(Warning; slight character death)Don't worry because they'll come back in the next chapter. Also, this chapter is somewhat depressing.
"Doctor, you have to let me go! I'm going to die soon, I can feel it, but it's not too late for you. Everyone is depending on you to stop the Daleks; if you stay here they will break through!"
"I'm not letting go of you, Rose! Those people back there don't matter; they'll come back from this, that's what they're made for. But you, you're not. You're only human, Rose, with one heart that will stop if I drop you."
Through the smoke and the fire; through the tears and the hopelessness, Rose Tyler still found it in herself to smile as she dangled not a thousand feet above a black hole; one that was threatening to swallow her and every single living being on that cargo ship if the Doctor didn't stop it.
"Doctor, thank you...for everything you've done. If it wasn't for you-"
"No, don't talk like that, Rose! I'm going to save you, do you hear that? I won't allow another death on this ship." The Doctor yelled as he felt Rose's hand start to slip through his.
"You were always so brave; fixing to save everyone. You're the best person I've ever known, though we had our downs, and sometimes I yelled at you for hours , don't know...I've fallen for you; I was happy just being near you. You were the best thing that ever happened to me and I can never repay you for that."
A lone tear slid down The Doctor's face as he listened to his companion talk. She could've been talking about anything really and he would've listened, so long as she didn't die.
"Rose, I know this looks bad," he murmured as the ship shook violently, causing Rose's grip to slip more, "But I'll get you out of this, okay? Like I always do, just have faith in me."
"I've always had faith in you, Doctor." Rose hiccuped through a fresh wave of tears. "But thi-this time there's no point in trying. You...you and I both know that this is where I die; where it all ends."
"Rose I-I don't...I don't know what you're talking about."
"This is the ending,isn't it, Doctor?" She cried out as the ship rocked again.
"No, no it's not! I'm...I'm going to save you and this whole ship and then we're going to go to Italy! We'll see everything like you planned because I promised your mother! I PROMISED her,Rose! I promised I'd keep you safe, that I wouldn't let you DIE!"
"Doctor! I'm slipping!"
"You're not going to leave me because he promised me,Rose! He told me that I wasn't alone, that I didn't have to be scared because there was someone out there for me!"
"I can't hold on anymore, Doctor!"
And just like that, without even so much as a warning, everything went to hell. As the Doctor stretched his hand downwards, yelling at the top of his lungs, all he could think was how unfair the world seemed; how it could just kill such a pure life form without even realizing it.
"ROOOOOSE! ROOOOOOOSEEEEE!"
A weird sort of sobbing sound ripped it's way out of the Doctor's throat as he watched Rose dissapear into the black hole. With an agonized howl, he hit the ground with his fist, welcoming the pain if only to wipe the memory of Rose's eyes as she fell.
"I couldn't...and I was supposed to...you weren't- I loved you, Rose. I loved you and you still...left me."
Everything seemed numb and out of focus to the Doctor as he tried to cling to his surroundings. There was something on that ship that he needed to destroy for Rose...but who? Who did Rose want killed?
His head pounded with the thought; it being to much for his broken mind to handle at the moment.
Just he was about to follow Rose down into the black hole, however, something on the ship's command computer stopped him.
The Doctor swore lightly as he picked his heavy body off of the floor to get a closer look.
"Daleck's." He muttered coldly, everything that had happened swarming his mind until it was all he could think of. With frozen fingers, he pulled out his sonic screwdriver, hard eyes burrowing into it.
"They are all going to die, Rose. Every last one of them and then I'm coming to save you; you're not leaving me like this, you hear me? It's not your time yet."
Never fear! Rose will come back in the next chapter. There's not really a voiced answer to this question, but I wanted to try something new. It mostly answers those questions about how does he feel towards Rose; which is pretty evident by the end of this. Thanks for reading and please review^-^