CHAPTER FOUR

REUNITED

The Doctor and Jack ran as fast as they could, the Doctor felt as if all his insides were left in the TARDIS. Rose had to be ok, she had too. They had reached Rose's flat, he hammered on the door. To his horror, Jackie stood there; she looked surprised as well "Doctor your back again"

"Listen to me, where's Rose it's urgent" said the Doctor coming indoors

"I thought she was with you," said Jackie

"You mean she never came home," said the Doctor

"Yeah she came home, but then there was this knock at the door, she thought it was you, ran downstairs, I came down like 5 minutes later and she was gone. I thought she was back with you"

The Doctor sank to his knees, fear flooded him "That was not me" he croaked, "Which means she's been kidnapped"

Jackie clapped her hands to her face in horror "Doctor you have to go and save her"

"I know that," said the Doctor "But left me have a look around first, there might be some clues"

"So you say she came down," said Jack

"Yeah, there was no screaming no anything, she just vanished," said Jackie, the Doctor was outside again examining the door with his sonic screwdriver "Heliapads"

"What are Heliapads?" said Jack

"Spirits of water but why would they come to kidnap Rose" he said his voice breaking

"Are they enemies of yours" said Jack

The Doctor nodded then he realized "It's a trap"

"Trap or not, you have to save her" said Jackie

"I know that," said the Doctor "Come on to Helax"

They ran back to the TARDIS as if nothing can stop them, and soon they were on their way to Helax.

"Was that planet we were just on Helax?" said Jack

"No that was Hermay," said the Doctor "2 separate planets"

"Ok" said the Doctor, the TARDIS suddenly stopped, and they ran out, they were on this blue planet. With loads of water but on the far end was a tunnel.

"Let's go," said the Doctor they ran into the tunnel, the tunnel was flooded with water, ankle deep, but they kept going until they reached the door and seized it open. In the room was 10 Heliapads laughing and joking at something that was standing on a platform, her arm tied to the wall and her legs tied to the platform almost like a starfish. It was Rose.

"Rose" said the Doctor

Rose looked down and tears welled up in her eyes "Doctor you came"

"Of course I did," said the Doctor "I didn't make that sacrifice just so you can be kidnapped"

Rose gave a watery smile "But Doctor look out"

The Heliapads had noticed that the Doctor was there they were now circling around him and Jack. They were snarling at them with their big white teeth.

The Doctor looked around there was no way to escape and Rose was behind them. One of the Heliapads was on this different platform with a machine.

"You have interfered," said one of the Heliapads, they are had a scratchy sort of voice

"I have not interfered I just came to get my friend back," said the Doctor

"What this one" said the Heliapad on the platform and he pushed a button, water filled up on the platform where Rose was standing and rose up so she was smothered by water.

"A little test for you Doctor" said one of the Heliapads "Water conducts what"

"Electricity" said the Doctor, and then when he saw what the Heliapad on the platform was going to do, he shouted, "No…don't"

But the Heliapad had pushed the button and they could see electricity lines around the water.

"DOCTOR" shrieked Rose

"Let her down," said the Doctor fiercely

"Rose no" said Jack

"That is over 10,000 volts," said another Heliapad "She'll never make it"

"Yes she will" said the Doctor "She has too"

He reached inside his pocket and brought out his sonic screwdriver he raised it up in the air and fired it at the water, it lowered down, Rose was looking around, her hair sopping wet. The Doctor held the sonic screwdriver steady and fired it at the ropes, she was free. Rose leapt down and the Heliapads turned towards her. She was looking at them angrily, she raised her fist, brought it back and punched one of the Helipads in the face, and it felt hard like metal. It fell back. Rose walked in the space where the Heliapad was. She gave the Doctor a great big grin. He grinned back. But the contact was snatched away by a Heliapad who had just hit Rose at the back of the head. She fell down unconscious.

"Rose," said the Doctor and he lifted her up "Rose talk to me"

But Rose couldn't talk, her eyes were closed and she was in a deep sleep, the Doctor said "Jack take Rose to the TARDIS"

Jack nodded he lifted up Rose and carried her to TARDIS, the Doctor turned back to the Heliapads "Hurting my friends is something I don't tolerate and your going to pay for it"

The Heliapads laughed, "That girl sure is weak, knocked out by a single blow"

That made the Doctor's blood boil "What about you Heliapads, you got knocked out too by the weak girl, if she is weak and was able to knock one of you out, what does that make you"

The Heliapads looked down they didn't have an answer to that; the Doctor laughed, "Your supposed to be aliens and you got knocked out by a human"

The Heliapads clapped their hands and water came out of each of their hands and hit the Doctor in the body, suddenly the water turned to ice. He was trapped only his head and shoulders remained free. He tried to squirm out of there but it was hopeless. All the Heliapads were laughing at him "The more you struggle, the colder the ice becomes and that makes it harder to escape"

The Doctor tried to feel for the sonic screwdriver but it hands wouldn't move, suddenly another blast of icy water hit his face and the Doctor was completely an ice statue.