BURNING LIKE THE SUN
Hello there! This is the transcription of my own story 'Burning like the sun' currently in progress. The story start when the third season ends with some changes on my own. Let me know about any mistake that I should fix.
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VII
He really hoped that his assumptions were correct and that the brightness of the body of Rose was a good sign, or at least that indicated that he was right. Anyway, he could not help smiling to observe her. Her eyes were fixed on her hands, admiring the glow that emanated. She was still awake, which meant something good.
Even from where he stood, the Doctor could feel the heat emitted by the body of his friend. Clearly not have the same intensity that it had just before she woke up, but still was not something that could be overlooked.
"Well, you're smiling, so I assume this is not bad".
Rose's voice was heard in little more than a whisper as she spoke to the Doctor, but still her eyes did not move from her hands. Sure her hands was not all of her shining, her whole body was. Even not having her in front of him the Doctor could see the golden glint in her eyes.
And now back to her words, not bad did not mean that was a good thing, but there was no reason to put her even more nervous than she already should be. Why say that there was a slight chance that his assumptions were wrong and that her body was about to implode in just a few seconds? No, definitely there was no more reason to disturb Rose.
Before speaking, again pressed a button on his sonic screwdriver and Rose's body instantly stopped shining. It was then when shaking her head slightly raised her eyes to the Doctor. There was no fear in them, but neither could see her happy.
"Well, what was that all about?"
"Huon particles".
"Okay..." her eyes urged him to continue.
"They are... Oh, well no matter what they are, what matters is that your body is full of them. I can activate them with this" said shaking a bit the sonic screwdriver in his hands. "And the best part is that I was not trying to activate the particles in your body, but of the Tardis, which leads to the second part of the story".
Andthere it is again, Rose thought as she watched the twinkle in his eyes that appeared only when something liked him, when he was facing some kind of complicated problem, or some new technology or some freak as she was now. But how to be offended when after all he was trying to help?
"Does that explain why I'm a zombie?" asked Rose.
"It could..." and only then he realized the words of his friend. "Zombie?" he laughed. "That is good. No. I mean yes, it could explain part of the story. My theory is that you're connected to the Tardis and she is making your body work for you, like spare batteries that are not even in you. The presence of the Tardis in this world made your body will begin to function as well as he could, but considering that react when I touched you, it means that my own connection with the Tardis served to... turn you into... some sort of... zombie".
"So if you had not come, I'd still dead".
"Probably, yes".
"Now what?"
"Like I said before, the energies of the Tardis are very low in this universe, and three miles may not be enough to ... you completely reload".
"It means ... must I get into the Tardis?"
"It means that to get that your body back to normal you should return to your universe, Rose, I'm not sure how long you can be here without it affecting you completely".
"You mean if I stay here much longer I'll stop being a zombie to simply become a corpse".
"I mean... Yes, that's exactly what I mean".
Rose went down her eyes again to her hands and breathed deeply trying to relax, just to remind herself to breathe was no longer necessary. And if she waited long enough then it would never be necessary.
Seeing above could not be said to have as many problems as long as Doctor theory were correct, but who would not put all points in his favor after meeting him. But if Rose analyzed the situation realized many things. She really wanted to return to her own universe, but this way? What would happen to her family, her friends, with the whole planet? What would happen with the Sontaran? Not that she would have been very helpful so far, but that did not mean she did not care about what was happening. She could not just turn her back on all that and get away, even if it meant moving away to be with the Doctor.
If she was going to leave that place should first ensure that the earth was to be safe. It could not be otherwise.
"Sounds like trouble" she said finally raising her eyes to the Doctor, with a smile on her face. For the first time with that phrase everything seemed normal again.
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When Peter Tyler stepped off the elevator with his son still in his arms, the first thing he saw as he walked to the end of the hallway was his wife sitting in a chair with her head in her hands, Mickey leaning against the opposite wall with his eyes placed on the door, arms crossed over his shoulders, and a complete stranger sitting on the floor, looking toward the door with worried look.
No sign of the Doctor in sight, so surely must be with Rose, the girl should be who had come with the Doctor, and so far everything understandable. What Pete could not understand was why their faces. Everyone seemed preoccupied, as if something was happening there and none of them could do anything. He wondered if the Doctor would be fine, if finally seeing Rose's body would have gotten affect him. Nobody can be so strong, not even an alien almost a thousand years old.
"What happened?" Was the first thing he could ask.
Jackie's eyes got up and he could see that they were red from crying. Without even answering, the woman stood up from her chair and went straight to her son and her husband. Her arms were wrapped around them as she began to mourn again.
"Jackie, what happened?" asked more worried now. Perhaps the question sounded stupid in the circumstances, because things were not exactly right in any sense. But Jackie had been relatively stable the last time he had seen her. She had ceased to mourn, and that was saying a lot. He did not understand what it was that might have changed now.
"Something happened with Rose" said pressing her face against his chest and still mourn.
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"Okay, so the plan is to get out of here and run back to the Tardis to bring her up here as long as you can make her work so that she get here".
Not even Rose came to believe that this could actually work, but the Doctor was still smiling, now sitting in a chair in front of her. He looked confident in what he said, like always. Although the plan was not fully developed in his head, confident that at the last minute would think how to fix those little details that could potentially go wrong.
But Rose was not at all convinced.
"Easy, right?" He said with a smile.
"There's a war outside, how can all this be easy?"
"Martha, Mickey and I have just come from there, and look at me, I'm better than ever!" ended with a smile, which completely disappeared with the next question of Rose.
"Martha?"
"What?"
"You said Martha ... Who is Martha?"
"Did I say Martha?"
"Doctor" her voice did not sound angry, but clearly meant it was enough of evasions.
"Martha is a friend, she travel with me, traveled with me. They were only a couple of months, but would be just days counting time on earth, not counting the year that never happened. She was already going and then the Tardis went crazy and brought us here. Probably she felt you were in trouble and wanted to come and help, even though it may sound a little weird. Which means that your connection with the Tardis should be extremely strong. But, how? That is the question, how was the connection. Well, may be related ... extremely related to what happened in the game station, but I could swear that at that time I took all of you. I absorbed all the vortex with my body, but apparently something was inside you. Well, that's obvious now".
"Okay, stop" Doctor's mouth shut and his eyes focused on Rose, who did not know whether to scream or just start laughing. "Just wondered who was Martha, okay? No need to get nervous" added in a whisper, looking away, knowing that he would listen.
"I'm not ... I do not get nervous".
"Yeah, of course" she laughed, and with it went down the foot of the bed and put them on the floor. She was still barefoot. And had to admit, a part of her was afraid of falling when standing. Could walk without problems? Are the energies of the Tardis in this universe would be enough to let her do that? Long as they consider the theory of the Doctor as correct. But she didn't lose anything by trying, after all, could not get further from the ground.
With a deep breath and almost a jump she stood up. Her legs twitched a bit due to the long time of being inactive, and just at the moment when she thought she was going to fall to the ground, the Doctor's arms clung to her. Their eyes met again and Rose could see that he looked worried. But she was not. Now another thought crossed her mind. His hands in her arms, even preventing she from falling to the ground -although she doubted that such an occurrence- sent a strange power that had covered her body from head to toe in just a few seconds. The energy was so strong in the first time, that she was sure her heart was beating at least once.
"Are you okay?" He asked, and she could do nothing but smile.
She had felt alive for a moment, alive again. She had to hold on to that feeling to put her legs firm and gently remove the Doctor's arms. Realizing what she wanted, he stepped back and let her on her own. At least she had not fallen. Rose was sure she could do it, and without waiting began to move her legs. First raising one, then the other, taking a few simple steps to one side and the other. And finally, when she thought it could do, began to jump, while she began to laugh.
"Jumping for your life, remember, Doctor?" She said laughing.
He just smiled. Rose had not changed at all, at least not since the last time he had seen her and preferred her a thousand times like this. No more dead than alive, but laughing instead of with tears in her eyes.
That last meeting came to his head like the things that were said, and the things unsaid too. Definitely he was a coward, or at least that's what he thought. Rose had told him that she loved him, and he had not been able to say anything. If that was not a coward, then what was?
And despite all the major problems they had in front, he could not stop thinking about if she still felt what she felt at that moment for him. Had it been long enough for her to stop feel that? He was not even sure how much time had passed for him. He could not even be sure how long he had been with Martha. The whole point was to lose track of time, even if it was virtually impossible for a Time Lord, but apparently he had done at some point.
But there was definitely more important things to think about in that moment.
"Jackie and Mickey are out there" he just said, and with those words managed to Rose stop laughing and stay frozen in place.
On one hand she wanted to open the door, run out and hug her mom. She imagined what it must have been hard for her to see her dead in that bed. She did not even know now that she was alive... or something like that. She wanted to hold her tight and whisper in her ear that everything was going to be okay even if she could never be sure of that. And on the other side was Mickey, the brave Mickey who should insurance be blaming himself for what she had done. As if he was the culprit. Rose did not hesitate for a second to get that shot through him, and was sure she would do it again if that opportunity arises, but she really hoped it did not happen. She had already died once that day, a countdown was saying that maybe the second was found at the end of the day -or how long the Doctor considered that she had to return to her universe-, therefore did not have to add in the middle of both one third death to re-complicate things or to do it even more.
"What do they know?" Asked trying to get back to the reality of the moment.
"About what?"
"About what happened to me".
"Now?" she nodded. "Look, this is what happened: we came to see you, I ... I touched you..." said vaguely, avoiding talking about the little kiss, "you started to glow and then I told them to leave the room".
"Why?" she asked confused.
"Why, what?"
"Why did you tell them to leave the room?"
"Your body was burning, the room was getting hotter, and I was a ninety-eight percent sure it was not harmless".
Okay, Rose thought, trying to make sense of the situation. Again thinking about the possibility that it was all just a dream. But she could not do more to discard that option now. Her imagination was not enough to give much material. The story was too much like a reality that she was living with the Doctor.
"Well... I'm cold now" said crossing one arm with the hand, avoiding the wrist to not think that she had no pulse. Her skin was more than cold, there was no blood through her body, because there was not a heart that will drive it; she literally was cold as a corpse.
"Yeah" the Doctor said with a smile, "for now" and without another word walked to the door, without turning his back to her and get to put his hand on the doorknob. "Let's go see Jackie" said still smiling as he opened the door and Rose took a step toward him.
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Now five people were waiting in the hallway outside the room. Four of them confused, and a kid who not even came to understand what it was that had happened to her sister. Now it was Tony who was sitting on the floor, playing with a small toy that he always carried in recent days. Mickey was still in the same place where he had been to arrive Pete. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler were embraced half sitting in the chairs in front of the bedroom door. And Martha ... Martha Jones went back and forth from side to side of the aisle, not knowing what to think.
Well she could not understand anything of what had happened in that room, but she really hoped that the Doctor was all right. It was she who had insisted a couple of times to take a look and make sure everything went well. Or does anyone perhaps worried that Rose's body had begun to glow and burn and that the Doctor had stayed at the precise location of the problem? The Doctor could be just a pile of ashes at the time and still nobody was doing anything.
But the three people around blind faith in the Doctor, no matter what, not even knowing what it was that was going on with Rose, their daughter and friend. Apparently none of them had much more to lose.
But what would she do if she lost the Doctor? Furthermore stay clear of locked in another universe with people who did not know and in the middle of a war. She understood very well that her thoughts could be a little selfish, but no one could blame her for the fear she felt.
She was about to open her mouth again to emphasize again open the door even a little bit to see how things were going in, and was prepared to take the counter to all their actions if they should oppose. Nevertheless nothing it was needed.
The door opened in one second, and there was the Doctor, better than ever, watching them all with a smile.
"Hello" he said, still smiling.
Jackie and Pete stood up instantly and approached him. Mickey moved a little behind them, and when Martha was to approach the cry of Jackie stopped her. Without waiting another second the woman had come running into the room, staying out of sight, Pete's eyes showed more than surprise, and even when Martha thought that the act had been unconscious, Mickey took enough steps back to be attached to the wall again.
Nothing made sense to her until she heard a voice she had never heard before.
"Mom, please, you're going to break me".
"Jackie, we don't want to break Rose" the Doctor said even without losing his smile, as if he were talking to a baby.
"Oh, shut up" Jackie said turning back to the field of view of Martha, and approaching the Doctor to give him a big kiss on the cheek. "What did you do? Oh, who cares..." said kissing him again, now his other cheek.
After that it was Pete's turn to enter the room.
Martha did not know what to do or think, and just as the idea of leaving them all alone crossed her head the doctor left the room and went straight to Mickey.
"You should get in" he said, erasing his smile for just a moment.
Mickey nodded, returning to life his body was lost also in the room. After that the Doctor turned to Martha smiling.
"So" she said in almost a whisper, leaning against a wall and a half step away from the door. "Is she alive?"
"Technically" he said resting his body next to Martha. The smile did not disappear, but she could not finish understand what it was. And obviously the "technically" did nothing but confuse her.
The silence became between them while still listening to the voices in the room. Excited voices. Martha lowered her sight to the floor and Tony moves caught her attention, just lay there, playing with his toy, really unaware of what was happening around him.
The Doctor kept her eyes for a second to find the baby, and then turned back to her with the puzzled look. Martha noticed it, but ignored the implied question in his eyes.
"Is everything all right now?"
"No" he said laughing. "Absolutely not".
The voices inside the room fell silent for a second, and then the Doctor and Martha turned toward the door.
A young blond, barefoot and wearing a simple clothes appeared before them and her eyes went quickly to the Doctor.
"Hey, I think I have a better plan" she smiled until she noticed the presence of Martha. Her eyes strayed to her, the smile disappeared and her head tilted just slightly to the side as she watched her. "I guess you are Martha".
Nicepresentation, Martha thought before answering.
"And I suppose you're Rose".
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Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay! Many studies.
Well, I hope you likethe chapter andgive me your opinionon it.
Thanks for reading!
I'mworking onthe translationof the next chapter. Sorry for all the mistakes that you could find.
