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x13 [accidental visual] darling I want to destroy you

((Expect either or both Time Lords to answer replies. lol.

Warning: Swordfighting, lots of stabbing, and blood in the Doctor-Master thread.))

When the visual switches on the only thing it momentarily shows is the wall that the tablet slammed into, and then as it slowly drags away the shaky view reveals two Time Lords, bloodied, bruised, and breathing heavily. There's a vicious look in the Master's eyes, the visual brushing across the side of his face and catching a small spatter of red before dropping back down.

The tablet sits fittingly minimized in the Master's bracelet, but it displays the scene: the Master and the Doctor, fencing foils brandished, and a quiet Taxon street around them (certainly if they had at one time had company, their fight has long since chased it away). Their is nothing innocent about this fight anymore. They are both out to win, and they'll both fight dirty to get it.

"Really, Doctor," the Master drawls, "you can do better than that." Because mocking an angry Time Lord is always a brilliant idea.

If any brave soul were to comment on what in Taxon's name they thought they were doing... well. It may at least distract them from losing all their blood on the streets.

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He doesn't mind not knowing. Especially right now in the thick of things. It would be nice to know though.

"Yeah, we can handle him just fine. Do what you need to do."

He looks to Rose, moving to the Doctor's head.

"I'll get him under the arms and handle most of his weight. You just get his feet."

"Alright. Be careful with him," Rose cautions protectively. She moves to his feet, lifting them when Sam picks up the Doctor underneath his arms.

"I'll walk backwards," she tells Sam. She wants him to be able to see where he's going so he doesn't trip over anything.

Tara gets to her feet, slowly but steadily. She's not going to say much until they get him there; the bulk of the spell's heavy lifting is done, it's true, but maintaining it while they move will take focus.

The Doctor isn't heavy but Sam is trying to be careful. He doesn't like moving someone unconscious and injured. Besides the blonde is giving him the evil eye every time they navigate over a bump or a crack. He looks over to Tara, a little concerned about her. She looks tired. He doesn't say anything to her though. He doesn't understand magic but it's obvious she's concentrating and he doesn't want to blow that.

Rose is practically holding her breath while they carry the Doctor and yes she is giving Sam the evil eye. She's worried. Beyond reason and it's easier to deal with worry when she can glare at someone.

"The house right up there."

Of course it looks like almost every other house on the street so she ought to clarify. "It's the one with the settee sitting on the sidewalk."

Tara goes ahead enough to open the door. "Is there some room close to the door where we can lay him?" Because this needs to be done sooner than later, for the Doctor's sake and hers..

"We...haven't gotten around to--upstairs. Door on the right. It's a bedroom," Rose answers. "Sorry," she says to Sam and to Tara. It's obvious this is straining Tara at least. "I'll go first."

She's rather trip over the stairs and drop his feet than have Sam trip and drop his head.

Sam nods and glances to Tara. He's worried about the witch and intends to hover a bit to make sure she's alright.

"Let's just-Hold on."

He can make this faster. He shifts the Doctor's weight a little balancing him against his chest then motioning Rose to move the Doctor's feet so he put one arm underneath his knees. He tries to bend the Doctor in the middle as little as possible. The trip up the stairs is a bit faster hopefully lessening the strain on both Tara and the Doctor.

Tara follows, saying to Rose, "If you've got any first aid stuff, or if you can hatch it, he probably needs proper bandages too."

"I started hatching them when the Master and the Doctor started fighting," Rose says as she opens the door for Sam, rushes in and pulls the blankets down on the bed. The room is a bit cluttered, clothes thrown about and the like. Rose isn't the neatest person ever. "Just put him there. Careful."

Sam very carefully lays the Doctor in the bed then steps back, hands going into his pockets. "Are you okay?" he asks Tara quietly. He rakes a hand through his hair.

"Uhm...I can look at his wounds but I'm not a doctor. I've just seen battle wounds. He's going to need someone with training to look at those."

Tara nods, though it's not clear in response to which comment. "You should go ahead and bandage him up while the spell's still holding. Apparently he has some better healing than human, but I think we should still find a doctor to look at him."

"Yeah we--yeah," Rose says as she approaches the bed. It takes her a minute to unbutton the Doctor's shirt. Her hands are shaking so badly. Now that they've got him here it looks like a lot of blood to her. "There's...bandages on the table there long with antiseptic and tape," she points to the dresser. She carefully strips the shirt off the Doctor, tossing it into a trash can. Whether it can be cleaned or not, she never wants to see it again. She moves to take his shoes off as well and tuck a blanket around his legs.

Sam grabs the bandages and hands them to Rose, glancing over the Doctor's wounds as he does.

"Yeah...letting someone look at that is for the best." It's obviously punctured internal organs. Provided all his internal organs are in the same place. He steps back then. He doesn't really have a purpose here but he's not leaving until Tara does.

Tara is torn; she doesn't want to leave Rose alone here with the Doctor in such bad shape, but someone needs to find a doctor. And frankly, she's not going to be help for much longer.

Softly, she says to Sam, "Doesn't Buffy's boyfriend - Kirk. He has a doctor friend, doesn't he?" Tara's never met Bones formally, but he does live in the Castle, so we can presume she's at least heard about him.

Sam furrows his brow and nods responding quietly to her query. "Yeah. I don't know him but I'll see if I can find him. You'll call me on the tablet if you need me, okay?"

And he starts to leave the room. "I'm going to find a doctor," he says more loudly then nods at Tara again. "And Tara, sit down. Or something."

"Thank you," Rose says quickly then nods and grabs the bandages and antiseptic. She sprays a bit of antiseptic on the stomach wound then dabs at it with some gauze. "Tara, you can--that chair right there. Just move the things on it." She casts an apologetic glance at Tara.

She nods, and finally sits. She'd originally intended to go back with Sam, but sitting sounds better, at the moment. Watching Rose clean the wound and begin to bandage it, she says softly, "He'll be okay."

Rose nods as she's bandaging up the Doctor's stomach. She smooths her fingers over the bandage and moves onto some of the other wounds.

"Course he will." Rose answers. She doesn't sound confident. In fact she sounds terrified. "He's goin' to live loads longer than you and me." It's not a jab at Tara's recent discovery of her future. While Rose might have guessed what her 'spoilers' she wouldn't do that to Tara. It's more of Rose trying to be comforting and positive. She likes that the Doctor will live so much longer than her. He'll always remember her when she's dust.

"What happened?" she asks quietly as she puts a bandage on a small gash wound on his arm. "If you feel like talking." She glances over her shoulder at Tara. It hasn't escaped her that the little witch is tiring herself out. She just knew that it was necessary.

Tara swallows, a little. She'd really rather shield Rose, but on the other hand, it's likely she'd find out another way if Tara evaded telling her.

And Tara knows that she'll probably fall asleep when she releases the spell, so if she can, she'll try to hold it until Sam comes back with a doctor.

"I... I didn't understand all of it. What they were talking about. But they've been at this - fighting - a long, long time, I think." She pauses a moment, thinking of how to say it. "He did it. The Doctor. Ran onto the sword." It's almost odd, hearing Tara angry, but that's what it is. Anger, in her voice, even if it's no louder.

Rose is smoothing a bandage on the Doctor's back, covering the exit wound of the sword. She leans down to listen to both of his hearts while Tara is telling her. The anger in the blonde's voice makes her pause. It takes a moment for the words to catch up and when they do shock is the first emotion that strikes her.

And then hurt.

Quickly followed by anger. Rose sits upright, staring at the Doctor with her fists balled up like she wants to hit him. Except he has obviously done enough danger to himself. Finally she nods. Her words come out exhausted, weighted with guilt and angry.

"He's worse than when I first met him."

Because he wasn't suicidal then and now it looks like he is. She releases her hands and perches on the edge of the bed, watching the Doctor then glancing at Tara and back at the Doctor. "I should have--he--" Anger, guilt and pain have her far too distraught to actually form words. "What--why is he unconscious? His hearts sound...okay. A little slow but...like they ought to."

"The... the Master. The one he was fighting. Said he did something to trigger some sort of healing factor." She tucks some hair behind her ears. "I don't know much of anything about Time Lord anatomy, but with most things, healing takes a lot of energy. It's probably why he's asleep."

Tara can't maintain her anger, not for very long, when she's so tired. She'll be good and angry later, though, that's for certain.

"Hopefully when Sam gets back, the doctor will be able to tell if he needs any more help, or just rest."

Rose has no problem holding her anger when the Doctor is being a jackass. She can't hold at all when he's so broken and even before this fight with the Master, he was broken beyond what she imagined he ever could be. She takes a deep breath and nods. Tara's explanation makes sense. It also makes a bit of sense to her that the Master might not want to kill the Doctor. No one wants to be the last of their kind. Even if they hate the only other one left.

"He's got two hearts. He heals faster...I wish I'd asked more. I always--when I first met him I asked him if he was alien. He answered like--like he expected me to run screaming. Never talked to him about being alien after that. Not really."

Tara nods. "He doesn't like to talk about himself, except about him being clever, does he? And it would be kind of awkward to ask, if nothing specific came up, I guess."

"Not overly," Rose answers. "He's--you learn to look for things that--I knew he was having a hard time but I thought things were getting better."

Since they were--well she'd thought she was making him better. Obviously she was wrong.

[ooc: PM from Watson this morning. She's going to have Bones make a house call and just jump in where ever.]

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