13th Doctor x Reader: Lost

Chapter 68: Master

You walk back to the Time Ladies, feeling very confused. Something is on the tip of your tongue...

The Doctor is pacing the lawn, muttering to herself while Missy reapplies lipstick. Neither look up as you approach. You stand there a little awkwardly, waiting for the moment when the Doctor suddenly comes up with a plan. It doesn't happen.

"Any ideas?" You blurt out. The Doctor stops her pacing, and you see her broken face.

"It's a TARDIS, but it's like its gone bad. Dislocating people through time without leaving a trace, putting a perception filter over an angry statue. Don't know if I'd fancy meeting the owner."

"Just create a time bomb, that'll take care of your little problem right there." Missy suggests, shutting her little mirror.

"Killing a TARDIS is like killing a sentient being. Besides, maybe he or she's a nice person with a bad ship." 

Missy rolls her eyes, and you let out a sigh. It'd be nice to think so. You catch both of them staring at you, horrified expressions on their faces.

"Y/n, where's your key?" The Doctor cautiously asks, constantly glancing between you and the bad TARDIS. You bring your hand to your neck, feeling it empty. Did you drop it, or did it fall off?

Glancing around the field, you see neither appears to be the case.

"I don't know." 

The blonde looks to her own TARDIS, seeing it's still there. You didn't give the key to anyone, no one took it. You would've remembered that, right?

"Very slowly walk away." The Doctor instructs. 

"Don't look at the statue, don't think about the statue, don't think about the TARDIS. All you're doing is walking." Missy adds.

Think of something else, the C-Lings? Those few moments of flying were- the statue comes to your mind, like it's being forced there. Something else, that older man, the one who forced all those nightmares on you, the statue comes back. You want to look at it now, so badly...

"I can't." You gasp, having to physically hold your head away from it. This is what it was like for Jenny, Yaz, and Izzy. Unable to look away, unable to think of anything else. Completely drawn in.

You feel a hand take yours, but you can't register it. The more you refuse to turn around, the more your head hurts, like someone's forcefully splitting it apart.

"Look at me." A face appears in front of yours, blue eyes meet yours. Galaxies upon galaxies of aged stories, many regrets, and further in, a dark storm of a life once lived. The next thing you comprehend is being in the familiar alleyway again, with the man. The man. There's something...

You lean against the wall, hand in your forehead. Traveling with the Doctor has definitely taught you to appreciate certain things, now you could add thinking to that list.

"Did you have to hypnotize her?" The Doctor exclaims.

"Unless you'd have rather lost another human."

Hypnotize.

"Master." You gasp, the memory coming back to you.

"I'm the Master. And you will obey me."

"I will obey you."

"Give me the key." You hand him the key around your neck, feeling nothing of concern for what's to come. Really, feeling nothing at all. "You will return to the others and recall none of this." He turns away, your feet guiding you without thought, the memory slipping away.

Both of the Time Ladies look at you, faces very concerned now. Shakily, you turn your head to him, not daring to look into his eyes. He grins at the confrontation, actually peeling off his face. Instead, stands O, the Master.

"Hello again." He speaks softly, waving a hand.

"I thought you were dead, on Gallifrey." The Doctor gasps.

"Clearly not, I'm still here." Missy interrupts. Right, not truly gone yet.

"Running's always my favorite part too." He simply explains.

"What are you doing here?" She demands, then turns to Missy, "and why don't you remember any of this?"

"Something must happen, you know, a thing." She casually shrugs.

"I've got big plans for this universe Doctor, oh, and I've got your key." He pulls out your TARDIS key.

You look to the Doctor with a very guilty expression, but she seems to realize you hadn't been aware of what you were doing. With that, he disappears in a flash of light.

"He can't get in the TARDIS, right? I mean, she could refuse." You try.

The blonde shakes her head. "She won't be happy about it, but she knows him, I know him. And we know Missy."

"What about his TARDIS?"

"Oh, there's an idea." Missy perks up. "She may not know me yet, but it shouldn't be that hard."

"He'll have traps all over, you know yourself, Missy." The Doctor argues.

"And I know I'm much more clever than he'll ever be." And with that, she walks off. The Doctor joins you in leaning against the wall, appearing very tired. This slightly nerves you, she's always seemed so young, so energetic. Now all her years seem to have caught up to her, in this moment.

"Everything will work out." You try, hoping to bring her back. You've been trying not to think about the other three, knowing very well it would take you down a rather-be-forgotten road of blame. Especially with Jenny... and now you stop that train of thought. 

"Yaz is gone, so is-" She emotionlessly starts.

"And we're going to get them back, and your TARDIS. We'll stop whatever he's doing." You confidently say.

"I thought he was really gone. After everything we'd been through..."

"Missy is still here, and look where she chose to stand." You smile, remembering how she saved your life on that ship. You'd thought you would never see her again.

The Doctor nods, a little light coming back to her face. At that, the alleyway seems to disappear around you, instead appearing a room somewhat like the Doctors TARDIS.

A center counsel with a deep red crystal in the middle is the only similarity. The entire room is like a very tall dome, overly extravagant furniture placed all over, colored in deep reds and purples, along with gold and black. Several bookshelves also line the room on  a raised platform. A very large doorway stands at the end, leading to the rest of the ship. Instead of the gold light from the Doctors TARDIS, a darker light shines here, setting you slightly on edge.

"Told you I could do it." Missy peeks out from the other side. "Now, say please and we'll go get your other pets." She pauses, "and don't try piloting, he's bio-locked the controls."

The Doctor sighs, seeming to have expected that.

"How do we know where they are? Anywhere in space and time-"

"List." The brunette grins, pulling up a screen.

"Please, can we get my girlfriend back?" 

Missy grins at her childish attitude, pulling a lever that sends the doors opening. The Doctor runs out, then back in with a horrified expression.

"No, not here, anywhere but here, tell me you got it wrong." She pleads, snatching the screen.

"What, they're not in la la land?" Missy sighs, walking around the counsel.

"No, an orphan planet." She looks up, a dark look in her eyes.