Chapter 10
Me & My Shadows
Disclaimers: Considering I'm not a famous millionaire and would rather exist in one of the fictional worlds I'd say it's a sure bet I don't own the realms used to create this fan fiction! At least I still have my wonderful dreams to escape in! Please R&R!
Warnings: Dunno but I'm sure there's something, somewhere in this chapter? Also, I really just couldn't wait to post this hence the dates at the bottom!
Forewords: To reply to SaberbladePrime who reviewed: Thanks for that! I hope to see the next chapter soon and Jayden stops flirting with everyone! One Jack is enough! ~ Think of it this way Jayden wouldn't be Jack's clone if she didn't flirt with everything that moved. Plus, Twenty-one is worse…Mwahahahaha!
(-_-) (-_-) (-_-) Meanwhile in the Tardis console room (-_-) (-_-) (-_-)
{Open POV}
The Doctor had been heading towards the console having just fixed a fracture in time that Rose had caused by saving her father.
"Wait...what?" The Doctor stopped in his tracks and glare suspiciously at the Time Rotor, "Where are you taking us?" He scanned the entered destination and frowned. "The Powell Estates September 19, 1989, why are you taking us there?"
"Maybe she wants you to be there when Prue first arrived so she won't really have been alone?" Rose stated after a moment of deep thought, the Tardis hummed an affirmation in response.
"Alright, but this time..." The Doctor gave Rose a hard stare, "This time you stay inside the Tardis and let me deal with this, alright!"
"Alright, alright I've learned my lesson now go be there for Prue, yeah?" Rose conceded with a small sad sigh, she hadn't meant for all of that to happen.
"Right then," He glanced at the Time Rotor, "Take me to her!"
(-_-) (-_-) (-_-) Powell Estate September 1, 1989 (-_-) (-_-) (-_-)
{Open POV}
With barely a thud the TARDIS appeared near the Estate and the doors snapped open.
Giving Rose one last warning look The Doctor strolled out of the Tardis locking the doors just in case. Leaning back against his ship the Doctor waited for something to occur signalling Prue's arrival in this universe. Holding his sonic at the ready he flicked it on the instant a strange heaviness filled the area. A dark vortex appeared and disappeared in an instant leaving behind a tiny child that seemed in need of a bath. Flicking the sonic the Doctor frowned when he got nothing from the scan. Putting his sonic back in his pocket he resumed his leaning position and kept a watchful eye on the tiny child. An ache went through his hearts when the child gazed around in fear before bursting into tears clutching their bloody left forearm to their small body.
Meanwhile, Bad Wolf howled in triumph as it captured that brief moment and began building a feedback from the resonance waves the vortex had created. They would keep their cub where she belonged at the Doctor's side.
The Doctor fisted his hands wanting nothing more than to scoop Prue up and soothe her. A moment later Jackie Tyler's voice was heard.
"All right sweetheart will be home in a moment no need to rush." A Mother said as her arm was being tugged by a nearly two and a half-year-old girl. They were halfway through the estate when the girl suddenly let go of her mother's hand and bolted off to the right, away from their building. "ROSE MARION TYLER, YOU GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!" The Mother exclaimed loudly before taking off after her daughter.
The Doctor watched as little Rose tried to soothe the clearly frightened smaller girl.
When Jackie had caught up with her child she found her crouched by a bench talking softly to something hidden by the bench, something she was trying to pull into sight.
"Shh...you safe now!" Rose proclaimed softly.
The Doctor pushed off the Tardis and with a last look at tiny Prue, he entered the Tardis never noticing Prue gazing after him.
(-_-) (-_-) (-_-) A Time locked Time Bubble (-_-) (-_-) (-_-)
{Open POV}
After getting everyone settled, well Isabella was sound asleep, Prue stood up, "Getting back to the topic of introducing ourselves, number Twenty-one if you please."
"Of course gorgeous it'll be my pleasure. The name is Frankie Vaughan and I am only half human from my father's side, my mother was an empathic demon which basically lives off sex. The demon inheritance kicks in at thirteen and in the heat of it all, I ended up killing my father. I spent six months isolating myself in fear of what I had done. To be blunt I was on the edge of insanity when Lucifer Morningstar found me, and basically screwed me for three days straight. That man is hung and dam well knows how to use it but I digress he's not her and I should stop before I develop lust rage. Anyways when we finally talked he explained I had killed my dad because I was considered a new-born and new-born need another demon to bed them during their new-born year. So even though I'm half human my demon side is still the most dominant. On a side note, Empathic demons have to be at least one hundred before they can reproduce. Now, whose wants to be next? Maybe we can shuffle up the order?" Frankie was saying her smile flashing a small set of fangs.
"So, you're basically like the Denali sisters?" Emillie blurted out curiously.
After a moment Frankie shrugged, "Eh, you could say that. You wanna find out?"
"Or not, that is not why we're here." Twenty countered calmly drumming her fingers on her crossed knee. "Which means I up, I am Taylor Morgan aka our twentieth form and I lived in the Criminal Minds universe. I lived with my uncle Derek after my parents died in a car crash. I unofficially helped out Garcia as her assistant and I had a slight crush on Spencer Reed," Taylor offered a shrug to those who looked amused. "What, he was finally someone with an IQ like mine and could hold lengthy conversations whenever possible plus I was as socially awkward as he was. Perhaps if I had stayed something might have come of it, who knows."
Given how your tone changed when speaking about and your change of body language there's was a high probability something would have. Trust me on that, I've been reading people since before I could talk." Nineteen offered nonchalantly.
"You would say that, wouldn't you. I swear your brains carried over into me." Taylor replied and Nineteen merely smirked.
"Your welcome! Now shall I introduce myself?" Nineteen inquired but rather than wait for a response carried on. "My name is Wryn Maverick and reading people is what I do for fun and a living. You see I lived in the Sherlock universe where I was abandoned at birth, and placed in an orphanage. I hated every moment in that place, they keep trying to smother my budding genius, so I started planning. By age thirteen I had enough money hidden away that I ran and never looked back. About a month later I ended up in the middle of one of Sherlock's cases due to a bout of curiosity on my part. Since I helped catch the killer it was deemed by some moron in authority I should become Sherlock's ward. It was the beginning of a love/hate relationship between Sherlock and me. I did love to mess with him, at least I managed to stave off boredom for the both of us."
"What would have happened if you both got bored?" Nine asked, interrupting Wryn who's smirk made all of her older selves' cringe.
"A 99.9% probability of complete chaos, metal scarring and something being blown up!" Wryn quipped a devious twinkle in her eyes.
"You're not bored right, now are you?" Nine actually squeaked as she replied.
"No this is rather amusing for me, I get to read my future selves and speaking of which," Wryn turned and looked directly at Prue. "Your plotting something, something that has to do with the reason we are all here." It was a statement, not a question.
"Yes and no, do you mind if I wait until One has had her turn?" Prue offered, "I'm not trying to stall I just need time to figure out how to explain it correctly."
"I'll hold you to that Miss Tyler." Wryn warned before shifting her gaze to number Eighteen, "Your turn. And please explain the ears!"
"Right, though everyone after me should already know well aside from Isobel. But whatever." Eighteen shrugged. "I'm the girl behind door number eighteen, my name, Brinny Sirius. And yes, my surname is after the dog star and for a good reason, you see I'm only a quarter human and the rest is Dog Demon. That is why I have dog ears on the top of my head instead of normal ones on the sides of it. I lived in the InuYasha universe for those who haven't figure it out or never watch or heard of anime. On a side note, why have I been hearing Japanese form all of you so far?"
"Ah that would be the gift of the Tardis it basically acts like a language translator for your brain, and before anyone asks no it is not changing your mind just the words your hearing," Prue explained, not having noticed until Brinny's turn and heard her speaking English instead of Japanese.
"That's probably a good thing given I was never good with Speaking English and there's another two of us whose native language is Japanese." Brinny surmised. "Err, can I be done I'm not one for talking much." She admitted not even looking sheepish.
"Alight, I'll spare you." Seventeen replied before grinning, "Number seventeen and for she came before myself, my name is Delilah Wylde and I lived in the Degrassi universe. I was and still am a nonconformist who dances to my own tune, not one dictated by society. I may have only had a handful of friends but we were a tight-knit group, sooo... I'd rather not share anymore, they may not remember me but I remember them so my lips are sealed!" Delilah having said her bit, went rummaging through her minifridge. Before pausing and bolting upright to stare at Sixteen. "Shi... I mean... crap Isabella's only three years old someone needs to speak for her!" Delilah exclaimed, indicating she wouldn't be the volunteer.
"Since I'm the oldest, I'll tell her story and if Hailey and Miranda want I can do theirs as well?"
"Only naming my universe I can do the rest myself I'm not stupid!" Thirteen snapped, pouting and rolling her eyes rudely at Prue.
"More like just a pain in everyone's backside!" Jayden of all people retorted and Prue had to step in signalling Poppy who flooded the room with calm to defuse the two.
"Now then, Miranda I know you're not stupid, I only offered because you never had the Dreams of your past life's nor do you know the name of your universe. Please do not bite my head off!" Prue responded, calm thanks to Poppy.
Fourteen slowly raised her hands a pale blush staining her cheeks. "If your still offering might you just name my universe as well, please?" She asked.
"Of course, Sweetie, now that that is settled I must warn those who came before Isabella her story is pretty twisted. You see Isabella is only three years old because her father while in a drunken rage murdered not only her but her mother as well. Form the moment her eyes settled on our blue/amber-hazel, he believed his wife had cheated on him. Even with DNA testing, he refused to accept she was, in fact, his child. So, he started drinking more and finally snapped one night, he was caught and because of the severity of his actions was sentenced to death. It also because of her young age Isabella didn't cross over after death which given she was born into the Ghost Whisperer universe which meant she wandered as a ghost until she was snatched on what should have been her eighteenth birthday." Prue barely finished speaking when Alyssia promptly claimed Isabella and was cuddling the drowsy toddler. "As for Miranda she lived in the Dead Like Me universe and Hailey lived in the universe titled The 440. Pythia if you could please proceed?"
"Sure, why not. My name is Pythia Strycker and while my magic was strong the witch hunters got me. Needless to say, being a ghost was boring, also running from things that snack on ghosts well... that sucked. To think I should have trusted my "enemy" over my so-called "boyfriend" I won't have died for something out of my control. However, hindsight really is a bitch so I'm not looking back if I can help it."
"I guess I'll take that as my cue, my name is Hailey Foster age thirteen and I was abducted by aliens at age nine, I don't have a single memory from the five years I was missing," Hailey Paused and turned to Pythia. "Were the memories included in these dreams Miss Tyler mentioned?"
"No, it's like they were completely erased," Pythia replied, frowning.
"Oh, okay! Well since returning I found that I just knew things, things that hadn't happened yet or where I had never been. It wasn't visions or images I would suddenly just know something but no why or for what reason. To make matters worse during the five years I was missing my parent's marriage fell apart it was while leaving my father, mother was in a car accident. My father still blamed himself and turned to drinking, so by the time I was returned he was deemed unfit to raise me, one of the main agents took me in. Aside from the random knowledge I lived a pretty ordinary life, which was all about school, friends and growing up."
Miranda snorted rudely, "Yeah, lucky you. Listen I'm Miranda Deschanel age thirteen and a grim reaper, that's all you need to know!" She commented before going back to tuning everyone out.
"My turn then, Hi, I'm Emillie Hale from the Twilight universe and a hybrid imprintee. My imprinter was Seth Clearwater, and I really hope since I was erased he still found an imprint. Did he?" Emillie turned to Prue since she was the oldest.
"Err, it's not mentioned in the books, also he's three years younger than your Seth," Prue replied after a moment.
"That's weird! Well then, I'm a hybrid which means my mother died giving birth to me and since she had isolated herself I was alone. Fortunately, two weeks later saw the Cullen family pass close enough for me to hear and I ran to them. Rosalie Hale turned out to be my mother's aunt so she decided to raise me as her own. Once it was realised just how fast I was ageing we lived in Denali until when I was six years though I froze at looking fifteen. I could keep going there's a lot I went through but I have a feeling we don't have time for that so Eleven if you would.
Eleven smirked before mock saluting the rest of us. "I'm the kunoichi behind door number eleven at your service." Grinning shew flashed peace signs with both hands, "My name is Hayashi Nakita or for the majority Nakita Hayashi from Konohagakure also known as The Village Hidden in the Leaves. I was a part of the Naruto universe and due to the odd number in my class was grouped in team seven, I tied for the top female spot with Sakura. My hobbies were mainly training, learning new skills, and trivia to help expand my mind. Thought that last one is probably why I'm different from the rest of my village, it's not just thinking outside the box but refusing to accept the box at all. Aside from being the fourth member of team seven, I was also best friends/roommates with Naruto. In fact, because of my clans Dōjutsu Kekkei Genkai I knew from the moment it activated what was inside Naruto. This really isn't the time to get into my life as a ninja, so moving on," Kit turned to Ten who was tossing a ball of glowing energy between her hands.
"Yo, I'm Rowena D'Angelo aka the Angel Mage, I lived in universe The Flash. And I'm thinking since my time has been over for a long time I'll pass!" Rowena commented her eyes followed the energy ball.
"Not to be rude but I'm with Rowena," Nine commented looking rather bored. "As such my name is Bobbie Harkness, no relation t5o that Harkness, aka the Fallen Phoenix in the Arrow universe."
"My name is Aria River, number Eight in line. I lived in the Fairy Tail universe where I was a part of the Fairy Tail guild and wielded Requip like Ezra. I was considered one of the least destructive guild members though there were moments that were never spoken of afterwards," Aria had a rather devious grin on her face.
"I don't even want to know!" Seven said with a slight shudder.
"No, you really don't." Aria agreed though she was still smirking. "By all means why not do yourself now?"
"Oh alright, my name is Honda Kateryna, older sister of Tohru, I lived in the Fruits Basket universe where I lived with Akito. From the moment he demanded a meeting I just knew my life would never be the same. At first, he emotionally held me at arm's length but I grew on him I think. I know he grew on me given he talked me into his bed and was going to make an honest woman out of me. Aside from being his companion and then mate my life basically consisted of staying by his side."
"Number Six, Bronwyn Mitchell, The Walking Dead universe my life was boring before the zombie apocalypse but it down right sucked afterwards. Now if you all don't mind, before I was snatch I it had been a year since I'd had ice-cream" Bronwyn explained before gesturing to Five and curling up in her seat with a tub and a spoon.
"Kohana Kurosaki, Bleach universe and I'm really not into this kind of thing so... yeah I'm done!" Kohana said or rather she grumbled loudly.
"Fourth door occupant here, Meredith Waulker, Being Human universe and I'm a child of the moon or rather a werewolf. I had a mate and was even expecting my first cub when I was snatched much like Alyssia I left my baby being erased and it sucked! Also like several of us, I'd rather not rehash my life story and besides the majority of us already know." Meredith commented and Three catching her drift spoke.
"Hello, my name is Jordyn Davies, I was a part of the Avengers Universe as the youngest Avenger also the best at keeping the Hulk calm, it was probably something to do with me being tiny," Jordyn shrugged. Not much is known before I was found at age three by SHIELD other than I wielded magic they later identified as being similar to Loki's. One major difference is mine burns lots of energy so I have to consume roughly ten thousand calories a day. Like the other Avengers I too lived in Avenger tower and thanks to Hawkeye I have a sweet tooth bigger than the milky way." Before holding up an open pint of ice-cream and gesturing she'd like to finish it.
"Before I introduce myself, does anyone else have the growing feeling that as we get to One, our time here is counting down?" Number Two commented meeting gazes with everyone else as she spoke and getting a nod. "Okay, I was a bit worried it was just me. I almost want to try and prolong this... I guess because this is it isn't it, Prue?" She questioned gazing directly at Prue.
"Most likely but I'll explain once you and One have done your turns, alright?"
Two sighed accepting Prue's terms. "Well I'm number Two, my name is Mackenzie Iris Kelly a part of the Heroes universe. And while I wouldn't mind sharing just for the sake of sharing it's too complicated for me to explain... good thing I'm only number two!" Mackenzie summarized.
One took a deep breath and slowly looked at all of her older selves. "Before Prue explains why we've been brought here, just let me state I pray she has a way to finally end this. There forty-one lives she had to relive, something I wouldn't wish even on the monsters. However, for the record, I am Prue Winchester and I lived in the Supernatural universe. Now Prue if you wouldn't mind getting the ball rolling on all this." Prue Winchester gave Prue Tyler the same stern look she always used to crack her older brothers.
"Not that look!" Prue Tyler exclaimed dramatically shielding her eyes with her arms and replying. "Drop the look and I'll explain things to the best of my abilities, agreed?" She peeked out from between her arms. "Is it safe yet?"
Charlotte rolled her eyes and being the closest whacked Prue upside the head. "Behave!"
Prue Tyler wisely decided to act her age, at least after blowing a raspberry at Charlotte. "Right, well, here's the thing you need to first understand is when the Doctor offered me a place on the Tardis it was the April before my final September. My bargaining tool with Rose was that it was nearly September and I wanted an adventure before my time was over. What I didn't realize at the time was the Doctor could hear me, and once he set us off questioned me." She took a sip of water. "Maybe I was already feeling a pull to him, cos I showed him that room, explaining what I knew about the curse and snippets of all my past lifetimes," She held up a hand as quite a few began to protest. "In my defence, I wanted him to understand and had no idea this was ever going to happen. But that's beside the point, my point is the Doctor not only accepted me, he wants to end the curse, so I can stay... with him." Prue said, shutting up the lingering protesters. "Even without his offer, I don't want another one of us to go through what we have if I can finally put a stop to it all. I think perhaps it wasn't even supposed to get this far, perhaps where we originated from no longer exists so the Snatcher has simply been following its last order this whole time." Prue offered, the thought had been bugging her since number Twenty-Three! "now the reason we're all here aside from Idris and Bad Wolf setting this up is that they're enacting a plan against the Snatcher."
Poppy cut off Prue with a realizing gasp, "That's why Bad Wolf was in that room! They were studying our timelines, most lightly to scrutinize the beginning and endings and how Snatcher does Its thing!"
"Makes sense, well done Poppy. That's just the beginning though. Once the Tardis and Bad Wolf can isolate the curses trigger they plan to utterly erase all separate timelines before mine melding the souls together. They plan on turning me into a Time Lady, with the help of the Doctor impending regeneration."
As if though words were a signal all forty-two girl froze feeling something indescribable suddenly pass through their bodies. Then it started with Forty-one who slowly became transparent it continued until One was also see through. The just like that One's eyes began to glow like Bad Wolfs this time the process counting up instead of down, only once Prue's Tyler's owns eyes start glowing did several things occur. First, the first forty-one shot like missiles into Prue before she found herself floating in a sea of golden mist. She found herself with no external form and couldn't form thoughts, she just knew she was waiting for something big to change everything.
{End of Open POV}
(-_-) (-_-) (-_-) Meanwhile with the Bad Wolf (-_-) (-_-) (-_-)
{No one's POV}
Bad Wolf crouched waiting for the right moment, the moment the Dark vortex appeared they snapped into action freezing that moment and rapid multiplying the resentence wave it created as it broke into this universe. A wicked grin spread across their jaw as they released their hold on time and the moment passed. Withdrawing back into the heart of the Tardis They headed straight for the room with forty-two doors.
Doing its part Bad Wolf blew out a huge gust of energy which attached itself to each of the doors thus allowing the girl inside to join their cub. Now Bad Wolf was ready, and with a predatory howl became more fluid before jumping on each door from forty-two to one and repeating. Each pass saw them gaining more speed until each door was completely blocked from view. Focusing on every single beginning and ending Bad Wolf blasted the amplified resonance from the Snatcher, gathered the remnants of the rooms occupants they began forcefully removing all traces of the doors starting with number forty -one. Once nothing but stone wall was left Bad Wolf moved on continuing the process until only one door remained, their Cubs. Gather together the remnants Bad wolf attacked the final door erasing the door as it grabbed a hold of their Cub and melded them all together. As the room around them began to vanish Bad Wolf carried it cub's soul to wait safely nested in the Heart of the Tardis. Now they had to answer Rose Tyler's plea after all she worked hard to pry open that panel!
{End of No one's POV}
(-_-) (-_-) (-_-) Floor 500 (-_-) (-_-) (-_-)
{Open POV}
As the sounds of the Tardis engines grew the Doctor closed his eye in dread as the Daleks around him became hysterical, "Alert! Tardis materialising!"
Emperor believe the Doctor would try and escape roared with anger, "You will not escape!"
The Doctor, however, wasn't paying attention as the Tardis doors open to reveal Rose Tyler silhouetted by a blinding golden light. He stepped backwards stumbling and fall to the floor as energy tendrils snake outward.
"What've you done?" The Doctor exclaimed, gaping in horror at Rose.
"I looked into the Tardis, and the Tardis looked into me and Bad Wolf accepted," Rose replied her voice sounding ethereal, her London accent missing.
Fear now gripped his hearts as the conclusion Rose Tyler's words made in his head, "You looked into the Time Vortex. Rose, no one's meant to see that." ...not with being burn alive. He added silently.
"This is the Abomination!" The Emperor screeched the Daleks chanting, "Exterminate!" as a response a deadly beam headed straight at Bad Wolf who merely raised her hands stopping it.
"I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words, I scatter them in time and space. A message to lead myself here," Rose turned and scattered the words Bad Wolf throughout time and space.
"Rose, you've got to stop this. You've got to stop this now. You've got the entire vortex running through your head. You're going to burn." The Doctor flat-out pleaded with his remaining companion.
"I want you safe, for your mate, Doctor. Protected from the false god!" Rose stated staring down at the Doctor
"You cannot hurt me. I am immortal." The Dalek Emperor exclaimed deluded in its denial.
Rose's head snapped up to face the false god, her voice steady as she passed judgment, "You are tiny. I can see the whole of time and space. Every single atom of your existence and I divide them." Sending tendrils of the vortex causing the surrounding Dalek's to disintegrate gently. "Everything must come to dust. All things. Everything dies. The Time War ends."
"I will not die. I cannot die!" The Dalek Emperor decried, even as the time vortex rippled through space disintegrating both ships and Daleks alike.
A horrified sort of awe filled the Doctor as he focused solely on Rose Tyler, "Rose, you've done it. Now stop. Just let go." Causing her to now focus on him with those glowing eyes.
"How can I let go of this? I bring life." She replied ideally and several floors below Jack gasped for breath and instead of the console room, a ball of energy left the console dispersing to reveal a dazed and confused Prue who eyes glowed like Bad Wolfs.
"But this is wrong! You can't control life and death." The Doctor argued, feeling the sheer wrongness of Jack
Bad Wolf though persisted, "But I can. I even broke my Cubs curse," A golden tear suddenly slipped down her cheek. "The sun and the moon, the day and night. But why do they hurt?
"The power's going to kill you and it's my fault." The Doctor voice filled with guilt and self-loathing.
"I can see everything. All that is, all that was, all that ever could be."
"That's what I see. All the time. And doesn't it drive you mad?" The Doctor responded as he finally got to his feet again.
Rose left out a soft whimper, "My head."
The second he laid eyes on Bad Wolf he knew his time was coming to an end, he had hoped to see Prue one last time in the body perhaps snog her senseless again. Pushing that thought away with a heavy sigh he took steps closer to Bad Wolf. "Come here!"
"It's killing me." She admitted raising a hand to her head.
"I think you need a Doctor!" The Doctor ordered only for Rose back away from him.
"WAIT! There's something you need to know!" Bad Wolf exclaimed keeping out of touching distance from the Doctor who nodded for her to continue, "The Cub will need a spark from your regeneration energy to stabilize her transition into a born Gallifreyan. It also needs to be done inside the time vortex."
"Alright, now come here you!" The Doctor ordered before gently placing his fingers on Rose's temples. Making the connection he pulled the Time Vortex out of Rose Tyler knowing it would trigger a regeneration.
As the last wisps left her Rose's eyes rolled back and she began to collapse, the Doctor quickly catching and lowering her to the ground before facing the open doors of the Tardis and expelling the Time Vortex. He could already fell the cells in his body dying as he lifted Rose Tyler into his arms and strode into the Tardis.
Stopping in the doorway he nearly lost his grip of Rose when he caught sight of Prue Tyler, wisps of vortex energy dancing around her body before slipping back into the console. She turned to gaze at him with eyes that glowed like Bad Wolfs, "Prue?" His question barely above a whisper.
(-_-) (-_-) (-_-) Tardis console room (-_-) (-_-) (-_-)
"Prue!" He could a step only to remember he had Rose in his arms. Concentrating on the companion in his arms he crossed to the pilot seat and laid her on it. Taking a calm breath he turned to the console quickly sending them into the vortex.
There was a low groan from the pilot seat as Rose Tyler returned to the land of the living. "What happened?" She muttered while rubbed her head her eyes still closed.
"Don't you remember?" The Doctor asked, testing Rose's memory.
"It's like there was this singing?" Rose replied trying to shift through the hazy feeling in her head.
"That's right. I sang a song and the Daleks ran away." The Doctor said, lying through his teeth, Prue snorted in disbelief and he grinned back at her.
"I was at home. No, I wasn't, I was in the Tardis, and there was this light. I can't remember anything else..." Rose stated still struggling to recall.
Both the Doctor and Prue, however, were distracted by the Doctor's skin which was beginning to darken.
"Rose Tyler. I was going take you and Prue to so many places. Barcelona. Not the city Barcelona, the planet Barcelona. You'd both love it. Fantastic place. They've got dogs with no noses. Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke, and it's still funny."
Rose finally noticed Prue was back but wouldn't let that side-track her feeling a bit wary as she asked, "Then, why can't we go?
"Maybe you will, and maybe Prue and I will. But not like this." The Doctor forced out, he needed to explain this to Rose at least a little.
Rose was staring at him in confusion, hesitantly replying, "You're not making sense."
"I might never make sense again. I might have two heads, or no head. Imagine me with no head. And don't say that's an improvement. But it's a bit dodgy, this process. You never know what you're going to end up with..." The Doctor was cut off as he doubled over in pain.
"Doctor!" Both Rose and Prue cried rushing towards the Doctor.
"Stay away, Rose! I don't want you to get hurt and neither will Prue!" The Doctor ordered holding up a glowing hand in Rose's direction, causing Prue to take a few more cautious steps towards him
"Doctor, tell me what's going on," Rose demanded though she kept her distance.
"I absorbed all the energy of the Time Vortex, and no one's meant to do that. Every cell in my body's dying." He responded, wincing.
"Can't you do something?" Rose questioned worry lacing her voice.
"Yeah, I'm doing it now. Time Lords have this little trick, it's sort of a way of cheating death. Except it means I'm going to change, and to break her curse I need to change Prue, so we're not going to see you again. Not like this. Not with this daft old face or her as your human sister. And before I go." His straightened up and beamed at Rose.
"Don't say that." Rose countered shaking her head in denial.
"Rose, before we go, I just want to tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I, "He turned his attention to Prue and taking several steps closer wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her flush against his body. Using his right hand, he shifted her head before crushing his lips against hers. Needing more he titled his head he sought to deepen the kiss flicking his tongue along her bottom lip. A pleased growl rumbled in his throat as Prue opened herself to him and he let go. The regeneration energy surrounded him and after a second the same energy surrounded Prue. Even as the energy burst from their bodies the Doctor kept the kiss from breaking.
Suddenly everything changed and he finally broke the kiss, though Prue's skin was still faintly glowing. Figuring out the problem he laid his forehead against hers and making the connection gently knocked her out with a whispered, "Sleep!" Picking Prue up he laid her on the pilot's seat before turning to face Rose.
"Hello! Okay," He started only to pause and run his tongue over his teeth in confusion. "Ooo, new teeth. That's weird." He decided before focusing once more on Rose Tyler. "So, where was I? Oh, that's right. Barcelona.
Author Notes: That's all folks for the first part of Prue's story so be on the lookout for her next part which is to be titled Anything But Ordinary! R&R Pretty Please?
Date Finished and Edited: 10/14/2017 6pm
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