Dimensional Rip:

The Ascended and Suspended

Abby Ebon

Disclaimer: Without doubt, I do not own the copyright to Stargate SG-1/Stargate: Atlantis and Yu Yu Hakusho and Star Trek or Doctor Who; only this crazy crossover is mine.

Note: This chapter firmly mixes what is "Dimensional Rip" with the Doctor of "When Approaching An Ancient"; and so ends this story, for the Doctor's story thus far or what happens next, you'll find out in the upcoming chapter twenty-one of "When Approaching An Ancient": "The Doctor Meets Demons". Story ID: 2958074. Copy and paste the numbers in the link above, replacing this stories numbers, and you should get there fine. If not, here is the link, but delete the spaces.

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Chapter Four: Homeward Bound

Then the noises sounded, grinding like faulty brakes on gravel, harsh and real and anchoring.

Out of the dark came a blue police phone box, fading into sight right before them - when it looked as real as they, the door's burst open and a tall man tumbled out. It seemed to have been a rough landing, but Youko Kurama caught him before he could fall.

"What." The stranger was as tall as Youko Kurama, he looked the demon in the eye – his own wide.

"What!" He had looked quickly around, and found Hiei – his eyes went to the sword; then skittered away as if he feared it.

"What?" This time it was outrage, seeing Yuusuke lying abed, with eyes just as wide regarding the stranger.

"What are you?" Hiei asked, clearly disturbed by his appearance and arrival. A upset demon was a dangerous one, something this man seemed to sense, for he answered swift enough.

"Me? I'm the Doctor – I'm supposed to be here –what are you?" There was curiosity and wonder and awe in that voice and it called to them that they were unique and they were reminded of just how strange they were, no stranger – certainly – then this man from the blue box.

"Demons." Youko Kurama answered curtly, righting the stranger and swiftly stepping away from him with a grin that was more a warning filled with teeth.

"Well, sure, if that's what you want to call yourselves, but you really aren't – where are we then?" The Doctor asked, looking about with renewed curiosity, it seemed something undying in this man who was tall and bowed, with big ears and a easy grin. They weren't fooled; he was as much a warrior as they were.

"Atlantis." Yuusuke spoke up his voice a rough croak.

"Why are all the lights out..?" The Doctor asked, eyeing them for the first time with suspicion.

"I stole the ZPM – to save him." Youko Kurama murmured with a nod toward his bed-bound friend.

"We'll that's easily fixed, I have something of that like here – wait a bit, would you?" The Doctor slipped back into the blue box, and was gone longer then it ought to take to find something in so small a space.

"Here we are," The Doctor produced a ZPM, shining with power like new, "now go put this back where you found the other one, would you?" Youko Kurama took it with a solemn nod, and was gone from his side as the Doctor turned to Yuusuke and waved what looked like a glowing screwdriver over him. It's humming kind of hurt Yuusuke's ears, but he said not a word – only stared at it.

"It's my Sonic Screwdriver." The Doctor told him absently, seeing his stare.

"You shouldn't have that in you." The Doctor told Yuusuke – as if it were his own fault, turning the screwdriver about as if to read it. "Wherever have you come from? It's far too soon for this sort of thing to be rearing up in these parts." The Doctor mused, as Youko Kurama stepped into the room.

"Where did it go?" The Doctor asked of him, he frowned in hesitation with a look to Yuusuke before answering.

"Where did what go?" Youko Kurama asked in turn, as if this was some question game he was indulging in.

"The ZPM, the first one." The Doctor clarified with a raised eyebrow.

"Q has it." Hiei answered, speaking up for the first time.

"There is no such thing." The Doctor had tensed up, as if expecting an attack. Yuusuke and his friends looked among each other, confused.

"Yes, there is – we've met him." Yuusuke insisted, but the Doctor only shook his head.

"There isn't, I should know – I helped invent him, someone is playing a very dangerous game." The Doctor looked about, as if he expected it when the woman appeared, she was as faded as the blue box had been; as if she didn't belong to this here and now.

"Oh, very good Doctor, bravo!" Tall, green-eyed, and blond she swayed from the shadows and became Q.

"Aloria." It was a hiss, and for the first time the Doctor sounded dangerous.

If Aloria – or Q – were worried, she or he showed no sign of it as the Doctor was blown a kiss.

"Really now, Doctor – you ought to know who I am." Q smirked smug and sure, and the Doctor seemed to recognize him, there was pain that twisted in his eyes like a living thing.

"How did you die, Master?" It seemed wrong that the Doctor refer to anyone that way, least of all Q who grinned with relish.

"Oh, I haven't yet, but - be sure Doctor – you'll be there when I die." There was a history between these two, and Hiei and Youko Kurama could recognize it for a long and tangled one. The Master took a twisted delight in telling the Doctor what he clearly suspected and what pained him.

"You're Ascended, then?" The Doctor asked, looking away from the Master as if unable to bare the pain the sight of him caused.

"I thought it obvious." The Master stated in Q's familiar sarcastic tones.

Yuusuke remembered what the Doctor had said about inventing Q, as if he were some made up character – if it were true, and there was no reason to doubt the Doctor's words – then that most likely meant that the Master had also played a part in 'inventing Q'; as the Master fit that persona.

"Why are you doing this? Why take the ZPM?" At the Doctor's question, the Master waved a hand that took in the sight of Yuusuke and his friends.

"Look at them, incredible, aren't they? Any Gallifreyian can see their potential- but the Alteran? The beloved Ancient's of Earth? They hid away their own mutated offspring, locking them in an alternate dimension in reality, the place called Mai-Kai? That's just cruel, Doctor – don't you agree?" The Master's smile suggested poison, and Yuusuke was cold at the sight of it.

"What's the point?" Yuusuke asked, reclining as he was made him look as if he didn't care.

"The point is, once I use that ZPM to cause a dimensional rip in between the realms of the 'demon' Mai-Kai and the human Ningenkai, well then, Earth will really be interesting again, won't it?" The Master purred his eyes on the Doctor, he delighted in the distress and fury he saw lingering there.

"You can't do this." Hiei had moved forward, his sword again between the Master and his friends. Hiei did not know why, but it seemed the only thing the Master seemed threatened by.

Seeing his approach, the Master sneered.

"I already have, and you – you gave me the key." The Master's eyes lingered fondly on Youko Kurama, who made no response.

The Master was gone with a laugh.

"Forgive me." Only then did Youko Kurama seem defeated, with shoulders hunched and a bowed head, though the fall of silver hair his amber eyes pleaded with Yuusuke.

"It's my own stupid fault for being too human, right?" Yuusuke was still bitter about that, but there was nothing to be done.

"Human's are brilliant, I have you know - but there is something that still can be done to – while not undo this, delay it a bit. Think of it as giving time a chance to settle, heal the rip – I've only one question." The Doctor had a manic grin firmly in place, as if he thrived on this. In many ways he did, and his energy and optimism had caught their attention, ensnared it.

The Doctor held his hand outstretched to them, as he asked what needed no spoken answer.

"Come with me?"