The constant rumble of the engines of the S-55 as it flew through the outskirts of the Onyz Constellation was strangely comforting to the team on board. It'd been almost three weeks since Hally had joined The Master's squadron and the surprisingly spacious small ship was beginning to feel like a second home.
She was currently sat cross-legged on the semi-circular booth in the main hub of the ship. Foxer was sat opposite her, his face screwed up in concentration. After a few slow seconds, he reached forward and moved one of his bright blue game pieces three spaces to the left. He grinned happily as he took out two of Hally's dwindling red pieces from the board. Hally let out a small noise of annoyance and shot a glare in Tei's direction as she heard his snort of laughter from behind her.
"You're really terrible at this game…" He grinned playfully, he was leaning on the wall, his arms crossed over his chest. Hally pouted, turning back to the board in front, she bit her lip and moved one of her pieces a few spaces to the left to try and avoid it being taken in Foxer's next go.
As Foxer pondered his next move, Hally looked over to the far corner of the room. The Master was sat, one leg over the other, his body slightly curved towards the woman who was sat across from him. Kal laughed at something The Master had muttered. Hally's eyes twitched suspiciously, an angry spark of irritation igniting in her lower belly.
The blonde warrior had been especially clingy over the past week and all the coy little looks she'd been sending his way hadn't gone unnoticed by Hally.
"Your go…" Foxer interrupted. Hally looked back at the board and inwardly winced when she saw that Foxer had managed to take another three of her pieces.
"Are you sure he's not cheating?" She looked back at Tei, sending him a hopeless look. He just laughed and shook his head, amused.
She rolled her eyes and turned back to the board, she looked over to The Master, he was now watching her intently. Hally frowned and moved her piece a few spaces forward, managing to take one of Foxer's pieces as she did. She grinned, overtly pleased with herself, Foxer chuckled softly. Hally looked back over to The Master, but Kal had regained his attention. Hally's jaw twitched.
Before Foxer could take his next move, Jax entered through the door from the cockpit of the ship. Everyone quickly quietened and turned their attention to the pilot who efficiently handed everyone a small electronic tablet. Their screens flickered into life, a 3D map image jumping up out at them.
"We've landed." She said grimly. "We're three klicks from the active battle site. Hally, Fox, once the black hole detonator is in place on enemy ground, you'll send the signal and all the Time Lord squadrons will evacuate. You'll have just under 5 minutes to get out. Kal and The Master will be on the ground helping the front line. I'll pick you all up once you've given the signal."
Hally frowned slightly, flicking her eyes over to The Master.
"This has to be in and out… or we'll all get blown to hell along with the thousands of Daleks on the front line." Jax sent them all a meaningful look. The Master nodded, getting up and taking his laser screwdriver out of his pocket.
"Let's move." At his instruction, the team all got up and got moving. Kal and Foxer heading down to the exit of the ship, Jax back to her cockpit. Hally lingered as Tei moved out towards the exit too, he'd be keeping the ship covered.
The Master started to walk out along with the rest of the team, Hally stepped in beside him. "Remind me why you're paired with her again…?" She muttered, just loud enough for him to hear. He chuckled softly.
"Because Foxer is the most important part of this plan, so I'm sending my best girl to keep him safe." He sent her a small smirk over his shoulder as they climbed down the ramp out of the ship.
The noise of the battle hit their ears before the fresh air could even touch their cheeks. Hally looked up at the sky, it was a dangerous blood red, clouds of dark grey swirled up above them like an angry vortex. The planet stank of death.
The team had been summoned to assist in the front line efforts on the planet of Oixn. However… The Master had designed his own plan. The planet had become overrun with war and with the Daleks proving so far victorious. So, somehow, he had persuaded the Gallifreyan War Council to give his squadron the go-ahead on their own plan. They were going to blow the place into oblivion. Most Time Lord Battle troops had already evacuated, what was left was just a skeleton effort to keep the Daleks busy while Hally and Foxer placed the bomb.
Kal moved over towards The Master. "Time to go." The Master nodded and moved away from Hally, heading directly for the battlefield.
Kal smirked in Hally's direction. "Don't worry… I'll keep him safe so you can get back to just being here to warm his bed." Kal clicked her gun off of safety mode and followed after The Master.
Hally shot her a dirty look, her hands curling into fists. Foxer appeared on her right, gently touching her elbow. "Hey… let's go."
Hally turned to him and nodded, sending one last irritated look at Kal before following Fox off to the right. They would be taking the long way around.
The pair kept low as they snuck their way around the edge of the main battlefield. Hally had erected transparent shields over them both, just to be safe.
Foxer could feel the tense energy oozing out of the young Time Lord behind him. As the pair edged their way along the rocky surface of the trench passage through to the other side of the active site, he turned to send a small smile her way.
"Don't let Kal get to you…" Hally looked up at him, raising an eyebrow.
Foxer chuckled. "I think she's just a bit intimidated by you, because… you know. You're powerful and… well… p-… prettier than her. She's not used to that." He frowned and looked to the floor.
"Shit. Don't tell The Master I said that." He nodded at her with wide eyes before turning back to the path.
Hally let out a short laugh, shaking her head.
It took them just under 20 minutes to slip through and into the Dalek encampment. Foxer was an expert at staying low and undetected. After 25 minutes, the black hole detonator was in place.
Foxer activated the communications link on his ear. "It's in place. Ready to initiate countdown on your signal."
Hally heard his voice echo through her own comm. Then the pair waited silently for Jax's go ahead. Hally could hear Foxer's heavy breathing, she looked around anxiously.
"The evacuation signal has been activated. Go ahead guys. Then get the hell out of there!" Jax's voice startled Hally slightly. Foxer pressed the large red button on the top of the detonator, it began to emit a high pitched whine as the countdown began. Foxer took out his tablet, punching in a few lines of code.
"Detonation locked. Let's go!" With that, the pair sprinted from out of their hiding place. There would be no time to take the long route on the way back. They'd have to go straight through the battlefield to meet up with the others in time.
Hally tried to focus her energy on keeping up a shield for both herself and Foxer as they ran out into the crossfire, in plain sight of the whole battalion of Daleks. They swiftly weaved in and out to avoid the bronze and gold tin cans. Blue bolts began whizzing past their heads, Hally could feel a few make contact with their shields but the two kept running. It took her a moment to realise that she was grinning, adrenaline rushed through her veins as the S-55 ship came into view just ahead. She let out a bark of laughter as she ran up to an unsuspecting Dalek, vaulting straight over the top of it. She heard Foxer laugh from just behind her.
She could see Kal and The Master edging their way onto the ramp of the ship, trying to blast a clear path for the two sprinting Time Lords. All the heavy fire was throwing up a hot dust cloud. The wind was catching the dust and spiralling it up around them all.
Hally felt the Dalek blast break her barrier before she heard Foxer's pained scream. She staggered to a stop and turned around just in time to see him fall to the ground.
"No!" She cried out, the dust whirled around them angrily making it harder and harder to breathe. Hally rushed back over to Foxer, turning him over onto his back. He was barely alive, blood was pooling out of his mouth and he coughed as he tried to fight for breath.
"No, no, no…" Hally grabbed his shoulders, she could hear voices shouting furiously over the sound of the wind.
Hally was thrown to the side as Kal rammed the butt of her gun into the side of her head. "Get up! You're going to get us all killed!" The blonde shouted furiously, going to grab Hally's arm.
"I'm not just leaving him!" Hally cried back, trying to crawl back over to Fox.
Kal looked sadly down at their teammate for a second, Fox sent her a small nod and Kal raised her gun to his head.
"NO!" Hally screamed.
Kal was thrown off her feet as Hally let out an explosion of energy, even The Master was pushed back a few paces towards their ship that was hovering impatiently just off the ground. They had less than a minute before the bomb exploded.
Hally looked back down at Foxer, his eyes had begun to roll into the back of his head as he slipped in and out of consciousness. She placed both of her hands over his chest and closed her eyes.
The Master watched as the dust whirled angrily around the pair, the red light from the sky reflected off the dust particles making it look like the air was on fire. He couldn't see either of them now, Kal had a painful grip on his arm as she pulled him onto the ramp of their ship.
"20 seconds…" Jax's voice muttered into the comms.
The Master searched the dust cloud anxiously for any sign of either of them but it was too heavy now. The ship rumbled with strain as Jax started to pull them up into the air. The Master tried to step forward but Kal pulled him back.
"We can't!"
The ship tipped back slightly as a weight grabbed hold of the edge of the ramp. A hand appeared from over the edge and with obvious effort, the person hauled themselves up onto the ramp that was now quickly gaining height away from the surface of the planet. The Master let out a small grunt of relief, which turned to shock when the person straightened up. It was Foxer.
"Where is she?!" The Master cried, panic flashing in his eyes. Foxer let out an exhausted breath and helplessly looked behind him at the still swirling thick wall of dust.
Kal tried to pull both men up the ramp and into the safety of the ship.
Jax's voice rang in their ears. "3…2…"
There was a small flash of bright white light behind the dust cloud as the bomb detonated.
A small dark shadow started to grow in the centre of the blinding light. Kal was pulling him onto the ship, the ramp whined as it fought against the wind, trying to close. But The Master's eyes were transfixed on the shadow. It grew. It grew until it became the unmistakable outline of a person.
Hally's body flung itself onto the ramp just as it was about to close, she was thrown across the floor on impact. Jumping up, Hally sprinted up the ramp and onto the ship just as the doors hissed shut.
"GO!" She screamed through the comms.
Jax was already on it because the next second the ship was jettisoning at top speed away from the crumbling planet beneath them.
Foxer stumbled back and steadied himself against the wall as Hally sank to her knees exhausted.
"Thanks…" He whispered breathlessly, the rest of the team were stood in stunned silence, staring at them both.
Hally nodded, trying to catch her breath. "…yeah."
The sound of Kal's gun clicking rang through the silence, Hally looked up to see the barrel was now pointed at her head.
"You could have gotten us all killed you moron!" Kal shouted, fuming.
Hally winced and raised her hand to bat the barrel away. Her arm was shaking at the effort.
"And here was me thinking you were the one who was meant to protect us? That's two of us you've threatened to shoot now." Hally countered. Her voice cracked.
Kal's eyes flashed furiously. "Well, I can't protect us from suicidal idiots like you!"
Before Hally could spit something back at her, The Master had marched over and hauled her up roughly by the arm. He dragged her along behind him, away from the others. He didn't say a word but Hally could feel his rage, he threw her into their room roughly.
Hally had to catch herself on the wall to stop herself from falling to the floor, she turned back to glare at him, faltering slightly at the look on his face. She'd never seen him so furious, his usually blue eyes had frozen over into a steel cold grey. Hally's hearts skipped a beat in fear before her fight instinct kicked in.
"Oh let me guess, you're siding with blondie? Big surprise!" She cried, the adrenaline refuelling some of her strength.
"You deliberately put us ALL in danger! We could have been blown apart!" The Master shouted back, his nostrils flaring.
"But we weren't! I saved your team member, a little thank you would be nice!" Hally flung her arms out dramatically.
"We are a team! You can't go around playing the hero! I know you feel the need to constantly be validated but this is NOT THE PLACE TO DO IT!" The Master took two murderous steps towards her, his lips curled into a snarl.
"Validated!" Hally cried out in fury, stepping up to him and pushing him hard in the chest. His eyes flashed red and in an instant, his hand was around her neck in a vice grip. His other hand twitched dangerously.
Hally laughed in his face venomously. "Are you going to hit me?" She spat. "Hmm?" She smirked cruelly. "You can't bare it…can you? The fact that I am more powerful than you. It must kill you inside." She snarled through gritted teeth. The drums were throbbing loudly inside her mind, The Master's rage bleeding into her mind through the bond. Hally used it to feed her own anger.
His hand tightened around her neck, cutting off the air into her lungs. She smirked. "You… can… only get away… with this. Because I let you." As she managed to croak out the last word, Hally held her right hand up, The Master was suddenly flung across the room, crashing into the wall on the other side.
"You are insufferable…" He growled dangerously, raising himself up again.
"And you are an arsehole!" She shouted back angrily, baring her teeth at him.
The Master raised an eyebrow, less than impressed.
She huffed. "You act like this is all just a game to you? I'm just a little piece on your chessboard?" She crossed her arms "... Because I know I am a lot more interesting than that military weasel." She spat out.
The Master's face changed, his mouth widening into a cruel grin.
"Oooooh, that's what this is. Little dove is jealous." His mouth twisted into a smirk.
She slowly advanced on him until their chests were just touching, she raised her chin up to stare him down. "I am not jealous. I just think you need to remember who you belong to."
He raised an eyebrow, amused. "Oh, sweetheart… I think you've gotten a little too attached." He pouted mockingly.
"Don't play coy Koschei." She tapped her temple. "I know almost everything you're thinking… and every time you look at me, there's a little dark corner of your mind that whispers… she's mine. Well, Master. I'm yours. And you, are mine." She purred confidently, her eyes flashing victoriously.
She could still see the fury burning behind The Master's eyes, but there was something else there too. There was conflict, he was fighting something. Something starving.
It snapped and suddenly he had whirled them around, forcing her harshly up against the wall. His lips were on hers in a second, his grip on her tight and punishing. She bit down on his lower lip and he growled, grabbing both of her hands and lifting them above her head, locking them there with his hand, as his other began pulling impatiently at the buttons of her trousers. Once loose, he roughly shoved them down her thighs, her underwear following suit. She wriggled out of them, kicking them off to the side. Her hands strained in his grip, he responded by squeezing her wrists almost painfully as he caught her with an intense glare. His hand was at his belt, unbuckling it. Then, suddenly he was in between her legs, his hand pulling her thigh to his hip as he buried himself inside her. Her head fell back and a strangled cry left her throat. Not giving her a moment to adjust, he began to thrust frantically, the sound of his skin connecting with hers adding to the symphony of unapologetic noises coming from the both of them.
She felt the gates of her mind swing open and immediately he was there, their consciousnesses slamming together. Hally rocked her hips, meeting his relentless pace. The Master groaned, inhaling with a sharp hiss.
"Is this what you want, hmm?" He growled. She could feel him in her mind, fighting for control. He wasn't angry because she'd disobeyed him. He was angry because he'd thought he'd lost her. Hally moaned softly, biting her lip as his eyes darkened dangerously. "I want you to be honest." She projected back at him, not sure anything coherent would come out of her mouth. He bared his teeth and pulled out of her, grabbing her hips and flipping her towards the wall. She caught herself with her, now free, hands, bracing as he forced her feet further apart, sinking back inside her. A hand wound its way into her hair, pulling her head back. Hally could feel her core tightening, the heat in her abdomen building.
"Honest?" His voice was by her ear and she moaned at the sensation of his hot breath on her neck. Her legs trembled as he kept up his deep, erratic strokes. His possessive arousal blanketed her mind. "You drive me insane." He pulled back on her hair until she felt the back of her head connect with his shoulder. "You have consumed me." She let out a guttural moan. "And it's fucking terrifying." He whispered.
Her orgasm hit them both hard and completely by surprise. It dragged his from him and had them both crying out as they shared in each other's pleasure. It was explosive, everything completely melted away until it was just them. Just his presence, all around her. Inside her. It was so beautiful. So addictively satisfying.
He groaned and pulled her over towards the bed, pushing her onto it. He stood at the end of the bed, watching her, his chest rose and fell heavily. "Fuck."
Hally giggled ridiculously, still slightly delirious as she flopped back onto the sheets.
"Oh, sweetheart... I'm not done with you yet." His growl vibrated deep in his chest and she propped herself up to look at him. Swallowing as she caught the dark, animalistic intent in his eyes.
A submissive whine hummed in her throat as he climbed on top of her, catching her jaw in his hand as he devoured her mouth.
Hally awoke curled up on her right side the next morning, The Master's arm was wrapped protectively around her. She lay there for a few moments listening to his deep breathing, feeling his breath softly tickle her shoulder.
She shifted slightly, testing out her muscles. Nothing seemed to ache, she must have healed during the night. Hally started to chew on her bottom lip, an uncomfortable feeling was beginning to worm its way down into her stomach.
"What's wrong?" The Master's sleepy voice vibrated against her back.
She was silent for a minute or so, not knowing what to say.
"I'm sorry…" She tried. "…if I hurt you." She swallowed nervously, shame swimming around in her stomach.
She felt him chuckle softly. "You didn't."
She frowned and wiggled around so that she was facing him, he watched her with calm interest.
"I didn't mean what I said…" She looked into his eyes.
She watched as they softened momentarily, he reached between them and gently caressed her cheek. "I won't ever hurt you Hal."
He leant forwards slightly to place a cool kiss on her forehead. "You're mine."
