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Ever the Same
By Eugena
Rating: T
Doctor Who, "Doomsday" AU
Inspired by "Ever the Same" by Rob Thomas
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You may need me there
To carry all your weight
But you're no burden I assure
You tide me over
With a warmth I'll not forget
But I can only give you love
From "Ever the Same" by Rob Thomas
Chapter One: A Warmth I'll Not Forget
The time war ended long ago – a war primarily fought between the Time Lords and the Daleks – leaving only The Doctor to survive. This is what history recorded, yet even this history slowly turned to myth. The myth was true, no legend, but tell that to the Daleks that now stood before Rose Tyler, The Doctor, Jackie Tyler, Pete Tyler, and Mickey Smith. Four people and one Gallifreyan against and entire army. Somehow, the Cybermen had returned, and with them were people from an alternative universe, mainly Pete and Mickey. This had been enough to revive the Daleks.
The Ninth Doctor within Ten reeled. Again, the Daleks would threaten to take Rose from him.
No one moved, too afraid of what might happen to Rose. Except Rose.
"Do you really think you will defeat us?" she asked.
"SI-LENCE, HU-MAN!"
"Have you heard of the Oncoming Storm?" Rose asked.
The Dalek that demanded her silence refocused its pupil within its eyestalk.
"I was there the day the false god – the one you call your emperor died."
"THE EM-PER-OR ON-LY LEFT US. HE IS IM-MOR-TAL. HE DID NOT DIE."
"I split his atoms, and I will split yours," Rose vowed.
The Doctor reached out to touch Rose's arm. His fingertips touched briefly, before she turned away. It was enough to see into her mind.
He saw the Ninth Doctor standing before him. Rose stood beside Nine and took his hand. She turned to Ten.
I will not let him die in vain. I will stop the ones who hurt you, My Doctor.
The Doctor tried to reach Rose again, but this time a mere wave of her hand – as she had when she destroyed the Daleks on Game Station – she flung him across the room.
Mickey backed away from her. Pete did not move. Jackie gasped.
"Rose, sweetheart, what's happening?" Jackie asked.
Rose's eyes began to glow gold, and time began to slow. The Daleks stood nearly still, but a temporal bubble around Rose allowed her to speak to the others.