I guess I’ve had enough slagging around… This will have only a couple mentions of the Ruler, I’m going to try to keep this a Doctor VS Shadow thing. Kay? Yin and Yang thing, you’ll see… Shadow is NOT a Time Lord, nor is he Jack Harkness or like him, he heals way faster than Jack does… I only own Shadow… Nothing else…

The Doctor’s TARDIS materialized on Mars in the 30th century, an obvious clue Shadow had been there recently had been left behind. Benjamin Stewart, the Doctor’s most recent companion, had decided to go back working for UNIT again; the Doctor was able to take care of himself. When the Doctor got out of the TARDIS, there was a skeleton lying by it with an X marked on the left and right temples. The Doctor took a look at it and used his sonic screwdriver.

“Yep, I was right… This unlucky man got a visit with Shadow… Not very pretty… Hope Shadow didn’t get too large of a check for killing this guy… I’m sorry, I’m so, so sorry…”

The Doctor dropped the skull back onto the skeleton and walked back to the TARDIS…

Elsewhere, a man, all in black, was lighting a cigar…

“Knowing the Doctor, he’s found my most recent target by now…” The man sighed, he was in shadows, barely able to make out, in fact, the only thing you could make out was his face, and that was because his cigar had a dim light to it. It was smooth, almost PERFECTLY smooth, the nose, the mouth, EVERYTHING! The man was wearing sunglasses, though it was dark out. Even by the light of the full moon you couldn’t make the man out, it was almost like the shadows were protecting him. The sound of the man stuffing his hands into his pockets could be heard. “I’m surprised I even came back this time… I think I’m supposed to be dead, but…” The man blew a puff of smoke, and stomped on the remains of his cigar. “That Doctor! Anytime I’m in the middle of a job, he stops me! Makes me lose money… Wasn’t TOO concerned about me in the old days…” The man looked up at the moon briefly. “But things are different now, I can FEEL it! Somebody important in the Doctor’s life has passed away recently… I know it… He’ll be a bit more serious… Can’t say I feel sorry for him… He NEEDED to grow up! Always swaggering back to his TARDIS after he saved the day… He. Makes. Me. SICK!!” The man lit another cigar. “He’ll obviously find my next clue to my whereabouts in due time… In the mean time… I’ve got a job to do!”

And with that, the man seemed to dematerialize back into the shadows…

And the man seemed to be right… The Doctor found the clue to his whereabouts, it was written in blood.

‘Earth. 21st century. I’m being paid 10 gran for this one… Man who goes by… the Master? Yeah… Anyway… heard he went soft after you two last met each other and my client wants him rubbed out… client says he’ll triple the pay if I can effectively do it… Can’t say it’ll be hard, no job’s too hard for me! Anyway… see you THEN! Hahaha… I crack myself up… Oops… Can’t believe I just wrote that…

SA’

The Doctor glared and immediately left for Earth, and materialized where UNIT H. Q. was located, that’s where the Master currently worked at. And of course, the power was out… Ben was there to greet him.

“Doctor, had a feeling you might show… Some freak just went in there with shadows that had him enveloped! Is he…?”

The Doctor nodded.

“Yeah, it’s Shadow… The Master’s his latest target… anyway… Catch you later!”

The Doctor ran in there with a 15, 000, 000 watt flashlight that was all he needed…

When the Doctor got in there, the Master and Shadow were having a heated conversation already…

“So I’M you’re latest target?!”

“Yeah! And I’ll get 30 gran off you now hold still!”

“No!”

The Doctor shined his light on them both; Shadow covered his eyes and got out of the light. When he recovered…

“Doctor.”

“Shadow.”

“Odd to see you when I’m in the middle of a job.”

“Oh is it really THAT odd? Listen, I don’t care HOW MUCH you’re getting paid, the murdering stops, RIGHT NOW.”

Shadow shook his head.

“Oh? And how do you propose to stop me? You said so yourself once, I’m the Yang to your Yin. We’re equal in brilliancy and intelligence!”

“I’m not your equal by choice! We both know each other’s weaknesses… why not give up now?”

“Nah, I don’t feel like playing with you right now. So… I’m just going to kill my target and be on my merry way…”

“Not with the light on him, you can’t stand in the light for 2 seconds!”

Shadow lunged at the Doctor, but the Doctor blinded him by the light. Shadow rolled onto the ground like he was really burning up in the face, but suddenly a dart went flying towards the Master’s face, it knocked the Master unconscious, and quicker than the Doctor could shine the light at the Master or Shadow, they were gone, dematerialized right into the shadows…

Review please… I began drafting this idea just a week before Silence in the Library came out so I may be having the Vashta Nerada coming into play… :D