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Decisions

All he could see was Rose's face. It was deathly pale and she looked icy, trembling. Adam's hand was on her mouth, restricting any screams from coming from her throat but the Doctor saw the pain in her face. It contorted her beautiful features and made them into something he didn't recognize. In that split second, all the Doctor could think of was her pain, wishing it to be on him. His dangerous eyes travelled to Adam, his hand curling under Rose's back, hoisting her upright to face the Doctor, back against Adam's chest. Adam had caked blood down his face from his own head wound. Rose's blood, dripping slowly from her slashed left wrist onto the bright white floor, was all the Doctor could see. Adam's pocket knife was at her throat, his arm wrapped around her waist. The Doctor's hearts skipped a few beats and he breathed heavily. Adam's voice was wavering as he spoke, "Now you're gonna listen to me, Doctor, for once it's about me!"

"What d'you want, Adam?"

"I want you to listen! You see your precious little Rose here is dying and I know you wanna save her, to play the hero but I want you to listen to me! I want you to know that she's dying. And it's your fault!"

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

The hand that was wrapped tightly around her waist curled down to her stomach wound. Adam's fingers went into the gash, making Rose cry out from the sudden burst of pain. He held his blood-soaked fingers up to the Doctor's face, shouting at him, "Don't you see? Her blood is on your hands! You're the reason; you're always the reason! You left me with a great gaping hole in my head! It's because of you that we're here now, you're the reason that I'm like this!"

"You chose this, Adam…"

"That's crap and you know it!" The Doctor stared at him, wide-eyed, "If it wasn't for you, she'd be home, safe, happy with a husband, children, all laughing together but you had to take it all away from her because you didn't wanna be lonely! Well, guess what? Now, you're gonna have her blood on your hands; you'll be guilty, seeing her in this agony, this pain that you caused her!"

"Doctor…no, it's not…it's not true…please, please don't listen to him…"

"Shut up!" The knife pressed harder into her throat, "you know as well as I do, Rose, this alien is like a virus! He infects people's lives, he kills innocents and then he just trounces off! Never stays to pick up the pieces, never admits to what he's done!"

These wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

Rose was trying to pry herself from Adam's tight grasp to no avail, "she's changed because of this as well, Doctor. She's a completely different person, one that you've moulded to fit your personality. She's like you now; even her own mother wouldn't recognize her anymore" The Doctor saw a thin red line come down from Rose's skin as she hissed in pain, "I've read all about you and your companions. Does she know how many there've been? How many women and men you've had? I even talked to Sarah Jane about you?"

"When…" The Doctor was cut off by Adam's harsh voice.

"She had some stories to tell me…you abandoned her, like you did to Rose all those years ago. She told me that this is what you do; you leave people behind, Doctor, not caring how it affects them. Sarah told me about the after, how she would've given anything to get back to you. You never even realised how low she'd sunk with you gone, all her hope fading." His voice turned to a low whisper. "She tried to kill herself, Doctor. Sarah slashed her own wrists because you weren't there. She couldn't cope with the after."

Rose's voice was shrill, "No! You're lying! Don't listen to him!"

The Doctor saw Adam's hand grip tighter onto rose and he spoke into her ear, his eyes on the man before him. "But you tried the same, didn't you, Rose? You tried and tried to get over him but it didn't work, so you swallowed pills…"

Her eyes widened and she shouted at him, "shut up!"

He laughed lightly in her ear, "I would've said that it was a good thing your mum found you, but guessing the pain you're in now, maybe it would've been better if you died. At least then your Doctor would know what he did…"

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

His mind went into overdrive. Had she really lost hope so badly? Was this all a ruse from Adam? He had to know, he just had to know. He asked her, sadness weighted in his eyes "Rose…?"

Her head hung low in shame, tears breaking "I'm sorry…I'm sorry…"

He broke now, realisation swimming over him, but he didn't want to believe it. "No, you didn't… tell me you didn't!"

Her head hung low and he felt her shame coming from her quiet, shaky voice. "I'm sorry."

Triumph marked Adam's quiet laughter. "There. This is what you do to people. I wasn't a nasty person; I was a good man, a good son. But you took it away from me. You took Sarah's dignity from her. You drove Rose, the woman you love, to suicide. And believe it or not, Doctor, I'm gonna give you a chance of a reprieve."

The Doctor came closer to Adam, daring to challenge the boy. "What? What the hell d'you mean; reprieve!"

Adam didn't flinch at the Doctor's harshness, "I'm gonna give you a chance. Your only chance. I don't want Rose to die, I actually like her. She treated me well, talked to me when all you did was send jealous looks my way."

"Then why don't you let her go, pretty boy?"

He smirked at the Doctor's naivety. "She's my bargaining tool. She doesn't want to die anymore, Doctor, but that's what she's doing. Can you see the life ebbing out of her eyes? Can you see the blood draining from her wrist and stomach? Can you see her broken body lying in a shallow grave?"

You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I'm bound by the life you've left behind
Your face, it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

The Doctor stared down Adam. He saw no lies or bluffs in the man's face. All Adam had done was tell the truth, hitting home for the Doctor what he'd done in his life. The consequences of his actions. He remembered Satellite Five with The Editor and the Jagrafess. How he just left, leaving unknown devastation in his wake. Rose had nearly died there, too, as the Bad Wolf. He had been a broken man. Adam was right; everything he touched turned to dust in his fingers, even people he loved. They all eventually became caught up in his devastation.

"It's simple enough. I want my life back. Your TARDIS can change history, so I want you to change mine back to how it was."

He laughed at Adam. Spitting his words, he said, "My TARDIS is dead. She died when you sapped the energy from her."

"I can easily give it back. It was never used. My first plan failed because of you but this is better than revenge. It's the chance of a lifetime, Doctor; you could stop this from ever happening! Be with Rose, love her again! Wake up in that bed at the hotel with her draped around you. You could be with her again!"

He looked into Adam's eyes and at Rose's weak face, still laced with pain, nearing unconsciousness. "So that's my choice then? That's the chance you're giving me? What if I won't do it?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

"Then you sentence her to death. It's your choice. Let me live or let her die." Rose slumped over Adam's arm.

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along.