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"I told you not to touch anything." The Master
reproached the stupid girl.
"I was bored." Judy replied. "You're not much fun."
"I offer to show you the universe and
you want fun? Oh my dear girl you really must learn patience."
Judy picked up a small bronze statue of some alien god.
"What does this do?" She shook it to see if it made a noise. "This place is full of junk."
The Master confiscated the priceless
antique. "Please be careful, some of this junk is far from harmless."
"What this place needs is a woman's touch. Let's
get a maid." Judy spotted a bookcase. "Eeuw, these books have like dust on them. Gross."
"That is a signed first edition."
The Master's hand hovered towards his TCE. "Please do not touch anything."
"I'm going to my room." Judy pouted and headed
towards the door. "I'm so bored with all this now."
"Please be careful, the flesh eating houds will be patrolling this
section of the corridors. They even eat the bones of their victims."
Judy halted in her steps. "On second thoughts I think
I'll stay here and help you tidy up." She looked at a painting of some old guy. "What's that guy?"
"That's me, I was masquerading
as Henry the Eighth. It was not a good time, I had to marry six women just to keep the pretense going. I have no idea where
the babies came from but they weren't my own."
"I knew you were gay." Judy smiled. "Lets talk about boys."
"I'm not
interested in any sort of relationship."
"Still in denial? My friend Becky's brother came out last year."
"What are
you going on about?" The Master was interrupted by a pinging noise. "No, never mind, I'm sure it's nothing. Now to alter our
course in time and space. I've located the Doctor's TARDIS. This time I will have my revenge."
"Holding a grudge this long
is just silly. Its like the time I was four and Millicent Powell stole my Barbie, but I eventually forgave her and we became
best friends."
"Oh this is more serious than a petty childhood squabble. This is pure hatred, forged by my wrath into the
very essence of vengeance."
"All this because he beat you at conkers?"
"He cheated!!!" The Master spat the words with
venom. "There's no way he could have beaten my forty-sevener otherwise." Tears flowed down the Master's cheek. "He aged my
conker while I was geting a drink of water. I'll never forgive him, until he feels the same humiliation I did. I still remember
the laughter at my defeat, it haunts me when I try to sleep at night."
"Can't you forgive him?" Judy asked. "Maybe he just
wants to be your friend?"
"He was my best friend. He betrayed me!"
"Oh, well then you should demand a rematch. Best
two out of three. I can get some lovely shoes that are just perfect to wear at a sporting event. I know you insist that I
only wear black, and that's cool, but can't a girl accessorise occasionally? Some blood red, maybe midnight blue, deep purple."
The
Master stood up. "We'll see Judy." He set the controls to take them to the planet. "First though I have a score to settle..."
The Master set the controls and cleared a space among the weapons of complete obliteration for the tea things. "You do know
how to make tea, don't you?"
Judy smiled. "My home ec. teacher wouldn't let me make anythign else, not after the fire incident.
I can't believe she tried to put me up on arson charges. I was just trying to soft boil an egg."
The Master nodded. "Such
are the injustices of the world. They must be stopped, if you can make a cup of tea then there may be hope for you yet." He
looked at the shrunken bodies of his previous companions, none of whom had matched the sheer chaos and mayhem that Judy caused
by accident.
"Do you want lemongrass or raspberry medley?"
"I'll have the Earl Gray I think." The Master sat back in
his favourite armchair and waited to see if Judy got herself killed by accident, alas she survived. She really was the perfect
travelling companion after all.
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