A/N: I love all you reviewers so much! But, I'm dedicating this chapter to YamiKITG because I hope your computer gets better soon! You miss to many stories otherwise. :-p Here goes…
"Rose! Rose where are you?" he'd lost her and now the Doctor was running around madly through a series of passages each one identical to the next. His voice was echoing and loud, in a hope that he might turn the right corner and find Rose. It was a routine mission gone wrong. They'd just stopped to get some parts for the TARDIS. Now, he'd lost her.
"Doctor?" came the faint reply.
He paused in his tracks and went to follow the sound of her voice," Rose! Hold on Rose I'm coming!" he couldn't lose her, not now, not now they'd finally gotten things the way they should.
"Doctor! Help!" Rose's voice was becoming louder and more frantic. He knew she was in danger.
She screamed and the Doctor then turned and saw her. She was strapped to an electrified pole. And then he saw it. A Cyberman. Holding her and waiting for the Doctor. In a matter of seconds that pole could've been fried, killing Rose.
"What do you want?" the Doctor demanded trying to hide his fear.
"Yeah! What is it? Why is Rose up there you great silver robot?" another voiced yelled. It wasn't Rose, Mickey.
"I am Cyberleader, I was asked to capture the Doctor's companion and force this test upon you. In return I would be receiving a planet for my people to live. It seems like a reasonable offer," the Cyberman explained.
"What test?" the Doctor ordered.
"Yeah, what is it? Do I get to fight fly boy here?" Mickey asked desperately trying to get involved with the conversation.
"No. It is a test of true love. Not a test I would've liked to perform but for a planet, it is a very small price to pay. The man who loves the girl the most will be spared and get to forget this ever happened. You will both be safe. The man, who doesn't love her as much, will be killed. Doctor you and this earthling must decide amongst each other, with no help from the girl. However if you don't choose the girl dies," said Cyberleader sounding almost bored.
"Doctor! Hurry, I can feel it powering up!" Rose screamed trying to loosen herself.
"Oh okay then! You want the Doctor! Never mind about what happens to poor old Mickey!" Mickey exclaimed furious and frantic.
"Ricky, you go. Take Rose home. I'll die to save her. I want her safe more than anything. Hurry!" the Doctor said quietly before facing the Cyberman and readying himself for his fate.
"You mean it?"
"Yes. Now go,"
"Doctor! No Mickey. Go away. I told you, I love him," Rose sobbed. She couldn't bear not seeing the Doctor ever again," I don't want safe, I don't want boring and domestic."
"Rose! I'm sorry, but I love you, and I can't and I won't see you in another position like this again. The Dalek was right. 'What use are emotions if I don't save you?'"
"Earthling, step down from the girl. It is clear that the Doctor loves the girl more. I don't wan a loophole like it not being true love stop me from getting that planet! Doctor, go to the girl. Earthling, leave, you're an embarrassment, and I don't want to waste my breath and energy killing you," the Cyberleader said dismissingly before zapping Mickey back on earth and into a normal time line.
The Doctor used the sonic screwdriver and freed Rose before giving her the hug of her life. There was a mixture of laughter and tears as they joined each other. They then took off to the TARDIS, which was somehow parked right across the room. It wasn't important because the Cybermen were beginning to look a little agitated. Not being able to kill the Doctor, or at least hit him where it hurts, was obviously taking its toll on them. Before long though the TARDIS had dematerialised and was hurtling towards another time and place.
"It is done. We have collected a sample of the young girl. Now we will clone her and have her clone infiltrate the TARDIS. We shall destroy the Doctor in the most painful way possible!" the Cyberleader laughed and walked out and into the lab.
IOIOIOIOI"I'm so sorry. Rose, if I'd know, I never, I wouldn't' have," the Doctor choked. He was on the verge of tears.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. The important thing is nobody got hurt," Rose comforted and kissed him on the forehead as he buried his head in her neck.
"Yeah, oh Rose, I couldn't stand it if anything bad happened to you. I love you," the Doctor told her.
"I love you too, but oh God. Mickey, he's gonna tell Mum you know. About us. We have to get back,"
"Okay, it's time she knew," the Doctor replied simply.
Rose was taken aback. Normally, the Doctor would protest or try and get out of seeing her mother. She guessed that the Cyber attack had really shaken him up.
They arrived on the Powell Estate, to find a very cross Mickey and Jackie Tyler trying to break the TARDIS doors down.
"Doctor! You open up right now!" Jackie fumed, she hated him enough as it was and now he'd gotten Rose into a situation where he almost didn't save her.
"Jackie, Mickey, I deserve it," the Doctor said quietly, he wasn't his usual eccentric self and that was killing Rose inside.
"No! Mum, Mickey, back off! If this is the way you're gonna react then maybe I shouldn't have come back at all!" Rose yelled. She wasn't upset yet, but she was very angry.
"Why not Rose? You tell me he's not your boyfriend! Then I find out you've been involved with him for months. He's a 900 year old alien for Christ's sake," Jackie raged. "I don't want you seeing him any more. I want you to stay home. Move on. Have a life with Mickey. The Doctor's life isn't for you anymore," she then forbade.
"Rose please, he said it himself he'd rather you safe. Come on, we could have the best sort of life," Mickey pleaded smugly.
"No we couldn't. I don't love you. I used to. But, I don't, not anymore. The best kind of life for me is with him. You can do this to me. I won't let you. Come on Doctor," Rose snapped.
"Rose, they're right, I've come too close to losing you too many times. I'm sorry, but, I can't have you hurt, you're staying here Rose," the Doctor said sadly tears streaming silently down his face.
"No, I can't. Not now, not now I've seen all that's up there," Rose whispered she too crying.
"You have to, I love you too damn much to lose you," he whispered back.
Rose then kissed him. She knew it would be the last one she shared with him and said," I love you so much Doctor, and for you I'd do anything, if you want me to stay, ill stay," Rose answered much to Jackie and Mickey's relief.
She gave him her TARDIS key back and hugged him goodbye, both of them crying and whispering things into the other's ear.
When the TARDIS disappeared, Rose's crying turned into hysterics and she ran away from the two people she hated most at that point.
I'm sorry! But that's all for now. I know I'm evil but things will get better and I think that this is the bleakest chapter. Reviews are appreciated as the encourage me to update quicker… :-p