Two and half Time Lord

Hospital

It was three days after, the Master had left. Professor Song has just finished her lecture and she was walking down the corridor at university, looking down, thinking about her day.

Someone suddenly bump into her. She looked up.
"Sorry-" he said: "River?" It was man with brown floppy hair in tweed jacket.
"Doctor..." she was surprised, she didn't expect him here.
"What are you doing here?"
"I? I'm teaching here. Question is: what are YOU doing here?"
"Just a little problem with few...ehm-"
He was interrupt by ringing of River's comunicator. She answer it.

"Hello"
"Hello, am I talking to Proffesor Song?"
"Yes, who is calling?"
"I'm from St. John's hospital. We have one patient here..."
"What is he called?"
"He didn't tell us his name. He is wild, hurt and keep calling your name. Can you come here?"
"Sure, I'm on my way"
"See you. Goodbye"
"Bye"

That patient was certainly him, the Master. River knew that it won't make the best if he meets the Doctor...
"So... Who called?" he asked.
"Umm... Hospital"
"Hospital?!"
"Yea... Someone wants to see me."
"Who?"
"I don't know..."
"Alright... Let's go than"
"Sure..." River turned around and walked way out of university, than to hospital. Doctor followed.

They arrived to hospital, walked to counter.
"Ehm..." River said impatient.
"Hello" said woman behind counter.
"Hello"
"How can I help you?"
"Someone from here called, that I should come. I'm Professor Song."
Woman behind counter gasped, than took phone and call somewhere.
"Yes... Professor Song... Alright... I will send her... Sure... Yea..."
"Doctor Sage is waiting for you. Go to second floor, than turn left, fifth door on right."
"Alright" they took a way.

They heard scream along the way. Doctor and River looked at each other. This was River's chance. Doctor can't meet the Master...

"Sweetie, I'm sure that someone needs your help." River said.

"Will you go with me?" he asked, bit surprised, that she said 'you' not 'us'.
"You know, that someone called me, someone need me. I'm sure, you can take care of it by yourself. If you would have any problem, call me and I will come. Alright?" Doctor nodded and ran away through corridor to that scream.

River entered fifth door on right in second floor after turning left from elevator. Young woman stood there, when she had noticed River, she said.

"Hello, professor Song, right? I'm doctor Sage. I'm taking care of... You will see."
"Hello... Alright" they both went to door and saw him lying on bed, sleeping.

River recognize him. It was the Master. She gasped, when she noticed, how he looked. He was really injured, bleeding on many places, dirty, sleeping with sad look.
"Do you know him?" Doctor Sage interrupt her from thoughts.

"Umm... Yes, I do. What happend to him?"

"Yesterday one man found him on street. He was bleeding and unconscious. We took him here and when he woke, he started to shout your name, I guess. He was all 'River! River! Help me!' We were trying to calm him down and manage him to tell us his name. He didn't. After few hours he told us your name and number at you, so we called you. He attacked all nurses and doctors, who were taking care of him. To keep him calm, we are keeping him in narcoze."

River walked over to his bed and sat down on bed next to him. She took his hand in hers. He stirred.
"Be careful! You should probably better come here... Be could hurt you."
"No... I trust him, that he won't"

He has woken up, quickly sat up, looked around. He was scared, really scared...
"River..." he gasped: "...you came"
River gave him soft smile.
"Why?" He asked: "why did you come?"

"Because they called me... And I told you, that you can't just leave... That they will find you and put you in hospital" River answered, Master blushed a bit.

He noticed doctor Sage standing there, surprised, that he was that calm, that he hasn't done anything to her.

"Get out!" he shout at her. She close her wide opened mouth.
"Can you leave us alone? I will call you, if I need something. I will be alright." River kindly said to doctor.
"Umm... OK..." answered Dr. Sage and left room.

"River... What are you doing here?"
"You aren't happy? I thought-"
"No, no, I am very happy... Just what about the Doctor... What if he will find you here? What if he find his precious wife with his archenemy?"
"What?! You are archenemies?!"
"Kind of"
"Doesn't matter... He is bit busy at the moment and that you are his archenemy doesn't mean, that you are my archenemy too..."
"Thank you, River" he delightly stroked her cheek with his thumb. River leaned to his touch. He really liked touching her silky skin like this... It was magic...

They have been interrupt by doctor Sage, who came back to room and cleared her throught. Master dropped his hand back, River turned to doctor.

"Sorry for coming here like this... But I wanted to ask you, if you could take him with you. We don't have enough room in hospital and he is almost alright. He is just bleeding a bit, so he needs to change his bandages. He can't be alone, rot somewhere on street... And you look like someone, who he won't hurt and who could possibley give him a shelter..."

"Well... I understand your problem but I'm not sure, if he won't run away plus I'm here only for two weeks so..." River said, she couldn't see his face. He was so sad, alone, begging for her by his look. He needed her more than anything. Master didn't realized, that he slightly touched her back, until she turned around. He quickly changed emotion in his face to I-don't-care-if-you-take-me-I-don't-need-you. River sighed.
"Fine... I will take him with me..."
"Great! Thank you very much professor" said happilly doctor Sage.

River stood up and doctor Sage showed her how to change Master's bandages (Not like that River wouldn't know...), than she gave them some pills for him and took them out of hospital.

Doctor wasn't anywhere, so River observed poor, dirty Master. She sighed.
"I'm sorry... I don't want to make you any troubles. You know, you can leave me here..." he said, when noticed River's look.
"Come on... I won't let you rot on street and let you die there. I think that what you need right now, is new clothes!"
Master looked at himself and than made sad smile...
"Probabl yes..."

A/N: So here is next chapter. Please vote and coment😉