Chapter 14

The Doctor ran to all the exits but they'd been deactivated. He was still a bit disorientated and couldn't figure out what year he was in but was sure he would. He sat down against the wall because he felt a little dizzy. He couldn't think straight. Maybe if he slept for a bit. He was so tired that was all he wanted…

NO. I can't sleep I've got to contact Jack and Rose and know they're alright. He'd once been told of this magic by a good witch and he knew that it drained you but he had no choice. See, whenever he or Rose had been in danger he had heard that singing. It was angelic. He remembered last hearing it clearly when he and Rose had kissed, when she still had the Time Vortex flowing through her head. It gave her strength and him too. She knew it as well as he did from all the times she'd been in danger like when he'd need to step through that giant air conditioning system and she'd nearly been burnt by those sun rays in the year 5 billion.

I remember now! The year is 200,101. or at least that's what I think it is. Roughly around there. He decided he couldn't waste any more time so he closed his eyes and concentrated on her in the year 2006. he summoned the singing to his mind and spoke aloud as it came to him. He could feel the energy start to course down his veins. It was a peaceful feeling…

Rose…I'm on the GameStation. If you can hear me, just do what you've gotta do. Save the world one last time. But this time round I can't be there. Don't come and rescue me. The Time Lords will be coming. Once you've saved the world, just… be safe. Good luck to you both.

The singing stopped and he fell unconscious to the ground.

Rose and Jack had been lucky at the station on the way home. The security had been higher than they'd counted but with a Sonic Screwdriver, no problem. He had had to cover her with the sports bag (which was bulging), whilst she worked the system with her back to everyone, using the Sonic Screwdriver as she went but now they were successfully on the train back.

"That was a close one." Jack said over the noise of the Underground. "I think the guard nearly saw you."

"We don't even have criminal records Jack. You're from the 51st century, and in any other future time I'm no one, but cause this is my life time now-"

Rose… I'm on the GameStation.

"What?" Rose exclaimed loudly, looking around. A few people looked up at her sudden outburst.

"What is it?" Jack asked. Rose clapped her hands over her ears to hear better. The Doctor's voice was definitely coming from her head but she wasn't putting it there. And she recognised the voice. The old Doctor just as Jack said earlier. He was alive! Blended with the words she heard the angelic singing fill her up inside.

If you can hear me, just do what you've gotta do. Save the world one last time. But this time round I can't be there. Don't come and rescue me. The Time Lords will be coming. Once you've saved the world, just… be safe. Good luck to you both.

"No!" she cried. "No don't go, don't you leave me again! Don't you dare!" she'd lowered her arms back to her sides and turned to Jack as he said. "Rose, what happened?"

"The Doctor." She replied simply. "When we get home we're going to the TARDIS. I know where he is."

"But -"

"The Time Lords are after him, Jack. We have to save him. All those times he saved us at the last minute, we have to do this!"

"I'm not saying we shouldn't, it's just… I don't know. To hell with it! Yeah, okay let's do it. Let's go save the Doctor and then come back and fight this war!"

"Over my dead body will the Time Lords take him from me!" Rose said quietly.