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I am calling Bad Wolf a 'she' because it is Rose Tyler, ok? If you don't like it well...meh!
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Erin was watching, patiently for a child of five. Watching and waiting for and sign that her mummy was going to wake up. They had been thrown into the strange room ages and ages ago, and her mummy hadn't moved. She hadn't moved since the horrid men had stopped making her scream, and Erin was scared. She had tried to go to her, to crawl to her and comfort her, to make her better, but there was funny coloured see-through wall between them, and it had made her fingers sting when she had touched it.
So she sat, centimetres away from the wall, staring through it to her mummy, watching and waiting for her to wake up. Because she would wake up. She would. She would!
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Bad Wolf opened one eye carefully. She had shut away as much of the pain as it could, the remnants were still agony, but it was bearable. To Bad Wolf anyway. As soon as the body of Rose Tyler shifted however, there was a small scream.
'Mummy!' Erin was crying, and Bad Wolf felt a feeling of compassion and a longing to protect this small child. She shifted again, wincing as the pain ripped through their body. Ignoring it best as possible, Bad Wolf gingerly moved over to the glimmering barrier separating her from Rose's child. Remembering Rose's last words before she sank into the back of her mind, Bad Wolf spoke.
'Erin, shush, sweetie, it's ok. I'm alright.' Erin quieted slightly at the sight of her mother moving and her reassurances. There was also a familiar and comforting golden glow to her eyes, and Erin sat still, her deep blue eyes watching her mother's every move. But she made a slight whimpering noise when the excitement of her mother being awake again faded, and she remembered the strange creatures and the creepy uncomfortable room.
'What are they mummy?' she whispered, fear staining her voice. 'Why did they hurt you? I tried to make them stop but they wouldn't!' Erin's face bore a pleading expression, begging Rose to make it better.
'I want to go home!' Bad Wolf felt Rose listening, and she felt overwhelmed by the emotions pouring from her. Guilt overrode everything else. Guilt that she had let someone take her daughter. Guilt that Erin had had to see what the Wraithir had done to her. Guilt that there was nothing she could do. She couldn't even talk to her, but had to rely on Bad Wolf to calm her and reassure her. Bad Wolf could feel her wishing and praying and hoping that Erin wouldn't have to watch her mother die.
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As soon as Hope stepped outside, the Wraithir had surrounded her. They filled her vision, a swirling black haze, dancing and forever shifting. Her fear rose in her throat, but she pushed it firmly back down, and lifted her chin, putting on a brave face, trying to think what her mother would do, what her father would do. Hell, even what Jack would do! She stood for several minutes, silent and still, waiting. Waiting for her to think of something, or for them to do something. She wasn't quite sure which.
But her waiting was soon over as the twisting shapes of the Wraithir parted, revealing much more solid looking figures that were drifting closer to her. They formed a triangular formation, but the being at the head of the group was taller, more intimidating. Hope clasped her trembling hands together, and raised her head so she could look into the leader's face.
'I want...' Hope stopped and cleared her throat, taking a moment to calm her shaking voice. When she resumed speaking, her voice was clear and strong. 'I demand you give my mother and my sister back to me!' The leader cocked it's head at her, and an evil, cold grating laugh echoed back at her.
'They of no use. Only you.' Hope was confused.
'Not me. You took my sister. I saw you! If you want me why didn't you just take me then?'
'You protected. First child Bad Wolf and Time Lord. Protection.' Hearing these words, a slight tingle of confidence grew within her. Surely if she was protected, then they wouldn't do anything to her? But her confidence was slashed at the being's next words.
'You come here willingly. You not leave until we say.' Hope went to laugh, but fear erupted when she found she couldn't. She couldn't move, and could barely speak. Fear shone through her eyes as she realised she had walked straight into their trap. The Wraithir leader laughed mockingly at her struggles.
'You no so protected here. Air around stops.' It stepped closer to her, and Hope had no choice but to look straight into it's swirling black eyes. She felt herself getting light headed and dizzy, and from somewhere in the distance she heard the being speak again.
'You help us. We gain protection.' A spike of alarm shot through her, but she barely felt it, her senses dimming, becoming muted. Her heartbeat was slowing.
She was losing.
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Lucien watched through the monitor, desperation gripping him as he watched Hope succumb to the Wraithir mind control. He took a startled step back, momentarily surprised when something flashed onto the monitor. Writing. He bent closer, eyes screwed up as he struggled to read the tiny print. But his expression grew incredulous as he read, and soon it turned to excitement. Letting out a yell of delight, he ducked down and tore off one of the panels covering part of the TARDIS wiring.
Pausing a moment, and saying a quiet apology to the Doctor, Lucien reached in, and cut one of the wires carefully, thanking his mother under his breath for buying him his penknife for Christmas. He pulled and grinned in relief as a long length of wire was pulled from it's coil around the base pillar of the TARDIS. He ran to the door, then paused.
'On my signal?' he said, looking up at the pillar. He felt the TARDIS thrum a response, and then before he could back out, Lucien pulled open the door and stepped out, making sure to keep the door open. The sight that met him made him pause momentarily. But not for long. He was kicked back into action as the Wraithir began to drift towards him. Stumbling back slightly, he turned his head and yelled back into the TARDIS.
'NOW!' The response was immediate. There was a surge, and a burst of a silver /grey energy poured out. The Wraithir screamed and shrieked in agony, as everywhere where the energy touched burnt, as though it was scorching something solid.
The Wraithir scattered, and Lucien yelled in delight. The yell died in his throat though as the energy spluttered and fell to a trickle. He looked back up, and his breath caught , his eyes opening wide. He took another step back, but was unable to take any more before the Wraithir leader raised the weapon it had threatened Rose with before and fired.
The shot hit him squarely in the chest, and as he fell solidly against the TARDIS, he heard Hope scream. It had worked. His plan had worked. Hope was free of the control. The pain flared in his chest, then a different sort of blackness invaded his vision, and he closed his eyes.
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The Doctor rubbed his eyes in slight disbelief. He knew, of course, that Jack's beloved ship would try as hard as it could to get them to the Shadow World, but to actually get there, and so quickly, was amazing. He held on as Jack carefully negotiated the ship through the dense, inky upper atmosphere of the planet, their vision practically nil.
There was a dull thud as it the ship landed, and the two men glanced at each other, slightly unsure of what was going to greet them. The Doctor picked up a weapon, grinning slightly as Jack picked up the biggest gun there. The American ex-Time Agent shrugged and grinned.
'Shall we?' he asked the Doctor, who smiled, and motioned with his arm.
'After you!'
'Why thank you!' Jack pressed the door release, and the pair waited in tense anticipation as the ramp lowered. They stepped down together, then stopped dead. No matter what they had expected it hadn't been this. Jack stared in horror as he watched his only child struck in the chest by a bolt of jagged energy. He screamed as Lucien fell with a thud against the TARDIS. He dropped the weapon and ran.
The Doctor in disbelief and horror as he watched Hope scream in agony and fear as Lucien was struck, and his eyes widened as a familiar golden glow began to shine from her eyes. He took a step back, as she raised her arms,.
Then all hell broke loose.
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