctor, before the phone rang with the other person on the other end saying that a young woman was here with two UNIT passes.

"She wants to know if there's anyone here calledAcacia and the Doctor", the assistant to the Commanding Officer asked.

Once Jo made it to the office, she showed the commanding officer the passes, "Yes, well these passes appear to be in order. You may go", he said, handing them back to her.

"Go? My dear chap, I don't want to go", the Doctor said and then gestured to the board again, "I want to visit the fort here."

"Because of the missing lifeboats", I questioned, "Exactly", he told me and the commanding officer sighed at that.

"That fort is being converted for use as a testing station. There's nobody there but a couple of maintenance workmen", the Commanding Officer told the Doctor.

"It does appear to be in the center of it all", I said looking at the board, "Yes, now some of your naval bods could get me out there, Captain", the Doctor asked the man.

"Doctor, I have no authority to provide naval vessels for your pleasure jaunts", the Captain or commanding officer said, "Look don't you realise how important this is", the Doctor asked.

"I realise only too well. Three ships have been sunk and many lives have been lost. Now if you don't mind", the Captain said.

"Doctor, Acacia,I think he wants us to go", Jo told us, "Yeah", I agreed quietly.

"I suggest that you take your theories along with your own people at UNIT and put the whole thing on an official level", the Captain told him.

"If Horatio Nelson had been in charge of this operation, I hardly think that he would have waited for official instructions", the Doctor told him as we all walked towards the door.

"Yes, a pretty impulsive fellow, if one can believe the history books", the Captain said as he opened the door for us to leave,before the Doctor stopped in front of him.

"History books? Captain Hart, Horation Nelson was a personal friend of mine. Come on, Acacia and Jo", the Doctor said and we followed him.

When we returned to the shore with Jo, we took that boat to the fort that was mapped out in the middle of the ocean on the board in the Captain's office.

"How do we get onto the fort", Jo asked as we sat on the boat right outside of it, "Up the ladder, I'm guessing", I said and pointed it out.

"Right, now hold tight. We're coming alongside now", the Doctor said as the boat drifted in front of the ladder, then we climbed it up to the fort.

"Don't you think we take Mr. Robbin's boat back", Jo asked, "We will Jo as soon as we figure out what's happened to the lifeboats", the Doctor told her.

Then we made it inside and as we went down the stairs, Jo said,"I still think we should have taken Mr. Robbin's boat back", "We will", the Doctor and I told her.

"We'll take his motor bicycle back at the same time", the Doctor said, mentioning the motorbike Jo used to get to the Military base, "Still, now we're here, let's take a look around, shall we?"

Then we made it to one of the common rooms of the base where a board game and coffee could be found on the table, and beds on sides of the room.

The Doctor walked up to the table and picked up the coffee to smell it, "Well, somebody's here all right", the Doctor told us.

"Well, where are they then", Jo asked, "Where did they go", I added.

"This is a big fort. They must be in some other part of it. Come on, we'll find them", the Doctor said and we followed him.

We then walked around and couldn't find any sight of the workers, "There's supposed to be two workmen. They can't have just vanished", the Doctor told us.

"Well, they have, haven't they? Look, it's getting dark. Let's get out of here", Jo pleaded, "There's plenty of time", the Doctor told her.

"Besides, we're the only ones here. We're safe", I added, before there was an explosion outside. We all ran to investigate what had happened and found that the boat that we used had disappeared.

That's when the Doctor gave me a quick look, "Sorry", I said, "No, it's all right it wasn't your fault. It must have been the petrol tank", the Doctor told me.

"It wouldn't just blow up itself", Jo said, before we all stuck our heads back inside of the fort, "Doctor, Acacia, you do realize we're stranded here", Jo told us.

"It's okay, Jo", I told her, "Don't worry, there must be a radio on this fort somewhere. We'll just have to get a message back to shore. Come on", the Doctor added and then gestured for us to follow him.

We walked until we found a ladder, climbed it, and then kept walking until we stumbled upon a body of one of the workmen.

"Look", Jo exclaimed, "What is it", the Doctor said looking towards her direction, before running to the body.

"What happened to him" I asked as the Doctor checked his pulse, "Looks like shock. The poor chaps dead", the Doctor told us, "Doctor, let's get out of here, please", Jo pleaded.

"All right. Let's find that radio first", the Doctor said, before she shushed him, "Listen", Jo said as heavy breathing could be heard coming.

"It's coming towards us", Jo said, "And quickly", I added.