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A Recognised Gain
Part 2
The Doctors' hearts froze, Venetia stilled in his arms looking up at her father, her eyes filled with unshed tears. The Doctor blinked rapidly as he shook his head
'No' he said, his voice shattering the silence that had come over the room. The police officers glanced around at each other confused
'Excuse me Sir?' one of them asked. The Doctor met his eyes
'No. She can't be dead' he slowly repeated. The officer shook his head gravely
'I'm afraid she is' The Doctor gasped for breath as he remembered seeing her the week before; so happy, so carefree – so alive. His head was spinning as her voice filled his mind – her laughter, her singling, her shouting, her crying, her whispering 'I love you' into his ear at night – a million memories that could never exist again, a thousand things they could never say, a billion memories they could never make. The Doctors' heart wrenched sob filled the air – everyone started in reaction except for Venetia who joined him The Doctor bit his lip – he wouldn't cry, not in front of all these people, he rubbed his face as he tried to hold in the sobs that were tearing at his soul
'What…what happened?' the Doctor finally asked – his voice cracking. The policeman cleared his throat
'It would appear she was knocked down by a car – driver was under the limit – wasn't their fault. Knocked her clear of the car – she died on impact' he sadly told him. The Doctor glared angrily at him, his eyes burning
'Well whose fault was it then? Don't you dare blame Rose for it' he warned his voice filled with the emotion that laced his soul
'Of course not – sorry Sir' the officer stumbled as he back away from the enraged, grief stricken Doctor that stood before him
'We'll need to ask some questions' an officer said as he pulled out his notebook
'I want you to go' the Doctor quietly said
'Just a few questions Sir, won't take a moment' the officer assured him as he pulled out his pen. The Doctor set Venetia on the floor beside him, her small hand locked into his large one
'I want you out – now!' the Doctor bellowed furiously. They all nodded – scared by this man and the look they saw in his eyes
'Very well then. We shall return' they warned as they let themselves out of the flat. The Doctor closed the door behind them; he lent his head back against the wood of the door and closed his eyes. Venetia stood in the hallway watching him; the dried paths of tears began to flow once more as her heart broke within her. The Doctor slowly slid down the door, his head in his hands, he cried freely for Rose – his tears burning his cheeks as his soul heaved with sobs. Venetia stood watching in horror as her father broke down in front of her – she watched as her pillar of support collapsed, as her hope disintegrated and as her uncertainty for the future grew.
Venetia could feel her hands shaking as her fingers clenched into fists, her whole body was shaking in reaction to the news she had been told earlier that day, when the police man had brought her home from the hospital after she had seen her mother knocked down by a car, after they had checked she was fine, the lady with the name Venetia couldn't remember – didn't want to remember – told her she was going to look after her and put her in a special home whilst they looked for some family. Venetia began to gasp for breath as the events of the day flashed before her.
Venetia and Rose we walking out of the shop, Rose was carrying bags over flowing with milk and chocolate digestives – the last time the Doctor had been round he had eaten all the biscuits – they were his favourite. Rose and Venetia were strolling down the street snuggled in their jackets as the crisp March air howled and tore at their hair. Neither of them minded though – they were happy watching the bare trees battle against the wind as their new buds began to appear hoping to flourish in the sun. They'd walked up to the curb hand in hand, they stopped to look both ways for traffic – they always did – but this time they couldn't see round the bend. Rose was on the left and Venetia was on the right, they were half way across the road when the sound of a revving engine sent a chill through Venetia's spine. She clutched onto Roses' hand tightly as they made their way to the other side of the road, a thirty second journey that felt like a million years. Rose saw the car coming before Venetia did – a Fiat Punto – brand new, white in colour gleaming windows and a sparkling bonnet. Inside the car a boy of twenty sat, both hand on the wheel in the ten and two o'clock position as he had been taught – he only took his eyes off the road for a moment, he glanced down to check the petrol level, he didn't know he'd hit something until the shudder of the car colliding with a body shot through him.
Rose had pushed Venetia forward trying to save her daughter in her final moments, Venetia fell towards the curb and landed heavily on it, she turned over her shoulder to see her mother colliding with the car. She hit the windscreen and flew over it – a thousand shards of glass shattering and dispersing over the road. Venetia's screamed filled the air as hundreds of passer-bys turned to stare, some gasping, some pointing and some crying.
The car had skidded to a stop beside Venetia; the boy clung at the wheel shaking as he looked at the blood that mixed with the broken glass of the windscreen. Rose was lying behind the car now, her body thrown and broken by the force – the police men had said she had died on impact – they lied. Her body was paralysed only her neck and above could move, her eyes blinked in shock as red dots began to take over her vision, if she could her hand would reach out to hold the one that wasn't there, she could barely see as everything blurred but she knew her daughter was safe. She had saved Venetia in her final moments – a ghost of a smile passed over her lip as she realised she hadn't failed her daughter, her lips moved on a final word as her world faded out into darkness
'Doctor' she whispered with her final breath, the word rasping against her tongue, she used every last ounce of energy she had for him – to save him and their daughter.
Venetia stood frozen beside the car – its white paint work now glistened with blood, the glass crunched under Venetias' feet as she tried to run towards her mother but she couldn't move. All she could do was stare and gasp for breath before she hit the floor.
The boy had caught her at the last minute – it was his fault she was like this, he had just killed her mother, he shook as he looked at the innocent girl in his arms, he began to panic as he realised he had destroyed her future forever.
The sound of sirens rang in everyone's ears as the three of them were carted off to the hospital – Rose bound to a stretcher as the paramedics frantically worked on her, Venetia sitting on a bed unable to speak just silent tears rolling down her face, and the boy who had destroyed his own future and taken a life sat with his head in his hands shaking in reaction.
'Daddy' Venetia whispered – she hadn't spoken since the moment her mother was knocked down, the first time she had spoken was when she screamed his name as he burst into the flat. The Doctor looked up into the eyes of his broken daughter and forgot his own pain for the moment – he opened his arms as she ran towards him and held her close joining hers.
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