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The present Rose Tyler feels a stabbing pain running through her entire body. She opens her eyes and finds herself surrounded by pure darkness. Where was she?
A familiar voice rings out, sending chills down Rose's spine. "Two lovers reunited. How sweet. Two lovers torn apart, again. How tragic."
"John," she whispers as fear spreads through her core.
"Yes dear?" Rose could feel his hands pressed against her body. She tries to escape his hands, but fails. "You know you like it, Rose," he snarls. "It's always been your precious Doctor. I was never good enough for you." The clone moves his hands under her clothes. Rose starts to scream but he quickly covers her mouth with a hand. "This is going to hurt."
The Doctor wanted to use the sonic screwdriver to search for any sign of Rose. Unfortunately, he couldn't because of future Rose. He was pacing when he heard the scream. Future Rose looked in his direction before the two of them ran towards the noise.
Amy and Rory were left in the TARDIS.
"Who would have thought," Rory says, "that the Doctor had… a relationship?"
Amy laughs. "Rory, everyone deserves love, even the Doctor."
"I know. It's just weird, that's all. Has he ever mentioned Rose before today?"
"No. But everything makes much more sense now." Rory gives his wife a confused glance. "I was looking for the Doctor one day and I accidently walked into his room-"
"You were in his room?"
Amy rolls her eyes. "It really was an accident. Anyway, I saw something-"
"Amy!"
"Oi, shut up, Stupid Face!"
"Sorry," he mumbles unhappily.
"Anyway, I didn't find the Doctor. But, I did find something else. His room is so… Doctor-like… except, there are roses. Lots and lots of roses. I went back in there a few weeks later and-"
"Amy, you can't just go into his room!"
Amy glances at Rory. "Do you want to hear this or not?"
He takes a deep breath, trying to figure out if he wanted to know. "Yes," he finally replies.
"All of the roses were still alive. At the time I couldn't figure out why he would want that many flowers, let alone some that never die, but everything makes sense now. He got them to remember her."
"I wonder why he wanted to torture himself."
"What?"
Rory thought about his next words carefully. "When I was guarding you I thought about you all the time. Anything I saw reminded me of you. It was painful, but it helped me carry on because I knew I would see you again. The Doctor was keeping these as a reminder of her even though he knew he would never see her again."
Amy frowns. "Poor guy."
Rory frowns, too. "I got lost inside the TARDIS once and I saw the Doctor come out of a door. I opened it, thinking it would help me. I think it was Rose's bedroom."
"He kept her bedroom?"
"I'm not sure, but I think so."
The doors to the TARDIS fling open, scaring the two humans. They look at the doors, expecting the Doctor to walk in or some kind of monster ready to kill them. Instead, they found Rose crawling into the control room, leaving a trail of blood behind her.
The Doctor was becoming frustrated. There was no sign of Rose whatsoever. She was just gone. Future Rose was trying to calm him down. Her efforts were useless. The two of them followed the scream and found nothing.
Rose didn't know what was going on. It was upsetting, especially since this was happening to her. All she remembered was waiting for the Doctor. Then everything went blank. Time was rewriting itself and she was scared. One thing could go wrong and she could lose the Doctor forever. Not only was Rose in danger, but so was their future. She was scared and there was nothing she could do to fix it.
"Rose?" the Doctor asks. Rose blinks a few times before looking at him. "Are you alright? You're looking pale."
She replies, "I'm fine," but he doesn't buy it. All he does is look at her.
Rose suddenly remembers. Her body shivers in terror as she thinks back in her memory.
The Doctor moves towards her. "Rose?" Concern spreads across his face. "Rose?"
Rose was starting to mumble something. All the Doctor could pick out was the word John. Did she want John? Did she want him more than she wanted-
She snaps out of it. "Doctor?" He looks at her, relived to see her normal again. "We've got to kill John."
Rory and Amy got Rose into the med bay. Amy wasn't much help when it came to this kind of stuff and was thankful for the millionth time that Rory was a nurse. Rory was in his element when it came to this, but most of the medical supplies in the room were too advanced for him. He was scrambling around trying to find anything from the 21st century or anything that looked similar to what he knew how to use. Amy made herself useful in this time by talking to Rose and holding her hand. For the most part Rose was unresponsive, but she didn't care. She had to do something to help this poor, bloodied girl.
Rose Tyler knew she was in good hands. Any hands were better than John's.
She was in a lot of pain and all she wanted to do was sleep. Her eyes started to drift closed but a voice told her to keep them open. That voice. She's only known that voice for a few hours but she'd know it anywhere. She opens her eyes only to find his green ones staring at her.
A/N I felt really bad for not involving the Ponds much, so I made it a point to add more of them. Let me know what you think. You guys are the best!
