The Doctor and her friends made their way to the underbelly of the citadel with Trev and his firing squad waiting. \u201cNow, Trev,\u201d chided the Doctor, \u201cwe\u2019re unarmed. Where\u2019s the fight in shooting unarmed people? Where\u2019s the honor?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, you\u2019re known for using your brain, a very useful weapon,\u201d replied Trev. \u201cI\u2019d hardly call you unarmed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I\u2019m\u2026flattered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou should be, because it means I intend to have you executed swiftly! Squad, present arms!\u201d The shooting party presented arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWAIT!\u201d called Lurra Rus\u2019 voice as she joined the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, the last non-Gallifreyan target,\u201d chuckled Trev. \u201cAll that\u2019s left is our puppet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGeneral, he\u2019s got worse plans than you! I beg you to listen!\u201d urged Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWorse plans? But he-!\u201d protested Rassilon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLady Rassilon, whatever he is, the Master is worse!\u201d insisted Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m feeling generous to a member of a species that\u2019s extinct,\u201d scoffed Trev. \u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, what is it?\u201d asked the Doctor. \u201cHow is the Master\u2019s plan worse?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Master is planning to destroy us!\u201d replied Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026He couldn\u2019t even if he tried!\u201d grunted Trev. \u201cI\u2019ve got a few tricks up my sleeves. And accusations are not evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot us personally,\u201d explained Lurra Rus. \u201cOur economic systems! General Trev, do the Sontarans have a stock market?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course we do,\u201d replied Trev. \u201cI have stock in Imperial Armaments. They make the best weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImperial Armament shares will become worthless with what the Master has planned,\u201d said Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe told you this?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe was trying to recruit me and the Doctor by proxy,\u201d replied Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy would he do that?\u201d quizzed Trev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe claimed that he needed me,\u201d answered Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d asked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, why?\u201d repeated Trev. \u201cI\u2019d love to know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Master smirked as he approached a console and opened a communications channel. He held a crystal similar to the Heart of his TARDIS. \u201cThat is not credible!\u201d scoffed Trev\u2019s voice. \u201cHe can\u2019t sum up the economy of a single planet on a mere computer drive, much less any intergalactic economy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Master\u2019s a genius!\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s an engineer like you, Doctor! Not an accountant!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t take the risk, General,\u201d urged Lurra Rus. \u201cThe Doctor\u2019s right. He\u2019ll destroy every single economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was under the impression, given your story,\u201d remarked Trev, \u201cthat such a goal is what you want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLook, the corporations are bad, but what the Master is planning is far worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t tell me,\u201d muttered the Doctor, \u201che sees time and space as one big concentration camp with him as the commandant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d replied Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan you imagine it, Trev?!\u201d urged the Doctor. \u201cAll the factories of time and space producing weapons, warships, armies of combat robots, and tanks! Every skyline full of smoking chimneys, every worker a slave-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, you\u2019re describing heaven to us,\u201d interrupted a Sontaran Trooper. \u201cThe only wrinkle in that plan is that the primitive known as the Master intends to be at the top of the heap.\u201d The Master wasn\u2019t taking that lying down! He allowed for two-way communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think you\u2019ll find, Sontaran,\u201d he hissed, \u201cthat YOU are the primitive, not me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaster?! Where\u2019s that voice coming from?!\u201d yelped the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwi\u2019lek, what is that in your hand?\u201d asked Trev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean this?\u201d asked Lurra Rus. The Master guessed that Lurra Rus was showing off the weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat in the name of the Sash of Rassilon-?!\u201d spluttered Romana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI fitted a radio link in that little\u2026gift I gave you,\u201d chuckled the Master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is that device?\u201d asked Trev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a weaponized TARDIS heart!\u201d replied Rassilon. \u201cA crude singularity bomb!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat in Sontar\u2019s name-?!\u201d yelped Trev. \u201cWhere did you get that cowardly weapon?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom the Master, believe it or not,\u201d replied Lurra Rus. \u201cHe claims that Romana ripped it out of his TARDIS to act as a deterrent against you lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, a President of the High Council of Time Lords decides to play the coward!\u201d hissed Trev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t been anywhere near the Master\u2019s TARDIS!\u201d insisted Romana. \u201cThat kind of weapon is immoral, illegal, and Rassilon over there never thought of such a weapon even at her maddest because, like you correctly said, General, it\u2019s cowardly! What use would I have for that kind of weapon?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll find it to be VERY versatile,\u201d purred the Master. \u201cWith this one, I plan to kill a whole multitude of birds with one stone!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI knew it! You haven\u2019t changed a bit!\u201d snarled Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t, Miss Rose! I see that now! Listening to everyone has confirmed that the universe MUST pay for my madness!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s still the matter of that weapon Romana constructed!\u201d hissed Trev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI doubt she built such a thing,\u201d replied Rassilon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t, Lurra Rus,\u201d confirmed the Master. \u201cI\u2019m afraid I built it while everyone was running around like headless chickens. I faked the evidence against her. I believe people in your galaxy call it a\u2026smoking blaster!\u201d He then laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to panic,\u201d soothed Lurra Rus. \u201cIt\u2019s useless without the trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLurra Rus,\u201d interjected the Doctor, \u201cdo you know what the trigger to that kind of singularity bomb looks like?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Well, no,\u201d replied Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, give me that! See, here? Trigger!\u201d At the Doctor\u2019s declaration, the Master cackled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t imagine you can defuse it in time, Doctor!\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaster, whatever you want, we can talk!\u201d insisted the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve always known what I want, Doctor!\u201d replied the Master. \u201cI tried to change on numerous occasions! I really thought I could, but you were right!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cScant consolation!\u201d argued the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t meant to be ANY kind of consolation. \u2026I will miss you, Doctor.\u201d He then keyed in a command. \u201cThat singularity bomb, on the other hand, well, it CAN\u2019T miss you at that range!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below the citadel, the singularity bomb beeped as the Master laughed. \u201cHE\u2019S ACTIVATED THE DETONATION SEQUENCE!!\u201d warned the Doctor. \u201cGIMME!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t outrun that kind of blast, Doctor!\u201d replied Rassilon as the Doctor took the device from Lurra Rus and ran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYOU STAY THERE!!\u201d called the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is she doing?!\u201d demanded Trev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s going to one of the old temporal mine shafts,\u201d replied Romana. \u201cShe probably intends to drop the bomb down there. I hope she drops it far-!\u201d That was when the explosion ripped through the caverns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The computers warned of a massive explosion and release of temporal radiation. As the alarms sounded, the Master cackled. He then got to work and headed to the vault of the Eye of Harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thankfully, the Doctor\u2019s allies survived, but there was still the matter of the Doctor and the Sontarans. The group was surrounded by an energy field. Rassilon checked the device that was deploying the energy field. \u201cThere,\u201d she said. \u201cThat should keep the temporal radiation from affecting us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut the Doctor-!\u201d yelped Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe field should surround her too,\u201d assured Rassilon. \u201cWe\u2019ll find her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow far do the mines go?\u201d asked Susan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPretty far,\u201d replied Romana, \u201cbut the temporal radiation will reach the capital before we get there. That\u2019s sure to affect the Eye of Harmony!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s if the Master didn\u2019t think to seal the Vault in time,\u201d remarked Rassilon. \u201cAnd I\u2019m betting he\u2019s there with the heart of the Doctor\u2019s TARDIS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You think he\u2019s taken the TARDIS\u2019s heart?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWon\u2019t that-?!\u201d asked Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStrand you, yes,\u201d replied Rassilon. \u201cThat is until we deal with the Master and make a new TARDIS for the Doctor, but I doubt it\u2019s going to be a Type 40 like hers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do we do, then, Rassilon?\u201d asked Romana. By now, everyone was looking to Rassilon for guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you think we do?\u201d replied Rassilon. \u201cWe\u2019re protected from the temporal radiation, but the Sontarans aren\u2019t. So, we find the Doctor, confirm her survival or death, and stop the Master!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSounds like a good plan, let me help speed that along!\u201d called the Doctor\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor!\u201d called Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust a second,\u201d interjected Rassilon as she pulled out a device. She waved it over the Doctor, then sighed in relief. \u201cSorry about that, Doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaking sure I\u2019m not an illusion as a result of the explosion, very wise,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGrandfather, how will we be getting into the citadel?\u201d asked Susan. \u201cThe temporal radiation will surely affect things and the Master will have locked himself in there!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrue, but we have three people that have presidential codes,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThree?\u201d asked Susan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was made President until Romana was elected to the position,\u201d explained the Doctor. Susan tried to hold back laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou?\u201d she snickered. \u201cGrandfather, when were you elected?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, after that business with the Death Zone,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026The High Council really ISN\u2019T infallible,\u201d chuckled Susan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOI!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Master continued his work. With the old Eye now disconnected, he had to use alternative power sources to continue. The Type 40 Heart had grown to the size of the original Eye of Harmony and was now being connected up. \u201cPerfect!\u201d he said. \u201cThank you for your sacrifice, Doctor! You never understood! It is everyone else that is to blame for my madness! The only cure is to sieze power! Laws will be MINE to create! Not to follow! All of time and space, in the palm of my hand! I shall be a wise and tolerant dictator. Swift but fair in retribution. I shall be the new Lord President Eternal! Gallifrey will be the center of an empire that shall span throughout eternity! And once all is finally under my total control, I shall sieze the next universe and the next! The whole of creation will be MINE to command! And all the Gallifreyans wishing to come back need merely swear an oath of loyalty, then they shall be reloomed into my servants!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for discussing your master plan as usual, Master,\u201d came the Doctor\u2019s voice. The Master turned to see everyone standing there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, temporal illusions,\u201d he scoffed. \u201cWell, I\u2019m quite happy to have illusions to be the last images of my old friend. Admit it \u2018Doctor\u2019, you\u2019ve lost! I shall be the savior of Gallifrey! I shall rule the Eternal Time Lord Empire!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, very good, very good,\u201d mocked the Doctor. \u201c\u2026Just one problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd what\u2019s that, \u2018Doctor\u2019?\u201d asked the Master. The Doctor then slugged the Master in the jaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNOW!\u201d shouted the Doctor. Rassilon, Romana, and Susan quickly took over the controls as the Master readjusted his jaw and realized something; temporal illusions CAN\u2019T slug someone in the jaw!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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