And this chapter is going to be the end of Part 1… please don't hate me….
Eventually The Master had let Hally get up out of bed that morning. Although he had made her promise to apologise to the team that day. She'd huffed dramatically but when everyone had been gathered in the main hub, she'd apologised to them all for putting them in danger.
She'd then kind of ruined it by sarcastically apologising to Foxer for saving his life but The Master had just laughed and rolled his eyes.
Afterwards Kal had approached her and quietly thanked her for saving Foxer's life. Although she'd ended the conversation by telling Hally to leave it to her next time. Hally had taken that as a small victory either way.
After that Hally and Kal had seemed to come to some kind of mutual agreement to be civil to one another. Something that turned to almost mutual respect after their visit to Jothal.
FD-2 had intercepted a message from a freighter ship, the message had heavily implicated that the Shabogans onboard were looking into illegally trading some of the weaponry they were transporting for the Time War. Jax had sent a tip off to the Gallifreyan War Council, who had suggested the S-55 team see if they could intercept the trade on Jothal. After they'd offered them an extortionate amount of credit to do so… The Master had agreed.
That was how Kal, Tei and Hally had found themselves trying to get into a private party in one of the diamond bars in the Upper West Side of the Capitol of Lothal. The three of them were hidden in a dark alleyway on the other side of the street. Tei and Kal had their eyes on the main entrance, Tei was muttering something to Fox through his comm. Hally could hear that Foxer was trying to create fake identities for all three of them to be added to the party guest list.
Hally huffed. It was taking too long.
Looking off to the right, Hally spotted a line of attractive women in their underwear being ushered into the venue through the 'staff' entrance. She smirked and clicked the comm in her ear.
"Fox, just get Tei an invite. Me and Kal will be using our own assets to get us inside." Kal looked back at her, a confused look on her face. Hally winked and quickly unzipped her black jacket. She could hear Fox in her comm.
"Ummm… wait what's going on?"
Hally laughed and pulled her T-shirt off over her head, leaving her in just her bra. Tei and Kal watched speechless as she shuffled out of her dark trousers.
"You coming?" Hally motioned to Kal as she confidently stepped out of the alleyway in just her underwear. Walking assertively around to the back door of the bar, she slipped onto the end of the line of women, the guard not giving her a second look as he ushered them inside.
Kal had followed shortly behind her, shooting her an irritated look when they'd reunited inside. Eventually Tei had joined them after Fox had managed to sort him out on the guest list.
From there Kal and Tei had taken the lead with gathering all the evidence the Gallifreyan War Council would need to be sure the Shabogans were trading illegally.
It was safe to say, The Master hadn't been amused.
Although, the success of that mission was the reason why, around a week later, both Hally and The Master were back on Gallifrey for The Master to receive a medal of honour for helping identify the war traitors. Hally had whined the entire way there, that really it should be her getting the praise, as she'd been the one to get them in. The Master had laughed and told her that he was her general, and therefore was allowed to take all the credit. He'd also reminded her that she was technically meant to be imprisoned on the other side of the galaxy as far as the Gallifreyan Council were concerned. She'd huffed but had eventually stopped moaning.
The Master had left Hally in his quarters while he'd met with The Council, she'd flopped down onto the bed happily. It felt amazing to be back, to just be able to stop, if only for a few moments.
The bedsheets smelt different, she supposed it had been a long time since anyone had slept in them. Hally propped herself up on her elbows. She should probably try to find Persca… let her know that she wasn't dead.
A loud, deep siren began to wail overhead. Hally tried to cover her ears, the sound was so loud she could feel it reverberating in her chest. It was a warning. The Citadel was under attack.
Hally rushed over to the window, looking out. She couldn't see much, the window only looked out onto a small courtyard, lined with more towers of the Capitol. She looked up at the sky, it was burning bright orange, Hally's mouth fell open as sky seemed to crack open. Dark streams soared across the auburn abyss. The ground beneath Hally's feet rumbled and jolted, she grabbed hold of the windowsill to steady herself. The sky was beginning to darken, a dark, dangerous red tinge seeping into the horizon.
The ground rumbled angrily again and Hally ran for the door, narrowly missing the bookcase as it fell to the floor. She rushed out into the corridor, looking left and right. All around people were running, shielding their heads from the rubble that was falling from the ceiling. Someone bundled into her, knocking her off balance. They carried on rushing past and out of sight.
Hally picked herself up and rushed out along the corridor, making her way outside into the courtyard. She could smell smoke, the air was thick with heat and Hally could hear panicked shouts and screams coming from all around her.
She needed to find The Master.
The tower behind her exploded in a shower of dust and brick. Hally cried out and ducked, when the dust settled she turned behind her to see a large hole had been blown through the tower. She stumbled through and out onto the streets of the Capitol. Above her she could hear the unmistakable blasts of the Dalek weapons as they ricocheted across the sky.
Hally kept moving, she needed to try and get to the outskirts of the city.
"No…"
Hally stopped moving as The Master's voice echoed in her mind. She huffed.
"No?! Ok… so where would you like me to go?" She cried out as another building about four meters to her left exploded.
The Master's voice was calm in her mind, but she could sense his panic beneath the words.
"The TARDIS fields."
Hally turned back around. The TARDIS fields were on the other side of the academy, she'd have to somehow make her way through the now crumbling towers and up towards the valley of the Mountain. She squeaked with surprise when a Dalek blast hit the floor to her left and she started to run.
The academy was falling. Every time Hally tried to take a turn down a corridor it would either explode or collapse. She was beginning to run out of options.
She hauled herself through the small gap that now existed in the wall between the corridor and the great hall. A huge crack was threatening to bring the ceiling down on her. Dust hung in the air, a stream of light from the broken window hitting the now dirty brown floor, littered with rubble and broken furniture. It was strangely quiet in here. The screams from outside had died down. Everything was dying.
Hally's breath caught in her throat but she forced herself to carry on, the side door was still intact so she made her way over to it. Cautiously opening it and stepping through. Hally straightened up, her mouth falling open.
On the other side of the door, was just rubble.
The entire Northern wing of the academy had been destroyed. Hally could see now, she could see their bodies. She swallowed back her tears, she couldn't dwell on them right now. She pressed on forward, the dust stinging her eyes painfully.
A figure came into view up ahead, Hally squinted her eyes trying to work out if they were friend or foe. She felt a familiar presence bump her consciousness and she smiled slightly in relief as The Master stumbled slightly. Hally walked forward, frowning as she noticed the deep gash on his forehead. There was another large blast and the world around them shook, Hally stumbled forward, tripping on a rock. She managed to steady herself, limping slightly. The Master was only a few paces ahead of her now.
"Hal…?" She looked up but found that he wasn't looking at her, he was looking at something behind her. Hally went to turn around but before she could, something large and heavy connected with the back of her head.
Everything went black.
Hally blinked, bringing her hand up to shield her eyes from the bright yellow blobs that were floating in front of her eyes. She groaned softly as she slowly managed to sit up. Looking behind her, Hally could see that she'd been lying on a small single bed. The room she'd woken up in was small, just the bed and a chest of drawers. Now she could see what the yellow blobs had been… there were loads of strange coral designs on the walls of the room, with circular orange lights of varying sizes dotted throughout.
Hally gingerly touched the back of her head. Nothing.
The last thing she remembered was looking at The Master… then something had hit her over the head. She rose from the bed, making her way over to the door. It was unlocked, Hally closed her eyes and listened.
A small smile began to grow on her face. She could hear it. A TARDIS.
They'd made it onto a TARDIS.
Hally grinned and pulled open the door of her room, she followed the soft humming of the TARDIS, the gentle song leading her through to the console room. She looked around, no sign of The Master. She checked the console and frowned, they'd landed around an hour ago. On earth.
She circled the console, the strange coral design seemed to be a theme throughout. Hally raised an eyebrow. She supposed they'd been lucky enough to escape at all, interior design could be figured out later…
One of the doors to the TARDIS was pulled open and a tall, skinny man bounded in. Hally took a step back.
That's not The Master.
The man grinned upon seeing her. Hally raised an eyebrow noticing the plastic arm the man was carrying. He shrugged and threw it off to the side.
"You're awake!" The man grinned, his large ears seemed to wiggle happily. "Sorry…" He motioned to the abandoned arm. "Bit of trouble with some autons." He waggled his eyebrows.
Hally was staring at him, a small frown on her face.
"No…" She muttered, looking the man up and down.
"What?" She closed her mouth with a small pop. "How…?!"
The pair were silent for a moment, Hally was trying to process all the thoughts that were running through her mind.
"Doctor?" She whispered.
He nodded, his eyes twinkling kindly.