Hallo again! Sorry about the wait — I didn't know what to do so I decided to wait until someone gave me the answer. You can thank avatard101 for the next 2 chapters. That concludes this chapter's ramblings. 🎁 🎁
The Doctor watched as Loki led Rose away to some place unknown. Anger burned in his hands and he wanted desperately to go after them, but he had seen something that had led him to believe that this was meant to happen.
The child, the one clutched in the Chitauri's fist, had not died of strangulation. It was something far more sinister, something far too familiar, something that fueled the rage burning in his hearts.
He blinked and strode toward the TARDIS.
In the darkness it waits.
It laughed, a terrible, gargling laugh that could not merely be described with words. It watched, now in heaving silence, in the heat and the humidity and the smoke-tainted fog, that little screen, that little blurry screen that showed the happenings of Earth.
It laughed again, the same harsh laugh. So the same. Not merely similar to the one before but the same.
"Oh Doctor, little Doctor, you are merely a pawn, as I am, a pawn of my Master, for his entertainment. Soon you shall see, oh Last of the Time Lords, soon you shall see. You will find the truth about this great game and the man behind it. This great game of eternity that has you running about like an ant from its anthill. Now go on, Doctor. Rescue your precious companion, your precious little Rose, or have you already worked it out? Oh, Doctor, what great fun this will be. I am so different from my species, cursed, blessed, to see all of time and space. But it was worth it, to go into the Time War, to save him from the jaws of the Nightmare Child. You don't even know yet, you haven't done it yet. My Creator is now naught but ash. It does not matter. I serve a greater Master now. Soon you will see, Doctor, but now go and save your companion, your precious little Rose. Or have you already figured it out? Oh, Doctor, run about and save these worthless planets, amuse my Master. I will watch, and wait, until the time is right." it thought, its single blue eye fixed on the blurry little screen that showed the happenings of Earth.
The Doctor stormed into the TARDIS, throwing a lever and punching a few blinking buttons.
The TARDIS rocked.
He didn't move.
What he had to do made him suffer, but it was for the sake of Rose. His only way to save her was to destroy her hope completely.
He had to run away and leave her in the clutches of that pale-skinned lying snake.
Well, at least, make it LOOK like he was running away.
He flicked a switch and tapped something with the little hammer before he flopped down in the little spinny chair, putting a hand to his forehead.
But she would be safe.
Rose ran her bound hands along the smooth concrete walls. Not even a rusty nail to nick the ropes that bound her.
She groaned.
"Hello again, Time-Child. I trust you've been comfortable?" Loki's velvet voice was dripping with sarcasm.
Rose glared at him blindly through her blindfold.
"Wrong way, little flower." he chastised with a snarl.
She turned her head, "He said he would come for me, you thick-headed rat, and I believe that he will!" her dark eyes glittered beneath her blindfold.
"Oh, my sweet little one, you naïve child, if that were true, than why do I see his little blue box flying by?" Loki's velvet hiss echoed throughout the room and in her head.
The Doctor's little blue box. The little blue box. The little blue box.
He was leaving her to die.
'I don't believe you! I won't!" She cried.
Loki laughed.
Rose struggled against her bonds with new vigor, "Show me! Show me, you bloody rat!" She screamed.
Loki ripped off her blindfold.
From the single rough-cut window she could catch a glimpse of TARDIS blue. Something shot through the window.
A note.
Rose Tyler, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. This is an enemy I cannot face, and I can't die here. I have to take the coward's way out. I have led you, hand in hand, to your death. And I knew it would happen. I'm so, so sorry, Rose. Oh, Rose Tyler... I'm sorry.
-the Doctor.
Rose sniffed, tears dripping like jewels down her face. They glittered in the light of the TARDIS' lantern. It vanished, and she sat alone in the cold concrete room, the clicking of Loki's shoes tapering into silence.
Did you enjoy this chapter? I may not be able to update again for the rest of the week *evil smile* though I do hope you'll be patient with me. Au revoir!
-Badwolf221b