IN THE SHADOW OF SAXON

A/N: Partner in crime Carol reporting….Wonder what's up with the Master?

Chapter Two

Earth, 2008

Scissor Sisters played over the speakers while Harry Saxon sat at his desk and had his feet on top of the desk. In the 900 plus years he had been alive, he had never thought one of his plans would go off so spectacularly. He had convinced the stupid apes to vote him in as Prime Minister after he had "taken care" of the old one and everyone was falling over themselves in order to please him. He practically cheered when Torchwood blew up the Racnoss webstar because he told them to and wondered if his old "friend", the Doctor, had been there when he had. The Doctor had always showed up to ruin his plans and he could still see his face when Saxon stole his precious TARDIS. He still couldn't believe that he spent most of his life as a doddering old professor, let alone associate with that bug creature, but the old fool did give him material for some new "playmates" and he would soon set them free to help him conquer the Earth.

"The stupid fool," Saxon said softly when he picked up the stereo remote control, turned off the stereo, placed his feet down and stood up. He walked to the window as he looked out at the people moving about and Big Ben chimed in the distance. Turning around, he walked to the door when he jumped at the door nearly hitting him and Lucy Saxon walked into the room.

"Oh, Harry, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were there," she said as he rolled his eyes and sighed.

"And where did you think I would be?" he asked as he waved his arms up and down and she cringed away from him. He has met his trophy wife a few days after he had landed on the Earth and he was amused how easily she was able to control.

"I thought…"

"No, I don't think you were thinking," he said while tapping the tip of his finger on her nose, a nose he had paid for, and she flinched. "Now, what did you want?"

"Um, I was at the house and there is a strange noise coming from the basement again," she said as a light flashed in his eyes and he titled his head to one side.

"You didn't go looking in the basement, did you, DEAR?"

"No, I didn't!" she said with fear in her voice and he smiled, patting her head.

"That's good," he said as he stroked her cheek then pulled her head back by her hair and his eyes bugged out a bit. "I would hate to have to hurt you if you had."

He let go of her hair as he shoved her then walked to the door then turned, looking at her. He snapped his fingers as she walked to him and they left the office. He closed the door as he pulled Lucy to his side and she winced while his fingers dug into her arm. They nodded at his secretary and headed down the hallway. Saxon nodded at some of his aides as they walked by when they stopped at the lift doors and he pushed the button. He stroked Lucy's hair as she looked down at the floor and he smiled at her.

"Oh, come on, smile," he said, but she only looked at the floor until he pulled her face up to meet his and pressed his fingers into her cheeks. "I said SMILE!" She did a forced smile as he smiled then let go of her face and the lift doors opened. "Good girl."

David watched the Doctor moving around the console then glanced at Rose and wondered why he was hugging Rose.

"She shouldn't be doing that. Punish her," a voice said in his head as he shivered and balled his hand into a fist.

"Shut up," David whispered when the Doctor looked at him and blinked.

"Are you talking to me?" he asked.

"Hunh?" David asked as the Doctor frowned and wiggled his finger for him to come closer. David walked to him when the Doctor placed his hand on his shoulder and led him out of the room. Amy and Rory looked at Rose as she tried hard not to cry when Amy walked to her and stood next to her.

"What was that all about?" Amy asked.

"I think David's changing back to his old self," Rose sighed and they gave her a stunned look.

"Oh shit," Rory said.

"If he is, what is the Doctor going to do about it?" Amy asked.

"Well, I know that he isn't getting anywhere near you," Rory said as he pounded his fist on the console and jumped when the TARDIS blasted him with a blast of cold air. "Sorry about that."

"I don't think the Doctor will let him get that far. He said that what might be wrong is that David is just remembering being a Time Lord like he did when he was John Smith.," Rose said as Amy thought for a few seconds then her mouth popped open.

"Oh, when he was on the run from the Family of Blood?" Amy asked and Rose nodded.

"So there might not be anything to worry about?" Rory asked.

"If we can convince David that they're only dreams," Rose said as she looked toward the hallway and wrapped her arms around her.

The door slid open as the Doctor led David into the room and David was shocked from seeing the landscape spreading out before them. The grass was red and moved slowly back and forth in the breeze and the sky was a burnt orange color. The leaves were silver and seemed to be on fire from the sun in the south and mountains rose in the distance. David took a few steps when he knelt down and floated his hand over the grass and the Doctor softly smiled, watching him.

"Where are we?" David asked as he stood up and looked back at the Doctor.

"This is my home world," the Doctor said while walking closer and stood in front of David. "Does any of this look familiar?"

"Well, sort of. I mean I have seen something like this in a dream, but it can't be real."

"It was real, but not anymore."

"Why, what happened?"

"There was a war. I had to…I…" the Doctor said while David saw the sadness in the Doctor's eyes and placed his hand on the Doctor's shoulder. The Doctor looked into David's eyes when he saw sympathy there and wondered if they were wrong about him changing back into the Valeyard.

"Whatever it was, it wasn't your fault," David said with a smile and the Doctor saw his dimples.

"Did I have dimples? Dimples are cool!" the Doctor thought with smile and David smiled back.

"Anyway, I brought you here because I thought this would be a good place to talk about what's bothering you," the Doctor said and David's face went blank.

"What makes you think I have anything bothering me?" he asked.

"Rose confided in me that you were having odd dreams and….," the Doctor said then was shocked as David's eyes grew dark and he balled his hands into a fist.

"I would appreciate if you wouldn't interfere with what is going on between me and Rose," David said then stormed out of the room and the Doctor folded his arms over his chest and frowned.

"This is NOT good!" he said then walked out of the room and the door closed behind him.

The door creaked open as the light came on and Saxon stood at the top of the stairs. Walking down the stairs, he hummed "I Can't Decide" when he walked to the far right corner of the basement and stood in front of the white sheet. Pulling the white sheet down, he looked at the TARDIS when he snapped his fingers and the outer doors opened. He learned that snapping his fingers opened the door as he smiled and walked inside the control room. The time rotor moved up and down behind the glass and he walked to the console, placing his hands on the console.

"So, you have been making noises, have you?" he said when he balled his hand into a fist and looked at the time rotor. "You do know that I could make you do more than make noises, don't you?"

"Yes," a soft voice said and he folded his arms over his chest.

"Yes, what?" he asked, arching his eyebrow up.

"Yes…Master," the TARDIS said as he patted the console and looked at the screen.

"Show me the schismatic for the Archeangel Network," he said as the screen went blank for a few seconds then the information appeared on the screen and he smiled, reading the information.

'Harry?" Lucy said when he looked over at the doorway and saw her standing at the bottom of the ramp and his eyes went wide.

"What the hell are you doing in here?" he demanded as he stormed toward her and grabbed hold of her arms. "I told you to NEVER come down here!"

"Um, there's a phone call for you," she said then hissed as he slapped her in the face and her head snapped to the right. Blood trickled down her nose as he stormed by her then grabbed her arm and pulled her outside. The doors closed as the time rotor moved up and down and the sound of something softly crying filled the air.

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