turn the key: part iv
"You seem to be telling the truth," the Doctor finally admits, and Rose breathes properly again for the first time since seeing him. He uses the sonic screwdriver to unlock the restraints, and, swinging her legs over the side of the table, Rose stands and faces him.
"You said I was impersonating a dead girl. What happened to me? The other me, I mean." The Doctor doesn't meet Rose's inquisitive gaze, but he does respond.
"Well, assuming you know what Cybermen, Daleks and Torchwood are," Rose nods, "All three were in one place at the same time, and to make a long story short, you slipped from a lever and were sucked into the void, for all of eternity." Rose reaches out and takes the Doctor's hand, and he looks up, his eyes meeting hers.
"Nearly the same thing happened to me, and that's why I'm here, really. But, Doctor? I came all this way for you, really." There's a long pause while the Doctor just stares at her, but then that brilliant, gleaming white smile appears on his face and he's pulling her close for a hug.
"Oh, how I've missed you, Rose Tyler!" the Doctor whispers in her ear, and Rose buries her face in his brown coat, breathing in the scent of time and Time Lord.
