The burning ocean
Baby scars-
This is not
what it is only baby scars.
I need your love
like a boy needs his mothers side.
"Second and Sebring"- Of Mice & Men
The Doctor woke up and shook his head, turning to see Rose tied up next to him. His vision was still a little fuzzy, and he tugged at his bindings, trying to get closer to Rose. "Rose.." he whispered, his voice hoarse. Rose jumped, and turned her head. "Doctor?" She answered, worriedly, trying to get closer to him. When she realized she was tied down, she started panicking. "Rose. Rose look at me." The Doctor soothed, trying to get her to calm down, but then he noticed something on her arms, and as he looked closer, her saw they were scars. He looked at her worriedly, not wanting to bring it up, but wanting to ask why. He felt tears stinging at the corners of his eyes. "Rose... did you do that to yourself?" Rose looked down and her face turned bright red and she averted her eyes, she hadn't realized that she had been only in a tank top. When she looked back up, there were tears running down her face. "I'm sorry Doctor, I did it when I started having the dreams. I didn't want you to know because I knew you would have felt it was your fault." She looked down and sobbed, refusing to look at the Doctor.
"Rose-"" he started, fumbling with his bindings and finally getting loose. He wrapped his arms around Rose and kissed the top of her head. "Shh Rose, it's alright. I understand completely." He whispered as he untied her bindings and helped her up. He shot her a mischievous glance. "Now, how about we break out of here?" That made Rose smile, which made the Doctor feel loads better. As they rounded a corner, a creature was standing there, The Doctor and Rose ran into it and it hissed at them. The Doctor just scoffed and pulled out his sonic screwdriver and put it against the creatures head. Its eyes widened with fear. "How so we get out of here?" The Doctor hissed, squeezing Roses hand slightly, which made her smile. The creature raised a shaky finger and pointed left. "That way sir." It whimpered, watching them run in that direction. The Doctor and Rose boarded the TARDIS laughing. "Did you see his face?" the Doctor squealed. He laughed even harder when Rose mimicked it. Suddenly, he turned serious. "Rose," he started, but she cut him off. "Doctor, I already told you. I don't want to talk about it anymore." She said sharply, and that was the end of that for now.
The Doctor puffed out his cheeks and turned to the control pad."So, where do you want to go?" He asked, trying not to sound hurt. Rose sighed and slumped down on the jump seat. "I don't care Doctor... you choose." She said, trying not to fall asleep, but it won over. When she opened her eyes again the Doctor was gone, and Rose started to panic because she thought she was dreaming again. "Doctor?" she cried out urgently. There was a loud crash before the Doctor came running into the room. "Rose whats wrong, are you okay?" She just smiled and slid off the jump seat. "Just making sure I wasn't dreaming again, sorry for startling you." The Doctor smiled and hugged her, then reached for her hand. "C'mon Rose. Lets go check out this place!" The Doctor said excitedly, practically dragging Rose behind him. When they stepped out of the TARDIS the Doctor groaned. "Again?!" He yelled, turning to Rose. "So far today, every place I've taken you, something bad happened to the original state of the planet." Rose frowned and shivered, moving closer to the Doctor who draped his overcoat around her. There was a slight hissing noise and Rose turned to see what it was and screamed. The Doctor turned to see what it was and immediately closed his eyes and covered Roses, before spinning them both around and running for cover. They came up to small village and ran to the first door, the creature close behind. They pounded on the door and a woman standing behind two oods hurried them inside. The Doctor immediately wrapped a protective arm around Roses shoulder, and moved to a corner far from the oods. Rose gripped the Doctors hand tightly, eyes wide with fear. The woman laughed warmly. "Dears, you don't have to fear them, they are merely slaves." The Doctor scoffed, never taking his eyes off of them. "Yeah, well last time we ran into oods they tried to kill us." Roses mind drifted to the day when the Doctor got stuck in Satan's literal pit.
The woman looked taken aback, she mumbled something to the oods and handed Rose and the Doctor some blankets. One of the oods returned and handed Rose a cup of tea. "The circle must be broken." It whispered. Rose jumped and looked at the Doctor, whose eyes were wide. "What did you say?" the Doctor gasped. The ood looked at him. "I am sorry sir, I didn't say anything." Rose shook of what happened and turned to the Doctor. "Doctor, what is that out there, and why did you cover my eyes when it came near us?" The Doctor gulped and looked out the window. "Its a Basilisk. One look and it will kill you." Rose shuddered and reached for the Doctors hand, who squeezed it reassuringly. But then he saw something else out the window.
The Doctor pulled Rose to her feet. "Rose I need to get you out of here." He said, pulling her towards the door. The woman stopped them. "Darling, those things are just as dangerous as a Basilisk, if they touch you, you will turn angry and hateful, it will wear off eventually but you'll have no idea what you did or said until you're back to normal." the Doctor made an impatient sound and looked worriedly out the window. "I have to get her back to my spaceship... I'm sorry." With that he flung open the door and ran out, pulling Rose with him. Rose screamed and the Doctor turned to see what she was screaming about, then he saw the Basilisk moving towards them fast. "Doctor behind you!" Rose shouted, but it was too late, by the time he turned, the shadowy creature had placed its entire palm on the Doctors head, and watched him fall. "Doctor!" Rose cried, rushing over to him. "Help! Please, someone help." The oods rushed over to her. One carried the Doctor while the other lead Rose back to the TARDIS. Once they were safely on board Rose thanked the oods and shut the door.
Rose walked over to the Doctor, who was slumped in the jump seat. "Doctor?" She said quietly, stroking his hair. His eyes shot open and he looked at Rose disgusted. "Oh, it's you." He said sharply. Rose ignored it, knowing it was only the side effects. The Doctor got up and started fumbling with stuff on the control pad. Rose wandered around the TARDIS for awhile before deciding to make the Doctor some food. She emerged from he kitchen carrying a tray of scones with a cup of tea. She set it down on the jump seat and walked over to the Doctor. She tapped him lightly on the shoulder and whispered. "Doctor, I brought you some tea and scones in case you were hungry." The sudden contact made the Doctor jump, and he dropped whatever he was working on. Rose winced as it shattered to the ground. The Doctor turned around, looking furious. Rose started to back away before he slapped her, then he completely went off. "Rose Tyler, Can I not have a moment alone?" He shouted. "Why don't you just go back home? You ruin everything and you're useless around here anyways." Rose was terrified, she had never heard the Doctor yelling before, and she didn't like it. "Why don't you just go back to your mother?" he said sharply. "Oh wait, you can't, shes in a parallel universe.. So I doubt you'll ever see her again." He hissed. That did it. Rose looked at the Doctor, her eyes full of hurt. He just continued to glare at her. Rose opened her mouth to say something, but changed her mind. She walked to her room and locked her door, burying her face in the pillows and crying herself to sleep.