A/N

Just wanted to let you know, this is the 10th Doctor. Also, I only have a couple of chapters left, maybe two or three.

CHAPTER FOUR

Rose and Jack jumped apart, their expressions both ones of guilt.

"No, Doctor. Please, just-"

"Get out of my ship."

Jack and Rose froze.

"What?"

"Get. Out. Of. My. Ship."

He enunciated each word coldly. His eyes were black. He was no longer the Doctor. He was the Oncoming Storm, the Predator.

Rose burst in to tears.

"B-b-b-but Doctor! Please! I need you."

Jack was still silent. He knew by the look in the Doctor's eyes that he had taken it too far.

"Come on, Rose. Let's go."

He dragged Rose to her room to pack.


An hour and a half later, Jack and Rose stood at the doorway. Rose could feel the TARDIS humming along, saddened by her departure.

The Doctor stood impassive, his face carefully composed.

"Goodbye, Jack and Rose. Have a good life."

And with that, they left the TARDIS for the last time.

After they had left, the Doctor lost his mask. His face crumpled and he sat down on the floor. He needed her. Rose. Why? It took all of his will power to not jump up and run out, stop Jack and Rose and drag them back. But he resisted.

He had to make sure they would be okay. Jumping up, he ran to the TARDIS controls and started hitting buttons. The TARDIS started up, and minute later they materialized in the exact same spot, three years into the future.

He cautiously opened up the door and peered out. It looked the same. He stepped out and walked over the building where Jackie Tyler had lived. He opened the door and checked the inhabitants.

So she still lived here.

He heard a shout of exclamation behind him and turned. Jack was pointing to his TARDIS, his face alight with emotion. He turned and saw the Doctor. His face morphed to fury. He ran and punched him.

Shouting out, the Doctor fell back and hit his head against the wall.

"Oi! What the bloody hell was that for!?"

Jack calmed down a little, though his face was still angry.

"You've come back! HOW DARE YOU! LEAVING ME AND ROSE LIKE THAT!"

The Doctor brightened.

'Rose? Where is she?"

Jack turned his head away. His voice was rough.

"She miscarried."

The Doctor felt slightly guilty.

"What happened to her?"

Jack glared at him.

"You don't know!? YOU LEFT HER! SHE MISCARRIED FROM STRESS!"

'Oh… Where is she now?"

Yet again Jack looked pained. No, not just pained. His face was a reflection of emotional agony.

"She's dead. No one knows how or why, but they found her body, there was no sign of anything. No suicide, or bruises, or anything. Nothing."

The Doctor stumbled backwards.

Rose was dead? Dead?

Horrified, he ran for the TARDIS, ignoring Jack who was calling out behind him.

The Doctor burst through the doors, hitting buttons and pulling switches. The TARDIS shuddered to life and took off, head back three years, to the moment he left Rose and Jack.

He sprinted toward them as they were walking away, grabbing their arms.

"No! It was a mistake, come back! We can work something out!"

Jack and Rose turned around in surprise.

'Really? We can come back?"

The Doctor nodded, smiling slightly at the joy evident in Rose's voice.

"Yep! Off again, to save the world, no, the universe! Jack, Rose, and the Doctor, together again!"

Jack observed the Doctor's face. He had a feeling that the Doctor had seen something that made him change his mind. Perhaps he had gone into the future and saw something. Whatever the reason, Jack didn't care. He was happy that the Doctor had taken them back, despite everything. Jack, Rose and the Doctor made their way back into the TARDIS.