John and Sherlock charged in. The Master jumped nearly dropping the vial he held out to the Rani. The Rani turned reaching for something strapped under the table in front of her. Carter and Sadie raised their staffs ... Sandry got there first.

The Rani's sleeves flowed down over her hands and wove themselves into the fabric of her pants. She lost her balance and toppled over, nearly hitting her head on the desk.

The Master set the vial down and raising his hands above his head asked, " What took you so long?"

Lightning streamed across the room and surrounded him. " I wouldn't touch that if I were you. Lightning isn't picky about who it stings."

The Master looked confused until the Doctor repeated what she had said. To Tris and Sandry he added, " He never bothered to learn your language. I know it so Jamie knows it, through the TARDIS translation matrix though why that is working I don't know, we should be too far away. Oh that's why." The reason for his last remark strode out of thin air at the corner of the workshop.

"Good job everybody." It was the other Doctor. " Well? Are you just going to stand there or would you like to get home? Tris would you mind making your lightning thing move so we can get him into the TARDIS? Jamie would you grab the Rani please? He said the last bit over his shoulder as he opened a door in thin air and went inside. A few moments later a blue police box stood in the corner of the room.

Tris guided the Master through the doors first. No one wanted to touch the lightning. Then Jamie carried the Rani through with Sandry following him. The Doctor led them and their captives down a hall and opened a door.

"We can leave them in here. Should be safe. Sandry could you do your thing to him please? Tris you can take your lightning back. I'll deal with them in a bit."

Sandry and Tris did as they were bid then the Doctor led them all back to the control room. Everyone else had come in except the original Doctor. After saying, " Yes! It's bigger on the inside. Ask Jamie." The new Doctor went out and helped his former self destroy every piece of the Master and the Rani's work, as well as teleport the guards back to where they came from. Then they returned to the TARDIS.

"You've redecorated haven't you? I don't like it." The younger Doctor sniffed.

"Is it an unwritten law of time every time we meet ourselves we have to say that?" The elder Doctor asked sounding a bit miffed, " Now. Lets get started getting you people home."

They went first to 221 B Bakers Street and let John and Sherlock off at their front door. Suprisingly, Sherlock didn't have a problem with time and space travel, and John just accepted it as another weird part of what had happened today. The Doctor had a feeling he hadn't seen the last of them.

Next they dropped Sadie, Carter, Percy and Nico off at a point in New York halfway between their respective homes. No point at taking two trips. The Doctor knew that both groups had a lot discuss. This was even bigger than finding Rome. This was a whole new pantheon.

By this point the Doctor had done the whole bigger-on-the-inside-space-and-time-machine spiel at least twice, and the younger Doctor had dissed the elder's driving three times. He told himself not to worry about the distress call as already had been taken care of, or will be, and helping him make a recording that the TARDIS would play at the right time and remind him of what he has to do. Now they landed on Tamoran, in the country of Emelan, to drop off Sandry, Tris, Jamie and himself.

The Doctor sat down, thoroughly exhausted by his paradox filled day. He was almost asleep when he remembered the Master and the Rani. What was he going to do with them? He dismissed the thought. They could wait until after a nap.

The End

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