Hello! I want to thank everyone who's read and reviewed this story, I hope you enjoy it! This chapter's a bit of light relief before the really heavy stuff, but don't be fooled. I don't own The Doctor, Rose or the format sadly, but if David Tennant's for sale, my bid is one million pounds.
This chapter is dedicated to CalleighDelko, thank you for reviewing so much! I love it! Okay, here goes nothing...
Light of the Mind
The Doctor felt Rose's hands leave his body. He ached for their warmth now, ached for the heat and the love that she had put back into him. Opening heavy eyelids he saw her arms spread wide from her body, her face contorted in pain as a single tear slipped past her defences. He whispered to her quietly, "you have to let go, Rose. Let the storm go." Flashes of blinding light shone from her outstretched palms and her eyes widened as the storm was released.
The Doctor stumbled back with the force of the light; harsh, unrelenting, burning illumination. He was in awe of the woman in front of him. Her skin was silvery and she seemed to scream of perfection. The Doctor finally saw little wisps of shining grey vapour released from the tips of her fingers; his Rose had finally let the storm go from her body. The silver of the wisps swirled in the air above their heads, swirling and turning around and around, building up. Denser and denser still, until it was thick as smoke from a bonfire. The cruel light that emanated from Rose's hands stopped abruptly and she slumped to the ground, breathing heavily.
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry
He fell to his knees as she sat up in front of him like a newborn animal. "Hey, hey, not so fast." She tried to balance onto her knees and failed, stumbling back to a sitting position. "Hey, slow down, Bambi."
She chuckled weakly, "Bambi? I should be the one calling you that, what with your doe-eyes."
His voice was light but his stare was piercing, "Rose? What d'you remember?"
"Everything. You have to stop the Sycorax; they could still go on without…Adam." She winced at the name she had to speak; he could see even a word as simple as that could cause her so much pain, so much fear. "What is that, exactly?" She said, gesturing to the ceiling.
He smiled, still his Rose; so inquisitive, "I think…it's energy. Very raw, emotional energy from me. The Sycorax must've wanted it." He looked defeated
"Could you use it in another way? Can you, like, use it against them?"
His eyes lit up immediately "Rose Tyler, I've said it once and I'll say it again; you are a genius!" his lips descended onto hers in a crushing kiss and she whimpered at the loss when he tore himself away.
Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My, Oh, my, hey, hey, hey.
Leaping up from the floor he shrieked at Rose "Yes! I can extract the core energy and turn it into a violent binary force!" He skidded to a wall and spread his fingers along it, feeling the wall as if he were blind. Rose just stared at him, smiling broadly. His sonic screwdriver appeared from the depths of his pocket and ran lengthways along the wall.
Rose's voice sounded weak, even to her own ears, "And what'll that do?"
He stared at the suddenly revealed conduit box that was glowing blue and green onto the Doctor's face. "Sycoraxians fees off normal binary force, it's what makes them in control of their own minds." He worked the screwdriver over the screen and a keyboard slid out with a screech. "In theory, if I feed a violent version of binary force into their minds, it'll send them into reflux action and they'll lose control. I can tell them to do anything I like." He pointed his screwdriver at the swirling silvery smoke above his head and pressed down the button. He pulled back the screwdriver and a long string of pure silver ghosted from the centre of the smoke, following in the screwdriver's wake. He pulled the implement towards the screen of the conduit and the blue green light instantly turned as silver as the smoke.
Don't ask no questions, it goes on without you
leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
the world keeps on spinning
you can't stop it, if you try to
this time it's danger staring you in the face
His voice screeched as the silver melded with the green and blue. "Yes! It's perfect! I can do it! Oh, come on! That's just beautiful!" He tapped the keyboard with a light fairy touch and spun himself around before settling on the enter button. "You see, Rose, if I press this button, I'm telling them to turn around and never come back!" The Doctor turned to look at Rose. Seeing she was smiling, he jabbed the key hard. Sparks flew from the conduit box and he jumped back in surprise.
He felt the earth suddenly begin to tremor beneath his feet as the ship above them departed the atmosphere. A resounding whoop filled the space as the Doctor jumped up and down with joy. "How good am I! Seriously! I could've told them anything! I could've made them recite pi to 3 million significant figures, I could've told them to figure out how humans made those edible ball bearings if I wanted the recipe! I could've made them do the chicken dance if I'd wanted them too! Hah, what d'you think Rose?" Silence. No reply came. Confused, he turned around, "Rose!"
The image he found would be burned into the Doctor's subconscious memory for the rest of his life.
Rose was lying face down on the floor. Adam was hovered above her limp body, knife in hand. Slicing down her wrists.
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day .