Oh my word it has been ages since I updated. It was mainly due to lack of time and writer's block, but I came up with an ending and a nice way to continue the rest of my stories. ENJOY!
"What is it?" Rose said after opening the TARDIS door. She was surprised to see Charlie was the one knocking the TARDIS door, and even more surprised to see the terror on his face.
"You must come. The both of you if possible but something terrible has happened." Charlie said quickly, eager to get back to Marie and Gabrielle, with the Doctor and Rose.
"Again, what is it?" Rose said, not wishing to get too involved. She has had second thoughts about this whole holiday, if anyone could call it that. She remembered something the Doctor said before, when the pair of them were stuck under a morgue in Cardiff, about how she could die even before she was born. She also remembered her encounter with the Time Reapers due to her meddling and had no wish to repeat that again here.
"Jeanne has found out about us! Gabrielle dropped the communicator and Jeanne picked it up! We need your help!" Charlie said and there was genuine concern in his voice.
"Why would Gabrielle be so stupid as to drop it in the first place?" Rose asked, worried as Jeanne could also work out about Rose and the Doctor just as easily.
"There was an attack on the King and Queen. I suppose it was the same person who killed Louis, but in all the commotion Gabrielle dropped her communicator. I think she was going to make a report." Charlie said quickly and paused. Rose could sense he was holding something back.
"And?" Rose continued.
"And she realises I am not Jack Harkness." Charlie said quickly and tried to avoid Rose's gaze.
"How!" Rose said. She took a quick glance up at the palace and noticed all the lights were on, and it sounded quite noisy.
"She noticed my yellow band and it seemed to click with her that I was not only lying about my identity but also about my entire presence. I think she knows that Marie brought me from the 21st Century." Charlie said, "Now please get the Doctor and come on!"
Rose stopped for a moment, as if to think this all through but went to get the Doctor. She took a few minutes which Charlie found odd as it looked only a small vessel to begin with. He could even see the back of it so he couldn't fathom how she was taking so long.
Rose arrived back with the Doctor. The Doctor was carrying his book, A tale of Two Cities, but put it to one side.
"Let's go before anyone else gets hurt." The Doctor said and motioned Rose out of the TARDIS. It seemed that Rose had briefed the Doctor about the situation, which he put down to the amount of time it took from Rose leaving Charlie to Rose arriving back.
"Who do you think killed that man earlier?" Rose asked, keeping up with the Doctor as all three made their way up to Versailles.
"I have my suspicions, and if I am correct we should find out in a matter of minutes." The Doctor said, but did not slow. In fact, he seemed to speed up.
"So not an alien then?" Rose asked.
"No. Quite human in fact." The Doctor said.
"At least it's not another of those Psychotic Christmas Trees." Rose said quickly, hoping it was not as dangerous as that.
"What!" Charlie said quickly and could not help but smile. He found the thought of Christmas Tree going nuts quite amusing.
"Laugh it off why don't you. Almost killed us, and there the Doctor was sleeping. My mum almost had a fit!" Rose said quickly but smiled back at Charlie.
"When you travel with the Doctor, you see many strange and more than likely dangerous things," Rose said.
"Here we are." The Doctor said quickly and stopped. They were outside the main hall, and already it was packed.
"How are we meant to find him or her in there?" Rose asked quickly.
"You'll see. Come along!" The Doctor said and walked off without waiting for either of them.
"I hate it when he does that!" Rose said and followed quickly after the Doctor, along with Charlie.
They entered the hall and Rose could see that the hall was in fact only half full. The only reason it looked packed was because everyone was pressed against the walls, leaving a massive circle in the centre. You'll see, the Doctor had said, and it was obvious that whoever it was they were meant to find would be in the centre. She already had a pretty good idea that Jeanne d'Artois will be there, as she stole the communicator, but Rose could not decide if Gabrielle or Marie was the culprit in the whole situation.
Rose moved forward through the crowds with Charlie. They both held hands as to make sure they would not get separated, and slowly moved their way through. The further they went in, the more dispersed the crowd came and Rose could begin to see the centre. She could already see blood, which during her time with the Doctor was never, under any circumstances, good at all.
They both edged their way forward until they were free of the crowd. Already the Doctor was there. Jeanne d'Artois was lying on the floor, with a stab wound at her side. Marie and Gabrielle were standing above her, both trying to wrench the bloody dagger from the others hand. It was hard to tell which one had actually stabbed Jeanne, but Rose could see that Gabrielle had her precious communicator back.
The struggle seemed to go on for what seemed like a lifetime. Both girls looked a messed and covered in blood. Some people with medical skills were already seeing to Jeanne, as the two screaming girls took no notice of anything else, it was quite safe for the medics to treat Jeanne as quickly as possible.
"Alright, stop!" The Doctor bellowed. It echoed around the hall. Both girls stopped and looked at the Doctor, but neither letting go of the dagger.
"Which one of you did this?" The Doctor said quickly and sternly. Rose had only ever seen him like this once, in this incarnation, and that was after Harriet Jones had destroyed an entire ship for no reason.
Neither girl spoke.
"I know who it was." A voice from the crowd came. Every turned to look at the witness. It was a dark haired girl, who was quite tall, but looked no older than 18. She looked stunning and was wearing all black and looked quite out of place in a formal party. She reminded Rose of Tomb Raider.
"It was Gabrielle."