Ok, first I want to thank everyone who reviewed; it was such a confidence booster. Sorry about the typos of the prologue, I will look extra hard this time.

But moving on:

Never Leave Me

Chapter two

Disclaimer: Don't own a thing

Summary: The Doctor thinks he can protect Rose form anything. But some things he just can't control.

"Rose? Rose?" She didn't respond. Out cold. Damn, damn, damn. He had to get her out of here, back to the TARDIS. Lifting her knees with one arm, and supporting her back with the other, he lifted her up and began to push his way through the crowd that was already forming around them.

"Get back!" he snapped at them. He didn't care who they were, Rose was hurt and that was all that mattered.

"I'll get a doctor," someone in the crowd shouted. He shook his head in reply. "She has one," hesaid quietly. One who was meant to look after her, to stop things like this from happening. He shook his head, he could feel guilty later. Right now, he had to worry about Rose.

Once inside, he lay her down in one of the bedrooms "Rose, can you hear me?" he asked again. Nothing. And then-

Her eyelids fluttered and then opened properly. "Doctor". Her voice was faint. Very faint. But it was her voice and that was worth anything.

"Rose!" He nearly fainted with relief. "Rose are you ok?" Stupid question. "What happened?"

A frown creased her forehead. "Don't know…..wanna sleep," her eyes began to close again. The Doctor grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into a sitting position. "No, Rose, don't go to sleep, it's important," he brought his face very close to hers. "What do you remember?"

She shook her head. "My hand…" she said, quietly.

Her hand! Of course! That should have been the first place he looked. Eugh, he was such an idiot. He grabbed her right hand and inspected it closely.He didn't haveto look far, from the vividly red welt on the back of her wrist, directly over some once blue veins, which were now the exact same shade of red. It took a few uncharacteristically long seconds before the Doctor realised what must have happened: Rose had been poisoned by something which was now making its way down her bloodstream. Her shook his head again to clear his mind.

He looked back at Roses' face. "Ok, now Rose," her eyes were already beginning to close again. "Rose!" they snapped open once more. "Don't close your eyes".

She giggled with a hint of delirium. "Eyes….I like your eyes." She laughed again. "And yours…" confusion set her face. "No, not yours, the other you…his eyes were nice. But I like these ones too…all dark".

The Doctor sighed. Hecould see he would get nowhere with her like this. Letting her lie back on the bed. He stood up and ran a hand through his hair, nervously. He may have been a Doctor, but poison really wasn't his thing. But he knew some people for whom it was. Heading back to the control room, he set the co-ordinates for 23rd century earth. He was damned if he was gonna let Rose suffer.

A/N Oh, where's the Doctor going? To be honest, I don't know yet. But I'll update soon with the next xhapter of Never Leave me.

Thanks again to everyone who reviewed.