A/N: Ninewood's turn and I am so sorry for what I did!

Chapter Twelve

There wasn't much that scared Adam. He prided himself on being as tough as his brother when it came to fighting the aliens and monsters they faced but there was one thing that scared him.

The dark.

Marion and his Jackie were shocked when he spent months sleeping with the lights on and would go into panic attacks if the lights suddenly went out. Over time, he learned not to be afraid of the dark but he still felt shaky when he went out at night.

He had decided to take a nap while he snuggled on the couch in his den and his right hand dangled off the edge of the couch. His mind drifted off when the darkness wrapped around him and he moaned. Suddenly a bright light flared and he was standing in a barren landscape. Dead grass and trees surrounded him as he looked around and shook.

"Hello?!" Adam called as his voice echoed around him and the ice cold air blew through his hair. He started walking while the dry ground crunched under his feet and the pebbles dug into the soles of his feet. He stopped when he saw Rain, Tara, the Doctor, John and Alan and he started running. They kept moving away from him, making him run faster and his lungs started burning. He kept running until the ground exploded in front of him and he landed hard onto his back. Panting and trying to calm his hearts down, Adam looked at the dark sky and lightning flashed across the black clouds. Getting up, he saw that the ground had cracked open like large veins and had separated Rain, the Doctor, John, Tara and Alan from each other. Rain turned and walked away while the Doctor screamed for her to come back then she faded away and the Doctor fell onto his knees. Tara was standing with John as the Doctor watched John lead Tara away and the Doctor screamed, his face pointed toward the sky. Adam looked at Alan when he started to run to him and knew he could leap across the crack that separated them. His toes were at the edge of the crack when he fell backwards and tumbled down into the darkness.

"NO!" Adam shouted when Marion ran into the room and he was sitting on the floor. Marion ran to him when she knelt down and wrapped her arms around him. Adam kept muttering no as she rocked him and sent love into his mind. The others felt his fear as they asked her what was wrong and she told them she didn't know. After a few minutes Adam calmed down as she kissed his hair and he looked at her. "R-rose?"

"Name's "Marion", remember?" Marion teased as he nodded and she brushed the hair from his eyes. "Want to tell me what that was all about?"

"Do you remember when Alan's Jenny told us she had a psychic dream?" Adam asked and she nodded. "I think I had one." Adam told her about his nightmare while she rocked him and stroked his hair.

"That's some dream. But, come on, the Doctor and Rain have been married for two and a quarter centuries. I can't see any reason why she'd just up and leave him."

"Is my brother back yet?"

"I don't know. How about we go over to the Doctor's house and find out." Marion helped him up from the floor as they left the room and she held him to her side, sending comforting thought into his mind.

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Alan watched Theta moving around the console as he sat on the jump seat and Jethro Tull's Bungle in the Jungle played in the background. Theta slumped down beside him on the jump seat when he placed his feet up on the console and smiled.

"That was fun. Did you see the Architect's face when I told her I wasn't going to help her? Priceless," Theta said as he placed his hands behind his head and looked up at the ceiling.

"I wonder if she was being straight with us," Alan said as Theta took the disc out of his pocket and held it in his hand. Suddenly the alarms rang as they stood up and headed for the console. Placing the disc back into his pocket, Theta checked the screens when something blue streaked across the screen and Alan blinked. "What the bloody hell was that?!"

"It was your brother's TARDIS."

"Why was it going so fast?"

"I have no idea," Theta said when he closed his eyes and tried to contact the Doctor's mind.

"GO AWAY!" Both Theta and Alan shook their heads after the Doctor shouted into their minds and Theta started pushing buttons, turning switches and pulling levers. Daisy moved faster until she moved passed the TARDIS and Theta and Alan held onto console. He slowed Daisy down as she materialized in the garage and they ran outside. Adam, Marion and Rose ran into the garage when the TARDIS materialized and the doors slammed open. Tara ran out of the TARDIS when she ran to Rose and wrapped her arms around her. Rose felt her shaking as she hushed her then saw the Doctor staggering out of the TARDIS and Alan ran to him. The Doctor slid to the ground as Alan held him and Theta walked closer, kneeling in front of him. The Doctor was shaking and sobbing while Alan rocked him when Theta noticed that Rain wasn't with them and his hearts froze in his chest.

"Where's Rain?" Theta whispered.

"She's gone," the Doctor sobbed and Alan and Adam ran inside the TARDIS. They saw her things on the jump seat when Alan picked them up and they walked outside, heading for the Doctor. Looking at him, Alan held Rain's wedding ring in his hand and blinked.

"Brother?" Alan asked while the Doctor look at the ring and shook. He explained what happened while Adam felt dizzy and his eyes started to go in and out of focus.

"Rain divorced him? She's gone? She…" Adam though as his hearts thumped hard and fast in his ears and a loud wind roared in his head.

"Adam?!" Marion screamed as Alan placed Rain's things on the floor then ran to him and both of them slid to the floor. Adam's eyes were rolled back into his head as Alan checked for a pulse and Theta knelt down next to him.

"Rose, go get Martha!" Alan shouted as he picked Adam off the floor and Adam's head went back. Alan adjusted his hold on him as he carried him inside Daisy and headed for the med bay. "Don't you die on me, Te'lesau, don't you dare!"

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Theta paced while he watched Martha examining Adam when she came out of the med bay and Marion looked at her.

"Martha, what's wrong with my husband?!" Marion demanded and Martha sighed.

"The tests show that his hearts are fine and functioning normally, so it wasn't a coronary. It wasn't a stroke, an embolism, blood clots or a cerebral aneurysm."

"Just tell us what's wrong with my brother!" Theta demanded and Marion held him.

"For some reason, Adam's in a coma. His body does respond to external stimuli. He is breathing on his own but his swallowing and gag reflex have shut off, leaving me no choice but to install a feeding tube. What caused this, I don't know."

"Rassilon, his nightmare!" Marion gasped then told them about Adam's nightmare and Theta growled, looking at the Doctor.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Theta screamed and the Doctor backed up then went against the wall.

"I'm sorry. I'm so…" the Doctor said and Theta stormed over to him and stood face to face with him.

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT! IF HE DIES, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" The Doctor saw the anger and pain in Theta's eyes when Theta stormed down the hallway and Marion ran after him. Martha walked to the Doctor when she placed her arm around his shoulder, led him down the hallway and Alan looked at Adam from the med bay window. The door hissed open as he walked inside and walked to the bed. A white sheet covered Adam's waist and a plastic bag hung from a plastic tube that vanished under the sheet.

"Oh, crap, she had to put a catheter in you," Alan whispered as he placed his left hand on Adam's stomach and took Adam's hand in his right hand. The electrodes sticking to Adam's chest rose and fell as he breathed and two electrodes were stuck to his temples. The needle from the IV was taped to Adam's right hand and a plastic feeding tube had been inserted into his right nostril. Carefully, Alan brushed the hair from Adam's eyes when the tears rolled down his cheeks and he kissed the top of Adam's head. Pulling the chair behind him to the bed, Alan sat down then took Adam's hand and watched the lights moving on the heart monitor.