(A/N) Reviews!!! You three people:
gaiafreedom21 – You mean Willow? I only based Rose's appearance on Dark Willow, all the other stuff is from my brain. Plus, Rose is being possessed, meaning that she can act out her emotions and anger to an incredible extent – but it's actually not her decision.
TheNextTitan – short and sweet. This soon enough for you? Lol.
Doctored – Lol, LOVED your review. Hope this is soon enough.
are Gods/Goddesses!!! Thanks! Here goes then. As promised.
"Jack?" The Doctor gasped – his face splitting into an even wider grin, "How've you been? Where have you been? I thought you were dead! Wait till Rose-!" His voice cracked and died. His grin turned to a grimace and failed. There was an awkward moment before Jack spoke.
"So you regenerated then?" He asked, his voice strangely cold,
"Yep."
"And you left me on that ship?"
"Oh… yeah… sorry about that, well… I was a little preoccupied with the regenerating and all…" He said, "Besides – how come you're not dead? And how did you get here?"
"Very long story." He said, his voice still oddly cold. Then after a few moments his face split into a grin and he went forwards and embraced the Doctor like a long lost brother. "God… am I glad to see you."
"Where's Rose?" The Doctor said, now getting down to business,
"We're keeping her in a magic bind that surrounds that room. She can't use any magicks, so she's trapped."
"For how long?"
"Till her friendly other half works out a way to get out of there. I'd say about twenty-four hours at least."
"Can I see her?" The Doctor asked eagerly. But then he paused, suddenly surprised at how desperate his voice sounded, he swallowed and took a deep breath. "I need to speak to her… there has to be a reason behind this… to find out exactly what triggered her instability."
"On your own head. That door can be walked through, and as long as you're not magically inclined – you should be able to walk back out again."
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When Rose awoke, she found herself sitting cross-legged on a grassy plain, near the sea; the clear blue sky above stretching for miles and miles. Beauty and calmness surrounded her, filling her. For a split second she thought she was dead.
But then the Doctor appeared.
He looked around, gazing at the surroundings with a bemused look on his face. He stood not too close, but not too far away from her. Then, he looked at her.
"Doctor…?" She asked, tears filling her eyes.
She stood up, staring at him, then closed the gap between them, and stood at the closeness they had at Dalig Elvstranden. She moved her hand forwards and touched him. It came as an almost shock to her system as she felt his tie, his shirt, his coat…
"Rose?" He asked, his hands latching onto hers, and her eyes came back into focus. She looked up at him, and was surprised to see a single tear roll down his face, but his blank expression didn't waver. He paused for a moment, and then pulled her into a tight hug.
"Why are you here?" She asked softly, her voice restrained, and taut with grief, identical to the voice in her head, but less filled with emotion and darkness.
"Do you care?" He asked into her ear, almost as though he was afraid to be overheard.
"Yes." She said, and then paused, "No." He smiled slightly, and they both sat down and looked out to sea. "This isn't real… is it?"
"No… it's not." The Doctor said softly, "If only it was. It's beautiful."
"I've killed… so many different…" She paused, "Species. Families. Some happy, some sad… some beautiful…. some not: I've seen them all, Doctor. Watched what they did from day to day. Then… destroyed them." She looked at the Doctor, who now bore a sad expression on his face. He looked at her,
"You can bring them back, the Bad Wolf has power to control life and death. Like you did with Jack."
"It's not that simple this time." She said, "I couldn't bring my family back."
The Doctor stared at her,
"What happened?"
"Torchwood." She snarled, her eyes darkening, but remaining their usual colour, without darkening to that black. "They… they realised who I was and… what I could become… they tried to get rid of me and my family so they wouldn't raise the alarm that I had disappeared. They failed to kill me but…"
"They didn't fail to kill your family." He finished, "Rose…"
"I unleashed Bad Wolf. I was so angry… I wanted Torchwood to pay but… Bad Wolf wanted more. Wanted everyone to die. It's been alone for thousands of millennia, just… watching everything pass by. It's been ignored since the dawn of time… and then it found me. I released it from its prison."
"And now it's unleashing all the pain it's felt. It wants to be noticed." The Doctor said softly, he looked at Rose,
"There's no hope for me, is there?" She said softly,
"There's always hope." He said, "And I promise you, I will save you from this."
Suddenly, Rose smiled. It wasn't like her old smile though. This one was much wiser, much sadder.
"You'll try."
(A/N) Well… what do we think? And what do you think should happen next? More stuff with Jack? More fluffiness with the Doctor and Rose? More Bad Wolf/Bad-ass Rose kicking butt? Possibilities are endless. And you know what? It's up to you!
