Eight is but a number

Chapter 1- Barcelona, Nose-less dogs and Crash Landings

"I have to say, those um..." Rose began, searching for the alien name in her head.

"Elibs!"The Doctor cried

"Yes, that's it," She said happily "they 'ave to be the weirdest things I 'ave ever seen! I mean seriously, they're just floating eyes that shoot funny red laser things!"

The Doctor smiled. He had to admit, in all of his travels, the Elibs were one of the stranger creatures that he'd come across. He had seen crazier looking creatures but they did look eerily unnatural.

He loved his companion. She had healed him, she made him laugh because she was so full of life and joy. She could look at the most evil creatures in the universe and look inside them and she could see the goodness inside them even if he couldn't. Even if the creature couldn't, itself. The fact that she was quite attractive didn't hurt either, such soft lips and such lovely-

"Doctor!" Rose yelled "Did you hear a word I just said?"

The Doctor "ummed" for a second, looking and feeling like an embarrassed school boy. Rose simply shrugged her shoulders.

"Doctor?" She asked "Can we go to Barcelona? You've been promisin' for ages and we still ain't gone."

The Doctor just blinked.

"Oh!" he cried "Yes, Barcelona! Lovely place, the locals are very nice. Well, they don't like jelly babies too much but I don't think it'll be a problem this time round."

Rose looked at him confused.

"Bad regeneration," he explained "That version of me was slightly too obsessed with jelly babies. That scarf was terrible, it almost killed me a few times so it's no wonder that Romana didn't like it but Sarah always loved. I always thought that..."

Rose wandered to the leather seats and left the Doctor to his babbling.

He fiddled with the TARDIS controls for a minute two before a loud bang sounded. To Rose, it was a sound that almost made her eardrums explode. It knocked them both to the floor before a cry could escape either of their lips. But it was not the first bang. An uncountable amount of deafening, immobilising bangs sounded and sparks from the console flew. It felt like the TARDIS was swimming, it was like being in a tiny dingy in a dangerous, rough sea. Only it was a lot more dangerous when one is in the Time Vortex.

It was quite sudden when it stopped. The lights just suddenly died without warning. The only banging left in the ship was the three hearts beating and sparks no longer flew from the console. The occupants remained silent for a moment that felt like an age, almost expecting the TARDIS to go hay-wire again. But that was no longer possible, the last TARDIS left in existence was dead. Some how she had broken into a Time Lock so famous yet next to no one had every seen where it was. It was a Time Lock that belonged to a planet that had no fallen into the Universe's myths and legends. There was now doubt that such a planet existed but a few elders on ancient planets knew that this was now the case. That planet had been real and it's people, too, were real but they were gone. They were all dead. They disappeared in the bloodiest was that the Universe can remember. The TARDIS had broken into this Time Lock, sacrificing the possibility of the human and the alien escaping it.

"Rose," The Doctor whispered "Are you all right? Rose!"
"I'm fine," Her voice was muffled beneath her hair "No damage here, how 'bout you?"

"I'm alive," He stated with a blank expression "Which is more than what can be said about my TARDIS."

There was a deep sense of sadness and loss in his voice

"Where'd you think we are?" Rose asked, concerned.

"No idea," he said "I'd better go and take a look."

He walked up towards the ancient doors and opened them with the doors giving a loud groan of protest. For a second he simply blinked, trying to get used to the bright sunlight. He looked towards the 2 bright moons, still very visible despite it still being day. He looked towards the oh so familiar architecture. Any thoughts of hope left him and now fear coursed through his veins like poison.

"Doctor!" Rose cried "What's out-"

"Stay inside the TARDIS!" he yelled, harsher than he'd intended

"Why, what's out-"

"Nothing!" He interrupted again "Just don't go outside!"

This only annoyed Rose even more. She was tired of being treated like a child. Despite what the Doctor thought, she could look after herself.

Rose the disregarded his warning and fought her way outside. Stepping outside the door, she did not regret her choice.

"Amazing!" She whispered with a sigh escaping her lips, the breeze tickling her face.

She turned and dread filled her as she saw the Doctor's dark expression.

"Where are we?" She asked softly.