Yay, chapter 28! And Donna is back! (sort of...) And the Doctor is getting a bit scarier now, well... much scarier tbh. But I am sure Donna can save the day eventually! I am not quite sure how far I will let Rose go with... stuff (Spoilers :p), you'll have to read for yourself, sorry...

It is a bit longer this chapter, and again a bit darker than the previous chapters, and of course I would really like to hear what you all think!

Thanks for reading and enjoy this chapter! -X-


'Donna, this is Rose, I have mentioned her before. Rose, this is Donna. And this one here,' the Doctor pointed at the man he was dragging with him, 'is Shaun. Donna's husband, apparently.'

The Doctor left Shaun on the floor, not bothering to give him any attention. He took Donna's arm, ignored her protests, and he placed her on the captain's chair in the middle of the TARDIS. He tried to make a connection between Donna and his ship by sorting some wires and he placed them on Donna's head, in the hope that the TARDIS could help her. His ship could at least make her pain less worse and she could maybe, eventually, put Donna completely out of danger. But that needed time.

'Donna… the TARDIS is going to try to clean your mind. I am going to put you into sleep so that your brains are completely open. When you are asleep, you can't resist. It is going to be fine. You trust me, don't you?' the Doctor asked, placing his hands on his friend's temples, ready to make her fall asleep.

'I… don't know…' Donna's reply was.

And that was the truth, she honestly didn't know if she could trust him. And when she was asleep, she couldn't protect Shaun. The Doctor had said that he wouldn't do anything, but she didn't really believe him. She could feel the pure anger in the Time Lord and she knew that he was not easy to stop. He was not going to let his mind being changed only by her. But still… the Doctor had been right. If she didn't let him try to help her, then she might burn up. And then she really was useless to him. And she didn't want that, she had to help him. Pull him out of the darkness.

'Just get on with it,' Donna whispered, and the Doctor made sure that she fell asleep.

The TARDIS made soft humming sounds, that only the Doctor could translate. He knew that his ship was trying to get the most of the Time Lord consciousness out of Donna, and he knew that his ship needed some time to get it done properly. If she succeeded at all. It was still one big guess.

'You,' the Doctor said, turning his attention back to Shaun, still ignoring Rose, who had been watching the scene with complete astonishment and confusion, 'you are going to suffer very badly for trying to hurt Donna and for trying to challenge me.'

Shaun didn't dare to do or say anything, his leg hurt like hell and he was not feeling very confident about winning a fight against the Doctor. He could do nothing else than just nodding and trying to be respectful towards the Time Lord in the hope that he would be spared that way.

'Do you already see that you have been wrong?' the Doctor asked strictly.

Shaun nodded carefully, not quite sure if he had to speak or not. So he choose something in between speaking and saying nothing. 'Yes… Doctor…' he whispered.

'You are a very bad liar… You are just saying that because you are a coward. You are scared. You are beyond scared. But you know that you can't fight me, that is why you are suddenly so tame… How thick do you think I am?' the Doctor asked, advancing on Shaun with his fists clenched.

'No! Honestly, that is not… you are not thick! I never implied that! I am the one who is thick!' Shaun said, defending his head with his arms, afraid of what was going to come.

'Good answer… I like it when my prisoners are submissive… Since you are so eager to follow my orders, then follow this one. I want you to show some resistance. I want you to fight me,' the Doctor said, looking down on the man.

'What… why? I can't possibly… I have a broken leg! Please! Why would you want me to do that?' Shaun asked.

'I need some justification for what I am going to do with you. That just feels better towards Donna, since she is so attached to you. Do as I say.'

Shaun tried to get up, feeling the throbbing pain in his leg. He tried to lunge at the Doctor, who immediately floored him again.

'And just for this rebellious action, I can imprison you and torture you whatever I like. You see, I do have rules. I can't put you in prison for no reason of course. But now I have true evidence, and Rose is my witness. Normally I don't really do this, justifying my actions, but this is only for Donna,' the Doctor said.

'Then she saw that you forced me to do this as well, didn't she?' Shaun said.

'But she won't tell Donna that, she knows the consequences. She knows that she needs to listen to me,' the Doctor said smugly. 'Don't you, Rose?'

He didn't wait for Rose's answer. Instead he grabbed Shaun's hair and dragged him into the corridor and asked the TARDIS for a small prison chamber. It appeared right in front of him and he threw Shaun in, who couldn't fight back his tears anymore.

'I am a master in manipulation, I can manipulate Donna as well if that is necessary. So don't think she will believe you. I control you now. Do you see those handcuffs on the wall?' the Doctor asked.

Shaun nodded, looking at the chains the Doctor was talking about.

'I want you to cuff yourself and then you will swallow the key. Go on,' the Doctor said, his voice almost a whisper.

Shaun crawled over to the wall and he did as he was told. He cuffed one of his hands and he swallowed the key, just like the Doctor wanted. Now he really couldn't get away anymore.

'You are such a good boy… I like that. You keep this attitude and I might just offer you something to eat later. But first I am going to have some fun… And I want you to scream. Is that clear? I want you to feel the pain, I want you to beg me and I want you to fear me. If you do that for me, then I will try to keep you conscious.'

Shaun looked up at the Doctor and he saw the pure hatred and fury radiating form the alien. This wasn't a personal matter; Shaun was certain that the Doctor didn't hate him this much. They barely knew each other. No, Shaun just had the misfortune to be in the Doctor's way at the wrong time, the Doctor had just bottled up all his anger and frustration only to lash out at the first one who annoyed him. And that was Shaun.

'Why won't you let me go?' Shaun asked with a small voice.

'I need to know what method is the most effective on human beings. As soon as I know that, then you are useless to me and then I will find someone else to play with. Someone more specific,' the Doctor said wickedly. 'I've never tested them before. I don't want to look like a fool when I am with my real enemies and it turns out my methods don't work. I can't have that. I want people to take me serious. Because they shouldn't question my power.'

Shaun didn't say anything in return, he could just as well give up. The Doctor was not going to listen to him anyway.

'I really shouldn't talk so much… Let's start… If you cooperate well enough, then I might stop earlier,' the Doctor grinned as he decided what he was going to do to Shaun first. He wanted to see blood. And he was going to make Shaun bleed like hell. And after Shaun, the rest would follow. No one would be safe from the Oncoming Storm.


Rose was waiting in the console room, keeping an eye on Donna, who was still fast asleep. Or unconscious. Rose couldn't tell the difference right now. She really hoped that this Donna could help the Doctor, that she could make him see what he was doing. The Doctor needed to realize that he couldn't save everyone and that he wasn't as powerful as he liked to think. But so far, Rose hadn't succeeded in that; on the contrary, she had encouraged the Doctor to go back for Donna. So now he was really convinced that he could do anything, now that Donna was back. And as soon as Donna would wake up, the Doctor had once again won.

Just when she started to wonder where the Doctor had gone, the Time Lord entered the console room again. He had been gone for almost one hour and Rose noticed that he had blood on his coat and hands. She even spotted some traces of blood in his neck. Whatever he had done, Rose felt that it couldn't be something good.

'Doctor?' she asked carefully, knowing that she had to take greatest care when confronting the Doctor with something he had done wrong in her eyes. 'You have blood on your… whole body.'

'Yes.'

'If you don't mind me asking… What have you done?' Rose asked.

'Taught Shaun a lesson.'

'Have you killed him?' Rose asked shocked.

'Of course not, how can I punish a dead man? I promised him to hurt him, so I did.'

'Donna wouldn't like that!' Rose said.

'Donna doesn't have to know anything about this. As soon as I am done with that human, I drop him off in London and Donna never has to know what happened to him. Besides, I really don't care what others think about me. I am just not going to tell her. And neither are you, if you know what's good for you,' the Doctor said darkly.

'It would hurt her,' Rose whispered.

'Exactly. So you will keep your mouth shut.'

'You scare me, Doctor. You really scare me. All this time when you showed me the universe, I thought you were my friend, I thought I loved you, but now you have become my greatest nightmare. And that is not a joke, even in my sleep, I am frightened that you will hurt someone again. Someone I love. Or that you will destroy civilizations only because you think it is right,' Rose said softly, closing her eyes to wait for an outburst. But it didn't come, yet.

'No… I don't scare you, I protect you. You are the only one, and Donna, who don't have to fear me. The rest of the universe should be scared. They all should have nightmares about me. But not you. Don't you dare having nightmares about me,' the Doctor growled.

'I can't help it… I am sorry…'

'I get it. Something happens that is not your wish and you decide to turn against me. It is not me who is selfish, it is you. You used me! You used me only because you wanted to see the stars. You pretended to love me and now that I finally do what I like you turn your back at me. No matter what I do, you keep being ungrateful. Only because things don't happen the way you want it,' the Doctor snarled viciously.

Rose took a step back and put up her hands, not wanting to end up in a fight with him. She had to keep him as her friend.

'No! No, that is not true! I did love you! Honestly! Until you started killing people…' Rose said quickly.

'You don't accept me the way I am, Tyler. I can't have that. You used to worship me, you used to love me… But you were only pretending… All of it was a lie, you have been lying to me all that time… How did you do that? How did you make me fall in love with you? Because I am starting to think that you manipulated me into this,' the Doctor said with a deadly whisper.

'I didn't make you love me! I didn't! We used to love each other!' Rose yelled desperately.

'Maybe I don't really love you… Maybe you just made me think that… But how…' the Doctor said, glaring at Rose. 'HOW DID YOU DO THAT!'

The Doctor grabbed Rose's shoulders and he shook her, trying to make her confess. His eyes were wild with rage. He was blind. He couldn't see what he was doing. He had fallen into madness and he now even doubted Rose. He saw evil in everything right now, while he himself was the greatest evil.

'I didn't do anything! Please, Doctor, you are hurting me!' Rose whimpered.

'THEN TELL ME WHAT YOU DID!' the Doctor shouted frantically. 'I AM A TIME LORD! I COULD NEVER HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH A HUMAN!'

'But you did! Remember? You love me! Doctor, please! I am Rose!'

'I know who you are. You are evil. Thinking you can manipulate me like this. I've got some news for you, little girl. I am not your boyfriend or whatever you want me to be. You made me like this. And I want you to tell me how…' the Doctor said through clenched teeth.

'I can't tell you! I haven't done anything! How could a human manipulate a Time Lord?' Rose returned the question.

'DO NOT LIE TO ME!' the Doctor thundered and he seized her throat. 'I don't know how you have done this, so you are going to tell me.'

'I haven't done anything, Doctor! Please, you have to believe me!' Rose cried, trying to pull his cold hand away from her throat.

'Be warned, Tyler… I don't show kindness, I don't show mercy. I am not your protector anymore. You are not safe from me. And having lost me as your protection means that you are not safe at all. So you better start talking…' the Doctor hissed, tightening his grip. 'Now.'

'Please…' Rose whimpered softly.

'Have it your way then. Maybe you will talk when I make you watch how I can destroy some of your friends. Do not ever lie to me, Rose. Because messing with me like this makes me capable of very, very dangerous things. Believe me, I can make you talk,' the Doctor sneered, his hand now grabbing Rose's neck to lead her back to the control panel.

'I didn't do anything! I am not lying! Look inside my mind and you will see that I am speaking the truth!' Rose yelled.

'If you are smart enough to mislead me, then you are also smart enough to block my telepathic attacks. I am not falling for your lies ever again,' the Doctor snarled.

'If I was really so smart, then I would never have said that I don't love you,' Rose defended herself.

'I don't think so. Because you see now that I am going to do things my own way. And you can't stand that, so you want to leave me. Now shut up before I make you shut up,' the Doctor said, giving Rose a glare she had never seen before. He was angrier than she had ever seen him and he had completely lost his mind.

'And just so you know,' the Doctor continued, 'I hope that you haven't done anything to Donna in the time that I was gone, because you will regret that.'

'I am not like that! I would never! You are being ridiculous! Just stop that!' Rose yelled and she tried to make the Doctor stop pressing buttons and pulling levers. But he seized her wrist and threw her against the control panel.

'How can I possibly believe you? You tried to kill me multiple times. You have been standing in my way too many times. Maybe nothing you said has ever been true. Maybe you don't even care about seeing your friends being slaughtered. Do you even care about your mom?' the Doctor asked close to Rose's ear.

'Of course I care about them. I would never put their lives in danger. You have seen that before. You can trust me!'

'That's the problem. See, I have never loved a human being before. So how is it possible that you have tricked me in to this? And you never really loved me, because if you did you would have done anything to stay with me. Just like I did anything to stay with you. I can see it now… You tried to ruin me,' the Doctor said.

Rose shook her head furiously, desperately thinking of a way how she could make the Doctor see that she hadn't been trying to deceive him.

'I've got news for you, Tyler, it didn't work. I am still here, and I am still myself. Your plan didn't work. But I still want to know how you did this,' the Doctor growled, pulling a lever and landing the TARDIS.

'I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!' Rose shouted.

'Do you care about your friends and family? Or was that a trick as well? Was that all acting? It was… wasn't it? You don't care about anything! You just lied about everything,' the Doctor snarled, grabbing Rose's hair and exposing her throat. 'I see what you have been trying to do… You made me fall in love with you only because you wanted to travel across this universe, and then you tried to leave me and even kill me because you didn't get what you wanted anymore.'

'I left you before and I came back, for you! I came back for you, Doctor! And if I really was so selfish, then I would have stayed with you to rule over the universe! But I am not selfish, and that is why I wanted to leave you!' Rose cried. 'LET ME GO!'

'I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO!' the Doctor shouted. 'I said I would never leave you, and I am not going to give you the satisfaction to leave me. You are not getting rid of me that easily, girl. You need to be punished.'

'Doctor! Please! It's me, Rose! Your Rose!' Rose yelled. 'I LOVE YOU!'

'You are lying, you are trying to save yourself. No one loves me, no one can ever love me. I am not a person to fall in love with,' the Doctor said, not shouting anymore.

'But I did,' Rose said softly, seeing that the Doctor was starting to come back to reality again. He had to recognize her as who she was. He had to snap out of this madness.

'Rose…' the Doctor whispered, letting go of her. He dropped down on his knees and looked at her with a completely different look in his eyes. He was sad. 'Rose… Forgive me… I never meant to hurt you…'

'It's okay, Doctor,' Rose said, though it wasn't okay at all. But she couldn't say anything else. She was already quite happy that he had let her go and that he didn't actually go to her friends and family. Rose kneeled down and placed a hand on the Doctor's cheek. 'I am here, Doctor… I will help you.'

But just as soon as the Doctor's anger had vanished, it returned again. He slammed Rose's hand away and he got to his feet.

'Don't touch me, human. I don't need your help. I don't need anyone. And I certainly don't need traitors here in my ship,' the Doctor growled darkly and he towered over Rose.

'I am not a traitor! I am on your side!' Rose said again trying to calm him down.

'THEN PROVE IT!' the Doctor bellowed, forcing Rose to stand up. 'Do you follow my orders, human?'

Rose didn't like the way he was talking to her, she certainly didn't like the fact that he was addressing her with 'human'. As if she was a lesser species. Which she probably was. But it implied that he didn't recognize her anymore as Rose, and that really frightened her. She knew that the Doctor would never harm her, but the Doctor seemed to have gone mad. And he would even go madder if he saw that he had hurt Rose. So she decided to nod and to please him whatever it took. She had to protect him from himself and she had to hope that Donna would wake up very soon.

'Good. Now… If I told you to kill someone, would you do it?' the Doctor asked.

'Not if that someone was innocent,' Rose answered.

'So you don't obey me?' the Doctor said, his offensive attitude returning.

'No! No, I would kill someone!' Rose said quickly.

'Then prove it,' the Doctor said with a feral grin.

Rose backed away quickly, trying to win some time. Donna had to wake up. Rose couldn't control the situation at all and the Doctor only became more and more dangerous. If Donna couldn't save the situation right now, then Rose had no other choice. She had to kill someone.