trans_9 | Hybrid is for cars, not Time Ladies. [Closed]

"Oh, River," the Master whispered with a grin. "You're quite the curiosity, aren't you?" He dug in deeper, trying to widen those cracks, wedge his way inside...

That grin slipped away as the next memory swam forward. Literally, swam. For River Song was now surrounded by water. She could hear her own breath, amplified by the suit. Oh, that hateful suit! She thought she could destroy it. Thought she could change who she was...

Surfacing now. River walked onto the shore, just a few feet out of the lake, and stopped. The Master could feel the resistance in every muscle as she tried to will herself back in. It was as if the suit were controlling her.

The Doctor. The Doctor, writhing at her feet in agony. The Doctor, standing before her on the beach. It should have been a contradiction, but it wasn't. Her vision blurred by those remaining droplets of water-- or were they tears? It wasn't entirely clear.

She raised her arm-- correction. The suit raised its arm. She was merely in it.

The Master gasped inadvertently when the first shot hit the Doctor, knocking him back.

No! Not that memory!

Her mind raced to shut him out, to shut down completely, but both options were unavailable at this time. Reliving that moment, no matter the outcome of that day, left her in a state of pure anguish.

Then something occurred to her. She had to put a stop to this, he was reading her mind like an open book! Her mind was like a television channel, so she came up with an idea.

Simply put, she changed the channel before the Master could see the outcome of that shot. Changed it to something else.

River standing at the top of a pyramid, wrapping a strip of cloth around her hand while the Doctor mirrored her. The two of them meeting each other's gaze and leaning in for a kiss. River's heart beating so fast, knowing she was the woman who married the Doctor at long last.

And then all at once, everything changed. River seemed to stop fighting his invasion and simply yielded to him. Letting him sink deep into her clever little mind.

She fed him images of her younger days. Showing how she had killed a regiment of nazis through her regeneration energy, laughing and shaking that wild mane of blonde curls. Looking like a glowing Goddess. Climbing onto a motorcycle and zipping off into the distance.

The more he progressed, the more seductive her mind became. Drawing him in, leading him on, rousing his interest. Leading him away from her best kept secrets.

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Really, seeing River marry the Doctor was in a way worse than seeing her attack him. The Master's consciousness recoiled and spit with rage, tried to work its way back to the previous memory. That he would marry a human-- even a human with Time Lord attributes! He'd rather see the Doctor drop dead on the spot.

And then he laughed, a deep dark chuckle inside River's head. The Doctor always had a thing for humans, didn't he? Did he really expect any differently?

You mean nothing to him, you know, he told her casually. Just the Doctor, in his desperation, reaching out for some life form to understand him. Lucy had been different-- a means to and end. But the Doctor was afraid of his own superiority, wanted to be just like his pets. Pathetic.

River's mind was disorienting, a book written in reverse, and the Master fell into the proffered memories trying to get back to the right one, the one he cared about. The sight of her, full to the brim with regeneration energy, cackling madly, filled his head and he laughed again, this time in pleasant surprise. He was intrigued despite himself.

How in Rassilon's name did he ever manage to tame you?

Onward, she let's him drown in memories of her wilder days. The days of Mels, when she stole cars and refused to cooperate in school. And then the memory of holding two machine guns and telling a Berlin banquet of upper-class stiffs to take off their clothes so she could find something to wear for her new body.

Looking back, it was his unwavering resolve and confidence in me, long before I had earned it. His future is my past. My future his past.

She draws him in deeper, her head leaning further in to rest against his. Take these handcuffs off and she'd show him that wild, bespoke psychopath which still lurked deep inside of her. Oh, the fun they could have. River's libido was legendary, it was worse then human libidos. It was the dreaded Pond sex drive.

Her mind whispered to his, low and sultry. She might be human, but she seemed very willing to prove to him just how similar she was to a full blooded Time Lord. And when would he ever have such a chance again?

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Oh, doesn't that sound familiar. And you gave in, the Master said scornfully. After such a glorious resume. It was entrancing really, watching her break every rule presented to her. This was no wild child. This was a Time Lord nearly up to his own standards. This was a goddess.

What a waste. But he was drawn in, firmly hooked now. He wanted to see the Doctor's trust forsaken.

"Show me", he breathed. "Show me what you did to him."

I didn't give in. I fell in love. There's a difference

She knew she had him hooked when he asked her to show her that memory instead of pushing further into her mind to find it. Instead of showing him the events on that lakeshore, she gives him a glimpse of herself inside the Storm Cage Facility, where she'd been locked up for a very long time.

She had to keep him appeased for now.

Free me and we'll find even more things that we have in common between the two of us

Oh, River was a killer. Not so different from him when she'd started out, minus the obvious prejudice against humans.

Love! He burst out laughing, the sound harsh and bitter. Of course she'd fall prey to weakness. Oh, you're wrong.

He may have asked once, but the Master wasn't one to beg. "Show me," he snarled out loud, digging in harder. It was a warning, but it would be her only one before the Master took matters into his own hands.

Show me, and I'll let you go. If he was right, she'd do far more damage to the Doctor set loose anyhow. Given the proper guidance.

River had very little choice in the matter. If that's what she had to show him to be freed from her restraints, then that was what she would give him. No matter how much she hated that horrid event.

Her mind shifts back to that fateful day on the shores of Lake Silencio. The Doctor's body rocking backwards and to the ground from her first shot. His voice whispering 'I'm so sorry before bursting with regenerative energy. That's when the second shot fired, a sound that seemed to echo.

The Doctor dropped to the ground, unable to reach his next body, she had fired at that crucial moment that would kill a Time Lord.

Disappearing back into the lakeshore. An image of Amy crumpled next to the Doctor's body, sobbing.

Why did the Master want to see such an event?

Are you satisfied? You know he can never know. He knows I'm held in the Storm Cage and that I killed a man, but not who

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Of course. That'd be the Doctor, never thought to ask. He could have plucked that memory from her mind easily, but instead he marched toward his imminent death in some feeble attempt to preserve points in time. The Master didn't concern himself with that sort of thing. Let time rip itself apart! He'd get what he wanted.

Just as he was now. He let out a throaty sound, almost a low purr, at the sight of the Doctor stumbling backward. The telltale regeneration energy glowing at the edges-- oh, she must have got him good.

The Master nearly ripped his hands away when the second shot came. Panic gnawed at him, even witnessing this through the eyes of another. He found himself silently willing the Doctor to just get up, get up and regenerate, Rassilon damn you! As if that would help.

"You..." For a moment the Master was at a loss for words, a rare thing. "You killed him," he finally whispered, in complete shock. For a Time Lord, there's 'killed' and then there's killed, and somehow River Song is powerful and clever enough to pull off the latter.

He's not sure if he wants to kiss her or kill her.

River didn't feel too sexy while watching that event, reliving it all over again made her eyes well up with tears. It was hard to understand the Master's reaction to both shots because they were so different. Maybe he just couldn't believe she had actually killed him. After all, Time Lords have a nifty way of cheating death. But it appeared that wasn't so. Not this time. A deeper secret lay lodged inside her mind and it was the most heavily guarded. That all may not have been what it appeared to be.

"Technically, it was the suit that killed him. I told him to run....but he refused." No, she had no control over what the suit did. "But yes, I killed him."

It's not something she's gloating over.

"I've been in the Storm Cage ever since."

She pauses, her mind surging against his in a distinctly seductive manner. Let her go, it urges.

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The Master could barely understand his own reaction. He'd wanted the Doctor dead for centuries, had fantasized about it and meticulously planned his downfall. But now that he'd actually seen it happen, all he could feel was a vague sense of disappointment. It should have been him, the Master decided. He should have been the one to kill the Doctor. Not this half-breed, no matter how clever she may be.

The Doctor was safe for now. Whatever he'd seen in River's memories must have been from the future. And the future could always be rewritten.

They could kill the Doctor together.

The Master's face broke in another wide grin, his mind pushing back against River's. Not harsh, but forceful, and equally as seductive.

"He would do that. Thinking he could save you when there's absolutely no 'saving' to be done." He leaned in even closer, his body resting more heavily on hers, their lips nearly touching.

"I could make you glorious, you know."

River immediately understood what he was trying to do here. He'd the Doctor's future and now he wanted to rewrite it. A part of her was horrified at such a thing, after all, The Doctor's death was a fixed point in time and space. He had to be on that lake shore.

Still, she wasn't about to argue with him. The only way to win this game of wits was to make him think joining forces with him made her hot and heavy.

Tilting her head, her lips graze his, murmuring softly.

"Do tell, darling. Perhaps we could be free of these handcuffs and come to an agreement that is to the pleasure of both parties?"

Her voice is a sensual purr.

Oooh, 'pleasure'. The Master could never say no to that word.

"Perhaps," he whispered back against her lips, and then pressed his own to them, hard. Oh, River was a killer all right. He could make her a queen, someone capable of manipulating and controlling and ultimately ending the Doctor, by his side. Someone truly able to contemplate the glory of a Time Lord empire.

He reached into his pocket for the screwdriver.

River shivers under his kiss. She can't deny that she felt a tiny little sliver of pleasure. He was different from the Doctor and damn her hormones, but she'd always had a thing for bad boys. Not that it would change the outcome of this little doomed tryst.

"I can be very persuasive, Master."

Why yes, she did say his name in that sexy come-hither-and-get-naked-with-me way that would have made the Doctor fluster.

Her mind rolls against his a final time before seeking to break the connection between them.

The Master didn't fluster easily, but a groan of inarticulate longing did escape him. River certainly knew how to press his buttons-- so many others would refuse to use his real name once learnt. But she... she reveled in saying it.

He pressed forward even further, grinding into her so that he could reach and unlock the handcuffs. With a click they came apart.

"There," he whispered into her ear. "Now. How are you going to repay me?"

A man with an ego the size of his? Of course River knew how to push all the right buttons. Just saying his name in a reverent, sexy tone of voice seemed to do the trick for him.

As soon as the handcuffs are off, she discreetly tuck them away for use at a later point in time. For now, she turns that seductive smile and those lush red lips towards the Master, giving him her full attention.

"This." She surges forward, her lips crashing against his in a kiss that was all tongue and just the right press of teeth to his bottom lip. She stands and while her tongue play clever little tricks against his, her hands turn him slowly so that his back is to the chair she had previously been chained to. Her hands slowly beginning to divest him of his clothing.

Oh, this was going somewhere good. The Master groaned a bit louder, muffled against her mouth, as the screwdriver clattered to the floor. He reached for River's clothing in turn, sinking back into the chair and pulling her toward him.

They could discuss the details of their proposed partnership later. For now, it was time to have a little fun.

River allowed the Master to ruck up her shirt, but kept her eye firmly on the prize at hand. Once she had divested him of his upper portion of clothing, she fell forward onto his lap. Her lips moving frantically against his, keeping up with the delicate tango their tongues were performing.

Shifting off of his lap, she works his pants down and off. Moving her lips from his mouth down to his neck, nipping at the double pulse point at his throat.

Everything was going good.

When she finally had him right where she wanted him, she sprung her trap!

Before he could protest, she grabbed his hand,s pulled them behind his back, and clicked the handcuffs in place. At the same time, she leans and whispers in his ear, "You've clearly underestimated me. I'm sorry but, my allegiance is to the Doctor. Completely."

She's grinning as she pulls back and stands, as if readying herself to leave.

"You might know my secrets, but don't ever presume to know me. I'm the Doctor's wife, as well as his killer. And yes, I'm well aware that this means war between the two of us. But just remember, I've already killed one Time Lord. Don't think for a second that I won't kill another, just because the Doctor cares for you."

River was proving to be more enticing than he'd given her credit for. The Master pawed at her, under her shirt, trying to coax it off, breaking off with a quiet, pleased chuckle at the small bite.

Far more enticing. The two of them were going to have quite a time before he finally broke her. Finally created a companion worthy of the Master--

His eyes flew open when the mental link was completely severed, like the slamming of a door. The Master reached for River... and realized that his hands were secured behind his chair.

"You-- bitch!" he snarled, straining forward and struggling fiercely against the cuffs. The chair rattled and shook with his efforts. "Don't you dare!"

And then he chuckled, his eyes snapping with vicious disdain. "You're not his wife," the Master snapped. "You're nothing but a novelty to him. A pet."

The Master's bark was far worse than his bite at this point, do he can just go ahead and growl and bark useless threats and hurtful things at her. She's pretty much ignoring him. Much more focused on primping her curls back into some semblance of order and straightening the clothing he'd managed to ruffle in their passionate embrace earlier.

Leaning down, she picks up his Laser screwdriver and narrows her eyes as she points it straight at his chest. Moving it so that it was aimed exactly at his right heart. "You think I would trust the word of someone who doesn't know what love is and will never experience it himself? Hardly. Now, should I kill you here and now for invading my mind like you did or should I let you sit and stew in your own juices for a bit? I'm sure it'll take quite some time before you're discovered...."

The Master stilled, his eyes going wide, when she pointed the screwdriver at him.

"You wouldn't," he breathed. He wasn't talking of murder-- she couldn't, anyhow, seeing as the weapon was isomorphically controlled. But he'd just had the sneaking, sickening suspicion River would make sure somehow that it wouldn't be just anyone discovering him.

Ah, now we're getting somewhere. River's lips quirk into a dangerous grin, "Oh? Again, I think you've underestimated me." She steps away from him and turns towards the door. Purposely pocketing his sonic screwdriver. "I think I'll just be off then."

And with that, she gives him a saucy wink, blows a kiss, and walks out. Leaving him all alone, handcuffed, and naked. Knowing the Doctor would show up eventually.

The humiliation would surely last awhile.

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The Master was right - there was only one person coming to find him, even if River's "rescuer" might be a bit late.

Make that an hour late.

Maybe under an hour. Five minutes. Under by five minutes.

There's a brief minute on the other side of the door as the Doctor tried to sonic it open. His sonic screwdriver buzzed away. River's message on his psychic paper had been vague, especially on something important like proper directions and that had set off more alarms than anything else -- River was annoyingly specific with her coordinates, at the very least, and while she couldn't be expected to respect things like historic landmarks, she did at least pay more attention to directions. The door suddenly popped open, banging against the wall as the Doctor half-shoved, half barreled in, red in the face and out of breath from a run up and down the City. He came to a stop as he took in the Master sitting in a chair.

Barely dressed. Handcuffed.

"Oh," the Doctor said intelligently while he tried to catch his breath.

The corner of the Master's mouth lifted up in a sneer as River stole his screwdriver. The gall! Although he really shouldn't have expected anything less from a consort of the Doctor's. Especially one who thought she was in any way special due to that smidgen of Time Lord in her.

Whether she knew it or not, she was now marked, and if she had any sense that should worry her.

"Catch you later," he called out to her back, purposely saving his panicked struggles for after she'd left. The handcuffs, of course, were good. Too good. By the time the Doctor came running up the stairs and banged open the door, the Master was similarly out of breath but no closer to freeing himself.

He still managed to roll his eyes and attempt to save what little face he had left.

"Get a good look?" the Master arched an eyebrow, clearly vexed.

"I've had enough time for several good looks," the Doctor shot back. He peered about the room, his head snapping left and right as if expecting River to come popping out of the cupboard with an explanation or three in her hands. "Where'd you put her? Doctor Song. Marvelous hair, doesn't seem to like you."

Obviously the Master wasn't going anywhere, otherwise he would have freed himself by now. There were a limited number of options here: either the Master kidnapped River or it was the other way around and River was doing that Thing where she thought she was protecting him by going after his best enemies. Given the fact he knew the Master much better than River, he wanted to say that this might've been his doing. Maybe. Possibly. Maybe-possibly-could be. Hard to tell! Prowling about the room, the Doctor seemed to come to the conclusion that River was in fact not hiding in the cupboard ready to brain him over the head with an explanation or three and maybe he might have better luck asking the Master.

The Doctor came up to the Master, his eyes flicking around and picking out the small telltale signs of a struggle.

"So! River and handcuffs again! I'm not surprised." He bent down to tug at the handcuffs around the Master's wrists non-too gently. "I really ought to find out where she keeps getting them."

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