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Chapter 52 - The Storm Brews

The Doctor found himself walking through a cavern. It was very dim and he could barely see anything. He could hear Sam crying and sensed his fear. He could also sense someone with him. He quietly walked through the cavern, trying to find where the sound was coming from.

He rubbed his beard as he tapped his bracelet. The display shown down his arm and illuminated the area where he stood. He looked up Sam's GPS location, but it blinked randomly in several different places. Still, Sam cried. He was extremely frightened. The Doctor willed himself to remain calm.

The Doctor tapped his bracelet and the light from the display disappeared. If something had Sam in the cave, he knew he needed to be quiet in order to keep from alerting whatever or whoever had him to his presence. His fear rose inside of him as he heard Sam continue to cry.

He saw the cavern open into a room that was barely lit up. He looked inside of the room to see a male figure carrying a baby. What was he doing to Sam to scare him? Just then, The Doctor's footsteps gave him away and the man turned and spotted him. It was Dorian Idles!

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The Doctor awoke with a jump. He was laying on the bed in his and Rose's bedroom. The room was lit only by single lamp in the corner. A storm raged outside. Rose held Sam who was screaming at the top of his lungs. She was walking out of the room.

"Hey. Rose." He spoke to her as he rubbed his face.

"I was just taking him downstairs so you can sleep."

He got up and walked over to her. "No, it's alright. He's scared of the storm. Here, let me have him." He held out his hands.

Rose smiled at him. "How's your hand?"

He made a fist. Everything seemed to be back to normal. "It's alright. Here. Give him to me."

Rose handed Sam to him. He held him tightly. "Now, Sam. You are going to wake up this entire island with this screaming. Calm down."

Sam wasn't having it. He continued to cry.

The Doctor put his finger to his lips and said, "Shhhhh….."

Sam stopped crying at once and looked at him. The Doctor smiled. "Oh, it will be a bad day when that stops working."

Rose looked shocked. "How did you do that?"

He smiled at Sam. "It is ….. just a thing I know how to do. I'll show you how. Sam, the storm isn't going to hurt you. Mum and Dad won't let it."

Rose watched him as he walked over to the sofa in the corner and sat down, holding Sam. "Rose, can you bring us a blanket?"

Rose took a blanket off the end of the bed and brought it over to him. He pulled it over Sam and his lap. She snuggled up and laid her head on his shoulder. He tucked the blanket across her.

"This is a bad storm. How did I sleep through this?" he asked Rose quietly as he played with Sam's thin, blond hair. Sam sucked his own fingers as he looked back up at The Doctor.

Rose rubbed her face. "I have no idea. He's been screaming for about twenty minutes. Well, maybe less than that. I tried everything. I should tell he was frightened, but I couldn't tell of what. I never thought about the storm."

"I'm surprised Genie isn't in here. How did I get up here? We were having a drinking game."

Rose smiled, "You went to sleep after a few drinks. Lewis popped you up here. Jack offered to do it, but he kissed you last time, so I told him no."

"He did what? Kissed me?" he asked in surprise.

Rose laughed quietly. "Yes. Just on the forehead."

He rolled his eyes. "Oh, that guy. I probably got off easy with him."

Rose rubbed his thigh under the blanket. "Go on back to sleep. I'll stay up with him."

He shook his head, "I've slept for nearly four hours. That's a lot for me. You go on to sleep. Have you slept yet?" He could feel she wasn't very tired, but could use some sleep.

Rose yawned, "I haven't gotten to that yet. Everyone has only just left. I gave Sam a bath, feed him and then lay down. Then that's when he started screaming."

He kissed Sam's forehead. "Don't give your mum such a hard time, Sam."

Sam fussed.

The Doctor rubbed his beard, "I know you hate it. Still not shaving it. But, yes. It does need a trim."

A loud boom of thunder shook the house. The Doctor held his finger up to Sam. "See. And you are fine. I don't think they get much louder than that." Sam grabbed his finger and put it in his mouth.

Rose laughed, "He's decided to eat your finger."

"Apparently." He smiled at Sam. "Go onto sleep, Rose. I'll stay up with him. He's wide awake."

Rose tickled Sam's cheek. "I'm surprised the power is still on here in the house."

"Nah. It would really take something catastrophic to make the power go out here. Tony's arc reactor is well placed and everything is run deep underground. This island will wash away before the power will go out. There were a lot of reasons I picked an island where I did for us."

Rose turned to him and ran her hand through his hair. "I've never thought about that. Why did you pick this island? You never told me."

He smiled at her. "I was dying and I knew you would need a place where you could be safe. Without me. Things happen here on Earth. In several hundred years. This is as far away from all of that as it's possible to get. But, now I'm not dying, and we have a ship. We'll be fine, together."

Rose continued to run her hand through his hair. "Hundreds of years from now, huh?"

He sighed, "Try not to think about it, dear. It's a lot-"

"I'm not thinking about it." Rose demanded as she looked back at Sam.

He looked back at her. "Genie's children will be her legacy. She will live on in that way. They will be amazing, just like she is. Don't mourn her, Tony, or anyone until they are gone. But, don't waste anytime with them, either. Human life is over so, very quickly. Like a snap."

Rose smiled painfully. "See, I was trying not to think about it."

He kissed her cheek. "Sorry."

"What about Sam? Will he have a long life like us?"

He shook his head. "I scanned him to see, but couldn't tell yet. I can tell you that he will be telepathic. He already is a bit now. I think he will also be telekinetic, just like you. I also have reasons to think he heals as fast as you do, so a long life is possible, but I don't want to say it until I'm certain. Basically, a little Rose is who I hold in my arms right now."

Rose smiled at Sam. "But, nothing you see he got from you?"

He bit his lip and shook his head. "Nothing that I can see. Even this strange eye color, he got from his mum."

"Hazel. They are hazel eyes. Mad alien man. They're not strange." Rose teased him.

He laughed, "I have two children with strange eyes. I'm sure there's some prophecy I'm missing here. Probably can look into someone's soul or something."

The storm continued to roar outside.

Rose leaned up, grabbed the remote and turned on the telly to CNN. "Maybe this will help Sam forget about the storm."

The Doctor looked impressed, "That's a good idea. Sam, your mum is so clever and beautiful. Can you see why I love her so?"

Sam coo'ed at him.

"Hey, look at that Rose! I think he's trying to smile! Does that look like a smile to you?"

Rose smiled down at Sam. "That looks like a smile to me. I think he's a happy boy."

Sam grabbed the Doctor's finger again and put it in his mouth.

"Happy with his Daddy's finger. This is fine until you get some teeth, son. Then I'm getting you a stick."

Rose laughed, "You are not getting him a stick."

"He's not going to chew on me with teeth!"

Rose laughed as she laid her head on his shoulder. "Okay, tell me. Is that an alien?" she pointed at the reporter.

He smiled and shook his head. "No. She's not."

She continued to run her hand through his hair as he held Sam. The reporter spoke. "And tonight in New York! Rose Tyler makes a long overdue appearance at the Stark Expo's Opening Ceremonies." The video showed them walking out on stage waving.

Rose spoke. "Damn. I look hot in that dress!"

He laughed. "Oh, yes you do! Watch Tony's face."

Tony looked her up and down as she turned to wave to the crowd.

Rose giggled, "Now, how did you know he did that?"

He smiled, "Oh, a good guess. That man has flirted with you since the first time I've met him. In front of me, no less."

"At least you aren't threatening to shoot him anymore."

"Ah, our friendship is still young. I still might." He told her.

The reporter continued, "Doctor Johnathon Smith was onhand tonight as well. And who knew him and Tony Stark were such friends?"

Another reporter appeared on the screen. The Doctor pointed at her. "She's an alien. Looks like a Slitheen."

Rose laughed, "She's not a Slitheen. I know what that is."

He chuckled at her as the reporter continued to talk. "It makes sense. Two of the smartest men of our time, along with the brilliant Rose Tyler, all working together! It will be interesting to see what they can come up with. As you know, Stark announced four months ago that he was starting a new division of his company that wasn't associated with weapons development. I suppose after all of these years, he's finally growing up."

The other reporter agreed, "Well, I guess it helps when you are hanging around a former Secret Agent-"

"I wasn't a Secret Agent! Geez. Idiots." The Doctor demanded as he reached for the remote. "Where is the football on this telly? Surely someone is playing." He grumbled.

Rose laughed at him. "Your son is sleeping."

He looked down at him. "Now that's not something I thought I would see for a while tonight."

He took his finger out of Sam's mouth and Sam continued sleeping.

Rose smiled, "He feels so…. Peaceful. Safe."

The Doctor smiled as he looked at him. "He is so beautiful. It's remarkable."

Rose ran her hand through his hair as he looked down at Sam and smiled. "I can feel that. Why are you so sad?"

He looked back at her. "Nothing wrong with our joining. I was trying to shield that from you."

Rose continued to run her hand through his hair. "Talk to me. What's on your mind?"

He shook his head, "No. That wouldn't be fair to talk to you about that. I'm sorry."

"You are thinking about your family. You can talk to me about that." Rose told him.

He smiled painfully, and shook his head. "Nah. It's better if I don't. I wanted to ask you if you really were worried that I would leave. Still. After all of these months."

Rose sighed and looked at him. "I have been the worse person to live with lately."

He shook his head, "Why would you think that?"

"I'm just…. Worthless. I couldn't do anything but lay in a bed."

"You were growing a baby and recovering from a trauma, woman! Give yourself some credit."

"We only just got married. Now we have two children. It's not like we can just, jump up and go someplace like we used to. Like you always did. I'm sure this has to be driving you mad." Rose reasoned.

"This is where this is coming from! I understand now." He told her.

Rose sighed. "I can't believe you have been in one place. This one place with me, for so long."

He shrugged his shoulders, "Well, you are here. I want to be with you. Where else would I go?"

Rose rubbed her face. "Your TARDIS is growing. It will be done in a few years. Not to mention this ship you have now."

"Ugh. We have! Woman, it's yours, too! Do you think I'm going to just sick of this one day and fly away?"

Rose looked at him seriously and then shook her head. "No-"

"Hell! You do!" he said as he sat up on the sofa. He held Sam closer to his chest. "Rose. Wow! Really?"

Rose sighed as she stood up and walked to the door. "This conversation needs tea. I'll be straight back."

He nodded his head. "Yeah, it does. We are getting this sorted tonight, woman!"

Rose groaned as she walked out of the bedroom.

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