Chapter Ten; The Beast Returns

The next morning the doctor and Rose awoke to the smell of flapjacks cooking. "Ah good morning you two, I see you're finally awake. You were sleeping down there the whole night." Mickey told them as Rose gave a great big yawn and a stretch while the doctor rubbed his face before yawning and stretching himself.

"Anyway, you'll never guess what I found." He continued.

"What's that?" Rose asked him.

"I'll show you later after breakfast." He told her when suddenly Jack walked past them.

"Good morning you two." He teased playfully as Rose rolled her eyes.

"Jack, leave them alone and help me cook the jacks!" Sarah snapped.

"Well, that sounds a little awkward don't you think?" he questioned as Rose laughed.

"You remind me of my uncle James." She told him.

"I see, well is that a good thing or a bad thing?" he asked her as she stifled another laugh.

"It's good. He's just like a big kid inside." She answered.

"Hm, that sounds like he's a long lost relative of mine." He said with a grin as he winked at her before he walked away as Rose just simply grinned and shook her head while rolling her eyes again.

"Even though it's in a different way, I know he loves you." Mickey told her.

"I know and so does he." She said referring to the doctor. "I admit, it's sort of nice having a father figure around. I never even had a dad before." She said.

"Well, how would you feel about having a brother? I mean even though I can't be your boyfriend anymore doesn't mean that I don't want to be a part of your life. I still love you, it's just more like having a little sister around that I can totally harass, which I admit that that wouldn't be such a bad thing." He told her as she grabbed the doctor's sonic screwdriver and stormed over to him pointing it at his neck.

"Try me." She warned.

"Uh, what on earth are you doing?" Mickey said as he moved it away from him with his finger when suddenly a huge grin emerged onto her face.

"I haven't had the slightest idea." She admitted with a shake of her head before they both busted out laughing.

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Later on after breakfast the doctor and Rose followed Mickey inside the woods. "Would you keep up already!?" Mickey cried as he and the doctor stopped and turned around to look behind him.

"Rose, darling are you alright? You look terrible. It's like you saw a ghost or something." He told her.

"No." she moaned with a shake of her head. "I don't feel well." She said before she collapsed onto her knees and grabbed ahold of her stomach.

"Oh my God." The doctor said as he rushed over to her and bent down beside her while Mickey watched him fearfully.

"Doctor," he began. "Doctor what's wrong with her?" he asked him anxiously.

"I dunno. Rose, Rose please sweetheart speak to me and tell me what's wrong." He told her as she tilted her head back and gave a great shriek of pain. "Rose!" the doctor cried frantically as he felt his hearts pounding against his chest. She continued to scream in agony as she fell flat on her back on top of the ground while an invisible force pushed her violently. "WHO'S EVER DOING THIS STOP!" he shouted on the top of his lungs. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" he hollered when suddenly it stopped and Rose burst into tears.

"Doctor! Doctor help!" she cried as he scooped her up inside his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Shh,.. it's alright now your safe." He told her as he kissed the top of her head.

"Doctor, what's happening to me?" she asked him as his eyes widened at the sight of black marks slowly appearing onto her skin.

"No." he said in a horrified whisper as Rose's eyes shut tightly before she shot them back open again.

"He is awake." She said in a deep demonic voice.

"GET OUT OF HER YOU BLOODY BASTARD!" The doctor shouted as Rose continued to shriek while she closed her eyes again and struggled to fight it. "Listen Rose, you have to listen to me. It's only taking control of you because it knows it can. You have to fight it." He told her as her eyes snapped open again.

"FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!" the demonic voice yelled at him before she closed her eyes again and screamed while she shook with fright and breathed heavily. That's when the doctor shot a worried look up at Mickey who knelt down next to them.

"Please Rose, you have to listen to him. I know you're in there somewhere. The doctor needs you, and so do I." he told her as Rose gave out another cry of pain and continued to shake for a moment while turning her head from side to side until suddenly her eyes opened.

"Doctor?" she questioned while trying to catch her breath.

"Oh Rose," he began as he hugged her tightly to his chest. "thank God you're alright. You scared the living daylights out of me." He told her as she began to cry again. "Shh,.." he whispered as he rubbed her back soothingly and kissed her forehead. "It's alright, it's all over. Its gone now." He told her.

"No it's not." She began as he broke the embrace and ran his fingers through her hair as she took a deep breath. "I know where it is, and how to get Mum back. It didn't follow us here we followed it." She explained.

"What are you talking about?" Mickey asked her.

"Mickey, what were you planning on showing us before it attacked me?" she asked him.

"It was just a_" he began. "a gigantic hole in the ground." He realized.

"We're here. This is its territory. A portal to the Satan pit." She said.