KITG: woot another chapter. Go me!
Chapter 7
They carried the body of the human towards the tower of Rassilon; in this dark terrain away from the citadel no one would see them. They passed through the great doors, the citadel as the Bursar expected letting the human pass. To think the great tomb of Rassilon would open for this thing! But soon this place would become his home, and the dead zone would return to its intended use. The Games would begin again; Gallifrey had stagnated since the slaying of the Pythia. But as a descendant of that great line he would set things right.
The last great barrier to him opened as they passed into the high chamber of the tower. There in the center the bier in which Rassilon's body resided.
"Hum, will make a nice table after I am done" the Bursar commented off hand. He waited as Orlith placed the human on top of the bier, the blood marking the white stone. Around it were carved effigies of other Time Lords. These were set in the side of the bier like tiles. Orlith started to attach wires to the beating heart of the girl, the medical science of the Time Lords making her able to live as they did so.
"How long will this take?"
"Not long my lord, once she is connected you will be joined via this cable. If I am right the bier is the conduit of the Time Vortex on Gallifrey, it will pass through her, and she will act as a buffer so it will not burn out your molecules." Orlith commented as he finished wiring Rose to the bier.
"Good" The Bursar walked over to he archway that leads to the balcony overlooking the area, it was here the guardian had landed after the traps in the tower had been set. Only the Guardian was allowed to land there, the defense system made sure of that. The Bursar looked warily at the dragon statues either side of the entrance. If anything came near it was said these two would destroy all who dared. No one was actually sure how they would do this, a beam of power? Come to life? The blue prints of the tower had been destroyed after its completion. So no one would know how to pass the traps. Some had made it through. Looking for the gift of immortality that Rassilon was said to offer the one who entered here. The old president had got his immortality, the Bursar laughed at the stone tile that had once been the president. He would succeed where Barbarosa had failed.
He walked back to the bier and sat on one of the steps leading up to it, Orlith came up and attached various wires that led from the girl. Once done Orlith made a hole in the top of the bier by Rose's head, and the Time Vortex spilled forth…
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The Doctor became aware that he was waking up, his eyes slowly opened for him to see a dimly lit room. Jack was on the floor over to his left. Two things were painfully obvious. One, Rose was nowhere in sight. And two, they where not in the same building as before. He turned to Jack as the man moaned regaining consciousness.
"Doctor?" Jack asked, rubbing his eyes and shaking his head trying to rid his drowsiness.
"Yeah Jack, I'm up"
"Where are we?"
"I have no idea" The Doctor replied getting to his feet and walking around the room. It was a plain white room, with one door; a window was securely placed in the door. "We're in a cell"
As if that announcement called the jailer the door opened. They looked in the doorway to see Romana standing there. Her face in a disapproving mask.
"Romana. What is going on?"
"An interesting question, one I should be asking you" She said coldly.
"What do you mean, stop talking like an ape………" he glanced at Jack to see the glare he received for that, well it's better than Rose…she would have slap…..Rose! Everything came back to him in a crushing moment, his breath hissed to a stop as his photographic memory brought before him the sight of Rose gutted like a fish. Her eyes asking why, to make it stop, for her Doctor to make them pay. He was brought back to the moment by Romana's voice.
"You break into the forbidden area, and you wonder why you are here?"
"It wasn't me. The Bursar did it first! I don't have time for this. I have to find Rose" he went to push past Romana but the guards barred his path. "Get out of my way" his voice the same as his eyes, dark and cold.
"No I won't Doctor, right now you will come with me before the council. As is the law"
"Oh for Rassilon's sake! I have had enough of being told what to do by the council. Right now I have to find Rose as she has been cut open by the Bursar so he can wield the Time Vortex"
"And why would he bother with her for that?"
"BECAUSE SHE BLOODY WELL HELD IT!" the Doctor stilled after he shouted that, seeing the shocked and almost disgusted look on Romana's face. "I shouldn't have said that"
"You will come before the council now and explain this" the guards came in to escort both him and Jack out.
"Well I blurted that out like a stupid ape"
"Hey, I ignored the first insult….but I'm gonna tell Rose on you" Jack said in a half jest, his voice showing his worry also.
"I hope you can" The Doctor replied quietly.
"I know I will, we'll get her back. She wouldn't give up on us, and I won't give up on her. Then when I tell her I can sit back and watch her beat you to a bloody pulp" Jack grinned.
"Oh she will, will she?"
"Yep!" the Doctor allowed himself a small smile.
"Thanks Jack"
"No problem Doc.
"What have I told you about calling be Doc?"
"That is was very funny and that I should do it more often" Jack commented slyly.
"I was being sarcastic you Stupid flyboy ape"
"Shut up you two" one of the guards growled at the bickering pair.
"Well that was rude. I don't think much of your peoples manners Doc"
"I know what you mean, stuff up shirts with the lot of them….and Jaaack" the Doctor said in a sweet whining voice
"Yeeees Doc?"
"Stop calling be Doc!" he walked past Jack into the council chamber, his black jacket shining in the harsh light in the center, making the council members sit in shadow, their faces hidden.
"Damn Doc…."the Doctor inserted a glare into that sentence "….tor. My ears are ringing" Jack just saved himself
"Then answer them you stupid ape"
"Oh I walked into that one didn't I?' Jack sighed "but you can talk. Bet your ears could pick up interplanetary radio"
"Oi!"
"Silence!" one of the council members shouted banging a large staff to the floor. The staff was larger than a man, and atop it in gold was the seal of Rassilon.
"What's that? The stick of Rassilon?" Jack asked casually as if they were sat at the kitchen table in the TARDIS drinking tea.
"Staff actually, best not mock it Jack"
"Right, got ya Doc"
"JACK!"
"Sorry Doc"
"Oh I give up" Jack just winked as the Doctor rolled his eyes, the council sat in shock at what had just gone on. Then the Doctor turned to them as if he just noticed they were there.
"Hello!" he said with his huge grin and a little wave of his left hand, Jack tried not to snigger.
"You embarrass yourself Doctor" one voice out of the darkness stated.
"I know, fun isn't it?"
"You fraternize with these lower life forms when it is forbidden, and interfere in thinks that should be left alone. And now we are told one of your pathetic pets has held the Time Vortex it's self. This is preposterous"
"Is it? Not so pathetic to be chosen by the Time Vortex to wipe the Daleks from time and end the Time War we stared" the Doctor replied to the allegations, angry at the assembled council members.
"If this is true the human must be examined."
"No!"
"You are in no position to disagree Doctor"
"I said no" the Doctor was so angry, he seethed at what they had said, examine her? It was just as Galen had warned. "For you see someone has beaten you to it. The Bursar to be exact."
"Then we must hear his findings. Maybe we can adapt……"
"You were not worth saving.." came the Doctor's cold comment. Of disgust to be a part of this race. "You know, I thought you were dead, all of you. I mourned for you, wished I had died with you. Told myself all these things that you were good, and noble, and right. But I realize now I deluded myself, you have learned nothing from this. You sit in the background while worlds die through no fault of their own. You do not stop other beings meddling with lesser races. You see all races lesser than you. Well let me tell you something. Humans are better than you"
"Doctor, now you must be joking. Humans better than us? They do not even have time travel" one council member, sneered.
"That is where you are wrong, you lot have been gone a long time. The Humans have a Time Agency. You see I think you interfered when it suited you, sabotaging their time travel experiments. But with you gone humans have flourished" their was a collective intake of breath.
"That cannot be true" one member gasped.
"It is, the universe has out grown us. And I have out grown you all." All heads turned to the sound of the bell of Rassilon rining, coming from the tower. The bell would only ring when there was great danger to Gallifrey; it had rung only a few times. For example when the Daleks came. "Ah saved by the bell. Now if you excuse me I have to save you lot again, and save my friend"
The Doctor walked past the shocked council, Jack following behind, as the bell became a crescendo.
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Orlith watched as the Time Vortex ran through the wiring in to the human's pathetic single heart. It was a shame she did not have two, for when they were finished, this one would be a burned out husk. He could have used the other to further his research.
He looked as it filtered through the heart and into the Bursar. The Bursar smiled at the power flowing into him.
"Oh such power, I never dreamed. I can see so much more. So much further than what was, what is, what could be." He was in ecstasy his sight unlimited, unfettered by the restrains of flesh caught by time.
He could see that time was ending for the human, as her body convulsed from the damage it was taking. Oh well.
"STOP!" Orlith turned to see the oncoming storm, and he knew fear. The blaze of hatred in the storms epicenter as his raging eyes took in the form of the convulsing human. The eyes returned to him, and he knew now that the Doctor knew it was by his hand. His instruments cutting flesh.
"You can not stop this Doctor" The Bursar smiled. "Your storm no longer holds power here." They were interrupted as Jack shot his sonic blaster, but it impacted harmlessly onto a shield that had formed.
"Nice try. Oh and look, here comes the vaulted council. How good to see you" The Bursar commented sarcastically as the council entered the room.
"I demand you stop this at once!" Romana ordered
"You must forgive me lady president. But I don't think I will"
"We have to stop this" Romana stated as the Time Vortex flowed. She then saw Orlith, and he was not in the safety of the shield. "Take him," she ordered to her guards, pointing at Orlith as she did so. The Guards restrained him.
"Tell me traitor, how do we stop this?"
"As if I would tell you, my lord will save me"
"You are of no more use"
"But my lord!" Orlith exclaimed, shocked that he had been deserted.
"Sorry mate, but you have just been dumped. So how do we stop this?" the Doctor stood before Orlith, blocking his sight of the bier
"Destroy the bier, or kill the human by destroying the heart" he replied, face looking at the ground.
"Right Doc, with me on destroying the bier?" the Doctor nodded and they began to walk forward. The Bursar was at a week point, his mind closed, focused on holding all the power he was getting. It was now or never.
"You can't. That is blasphemy," the Council member from before shouted. "Stop them"
Jack and the Doctor were restrained once more, fighting to free themselves, to help Rose who continued to writhe in silence.
"What to do my lady?" one guard asked.
"We'll it is obvious you fool, kill the human" the council exclaimed.
"No! She is alive! The bier is just a piece of stone. Romana you can't!" The Doctor raged, trying to get free.
"We have no other choice my lady, we can not destroy Rassilon's body. Who knows what that would do? He who has watched over us for so long. We must kill the human, she is insignificant in comparison"
"How dare you! She is important, she is special. Why did we bring you back? You should have rotted outside time."
"She is not important my lady" the councilman reiterated.
"She is important to me!" the Doctor all but screamed at them. Shocking himself that he had admitted it himself. His eyes locking on Rose's a moment. And through the pain in then he saw love.
"You see my lady. He is corrupted. He learnt nothing from his trial years ago. He has been with the humans too long. He cannot make impartial decisions."
"Very well. Let it be done" Romana said sadly, turning from the scene.
"NO, ROMANA YOU CAN"T!" The Doctor raged, begged. Being set upon by more guards, bringing him to the ground. Pining him.
"She saved you! How can you do this!" Jack tried to help, but was brought down also. As the captain leveled his gun, aiming for Rose's heart.
And the Shot could not drown out the Doctors anguish.
"NOOOO!"
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"Now!"
"I come…."
TBC...KITG: ooooh, Rosetylerrox is soooooo going to kill me. Please don't kill me lol. Cause if you do you'll never find out how this ends hehehehe.