To Artemis Sherwood! I am so happy you like my story! I have big plans for the watch! As well as big plans for 3 to woo her! I am so excited to write those bits! Also I am honored you've even read this in the first place! I have enjoyed many of your stories and I'm still enjoying them and rereading many now!

To atrhoads05! That may come in the future ;) and I would love to do a few episodes of both! I need to buy them both first, and honestly I've barely watched any of Torchwood, but I remember loving the episodes I did watch, so hopefully those will come in the future!

To Petra Anderson! I'm glad you like it! And she sort of does, remember, she stayed over a month with the 9th Doctor after he regenerated and they grew close over that time, and now she's a few months in, and when she arrived she already had a huge crush on the Doctor.

To the.apple.seed! I am so excited to introduce her to the Master! And I actually only just watched The Waters of Mars like two days ago, Ive never been able to see if before and holy crap was it good! I'm trying to figure out how to include her in it because it was so good!


As we head down toward the garage I stop, dropping his hand as my heart sinks, the damned music was playing again, the Doctor had stopped and looked to me worriedly, I frown sadly up at him "I guess I'm leaving...I'm sorry, I wish I could stay, I will probably be back here soon for you" I say softly, he smiles sadly and takes my hands.

"Well, then my dear, you be careful" he says, I nod and smile a little.

"I always am...Oh! And don't leave Randsome alone, especially in the tent" I warn quickly "either keep him at UNIT HQ or keep him with you all" I say as the music gets louder, he chuckles a little.

"My dear you do love to give me hints don't you" he hums before he hesitates then leans down and softly kisses my forehead.

I smile softly up at him "It's all I seem to be able to do to help" I shrug a little, and as the edges of my vision start to blur I close my eyes, gently squeezing his hands before there is nothing but solid ground beneath my feet and the sound of my own heartbeat in my ears, I frown sadly, looking down as the soft burn of the tattoos appear, a small black outline of the Nestene meteorites was there, though not filled in, only the outline, I nod a little 'hopefully that means I'll be back to help someday'

I look around, just hoping one of these times something is different, but again it is only the void, nothing and no one in sight, I sigh and close my eyes, stuffing my hands into my pockets and waiting, it seems to tackle minutes this time before I finally hear something other than my own heartbeat, I open my eyes to a mostly dark room, I frown a little, the only lights seem to be very dim and are only pointing down at a control desk.

I look around before stilling, to my right in the dark is something I had prayed I'd never see, though I know that was ridiculous, of course I'd meet them...

The single bright blue eye watches me as I stay stiff, I look to the control panel quickly for maybe a way to open the vault door behind me but there doesn't seem to be one, I look back to the eye, my heart racing.

"I'm not here to hurt you..." I murmur nervously, moving away from the torture panel, the eye stalk following my every movement "I...I'm here by mistake...I don't want any trouble" I say nervously, holding my hands up in surrender, my sleeve sliding down a little on my left hand and that seems to get its attention, I try to pull that sleeve up again before it suddenly speaks.

"The Foreseer...? The Foreseer!?" He yells in its mechanical distorted voice, I flinch back as I stare at it with wide eyes, even knowing its gun didn't work didn't lessen my fear.

I shakily nod "That's...that's what some people call me...yeah..." I stutter, my heart racing loudly in my own ears.

"You are an enemy of the Daleks!" It roars, trying to move its gun towards me, I flinch and stumble back against the vault door, I turn and start slamming my fists against it desperately.

"Help! Help me please!" I yell, slamming my fists against the metal door as the Dalek behind me continues to shout at me, it's not long before the door is opened and I'm grabbed violently and pulled out of the room, the man in the orange suit glaring down at me, Simmons, I think his name was, he always made me angry because he enjoyed torturing the Dalek.

Realizing I have to play dumb I grab onto his arm shakily, tears in my eyes "Please! You have to get me away from the thing!" I plead shakily, he shakes off my arm and shoves me into a chair angrily.

"Shut up girl!" He snaps as he calls his boss, I grip the arms of the chair shakily, watching him nervously 'am I too early? Shit what do I do?' I look around nervously, seeing other technicians and others watching me curiously, I look away and back to the man in the orange hazmat suit, he finishes his call and turns back to me, grabbing my upper arm harshly and pulls me to my feet, I wince and grip his arm shakily.

"That hurts! I can walk on my own!" I snap, but he ignores me and pulls me out of the room and down a few hallways, I keep trying to play stupid, asking where he's taking me and where I am, but he keeps trying to shut me up.

Finally we get to a small room and he shoves me inside roughing, I catch myself on the wall before I fell, I glare back at him but he just smirks "sit down" he says, gesturing to a chair in the room "my boss would like to have a word with you" he says before he leaves, closing and locking the door behind him, I sigh softly and glance at the chair, not trusting it so I sit down with my back against the wall, watching the door nervously.

Not long after a very loud alarm goes off, I cover my ears and wince, it was blaring but I can't help but smile, knowing exactly what that meant, I stand and come toward the door, looking it over to see if I could get out somehow, I smirk seeing the screws holding it together, I grab my wallet and pull out the little tool card I bought a few years back, I quickly start to take the screws out, knowing if I could just dismantle it I'd be able to sneak out.

The alarms stop soon after and I continue to work on the door handle until I manage to pull it off, making sure to set all of the pieces onto the chair, then I get the lock bit out of the door and it wings open, I silently cheer and leave that on the chair as well before I glance out into the hallway nervously, not wanting to get caught.

I wait a few moments before heading down the hall, back toward the vault, but I move slowly, not wanting to get there before the Doctor does, I soon hear the cocky voice of Mr Van Statten himself, I cringe a little, I had always hated that man, but I'm glad he got what he deserves, being sent out onto the streets with no memory.

My heart starts to race the closer to the vault I get, hearing the Doctor and Van Statten talking, then I hear the vault door closing, my eyes widen and I run into the room, trying to get there before the vault closed but I was too late, I glare at Van Statten as a few of the guards grab me.

"Let him out!" I yell at him angrily, Van Statten waves me off and looks back to the screen "shut it kid" he snaps, I glare at him more and struggle against the guards, watching the screen now as everything happens inside the Cage.

My heart sinking seeing the Doctor so angry and broken, soon attacking the Dalek, the guards let me go and rush into the vault to try and stop him from killing the Dalek, the others following, I run past the guards, shoving them off the Doctor and wrapping my arms around him tightly, he tries to fight me for a moment before I open the connection and he instantly relaxes.

I can feel him shaking under me as he wraps his arms around me tightly, the guards try to pull us apart but we only hold onto each other tighter, I bury my face into his chest shakily "its ok" I whisper to him as he clings to me "its ok, I'm right here" I say soothingly, he buries his face into my hair to try and calm down.

"They killed you Rose..." he whispers shakily, I tighten my arms around him.

"It's ok, I'm alive, right here and now" I say softly "see? I'm ok" I say and smile up at him as he looks down at me, I can see tears in his ancient blue eyes, I reach up and gently cup his cheek, about to speak again when I'm suddenly wrenched away from him, I yelp in pain at the bruising grip on my arms, my eyes widen as he lunges forward to try and get me away from them.

"Rose! Let her go!" He roars angrily but he's soon restrained as well, fighting against them even as we start being dragged in different directions, I meet his eyes.

"I'll be ok! I promise!" I yell after him before he is shoved into an elevator and followed by the others, the guards drag me back down the halls and to a room next to the one I was in before, however one man stands guard on the inside this time, I'm shoved into the chair before the second one leaves, I glare at the one still in the room with me.

"You know, we are all going to die if we don't leave right now, that Dalek your boss so easily messes with is going to get out and kill every last human on earth if it can manage it" I snap angrily.

The guard smirks "and how in the hell would a little girl like you know that?" He asks, I roll my eyes.

"Because first off, I'm not a child, and second off, I've seen what a single Dalek can do, I've seen millions die to them, maybe even more, Daleks are the most dangerous thing in this whole facility beside...one other person, but that Dalek is the biggest threat to us right now" I say seriously, my heart racing as I stand, a flare of pain shooting through the connection as I focus on it again, my heart drops, he's being tortured already...

I try to send him comfort and reassurance but he suddenly closes his side of the connection, my eyes widen a little and I try to press through the barricade but he keeps it up, I frown worriedly and move toward the door, glaring up at the guard.

"You have to let me go, your boss is torturing my friend!" I snap angrily.

"Why should I care?" He snaps, I stand right in front of him, glaring dangerously up at him, he actually seems to get a little uncomfortable at that.

"Because that means someone else is letting the Dalek loose at this very moment" I growl, he raises an eyebrow.

"You think your little lie will work?" He asks, I roll my eyes.

"Fine, then if you don't believe me, handcuff me to that chair, and go and see for yourself" I snap angrily, he eyes me before over the intercoms a man yells "Condition Red!" He looks up before looking to me with wide eyes, he rushes out of the room, not even bothering to lock me up, I run out after him, running down the hallway toward the Cage as fast as I can, I had to get Rose out of there.

As I'm running I see guards with guns in the hallway intersecting with mine, I smile seeing Rose and the idiot Adam run past them, I turn to my left and run after the other two "Rose! Adam! We have to keep running, no stopping!" I yell, Rose slows down just a little as she looks back, her eyes widening and she smiles.

"Rosie! You're here!" She gasps, I nod as I catch up with them, grabbing her hand "come on!" I yell and we keep running as there is soon gun fire behind us.

I wince hearing the Dalek killing them all, but I keep us going, we soon get to a huge staircase, I sigh 'I hate stairs so much...'

"Stairs! That's more like it. It hasn't got legs. It's stuck" Rose says quickly as Adam catches up to us as well as the officer assigned to escort them up, as we head up the stairs they stop to watch the Dalek, I grab Roses arm and shove her up another step "No stopping!" I snap, just as the Dalek starts to hover up.

The soldier pointing her gun at it as it looks up at us, De Maggio keeps trying to order it to surrender before she try's to get us to keep going without her, the Dalek hovering up the stairs toward us, I grab her arm and shove her in-front of me up the stairs.

"You are not going to die today De Maggio! Now get going!" I snap, she tries to protest but again I shove her and we get going running up the stairs again quickly, the Dalek firing after us.

"The Foreseer will die!" I screams after us, I try to ignore it as Rose look back at me worriedly as we continue up, sprinting up the stairs as fast as we can go, we get to another hallway and start running down it quickly, I keep them all in-front of me 'I'm not letting any of them die on my watch'

We soon run into a warehouse like room with soldiers on one side, pointing their guns toward us, they quickly let us through and I look up at the head guard as we pause "Listen to the Doctor! Aim for the eye piece!" I yell at him, he looks down at me confused and angry.

"Listen girl, as I told the Doctor, I know how to fight a tin robot" he snaps and I glare up at him "you're going to get yourself and all of these men killed!" I yell but another soldier comes and shoves me toward the back with Rose, Adam and De Maggio, I frown and shake my head before pushing them all in front of me again.

"Keep moving! Now! I snap, wincing hearing the gunfire behind us, we keep on down the hallway as I try to drown out the oncoming deaths, tears in my eyes, I couldn't save any of them...

I cover my ears as soon the gunfire stops and screams follow, the other three still in front of me.

Tears are running down my face now as we keep moving, terrified of the Dalek catching up with us, even if it didn't kill Rose it would kill me, it knows me, knows I'm important to the Doctor, meaning I was a big enemy to it.

We get to another stairwell and we start racing up it, soon Rose's phone goes off, she answers and I can hear him urging her to run, at the same time the connection opens from his side and he sends me waves of worry and fear, I keep running, even as my asthma hits me hard, making it hard to breath, but we keep moving, soon making it to the hallway with the bulkheads.

I start to lag behind with the lack of oxygen but I try to push on, Rose glances back and slows down for just a second "Don't slow down!" I yell at her, and we both speed up a little again, I hear the Doctor talking to her still through the phone, urging us to speed up, the fear intensifying in the connection as I know he's pressed the button to seal the doors, and I can see the door as we turn a corner.

Adam and De Maggio barely manage to slide under the door, me and Rose hitting into the door as it closes fully, I lean my head against it, shaking and gasping for air as Rose holds the phone up to her ear again shakily.

"Sorry...we were a bit slow" she says softly, also gasping a bit for breath, I shakily kneel down, leaning against the door as tears sting behind my eyes again 'is this really where I die...?'

I can feel instant heartbreak through the connection, I shiver a little hearing the Dalek come around the corner behind us, I slowly stand back up, still having trouble breathing as I turn to it, moving to stand between it and Rose, if things had changed, I am not letting it hurt her.

"See you, then, Doctor" she says before she holds the phone out to me, taking my hand in hers, both our hands shaking badly, I gently take it and hold it up to my ear.

"Rose, I'm opening the bulk head" he says quickly and my heart stops.

"Don't you dare!" I snap, my voice shaking "don't you dare risk so many lives for us..." I say, watching as the Dalek gets closer and closer, I tighten my hold on Rose's hand.

"I love you Doctor, don't ever forget that ok? And if this all goes to hell, do not blame yourself, don't ever blame yourself, me and Rose both travel with you willingly, we love this life, and I personally wouldn't trade it for anything" I say seriously, sending him love and comfort, even as my whole body shook.

"Rose please, I can't lose you again" he pleads, I shake my head a little "I'm sorry...forgive me" he whispers brokenly, his voice shaking, I grip the phone a little tighter "always" I say softly before the Dalek screams "exterminate!" It had shot the phone from my hand, destroying it and making it hit the floor with a crash, I quickly close the connection, if I was going to be shot I wasn't going to let him feel it.

The Dalek looks over both of us, pointing the gun at me now, I let go of Rose's hand quickly, not wanting her zapped with me, it meets my eyes, my hands shaking but I stay in front of Rose "kill me, its what you want right?" I ask it.

"I am armed. I will kill. It is my purpose!" It growls out, Rose moves to stand beside me now, I look to her worriedly.

"They're all dead because of you" snaps Rose angrily, I grab her hand again quickly, trying to keep from crying again, the fear overwhelming me, but I manage to keep them back, as I watch the other two closely.

"They are dead because of us" the Dalek retorts, I glare at it and squeeze Rose's hand "no, you are the one who consciously decided to kill them" I snap back at it, it turns its eye to me, I nearly flinch back as it watches me for a moment before speaking.

"You are the Foreseer, you will open the door" it commands me, I straighten my back, looking right back into its eye.

"No I will not, I do not have the power to open it anyways" I say seriously.

"You will open the door! The Doctor will open it for you!" It commands, I shake my head.

"No he won't, I won't let you loose" I say angrily, for a moment forgetting what happens in the episode, I stiffen a little as Rose looks at me in concern at my anger.

I glance to her then back to the Dalek as she asks it "and now what? What are you waiting for?" She asks, I shiver a little as the thing pauses before stating.

"I feel your fear" its ear things lighting up with each word.

"What do you expect?" She asks incredulously.

"Daleks do not fear. Must not fear!" it shouts, raising its gun and firing beside Rose, I tighten my hold on her hand and pull her closer to me as it fires again on my side, hitting the wall both times, I stiffen more, my heart racing painfully now, anxiety bubbling up in me now.

"You gave me life! What else have you given me!?" It demands, I shiver a little at its voice "I am contaminated!" It shrieks before it comes closer, I push Rose behind myself and the Dalek looks at me closely, getting close enough I could head butt its eye stalk.

"You are very protective" It growls out, I glare at it angrily but stay quiet, not wanting to anger it further in case it did try to really kill me.

"You are the Foreseer, the Mother of Time, you will not be able to protect everyone forever" it growls angrily, I glare at it more, the anger outweighing the fear at the moment.

"Yes I am, and I will always protect anyone I can, if that makes me motherly then so be it, but I can promise you one thing Dalek, your kind will never win, in the past or future" I snap, it raises its sucker then and I step back a little, gently pushing Rose back as well, but it uses the sucker to grab my sweater and pulls me and Rose to stand in the middle of the hallway, I look up to see the camera and my eyes widen a little, remembering the Doctor must think us dead.

The Dalek turns the camera on before making its demand, its gun pressed into my back a little now, I keep Rose in front of me now, keeping myself between her and the Dalek "Open the bulkhead or Rose Tyler and The Foreseer dies" it demands loudly, I quickly open the connection.

Instantly I'm hit with a flood of pain and heartbreak, my eyes widen as I realize what I did, realized what I made him think, I have to tighten my grip on Rose's arm a little to stay up right from the bombardment of emotions.

I gulp shakily as I hear a gasp and then the Doctor's voice, shaking and I can hear tears in his voice "You're alive!" He exclaims, relief flooding the connection, I press my mind as close to his as I can from this far away, which isn't much but its something.

"You can't get rid of us so easily" I say and smile a little up at the camera, my heart still racing 'I'll need to apologize for scaring him so badly later'

"I thought you were dead" he says, his voice breaking half way through his sentence, I wince a little "I know, I'm so..." but I'm cut off by the Dalek.

"Open the bulkhead!" It orders, both me and Rose shake our heads.

"No! Don't open it!" I say as she says "Don't do it!"

"What use are emotions if you will not save your friend and the woman you love?" I gulp shakily, shaking my head again at the camera but his voice comes through as he talks to the others in the office.

"I killed them once, I can't do it again" I frown sadly but soon the bulkhead begins to rise, I sigh softly, gently pushing Rose first as the Dalek pushes me forward "Rose, just try to stay calm alright?" I ask her softly "don't show any signs of a threat" I whisper, before wincing as the Dalek shoves me a little with its plunger to shut me up.

I stay between Rose and the Dalek as we get into the lift, moving to stand beside it as we start going up.

"I'm begging you, don't kill em, you didn't kill me or Rosie" she says, I tighten my hold on her hand, afraid it would lash out, afraid the story would change.

"But why not?" It demands, turning to look at us, we both have to dodge back to not get hit by its eye stalk "why are you alive? My function is to kill. What am I? What arm I?" It demands angrily, I shiver a little, the anger slowly disappearing and sadness taking hold, sadness that the Dalek didn't even want to feel emotions other than hate and rage, didn't want to even try and live through this sickness as it called it.

"You're different" is all I say before the lift counter hits one and the doors slowly open, the Dalek moving closer to the doors now as Henry Van Statten comes into view.

"Don't move. Don't do anything. It's beginning to question itself" Rose says beside me, I let go of her hands and slowly follow them both out, remembering the Doctor was looking for a gun right now, I send him worry and concern, I couldn't let him kill it, even with it being a Dalek, I couldn't let him destroy himself like that.

I zone back in on the conversation to see Van Statten pushed up against a wall in fear, the Dalek in front of him and Rose by its side "what do you want?" She pleads with it, I slowly move to her side as it looks back to Van Statten for a moment, then faces her again "I want freedom" I finally says.

I nod a little and we leave the office and head down a few more corridors before finding ourselves in a very wide concrete corridor, the bright lights behind us illuminating our backs and the back of the Daleks armor, I frown sadly again, this poor creature was so afraid of what it was becoming that it preferred death.

The Dalek stops in the middle of the huge room and raises it's eye stalk and gun to the ceiling before blasting it open, I quickly move to cover Rose from the rubble and dust before we both look up at the sunlight streaming in through the hole now blasted in the roof.

"You're out. You made it" Rose says, smiling a little at the Dalek, I glance toward it then to Rose worriedly, seeing her standing closer to it now.

She looks back up at the light now streaming into the room, smiling more "I never thought I'd feel the sunlight again" she comments softly, I nod a little, even if I didn't really like sunshine it was still a very welcome sight after today.

"How...does...it...feel..?" The Dalek asks Rose softly, I gently grab Roses arm and pull her away just slightly as the Dalek starts to open up the armor, we move to stand in front of it a few feet, Rose watching with shock and awe but I just eye it sadly.

"That, Rose...is a Dalek..." I say sadly, watching as it raises one of it's tentacles up toward the sunlight, I stiffen and turn around as a loud voice shouts behind up.

"Get out of the way!" The Doctor orders us quickly, holding the gun up toward us, I frown sadly and shake my head, he meets my eyes, I can see the desperation and brokenness behind those blue eyes "Rosie, get out of the way! Now!" He orders again, I shake my head softly, moving to stand more in front of the Dalek.

"I'm not going to let you do this" I say softly, I can see his hands shaking slightly as he holds the gun, looking past me to the Dalek.

"That thing killed hundreds of people" he says angrily, seething with rage toward the creature behind us, I watch him sadly, frowning more.

"Doctor...I can't let you" I say sadly, he shakes his head in fear driven determination.

"I've got to do this. I've got to end it. The Daleks destroyed my home, my people, they destroyed you! Ive got nothing left" he insists shakily, my heart sinks, he must believe I'm still dead in the future, but I vow then and there that I wouldn't die in the Time War, I'll find some way to survive it.

I shake my head and take a step toward him slowly "you have me, I'm not dead, I'm right here Doctor, I know what they've done, and I know what they will do, but look at this one, this one is different" I say softly, moving myself and Rose out of the way so he could see it as the creature had been ignoring us and just enjoying the sunshine.

"What's it doing?" He asks softly in confusion.

"It's the sunlight, that's all it wants" Rose says from behind me softly, watching the Doctor nervously.

"It can't" he retorts in disbelief.

"Doctor, it could have killed me and Rose down there, but it didn't, it didn't kill either of us, it didn't even kill Van Statten when it had the chance to" I tell him softly.

"It's changed" Rose says, moving to stand beside me now "what about you Doctor? What the hell are you changing into?" She demands, I frown more, glancing at her then back to him, he lowers the gun as he stares in pain and worry.

"I couldn't...I wasn't..." he says brokenly, looking warn and desperate.

"Oh Rosie...they're all dead..." he says sadly as he meets my eyes again, I nod sadly as I watch him before I glance back to the Dalek as it looks to him.

"Why do we survive?" It asks in a lower tired voice.

"I don't know" he admits, watching the creature closely, what Rose said hitting him hard.

"I am the last of the Daleks" it says, its octopus brainy like body pulsing as it speaks.

"You're not even that" the Doctor says "Rose did more than regenerate you. You've absorbed her DNA. You're mutating" the Doctor tells the poor creature.

"Into what?" It asks.

"something new" he says "I'm sorry"

Rose looks to him "Isn't that better?" She asks, I shake my head and look back to the Dalek as he replies.

"Not for a Dalek" he replies, watching the pathetic creature pulse as it speaks again.

"I can feel. So many ideas. So much darkness. Rose, give me orders. Order me to die" my heart sinks and I gently grab her hand again as she watches it, the words it spoke sinking in and she shakes her head.

"I can't do that" she says softly, I frown more and gently squeeze her hand.

"This is not life. This is sickness. I shall not be like you. Order my destruction! Obey! Obey! Obey!" It orders desperately, I can see the tears in Rose's eyes welling up and I take a deep breath, seeing she was too afraid to do so.

I look to the creature again "I order you to die" I say softly "I order you to be released from your pain and fear" I say softly, it looks to me now as it speaks, Rose moving to stand behind me shakily.

"Are you frightened, Foreseer?" It asks softly, I nod softly "yes" I breath before it replies "So am I...exterminate.." It croaks out before I quickly push Rose back and toward the Doctor, we both run to his side and he instantly grabs my hand with his free one as we watch the Dalek close up its armor and hover up into the air, the odd orbs floating off to its form, forming into a perfect circle around it before an energy field fills the gaps between the orbs, the Dalek seems to heat up before it disintegrates with a small explosion and the orbs and energy field disappear into nothingness, I sigh shakily in relief.

I let go of the Doctor's hand gently and hug Rose tightly, she clings to me slightly and I gently rub her back "you did good" I tell her softly before we head back down to the Tardis, the Doctor takes my hand in his as we go, staying silent but I can feel his turmoil in his mind.

We get to the Tardis and I stop at the door, leaning up and softly kissing the Doctors cheek "I'll be right back" I say softly before I head inside, gently patting her door as I do so, I quickly find the large main bathroom and grab some painkillers as bruises had started to appear on my upper arms from the guards dragging me around, and a massive headache was starting, I take them quickly before heading back into the console room.

The second I step inside the Doctor comes to my side, looking to Rose and Adam "no touching anything important" he orders her and Adam before he grabs my hand and quickly pulls me out of the room and down a few halls before he turns and suddenly engulfs me in a hug, I hug back wrapping my arms around his neck as he leans down, burying his face into my neck.

I gently stroke the back of his head as I can feel him shaking against me "It's alright now, I'm right here" I say softly, his arms tightening around me before he suddenly is picking me up, wrapping my legs around his waist before he continues on down the hallway, I keep my arms around him tightly as he takes us into our room, closing the door behind us before he sits on the beck shakily, keeping me held tightly against him.

I gently kiss the side of his head as he clutches onto me for dear life "don't ever...ever scare me like that again" he whispers shakily, his voice breaking a bit at the end, I frown softly, sensing his broken and exhausted mind.

I gently stroke the back of his head and neck to try and help him calm down a little "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but I had to close my end, I didn't want you to feel the pain if I did die" I say softly, he tightens his arms around me and I can now feel tears hitting my neck, I frown sadly, tightening my arms and legs around him.

"I don't care, I don't care about the pain, never cut me off like that again...please..." he pleads, I nod softly and kiss his ear softly "I won't, I'm sorry" I murmur softly.

He shivers a little as he tries to keep from fully breaking down but I can feel the pent up fear and worry were enveloping his mind, I close my eyes and press my face into his shoulder and neck softly, leaving soft kisses as I go, then I stop and press my mind to his, opening the connection fully from my side, pressing closer to his mind, only to feel him press back, his mind desperate and hurried and fearful.

I send waves of warmth and comfort to him, knowing he just needed a while to relax and calm down, I gently tighten my arms around his neck softly.

"Why don't we lie down and get some rest?" I ask him softly, he hadn't moved much but his arms tighten around my waist and he stiffens.

"No...please...I can't wake up to you gone..." he whispers shakily, I sigh softly but smile a little sadly.

"I'm not going anywhere, when ever you need me, I never leave" I say softly "at least I haven't yet, come, we are both exhausted, and I want to cuddle" I say softly, blushing a little but he seems to relax a little, I smile gently and kiss the side of his head again.

"Let's change into more comfy clothes as well" I say softly, starting to pull back, but he tightens his grip on me, finally lifting his head to meet my eyes, his own full of fear and heartbreak, I reach up and gently cup his cheeks softly.

"I'm right here, I'm alive as I'll ever get" I tell him softly, gently running my thumb over his cheek bone, smiling up at him softly as he searches my face for any sign of lying.

He relaxes a little more and I pull back more, standing up now and gently taking his hand, smiling softly "come on, lets find you something more comfortable to sleep in" I tell him softly and he slowly stands, letting me pull him along to the closet, I smile softly at all of the clothes inside, I start to look through his pajamas with one hand as he hadn't let go of my other hand.

I find us both a pair of clean pajamas before we return to the bed, I set them down before turning to him, seeing him watching me worriedly, I smile at him gently.

"I'm not going anywhere, we can just change here...just...if you could turn you back..." I say a bit awkwardly, blushing more now, he relaxes more and nods, leaning over and kissing my cheek before he lets go of my hand and turns his back to give me some privacy, I quickly change into the pajamas, a pair of nice red and black flannel pants and a grey t-shirt that I may or may not have stolen from his side of the closet.

I clear my throat softly as I turn back to see his back still to me "you can turn around now" I say, still blushing a little, he turns and smiles softly, his eyes still red and puffy from his tears but I smile gently up at him, nodding to the clothes remaining on the bed "change then we can rest" I say, grabbing my clothes and tossing them in the laundry basket, then I hang up my coat to wear tomorrow.

I keep my back to him as I hear him changing before he softly says "done" I turn and smile softly to him, coming to sit on the edge of the bed, taking his hand and gently pulling him down with me, he sits down and leans his head onto my shoulder tired, I smile more.

"Told you you were tired" I tease softly and he groans dramatically "must you make jokes right now?" He jokingly scolds, I nod softly and smile more at him.

"It makes you smile, so of course I'm going to, I need some way to cheer you up" I tell him, only really half joking as he relaxes more and smiles more.

I gently kiss the top of his head before I crawl across the bed, pulling the blankets back and flopping down tiredly, pulling the blankets on the other side back and he quickly joins me, crawling under the covers and quickly moving closer, he wraps his arms around me and pulls me to his chest protectively as I could see his eyelids drooping in exhaustion.

I wrap my arms around his torso and move closer, enjoying his slightly cooler body temperature, my temperature always ran a little high so it was nice to be able to cuddle without overheating.

I smile at that thought and bury my face into his chest happily, relaxing more "I love you Rose...I love you so much, I couldn't bear to lose you" he whispers softly into my hair.

I tighten my arms around him a little, ignoring the slight pain from the bruises "I love you too, and that's why I'm always going to come back to you, nothing will be able to stop me" I tell him softly, my voice a little muffled against him but I feel him relax more at my statement.

"And I will do everything I can to keep you safe, always, no matter what" he murmurs softly, I smile a little as I can tell he was already drifting off to sleep, I look up to see his eyes mostly closed, I smile softly and lean up, gently kissing his lips softly, he reacts slowly, gently kissing back before I pull back, scooting up just a little and softly kissing his nose before I rest my head back down on the pillow and against his chest gently.

He stays on his side with his arms around me as I sense him falling asleep, I close my eyes tiredly and press closer, smiling a little feeling his hearts beating in rhythm, and soon the exhaustion takes me over and I'm asleep as well.


And done!

What do you think? We got more soft 9! I love 9 so much!

I will give you a hint about the next chapter as well!

We will be returning to one unfinished story! And she will be staying for some time! Then she will head off to see an old friend! (Not Jack yet sadly)

I cannot thank you all enough for reading this story, I have always loved writing, and its always been a fun outlet for me, but I never really expected others to enjoy it! But I decided to post this story on the off chance one or two people would like it.

So thank you all, from the bottom of my heart!

I love you all so much and wish I could give you all hugs!

Don't forget to drink some water friends!

~Rose~