A/N(1): I'm so sorry! I said Human-Doctor on last chapter's A/N, but it was actually the Doctor himself. You'll get it once you read this. Again, SO SORRY FOR GIVING YOU GUYS HOPE AND THEN CRUSHING IT! BUT THAT'S HOW THE DOCTOR WHO SHOW WORKS, RIGHT?


CHAPTER 07

SENDING THE VOICE AWAY

Both her parents were desperately asking her what was wrong, but Rose had no idea. The tears just kept running down her face. It wasn't long until her head started to blast with pain again, and that was when they all decided to call Dr. Jack and take her to the hospital. They shoved her into the car, and bolted down the streets of London. In her head, she kept seeing her own face, screaming something at her, but the pain was covering up the sound, so she didn't understand anything. Once they arrived at the hospital, Dr. Jack was already waiting for them, but at the precise moment that Rose laid her eyes on him, she fainted.

-DW-

"And you said she's been dozing off? Uhum… And when did the headaches started again? The day before she was admitted the first time. Okay…"

Dr. Jack's voice was soft and far away, but was the first thing Rose heard once she woke up. She looked around dizzily, and saw that she was once more in a hospital room.

"Good Morning Rose!"

She looked up and saw Dr. Jack smiling down at her, with his blue eyes and loose dark brown hair.

"How are you feeling today?"

"Uh… A little dizzy… What happened?"

"What do you remember?"

"We were at home carving pumpkins, and I started to cry, and my headache came back stronger than ever so we came to the hospital. But I don't remember anything after that…"

"It's okay, you just fainted. Probably because of the pain. About those headaches, how long have you been having them?"

"I think… Since last week? Maybe the week before…"

"And did you take anything for them? Any pills, or homemade medication?"

"No… My mum wanted to give me some, but I refused… I assumed it was only stress or something…"

"It probably is, but just to make sure, I'm going to ask a few exams. I'll tell your parents they can come in now, okay?"

Rose agreed silently, so Dr. Jack got out of the room and a few seconds later, both her parents came inside asking her tons of different, but somehow similar, questions to which she answered as simply as she could. They didn't stay with her for long, since it was late and visiting hours were long over. Shortly after they left, a nurse came in with her supper, which was not that bad actually, and Rose ate it eagerly realizing only now how hungry she was. She sat there, with the empty plate on the end of the bed, forcing herself not to think much of anything, making the connection between her thinking and the headaches.

"You need to remember Rose…"

"No! Not you again… Go away! I'm sick of this nonsense!"

She tucked her head between her knees trying to push away the male voice that's been following her all these past days.

"I know it hurts, and Rose I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but you must trust me. You must remember me."

"NO! Leave me alone! Just let me be!"

For a few moments, it seemed that the voice had heard her, and had left her alone. But apparently he had something else to say.

"Oh Rose… My dear Rose... If this is really what you want, then I'll leave you alone. I really hope you live a brilliant life. You deserve to have a normal life… Goodbye my sweet Rose…"

She raised her head feeling her heart break a little, but as always, she was completely alone in the room. Her phone ringed in her purse, so she grabbed it to see the reason. It was an alarm that she had programmed so she wouldn't forget that her leave from the shop was over. Well, too bad. She would probably need to stay in the hospital for a few more days. By looking at her mobile, she remembered that she never heard back from Mickey.

That idiot, why would he take so long to answer her? It could have been a problem with the carrier, but she knew Mickey to well to know it wasn't.

That idiot… Mickey The Idiot…

She started laughing to herself, but stopped because the headache started again. The nurse came in and took her empty tray away, so Rose stretched her legs, placed her head on the pillow, and stayed there, looking at the white ceiling, forcing her mind to be quiet and empty. Just when she was starting to feel sleepy, her room door was opened, and Dr. Jack came in.

"Hey Rose, I managed to schedule one of your exams for now. Or do you prefer to sleep and do it tomorrow?"

Scared of having any more weird dreams with that man in the trench coat, she quickly agreed to do the exam.

"Great!" He signaled someone on the hallway, and two nurses came in, starting to drag her stretcher out the door, with Dr. Jack following them. "It's just a MRI. That stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. We're just going to lay you inside a machine that will make tons of loud noises, and we will be able to see your brain. I'll need to ask you to remove every metal that you might have on you."

Rose quickly removed her earrings, giving them to the doctor.

"And that key around your neck too."

She hesitated for a few second, forgetting that the key was still there. She undid the knot behind her neck, held the string in front of her staring at the little metal object, and handed it over to Jack.

"Don't worry, I will take very good care of it." He told her, putting the key into the front pocket of his lab coat.

By then, they were already in a large white room, with a gigantic machine in the middle. She was instructed and helped to lay down in the machine.

"Here, put these on." Dr. Jack handed her ear plugs. "These will soften the noise coming from the machine. Try to stay as still as you can, and if you need us to stop the procedure, just push this button I'm placing in your hand. I will be right there, behind that glass. See you in a few minutes."

He went away, and Rose began to be carried inside the machine, with a sudden stop. Not long after that, the noises started, not as loud as she thought they would be. She closed her eyes, and saw a huge yellowish circular room, with circular lights all around it, and weird structures that seemed like the roots of a tree coming from the floor all the way to the ceiling. She opened her eyes, and was once again inside the MRI machine. Closing her eyes again, she saw once more the same room, with the metal floor covered with small holes, and in the middle of the room was some kind of control panel, with this immense blue tube popping out of the middle of it, going all the way to the ceiling. There were metal bars circulating the entire structure, but at a distance that allowed people to walk around it with a decent amount of space. Rose climbed the ramp that lead to the control panel thingy, and saw that in one of its sides, there was a rotating armchair. The panel was not round, but had a hex format, and she walked around it, mesmerized by the amount of buttons, and handles that that thing had. But what really caught her eyes was the blue round structure in the middle. She leaned forward, and touched it. Under her fingers, she could feel the machine. It was alive! She could feel the life pumping softly beneath her hand. And it made her laugh out loud.

"How can you be in here?!"

She jumped by the sound of that voice and turned around, seeing the shape of a man in a trench coat, the man whose face she almost saw in her last dream, but his face was under a shadow, allowing her only to see his body. He was wearing a light brown trench coat, a brown striped suit, a light blue shirt, a dark blue tie, and a pair of used white Converse All-Stars.

"Who are you…?" Rose asked.

"Now you want to know?! Last time we talked, you said you wanted me to leave you alone, and now, you come after me?! Why can't you just make up your mind?!"

"I didn't mean to come here, wherever here is. I was having a MRI, and when I closed my eyes, I saw all this."

"An MRI…? Why would you need one of those?"

"I've been having some massive headaches, and fainting. It's probably stress, but they just want to be sure…"

The man stopped to talk for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice was covered in concern.

"It is not stress… I had no idea it would go this way… Stupid! Stupid me!"

"Hey, it's not your fault. Whoever you are. So, tell me. Where am I?"

"You are in my TARDIS." He said, full of pride, but with a tone that made her feel like that was the most obvious answer.

"And what is a Tardis?" She asked laughing at his enthusiasm.

Rose felt her body start to move, and opened her eyes going back to the MRI machine, and the hospital. Her exam was over. As soon as she came out of the machine, she saw Dr. Jack staring at her, with a sympathetic smile.

"So, it wasn't that bad, was it? From what I saw, there is nothing to worry about, but I'm still going to ask a few more exams just in case."

Rose wasn't paying much attention to what he was saying. She was trying to memorize everything she just saw in her head. Dr. Jack returned to her her earrings and her key while she was being pushed back into her room, leaving her in there finally alone. As soon as he and the nurses left, she grabbed her bag, picked up the blue tie, and let a broad smile cross her face. The tie in her hand was exactly the same one she saw in the man with the trench coat in the Tardis.


A\N: And here we are again! Thank you so much for your feedback!
About the tie and 3D glasses problem, I re-read my fic, and realised that I kinda explained it on chap12, so I'll get back to it when I publish it.
Thanks once more to Lindsay the narwhal for the review. :3