A/N: So I just finished my 30 page poetry project, TWO DAYS EARLY! That's like a new record for me! Normally all my amazing assignments are popped out the day before. Fingers crossed that I get an A+!
Anyways, since that humongous writing assignment is out of my way now, I was able to write this next chapter. I PROMISE I'll explain everything in later chapters, for now I'm just drawing out the drama.
Some of the dialogue comes from The Runaway Bride. Basically, if you recognize it, it was Russell T. Davies.
Enjoy...
Chapter Nine:
Comatose
Both the Doctor and Jack gaped at Donna for a moment before the Doctor said, "It doesn't matter! Jack give her," he gestured to Donna, "The briefing. I'm getting Rose to the infirmary!"
"Tell me where I am!" the bride screeched. "I demand you to tell me WHERE AM I?"
"Don't worry, sweetheart," Jack flirted, "I'll tell you everything you need to know."
"Are you flirting with me?" the bride asked, "You better bloody not be flirting with me! I'm about to get married!"
"Well, you haven't made that commitment yet-"
"Jack! Stop flirting!" the Doctor exclaimed picking Rose up bridal style, "Just tell her where she is and help her calm down."
"Calm down!? You think I'm gonna bloody calm down?! You just kidnapped me before my wedding! Did Nerys tell you to do this? WHERE AM I!?"
The Doctor raced off with Rose in his arms, leaving Jack with the distressed bride.
...
The Doctor plopped Rose unceremoniously onto the examination table and started running every scan he could get his hands on.
"Sorry," the Doctor muttered before sticking a needle into the crook of her arm. He got proper nutrition for a human pumping through the IV and then grabbed the stethoscope.
Buh Buh Buh Boom.
The Doctor pulled back and listened to Rose's heartbeat again.
Buh Buh Buh Boom.
"That can't be right!" the Doctor exclaimed to no one. He propped the unconscious Rose up and quickly did a scan.
Two hearts.
Somehow, Rose had turned into a Time Lord.
...
"Where'd he go!? Where am I?! TELL ME WHERE I AM!?"
Jack gazed on the crazed bride for a minute before answering her question, "You're on the TARDIS."
"The what?"
"The TARDIS."
"The what?"
"The TARDIS!" Jack exclaimed.
"The what?"
"IT'S CALLED THE TARDIS!" Jack yelled to the thick bride.
"That's not even a proper word!"
"Look," Jack said, "It stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. TARDIS, see?"
"What's time and dimensional space gotta do with you kidnapping me on my wedding, eh?" the Bride asked.
"Nothing," Jack said, "I have no idea how you got in here."
"Naw," the bride said, "This has got Nerys written all over it. Oh my god, she's finally got me back. Are you working for her then? Are you working for-"
"Look, I have no idea who you're talking about," Jack interrupted, "But we, the Doctor and I, don't work for anyone. Ok? We don't want you to be here, trust me."
"I don't bloody care!" the Bride screamed, "I'm getting outta here! And I'm going to my wedding!"
With that the bride turned and marched to the double doors.
"Oh no!" Jack exclaimed. "Don't open-"
But the bride opened the door. She gave a muffled scream and stared out at the vast expanse of space.
"Listen to me," Jack said, "You're in space, in a ship called the TARDIS, which can travel in time and space. I don't know how you got in here, but trust me the Doctor will take you home to your wedding as soon as possible."
"How am I breathing?" the Bride asked softly.
"The TARDIS has shields, she's keeping the air in," Jack said walking up the ramp to where Donna was standing. He plopped down on the edge of the TARDIS and dangled his feet over the edge, "C'mon," Jack said patting the spot next to him. The bride hesitated then sat next to him.
"What's your name?" Jack asked.
"Donna," the bride said, "Your's?"
"Jack," Jack said, "And, this may seem strange, but what species are you?"
"Species?!" Donna exclaimed, "What d'you mean?"
"Ok, I'm Jack, a human from the 51st century," Jack said, "You?"
Donna relaxed a little, "Um, Donna, a human from the 21st century. How about the other two?"
"The Doctor is a species called Time Lords, he owns this ship, and Rose, the blonde, is a human from 2005, London," Jack said.
"So this really travels in time?" Donna asked.
"Yep!" Jack said happily.
"Oh my god," Donna whispered, "Did I travel in time? Am I not in 2006?"
"Not anymore, no," Jack said.
"But you can take me back, right?" she asked, "Because if you don't, I bloody swear-"
"We'll be able to get you back," Jack assured the bride before she could work up to a rant again.
Before Donna could respond with a snarky remark, one of her shoes fell off and started floating away, "My shoe!" Donna exclaimed.
"What?" Jack asked.
"MY SHOE!" Donna yelled again trying to grab it. Jack laughed as he saw the floating shoe plummeting towards the nearest planet.
"It looks like the Bank of Karabraxos just got an interesting meteor," Jack joked.
Donna slapped him.
"Hey!" Jack yelled holding a hand up to his face.
"These shoes cost a hundred pounds!" Donna yelled.
"Well then, before we drop you off at your wedding, I'll make sure you get a new pair of shoes."
"I'm holding you to that, Time Boy!"
"Time agent, actually..."
...
"ROSE!" The Eleventh Doctor yelled as loud as he could.
Tears sprung to his eyes, he had lost Rose, again. Who knew if he could get her back this time?
The Doctor bounded away towards the console room, he didn't care if he had to rip apart the entire universe, he was going to find out what just happened and get his Rose back.
The Doctor tapped on the monitor and tried to figure out what had happened. Five minutes ago, huon particles had decided to surround Rose.
"I knew that," The Doctor growled hitting the monitor. This only made the monitor go fuzzy for a minute before popping back into focus with the same information displayed.
"Ok, if you can't tell me WHY the huon particles surrounded her, tell me where they came from."
"But that's impossible," the Doctor said glaring at the screen, "Recalculate."
The screen went blank for a moment and popped back up.
"No!" The Doctor exclaimed, "The only huon particles left in the entire universe are in the TARDIS! You can't be telling me that these huon particles came from somewhere else!"
The monitor profoundly refused to show the Doctor what he wanted to see.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DOES THAT MEAN!?" the Doctor yelled in blind rage.
He pushed the scanner away from him and yelled at the TARDIS, "If your calculations are correct, then the huon particles came from another TARDIS, and THERE ISN'T ONE LEFT IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!"
He pulled the scanner back and huffed when it displayed the same thing.
"Ok," he reasoned with the scanner, "If the huon particles came from another TARDIS, scan the area for one. If there was one in this area in the last hour, you should pick up the traces."
The monitor showed a big, fat zero and the Doctor exclaimed in triumph, "See?! No other TARDISes. Your calculations don't make sense."
The scanner calculated again and put up another batch of results.
"Ok, fine! The particles came from another TARDIS," the Doctor admitted grudgingly looking at the string of numbers and dots, "But how- oh. Was there a breach to the void in the last half hour or so?"
The monitor put up another batch of numbers, this time with color.
"One psychic link sent through the Void twenty minutes ago, and one batch of huon particles ten minutes later," the Doctor sighed, "The psychic link must be what was in Rose's head, connected to Jack? Hmm, she said she heard Jack's voice... And the Huon particles must be from my TARDIS in the other dimension. They tacked onto Rose's life substance. It would have been natural for the huon particles to tack onto Rose since they've already been in her before when she looked into the heart of the TARDIS."
The Doctor sighed and rubbed at his eyes tiredly, "And look at me, daft old man talking to no one..."
The TARDIS hummed as if to say 'I'm here', but the Doctor ignored it.
Sometimes it was easier to pretend he had no one in the world left who cared about him.
...
The tenth Doctor gazed at the test results... Doubled brain activity, respiratory bypass system, two hearts... Rose seemed to be 100% Time Lord- erm Lady.
"Rose?" the Doctor whispered, "I don't know how you got here or why you're like me, but I promise, I will make sure you're safe. Wake up Rose? Please?"
But Rose remained motionless. The Doctor sighed and took her hand into his, "Rose, please wake up. I need to tell you something really important, and I've been too afraid to say it before now..."
The Doctor sighed and looked away from Rose's slumbering figure as tears clouded his eyes. He didn't see Rose's mouth open to let the golden energy seep out of her body.
A/N: I know, I know... I'm a terrible person for not giving an explanation on how Rose turned into a Time Lady, but I promise, everything will be explained!
And now the annual response to the reviews... RoyaleisiaTheStrong (Thanks so much! I knew as I was writing that chapter that Jack was a bit OOC, but the chapter was so serious I thought it needed a bit of Jack's comic relief! Thanks for the review!), WonderfulWhovian (I promise in the next few chapters, everything will be explained! I know the last chapter, and this one probably, are a bit confusing. But I do have a plan (and a written outline, which is a first for my Fanfiction stories :D) so bear with me until the next update), and hreft93 (I'm so glad you liked it! I think I'll have Rose see 11 again, cuz that would be cruel to 11 to have Rose ripped away from him again with no explanation (but until I write it, you'll never know! Mwahahahaha!) Thanks so much for the feedback!).
Did anyone notice the reference to The Time Heist? Review and tell me! Or just review... That works too!
Toodles!