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Trouble at Torchwood

Chapter 4

Jack frantically ran down the corridor the sound of his booted feet ringing on the floor filling the air. He wiped the sweat off his brow as he ran heading for the door – he knew what would happen if Rose got too close to it, he had read the files, he had obtained the research. He knew what would happen to her mind if she got any closer to that creature. Jack ran and ran until he reached a locked door

'Open door 28 corridor C!' he shouted into his watch. He tried the handle before shouting

'Damn it!' to himself. He kicked the door

'Open door 28!' he yelled

'Sorry sir, it appears to be in a lock down' a frightened voice replied.

'No!' Jack bellowed as his fists pounded on the door.

Further down the corridor behind the locked doors the Doctor and Rose remained in the chamber. Teriana stood at the entrance of the doorway longing to enter but knowing she needed to stick to the plans.

'Open door 28 corridor C' quietly blasted through her watch, she started at the sound and began to push buttons reducing the noise to mumbling fuzz. The Doctor looked up at her, his brow furrowed

'What was that?' he asked

'Nothing' she sweetly replied 'Nothing at all'

She turned back to the door

'So long Captain Jack' she whispered to herself as she quietly began to laugh.

The Doctor ignored the nutter in the doorway and pulled out the Sonic Screwdriver – the metal was cold underneath the warmness of his sweaty palms. He looked down at Rose whose eyes were quickly fading as she clutched at her head

'Please make it stop' she croaked to him, he paused as he watched her eyes he knew the pain she was going through and longed for it to leave her. He also knew what could happen if he misjudged it even slightly – the torture he could create for her – the problem was he just didn't trust himself. Rose could see this in his eyes and grabbed his hands

'I trust you' she whispered simply, despite her pain, despite her tears and despite the horrors running through her mind she managed to smile at him. In the Doctors' eyes, in that moment she had pretty much just summed her self up – she didn't care what would happen, the pain, the risks, she just knew she could count on him. She never put herself first, she was doing this so they could help others, save others, and the Doctor loved her for it. It was in that moment he realised how much he truly loved her.

'Okay' he said simply. He moved around so her head lay in his lap, he gently pushed the hair off her face and looked down into her eyes

'Ready?' he asked. She nodded and winced as his fingers gently caressed her forehead. He pulled out the Sonic Screwdriver and held it above her head, the blue light lit up her face and the buzz filled the room. Rose gasped as her eyes rolled back into her head

'What are you doing?' Teriana demanded – she had now turned around and was gazing intensely at the Doctor.

'I'm using the sonic sound waves to interfere with the signal that is radiating from within the door. The frequency will be changed, hopefully changing the impact they have a upon Rose' he began to explain as he frowned working hard

'Change the frequency?' Teriana asked frowning at him

'Yep – I'm trying to reduce the frequency therefore the wave length will be longer thus decreasing the impact of the waves into her mind and allowing them to carry less energy'

Teriana watched him working – she knew if she allowed him to do this then the plan would surely fail. If Rose could no longer hear him then Bad Wolf would no longer be impacted changing the entire outcome of the plan. She did the only thing she could think of – she charged at him.

The Doctor shouted as Teriana landed on his back forcing the Doctor to fall away from Rose and dropping the Sonic Screwdriver.

'What the hell are you doing?' he yelled at her as Roses' body began to spasm violently, the Doctor tried to crawl towards her but Teriana was holding him back

'Get off me!' he yelled at her

'No!' she screamed back as she held onto his feet. She began to smile as Roses' body moved violently and her eyelids opened and closed whilst her eyes rolled around manically.

'Rose!' he yelled his voice going deeper and darker than it had ever done before. When Rose began to foam at the mouth Teriana began to panic

'What's happening?' she asked fearing her plan may not work, the Doctor turned around to glare at her, his eyes darkened by shadows and burning with anger.

'You interfered with the transmutation of the waves! The frequency is increasing which is shortening the wave length – these waves will quickly become radioactive and kill her!' the Doctor despaired. Teriana was still holding onto the Doctor

'Let me go!' he shouted as he tried to get to Rose

'Shut up!' she shouted 'I need to think!'

'You need to think?' he yelled back 'Get the hell off me!' he shouted as he began to kick his legs violently trying to escape. Teriana let go and sank back against a wall

'What have I done?' she whispered to herself. The screams began to come once again from within the room and Roses' body had another spasm every time a scream was heard. The Doctor reached her side and gently held her shoulders down to stop her from doing damage to herself

'Where's the Sonic Screwdriver?' he shouted at Teriana

'How should I know?' she shouted back over the deafening wails radiating from the room.

'Because you're the one who threw it across the room!' he shouted in despair.

'Look for it!' he commanded, and Teriana did obviously fearing something she heard in his voice – something that was being fuelled by Roses' condition.

The Doctor gently wiped Roses' mouth with his sleeve and watched his beautiful Rose slowly dieing in front of him, her bloodshot eyes vacantly stared ahead as her veins bulged against her skin.

'No' he whispered 'not like this. I'm not going to let you die like this' he whispered to her as tears began to cloud his vision.

'Where is it?' he bellowed to Teriana, when she didn't reply he looked up to see her standing at the entrance of the doorway.

'What? What is it?' he demanded whilst holding Rose in his lap

'It's in there' she whispered

'What is?' he asked

'The Sonic Screwdriver' she whispered unable to tear her gaze away from the darkened room.

'Well go get it!' he commanded. Teriana shook her head violently

'I'm not going in there – not after seeing what it did to her'

'Don't you mean what you did to her?' he viscously replied. She didn't answer.

'If you don't go in there she will die – I'm not leaving her' he told her his words haunting himself.

'Every expedition has its casualties – she will have to be ours' she quietly told him

'No' the Doctor told her – it was a small word but it held the weight of the world on it. Memories of her laughing, dancing, smiling flashed through his mind haunting his soul, a tear fell from his eye and landed on her forehead. Roses' eyes slowly glanced around then up at him, her hand reached out and up to him gently pressing against his cheek and wiping his tears.

'Please… don't' she whispered – it was barely a whisper, the Doctor had to lean forward to hear her.

'I can't lose you Rose' he told her the haunting truth of his words shown in his eyes. She smiled a slow haunting smile at him before she gently pulled his head down so his lips met hers – their final embrace – their final goodbye – their final farewell.

'I love you' she whispered before the last breath left her body, her arms made their last spasm, her last tear fell, and her heart gave out its final beat. It was in that very moment that the Doctors' hearts cracked – never to be healed.


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