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Chapter 14.
Rose frowned lightly as she tried to remember how she sustained her injuries. "I don't know" she told him, "I remember having that argument with you in the storage room and going back to my room. But then I woke up round the corner with all these bruises and stuff." The Doctor nodded slightly to show that he understood what she had said but from the way his jaw was set and the steely glint in his eye, Rose knew he would rip the earth apart until he got to who or what had hurt her.
The Doctor wasn't just angry at whatever had hurt Rose, he was also angry at himself for letting her get hurt in the first place. One thing he was sure of though, and that was that nothing like this would ever happen to her again. At that moment he wanted nothing more than to pick Rose up, take her to the safety of the TARDIS and keep her safe for the rest of time. Her mind had hidden the last six days away very securely within her head for a reason, if he tried to access the memories by force he knew it would likely hurt her. No, she would have to remember what happened in her own time and way. It saddened him somewhat that she could not remember their kiss in the console room. He looked down at her and found that she had fallen asleep during his pondering. He was going to try to find out what happened to her but he was not leaving her where somebody could get to her and hurt her again. Decision made, he scooped Rose into his arms and prepared to carry her back to the TARDIS.
The Doctor carried her into the narrow hallway of the flat just as Jackie was coming out from the kitchen. She took one look at her daughter lying in the Doctor's arms and got angry. "I hope you're not thinking of taking my daughter out of here, she's better off at home where I can look after her" she said icily. The Doctor looked back at her and spoke as calmly as he could. "I'll tell you what I am going to do Jackie. I am going to take Rose to the TARDIS, her real home, where she will be safe. Then I am going to find out what has happened to her. And then, when find out who caused this, I am going to make them pay. And I'll tell you something else Jackie Tyler, there is only one person who can stop me doing any of those things and it certainly isn't you. Oh no, the only person who can stop me from doing any of that is Rose." With that he turned away from Jackie and walked out of the flat.
The Doctor kicked the TARDIS door shut behind him and carried Rose through to her bedroom. Placing her gently on the bed, he extracted his sonic screwdriver from his pocket and set to work at healing Rose as much as possible. He managed to heal the large cut on her arm and lessen the bruising somewhat. He also found two cracked ribs and a head injury that had mostly healed but other than that, she was OK. He left the room to allow her to get some rest.
When Rose woke up, she felt much better. Noting she was back on the TARDIS she felt relief course through her as she knew was safe now. She moved over to her mirror and looked at her reflection. She smiled as she saw that the Doctor had healed her. Taking an experimental deep breath she was pleased to see that he had found the source of the discomfort in her chest and that she could breathe normally again. She tried to piece together what had happened to her but she couldn't remember anything after walking to her room. That was the odd thing though, she had been angry at the Doctor when she left the storage room, but now she wasn't. She supposed that despite how mad she was at him, he would always take care of her to the best of his ability. That was probably the why she found it so easy to love him. She tried again to remember what had happened to her but found that she didn't really care. She was back on the TARDIS with the Doctor now and she was OK. What she did want though, was revenge on the Doctor for the cold bath incident. Yes, she thought. A prank was definitely in order.