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Chapter 2:
Rose looked up from where she was cradling her hand to see a hole in the Doctors shoulder, she started to lose it.
"Doctor, I can't, don't . . . please don't tell me you'll change." The black haired boy got up and looked the doctor in the eye.
"I can help if you'll let me." The Doctor nodded, and Harry pointed a wooden stick at the hole before uttering too quietly to be heard. She was amazed to see the wound heal up in front of her eyes, it was only then that she saw the Doctor hurry up the ramp to where the girl lay, dropping his rifle as he did, picking the girl up he rushed her to the infirmary, followed by the boy.
Looking up to Jack Rose held out her good hand for him to help her up before they followed.
-o.O.O.o-
The Doctor frowned as he picked Hermione up, He knew the girl was sensible so why the hell was she so light? It was as if she hadn't eaten right in months! Looking over to the boy who had without a doubt in his eyes saved her, he saw him looking down at the girl with concern, but overlaid with that was complete devotion to her.
seeing the raw emotion in the emerald eyes he shuddered. 'God help anyone who actually succeeds in killing my goddaughter, an angry Time Lord is bad, but coupled with an angry Wizard. . .'
His train of thought stopped as they got to the infirmary. Setting her down on a bed he got his sonic screwdriver out and started to run scans on her, seeing the wizard running his own diagnostic spells as well.
"Right" the Doctor spoke with what sounded like hopelessness. "I can fix her arm but – without knowing what cut her if we take that bandage off she'll d . . .di. . ." he couldn't finish, he heard a gasp behind him and turned to see Rose holding her hand too her mouth before the Doctors world crashed and he fell to the floor, sobbing, not seeing Rose run to him, but feeling her wrap her arms around him as he cried into her shoulder, he was going to lose the last of his family.
Harry looked up from the floor to the other man standing in the doorway, seeing all the care these people had for a girl they hardly knew triggered something in Harry, also hearing that it was certain she'd die flipped a switch in his mind.
"No." he spoke with a quiet certainty, Turning to the bag on the floor he summoned Hermione's medical trunk and enlarging it to normal proportions he then summoned a little flask in the bottom of her bag, this flask was full of Felix felicis potion, he'd use the whole vial to keep her here if he had too.
He looked and saw the girl was too busy consoling the man who'd come to their rescue, looking up he saw the other man fingering a pistol, it was obvious if Harry made a wrong move now he'd join Hermione.
"Look, I can help – in those pink vials are blood replenishing potions, 2 of them in her before I start will give her the blood needed to survive, then I plan to heal her side wounds, after which another replenishing potion, finally I'll vanish all her broken bones and give her another potion to regrow them as good as new.
The only downside to all this is after the healing she'll be in a lot of pain for 24 hours but we can't give her anything for it as it will interfere with the other potions and may do more damage, now will you help me. Please"
Jack looked and saw instead of a confident man, a young boy doing everything in his power to save a loved one and nodded. Before we start let Rose take the Doctor out, if he sees you try anything with his goddaughter he'll – "
Harry staggered back at the word goddaughter before turning away and nodding. Jack waited until Rose had got the Doctor out the room before speaking.
"Ok, what's up with you?" Harry turned to Jack with a fire in his eyes.
"When was the last time the Doctor even thought about my Hermione? Her life's been in danger for nearly 3 years, only when she calls in desperation did he show. I've lost my godfather in this war – but by god I knew he was there, didn't have to wait until I was damn near dead for him to show he cares."
Jack stepped back at this, seeing the truth as the boy saw it in his eyes, so he answered his best. "I don't know, but he's here now, and you've got your chance to save her, do what you have to I'll help however I can. When we're done I'll tell you a bit about the Doctors life, it may help pu thing in perspective." Harry nodded before they turned to start working.
Rose had finished getting the Doctor lay down in his bed still holding him, comforting him for his loss, there were no words she could say at the moment to rouse him, so she just held him as he wept.
he finally passed out giving Rose time to think. 'He'll be as angry as when I first met him, god he don't deserve this – I promise you Doctor I'll always be here for you'
As the time passed Rose simply sat with the Doctor asleep, head lay in her lap as he lay stretched out in bed.
She put her head against the backrest and let her eyes close, just for a moment.
She woke to a knocking on the door to see Harry stood in the doorway, nodding her head slightly he made his way in and collapsed on the chair near the bed.
"Hi, dunno if you caught my name or not, it's Harry" he said quietly.
"How's Hermione doing" Rose asked, half afraid of the answer. "We've just finished, she'll pull through, but god it was difficult, not to mention hard on me, I couldn't even light a candle with my wand at the minute. Do you have any clue how much magic goes into rebuilding a broken body?" Rose shook her head at this.
"Trust me, it's not something I'd want to do on a regular basis." He sighed.
"Thank you by the way, if you three hadn't shown when you did I couldn't have held them off much longer. I also need to apologise to the Doctor, When I first heard he was Hermione's Godfather I nearly flipped out, you've got all this and yet not bothered to see Hermione in all the time I've known her. It wasn't until Jack explained to me after we'd finished working on 'Mione that I realised he had his own demons to deal with."
Hearing this Rose nodded, a single tear falling down her face. "He's faced so much and I've never seen him break until today, this is the only time I've seen him cry. He tries to stay strong for everyone around him, but today a foundation stone of his being, probably the last in his life nearly got destroyed. I've never seen him so desperate to get somewhere before – in all the battles we've been in, all the enemies we've faced he's never panicked. Until today, We could see your fight as we rushed to you, but couldn't get there any faster, and when she fell . . .he. . . god his entire being focused into that of a man I've not seen in nearly 3 years, I looked into his eyes, I saw a man who'd lost everything. Had I come straight back out the tent today, had we been too late. . ." she stopped with a quiet sob, suddenly she way letting the events of the day hit her. As her shoulders started shaking the Doctor sat up.
The Doctor had been awake for some time, listening to the conversation, he couldn't believe that Harry had managed to save Hermione. The minute he knew she was going to be ok though his entire focus shifted to the one woman who meant everything to him, His Rose.
Hearing her talk, he knew it was only a matter of time before she broke down. He waited for it, knew if he moved to soon she'd hide it. As he felt her shaking with silent sobs he got up off her lap, settling against the headboard he pulled her into his arms, gently stroking her back, providing the anchor in the storm she needed, held her like she was the precious thing he thought she was.
Looking over to Harry he nodded to show he heard and understood everything said. Harry nodded back and spoke quietly. "I'll give you some privacy, be in the infirmary if you need me." With that he got up and walked out the room.
As the door closed after him the doctor turned his attention to Rose, Placing a gentle kiss to the top of her head.
After a couple more sobs she was able to ask the question that scared her the worst. "Doctor, how can you stand to hold me? How, I didn't feel any remorse when I killed those men – only felt sick that I had taken a life, that I was no longer innocent!" Hearing the desperation in her voice the doctor decided to nip this in the bud.
"Rose, my sweet, sweet Rose, I can hold you now because you are a kind, caring, wonderful person. Yes you killed those men today, but just stop to think, in doing it, you saved the very last of those I would consider family – I can hold you because you're kind and caring, never ever think you don't deserve to be held, you are a wonderful, fantastic person, don't you ever doubt that." He said the last bit a near whisper as he held when through her silent tears, now just letting her come to terms with everything.
