Warning! A bit of angst ahead!
As I try to catch my breath the light above me starts to dim and go out, I whimper and press back against the door more, I turn and start ramming into the doors to try and get them open before I remember what Donna did and I slam my foot into the door right under the handle, sending them flying open, I scramble inside and close the doors behind me, shaking with adrenaline and fear.
In front of me is a group 6 people in white suits with helmets and the Doctor in his blue suit, one of the men in the white suits standing away from the others, my eyes widen shakily.
"Doctor...River.." I say shakily, they all turn to look at me and the Doctors eyes widen "Rose! Get out of the shadows!" He yells, I shake my head shakily, keeping my back pressed against the doors "I can't...Ive already been in the shadows, I might be infected" I say shakily, his eyes widen more in horror and he runs closer to me, I hold my hand up quickly to stop him as River follows.
"Both of you! Please just stay back, just in case" I warn seriously, curiously another of the men follows behind River, standing close to her, I brush it off for now.
"Rose, listen to me, we have to get you to the teleport in the shop" he says quickly, one hand raised toward me and the other reaching for his sonic, I shake my head again.
"No way, the teleport doesn't work" I say seriously, he looks more worried and River steps up next to him worriedly, looking me over.
"Rose...there must be something we can do" she insists, looking to the Doctor then the man behind her, he moves up behind her and places his hand on her back worriedly as he looks to me, I can see fear and worry there, I frown a little, I didn't recognize this man...he must be someone I meet in the future.
"Rose, you need to move into the light, there we can monitor you and make sure you don't get two shadows" the Doctor insists, I look to the others worriedly before nodding, trying to hide my shaking hands in my pockets nervously.
The other three move back and out of the way and I quickly move into the main light source, I breath a sigh of relief when I only see one shadow but I remind myself that they could still be here, I look up to the Doctor to see his wide worried eyes, I manage a water smile at him "Hi hun, its going to be ok" I try to reassure him, opening the connection and flooding him with reassurance and affection.
His shoulders sag a little before he gets a determined look on his face, he looks back to the man from before that had the two shadows. Proper Dave, he gets to work scanning the mans one remaining shadow before I shiver as the man says "hey, who turned out the lights?"
I watch him with wide shaky eyes as the Doctor looks up at him from his place on the floor where he had been scanning the shadow "no one, they're fine"
"No, seriously, turn them back on" Proper Dave says seriously, the Doctor slowly stands back up as River replies "they are on"
"I can't see a ruddy thing" Proper Dave says, I shiver and look down shakily, I couldn't watch this.
"Dave, turn around" orders the Doctor as he stands behind the man, putting his sonic back into his jacket pocket.
"What's going on? Why can't I see? Is the power gone? Are we safe here?" The frantic man asks, I close my eyes shakily and reach up, covering my ears, I couldn't listen to this, it was too heartbreaking, someone ghosting sounded like the worst experience to see in person, and I'd rather not have to.
I look up when I see the suit grab the Doctor, my eyes widen, I take my chance and run forward, slamming into the suit and sending the light thing flying back a few feet as I hit the ground, the Doctor rushes back, trying to grab me but I dodge his touch and stand, the suit was already getting back up as the others rush back.
"Rose!" The man behind River yells worriedly, I jump around and away from their shadows before the suit behind me starts to send out more shadows of its own, River quickly pulls out a gun and orders everyone to duck before she shoots it, causing a ray of light to cut a large square hole in the wall.
"Everybody out. Go, go, go. Move it. Move. Move!" River yells, ushering everyone out of the room, the Doctor looks back at me with horrified wide eyes.
"Doctor go! I'll be right behind you!" I yell and he looks torn before he runs, I run after them quickly and away from the swarm in the suit as it slowly follows us, I make absolutely sure to stay a ways behind the others and not let our shadows cross at all.
The Doctor, River and that man continuously looking back to check if I'm still following.
As we all run I can hear the footsteps of the swarm behind us before we slow down and the Doctor tries to get more lights working and brighter above us as we all stop to catch our breaths, River taking her helmet off and taking out her screwdriver to help "so, what's the plan?" She asks, glancing to me past the Doctor for a moment before looking up at him.
I sit down with my back to a book self about 10 feet from the others, my heart racing and my asthma acting up, causing me to wince a little as I try to bring in more oxygen than I really need.
I close my eyes and try to tune everything out, I was so scared but I try to hide it, shutting the connection to the Doctor so my fear wouldn't slow him down or make him worry more about me, I can feel him trying to push his way through the closed door but I lock it, trying to keep it closed even as he continuously shoves against it.
I look up quickly when I hear the swarm coming around the corner, I stand and run ahead of the others, moving out of their way so they get ahead before I follow them again quickly, again making sure to stay back enough so as to have no way of infecting them if I am indeed infected.
As the swarm gets closer I frown sadly hearing the Node behind it speaking in Donna's voice "Donna Noble has left the Library. Donna Noble has been saved"
I look to the others as we come to a stop, my heart racing seeing the light disappearing in front of us, I look back to see the swarm coming closer slowly, continuing its awful sentence of "Hey, who turned out the lights?"
River uses her squareness gun and quickly makes a hole through one of the shelves before they run through, I follow after them a ways nervously, continuing to glance behind us nervously, we soon make it into a room lit in a lot of red light, I shiver and quickly move around the room, staying away from the others as they gather in the light in the middle of the room, taking off their helmets.
I frown worriedly as I watch them "Guys, I think it best if you all keep your helmets on" I say nervously, The Doctor, River and the man from before look to me, I look to the man now, finally getting a good look at him and my eyes widen the smallest bit 'he looks a little like my brother...from home...short scruffy brown hair, brown eyes, tall and skinny as a bean pole, long gangly arms and legs...we used to joke he was a baby giraffe' I smile a little sadly at that.
I shake it off and nod to them again "please, just in case" I plead, the Doctor nods and tells them to listen to me, River and the man had already done as I said.
They quickly get to work finding the swarms and I stay near the edge of the circle of light, making sure my shadow doesn't touch any of them.
"River, who is he?" One of the men asks softly, I lean against a desk quietly as I watch them.
"You haven't even told us. You just expect us to trust him" he continues, River sighs softly and responds.
"He's the Doctor, and she's Rose" she says, nodding to him then me, the group glances to me a little confused.
""And who is 'the Doctor'?" Asks the guy that paid for the expedition, I roll my eyes a little at him.
"The only story you'll ever tell, if you survive him" she says, I wince a little before sighing softly and nodding, she wasn't really wrong.
"You say he's your friend, but he doesn't even know who you are, and she doesn't seem to know you much either" one of the woman says, River glances back at me and I nod a little.
"I haven't met you in person yet" I say and her eyes sadden, the man beside her watches sadly as well, gently taking Rivers hand to comfort her.
She nods a little before looking to the others "regardless, all you need to know is I trust that man and woman to the end of the universe" she says, my heart leaps a bit at that and I watch her curiously 'so we must be very good friends in the future...and with me marrying the Doctor, I wonder where that leaves her and him now...'
"He doesn't act like he trusts you" she says, I can see the anger in Rivers eyes as she goes to stand, almost glaring at the woman "yeah. There's a tiny problem. He hasn't met me yet" she says and goes to talk with the Doctor, I cross my arms and look to the woman still kneeling on the ground.
"Just so you know, I trust River with my life, I always have and I always will, it doesn't matter if I haven't met her yet" I say seriously, I see River glance over toward me in amazement for a moment before looking back to the Doctor.
I drown everything out now as I suddenly feel something brush my leg, I look down and frown seeing nothing, I lean down and brush my leg over where I felt the movement but there's nothing there, I shake my head and watch the patch before feeling something similar on the other leg, near the back, I shiver and look to that spot as well, my heart sinking a little.
I glance to River and the Doctor before I move away from the group more, moving to sit in a seat near the wall of books, shivering a little, staring at my hands in my lap as my heart races.
I hear someone clear their throat and I snap my head up quickly, the man from before, the one that looks a little like my brother is standing there, holding a torch and pointing it at his feet as a sort of deterrent for the swarms, I frown a little worriedly.
"Sir, you need to get back into the main light" I say worriedly, but he smiles a little sadly and shakes his head.
"I wanted to come check on you" he says, I shake my head seriously.
"Don't risk your life for something so trivial" I say seriously before he laughs suddenly at my words, I frown as I watch him, confused.
He smiles at me more, but I can see tears in his eyes "you are not trivial Rose, we are friends, sort of, if your future, so your life isn't trivial to me" he says, I frown more and watch him nervously.
"What's your name?" I ask softly.
"Jon, Jon Song" he says, my eyes widen just a little "Song...you're married to River then?" I ask and he nods, smiling more.
"I am, you'll meet me a lot in your future" he says and I nod and smile a little "Im excited to meet you then, and hopefully next time won't be such a mess" I smile sadly and shake my head, looking down at my hands again, sighing.
"Though...if I don't survive I want you to make sure you and River both take care of the Doctor" I say softly, he shakes his head quickly, moving to take a step closer to me before he stops and his eyes widen, I look up then back down to see two shadows surrounding me, I frown sadly, tears coming to my eyes now and I look back up to the group across the room, relieved to see the girl that was supposed to have two shadows now, still only had one.
Jon looks horrified and he races back into the circle of light "Doctor!" He calls, my heart sinks and I stand "Don't!" I try but Jon ignores me, the Doctor and River look over and he points to me, I frown and slowly sit back down, my heart racing again as something brushes against my leg again, I suck in a breath as River and the Doctor come over a little closer.
The Doctors eyes widen in horror when he sees my shadows and River grabs Jon's hand in fear, I raise my hand quickly to stop the Doctor from coming any closer as I keep my eyes down "Don't, please don't, you have to save everyone else here, please, get them all out" I plead shakily, feeling him basically slamming into the door between our minds, I shakily look up to meet his eyes, tears already falling from my eyes shakily.
"I didn't want to say but I felt them against my legs a few minutes ago...I think its too late for me" I say shakily, my voice wavering.
I look up to meet his eyes, I can see tears there as he looks heartbroken, I manage a shaky smile "Save them Doctor, save River and Jon and all of them, for me" I plead, my hands shaking in my lap and my leg bouncing with anxiety, he moves to step closer but both River and Jon grab his arms to stop him, tears in both of their eyes too now..
I gulp shakily and look past the group to see the swarm in the suit, I nod toward it shakily "guys, go now!" I yell, my voice strained from the lump in my throat, the Doctor looks so broken as he try's to fight them but they pull him back.
"We have to go!" Shouts River, her voice wavering a little as well, I meet the Doctors eyes shaking before I stand.
"I'll follow as far as I can, but you have to go" I say seriously.
"Hey, who turned out the lights" calls the swarm before the group of people run in the other direction, I glance down shakily and frown, seeing only one shadow now, I shake my head and quickly follow after the group as fast as I can, my heart racing painfully.
As we run I see the tubes of walkways with the library continuing on inside, I stop a few feet away as the Doctor stops, telling the others to go ahead.
"Professor, go ahead. Find a safe spot" the Doctor says as they pass him, River stops to look back at us worriedly, Jon behind her.
"It's a carnivorous swarm in a suit. You can't reason with it!" She insists.
"Five minutes" the Doctor says, holding up one hand, fingers all splayed out.
"Other Dave, stay with him" River starts but I shake my head quickly.
"No! No I'll stay with him! You all continue on!" I insists, she looks past to me worriedly but I nod for her to continue one, I shiver a little feeling something brush my leg again.
She looks defeated before her and Dave leave quickly, Jon staying for a moment, watching us worriedly before he runs after his wife quickly.
I look to the Doctor to see him watching me worriedly, I shake my head "You have to continue on, please Doctor, please Theta" I beg him, shakily, he stiffens a little and shakes his head determinedly.
"I'm not leaving you behind Rose" he insists, I smile through the tears and shake my head "you're an idiot..." I jump and turn as the swarm in the suit bangs a door open and starts toward us.
I quickly move around the Doctor to the other end of the tunnel, my heart racing as I watch the swarm get closer to him "hey, who turned out the lights"
The Doctor sprints forward to stand directly in front of the suit "you hear that? Those words? That is the very last thought of the man who wore that suit before you climbed inside and stripped his flesh" he says quickly, I can sense his heartache and frantic ness.
"That's a man soul, trapped inside a neural relay, going round and round forever. Now, if you don't have the decency to let him go, how about this? Use him, to talk to me" he says, starting to back up a little bit at a time as the suit continues towards him slowly.
I start to get really nervous as that same brushing feeling touches my arm now, I look down shakily to again see a second shadow around me, I shiver but stay quiet, the Doctor needed to get the things talking.
"It's easy. Neural relay. Just point and think. Use him, talk to me" he pleads.
"Hey, who turned out the lights?" It says again.
"The Vashta Nerada live on all the worlds in this system, but you hunt in forests. What are you doing in a library?" He asks quickly "You came to a library to hunt. Why? Just tell me why" he demands, I shake my head sadly, but as I watch the suit stops and I can see it almost twitch a little as it seems to think it over before figuring out how to speak.
"We did not..." the Doctor watches with wide eyes "oh, hello"
"We did not..." it repeats.
"Take it easy, you'll get the hang of it. Did not what?" The Doctor says quickly.
"We did not come here"
"Well, of course you did. Of course you came here" he says confused.
"We come from here" it says.
"From here?" He asks.
"We hatched here"
"You hatch from trees, from spores in trees" he says confused, I nod shakily, feeling that brushing up my other arm now for a second before its also gone.
"These are our forests" it says, I frown sadly at that, it almost made me sad, these creatures alone and stuck away from any food sources for a hundred years, they may be vicious but they are just hungry.
"You're nowhere near a forest. Look around you" the doctor says.
"These are our forests" it repeats, and before the Doctor can say anything I step a little closer.
"Doctor, the books, they came in the books" I explain shakily, he looks back at me and his eyes widen before he looks out the huge window beside us, out at the massive city.
He looks back to the suit quickly "I have one more question, why is Rose not dead yet?" He asks seriously, but I can hear his voice crack a little on my name, I frown sadly as I watch him, the suit stays still for a moment before speaking.
"She is not ready yet" it replies, I frown more at that, the Doctor looks back at me then forward again, confused but also a little relived.
"What do you mean she's not ready yet? When will she be ready?" He asks quickly, his hands shaking a little at his sides.
"She is not ready yet...she does not die today...the war is her end" I shiver and flinch back a little as I watch it with wide eyes 'the war...? The time war, it has to be, but how would this creature know...?'
The Doctor's shoulders seem to slump in relief but also pain "the war...? Then why did she have two shadows? Why is she feeling your kind brush against her?" He asks seriously.
"We are tasting her...she is not ready yet" it repeats again, starting to walk towards the Doctor again "hey, who turned out the lights?" It repeats.
What it said finally sinks in and tears of relief sting my eyes, the Doctor turns and races toward me, determined, I jump back away from him though before he can touch me, my eyes wide.
"No! Even if they won't eat me I could still be infested with them, and they didn't say they wouldn't eat you" I say shakily to his worried gaze, he hesitates before nodding.
"Come on then, lets catch up with the others" he says and we race off after them quickly, my heart feeling much lighter than it had minutes ago.
We run quickly as we follow where the others had gone, catching up before we quietly stop at the top of a small staircase to the second floor in the room, I stay a few feet from the Doctor as we see River and Jon talking to the girl who was supposed to have died, but she was still alive, no helmet and no Vashta Nerada after her.
I relax a little as we listen "Now, my Doctor...I've seen whole armies turn and run away, and him and his wife would just swagger off back to their Tardis, he'd open the doors with a snap of his fingers. The Doctor and his Rose, in the Tardis. Next stop everywhere" she says, I watch with wide eyes, her speech had changed...
"Spoilers" says the Doctor from beside me, making River jump and her and Jon to turn and look up at us with the others, River and Jon look happy to see me, I smile a little and wave softly at them before the Doctor makes his way down the stairs, keeping his eyes on her and Jon "Nobody can open a Tardis by snapping their fingers" he says, jumping down over the railing rather than turning to finish going down the stairs, I shake my head a little at his dramatics.
"Doesn't work like that" he says seriously, I follow down the stairs slowly, stopping on the small landing and staying there rather than jumping down after him.
"It does for the Doctor" Jon says, surprising me a little, the Doctor looks to him a bit confused "I am the Doctor, who did you say you were again?" He asks.
Jon stiffens a little before straightening his back a little, watching the Doctor nervously "Peter" he says, I frown a little at that 'hadn't he said his name was Jon...?'
The Doctor looks him over cautiously and I can tell he knows something is going on before he walks into the middle of the room, looking to River and Jon...or Peter? Before he says.
"Rose is going to be ok, I spoke to the creatures and they say she won't die today, but we still have to keep away for now, her shadow could still have them hidden" he says and I nod, River and Jon/Peter both look up at me and relax in relief, smiling, I smile back gently and nod.
"Looks like I'm not dead yet, hope you didn't set a date for the funeral, I'd try and get my money back" I joke softly, the Doctor gives me a stern look and I grimace a little "sorry...humor helps keep me calm..." I say softly and sigh, leaning on the railing quietly.
I realize then that Anita, the girl who should be locked into her suit wasn't, she wasn't going to die, the Doctor wouldn't realize the meaning behind 'Saved'
I look up quickly "Doctor, I just remembered! What do you say when you know someone is safe?" I ask quickly, he looks over confused.
"Safe..." then his eyes widen a little "Safe...you don't say 'saved'. Nobody says 'saved'. You say 'safe' " he says in realization, I nod and smile more now 'good! He got it! And both Anita and Other Dave are still alive!!'
The Doctor turns to the others "the data fragment, what did it say?" He asks quickly.
The supposed leader of the group, Mr Lux says "4,022 people saved. No survivors" I nod and smile as I watch him explode with energy, figuring it all out quickly and rushing to a computer to show everyone, I stay where I am quietly, starting to get lost in thought as I realize something, my heart sinking.
'River is still going to die...she's going to hook herself up as extra memory space...' I watch the group sadly 'no, no way am I letting her do that, if she's married then her husband needs her, the Doctor will need her in the future...there must be some way...wait...' I get an idea and I run up the stairs and to another terminal, I quickly get in and search up human computer links.
I scroll through that as fast as I can before looking up everything they have on Time Lords, reading and then I look up everything I can on the time vortex and time travel.
'I can do this! Yes ok, all I have to do is somehow trigger my jumping!' I move away from the computer and start to pace, running my fingers through my hair 'ok, how could I somehow trigger it...? Or...or maybe I don't need to! With such a large jolt of energy that will hit my body, that could trigger it itself! That could save all of our lives, including everyone who's saved!'
I jump and look up as the alarms start to go off, red lights flashing now, I run to the railing to hear the computerized voice say "auto destruct enabled in 20 minutes"
I nod and stuff my hands into my pockets, I watch them talk silently before the man from before says we need to get to the main computer, I nod and drown everything else out, my heart racing.
I run down the stairs and jump over the railing, watching as River opens up the floor to show the gravity platform, I smile widely at the Doctor across from it, he grins back and we all hop onto the platform, having to squeeze a bit because of how many of us are alive, I smile wider as we fall down the shaft quickly, the Doctor is smiling at me widely now, as we weren't very afraid of the Vashta Nerada now, and I hadn't felt much movement from them since so they were most likely gone from me.
As soon as we land we take off running, the Doctor in the lead with me not far behind, he had grabbed my hand, I tried to stop him but he kept a tight hold on me, I smile a little and let him, realizing he may hate me for a while after all of this, so having some comfort was nice, I can also still feel him trying to get into my mind again but I keep it firmly closed, and I know he wont ask as we don't have time right now.
I keep quiet as they talk and we continue to run, the Doctor lets go of my hand as we reach the main computer, I shiver a little hearing poor Cal's voice, begging for help.
I stay put while the others go into another room to see Cal's face in the main command node, I shiver a little hearing them talk about her, but I try not to listen, focusing more on trying to somehow trigger my jump, but no matter what I think of the music doesn't start.
They all come running back out and the Doctor runs to the computer, I stay back near the wall quietly as I watch.
"Beam the people out of the data core. The computer will reset, stop the countdown" he explains quickly "difficult, Charlotte doesn't have enough memory space left to make the transfer" he says, running to the wall and pulling it open to get at the computer stuff underneath the panel.
"Easy. I'll hook myself up to the computer. She can borrow my memory space" he says and both me, River and Jon run over to him, I grab his arm to stop him, shaking my head "Doctor, don't" I say seriously but he just smiles softly down at me.
"Doctor, please" River pleads "it'll burn out both your hearts. And don't think you'll regenerate!" She exclaims, I nod and Jon agrees quickly.
"I'll try my hardest not to die. Honestly, it's my main thing" he says and starts sonicing the wires he's holding, I shake my head "Doctor, No!" I say seriously but he keeps working.
"I'm right, this'll work. Shut up" he snaps to us, I frown and step back a little at that, he looks up at me, regret in his eyes already, he shakes his head quickly.
"Rose, I didn't..." I shake my head to stop him "it's ok, I know" I say softly.
His eyes darken a little and he looks to River "Listen, you and Lux take the others and go back up to the main library. Prime any data cells you can find for maximum download. And before you say anything else Professor, can I just mention in passing as you're here, shut up!" He says, pointing in her face before racing off to the computers again, I shake my head and watch River worriedly as she gasps and I can see the worry and heartache on both hers and Jons faces.
"I hate you sometimes!" She snaps at him angrily.
"I know!" He says, still focusing on his work, I frown softly as I watch her gather the others, but one suit stays behind, until I realize it was Proper Dave, he had followed us down here, I quickly move to the other end of the room as the Doctor confronts him angrily, giving the Vashta Nerada a deal, I shiver a little and lean back more as I see its shadows moving toward us.
"Don't play games with me" the Doctor starts angrily, and I realize then that I have to hide before River gets down here, she would knock me out as well if she knew I'd try to stay and help, I silently sneak away as he's talking with the creatures, I silently find a small dark corner and I hunker down, hiding away and going silent.
Listening as I can faintly here the Doctor calling for me but River interrupts him and knocks him out, I cover my mouth shakily and just listen as she handcuffs him and gets to work on the wiring, I silently sneak out and listen as she and the Doctor speak, I hear as the countdown says two minutes, I hold my breath as I move silently, coming up behind River, the Doctors eyes widening as he seems me holding a large book.
"Funny thing is, this means you've always known how I was going to die" River says, not noticing me until it was too late, I smack the book down hard on the back of her head and she falls unconscious to the floor, the Doctor watches speechless as I gently move her away and to another wall, grabbing another pair of handcuffs she thankfully had, handcuffing her to the wall.
The Doctor seems to realize what I'm doing and I quickly move both screwdrivers farther out of their reach before I sit down on the chair like thing.
"Rose...Rose don't you dare" he growls out, teeth gritted as he pulls on the handcuff, I shake my head, keeping my eyes down shakily as I work on putting the wires together how River did in the show.
"I know what I'm doing Doctor, trust me" I say quickly, trying to keep my voice even, but I wince as he wrenches hard against the handcuffs "ROSE! Rose look at me! Look at me please!" He yells, his voice breaking, I feel tears start to well up but I try to keep focused shakily, looking up to the countdown then back down to the wires.
"Rose, let me do this, I have a better chance of surviving this PLEASE!?" He yells, I whimper shakily, his voice wrenching painfully at my heart.
"I can't, if you do this you will die" I say seriously, but my voice cracks as I hear the computer say 'one minute'.
I look up to him shakily now, my heart racing but I smile through my tears, seeing the broken look on his face, tears already falling as he continues to pull on the handcuff.
"I love you Doctor...Theta...more than anything in the whole universe, yours or mine" I smile weakly, he tries desperately to reach for the sonics before meeting my eyes again.
"Let me do this! Please!" He begs, I take in a deep shaky breath and shake my head.
"No way, never in a million years, you have so much still to come, I wasn't supposed to be in this world in the first place, but if this works, then everything will be fine, ok?" I ask, meeting his eyes shakily as I try to keep more tears at bay.
"Rose...Rose PLease LET ME DO THIS!?" He pleads, I shake my head again and pick up the crown like piece shakily, wincing a little hearing River starting to wake up as well, she looks up groggily before her eyes widen as well.
"NO!! No Rose don't!" She begs, I look up, taking deep breaths and trying to keep from breaking down as the countdown begins, I shakily place it onto my head before grabbing the two wires, holding them up as River desperately tries to reach for the sonics, I smile through more tears at them both before looking the Doctor in the eyes again.
"This will work, it has to...its going to be alright Theta, I love you" I say shakily before looking up again, not wanting to meet their eyes as I can hear a sob wrenching through him, can feel him slamming against the door in my mind trying so desperately to make me stop, but I knew if was too late, even if I wanted to stop now I couldn't, too many peoples lives were at stake.
I breath shakily as the countdown gets close, I look down at the wires in my hands, smiling as more tears fall "I love you Doctor" I breath.
I hear footsteps running toward the room just before Jon enters, I ignore him as he also screams my name.
"Three...two...one..." just as the countdown hits one I plug in the wires to each other, gasping as everything turns white, searing hot pain shooting through my entire body, but after only a second I hear the music loud and clear, but only for a few moments before everything fades.
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I slump to the floor and just lay there for some time, feeling groggy and confused, but after a while I slowly open my eyes to look around 'I'm in the void...? Why...? Did I jump...? What happened...?'
Then suddenly in hot painful flashes my memories return, of me knocking out River, of the Doctor...his eyes.
I cover my mouth shakily to try and keep from crying as I slowly sit up, my whole body shaking.
'He was so afraid...so afraid and so utterly broken...' I close my eyes and cover my face with my hands shakily, just trying to breath and calm down, I rub my eyes with the heels of my palms before I look down at my arm, a new tattoo had joined the others, a bigger one this time, of a skull inside a helmet, the same skull and helmet with the neural relay as the ones in the Library, I look to the clock and my eyes widen a little to see that rather than it only jumping by a minute, it had jumped from minute 6 to minute 10.
I shiver shakily before I take another deep breath and try to calm down more.
'Ok...so, my plan worked...but where could I be going now? Would I be able to go back and reassure him that I'm alive? I really hope so...'
I rub my eyes again before slowly standing, wincing and nearly falling over shakily, but I manage to stay standing and I look around, nothing else had changed and it felt like the same void, the only different I could feel was my whole body ached.
'I guess that's what happens when you reroute a whole computer through your body...'
I close my eyes and wait quietly, wondering where or when I will appear again, but its not long before I hear movement, I open my eyes again and find myself in a odd curving corridor, a white metal grating floor and large windows looking out at space around the space station.
"The Ark..." I whisper in realization before I quickly head down the hallway, hoping I wasn't too late in the story.
As I come around a longer corner I smile seeing the Doctor and Vira walking to a closed off door in the hallway, I quietly come up a little closer behind them, staying quiet as I didn't want to freak them out, possibly scaring off Noah.
The Doctor waves his hand in front of a sensor on the wall before the door rises, showing Noah, hunched and being consumed by the Wirrn, I wince a little and step back a little, it looked really painfully.
He looks up at the other two with wide eyes "keep back! Don't touch me!" He growls out, Vira steps forward sadly "Noah" she murmurs but he holds up his gun as a warning "keep back, I said!"
The Doctor leans forward just a little as he watches, his hands in his pockets "Tell us one thing. How much time do we have?"
Noah looks confused for a moment "time...?"
"Before the Wirrn reach their adult form?" The Doctor explains.
Noah lowers the gun a little as he looks down, thinking for a moment before speaking "it feels near...very near..." he starts moving toward us slowly "The tearing free and then the great blackness rushing through" he growls out before dropping the gun and using that distraction to run off, the door closing back down, I relax a little as Vira takes a breath to calm down.
I frown softly seeing her hurt in her eyes as she looks to the Doctor "Noah and I were pair-bonded for the new life"
He looks to her before softly saying "let's go back" I shake my head a little and smile as they both turn, Vira gasps seeing me, I smile sheepishly and the Doctor looks up quickly "Rose! Decided to join us again?" He asks happily, smiling widely.
I smile gently and nod "seems so, ya..." he comes over and takes my hand in his free one, I look to Vira and smile sadly at her "I'm sorry about Noah" I say softly, she simply nods before we head back quickly, I keep a tight hold on the Doctors hand, I couldn't tell him what I did, and I couldn't open the connection yet, my whole body hurt far too much for that, he'd demand answers I couldn't give.
I gently squeeze his hand softly as we walk, he glances down at me and smiles a little "how are you doing my dear? Had a rough journey?" He asks softly, I hesitate before nodding a little "something like that..." I murmur and I can feel him trying to press through the door but I keep it firmly closed.
He wants to say something but we get back to the others first, he quickly goes to inspect the Wirrn carcass and I move away a bit, exhausted and still in a lot of pain, my whole body aching and weak, I sit down quietly with my back to the wall, closing my eyes to try and rest a little before the mayhem started soon.
But as I try to rest I feel a slight pull on my mind, I open my eyes tiredly to see the Doctor, kneeling in front of me and smiling softly "my dear, I think you need to return to the Tardis to get some rest" he says softly, I shake my head.
"I wanna help when everything goes crazy as it always does" I say, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
He chuckles softly "Rose, you are falling asleep as you speak, I think it best that you go to bed, we can handle this" he says, offering me his hand as help up, I sigh softly and gently take it, he helps me stand.
"You must stop being so stubborn" he teases softly, I blush a little and pout jokingly.
"I just wanna help..." I mumble, leaning against him as he wraps his arm around me.
"I know, but you need to rest, you're running on less than fumes, and that is never good" he says softly, gently kissing the top of my head.
I rub my eye a little and sigh "ok...but if you need my help please come and get me" I say, looking up at his towering form, he nods softly, smiling gently down at me "I promise I will, now lets get you to bed" he says softly, I nod and he takes my hand again, telling the others he'd be back soon, then we quickly get to the Tardis and inside her safe interior, the Doctor keeping my hand in his as we head down the hallways.
He suddenly pauses and looks to me a little nervously "do...um...where would you like to rest?" He asks, I look up at him and giggle a little, my cheeks warming as I look ahead of us again.
"How about bed?" I tease, I can nearly sense a mental eye roll from him, I smile more "sorry...where ever you are comfortable with me being" I say softly, he chuckles a little and kisses my cheek gently before leading me to our shared room, he opens the door for me before following me in, I rub my eye a little tiredly and smile up at him softly.
"Thank you again, you be careful out there, no getting eaten by giant space bugs" I say softly, he smiles softly and nods, gently pulling me into a hug, I hug back tightly, burying my face into his chest and relaxing more, but I can feel him pressing against the door again gently, I sigh softly and look up to him and smile sadly.
"I can't open up right now...to much is going on" I say softly, he frowns worriedly, one hand coming up and gently cupping my cheek.
"Rose, if it's bad I want to know, even if it is spoilers" he says seriously, I shake my head a little, leaning into his touch and smiling sadly.
"It's too big a spoiler, but I'll be ok, I promise, I'm mostly just tired" I reassure but I can see he doesn't believe me, but he didn't have time to push the matter.
He sighs softly and gently kisses my nose "if you are still here when I return I want you to open up" he says seriously, I sigh but nod softly "Ok" I say and smile a little up at him gently.
"Now go make sure those bugs don't eat anyone else" I say and lean up, gently kissing him, he instantly reciprocates, pulling me a little closer before we both pull back, I smile more up at him.
"I love you" I breath softly, he beams down at me and kisses my forehead before releasing me and heading for the door happily.
"I love you too, my dear, now get to bed before you fall asleep standing" he calls back happily before he's gone, I smile tiredly before doing as he says and flopping into bed tiredly, grabbing his pillow as usual and falling asleep there on top of the blankets.
Thankfully as I sleep I don't have any more nightmares, but when I wake up I'm in a different room, my room, I frown and slowly sit up, rubbing my eyes before I get up, changing into a pair of camel joggers and white t-shirt and my boots before I head out of my room, I see I'm in either 9 or 10s Tardis so I look down at my left arm to see the bug from the Ark filled in now, I nod a little before heading to the console room.
I look to the ceiling "is he outside?" I ask, getting an affirmative hum before I nod and head out the doors, my eyes widen as I realize I'm back in the Library, my heart leaps as I see people around me.
'It worked!' I silently cheer before I run to Lux who was helping beam people out "where is the Doctor?" I ask, he looks up with wide eyes as he sees me, he points down a hallway and I nod and run that way, my heart racing as I come to the top of the stairs, at the bottom is the Doctor, Donna, River and Jon staring out over the Library, I hold my breath for a moment.
'They all think I'm dead...' I shake my head a little before coming down the stairs slowly, nervousness taking over now.
"Doctor...?" I call softly, everyone whirls around and the Doctor meets my gaze instantly, his eyes are red and tear stained but I smile at him shakily, he smiles back a little and quickly wipes his eyes.
"Rose, when did you get here?" He asks, moving to step closer, and I realize then the others had looked away and the Doctor is trying to hide his heartbreak.
'They think I'm a past me!' I smile more and race down the rest of the stairs, leaping into his arms and winding my own around his middle tightly, he hugs back just as tightly.
"It's me Doctor, I'm alive" I say softly, my voice a little muffled against his coat, I feel him tense and he looks down at me shakily, I pull back just enough to look up at him and smile more, tears in my own eyes now.
"I'm alive, I didn't die downstairs, my idea worked! I was able to be the extra memory space the computer needed and I survived!" I laugh, his eyes widen in realization before I'm suddenly picked up and held to his chest tightly, I open my side of the connection and am instantly flooded with worry and heartbreak but also hope and happiness, I smile more and wrap my arms around his neck, sending him back reassurance and love.
I hear the others around us start talking in a bit of confusion, I can feel the Doctor bury his face into my shoulder and tears start to wet my shirt, I tighten my arms around his neck gently and look over his shoulder at the others, smiling more.
I hold up my left arm to show off the tattoo of the skull in the helmet as I smile at the others softly "I didn't die downstairs" I tell them softly "I'm sorry I made you all think so" I say, seeing their eyes widen and Donna covers her mouth in shock, River grabbing Jons hand as they stare in shock.
"I didn't have time to explain my plan and I knew you'd all try to stop me" I explain softly, I grimace a little and look to River "And I'm sorry River, for knocking you out, I just didn't have time" I say, she sends me a watery smile and nods "I'm just so glad you're alive" she says softly, I nod and smile more, seeing Jon smiling at me too, he also had tears in his eyes, I smile gently at him and nod before looking to Donna.
I smile at her gently "no more tears Donna, I'm ok, we are all alive, and everyone is safe now..." I make a soft oomph sound as the Doctor kneels down, still clinging to me desperately, I gently run my fingers through his hair softly and nod for the others to go, they quickly head up back toward the Tardis, leaving me and him alone.
I gently kiss the side of his head, continuing to gently comb my fingers through his hair, pressing my mind to his in reassurance and affection, only for his mind to engulf mine, I close my eyes and let him, soon appearing in my minds hallway.
I smile seeing the blue lights racing toward me, I open my arms, catching him as he engulfs me in a tight hug, clinging to me as the hallway lights up full of blue and golden light, he cradles the back of my head as he tries to calm down.
I gently tighten my arms around him, smiling a little "I'm sorry, I'm sorry I scared you, if I had had time I would have explained my plan to you" I say softly, his arms tightening around me tightly.
"Don't...don't ever put yourself into a situation like that again..." he breaths out shakily, I tighten my arms around him again and sigh.
"You would have done the exact same thing, but you would have died" I murmur softly, gripping the back of his coat tightly as tears come to my eyes.
He buries his face further into my neck and shoulder as more tears fall from his eyes "I could have lost you forever...You could have died...and I couldn't do anything..." he murmurs, his voice breaking.
I suck in a shaky breath, pulling back to look up into his eyes, his face shifting between all of his past faces, I smile through my own tears up at him, reaching up and gently cupping his cheek softly "but I'm right here now, I lived, just as I planned, I know not all plans work out, but this one did" I say softly.
He leans down into my touch desperately, his tears wetting my hand, his heartbreak and sorrow written all over his face "please...please promise me, you will never try something like that again" he pleads softly, his voice shaky, I smile sadly and shake my head a little.
"I can't...I'm sorry, but if its to save you or someone else I love, I can't promise I won't do something, I couldn't lose you, or River, and had either one of you tried it you would have died" I murmur softly, he closes his eyes in pain, I frown sadly and lean up, gently pulling him down into a kiss, a loving and reassuring kiss, he kisses back shakily, desperate and almost frantic.
He pulls me closer to deepen the kiss and I reach up one hand, softly running it through his hair, we pull away after a few moments, panting a little, he leans his forehead against mine shakily, closing his eyes and just breathing, trying to calm down, I watch him sadly, gently wrapping my arms around his neck and letting him relax, sending comfort and warmth through the connection, the lights around us growing a little brighter.
"I'm ok now" I murmur softly "I promise, I'm safe, my heart is beating and both of yours are as well, we both survived" I murmur reassuringly, he slowly starts to relax, his shoulders slumping and I can sense his exhaustion.
I gently pull back out of our minds and he whimpers a little at that, he's still kneeling on the floor with me held to his chest protectively, I gently kiss his forehead.
"Let's go say goodbye to River and her husband, then we can leave and get some rest" I say softly, he stays still for a few moments, just breathing with his head still resting on my shoulder.
I gently run my fingers through his hair again, letting him relax and swarming his mind with warmth, comfort and affection.
It takes a few minutes before he sighs softly and slowly stands, I gently make him set me down, he looks at me wide eyed but I smile gently at him, taking his hand firmly in mine, intertwining our fingers together before gently leading him up the stairs, he follows me closely, keeping a near death grip on my hand.
We get back to the main room and I smile seeing most of the people had been teleported out already, I smile gently at River, Jon and Donna as they were all in a group softly talking, Donna sees me first and her eyes widen.
"Rose!" She calls before racing over and engulfing me in a hug, I smile softly and wrap my free arm around her "Hi Donna, I'm glad you're alright" I say as she pulls back, looking me over quickly before she points her finger in my face with a serious look on her own.
"Don't you EVER do something so stupid again!" She snaps, I smile more and gently push her hand down as the others come over "Donna I'm ok, it was part of my plan, I knew I'd survive and I did, so no harm done..." I feel the Doctor tighten his grip on my hand and I grimace a little.
"Ok, only a little harm done...but really, I'm ok, just a little achy" I shrug and she nods, relaxing a little before stepping back, I smile to River and her husband softly.
"I wish this could have been a better first meeting, but I'm glad I was here" I say softly, River shakes her head, her free hand not holding Jon's on her hip as she halfheartedly glares at me.
"You owe me an ice pack sweetie" she jokes, I smile a little more and nod "I will happily pay for it" I say and she comes up, pulling me into a hug, I hug back gently with one arm as I did with Donna.
As she pulls back she grips my shoulders and looks at me seriously "but really, don't ever do something like that again" she says seriously, glancing back to Jon, I glance to him curiously before nodding softly "I will do my best" I say before she pulls back.
I smile softly as Jon comes over, smiling more down at me "I know you don't know me well yet...but..." he seems to get a bit nervous and I smile gently, pulling him into a hug, he hugs back tightly.
"You'll know me much better in the future" he says as he pulls back happily "just give it some time...or find the right time...? I don't know, time travel is tricky" he snickers softly as he takes Rivers hand again, I nod softly.
"Tell me about it" I agree and smile gently at them before they wave their goodbyes and head off to help with the rest of the teleporting, Donna heads into the Tardis quietly and I look to the Doctor behind me to see his eyes were already on me, I smile a little, my cheeks warming a bit.
I gently squeeze his hand in mine "I'm breathing" I promise softly, I could still sense worry and heartache from him.
He meets my eyes, his own still a little red, exhaustion and sadness there overwhelming the beautiful brown pools, I frown softly and turn fully to him, looking up at him as he watches me.
I gently grip the wrist of his free hand and bring it up to my neck softly, pressing the palm of his hand to the side of my neck so he could feel my pulse there, smiling gently up at him "see? I'm alive" I reassure, he gently presses his hand closer before shuddering out a sigh, his shoulders slumping a little, I gently pull his hand up, softly kissing it and smiling more.
"Now, let's go get comfortable and rest, you are exhausted" I say softly, I gently pull him toward the Tardis before stopping about ten feet from it, I smile and look up at him, I raise my free hand and snap my fingers, the Tardis doors flying open easily, my heart leaps as he looks up toward it and a small smile graces his lips.
We head inside and I grip the console as he sets us into flight before letting us just drift, I shoo him to our room before smiling at Donna softly.
"Go and get some rest, you need it as well" I tell her before heading off after the Doctor.
I hesitate outside his...well our room 'what do I say...? I can't promise him I won't do something like it again...I did this sort of thing on the Orient Express...' I shake my head and head inside quietly, hearing him changing in the bathroom, I smile softly and go to the closet, grabbing some pajama shorts before I change into them in the closet, folding my barley warn pants and putting them back into my area.
I hear the bathroom door and I head into the bedroom again, smiling softly seeing my tired Time Lord moving to sit down on the edge of the bed, I quietly come over, sitting down next to him and I go to take his hand but instead he pulls me up and into his lap, I smile softly, wrapping my arms around his neck.
He smiles down at me tiredly, but I can still sense his unease and worry, I lean up and gently peck his lips softly "I'm not going anywhere, I need some real sleep as well, I don't think I'll be going anywhere for a few hours now" I say softly, he buries his face into my neck again, leaving a soft kiss there as one of his hands come up and cradle the back of my head gently.
I smile sadly and open my side of the connection as wide as I can, pressing to his mind and trying to encircle it, trying to comfort and ease his worries.
He closes his eyes and just holds onto me for a good ten minutes before he lets out a soft yawn, I smile a little and kiss his cheek softly "come on, lets move under the covers" I say softly, pulling back and standing, I gently pull him to his feet and he smiles down at me tiredly, my mind engulfing his seems to be helping so I keep it there.
I move the covers back before gently pushing him to get in, he crawls under before I join him, he lays on his back and gently pulls me to lay on top of him, his arms encircling me and cradling me to him, I curl up a little and rest my head on his shoulder, smiling softly and kissing his jaw gently.
"Thank you..." he murmurs, I look up at him curiously "for what?" I ask softly.
"For coming back...and for your mind" he murmurs, kissing my cheek softly, I blush a little "is...um, is it helping? I don't really know what I'm doing" I blush more and he smiles more, nodding softly.
"It is, and you're doing it very well, it is a hard thing to accomplish, encircling another's mind, especially another species" he murmurs softly, I smile a little more.
"Really...?" I murmur and he nods, looking down at me, meeting my eyes, the sadness had lessened and his eyes looked warmer, if not still exhausted, I smile more and lean up, kissing him gently before pulling back, I bury my face into his neck softly, trying to hide my blush as he chuckles a little, the lights in the room dimming to almost nothing.
I relax and curl closer to him, closing my eyes as he pulls the blankets up over us more and wraps his arms around me protectively, I can sense him already starting to fall asleep and I press closer to his mind, encircling it more as I concentrate, cradling his consciousness to mine protectively as he drifts off.
I stay awake for a few more minutes, making sure he would be comfortable and asleep before I allow myself to sleep as well, drifting off quickly.
I wake up a few hours later to movement, I open my eyes and my heart sinks as the Doctors arm were holding me tighter and he's flinching about, shaking and whimpering in his sleep, I frown more and quickly scoot up his chest, gently cupping his cheek and the side of his head softly, pressing my mind closer to his as it seems to have drifted when I fell asleep.
"It's alright, it's only a nightmare" I sooth softly, gently stroking my thumb over his cheek, he relaxes a tiny bit before slowly starting to wake up, tears in his eyes as he shakily looks up at me, he releases a shaky breath and I smile down at him gently.
"Hey hun, its ok" I sooth softly, he relaxes a little before leaning up and pulling me into a kiss, I kiss back gently, engulfing his mind yet again, feeling his muscles relax more under me, I pull back and smile down at him gently again.
"It's alright, we are both safe" I reassure softly, he sighs softly and reaches up, cupping my cheek, I lean into his touch gently, closing my eyes happily.
"I can't bare to lose you" he murmurs softly, his voice a little groggy still, I open my eyes again to meet his, smiling gently "You won't have too, I'm not planning on going anywhere away from you, ever" I say softly, smiling more at that thought.
"For a while...for a while I wished I could go home, I would still love to visit someday, but...but I don't want to leave this world, I don't want to leave you, I don't think I could survive it" I say honestly, keeping our eyes locked, wanting him to know how serious I am, his smile widens a little and his eyes sparkle brightly at that.
I smile wider "you are my whole life now, helping you when I can, being there for you, helping the people of this universe, I was never needed in my old universe, but here I have a purpose, I have a reason to get up and out of bed every morning, even if its just to make sure you haven't stayed up for a week straight" I giggle a little.
He gently strokes my cheek lovingly, watching me as I talked before softly saying "And I can't thank you enough, I will never be able to express to you how much you have helped me, how much you mean to me" he murmurs softly, I blush a little and smile to him softly.
"I feel the same, even before I met you in person...when you were still just a character I knew, you helped me, you helped me all my life, you taught me kindness, and to help others, you taught me to be a better person, I wasn't always the nicest, but every time I'd realize I was starting to be unkind I would just remember your words, your kindness" I murmur honestly, pouring my feels for him into our connection.
His arm tightens around me and pulls me a little closer as he's smiling wider up at me "and you Rose, you have made me the man I am now, I used to be cold and uncaring to others, the Time Lords had taught me to be uncaring of those supposedly lower than me, but then you came along, you came and changed me, you showed me kindness, and showed me how to be kind to others, you showed me how much you cared even for those you didn't know when you protected Susan from those cavemen, when you protected me from being hurt by them as well" he says softly.
I blush deeply and stare at him in awe before I shake my head a little "no way...no, I can't have done that much, I'm just sort of here, I'm not a big contributor" I say confused, he chuckles and shakes his head, beaming at me now.
"Rosie Rose...you are so young, you have so much still ahead, but I can promise you one thing, I will always be there for you, even in our first meetings, I will be there for you, even if I am a little bit of an ass" he snickers "but I want you to know, everything I have said is true, you have always been there for me, so I have always been there for you, no matter who I may be at the time" he says softly, I smile more and sigh, leaning more into his hand on my cheek.
"You are a sap, I love you" I murmur happily, giggling a little as my blush comes back, heating up my face, and I know he can feel it against his hand.
He chuckles and softly kisses the tip of my nose "I love you too, more than you will ever know" he murmurs softly, I smile more and can tell even though he's still a little tired he doesn't want to fall back to sleep, he wraps both his arms around me before flipping onto his side, still holding me to his chest as he thinks for a moment before I feel a spike of hope from him, I look up at him curiously and he smiles sheepishly down at me.
"Would you read to me?" He asks hopefully, I blush more and stare a bit wide eyed at him "read...?" I ask, he chuckles and nods.
"Yes, Love, read, anything you want...I just want to hear your voice" he says softly, I swear by now my whole face must have been bright red, I nod nervously "are you sure...? I stutter so much when reading out loud" I say and he smiles more, nodding softly and kissing my forehead.
"Absolutely, I don't mind it" he says softly, I nod a little and relax, smiling softly as I think "how about Beauty? By Robin McKinley?" I ask, he nods happily.
"Your favorite" he says and smiles softly, reaching over me to the bedside table and the book is sitting there, he grabs it and holds it up for me, I lean up and peck his lips before I turn so my back is against his chest and I gently take the book happily, smiling at the old warn copy 'I must read this a lot'.
I feel his arms wrap around my waist and pull me closer to him, pressing against his chest and he rests his head on my shoulder gently, I smile fondly and send him affection before I open the book, my eyes widening a little seeing its a signed copy, I smile more before I flip to the first pages.
I clear my throat before I start "I was the youngest of three daughters. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour, but few people except perhaps the minister who had baptized all three of us remembered my given name."
I quietly read for a few hours, often having to stop or stuttering over a word but every time the Doctor would softly correct me, help me remember how to say a word, or encourage me to go on, it was wonderful, basking in the warmth of my boyfriend/future-husband, and the awesomeness of my favorite book for hours on end, like a dream come true.
But after some time I blush as my stomach grumbles, the Doctor behind me chuckles softly and kissing my shoulder gently "I think someone's hungry" he teases softly, I smile softly and nod, putting a bookmark into the page we are on before I gently set the book down on the bedside table again.
The man behind me tightens his arms around me a little, stopping me from sitting up, I giggle a little and look back to him "don't we need to get up to get food?" I ask, he smirks.
"You're forgetting this amazing ship is sentient and she makes some amazing food" he hums, I giggle a little "I haven't forgotten, I just don't want her to have to work harder because I'm lazy" I say softly, he kisses my shoulder again, causing me to shiver a little and blush more.
I turn around in his arms and pout teasingly, he smirks down at me and kisses my nose softly "nope, we are going to be lazy today" he says mater-a-factly, I roll my eyes but can't help but smile back at him, my pout gone.
"You are impossible" I tease and he smiles proudly.
"Would I be interesting if I wasn't?" He jokes and I giggle, giving in now.
The Tardis brings us food in bed and we sit up, eating happily and enjoying each other's company, but as we finish and are ready to get up my heart drops to the pit of my stomach, the Doctor looks to me worriedly, sensing my mood change, I frown up at him sadly, tears coming to my eyes involuntarily as the music starts in the background.
"I don't wanna go yet.." I murmur sadly, he frowns and pulls me into his lap, I wrap my arms around him tightly "I wanna stay, I wanna make sure you're ok" I murmur worriedly, he smiles a little and makes me look up at him.
"I'm fine, my Love" he says softly "I will be happier when you return, but for now I will be ok, I promise" he tries to reassure me, I sigh sadly and nod a little.
"Ok...but if you really need me, you know my phone number, as soon as I jump I'll find it and keep it on me ok? If you really need me call me and I can set up a meeting so you don't have to meet your past self" I say seriously, he nods and smiles fondly.
"Alright, though I think I know where you are headed too, and I don't think you'll have access to the Tardis for a day or more" he says, I look up at him curiously as the music gets louder and louder.
"Where?" I ask curiously, he chuckles softly, kissing my forehead gently "I can't give away any hints yet, you'll just have to see it" he says and I pout up at him, he smirks teasingly.
"I love you" he says softly, I relax a little and smile softly, shaking my head and leaning up, wrapping my arms around his neck and gently pulling him into a kiss, closing my eyes as the music becomes deafening before everything goes silent and I'm left alone kneeling on the floor, I sigh sadly, wiping the remaining tears from my eyes before I look down, seeing a new tattoo right under the skull in the helmet, a small swirl of blue coloring, like wind or light, I smile more and brush my hand over it before I stand, closing the connection.
I rub my eyes a little before opening my eyes to look around, only to find absolutely darkness around me, I frown and shiver as a sudden chill hits me, I look around again, trying to see anything but its too dark.
I hesitate before speaking "hello...?" I call, gasping as my voice echos out around me.
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