"Here we are," The Doctor announced, waving his arms around as the two of them stepped out of the Tardis and onto the crisp green grass of a planet that Rose had never been to before. She looked around in amazed awe at the so far unnamed beauty that now surrounded her. "The Planet Sefalopious. Known for its peaceful inhabitants and its beautiful sights. One of the top sight-seeing planets of its day." Rose pulled her purple leather jacket down a little bit with her hands and then looked around her. She took in the dual suns, lush green scenery, and the tall (believe it or not) pink and blue cotton candy trees.

"The only planet known to have real life cotton candy trees. Coming in flavors of strawberries, blue raspberry, grape, and green apple," Rose said, looking smugly around as if it were obvious. The Doctor, looked down at her with a selfish look of pride on his face, as if she were the smartest human in the world. Rose couldn't help but blush under his pride.
"Guess?" The Doctor asked, not quite believing she would do anything else.

"Nope." Rose answered, popping the 'p.'

"Research?" The Doctor asked, sounding surprised.
"Only for you,' Rose said with a cheeky smile. The Doctor beamed down at her with a prideful smile and then held his arm out for her to take. She happily obliged, hooking her arm into his arm and smiling cheekily at him.

"The inhabitants here like to call themselves-"

"The Sugary Fluffs?" Rose offered, still smiling cheekily.

"You did a lot of research," The Doctor said, looking at her still surprised at her knowledge.

"Read a few books on the place a while back," Rose replied as if it were no biggie.

"You never stop do you?" The Doctor asked with a chuckle, leading her through some trees and over to where a yellow path winded through the forest of cotton candy trees, and lush green plants.

"Stop what?" Rose asked, startled by his sudden question.

"Stop surprising me." The Doctor said, blatantly. Rose turned the color of her namesake before unhooking her arm from his, and looking down at her feet to keep him from noticing the blush. The Doctor smiled down at her and then looked down the path in front of them to see what he could see. Rose shuffled her feet while he looked around, watching the grass crinkle beneath her feet. As the grass moved around she saw a drop of liquid fall into the grass. Surprised she knelt down and moved apart the grass where the liquid had fallen. She saw a puddle of red liquid, assumingly blood, lying between the blades of grass. Rose looked up, and put her hand over her mouth, more in grief then fear.

"Doctor," she whispered, tears coming to her eyes. She blinked them away and moved out of the drip zone. "Doctor?" She repeated, looking over to where he was.

"Rose. Come here," the Doctor urged, looking off into the distance. Rose looked up at the mangled body of a alien who looked like a human, except for the soft pink color of its skin. It was probably an inhabitant of the planet. Rose knew that much. But whatever the Doctor could see must be important. So she slowly walked over to him and looked up at his face.

"Over there," he said, gesturing at the scene before them. Rose looked at where he was gesturing, but all she could see was the beautiful cotton candy colored hills of Sefalopious. She knew that according to this planets lore, their Gods, had colored the hills that color because of the inhabitants' love of cotton candy.

"I don't get what you want me to see," Rose said, confused, looking over at him.

"Do you trust me?" The Doctor asked, acting as if he were in trouble. Or she was in trouble. Or they both were in trouble.

"Yeah," Rose replied, looking at him. She started to get annoyed when she realized he was avoiding looking her in the eye. "Why won't you look at me?"

"Rose." The Doctor said, his voicing shaking slightly. "Ask me."

"Ask you what?" Rose asked, not sure how to react to his sudden weird behavior.

"Ask me if I trust you," he replied.

"Do you trust me?" She asked him, wanting to oblige to his wishes.

"Yes. Rose I trust you more than anybody I have ever traveled with before. Rose you're one of a kind," the Doctor said and she could hear the smile in his voice.

"Doctor. What's wrong?" Rose asked, not sure if she really wanted to hear the question. She raised her hand up and tried to put her hand on his arm.

"Don't touch me!" He said, stepping away from her. She frowned a little feeling slightly hurt, and slightly confused.

"Doctor. Answer me."

"I won't ever let you get hurt. I won't let anything happen to you. And I most certainly won't let them get you," The Doctor said confidentially

"I know," Rose answered, looking at him, now with concern. She knew that there was something really bad going on.

"And Rose. I want you to leave," The Doctor continued.

"I'm not going to leave," Rose replied, a frown on her face.

"I know," the Doctor said with a laugh. "I just don't want anything to happen to you."

"It's ok Doctor. Right now I'm fine and you're fine," Rose said, even though she knew that it wasn't true. There was certainly something wrong.
"You know that's not true. Now you need to leave. Before you can't leave," the Doctor replied.

"But if I leave, then. Then who's going to hold your hand?" Rose asked, a tear running down her face.

"No don't cry," the Doctor said. "You know I can't stand it when you cry." His voice was getting weaker by the minute. She whipped the tear from her face, and her gaze strengthened.

"I won't. I won't let you die," Rose said, angry and determined.

"I know you won't. My clever little pink and yellow human. I care about you Rose," The Doctor whispered, and he finally looked at her before vanishing into thin air. Rose wanted to stand there and mope. She wanted to stay there and cry but she knew she had to stay strong and she knew she couldn't do this alone she had to get help. She turned in her trails and ran. She ran back the way she came and ran straight into the Tardis, slamming the door shut behind her. Fear and loneliness filled her as she looked around the Tardis, knowing it was empty.

'It's ok Wolf' The Tardises soothing voice promised her, from deep within her head. Ever since Bad Wolf, they had a certain connection that not even the Doctor had or could explain.

"I know. I just... What do I do?" Rose asked, the Tardis.

'You know what?' The Tardis replied, and she did. She knew just who could help her. The Tardis knew that she knew what she had done to him. She knew he could help her. She had to go get him.

"Let's go to Cardiff. We have to find a certain Captain Jack Harkness."