The Time That Never Was: Day 232

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"The Time That Never Was: Day 232"
Who: The Doctor & The Master
When: During the Year That Never Was, Pre-Merge

His jaw had healed nicely but their attempt to break out had been impossibly mangled and now, the Doctor found himself hardly able to hold up his head.  He liked the bird cage much better than he liked the tent though, so there was that.  He

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Yep, there went the tea. And it wasn't exactly cold tea so when it spilled on Tosh, it must of hurt. Her skin looked red and irritated and the Master just looked bored. He started with a tired expression as the women struggled to find her feet. Yes, the Doctor was definitely better.

"Well, this was rubbish, someone get rid of her."

And that was all the Toclafane needed to get to work, blades flying out as they flew towards her. It wasn't a pretty death, there was a lot of slashing and cheerful noise from the Toclafane.

Blood splattered across the room and hit the Welsh man and short one, both of which looked utterly horrified at the sight. Who could blame them?

The Master sighed before shaking his head in pity. "Just obliterate her, would you?"

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"No one wants a bullet in the head," the Master pointed out, making a gesture to indicate Ianto was crazy. He was sure the Doctor knew and so did Jack but the poor little human Doctor looked completely stumped. He was out of the loop but hell, he had to get Ianto out of here.

Deal with the devil? "I'll do it if you let Ianto go."

The Master gave the human a look of amusement before bursting into laughter. Why would he make a deal? He could make him do it anyway! It was endearing how much humans cared for one another.

"Erm, no, I'll do that anyway. But I'm generous. What else can you offer me for your little friend?"

Owen gave Ianto a sideways look, the way the poor sod was trembling... fuck. "What do you want? Anything."

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"Don't...don't Owen...don't..." Ianto was begging now, tears running down his face. "Don't let him--"

"I know," the Doctor said, eyes smouldering as he watched the Master. "He wants to pay me back for everything I've done to him. Horrible things. We were friends once. Best of friends. Inseparable, we two."

Well done, Doctor, airing dirty laundry in front of the freak and the humans!

"When'd it go wrong? After I dropped out of the Academy? No. My marriage? When I stole the TARDIS?"

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"Shut up," the Master snapped, obviously not happy with this impromptu trip down memory lane. Because no, he was not in the mood for this discussion, this was a private matter that he hated for those so worthless to his life to overhear.

Turning his attention back to Owen, the Torchwood doctor met his gaze head on.

"I think you're mates trying to talk to you."

The Master scold in annoyance and whipped his head around. And, with the Masters head turned, Owen returned to trying to undo his cuffs like he had been for the past ten minutes. He nudged Ianto, whose hands were free and tried to prompt him to help.

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Good, yes, the Doctor could see what they were doing and just had to keep distracting the other Time Lord. At least Ianto stopped flinching for two moments to do as he was told by looks and trembling gestures.

The Doctor cleared his throat as he looked up at the Master. Oh, it was futile, sure. They might escape the bridge but they'd never get off the ship alive.

"It's because I left you. Because you wouldn't come with me. And... Oh. Master, I did want you to come with me. You just never would."