Being in the shaft was degrading – an indestructible Time Lord who had saved the Earth over and over stuck crawling through an air shaft like a rat. Not fun. Not fun at all. Finally, there was a break in the AC tunnel and he slid down. In the room that he fell into there were escape pods all over the walls. Then he looked down and saw a body. Rose's body. Rose's dead body, crumpled and helpless.
The Doctor stared at the body for a full minute, unable to believe what he was seeing. It was like his brain and his eyes were on different planets. His eyes were telling him that Rose was dead but his brain refused to believe it.
"We were going to do so much, Rose Tyler." The Doctor whispered to the corpse. "I wanted to take you to the lost moon of Poosh and Agora and Feldspoon, they have mountains that sway in the breeze at Feldspoon. We have so much to see. I … I love you, Rose. And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."
The Doctor heard a snort of laughter behind him and realised what was going on. He gave a weak laugh and said "And you're standing right behind me laughing your head off because I was sobbing over a melted wax clone."
"Yep – it was pretty hilarious." Rose Tyler – the real Rose Tyler said as he span around to face her.
"And I just made myself look stupid. How did you escape?" The Doctor asked with a smile.
"Oh, I just cried a lot and as soon as Adam's back was turned, used your sonic screwdriver on the door. Here you go." She said, tossing the sonic screwdriver to him. "How did you escape? That room looked pretty solid."
"Attempted to go through the air ducts – it worked!"
"Not completely." She replied, dusting a cobweb off of his shoulder.
"Let's get out of here." Said The Doctor
"Good idea. I have a lot of explaining to mum to do when we get home." Replied Rose
They went into one of the escape pods and flew back to Earth.
THE END