The Feeding Ground

Part Five

Rose ran as fast as she could towards the top floor. Upon reaching the floor she was block by all the patients. Winters noticed her and began to clear a path with her piece of Terrellium. Rose ran through the open path and moved through the open metal doors. Mickey followed her in hoping to help.

"What do you think you're doing?" Mickey asked.

"I can save him. He was telling me how earlier." Rose said as she showed him the flash grenade.

"You're going to save him with that?"

"Yeah I just need to find out how to get up to the ship. The control must be here somewhere." Rose said fiddling around a console in the center of the room.

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The Doctor was getting years taken off his life by the King when suddenly a loud alarm began to sound. The King stopped sucking out The Doctor's neural energy and turned his attention elsewhere.

"The one known as Rose Tyler is trying to access the controls for the dynatrope. Human Matthew will kill her."

"NO!!!" The Doctor yelled getting to his feet.

He ran towards the King but was brought down when the King once again began to feed.

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"Is there anything I can do?" Mickey asked trying to be useful.

"You can shut up for one thing. I need to think." Rose said as Doctor Matthews came at her with a knife.

"Rose!!!" Mickey yelled as he knocked the knife out of Matthew's hand.

They then proceeded to trade jabs at each other while Rose continued to press buttons on the console. Matthews knocked Mickey to the ground and began cautiously punching him in the stomach. Mickey managed to knock him across the room. Mickey ran up to him to make sure he was knocked out but Matthews had picked up his knife. He stabbed Mickey in the chest and he fell to the ground. Matthews then moved towards Rose to finish the job. Suddenly Mickey jumped off the ground and stabbed Matthews in the neck with the very same knife he had been stabbed with earlier. Mickey fell to the ground in pain. Rose was soon by his side.

"It's going to be ok. Help!!! Somebody help!!!" Rose yelled.

"Of all the things to die for I'm glad it's you."

"Don't say that, we're in a hospital. I'll go get a doctor." Rose said with tears in her eyes.

"No, you have to go save the day. Save your doctor." Mickey said as he slowly died.

Rose picked herself up off the floor and wiped away her tears. She made her way to the center console and finally found how to work the transporter. Arriving on the ship she was horrified by the sight of the King hovering over the Doctor. She took out the flash grenade and pushed a button on it. Throwing it towards the King she closed her eyes bracing herself. An explosion of light engulfed the room. The Doctor regaining his senses looked over at Rose.

"Throw the Terrellium in the feeding tank." The Doctor commanded as he threw the rock to Rose.

The Doctor pointed out the tank to his companion and she began to run towards it. Rose threw the rock into the feeding tank. It began to dissolve and the liquid in the tank continued to move down a series of tubes that was connected to The King.

"No!!!" The King yelled as the crystals in his head began to crack.

"The Krotons will survive and they will have their revenge on you Doctor."

"Please, do you know how many times I've heard that?" The Doctor said as the King finally died.

"You came back for me." The Doctor was proud.

"You'd do the same for me." Rose tossed back.

"Right, I would. Now how about we head home?"

"But what about the Krotons, there must be millions on this ship?"

"With their King dead, I imagine they'll all go home and find a new leader." The Doctor explained.

They both transported down back to earth where Rose was anxious to see her mother. She ran towards the stairs while the Doctor moved towards Winters.

"Everything's alright now, Winters. The Brain control should wear off in awhile. The crystals in their heads should disappear now that the King is dead."

"Doctor it was a pleasure to meet you and thank you for everything." Winters said.

"You know anything for Queen and Country." The Doctor chirped.

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Rose finally made it to her mother's room only to find it empty. The Doctor soon followed behind her.

"Excuse me, what happen to the woman that was in this room." Rose said to a passing nurse.

"I'm sorry she passed away."

"No that's impossible she was just in there. I was just with her."

"Rose, I'm sorry." The Doctor tried to be sympathetic.

"Bring her back." Rose cried.

"You know I can't." The Doctor stated.

"You have a time machine you can do anything." Rose yelled out.

"Anything but this." He said as he held Rose in his arms as she cried.

"Come on, let's get you home." The Doctor said with Rose by his side.

"We can go see my Mum?" Rose asked.

"In a heartbeat, or in my case, two." He smiled at Rose who managed to give a small one back to him.

The End.

Next Time…

The Doctor looked up from the Tardis console.

"The Tardis doesn't know where we are and neither do I." The Doctor said.

"We're stuck in nowhere?" Rose asked.

"I've been to nowhere it certainly doesn't look like this." The Doctor said looking outside the Tardis doors.

"May I introduce the Lord of the Manor, Mr. Grayson." The Butler said.

"This is a fight for Survival." The Doctor yelled.

"Are you accusing us of murder?"

"Yes and any one of us could be next." The Doctor stated.

"There is something supernatural about this place."

"A Ghost?" The Doctor asked.

"At night his voice echoes through the halls, the cries of a lonely child."

"Come and play with me." A young cold voice whispered in the darkness.