Wow. I want to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter because, as I'm writing this, it has 8 reviews which is the most I've ever got for a chapter in this story. For all your hard work, this is your reward...

Far From Home

The Doctor stood, standing himself in front of Rose. His hands curled into fists at the fury he felt coursing through his body. Adam's face was ashen white; an angry trail of caked blood led its way from his temple to his neck. He stood in the doorway, blunt nails digging into the solid wood and breathing heavily. Rose's scared whimpers filled the silent room. The two men locked each other's stares in a death grip, daring each other to move as Adam's eyes finally broke from the Doctor's and settled on Rose. A sadistic smile crept onto his face as he saw her fragile form, in torn jeans and a blood soaked t-shirt cowering against the bedroom wall. Laughing morbidly, his voice was a whisper, "I guess she's gone forever then. Can't even bare to be touched any more. I can soon put a remedy to that, if you'd like…"

Adam came out from the door frame, fist bared high as the Doctor's hand shot out, curling Adam's own fingers back on themselves, the bones crunching satisfyingly to his ears. "Now, you're going to listen to me for once. I don't care about you! You mean nothing to me! You're dirt on the bottom of my converses; but if you so much as touch a hair on her head I swear to all the powers I know that I will make damn sure that you have no reason to live."

Adam's knees buckled under the pain, but still his smile became plastered on his face. "Believe me, Doctor; I have no intention of touching her hair…not on her head at least…" His laugh rang through the Doctor's body. Curling his free hand into an even tighter fist, he launched it at Adam's sunken form.

Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an iceberg
Waiting to change
But she's cold inside
She wants to be like the water

Adam's jaw cracked under the force of the Doctor's blow, his body twisting away and landing in a heap next to a trembling Rose. Looking up suddenly, Adam's bruised and battered hand darted out and grabbed Rose's ankle. Screaming, she kicked at him again and again with Adam's own kicks connecting with the Doctor's shins. His face contorted and he snatched at Adam's shoulders, pulling him off her delicate skin and throwing him anywhere into oblivion. Adam's head slammed into the wall, the crack of his skull echoing. The Doctor scooped Rose's broken, shaking body into his arms and ran out the door, slamming it shut with his injured leg, trusting the TARDIS to lock it. He ran with her, trembling and crying in his arms away from Adam's shouting terrorization, "You can't keep me locked up in here forever! You've gotta let me go some time and when I do, she's the first one I'm coming after!"

The Doctor hurriedly ignored the man's hungered threats and carried Rose to the control room, to safety. Finally his feet slowed and skidded onto the familiar grated floor, the central column glowing soothingly. He clutched Rose tightly to his chest, hearing her sobbing and feeling the warming effect of her tears on his chest.

He whispered down to her, "You're safe, Rose. He can't hurt you again; I promise he will never come near you again. My Rosebud." The trembling quickened and he swore he could hear her soul breaking again, pain coming over her senses rapidly. His own tears streaked silently down his face, dripping onto Rose's golden hair, meshing in with blood. It hurt to see her so terrified but the thing that broke him was the force of her hands pushing at his chest, trying to get away from his own shaking body.

All the muscles tighten in her face
Buries her soul in one embrace
They're one and the same
Just like water

His own tremulous arms set her down carefully onto the soft chair and stood back from her. Rose brought her knees up to her chest protectively and buried her head away from his gaze. He fell to his knees from the pain and shock of seeing her so broken, so hurt in front of him. He wiped away his own tears from his dirty face and laid a hand tentatively on her head. She jerked away from him instantly, her face now in his full view. Her chocolate brown eyes looked hollow and her tear streaked face made her beauty as fragile as porcelain to him. His voice wavered, "I'm sorry, Rose, I'm so sorry…" He swallowed down the lump in his throat, "I'll take you home."

"No." She said abruptly, looking at him.

"I have to take you home, Rose."

He was still on his knees, in torn clothing caked in dried blood. "I haven't got a home. Not anymore."

He could feel it in his gut. There was something she wasn't telling him, a reason she couldn't trust him with anything any more. He knew not to press it. "Where then?" He asked tentatively.

"She knows where to go. The TARDIS will take us there."

His held his head in his hands, raking fingers through dirty brown hair creating chasms in the locks. "This is all my fault."

"No it's not." He couldn't help but notice her voice. It was low and had no trace of emotion in it. "It's not your fault."

"Yes it is! I should've seen this, I should've got there quicker! It's my job to protect you."

"You're not the one who raped me, Doctor, Adam did." Her voice wavered, breaking into silent tears again as the engines started groaning, almost in sympathy.

Can you help me?
Can you let me go?
And can you still love me
When you can't see me anymore?

The groaning ceased but Rose didn't move; her shaking subsiding slightly. The Doctor felt her burning gaze on him even as he looked at the floor, still on his knees. Slowly Rose's own knees fell back from her chest and dropped down onto the cold floor. She slid down beside him and stared at his body. Quivering, her stained hand cupped underneath his chin and brought his face up to meet hers. Her head tilted slightly and her eyes looked at him imploringly. "Tell me you can make it go away."

"Rose…"

Two slender, bloodied fingers cut him off, ascending to his lips, making him taste the iron of them. "Tell me you can make it go away." The Doctor shook his head. "Tell me, please just tell me."

"I can't do that." He murmured against her fingers. "You know I can't make it go away. It doesn't work like that; I'm sorry."

"Stop apologizing." His head sank down as she let go of his chin, "Can you help me? Will you….will you be there for me?" Her voice wavered.

"Yes. I'll always help you, I'll be there for you for as long as you want me to be. I want to be with you." His eyes locked fiercely into hers, "I'm never leaving you again, Rosebud."

She smiled sadly, "Don't call me Rosebud, you know I hate it." Suddenly, she launched herself at him, pinning her body to his in an intense hug. Her head buried in his chest as the sobs wracked her body again, forcefully. But now she didn't push away; instead, Rose held the Doctor to her tighter as she cried into him. His chin leant on her head and he rocked her. She mumbled into his chest, "Never leave me, never leave me again. I need both of you."

Confused, he asked her quietly, "What d'you mean both of us? Rose?" The door to the TARDIS creaked open and a shadowed figure stepped in.

And the fire fades away
Most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's to hard to say

I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're the other side of the world to me

A/N: I apologise for leavingit on a cliffhanger but I'm a glutton for punishment.Review, please and I shall be sated.