Author's notes: It's been a long journey but at last, we've come to the end. If I ever get the chance again, I would like to write a sequel, a continuation for a new Doctor who I consider is worthy of a second appearance. Thank you all for supporting me to the end.

Epilogue

The hallway stretched for miles. Even though he had been in here more times than he could count, the Count still couldn't quite shake the feeling that the deity of the devil itself seemed to lurk from within the shadows of this dark and eerie environment.

From either side came the cries of a thousand worlds, each he knew would soon be silenced. As the flames in the lamps flickered, he could feel his own life force flickering away with it as he came closer and closer to the throne. Upon it, he suspected, would be an abomination so vile that even the Lord himself would tremble with fear should he know that such an individual ever existed. Such was the way of the Count; he has seen and endured terrors that would kill a normal man and it was for this very reason that he was in this position now; wondering every single day of his life whether if he would make it to the next.

"My Lord," He bowed and knelt in the face of darkness, the very bane of his existence, "The one known as Chance has failed you, the package has escaped and we cannot regain the signal." From above, he could feel the penetrating glare sinking into his flesh, like a laser only much more intense, "Please forgive me, my master, I will not make the same mistake again."

But it was too late. When the task was first issued, the Count was told specifically that he had one chance only to get this right. But he didn't. And as the metallic whirl reached his ears, he knew that his time in this universe would soon reach an end.

"The Doctor must not reach his sanctuary," The harsh, in human voice echoed from one end of the hall to the other, like thunder it shook the innards of the Count's skull. "If we cannot capture him then we must implement the Second Plan."

"What is that, my Lord?" The Count allowed his curiosity to show but could already guess the answer, for it was the answer to virtually all problems.

"Extermination!"