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Despairs Darkest Destiny

Chapter Four

Rose lay sprawled across the floor, her cheek pressed against the cold wooden floor. She could feel blood in her mouth, blood trickling down her forehead from an open gash, she could feel the blood pooling around her from various wounds. Rose could feel the broken bone of her leg protruding through the skin and the throbbing as fresh bruises formed over her abdomen and across her cracked ribs. She was wheezing for breath – each intake of air sharply releasing a new wave of pain – but it wasn't the pain that got to her, it was the over whelming fear that poured through her gut and into her soul.

She looked up – barely able to move, her body lay broken and helpless like and abandoned rag doll, her vision was blurred and red specks covered what she could see. Next to her head was a pair of boots – large men's boots, they stood so threatening close to her, she could see dried blood droplets on them and knew their purpose instantly.

Petrified sobs were what told Rose she wasn't alone; she moved her eyes upwards wincing in pain, to see the man who had been chasing her. He was well over six foot, muscular built, and his black hair was swept back off his forehead shinning with grease. He had tan skin and sneered at Rose revealing a set of rotten yellow teeth, his eyes were a venomous shade of green – darker than emerald yet gleaming with evil. In one of his large hands he held a screaming child, his golden wedding band caught the light and the reflection danced across the room. The little boy screamed in terror as blood ran down his face – his hand hung helplessly at his side, Rose could see how all the bones within it had been crushed. The boy couldn't be more than two years old and he had his father's eyes, only they were a softer green, they held love and compassion – emotions unknown to the man – they were also wrecked by fear.

Rose looked up at the child paralysed by her fear, she could see red marks burning into the boys arm as the man shook him violently. The child just screamed louder; screaming for his life. Rose stood trying to save him but her shattered leg faltered under her, the man turned and viciously kicked Rose in the stomach knocking her back down. She doubled over in pain as she cried out; blood fell from her mouth onto his shoe

'Shut up!' the man screamed in the child's face – the boy didn't know what was happening, he didn't know what to do but scream louder. The man was red in the face now – his eyes gleaming with an unnatural excitement, he raised the child and flung him as hard as possible towards the wall. The boys scream ended as the sickening thud of the child colliding with the wall filled the room. Rose saw the way the boy landed, she saw the unnatural angle his neck was at, she saw his beautiful green eyes meet hers as the life slowly drained out of then. Rose heard herself scream

'Beau!'

The Doctor had placed Rose on her bed in the Tardis – they were still in the gardens, the Doctor didn't want to move the Tardis – not when Rose was like this. He watched as she lay in the bed unmoving except from violently convulsing momentarily. The Doctor watched her trying to think of the significance of the name Beau. She'd never mentioned a Beau, nor did she have any family or friends by that name, but the Doctor knew there was something about that name that caused her to react so violently – and he needed to find out what. The Doctor sunk his head into his hands as he watched Rose, he knew that if he couldn't help her soon then he would most definitely end up like her – crazed and haunted by something only he could see.

'Oh Rose, who's Beau?' the Doctor asked defeated. His response was a deadly silence.

Rose had dragged herself across the floor towards Beau ignoring the pain that tortured her. She reached him and his dead green eyes sunk out of the paleness of his face, a poppy bruise marked his forehead half hidden by a mess of brown hair. Rose gently closed his eyelids and kissed his forehead, she sobbed quietly into his lifeless shoulder

'Oh Beau, I'm sorry – I'm so sorry' she whispered broken.

Rose could sense him before she saw him, the dark looming shape standing over her shoulder – it pulled her hair back by a handful of hair – Rose didn't scream, she didn't have the energy left.

'Let this be a warning to you both' he snarled in her face before he callously dropped her to the floor. He effortlessly picked up Beaus body and instead of cradling it as any normal parent would; he flung it over his arm as worthless as a sack of potatoes. Rose let her head sink back to the floor as she heaved sobs from the very essence of her being. As darkness closed in around her eyes, she welcomed it – she needed to escape. Her broken body lay sprawled out across the dark maple floor, soaking in her own blood – her life was slowly draining away as was her will to live.

The Doctor left Rose on her bed as he searched the medical room – he searched the shelves not knowing what he was looking for, just hoping that something would catch his eye – nothing did. He really did not know what to do, he was resting his head against the wall, his eyes shut when he heard a whimper – Rose was awake. The Doctor sprinted to her room to see Rose gasping for breath, tears stained her face and sweat marked her brow. Roses' eyes wildly darted around the room – her breathing calming as she realised where she was. The Doctor watched from the doorway as she raised her hands to her cheeks feeling the burn from the scratched down her face – they had scabbed over and cracked as Rose tried to move her mouth. Her eyes rose out of the darkness to meet the Doctors – they held each others gaze neither of them knowing what to say, Rose watched his eyes searching hers for a moment before she opened her mouth. Instead of words a soul shattering scream was released. The Doctors entire body tensed as he moved towards Rose – her face crumpled with pain as tears squeezed out of her eyes. By the time the Doctor had reached her she had blood trickling down her forehead, her eyes widened in terror as the Doctors' jaw dropped. Roses' lip began to swell and blood began to trickle in her mouth as dark bruises formed around her right eye. The Doctor watched in horror as Rose became deformed by injuries and writhed by pain – her hand reached out to him. He grasped it, looking her in the eye

'Rose, what's happening?' he asked confused. Rose's eyes were wide

'My nightmare' she whispered 'It's exactly like my nightmare' the Doctors eyes hardened, he knew in this moment he would kill whatever was doing this to her. She released another scream that filled every chamber of the Doctors hearts stabbing at him like a thousand knifes. She squeezed his hand tighter, her nails digging into his palm as she felt her ribs cave in on her lungs. As she felt the blood being to rush freely inside of her, she screamed as she felt her stomach collapse, as she felt her leg shatter. She was pale and tears streamed down her face mixing with the blood – the Doctor could only helplessly look on as she was visibly tortured in front of him – her eyes pleading for it to stop. Rose took her final gasps for air as she watched the Doctor through the darkness that was clouding in around her eyes

'I'm sorry' she croaked before her eyes rolled lifelessly into her head. The Doctor squeezed her hand and buried his face in her shoulder

'Don't be sorry' he whispered, his voice cracking

'I'll stop this. Whatever is happening to you, I'll stop this' he promised her with the weight of the world on his vow. He kissed her cold, swollen lips sealing his promise before he carefully lifted her out of her bed.

Rose was in a daze. Everything seemed fuzzy and blurred together – this included sound, vision and speech. She could just about hear but she couldn't open her eyes – she could feel the sea of blankets that drowned her

'How could you?' a woman's voice begged, she sounded angry and heart broken

'How could I what?' the man snarled back. Roses' breath caught in her throat – she knew the mans voice, she knew the air of danger that surrounded him.

'Please, just look at her' the woman begged. Wrecked with pain, Rose could recognise the voice – she was the lady who had been pinned against the wall, the one who had begged for her life, the one who had been so viciously attacked. Attacked by the man who stood before her

'Why would I want to do that? The man asked glowering 'just the sight of her makes me sick'

'I want you to see what you've done to her' the woman begged sounding on the verge of a breakdown. Rose heard footsteps on the wooden floor – she felt her bubble of safeness evaporate as he approached her. Rose's eyes were still squeezed shut as she swallowed heavily. She felt the mans hot sweaty fingers against her cold skin as he grasped her chin, he squeezed it and Rose could feel his eyes burning into her.

'Lewis! Let go of her!' Rose heard the woman cry out – she sounded scared yet determined. Lewis moved his face closer to Roses so their noses were almost touching. Roses' breath caught in her throat as panic laced through her veins

'Lewis!' the woman shouted. He breathed out onto Rose and she could smell the stench of alcohol on his breath, he let go of her face and turned to the woman.

'Damn it Isabella!' Lewis roared 'Don't you dare tell me what to do. I am the man of this household'

'Than start acting like it!' she shouted back.

'What do you mean?' he asked – his anger being heard on his voice

'You know damn well what I mean. Beau – I know what you did to him, it was no accident!' she cried out, her voice cracking. Rose heard a deadly silence followed by the sound of a vicious slap. The sound of skin hitting skin sent shivers down Roses' spine. The woman cried out

'You can't run a household like this!' she exclaimed on the verge of tears

'I'll run my household however I see fit' he growled in her ear. He slapped her again – except this time he bunched his hand into a fist. The woman sobbed as it collided with her face – Rose could hear the blood droplets splashing to the floor with the force of a thousand rain drops. The woman – Isabella – remained silent and Rose could hear the man – Lewis- breathing heavily, it was like stone on stone as he rasped.

'That'll teach you to remember your place' he snarled before walking out the door. When Rose heard the door shut she heard the soft footsteps approaching her, she felt her bed give as Isabella sat beside her.

'I'm so sorry, I won't let what happened to Beau happen to you' she promised

'I'll protect you – with my life' she whispered. Rise felt as she gently stroked the hair off her the blood stains that marked her cheeks

'You're safe now, I promise'

Roses' eyes slowly began to blink open

'You're safe now, I promise' the Doctor told her softly as he stoked the hair off her face. Rose tried to smile at him but she just ended up wincing, the Doctor stocked her cheek

'It's okay' he told her. Rose glanced around trying not to move, she saw the pale white walls, the gleaming tile floor, and the endless grey counters – she knew she was in the medical room. The coldness of the metal table pressed through the blankets the Doctor had put there – Rose shivered. She clutched at the thin blankets that covered her, wincing and stopping once she felt the pain of her ribs; she closed her eyes. The Doctor watched her looking slightly pain

'Rose I need to see your injuries… so I can treat them' he told her softly. Rose nodded – still not opening her eyes

'Go ahead' she whispered as she tried to block out the pain. The Doctor slowly lifted her blanket looking at the fastenings on her clothes. During his pause Rose opened her eyes and looked at him

'How do you want me?' she asked, almost smiling

'In your underwear please' he said awkwardly. She grinned at him

'I knew you'd end up undressing me sooner or later' she teased. He raised his eyebrow at her – his eyes gleaming. Rose began to laugh but stopped when it caused a burning pain in her ribs

'Ouch' she murmured. The Doctor smiled gently at her then began to work at unbuttoning her trousers. Sometime later, after several awkward moments, Rose lay on the bed dressed only in her bra and underwear. The Doctor looked at her and smiled, she was wearing matching hot pink underwear decorated with yellow flowers and a lace trim

'Very pretty' the Doctor murmured – Rose blushed

'Thanks' she said coyly. The Doctor gave her a fleeting grin then moved towards her feet. He gently ran his finger along her calf as she winced, his hand rested on her thigh as he felt her bones – Rose gasped with pain

'Sorry!' he winced; she gave him a brave smile

'You've broken you Tibia in two places' he told her as he ran his finger down her shin

'Your Fibula once' he continued, he gently traced her thigh with one finger

'And your Femur in two places' he drew two lines on her leg 'here and here'

Rose nodded slowly as tears trickled out her eyes. The Doctor squeezed her hand

'Don't worry, I'll give you something for the pain in a moment' he told her, she weakly smiled back. His hands moved to her waist – a thousand goosebumps appeared as his soft, warm hands met her cold bruised skin. He ran his hands over her stomach gently feeling her

'Severe bruising' he murmured, his hands froze as he met a bruise that was the exact shape of a boot mark

'Oh Rose' he whispered. She bit her lip and tried to smile, the Doctors face was filled with horror as he studied her stomach

'Rose…' the Doctor said again trailing off

'It's okay' she murmured, he looked at her and smiled gently – he loved her just for being so brave. His thumbs passed over her kidneys and she squeaked in pain – dark bruises marked her skin there, her entire torso was black and blue – the amount of bruises sickened the Doctor. When his hands paused over her ribs she cried out in pain – deep blue bruised laced her ribs, the Doctor felt each rib tenderly, his fingers delicate and soothing.

'Six' the Doctor murmured

'Hmmm?' Rose asked looking up at him

'Six ribs broken' he repeated. He stared down at her bruises

'Six ribs!' he yelled before he turned and kicked a counter 'damn it!' he yelled, anger burning through him. Anger at himself for letting it happen and anger at who ever did this to her

'Doctor?' Rose asked cautiously. He walked up to her and framed her face looking into her eyes

'I will find whoever did this to you and they'll apy for it' he promised her. She could see the truth of his words reflected in his eyes

'I know you will' she murmured – her faith in him as strong as ever. The Doctor rested his head on her shoulder for a moment, willing himself not to break down – he couldn't understand how she trusted him so implicitly after he'd let her down so much. He looked up at her and saw her smiling at him, he knew she was more important to him in the world than anything or anyone else – he smiled back.

His hands were still on her ribs but had now met the rim of her bra – the Doctor blushed and moved his hands as Rose tried not to giggle. He moved his hands to her face and raised an eyebrow

'And what is so funny Miss Tyler?' he asked, her eyes were dancing with laughter and pain

'Nothing – nothing at all' she murmured. The Doctor grinned at herm her smile almost matching his – until she fell back into the wraths of pain, His face fell and turned serious as his fingers traced her finger nail marks down her cheeks, his hand then moved to her forehead where an open gash bled.

'So Doctor – what's your verdict?' she asked, almost teasing

'I'll fix you up in no time' he declared smiling before looking apologetically at her

'You'll need a cast, a couple of stitches and lots of rest' he told her, squeezing her hand. Rose nodded, biting her lip

'Right then, better get to work' she told him. He nodded and turned to the counter, he returned with a needle in his hand – he saw her eyes widen and gently smiled

'It'll take away the pain' he promised her. Rose eyed the needle nervously before a small brave smile took over her face

'Come on then' she muttered. The Doctor smiled

'That's my girl' he murmured as he gently emptied the vial into Roses arm. Her eyelids fluttered as things started to go dark

'I don't want to go to sleep' she whimpered

'I'm scared to go fall asleep' she revealed. The Doctor squeezed her hand

'It'll be okay' he promised her 'I'm here with you' he assured her

'My Doctor' she whispered. The Doctor nodded as her eyelids closed

'My Rose' he tenderly whispered 'Get some rest my Rose'

As the Doctor turned to the counter to dead with the task at hand Rose silently fell back into her own hell leaving her broken body behind

'No' she whispered.

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