A Strange Visit
Written by Seiryuu-san

Part 4

"Doctor?" Miya called. "Are you alright?" With sluggish movements the Doctor looked about himself. Then his eyes found the vampiress. He smiled weakly.

"My dear Miya, is that you?" he mumbled.

"Yes. How do you fell?"

"Like Aggedor sat on my head," he answered wearily. Relieved to see the Doctor wasn't hurt, Miya called to Leela. The warrior was very weak, but unharmed. Satisfied, the draculina returned her attention to the mysterious figure.

"Who are you?" she asked with a slight growl. "Why have you chained us up like animals?" The figure chuckled.

"It is you I was really after, my dear," he said ignoring the draculina questions. "But to have the Doctor in my hands as well…" The figure reached out and yanked the Doctor's head back. Then he pulled his hood back revealing a chard skeletal face. Immediately recognizing his old adversary, the Doctor managed to say two words.

"The Master!"

"What are you up to?" the Doctor asked.

"I am here because of this charming lady." the Master replied gently touching Miya's cheek.

"What could you want me for?" Miya growled moving her face away from him.

"You, my dear, are my key to a new life." he said. "The child of two vampires, the strain is strong inside you." The Doctor looked at the Master wide-eyed.

"You can't possibly be thinking of…" Miya looked from the Doctor to the Master and back. She did not like the horror written on the Doctor's face.

"Care to share, Doctor." she said.

"Like me, the Master is also a Time Lord. The body you see is his last one."

"So… he's dying." Miya concluded. The Doctor nodded.

"And he plans to have you change him. To give him the powers of a vampire." the Doctor finished closing his eyes. The silence was broken with a sudden laughter.

"Change? Me?" The Master laughed. "My plans are a little grander then that." He chuckled. "I would never subject myself to such weakness that the light from any star could destroy me." Pacing across the room dramatically he turned back to his captives. "No, not a vampire, but hidden inside of her is the secret to immortality, and it will be MINE!" He yelled hysterically.

"You're crazy!" Miya shouted. The Master stopped laughing and glared at her.

"Maybe so, But when I've gained the secrets of immortality, you'll regret those words." He snapped his fingers and two men entered. Instructing them to release the vampiress and bring her to his lab, the Master flashed an evil smile at the Doctor, and then turned to leave. The men soon followed him with Miya, who was trying very hard to free herself. Soon the draculina found herself in the Master's lab and bound to a table. "Relax, my dear I'm just going to perform a few experiments." said the Master. "Now look deep into my eyes and sleep."

Back at Hellsing HQ, Integra decided to check up on the Doctor and his wild companion. When she reached the cell she found the guard slumped against the wall and the cell empty (apart from K9).

"What the hell happened here?" the director demanded. "Where are the prisoners?"

"The Doctor Master left with the one called Miya. When they did not return Mistress Leela went to find them." K9 answered. Integra glared at the automaton.

"You're coming with me." she told the robot and headed for the stairs. Once in her office, Integra called for Alucard and Seras. When they appeared she explained what had happened.

"What was Miya doing in the cell to begin with?" Alucard demanded.

"She wanted to apologize to the Doctor Master for battling with Mistress Leela." K9 said.

"It's Sir Integra Miya should've apologized to, not the Doctor." Seras said angrily.

"Yes well… what's done is done. Let's bring her home shall we." Integra said.

"And the Doctor?" Seras asked.

"He's to be brought here too. He's got a lot of explaining to do." Integra instructed and the two vampires left.

Along the back wall, half formed shapes of embiatic matter float in glass cylinders. These miss-shapened forms watched with unseeing eyes as the Master passed the length of his libratory.

"Why is this not working? I should be able to isolate that which brings about immortality. Everything I've tried, the weakness' persists." He said kicking the dust of his most resent lab assistant. In his anger, he threw a beaker. You'd think that being the child of two vampires, it would be easier to isolate. The Master took a deep breath trying to calm himself down. Maybe the key isn't in her blood but elsewhere, the Master thought. Smiling he began to prepare the lab for a new round of experiments.

So deep was Miya's sudation that she hardly reacted to the niddles as they penetrated her skin to extract samples of her organs. Smiling the Master said triumphantly.

"With these I should be able to create a flawless creature from which I can extract true immortality." He instructed his slaves to return the vampiress to the cell, as he began his new rounds of experiments.

To lose a unit of blood can leave a human feeling weaker but the effect is multiplied on a vampire. After several hours Miya was return to the cell, the guards throwing her unconscious form into Leela's waiting arms.

"How is she, Doctor?" Leela asked getting a better hold on the vampiress.

"In need of rest." the Time Lord said. Taking the vampiress from Leela, he walked over to a bed on the far side of the cell. Carefully laying her down, the Doctor unwrapped his scarf, folded it neatly and put it under Miya's head.

"What is going on, Doctor?" Leela asked.

"I'm not sure," the Doctor answers. "But I do know that whatever the Master is planning it's not good."

"Is there nothing we can do?"

"At the moment, no. All we can do now is wait for Miya to recover. Rest right now, we may not be able to do so later."
Closing her eyes, Leela rested for a bit. But her nap was interrupted by the sound of objects falling to the ground. Opening her eyes, she saw the Doctor emptying his pockets. Curious she crawled over to have a closer look. The Master had taken the Doctor's Sonic screwdriver, what else could there be? There was the bag of Jelly Babies, that accursed yo-yo (she didn't think she'd ever understand its purpose), some string, pins and a lot of other things Leela didn't know the names to. She was about to ask him what he was looking for when he suddenly exclaimed "Ah ha!" and held up a slim metallic tube.

"What is it, Doctor?" Leela asked.

"It's a dog-whistle. I'm going to call K9… well I'm going to try anyway." he said smiling, and then blew into it. When she didn't hear anything, Leela looked at the Doctor confused.

"Is it broken?" she asked.

"Of course it's not broken!" the Doctor snapped.

"Then why have I not heard anything?" the warrior asked exasperated.

"Because you're not a dog," the Time Lord said matter-of-factly. He blew into it a couple more times. When he was done, the Doctor pocketed the whistle, along with all of his other things.

Back at Integra's office K9 lifted his head and said, "Master." Startled she looked down at the robot.

"I beg your pardon!" she exclaimed.

"The Doctor Master is calling me. I must go."

"What?"

"The Doctor Ma…"

"Yes, yes, I heard you the first time." interrupted the director.

"I must go." With that said K9 headed for the door.

"Now hold on…" Before Integra could finish the doors opened and K9 was gone. By the time Integra was in the hall the little robot was down the stairs (how that happened she didn't know nor cared) and heading for the front door. Integra growled then turned to face an astonish Walter.

"Don't ask, I'll explain later," the director said as she ran down the stairs not wanting to loose sight of the robot dog. Grabbing two guards, Integra disappeared out the front doors.

Miya awoke to the sound of the Doctor's twin heartbeats and a strong urge to feed. Ignoring Leela's sleeping form she knelt down by the Doctor and watched him for couple of seconds. She watched as his chest rose and fell as he breathed softly. Then her eyes fell upon his throat and she smiled as her fangs began to enlarge. She started to lean towards the Doctor and stopped. With difficulty, Miya pulled away from the Time Lord. I must control my instincts, she thought, forcing herself away. But the bloodlust swelled within her and she opened her mouth to bit him when she suddenly felt a sharp blade at her neck.
Crying out the vampiress turned to face her would-be attacker. The Sevateem warrior stood in front of her.

"I will not allow you to harm the Doctor." Leela said.