A Different Set of Drums (The Master, Doctor Who)

Chapter Nineteen

Choices

Kayla's POV

"Open it!" The Master laughed as I rip away the paper. It was a box. A fancy box. "You aren't proposing right?" I jokingly asked him as he blushed a deep red. Opening it, I find it hard to keep in a gasp.

Inside the box was a beautiful, dark purple necklace, bits of light blue swished around like the galaxy. "You said you liked the night, and this reminded me of you so..." The Master awkwardly said as I grinned at him, my face holding a slightly tinge of pink.

"It's... Magnificent." I breathed out, in awe from such a necklace. "Thank you!" I squealed, leaned over and wrapping my arms around his neck, happily smiling my face off.

"Ah, no problem." I heard The Master say as I let go.

This is turning out to be a very marvellous Christmas.

Still Kayla's POV

~5 months later (I know, big skip)

So, our Christmas was marvellous.

We shared great gifts, played games, ate food. I like food.

Okay I'm going to stop doing whatever I'm doing in my head right now.

Looking up, my eyes trail across a desert plain. Well, it wasn't always like this. In fact, this was a well known place. My home. My home where I grew up in. Now there is no laughter, no joy at this time of year.

The population is getting smaller. We'll soon be extinct, humans. I mean, yeah there's still me. I'll probably end up like The Doctor. The last human and the last Time-Lord.

Closing my eyes slightly I sigh. I would say I'm in the exact same position as The Doctor. I killed them. I could of stopped The Master, and what did I do? Nothing.

Bloody, nothing.

My hands clenched in annoyance before I stood up and glared down. Great, I'm angry now. Kicking dirt away, I run to the base.

Oh, maybe I should of mentioned, it's been a few months since Christmas. Not like I take track anymore. What's the point. Martha is probably long dead by now, I have no idea why The Doctor has done nothing, and Jack... Is just being Jack.

Pulling my coat tightly towards me I grunted, stopped running and now walking back. I wonder what happened to Martha's family. They were with us in the base, right? Maybe The Master relieved them of existence.

Wait. The Master is a Time Lord.

So that means there's two Time Lords left.

And only one of me...

Not yet. There's still hope. Maybe Martha will come, maybe somebody will stand up to him. Gosh, now that I think about it, I'm very all over the place. One minute I'm saying my hatred for The Master, next I'm kissing him.

Talking about... That. The Master never mentioned it. Ah, he doesn't care anyway. He's too important to care for a measly earthling. ...Why do I always get myself down? I don't mean to, it just happens. Like it's natural.

Letting out a little 'oof' I accidentally bump into the door. Of course. Maybe I should watch where I'm going. I walk inside, looking around the place. I'm used to it all now. It's all the same, really.

Corridors. More corridors. Perhaps a little more corridors.

Then it surprises you with something else. Something magnificent.

...

Corridors.

Yep, that's my life in a nutshell now. Well, not for long hopefully. I mean, I actually hope now. I still hang on to the little hope that Martha will appear and make things as it was.

Because as nice as The Master is, he's changed and I fear that if one thing goes wrong... He'll go back to how he was. We can never win, huh?

Soon enough I reach the main hall, walking in and seeing 'the gang'.

Yeah, by the the gang I mean The Master, The Doctor and Jack. Fun times. We're not your normal one like the 'i'm going to rob your nan' gang. Nah, we cool.

"Hi." I say simply to them as The Master goes up to me. "Where have you been?" He questioned as I shrugged. "Out and about." I mumble, walking up the steps at the front of the room and sitting down at the window. Life is so boring.

"Define out and about." The Master says, suddenly appearing beside me. "Look, it doesn't matter." I sigh, slightly annoyed. "If it doesn't matter then why don't you tell me?" He frowned as I looked to him. "Because it's not important, so you don't need to know!" I huffed, now annoyed.

"Then if it's not so important, tell me!" The Master, who was getting angry as well says to me. "Maybe if you didn't question me so much I'd tell you I was at my family's grave!" I growled at him as he smirks. "Oh." He says simply, my anger making my face red.

"How dare you smile at that. I'll wipe it right off your face." I shouted at him, talking a threatening step towards him. "Oh, shut up! You're just empty words!" He yelled as I bit my lip, hard.

"Make me! Oh wait, you can't! Because you, sir, are just an alien, insane, un-likeable freak! You can't do anything! Not even a few weeks in and you already let us all roam free. I'd say your scared! Scared of being judged! Well too late, because you mean nothing to me!" I glare straight at his face as I shouted at him.

Breathing deeply, tears pricked at my eyes as I locked eyes with The Master. It looked as if he put a mask on. And not a nice one either. It looked as if he gone angrier, more insane. Oh, what have I done?

"Oh, can I not?" He lowly growls before whipping out a weapon. His lazer screwdriver. My eyes widen at it as he points it to The Doctor, who was watching with wide eyes at the bottom of the steps. "I should of never turned you back!" He shouted, pressing down a button.

I gasped, hearing the shrieks coming out of The Doctor's mouth as he slowly turned into that old man he was before. He sadly looked up to me as I, watery eyed, looked to The Master.

"Guards!" The Master barked, and 6 came in. "Take our friend Jack to the basement. Lock him up." He ordered as Jack got cuffed.

"I'm so sorry." I whisper to The Master as his head immediately turns to face mine. "And you." He starts off, inspecting me.

"I don't want to see your face right now." He hissed, pushing me towards the guards as well. "Lock her up and all." The Master instructed as I left my hands being tied up. "You can't do this!" I exclaim, watching The Master go down some of the steps. "I can, and I should of. Long ago. I see that now." He smirked at me as the guards dragged me out.

My head hurts, more than ever. It's probably angry at him. Yet it's my fault, isn't it? I should never of shouted at him. Nothing will ever happen now. I still admire him... I still love him.

No matter the monster... I will always. I would do anything for that Time-Lord.

Even if... I had to die. I would for anyone, actually. I've done enough in my life. I've seen the stars, I've done it all.

...Well... Not all. But you know, I'm fine being like this.

I'm fine with dying.

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Hey, Happy Monday!

I'm falling way behind on my schedule for this story, and I need to write more D; But school started today, which was meh.

Sorry if this feels short or anything, the next few chapters will be longer!

Thank you all for the feedback by the way, I can't believe any of my stories would get this far! (^>^)