THE ADVENTURES OF THE DOCTOR'S AMAZING HAND

Chapter Twelve

"Rose, come in," the Master said when the guards escorted her into the torture chamber. "I hope you're enjoying your stay aboard my Valiant. It really is a magnificent ship, don't you think?"

"Yeah, it's wonderful," Rose muttered. "Where's the Doctor?"

"Ah, well, I figured I'd get you comfortable first before I brought him inside. See, he's a little slow these days and I don't want you running off and trying to find him yourself."

John shifted slightly so neither of the guards could feel him while they were strapping Rose into the chair. Once she was strapped in, the Master came forward and gave her a winning smile.

"Have you met my wife, Lucy?" he said, pointing to his wife when she came inside the room. "I took a leaf from the Doctor's book and fell in love with a blonde human too. Course I have to admit she's better looking than you are, but to each his own."

"Where's the Doctor?" Rose repeated.

"My, my, you're in quite a rush. I'm trying to get acquainted with you. Learn more about the woman that captured the Doctor's hearts. Is it wrong to have a chat before we bring in the guest of honor?"

He rolled his eyes when Rose sighed angrily.

"Fine, I'll bring him in here then," he said angrily. "Guards, keep an eye on her. I'm sure she picked up a few tips from the Doctor when she traveled with him and I don't want her escaping."

He took Lucy's hand and walked out the door. The guards leaned back against the wall and leered at Rose. She tried to ignore their lewd comments about her body while she looked around, trying to formulate an escape plan. While she was looking towards a counter filled with scalpels and knives, she suddenly felt a finger running down her cheek. She turned to see one of the guards beside her staring down at her with lust in his eyes.

"You're beautiful, Love. I think after the boss gets done with ya, we might go on a date."

Rose snorted and looked away. She grunted when the guard grabbed her chin and jerked her head back.

"Wasn't done talkin' to ya, Blondie," he snarled at her. "I agreed to work for Saxon because I thought I'd get some perks and you are definitely one big perk. I'm not used to being ignored so don't look away again or else…"

"Come on, Richard, leave the girl alone," the other guard said as he leaned against the wall.

"No, Jerry, I won't leave her alone. I'm tired of being a grunt and getting nothing in return. I want a quick shag with this beauty. The old geezer certainly can't get it up anymore and I'm sure she wouldn't wanna shag him anyway."

He turned his attention back to Rose who was glaring up at him. He smirked at her as he got down in her face.

"Yeah, this bloke called the Doctor, the one you wanna see? Saxon aged him until he's nothing but a wrinkly prune-faced wanker. I'm a far better choice now."

"Somehow, I doubt it."

Rose grunted when he slapped her hard across the face.

"None of your lip, bitch! You keep your gob shut and let me do all the talkin'!" he said

"Richard, you better not let the boss see that."

"Oh, what's he gonna do, fire me? I'm not afraid of the git!" Richard said.

He leaned back over and held Rose's face still as he leaned in for a kiss.

"The boss!" Jerry hissed when he heard his voice.

Richard quickly let go of Rose's face and straightened up seconds before the Master came inside with Lucy. They noticed the Master was angry. He stomped over to Jerry.

"He's gone. The Doctor's escaped. I want you to take some men and find him! And find the hand too. I passed by my office and it's gone too."

John lay flatter against Rose's chest. Jerry and Richard started to leave but the Master put a hand on Richard's chest.

"I didn't say you," he said to him.

"Why? You want me to stay here and guard the girl?" Richard said.

"No, I want you to die. I heard what you said and what you called me. If you don't like working for me, I'll be happy to let you go."

Jerry and Rose gasped when he whipped out a gun and shot Richard point blank in the face. Rose swallowed hard when he fell over dead beside her. The Master shook his head while he put his pistol back in the waistband of his trousers.

"And he came so highly recommended too," he said with mock sadness.

He paused and noticed Jerry was behind him staring at Richard's dead body in shock.

"Still here? I thought I gave you an order. NOW FIND THE DOCTOR!" he yelled.

"Y-yes, Mister Saxon," Jerry stammered.

He ran out the door while the Master sighed and stared at the body.

"I s'pose I should have asked him to take this rubbish with him but he's a bit busy and I want everyone searching for your sweetie. After all, he tends to get into mischief when he's unsupervised. So…it seems that the reunion will be delayed further…which means that I have more time to talk to you. And I seem to recall while I was an old man on Malcasairo that the Doctor mentioned you looked into the time vortex. Interesting since you're an ordinary human as far as I can tell and yet you took the vortex into your body and lived. So…while we're waiting for the Doctor to show and sanitation to take this refuse away, why don't you tell me all about how you did it, hmmm?"

The Doctor made his way back down the corridor. He had tried to free Jack without success and Jack finally urged him to get away before someone found him. He heard voices in the other corridors, people yelling at others that he had escaped and that the Master had ordered them to find him and he cursed under his breath for the hundredth time at his frail body and slow pace. He knew that the Master would probably take his anger out on Rose now and he had to focus all his energies on getting back to her before he did something to hurt the woman he loved. He froze a moment when he heard someone yell out that the hand was missing and cursed at that too. He hoped John was alright and somewhere where he could help save Rose. He waited a moment and listened to the voices, determining their location and distance from him. When he felt like they were far enough away, he went on ahead, mustering up every ounce of strength he had so he could find Rose and get to her as fast as he possibly could before it was too late.

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