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Chapter 34
Jack had been watching with his breath held. Even though he knew that this was just a memory; even though he knew that the Timelord beside him had survived that year, Jack knew the Master's insanity first hand, and he knew what it could do. He let out his breath slowly and unclenched his fists.
"You played him."
The statement made the Doctor frown. "I was using the only tools I had." He growled lowly, and Jack wondered why he sounded so defensive. "I'd hoped that if I could sway his mood he'd react differently. Maybe he did." The Doctor's lip twitched for a second. "Maybe having an itchy nose saved my life."
Jack snorted in reluctant laughter, watching as the Doctor's face turned to a grimace. "Not a line I'd use again."
The Doctor hissed through his teeth thoughtfully. "Yeah." He said. "I think I'll keep that one to myself."
Jack knew that this burst of humour was a defence; just the Doctor's way of staving off the darkness. He'd seen it before, but that didn't mean he wouldn't play along. He couldn't even imagine the effect these memories had on the Timelord, but if he could help ease it, then he would.
It didn't last long. The Doctor's face fell back into a frown and he sighed. "Talking to that man was like walking on a razor's edge." He shook his head, eyes wide, and slid a hand down one side of his face. "I had no idea he'd react so badly. Looking back though, mentioning Lucy right then and there… well, that was probably the single most dangerous thing I could have done."
"Why?"
The Doctor raised his eyebrows incredulously. "Blimey, Jack, I didn't bring you along to babysit. Use that big old human brain of yours."
But no matter how he thought about it, Jack couldn't see that what the Doctor had said was any more dangerous than anything else that had passed between the two Timelords.
The Doctor kept his eyes on the Master's back as he rose to his feet. Jack frowned uncomfortably. He had begun to notice it now where he hadn't before – perhaps he'd been too shocked by what he was seeing; too confused and overwhelmed to pay attention – but his Doctor's eyes seemed to follow the Master like a magnet, studying his expression; his body language. And though he never said anything, Jack was starting to become more and more certain that there was a deep sense of sadness; some greater sense of loss than he'd ever admitted lingering somewhere in his tired eyes.
"He could have killed me. I think he wanted to." Sighed the Doctor. "The temptation must have been massive." A strange smile flickered across his face. Jack's brow furrowed harder. "Killing me would have been an end to it – an end to any influence I still had on him. Everything he'd ever been just… gone with a few clicks on that screwdriver."
"So why didn't he?"
The Doctor pulled his eyes away from the Master's back and turned to Jack with an eyebrow raised. "Oh now that's the question, isn't it? If the perception filter never worked on him, he could have killed us before we even set foot on the Valiant." He paused for a second. "Well… maybe not you, but-"
"I get your point."
The Doctor smiled at the sudden interjection, then looked back at the scene, his face dropping back into a thoughtful frown. "I don't think even the Master understood the meaning of the decision he'd just made. At the time, neither did I."
Jack was becoming used to the evasive answers now, and although when they'd first arrived – when the Doctor and the Master had shared that first horrifying kiss – he'd thought he was merely there to witness, he was beginning to understand that it was more than that. The Doctor was inviting questions, even if the answers he gave were no answers at all. He took a few steps closer and nodded. "But you do now?"
"Oh I think so." Came the quiet reply, and as expected it was as cryptic as ever. "I don't expect to understand everything that went through his head. Just trying to would make me as mad as he was, but..." The Doctor took in a deep breath, and the next words came out in a strangely constricted tone, as though they were a struggle; something he didn't want to say. "After Christmas Day… a lot of things seem a lot clearer."
This was the second time the Doctor had mentioned that day, and Jack was beginning to wonder more and more what he had missed. Even surrounded by all this chaos and confusion, for a moment he thought of Gwen, and hoped she was safe.
"Let me guess…" he sighed. He raised a hand to his forehead and massaged it in frustration. "Long story?"
The Doctor tilted his head back and laughed silently for a second, and for a hideous moment Jack was reminded of the Master. The moment passed quickly though, and soon the Timelord's face had fallen back into a vague – if somehow bitter – smile. "You have no idea." He said, an odd sort of humour in his voice. "The end of one - maybe two - very… very long stories."
But whatever it was, Jack knew from his tone that he would say no more about it – not yet, at least. He sighed in frustration and turned back to the scene, hoping that whatever happened next would finally make sense.
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