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A
resounding BANG followed by two
unceremonious THUDS.

The
bang is the gun in the hands of the would-be assassin she had not noticed. The
first thud is the Master slumping into the road; the second is the Doctor,
dropping to her knees on the asphalt beside him.

Koschei
is FALLING, BLEEDING.

It’s
like she hears her own scream from deep underwater, while the shot is still
ringing in her ears, his name torn from her throat in a horrible, desperate
sound. “Koschei -!”

A CLICK registers with her, head snapping
around to see their assailant. So young, a Time Agent who should never have been there, gone rogue – with
his gun aimed at her head. Silently, she withdraws the sonic screwdriver from
her pocket, deadly calm. It almost slips from fingers already slick with her
best friend’s blood.

“I don’t
think ya want ta do that.”

Her
words’ effect is immediate, or at least the sight of the screwdriver is enough
to tell him who she IS and that he
needs to get out FAST. Rustling,
scrambling away through the trees and the foliage.

“I’m
here – I’m here -“ Tears blur her vision, stabbing at her eyes.

Her
regeneration is too NEW to do this,
she doesn’t have ENOUGH energy to
spare to do this, but she can’t bear to lose him even if only in one way so
soon after finding him again.

So she
places her hands on his leg as gently as she can and closes her eyes, willing
the golden sparks through her fingers.

There she was, his light in the blinding darkness.
“Hey, n-no tears” he told her through the pain,
forcing a lopsided smile onto his face.

He then spotted the gold and worry shot through him.

The master struggled to try and sit up as he started to protest.
“The’- Theta, stop it. Stop. STOP.” 

He reached out and weakly grabbed her arm,
wanting, no, Needing her to stop!

“You- You cant! You don’t- don’t have enough…!
J-just wrap it up and help me to the TARDIS…
We can deal with it there…”
he wheezed, forcing himself to stay calm.