THE PHYSICIAN AND THE
FLOWER

Endings and Beginnings

Rose watched as hundreds upon thousands of Daleks and Cybermen flew past her into the void that was Hell. It was ironic- that something so feared and loathed by society; a place of darkness and despair; that never-ending nonexistence- gave her such hope. It filled her, in a funny way, with joy at the same time as misery, to watch her enemies be swallowed whole.

And somehow, throughout all this chaos, it was perfect. The always reappearing nemesis that were the Dalek race were, hopefully, being rid of forever. The scary Cybermen that walk with their mechanical sound of death in the back of her mind would tread no more into her nightmares. The Doctor held tight, his hair flying on his head so that Rose could see every shade of its beautiful brown. His pinstripe suit and blue tie flapped about him almost as vigorously as the shoelaces on his chucks. The intensity in his old eyes displayed how truly important this moment was. Rose held even tighter. She wasn't going to let the universe separate her from her Doctor anymore. Nothing was going to ruin them... all but the leaver to the void, slowly crawling its way back.

No.NO. She couldn't let this happen. Not now. Not when everything was finally going to be okay! Life was too good for it to be ruined by the turning back of a simple leaver. Rose was determined. She reached for the leaver to bring it back into its locked position. It was a far reach so she let go of the handle on the wall.

"Rose!" the Doctor screamed. "Rose! No!" He was terrified. He didn't want to lose her. She had given up everything for him and he wasn't going to let her give her life as well. But he couldn't do anything about it. There was no way to reach Rose without falling into the void, and there was no way that leaver was going to make its way back without her. All the while he screamed 'no', he knew that she had to do it, and she did too.

She pulled on the leaver with all the strength that she could muster; anything to save the life she knew. With some struggle, the leaver clicked back into place. The void was going to remain, just as long as it was supposed to. She smiled at the Doctor with her blonde hair blowing around in her face catching her hoops and getting in her view of him.

The Doctor smiled back at her. Everything was alright. It was perfect. No more trouble. No more Daleks. No more Cybermen. Everything was going to be just fine. That was, until, her hands started to slip... Her palms were sweaty and tired and the amount of energy it too to put back the leaver was too much to leave any left for her grip to function. And with not the slightest intention, not by letting go; but because her hands failed to grasp the leaver, they simply slid away.

She was on her way into the void. Hell was going to take her away from the world with no remorse. In those split seconds the Doctor screamed as loud as he could, "ROSE!" He yelled with so much intensity and emotion one could tell by the mere look on his face that the place Rose was headed was, indeed, Hell.

But before it could take her, she was suspended in midair. Her hair flew all around her, each strand glowing. Her eyes shone heavy with gold. The Doctor was so shocked he barely had time to sort out his feelings. He was mixed with different emotions... Rose was alive! It was a miracle, but, it was Bad Wolf who had saved her; or rather, she was Bad Wolf... She stood there letting the time vortex fight against the void so that it was letting her stay amongst this world. This shouldn't have happened... This couldn't have happened! He had taken all of the time vortex out of her, or so her thought... Who knew how long it had been inside her? Was it growing? Leaving no space for her brain? Could it be killing her? He shuddered at the thought of a wilting Rose.

Quickly the whirlpool that was the void was beginning to close. And as the swirling lessened and the hole began to shrink, it took its last breath of the universes air with it, but not Rose. It shut and became a wall, a normal Torchwood tragedy to never be opened again. And Rose crumbled to the floor, only feet from it.

The Doctor ran for her and scooped her up gently in his arms. He placed his head to her chest and felt her single heart beat. She was unconscious, but alive. Alive! Bad Wolf hadn't killed her by saving her, or at least- he tried not to think about it- not yet... He walked around Torchwood with Rose in his arms. it seemed like a victory except for the occasional need to step over the victims of the Cybermen and the Daleks.

Once he found the TARDIS he quickly rushed inside and layed Rose down onto the cushiony seat next to the console. He brushed her hair out of her face and then plucked one from her head. He gave it to the console to analyze and not long after, he got his results. He sifted through looking for what made Bad Wolf possible. After a while he shouted,

"Huon particles?!" He looked at Rose, who shifted slightly in her slumber. "Huon particles haven't been around for Years!"

He was genuinely worried about Rose. He hoped she would be okay and they would talk in the morning because now she needed to rest. He took her up to her room in the TARDIS and gently laid her in her bed. He looked at her softly and covered her up. For a while he sat at the foot of her bed just watching her in peace. It was over. No more Daleks and Cybermen... But now something had just begun and he wasn't sure what. He placed a kiss on her forehead and left the room. He made his way back to the console and put the TARDIS into the vortex.

Suddenly he saw a woman, a woman, standing in the TARDIS not too far from the console. A woman who wasn't Rose. She was a read head wearing a Wedding gown and looked very confused.

"What?!" asked the doctor.

"Oi!" the lady yelled, "Where am I?!"

"What?!" the Doctor asked again.

My first piece of work ;) I edited out some mistakes and I hope you like it. Review please!