Doctor

There's that feeling again, where this feels all right and preordained, but I can't quite place my finger on why. I just told Rose I love her, we are currently setting course away from the Powell Estate, Jackie was pleased to see Rose again, not so please about me, but you get used to it. Rose was right about Mickey not working, he just took up so much time to baby sit, especially around the controls!

"Doctor!" Rose calls from somewhere.

"Yes?" I call back

"You've got a message on the psychic paper" Rose entered with my paper.

"Hmm…last time I got one of these it was the Face of Boe, you remember that, where Cassandra took over our bodies?" I grin at her, knowing she still hates the fact that Cassandra had more guts than she did. "Would you look at that, it is him!"

'Come to me Lonely God' flashed across the paper.

"Well off we go then" Rose nudged me, "He has something important to tell you"

"Should I be worried that you're so excited to see him?" I joke with her as we change course. Something feels off, "Do you feel that?" I ask her.

"Feel what Doctor?" Rose asks before shuddering, "Oh God what's that?" Rose's face scrunches up in pain.

"Rose? Are you alright Rose?" I ask bending towards her.

"What's happening Doctor? Oh…bloody hell it hurts!" Rose swears curling up.

"I don't know I can't see anything wrong!" I can't do anything, "Where does it hurt?"

"Every…where" Rose breathes, "It hurts everywhere"

I watch hopelessly as Rose drops to the ground in pain, there's nothing visibly wrong with her and yet she's in so much pain. The psychic paper falls open out of her hand, new words are flashing across it 'I am sorry Doctor'. Rose falls unconscious.

Rose

The pain is unbearable, the Doctor looks lost and then angry, why is he so angry? Black, everything is black, I try calling for the Doctor but I get no reply.

'Do not be afraid child'

"Don't be afraid! Oh that's brilliant, don't be afraid!" I snap hysterical.

'We mean you no harm, the pain was an unforseen side effect'

"An unforseen side effect, well the other unforseen problem is the Doctor!" I shout to the blackness, "He will save me from whatever you've done!"

'You have so much faith in a stranger, why?'

"The Doctor isn't a stranger" I state, "I've known him for nearly two years!"

'You know nothing of him child; he shows you the side of him he wishes for you to see, nothing else'

"You've got to be kidding me, that won't work, nothing can separate us"

'And what do you think we've just done?'

"He is still there, I can feel him"

The voice goes silent; I must have said something, hopefully the right thing to take me back to him. I will not let someone do this to us, not after everything that's just happened!

'You are but a human'

"Never stopped me before"

'You have such spirit for a human, yet are you just human? Are you just another human or are you more?'

"Are you talking to me or yourself?" I ask, this voice is making no sense, now I'm talking about voices in my head!

'You seem to have a connection with the Time Lord, how is this sustained?'

"How is what sustained?"

'This link, this connection you have to him. How is it that a human can feel his presence?'

"For starters I collapsed inside the TARDIS, he kind of owns the thing and he was there when I fell" Sarcastic, always good to hide fear.

'No, you misunderstand, you have a link to the Time Lord, a link even his own kind never had'

"Right ok then, can I go now?"

'How are you able to create such a link?'

"I don't know, ask him"

'Who?'

"The Doctor of course, his right there" I point towards a faint spot of light, "Oh his not happy"

"Rose?"

"Over here!" I call grinning.

"Rose, what is this place?" The Doctor asks looking around, "And why is it so dark?"

'How did you get here?' the voice demanded.

"Oh hello, sorry to barge in, names the Doctor. Um…where are we?"

'Within the human'

"Hello, I have a name!" Rose snapped

"Yes I know love" the Doctor smiled at me, "Identify yourself!"

'I already have Lonely God, this is for the human. A test for her'

"What could you possibly want to test on Rose?" the Doctor asked

'The legend'

"I'm the legend, the Oncoming Storm, the Doctor, that's me not her"

'The other legend, hidden throughout time by the keepers of time and space, hidden even from their own kind'

"What legend is that?"

'The legend of the One, the Keeper of Time'

"That's not a legend; it's a bedtime story given to baby Time Lords!"

"What bedtime story?" I finally ask.

"Ah it basically goes along the lines of there being one who controls time and space to suit itself, the being used it as stepping stones. It was a great story. The hero was a woman, something not common in our bedtime stories, she came from a place far away as they all do, and she followed the sun. In our culture the sun was a symbol for life, love and as you know the vortex, it's bright and golden. Now this is the part every child loved, she wasn't a Time Lord, but it was told that she would give her life willingly to save one. She became the only outsider to be blessed with a long life, or regenerations. Since she was supposedly blessed by a high counsellor of Galifrey, it's unlikely that she will ever be. Especially now that Galifrey is dead" the Doctor explained.

'Think wanderer, think of your human'

"That doesn't mean a thing"

'She gave her life, she sacrificed her life for yours'

"I did what?" Rose asked

"Nothing Rose, don't listen to him"

'Why don't you want her to know?'

'No one should have to live with that knowledge"

'What do you know of living?' a different voice spat.

"Oh I know a lot more than you old man"

Rose saw something inside the Doctor she'd never seen before; he was so full of anger and hatred.

'You know nothing of living; you've been in hiding ever since…'

"Don't you dare! I've been labelled the killer of my people because of you! I've had to live with the last images of my home planet because of you!"

'Galifrey hadn't been you're home in years, you were so preoccupied with the Earth'

"I am being punished because of you! I was there; I fought at Arcadia, I WAS THE FRONT LINE!" Rose watched in pain as the Doctor exploded, "WHERE WERE THE REINFORCEMENTS? WHERE WAS THE HELP? I HAD TO WATCH AS THE DALEKS KILLED MY WIFE AND CHILDREN! You have finished with Rose" The Doctor dropped to his knees, "You are not taking her away from me too"

'I was sent away, I couldn't prevent it. Rose Tyler is the Keeper, you have to let us finish'

'No, no, no, no, no" the Doctor shuddered, "She's not, she's not, please…you'll kill her if she isn't"

"How do you know I'm the One" I asked confidently enough.

'You must let us tell her the truth'

"Tell me, it's not his decision" I stood fast.

"Rose please…"

"Do you love me?"

"Yes" he whispered, "but please don't"

"Then trust me" I looked down at him, "Tell me"

'You are the Keeper because you gave your life for his, plain and simple. You were sent away, he sent you, you remember that. You got back because you took in the Time Vortex, the whole thing. Together with the TARDIS you flew back, you saved him. You're excuse was that you wanted him safe.' The Doctor looked at me with tears streaming down his face. 'You destroyed the Daleks, you glowed brilliantly and it nearly destroyed your very being, but he took it out of you, he absorbed the Time Vortex and it destroyed him. He had to regenerate' I gasped at this point, I couldn't believe I had killed him, tears streaming he continued. 'Rose Tyler, you gave your life willingly for his, you are not one of them, you did something I doubt anyone could have done. To finish this off, the remaining clues you left yourself. The Keeper of Time had another name, she was Bad Wolf'

I froze; nothing could express what I felt.

Doctor

She had to know eventually right? I was being selfish keeping this to myself for so long. I can't believe he has come back to take away what is left of the things that matter to me.

"Are you happy now?" I roared, "She knows, now leave us alone!"

'Son…'

"You have no right to that word" I spat, Rose was still frozen, "I will not let you take away what's left of me"

'You are still a Time Lord'

"And you are a traitor" I sneered, "You betrayed us all, you promised technology to help and you fled when they arrived"

"Doctor"

"Rose" I spun around she looked at me, no not those eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"It wasn't your fault" I replied honestly, "I was going to die either way; you just gave me another option. A better one Rose, you gave me a better option" I pulled her towards me, "I am the one at fault, I should have known that you would've figured something out, you're extremely smart"

'She needs testing'

"I said no"

'Too late, I'm sorry'

Rose began convulsing in front of me, "No! So many lights, so many words! Oh it hurts so much pain. Gold, brilliant gold…everywhere is gold. So many thoughts, so many memories, oh my, she's beautiful. The storm, it's coming…so dark, so scary, Doctor why!" Rose screamed, "Stop! Stop! Help me, please! Where are they? TAKE ME BACK! No, it's…can't be…" Rose's eyes shot open.

"Rose?"

She crumbled into my arms sobbing, "So much pain, so helpless"

"What did you show her?"

'You're life'

"I need you" Rose looked up at me, "Scars and all"

'She has my blessing, love her son; everyone deserves a second chance at love, live for your people'

Blinking at the bright lights within the control room of the TARDIS Rose murmurs into my shoulder, "I need you"

"I need you too" I whisper.

Face of Boe

"You never told me he was your son" the Face of Boe stated softly.

"He was my son, a long time ago" the hooded man sighed, "I deserve his hatred"

"No one deserves the hatred of a son"

"You don't know what I did" the hooded man whispered, "Because of me he lost everything, his mother, his wife, their children. The only survivor was his grand-daughter and she's dead now too. She chose a life on Earth but returned for the Time War, and she fell along with the others. He was left alone at the battle of Arcadia, all because I left him there"

"What did you do?"

"I left him to fight the war, I needed to finish the weapon, but it wasn't going to be finished in time and I fled, they fought and fought. For years the war went on and for years I hid. I returned at the end, I watched from the distance as he fought alone, then he did the only thing he could do to save the universe. He blew up Galifrey"

"The Lonely God indeed" the Face of Boe muttered, "We shall meet again, this time it will be my death and he will know my great wisdom"

"I'm just glad she survived, I'm being absolutely honest when I say she will be the only human ever to accept his life"

"Stage Three complete"

I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's taken me all week to get it done because I'm back at university now…updating as often as possible.

Fyre-Anjel (Pheofy to some)