Part 10
The Rose and the Thorne
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"Rose, stop!" The Doctor was inches away from her now, tears welling in his eyes.
"I can't" Rose gasped, gripping her head "She's taking over... I won't be able to control her any longer..." she looked up, staring into his eyes.
"It's me, isn't it?" Rose hissed painfully "I'm the thing I've been dreaming about, aren't I? Earthquakes? Freak weather? Travelling through the Rift... It's me..." she whimpered "I kill everyone, don't I?".
"Rose" The Doctor gasped "I promise... I'll do whatever it takes...".
"I feel sick" Rose clutched her stomach, the glow of eternal light now fully shining from her whole body "The one thing I tried to stop so badly is the one thing I have to become...".
"Rose" The Doctor darted forwards but Rose backed away.
"You have to do it, Doctor" Rose whispered sadly. She glanced to the metal pole on the ground. She had seen it in her dream. This was how it's supposed to happen.
"Take the pole" Rose hissed, fighting Bad Wolf with all her might "And kill me".
"No!" The Doctor shrieked.
"It's me or the world, Doctor!" Rose cried "Do it, now! Kill me, Doctor!".
"I'm going to explode, Doctor!" Rose added angrily "If this power reaches the Rift then all parallel worlds are at stake, now take the metal pole and stab me!".
"No!" The Doctor bellowed.
"Do it!" Rose screamed.
Her voice went softer "Please... It hurts... Do it".
"Rose" The Doctor cried sadly "I can't...".
"The time is now, Doctor" Rose whispered "Now".
The Doctor could faintly hear Jack, Donna and Martha screaming in the background but his brain froze as his numb fingers reached out to grab the metal pole.
Rose nodded "I love you, Doctor" her voice was firm. Suddenly, her eyes went red and then gold and it wasn't Rose anymore.
Bad Wolf was about to explode.
The Doctor felt hands tug him back and he turned to see Jack, Donna and Martha.
"I never wanted this to happen" Bad Wolf whispered. It was Rose in the physical appearance but mentally, her voice... It wasn't Rose. This power had caused her voice to become higher, softer, lighter... Alien-like.
"So stop!" The Doctor spun around, his knuckles white from the grip on the metal pole, his voice harsh and his eyes stone cold. "Stop this madness and give Rose back to me".
"I can't" Bad Wolf replied "Her pain is over-whelming... You act happy about having her return but then kiss that... Annoying little puppy right in front of her...".
"I didn't..." The Doctor mumbled "Martha didn't—".
"Hush now, Doctor" Bad Wolf interrupted "In a few minutes, this world will finally be laid to rest. The end of the world, Doctor... I have you to thank for that".
"Don't" The Doctor shook his head weakly "I can save you—".
"Not this time" Bad Wolf cut him off "Not this time, Doctor..." she began to levitate up into the air.
"Doctor!" Jack was pulling him and suddenly they were all in the Torchwood car.
"Where's she going!?" Jack cried.
"I'll just put it into flight mode" Ianto tapped some buttons and suddenly the car wheels had disappeared and in its place, were metal wings. The engine flared fire and the car rose into the air.
"She's heading towards the London Eye" Gwen gasped, moving the lever over to the right. "Why though?".
"What better place to watch as the world you're trying to end falls apart?" The Doctor said bitterly. He was shaking and trembling, tears striding down his face.
"Doctor?" Donna frowned "What's gonnah happen? Where's Rose?".
"It's taken over her" The Doctor replied "Bad Wolf must have reacted to the anti-biotic, caused the quake and moved the TARDIS to the one place she wanted to be when she destroyed the world".
"What set Bad Wolf off?" Gwen asked.
"Pain" The Doctor glanced to Martha "...A lot of pain".
"So what's our plan?" Donna pressed "Talk her down? Use that fancy screw-driver thing of yours—".
"Death" The Doctor cut her off "I'm gonnah have to kill Rose... It's her or the world. All worlds".
"No" Donna shook her head "No, something else has to work... It has to!".
The Doctor stayed quiet as they neared the London Eye. Bad Wolf had stopped the wheel and was now standing on the top of one of the capsules.
"What are you gonnah do, Doctor?" Jack asked quietly.
"Bring me lower" The Doctor ignored him, opening the car door "Take me down! And hover nearby, understood?".
They all nodded. The Doctor waited until the car was inches away from one of the capsules. He breathed deeply and thudded onto it. The wind fought with his balance but he managed to hold on.
The Torchwood car flew back a couple miles and hovered in the sky, all scared and hopeless eyes watching The Doctor struggle up with the metal pole as he neared Bad Wolf.
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"It doesn't have to be this way" The Doctor called out to Bad Wolf. He had managed to jump 2 capsules to get to one next to Bad Wolf, whose hands were raised, causing rain and thunder to erupt from the sky.
"Oh but it does, Doctor" Bad Wolf replied simply, never taking her eyes off the city below her.
"Stop this, please..." The Doctor pleaded "I'm only gonnah ask you this once...".
"And you have your answer" Bad Wolf snapped.
"And you have mine" The Doctor braced himself, he inched closer "I can't let you destroy the world... I won't".
"Will you give up Rose?" Bad Wolf laughed evilly "I think not, Doctor".
The Doctor fell silent, a war going on inside of him as to what to do. Dammit. He had seen wars and death and pain and he had done so many things but this... This was the most hardest decision of his life, out of all the 904 years he had been alive... This was the hearts-breaker for him...
"You're right" The Doctor let the metal pole slip from his hand and fall away "You're right... I can't kill Rose... So take me instead... Don't take it out on this world... They did nothing wrong... I did... So take me" he held out his open arms and waited as tears slid freely from his cheeks.
He never used to be a crier. Never. Then after he had lost Rose; he found himself sometimes thinking about her and there it would be... That one single escapee tear would slide down his cheek.
Bad Wolf turned and smiled disturbingly sweet "You are a funny Doctor... Perhaps you are right" her body began to glow a dark red as she raised her hands towards The Doctor.
The Doctor steeled himself, waiting for the blow. It never came. Seconds later, Bad Wolf jerked forwards and bent down onto her hands and knees, gasping as blood fell from Rose's stomach.
The Doctor jumped over and caught her body in his. He looked up to see the Torchwood car flying past, Jack Harkness with heavy eyes, holding a gun in his hand.
The Doctor shook his head, gasping. This was exactly the reason he hated Torchwood. Them and their stupid guns. He glanced down and saw that the glow from Rose had gone and it was just her again.
Just Rose.
"Rose" The Doctor whimpered, moving her safely against his chest "Just hold on... I'll save you, I promise" he checked her stomach and broke his hearts all over again when he saw the little bullet hole that had gone straight through her. She was bleeding to death, in his arms, on the London Eye.
It didn't get any sadder.
"We never saw this, did we?" Rose cried, tears sliding from her cheeks "I'm sorry, I—".
"Never be sorry" The Doctor interrupted "You have no idea how much..." he growled in frustration at how little time they had left.
"Say it, Doctor" Rose gripped his tie.
The Doctor shook his head "No, Rose—".
"Say it" Rose whispered "Say Goodbye".
"Rose Tyler" The Doctor beamed sadly "I love you".
Rose broke into a grin but gasped at the pain in her stomach "You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that...".
"I love you" The Doctor repeated, kissing her forehead firmly "Please don't die... You came all this way... Don't leave me again" he reached out and wiped her tears gently.
Rose gave him one last painful smile before her head laid back, lifeless and she shut her eyes.
"No!" The Doctor screamed, clutching her dead body for any life. "Rose" he sobbed, not hearing the Torchwood Car stop behind him in the air.
"Doctor!" Jack cried.
The Doctor froze and looked up to see Jack "Murderer" he hissed, eyes glazing over cold.
"I had too" Jack whispered "She was going to kill—".
"Shut up" The Doctor growled "Shut up. You don't get to say anything. You don't get to feel anything" his tone was dark and dangerous.
With that, The Doctor turned back and cradled the dead Rose.
A/N:
Aww... You all hate me now, right?
...Oh ye of little faith... Course's she not dead!
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