Hello! This is my second FF its set during Girl in the Fireplace but instead of the Doctor going through the time window, Rose goes. This is only a short story... a couple chapters long maybe.
thanks to those who R&R The Never Ending storm (starting the sequel in Fed 09).
's spellchecker is a pile of shite by the way
Kat
Broken Mirrors
Chapter 1
On a derelict space ship in the 51st century, three time travellers watch the events of 18th century France take hold.
A mechanical figure called out to Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson
"You are complete. You will come!"
The room through the window was a vast ballroom and the Doctor knew that these Clockwork men had arrived to collect the head of Madame De Pompadour. The guests were held hostage and screaming but in the centre of the room Reinette remained calm and in control of the situation.
Mean while in the SS Madam De Pompadour, the Doctor was running about aiming his sonic screwdriver at computer control panels and monitors in a manic state getting ready for the events ahead.
"You found it then?" asks Rose watching him dart around the room crazed.
"They know I was coming, they've blocked it off!" he stated still moving and checking the equipment.
Rose turned back to the window; the guests were gathering together and panicking.
"How come they got in there?" She questioned him again
"They teleported...You saw them, as long as the ship and the ballroom are linked, their short-range teleportswill do the trick!" he replied while still working on the control panels with his sonic screwdriver.
"We'll go in the TARDIS" said Rose trying to get the Doctor to change his mind
"We can't go in the TARDIS! We're part of events now" The Doctor snapped at her
"Well, can't we just smash through it?" inputted Mickey who had kept quiet while the Doctor and Rose argued with each other.
The Doctor points at the window and shoves past Rose
"Hyperplex this side, plate glass the other. We need a truck." He ranted
"We don't have a truck!" Joked Mickey
"I know we don't have a truck!" snarled the Doctor pointing out the obvious and waving his arms in the air.
"We've got to do something!" Rose shouted at the Doctor
The Doctor turned at directly looks at her, he's pained at the fact that his decision will leave them parted forever and he may never get to tell her what his true feelings towards her are.
"No. Smash the glass, smash the time windows...there'd be no where back" he looks away pained then continues to fidget with the panels.
Rose just stared at him knowing what he is going to do.
Rose's attention is again drawn to the time window.
"Can everyone just calm down? Please." Called out Reinette, in a commanding voice and not at all stirred at the situation.
She then turns towards the droid that stand before her
"Such a commotion. Such distressing noise. Kindly remember that this is Versailles. This is the Royal Court. And we are French!" she continued proudly.
"I have made a decision. And my decision is 'no' - I shall not be going with you today. I have seen your world, and I have no desire to set foot there again."
The droids went either side of Reinette and force her to her knees aiming their weapons at her throat.
"We do not require your feet" explained one of the clock work droids in a monotonous voice.
"You think I fear you. But I do not fear you, even now. You are merely the nightmare of my childhood. The monster from under my bed. And if my nightmare can return to plague me, then rest assured... (Lowering her voice) So will yours" mocked Reinette.
Glass smashes and a horse whines
Rose turns away from the time window and faces the Doctor again, who's still checking the control panels.
"I know what you're thinking, I won't let you do it!" she snapped out in desperation.
The Doctor moves away from the panels and heads of down one of the corridors of the space ship, not looking at Rose as he leaves the main control room.
"I have to or they all die!" he shouted back at Rose, who started to follow him.
Rose tried to keep up with his pace but the Doctor was determined to get away as soon as possible without any goodbyes... as they were always too painful, causing his hearts to break.
Finally deciding to confront Rose midway down the corridor
"I'm sorry Rose, just go back to the TARDIS with Mickey, and use emergency protocol 1. She should take you back home" he turned away from her again and continued down the corridor in search of Arthur the horse. Once he had found the horse, the Doctor steadied Arthur near the time window for a run and jump.
"Rose Tyler, have a fantastic life!"
But before he could even spur the horse, Rose had intervened by grabbing him by the arms and dragging him off the horse. Climbing on Arthur herself then finally spurring the horse through the time window before the Doctor could even get up from the ground.
"ROSE!" cried the Doctor as he sped off towards the broken shards of the time window, then falling to the floor knowing he was too late.
He sat there with a tear rolling down his cheek, staring at the wall and totally oblivious at the fact that Mickey was asking him questions and wondering where Rose had gone.