A/N--- Hey, sorry this update has taken so long. I am just sooo busy with one year old twins at the moment, and spending at least 2 hours on the treadmill everyday! So writing has had to take a backseat. Plus I had particular trouble with this chapter. I'm not overly happy with it but I will let you all be the judges. It is a lot slower and calmer, just a welcome relief from the arg of the last chapter! lol!

The Chapter is dedicated to the reviewers, and especially those who have been reviewing me for almost all chapters...you know who you are! Loves you all for that as they really motivate me to write.

Wrapped in chains, held captive within his own mind. Perhaps there was no true salvation for the lonely wanderer. He had given himself over to the one he loved. And here he was, still chained, chained to his emotions. He silently begged for Rose to be ok. But he couldn't feel her anymore. He couldn't feel her heart beating; she wasn't reaching out to him anymore. He had to get out; he had to get to her.

The Doctor struggled against his bindings more than he had done since he could remember, never before had he been so desperate to escape, no-one had ever given him a reason like Rose did. No-one had ever meant that much. She was his equal, his match, his soul was bound to hers in a way that even he could not explain or understand. He needed to reach to her. Something terrible had happened and she needed him. The Doctor could tell from what he had felt that Rose was hurt, badly and if he didn't reach her he would lose her, forever.

The Doctor stood, still chained to the wall and thought desperately for a way out. HE knew that more than anything at that second he needed to get out and get to Rose, it was his fault that she was in danger, his fault that she was hurt, his fault that she could be de…no he wouldn't let himself think that. She couldn't be. It couldn't happen.

The night slipped into day and still the Doctor stood shackled. A man approached his cell.

"It has been a turn of the second moon since you were sentenced 'Doctor' and we are ordered to release you on the condition that you leave this world and cause no more disturbance here." The man spoke with a strange accent, it sounded almost Scottish, but more foreign. The Doctor recognised the man from his capture, Almed.

As Almed moved to unlock the cuffs binding the Doctor he requested that the Doctor swear an oath of allegiance to the crown of Yandire and bind his life to his word that he would cause no further trouble for the High King or his men. The Doctor laid his hands upon Almed's, he must do it to save Rose. But what was he doing? He was letting a world destroy itself with the creation of Cybermen. He was about to walk away and do nothing, stand by as an entire people were wiped out, 'upgraded' to become heartless, soulless machines, all for the love of one little ape. His hearts were beating fast. He had to make the decision of whether to stand up and fight for a world and leave Rose to die, alone and afraid, or leave and turn his back on this world full of people just to save one life, the life of the woman he loved.

He laid his hands upon Almed's and made the vow. He swore not to take any action against the High King or his parliament and not to commit treason or make any attempt of criminal intention towards the King's greatest invention, his 'Silver Soldiers'. The Doctor felt sick as he felt the words move out of him. Each syllable weighing heavily on his hearts, could he really make this decision? Could he live with himself, with the consequences of what he was about to do?

The Doctor was released. He was given his clothes and led out of the containment centre by Almed. The sun was high in the turquoise skies of the planet and it sent a warm glow over the grasslands stretching out before him, out to the city, the metropolis of the land. It reminded the Doctor so much of being with Rose, of lying with her on New Earth, looking out to New New York, surrounded by apple grass, the sun shining down on them both, as if giving them her blessing. He remembered it all and thought more of Rose. She was so unlike anyone else, she taught him as much as he had taught her. She always fought. When everyone else runs away and hides, Rose stands tall and faces anything. Even when she knew it could bring her death, like on the GameStation, like in Torchwood in the war. But she never gave in, she would fight until the bitter end for people she would never know, who would never know her; never appreciate how valiant she was, how kind, how selfless, how she would give herself for every one of them.

The Doctor turned in his steps. Almed was watching him leave, he was not a bad man, he seemed like any other law enforcer, and he was just doing his job. But he was not cruel or vindictive. He had not been one of the men to torture the Doctor. The Doctor felt sorry for putting him in the situation, but it couldn't be helped.

"I swore of a citizen of Yandire, to be a good boy right?" The Doctor asked with just a shadow of sarcasm escaping his lips.

"You did Sir. And so as a Citizen of this great empire, you shall obey." Replied Almed, looking slightly worried by the Doctor's tone.

"Ah, well I would. I'd love to obey, but the thing is…I'm not a citizen of Yandire. I'm just a…well a traveller you could say. So your oaths bind me to nothing." He spoke slowly and steadily, his voice rolling over the highs and lows of his intonation. "I'm sorry but I can't let you all die. If you catch me again and kill me for what I'm going to do then I suppose I will deserve it…I'm letting her die for you."

With those simple words the Doctor began to run back to the Tardis, to find out where the Cybermen were being made and what he would do to stop them. He ran, alone. His hand was empty and he knew it may be empty forever, because of him.

A/N--- So what did you think? Do you agree with the Doctor or not? Who should he save? A whole civilization or the only woman he has ever loved? Should he save a world or his soulmate?

This chapter was largely about building your insight into the Doctor's mind and also about giving more calm after the last chapter. But it was also about the morality of choices. Do you save hundreds of strangers or a loved one?

Anyhow...tell me what you all think. I have loved getting all of your reviews. They really make me happy! Loves!