Just One Second
Summary: What if in Doomsday, the leaver on the Doctor's side turned off? Now that the Doctor is in Pete's World, Rose Tyler must continue to save the universe without him along with her newest companion, Martha Jones. AU of Series 3 with Rose.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who, if I did, Rose and the Doctor will be together :)
A/N: Okay, for those of you who read this before, this is like my previous version, except I'm going to re-write it cause it was a bit difficult to include The Doctor, Rose and Martha all at once. Anyway, Since I wrote the other chapters, I'll be updating fast.
So here we go again...
Song:
- New Adventures (Doctor Who series 1 and 2 soundtrack)
- Doomsday (Doctor Who series 1 and 2 soundtrack)
- The Doctor's theme (Doctor Who series 1 and 2 soundtrack)
Prologue: The Beginning of the End...
Danger. HA! The Doctor and Rose Tyler practically laughed in the face of danger. They were the Stuff of Legends; Hope and Glory, Mutt and Jeff, Shiver and Shake. You can't have one without the other. It was like they were two sides of the same coin, nothing can come between them. But this type of danger, Rose wanted nothing more than to be back on the Tardis, safe and sound, with The Doctor rambling on about different planets or stuff like that.
The suction of the wind that was pulling the Cybermen and the Daleks in was strong. Too strong that Rose and The Doctor had to hold on with all their life on the clamps. That was the danger for this minute. Trying not to get pulled into the Void.
The Doctor and Rose grinned at each other as they watched the Cybermen and the Daleks get sucked into the Void helplessly when all of a sudden there was a small explosion on The Doctor's side made the smiles on their faces slip. The Doctor's leaver slammed in the 'Off' position. As the suction started to ease, The Doctor started to reach for the leaver, while he struggled to hold on to his clamp. There was no other way.
The Doctor lost his grip on his clamp but he managed to grab the lever with Rose watching, feeling more helpless than ever. Finally, The Doctor managed to push the leaver in the 'On' position upright, but he didn't have time to run towards his clamp as the suction of the wind of the Void increased. He had no other choice but to hold on with what he had.
"DOCTOR!" Rose shouted over the wind and the yells of the Cybermen and Daleks. "HOLD ON!"
The Doctor, despite the situation, rolled his eyes as he was lifted off the ground by the increased strength of the Void. "YEAH, THAT HELPS!" he yelled sarcastically in response.
The Doctor started to lose his grip on the leaver and his glanced at Rose who was watching him with fright. He smiled slightly at her before he let out a strangled cry and finally slipped. Rose screamed helplessly as The Doctor is falling dangerously close to the Void. All of a sudden Pete appeared in the room and The Doctor fell into Pete's arms. The Doctor glanced back at Rose who was holding onto her clamp before he disappeared with Pete.
Rose stared at the place where the love of her life vanished with her father, breathing heavily. The wind died down, leaving Rose alone with her thoughts.
In Pete's World, The Doctor got off the floor and started to bang his fists on the wall. As if this stupid wall was only thing keeping him from Rose.
"Take me back! No! Take me back! ROSE!" The Doctor yelled as he continued to bang his fists against the wall.
Pete slowly took off the Dimension Cannon from around his neck and pressed the 'On' button. Nothing happened.
"It stopped working," he said quietly before he looked at The Doctor. "You did it. You closed the breach," he added.
The Doctor finally lost it and started to cry and scream with his hand pressed against the wall. All of a sudden he felt a presence on the other side of the wall and he knew that it had to be Rose. And it was. Rose was pressed against the wall with her palm in the same position as The Doctor. The two stayed that way for a moment before Rose slipped her hand away from the wall and walked back, slowly towards the Tardis, tears running endlessly down her cheeks.
The Doctor bit his lip as he felt Rose's presence gone. He quickly wiped the tears from his face when he saw Jackie walking up to him.
"Come on, Sweetheart," she said gently, rubbing his back as she gently pulled him away from the wall, away from Rose and the Tardis. He only had three people that cared about him left. Jackie, Pete and Mickey.
...
Rose finally got to the Tardis and she felt that the Tardis was upset in her mind. Of course she was upset; she lost the only person that could fly her. Rose walked up to the console and rubbed her hand softly on it, trying to comfort her.
"Is there some way that I could say goodbye?" she asked softly. The Tardis hummed in response and then Rose was left holding on to the console. She landed on the floor with a bump and she groaned as Rose stood up.
"Where are we?" she asked and looked at the monitor which revealed a supernova. "Why did you bring me here?"
Rose felt someone nudge in her brain. "There is one tiny gap left, Rose," a voice said and Rose guessed that it was probably the Tardis.
Rose bit her lip. "How does this help me say goodbye to The Doctor?" she asked.
There was a pause before the Tardis answered. "You have to say The Doctor's name clearly, Rose," she answered before she left Rose's mind.
Rose sighed. "Doctor," she said loudly.
...
Meanwhile in Pete's World:
The Doctor was, for once sleeping, in the guest room of Pete's mansion. Normally he wouldn't have bothered, but Jackie insisted that The Doctor came to live with them.
"Doctor," Rose's voice whispered.
The Doctor opened his eyes and sat up bolt right, as if he had a nightmare. No way. Was that Rose's voice he just heard? But that's impossible.
"Doctor," Rose whispered again.
The Doctor got up and walked towards the sitting room, unable to go back to sleep. He was joined later by Pete, Jackie and Mickey and they were all sitting around a roaring fire, still in their pyjamas.
"I had this dream," The Doctor started to say and he retold his dream to them. Anyone else would've thought he was mad. Well, now as he thought about it, he probably was. However Pete, Jackie and Mickey believed it. Because they met him and fought battles with him, so they listened to his dream without any interruption.
"She was calling me..." The Doctor continued and Jackie's eyes became hopeful.
So, that night, they all got changed with The Doctor in his usual brown pinstripe suit and brown trench coat, all of them packed up, got into Pete's old jeep and off they went. Just as his dream said, follow the voice. Across the water, kept on driving hundreds and hundreds of miles, following The Doctor's directions and they ended up towards a deserted beach.
"Doctor," Rose whispered.
Now the four of them are standing on the beach with Pete, Jackie and Mickey were standing by the jeep as The Doctor walked across the beach, his hands deep within the pockets of his trench coat. The Doctor came to a halt in the middle of the beach and just stood there, waiting for something to happen. Towards his left, Rose appeared out of thin air, The Doctor turned to her and she looked a bit translucent.
The Doctor frowned slightly. "Where are you?" he asked.
"Inside the Tardis," she answered. "She told me that there was one gap left in the universe, about to close so she brought me to a supernova. She's blowing up a sun just so I can say goodbye to you," she replied, smiling slightly.
The Doctor continued to frown. "You look like a ghost," he commented.
Rose bit her lip before she turned around and in her hand appeared a sonic screwdriver.
"A sonic screwdriver?" he asked and watched as Rose hit the button and the light on the end turned pink.
"The Tardis made me one," she said and then laughed slightly. "It's pink," she added which made The Doctor chuckle as he watch her became more solid, as if she was really there. He knew that she wasn't though.
Rose sighed sadly. "I wish I can come through, though," she said.
"Then the whole thing would fracture. Two universes would collapse," he replied.
Rose shrugged. "So?" she asked, jokingly and they both laughed, as if nothing happened. "Where are we anyway?"
"We're in Norway," The Doctor answered.
"Norway?" Rose repeated.
The Doctor nodded. "Yep. It's about fifty miles out of Bergen. This beach is called 'Dårlig Ulv Stranden'" he replied.
"Dalek?" Rose asked, surprised.
"Dårl-IG. It's Norwegian for bad," he continued and Rose looked confused. "It translates to 'Bad Wolf Bay'," he added and they laughed softly at the irony of it.
The Doctor sighed as the mood sobered. "How long have we got?" he asked.
Rose bit her lip to keep herself from crying. "Only two minutes," she replied. "It's funny because I can't think of what to say," she added making The Doctor laugh slightly.
Rose glanced over and saw her parents and Mickey. The Doctor followed her glance and shrugged.
"Jackie wanted me to live with them. She seems to think she can keep me out of trouble," he answered her unspoken question making Rose smile. "Oh and you'r mum's pregnant. I hope that I'll live by the end of the pregnancy. Me and Jackie Tyler, I'll be lucky to survive," he said, seriously.
Rose grinned and laughed. "Give her my congratulations, yeah?" she asked. "I'm sure you'll live. You've been through worse than pregnant woman," she joked, still laughing. Rose bit her lip. "What about you, what are you doing now?" she asked.
The Doctor shrugged again. "Pete offered me a job at Torchwood, to help me get back on my feet," he replied.
Rose laughed before she choked back another sob. "Am I ever going to see you again?" she asked.
The Doctor shook his head. "You can't," he replied. "Rose, find someone to travel, alright?" he asked. "I don't want you to travel alone," he added and Rose nodded sadly, her tears streaming down her face once again.
"I love you," she said. "I wanted you to know that, before the end," she said quietly.
The Doctor smiled slightly. "Quite right too," he replied, sadly.
Rose nodded, smiling through her tears.
"And I suppose, that it's my last chance to say it," The Doctor continued to say before he sighed sadly. "Rose Tyler," he said but couldn't finish his sentence as Rose fades into thin air. The Doctor stood alone on the beach, his mouth opened, not saying the words he desperately wanted to say as tears fell down his face.
On the Tardis, Rose stood there, sobbing loudly into her hands, feeling more alone than ever. She had no one left, only the Tardis.
Back on the beach, Jackie, Pete and Mickey watched The Doctor standing there alone and crying into his hands. Jackie, concerned for him, ran up to The Doctor and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, in a motherly hug, whispering comfort words into his ear, as she let The Doctor cry silently on her shoulder.
Back on the Tardis, after crying for a good five minutes, Rose wiped her tears away as the Tardis taught her the right controls. Rose sighed as she sent the Tardis flying into the Time Vortex, her face blank of all emotions. Suddenly she looked up and saw a woman with bright red hair in a wedding dress standing in the Tardis, her back facing towards Rose.
"What?" she asked, taken aback by this.
The bride turned around and gaped at Rose. She let out a small yelp of surprised.
"What?" Rose repeated, getting more confused by each second.
"Who are you?" the bride asked, getting irritated.
"But..." Rose started to say, looking around confused.
The bride looked around. "Where am I?" she asked.
"What?" Rose asked loudly.
The bride growled. "What the hell is this place?" she yelled angrily.
"What!" Rose yelled back, completely shocked.
This strange turn of events changed everything. Just that one second in Torchwood made the universe unbalanced. Get ready for the Bad Wolf.
A/N: So as I said before, I'm going to completely rewrite this story and make The Doctor stay in the parallel world. It will make it easier to write, especially for when I write Human Nature saga and Last of the Time Lords.
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