Part 9
London Town Came Crashing Down
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Rose woke happily and sat up. The scent of The Doctor made her heart skip a beat. She felt ready, alive and fresh. Weird... How one minute she was getting close to The Doctor again and then suddenly, Bad Wolf was taking over and she was at death's door.
Rose looked around The Doctor's bedroom and sighed softly. She yawned and stretched. If the world wasn't going to end soon, then maybe she'd have a shower, put on some clothes from her bedroom...
Her bedroom... She hadn't seen it in what felt like an eternity. Rose stood and fluffed The Doctor's covers down properly before padding into the corridor to find the kitchen.
It hadn't changed at all. Still the shiny black surfaces and outer-space equipment. Rose poured herself some cereal The Doctor had probably bought on an alien market and added milk to the bowl. It took her seconds to devour as she hadn't eaten in hours.
"Mmm" Rose opened the fridge and pulled the orange juice "Orange juice after almost certain death? Why not?" she smiled to herself as she downed the juice from the glass.
Now she'd shower, get changed and face this world-falling-apart thing head on. She'd always have The Doctor and that was enough. They'd save the world together.
She hoped.
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The Doctor stumbled over to the place where the TARDIS had previously stood. He stared in shock, his eyes darting all over the room.
"It's gone" The Doctor gasped "It can't be... That's impossible!".
"Doctor!" Jack cried, moving down to the couch. "Doctor!".
"Sorry" The Doctor moved over to Donna and turned to Jack "Get me the medical kit".
Gwen had Martha pinned against wall with her body.
"Have you done this before?" Martha gasped, still clasping her arm.
Gwen merely nodded "Once...".
"And?" Martha whimpered as Gwen removed her hand and held Martha's wrist tightly.
"Well..." Gwen shrugged.
"Wait, Gwen" Martha gasped, but it was too late. Gwen had grasped Martha's dislocated arm and twisted her wrist to click the shoulder back into place.
Martha's body slammed against the wall in shock and she screamed out in sheer agony.
Gwen gripped Martha's waist and pinned her against the wall again. "Hold still" Gwen told her and turned to Jack "Jack, I need the shoulder strap".
Jack raided the medical kit that The Doctor was using and handed Gwen the shoulder strap. "Ready?" Gwen asked Martha. She didn't wait for an answer and quickly hooked the shoulder strap over Martha's shoulder and still painfully sore arm.
"Shit" Martha hissed as Gwen tightened the strap, bringing the arm closer to Martha's chest.
"You'll have to hold it close to your chest" Gwen added "Helps it... Sit down, I'll get you some painkillers" Gwen rushed over to the medical kit.
The Doctor had scanned with his sonic screwdriver Donna twice and found no broken bones, fractures, sprains or anything else that was potentially dangerous.
"Is she gonnah be okay?" Jack asked The Doctor, but looking at Donna with worry.
The Doctor nodded and felt Donna's head "Lucky she didn't bleed..." he murmured "But she'll be fine... Do us a favour? See if you can make your way over to the kitchen and get a cup of tea, I've always said tea can cure anything... Anybody got any smelling salts?".
"Maybe" Ianto offered "Let me check... If I can find anything in this..." he trailed off and walked away to search.
"Martha, you okay?" The Doctor turned to see Martha, swallowing 2 painkillers with a bottle of water.
"No" Martha groaned "I'm flipping not okay! I've dislocated my shoulder, have it rejoined and now, it freaking hurts" she looked to Gwen "...Thanks, you didn't have to...".
Gwen managed a smile.
Jack hobbled through the rubble with a cup of tea as Ianto joined them again with a small glass vial. "There you go" he handed The Doctor the vial.
"Thanks" The Doctor replied, opening the vial and waving it under Donna's nose. She jerked awake, struggling to sit up. "Breathe" The Doctor told her.
Jack handed her the cup of tea and stepped back.
"What happened?" Donna grasped her head. She looked around and sipped her tea.
"The TARDIS is gone" The Doctor stood and started pacing "If Rose stays in the TARDIS, she'll be fine but... It's totally impossible... Nobody but me can fly the TARDIS... no one can move it... it's—".
"Would you stop with impossible?" Donna moaned "You've got Rose back, the world is due to end, I think we've pretty much out-did the impossible in the possible department".
The Doctor grabbed his head, fuses working already in his head "That's it!" he reached into his pocket and pulled out his TARDIS key "I've still got this! I hook this up to your GPS system and bang! TARDIS tracker" he sped over to the only computer that survived whatever the hell had attacked them and started typing furiously.
"Well" Jack shrugged "At least now we have a solid Doctor-finder... Thing".
"My head hurts" Donna groaned.
Gwen chucked her the bottle of painkillers and Donna caught it. "2 at the most" Gwen warned her "No more than that".
Donna pulled a face and down 3 painkillers, yelping as she chucked the hot tea down her throat.
"Do you need help?" Ianto stepped forwards.
The Doctor looked up "Yes" he nodded "I need the fastest transport you have... That sits... 6 people".
Ianto nodded and walked through the rubble.
"Doctor, what's the plan?" Jack asked.
"I don't have a plan" The Doctor shrugged "I wing it... As usual".
"Do you think it'll pull off this time?" Jack asked openly "Seriously, think about this... Can you save us this time?".
The Doctor turned and went back to the computer, worry creased over his face. He broke into a grin when the computer flashed red "Found it! Ianto? Got that car!? Let's go!".
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Rose had showered and changed into light blue jeans and a blue vintage short-sleeved top. Going through her old wardrobe had been over-whelming and tough. All those old memories came flooding back to her.
She had also dried and crimped her hair, applied very light make-up and chosen black converses. Okay, so looking good while impending death for the earth wasn't high on the importance list but it her Doctor. They were reunited. Over the worst.
Been torn apart and brought back together. Twice. Rose padded towards the console and reached out to touch it warmly "I missed you too, girl" Rose whispered.
The TARDIS hummed back softly and Rose smiled. She laughed nervously "I feel like I've known The Doctor all my life and now... I feel a school girl who has a crush on an alien".
The TARDIS suddenly flashed red and Rose jerked back, frowning "What's wrong? Has something happened? Is The Doctor okay?".
The TARDIS flashed red again and Rose glanced to the doors. She darted towards them and walked out onto London, right next to the London Eye.
"Oh my god" Rose gasped, looking around "Where's..." she walked out and heard the TARDIS doors slam shut "No!" she turned and banged on the door, trying to get in; attracting looks from walkers by.
The TARDIS had locked her out. Great. She began to run. Look for anything.
Then, like a slap on the face; she saw The Doctor, his lips pressed fully to Martha's. Tears welled in her eyes but they were soon replaced with the glowing light of Bad Wolf.
"No" Rose gasped. But it was too late. Bad Wolf had taken over.
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The black Torchwood car pulled up at a busy London corner. The Doctor was out of there first, followed by a sore Martha and weak Donna. Jack told Ianto and Gwen something and jumped out, letting them drive away.
"Split up" The Doctor told them "Donna and Jack go that way, me and Martha will try the London Eye" he marched off, Martha following after him.
Donna and Jack went the other way.
"Where is she?" The Doctor muttered.
"Doctor, I can't take it anymore" Martha stopped him.
"What's wrong?" The Doctor frowned "Your arm?".
"No" Martha shook her head "I need to say this to you and I need you to listen".
"Martha" The Doctor sighed "This isn't really a good time right now—".
"I'll be quick" Martha interrupted, sighing deeply "When I first met you... My dream came true and I found someone who was adventurous and amazing and wonderful... And all the things we've seen together... It made me realise...".
The Doctor waited.
"How I feel about you" Martha finished quietly "I could tell you... I could say a million words but... I think I should show you" and right there and then, Martha Jones pressed herself into The Doctor and kissed him square on the lips.
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"No" Rose gasped. It was too late. Bad Wolf was taking over. Something in her had snapped. The pain that had broken her heart in two was too much for her and suddenly Bad Wolf had risen, anger erupting.
Rose watched as The Doctor had shoved Martha off and then he had saw Rose. Tears streaked down her face and eyes glowing the eternal light. He had saw her. Saw her pain and began running towards her like nothing else mattered.
"No!" Rose screamed, she raised her hands and power shot off them and into the ground. London began to shake and everybody and everyone was flung into the air, on the ground, onto everything.
The Doctor gaped. He finally got it.
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Donna and Jack collapsed as London rumbled beneath them. "What the flipping heck was that!?" Donna cried.
Jack turned her around and they caught a glimpse of a bright shining light.
"Bad Wolf!" Jack cried. He grabbed Donna's hand and they ran towards the light.
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