A/N: Next chapter Yay! So excited to have this posted for you guys. Gotta say I had a ton of fun writing this chapter. I have found a Beta reader and she is awesome! Thank you dannicabbage83! Hope you guys enjoy! A lso, almost forgot I have decided to stick mainly to just Rose. There will be times (Like this chapter) that Rose will meet up with the Doctor and Martha. Hope you guys enjoy. Please, please, please review. Thank you for being awesome readers and thank you for all the offers for betas.
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Rose stared at the page for the hundredth time. Her future self and River's didn't leave her with very much information. She growled in frustration and slammed the book shut.
She didn't know where to begin. The book only gave her coordinates, a date and a little note that said create a distraction. Rose gave up on the riddle and got up deciding to find some trouble before following the journal anymore.
She and River had already managed to go through a page of adventures together. Rose was being sure to write after every adventure per River's rule. Though River's claimed they were really future Rose's rules.
The first thing had been easy. She simply had to take the young child (she had since learned to be Rivers) to an orphanage. Of course true to Rivers current style she kicked, screamed and raised hell the whole time but Rose explained everything that she possible could to the young girl. The young River's had accepted everything easily but insisted on keeping in contact with Rose as much as she could. Rose did the only thing she knew to do at the time, she told her she would visit every few months till she couldn't anymore.
The second trip had been a bit more difficult. It ended with both Rose and River's in prison and Rose severally injured. Rose yelled and brought hell down on River about that one, cause she had to appear at the wrong moment and in front of the wrong people. Rose then jumped to protect River and in the end it almost cost her her life.
Rose sighed and ran her hand through her loose hair. She had no idea what was about to happen with this next entry but she knew it was bound to be trouble and it looked like anything that involved Rivers turned into hell.
"Jack?" Rose called slightly as she rounded the corner.
"Rose! Stay here! I see the Tardis, I am going to try to catch him." Jack yelled as he ran past Rose giving her a quick kiss on the check and out the door.
Rose stared at the door, feeling somewhat betrayed. Jack, her best friend, her pack, had just taken off to the one place Rose couldn't go.
"Jack! You bastard!" Rose yelled as loud as she could at the close door and even sent it through her mental connection to Jack.
"Rose sweetie?" River's yelled from down the hallway.
"Yeah?" Rose asked as she turned back around.
"Ready for your next trip?" Rivers asked with her hands on her hips and a knowing smile on her face.
Rose looked at River's hesitantly, studying Rivers carefully before answering. "Sure. Where to this time?"
Rivers gave Rose a heartbreaking smile. "You are going to help Martha but the Doctor can't see you." River's rushed over and covered Rose's mouth quickly. "Rose, you have to do this. Martha needs you. Now more than ever. Before now future you has been leaving her notes and warnings but Martha needs you, she is losing hope in the Doctor." River's removed her hand and quickly stepped back not sure how Rose was going to react to being shushed. Last time River's had done that her hand had ended up broken.
"She can't. She can't lose hope. He needs her. He needs someone to stop him. She has to help him." Rose whispered more to herself than Rivers before quickly shaking the gazed look off her face and replacing it to one of determination. "Give me the coordinates and date. I'll go and stay hidden."
River's smiled at Rose's strength before giving her a stern look. "You can't see him Rose beside's he won't recognize you and even if he did he wouldn't know why you look familiar."
"What do you mean? I didn't hide all his memories of me only the ones with Donna and Martha." Rose looked at River's with a look of pained confusion.
Rivers rushed to reassure Rose. "No Rose it wasn't because of anything you did. You hide those memories with such precision and skill that I don't even have. The Doctor had to become human for a bit. Martha needs to be the one that explains to you. Here." River's handed Rose a small slip of paper before she gave a small wave and hit the button on her vortex manipulator.
Rose stared at the piece of paper before quickly snatching the bag she had stashed beside the door and entered the coordinates.
Martha watched the Doctor continue on his walk with Joan for a few minutes before sneaking down the partly hidden path. She couldn't believe the Doctor was falling for Joan when Rose was the one he wanted. He had even told her so, not in so many words but it was written all over his face.
Martha understood better now that she never stood a chance with the Doctor, she understood how deep his love ran for Rose. It was just some infatuation or some silly crush. He loved Rose Tyler with both his hearts and the man she was with strongly believed he had lost her forever.
Martha hated keeping secrets from him and this secret might just break the Doctor if he finds out.
Martha let out a deep sigh as she stuck the key into the Tardis door and opened it. She looked up from the ground as she entered opening her mouth to give the Tardis her normal greeting but instead let out a loud scream causing the blonde women asleep on the captain's chair to jump to attention and drawing her gun.
Rose quickly looked around and spotted Martha before relaxing putting away her gun.
"Martha Jones! Don't you know better than to scare someone sleeping." Rose said fussing some before wrapping the still stunned Martha into a tight hug. "It is so good to see you. I can't stay long, the Tardis explained what happened. Are you okay? How are you?" Rose rushed the questions out one after another before Martha promptly shushed her.
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?" Martha shouted at Rose who had gone to rushing around the Tardis in a very Doctor like way. Rose turned to Martha,her expression turned to one of complete seriousness.
"You need help Martha. No one here understands or knows what is really happening but you. You are giving up and losing hope. I am here to help, to be the person that understands the struggle you are going through and to be a friend to you. I can't stay long and the Doctor can't see me but I am here for the next 4 hours. I am all yours. " Rose said before sitting down on one side of the captain's chair and patting the other side for Martha.
Martha stared at Rose, her mouth opened a bit before asking the one question that was burning her from the inside out.
"Where have you been? You seem...different. Relaxed." Rose looked at Martha with a tight smile as she spoke.
"I've been staying with an old friend. He has been helping me a lot but this time isn't about me. This is about you." Rose quietly taking Martha's hand.
Martha started her story from the beginning telling Rose everything that happened since they got here until she got to the part about Joan. Rose watched as Martha hesitated for a second.
"Martha it's okay just tell me. I promise it will be okay." Rose said reassuringly.
Martha hesitated just a second more before taking a deep breath. "John smith is falling in love with the school nurse, Joan, and I don't know how to stop him. He has this journal and he has drawn you Rose, so John remembers you but he is still falling in love with her. I am helpless and when this ends both the Doctor and Joan will be completely heartbroken. You haven't seen how he is without you. He absolutely scares me to death. He is almost cruel and unforgiving even. Even when I accused him of not loving you he never acted like this. He was never this mean to me but he had you. Now, now he thinks he has lost you forever and it's like...like a part of him has completely died. When this is over in the next month, he will hate himself for falling in love with Joan and I have no idea what he will do because of that." Martha had stood up during her speech and was now pacing, waving her hands in the air as she speaks. Rose watched quietly, letting her friend rant, while inside her heart was breaking and the part of her old self that had start to bloom again was dying all over. Martha stopped pacing and turned to face Rose ready to slam another accusation at her but Rose raised her hand in a silent no.
"I know Martha but this is would have happened whether or not I waited to come back. The only thing that is different is you have a better understanding and have became a really good friend to him. He trusts you Martha. If I hadn't came back things between you two would be a lot different. You would still think you could make him fall in love with you and you would chase after him for the rest of your time together until the day comes that something absolutely tragic happens. You would have left on sorta difficult terms. Things are changing cause I came back early. Certain events will still have to play out but you have something new. You have a different insight into the Doctor's head. You won't blame him quite so much for the events to come. You won't resent him so much. You might even leave on better terms and for that I am not sorry. I am sorry for causing you to keep secrets, I am sorry you are having to go through this feeling alone. You are not alone. I will leave you my number. Text or call me anytime, as long as the Doctor doesn't find out. You know the risk so it is up to you whether or not you decide to talk to me. All I ask is if you decide not to add to the risk is that you ask the Tardis to dispose of my number." Rose said placing a piece of paper on the Tardis console before walking to the door.
"Wait! I thought you said I had a few hours." Martha said rushing to Rose. Rose gave Martha her tongue in teeth smile.
"Yeah but just answer me this. Do you believe in the Doctor? Do you trust him?" Rose asked. Without any hesitation Martha responded. "Of course I do." Rose gave Martha another tongue in teeth smile. "Then you don't need the extra hours. You Martha Jones are a fantastic woman. The Doctor will get through this. He might be a bit lost but you are there to remind him of who he is and pull him back. Get him to open up about me. Get him to tell you mine and his story. John smith loves Joan now but John is not the Doctor. At least not fully. The Doctor is like fire and ice, but he is brilliant and amazing. He has many sides. Many dreams. Remember Martha, John is not the Doctor. He has none of his memories or his history. He is who the Doctor would be if he was simply human. You will do brilliant things. Remember you have me and I will be there when I can. Don't forget, Bad Wolf." With that Rose walked out the door and pulled up the hood of her cloak.
Martha smiled at the space her friend once stood and walked over to the console.
"What do you think? Think I should take the risk?" Martha asked the Tardis. In, what Martha could only guess to be a yes, the Tardis sent a quick blast of air across the piece of paper Rose had sat down sending it closer to Martha. Martha laughed in response and place the number in her pocket, as she continued down the corridor just a few feet to her room.
Rose watched from the shadows as John Smith talked to Martha and another maid, Jenny she assumed from Martha's story. Rose stood there for a while until a bright green light flashed across the night sky causing Martha to jump up. Rose stared at the area the light had seemed to land before giving one last, longing look at towards the Doctor, and took off running toward the field.
Rose watched as the family took over the first of many bodies and quickly unmasked her signature.
"Mother, do you smell that?"
"Yes Daughter of mine I do."
"It smells like a wolf. No! It can't be!"
"Bad Wolf."
Rose watched as the family scurried back to the spaceship and masked her signature again. Rose stayed to the shadows and watched the next day as the villagers were ambushed. She waited in silence until Timothy, the little boy who had the watch, ran by her hiding spot.
"Timothy!" Rose partially whispered. Timothy spun around fear clouding his eyes as he quickly stashed the watch behind his back before pulling it out again just as quick and stared at Rose like he had seen a ghost.
"He showed you who I am didn't he? Well that is for the best never did like explaining that part." Rose said smiling and kneeling in front of the young boy.
"He loves you. You are the Bad Wolf but you were trapped. His heart is broken because he thinks he can never see you again but yet here you stand." Timothy asked with a hint of confusion.
Rose just smiled her tongue in teeth smile. "You are completely brilliant you are. That is true and the Doctor can't find out I am here but I am here to help you. The Doctor and Martha need that watch. They need you to return it and I am here to get you there safe. We have to hurry the girl is already warning her family about me and you." Rose quickly gathered the boy's hand in hers and used her other one to remove her gun, keeping it hidden behind her side.
Rose rushed Timothy to the building she had seen the Doctor and Martha run into moments earlier. Rose covered Timothy as another explosion rocked the town. She looked down at Timothy after the rocking stopped.
"Timothy, you have to go the rest of the way. I have to stop this no one else needs to get hurt. Tell Martha I'm sorry. So very sorry. Go and be brilliant Timothy. If anyone can convince the Doctor to change back it's you." Rose said hugging Timothy tightly.
"You can't. You aren't invincible. Bad Wolf does not mean you are immortal. Rose the Doctor needs you not me. I am just a boy." Timothy said grabbing Rose's arm tightly. Rose smiled at him with tears forming in her eyes.
"Timothy, you are so much more than just a boy. Go." Rose pried Timothy's hand from her arm and turned, running away before Timothy could stop her.
Rose ran until she reached the spaceship. She quickly composed her emotions and stepped through the doors causing the family to jump.
"You know who I am." Rose said eerily calm.
"You are the Bad Wolf." said the one that had taken over the young boy.
"Then you know what I will do if you don't stop this madness." Rose said.
"We want to live forever. We thought the only way to do that would be to consume the life of a time lord."
"But we did not think we would end up with Bad Wolf on our doorsteps."
"I am only here to stop you." Rose growled just a bit for emphasis. Wasn't the first time she had her life threaten and it didn't scare her anymore. All at once the family lunged for her and she dodged them knocking the Daughter into the father causing them to fall.
Rose growled. "Stop. If you stop now I will let you leave to live the rest of your short life span but if you don't I will leave you to deal with the Doctor and he won't be so forgiving. You know of me, know what I can do. You know of the Doctor and know what will happen. So do yourself a favor and leave."
The family sat their and considered their options before a commotion at the door caused them all to look up in surprise.
Rose smiled her tongue in tooth smile. "Looks like your time is up. The Doctor is in."
Rose hit the buttons on her vortex manipulator and landed by the Tardis. She wanted to get one last look and maybe say goodbye before she disappeared again. She hated leaving but she now knew how to complete the next entry in her journal. Timothy and Martha gave her the motivation and hope she herself needed. Martha wasn't the only one needing reassurance apparently. She watched as Martha walked to the Tardis alone. As soon as Martha got closer, Rose stepped out slowly so not to startle Martha again.
"Hello." Rose said softly. Martha looked at her in shock before quickly rushing over and hugging her tightly.
"I thought you left. " Martha said as she let go of Rose. Rose smiled just a little.
"I had to stick around, someone had to protect you, Timothy and the Doctor until things got fixed." Martha stared at Rose in shock before hugging her again.
"It was horrible. He didn't want to change. I hate seeing him hurt like that. He was crying. Actually crying." Rose just shook her head softly before pulling away again.
"I know but thats why he has you. He can't be alone. Sometimes he needs a hand to hold. I have to go I just wanted to tell you goodbye. The Doctor will be here shortly and he can't see me." Rose said stepping back to the shadows just as the Doctor rounded the corner.
Martha stared at the wooded area Rose had just disappeared in with her mouth opened in a ready argument.
"There you are Martha Jones. What are you staring at like that?" The Doctor asked interrupting Martha's internal argument.
"Oh curse you...you ...you thing!" Martha yelled at the darkness. The Doctor raised an eyebrow in question.
"Are you alright? What are you yelling at? Are you feeling okay?" The Doctor asked before a voice behind him interrupted him.
"Wait!" Timothy yelled running down the path. Timothy stopped in front of Martha, panting hard. "I came to say goodbye." Timothy gasped out still trying to catch his breath. All of a sudden a wolf's howl pierced the air, causing all three of them to jerk in surprise. Timothy and Martha shared a face splitting grin while the Doctor looked on with a confused and contemplating look before he gave a shrug, brushing it off.
"Well Timothy you are really brilliant. Here I believe you should keep this for good luck." The Doctor said leaning down to get eye level with Timothy handing over the pocket watch that once housed his time lord essences. Timothy look at the watch with the same fascination as before but only this time the watch was quiet.
"It's silent now." Timothy said looking up at the Doctor with his eyebrow raised in question.
"Yep. Just a watch now." The Doctor said before looking at the door of the Tardis, a smile lighting up his face one more. "Well we best be off." The Doctor said opening the door of the Tardis and walking in. A few seconds later he stuck his head back out. "Are you coming Martha?"
"In a few Doctor. I want to say goodbye." Martha said laughing as she spoke. The Doctor just nodded and slipped back into the Tardis, closing the door behind him.
"She will be back soon." Timothy said looking into the direction the wolf had howled. Martha looked over at him with her forehead scrunched up in confusion.
"Who?" Martha asked slightly concerned.
"Bad Wolf. She will howl once more for the Oncoming Storm before returning home." Timothy said quietly before looking up at Martha. "She lead me to you, you know. She even went to the Family to stop them before the Doctor had came back." Martha looked at Timothy with a tight smile.
"That's Rose. Well I guess this is goodbye and good luck." Martha said leaning down to hug him.
"There is a war coming. The biggest one yet." Timothy said sadly.
"You don't have to fight." Martha said looking Timothy in the eyes.
"I think I have to. Goodbye for now Martha Jones. Good luck." Timothy said giving Martha another hug before stepping back. Martha walked back to the door of the Tardis, she stopped after she opened it and waved one last time before stepping into the console room. She came fast to face with a grieving Doctor and paused.
"Doctor? Are you alright?" Martha asked as concern coated her voice. The Doctor looked up in surprise before quickly composing himself.
"I am always alright. Where to next Martha Jones?" The Doctor asked as he quickly morphed back into his cheerful, hyper self and launched the Tardis into the time vortex. Martha quickly grabbed the railing to stop from falling until the shaking stopped.
Martha stepped forward and hugged the Doctor for a brief second before stepping back away from him.
"It's okay to miss her and it's okay to grieve for her." Martha said before taking a seat on the jumpseat.
"What are you talking about?" The Doctor asked sounding genuinely surprised.
"The person you lost. Rose right? That was her name? You never talk about her. You should, it might help." Martha said quickly, hoping the Doctor, in his memories would have mentioned her name at some point.
Understanding lit the Doctor's face before the sad, dark look creeped over his features. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair before slowly taking a seat next to Martha on the jumpseat.
"Her name was Rose. Rose Tyler and she was absolutely fantastic." The Doctor said quietly a tight smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "I lost her to a parallel universe. She isn't dead, she is very much alive but she is trapped there forever. I have no way of getting her back. No way of seeing her again. Though I was able to say goodbye. I burnt up a sun to say goodbye to her. She's happy, she has her mom there, a parallel version of her dad, mickey and the baby, her mom was pregnant when I said goodbye." The Doctor let out a tight breathe quickly wiping the tears from his eyes before standing up again. "That's enough for now. You need sleep and so do I for that matter." The Doctor pulled the stunned Martha up to her feet.
"Goodnight Doctor. I have questions but they can wait." Martha gave the Doctor a small wave before disappearing down the hallway.
The Doctor looked after her in amazement. All of his other companions would have demanded answers right away while Martha understood he needed his space for a bit. He shook his head and put the puzzle off for another day and followed down the hallway heading to his room, well it was Rose's but he had just taken over. The Tardis helped preserve her smell on the fabrics which helped him sleep peacefully. The Doctor shut the door behind him and chucked his jacket on to a chair along with his tie. He kicked off his shoes carelessly in the room and rolled him his sleeves before laying down in Rose's bed. He hugged the pillow that smelled most like her and sleep quickly took over.
A/N: Next chapter it is going to be Rose's next assignment with her Journal and maybe so trouble with Torchwood. Thank's guys!