Starcrossed (A Doctor Who Fanfiction) Book Two

Avalon

As she entered the console room the Master turned around to face her. He seemed temporarily shocked. She gave a soft laugh at the stunned look on his face and did a little twirl.

"Well, what do you think?" 

"I think you look absolutely lovely my dear," he told her taking her hands and pulling her closer. Beatrice blushed a little. She liked it when he called her my dear. There was something incredibly gentlemanly about it.

"Flattery will get you everywhere," she told him.

"Really? As I recall, when we first met you weren't too easily swayed by flattery," he said his tone slightly teasingly. Beatrice smiled at the thought of their first meeting. 

"True, but in all fairness, you were holding me hostage," she paused. "I just realized how odd that sentence sounds given our current situation." The Master chuckled and instead of answering cupped the back of her neck with one hand while the other rested on her waist, leaned down slightly, and kissed her. 

They pulled apart after a moment and he gave her a genuine smile. Something she only saw when they were alone. He turned and picked something up off the console. It was a gold ring.

"This is a bio-dampener. I have one as well. It should hide the fact that we aren't of their species," She took the ring and put it on.

"Thank you, so, what is the exact plan?" she asked.

"Fairly simple," he showed her what she assumed was a map of the castle. "This race collects rare objects such as the flight circuit. As it was once part of this TARDIS I was able to track it to the vault in this castle on the bottom floor. The vault needs a key which I suspect the ruler of this planet has."

"So you want me to find a way to get it from him?" she guessed. 

"Precisely. Once you have the key we can sneak out, get to the vault, and get the circuit. Then I summon the TARDIS and we get out of here before midnight when the planet will be destroyed."

"Right, let's go then."

They stepped out and saw in front of them a gigantic medieval castle. It was absolutely beautiful. As they walked towards it, a thought came to Beatrice 

"Two questions. First, how come this is so well planned out? We only lost the flight circuit today. And second, why couldn't we come on a day where we don't have to get out before the planet is destroyed?"

"In answer to your first question, I have been planning this for a while as I suspected the old flight circuit would go out soon, so I did my research. I just haven't had the time or ability to put the plan into action. 

Second, the radiation that surrounds this planet acts as a force field preventing anyone who isn't from here from entering, however, the quickly developing supernova damaged the radiation field enough that the TARDIS could get through."

"So, if we don't get out of here in two hours we die?" she asked just for confirmation.

"Yes," answered the Master.

"Why do I go anywhere with you?" said Beatrice with a little sigh, although she wasn't really upset with him. 

"Because my dear, you are just as attracted to trouble as I am," replied the Master.

"True enough, just try not to kill anyone," she said as they entered the great hall of the castle where the party was being held.

"I'll do my best." 

Beatrice was about to make a sarcastic reply but gasped in surprise at the sight before her. Women in a rainbow of different coloured medieval dresses were dancing with various men, a variety of musicians in one corner were playing music, a dais with a golden throne stood at the very end of the hall. It was like something out of a fairytale.