Rose's POV:

"I'll do you one better. Why is Gamora?" I laughed humorlessly as I adjusted myself on the couch in the TV room. This was probably the fifth time I was watching the movie and I'd already gotten numb to whatever was going on in the telly.

I was surprised I had already reached that point by then. It felt like five minutes ago when the Hulk fell into the Strange bloke's sanctum- speaking of which, I had no idea who that one was. Called himself Strange, but nothing else.

Time just flew past and I was getting more and more numb to it's passing. It was like I wasn't in my body- someone else was, and I was just watching the events unfold like a spectator. It was all the same- wake up, get carried away doing something, watch telly all day, and try not to sleep. Liza would be proud.

The Doctor, on the other hand- he wasn't. He always kept thinking something was wrong with me, but I'm fine! I'm perfectly alright, and nothing can convince me otherwise. I yawned and stretched out as the gas mask bloke was talking about Jesus and Missouri.

I rubbed my eyes and sat up, trying to keep the sleepiness away as I tried to pay a little more attention to what was going on in the movie. I slapped myself as I was about to nod off and pushed my blanket away as I stretched out on the sofa. My eyes slowly started drooping again and it took me a huge effort to keep them open. I couldn't go to sleep. Not after last time.

Thankfully, Thanos's arrival shocked me mildly and prevented me from falling asleep. For a total of about three seconds. I'm so glad I had Thanos for that. I sighed and pushed my hair back as I blinked and slapped myself again. You have to stay awake, idiot!

They secure Thanos. The golden glove thing was getting pulled away. Gas mask bloke asks about Gamora. Insect lady starts talking about mourning-

"Rose, did you know that people keep wasting their money on storage units when they could just get a windowsill unit or something?" Dad kept his eyes on the road as we reached a signal, right behind a white car.

"Are you thinking of making one of those?" I looked away from the window and turned to him. He turned towards me and shrugged. "I dunno, love, maybe it's a good source of money, don't you think? Something to finally impress your mother with, eh?"

I leaned toward the window again and shrugged, "I dunno, mum thinks all the junk you invent is stupid." I looked back at him and he raised his eyebrows. I raised mine back at him and he sighed. "You're right, love. But I'm telling you- someday, I'll finally impress someone with all of this. Someday. Just you wait," He pointed at me and steered the car to the front as the signal turned green.

I laughed and shook my head, turning back to the window as we moved forward. I noticed a beige car behind us, but ignored it and looked at the front of our car again. At that moment, my mobile started ringing and I answered it. "Hello?"

"Rose, finally, where are the two of you?" I sighed as Mum's frantic voice sounded through the other end of the line. Dad looked at me, an eyebrow raised, and I mouthed that it was Mum, and he nodded, giving me a weak thumbs up sign.

"Mum, we're on our way home now, we'll be there soon,"

"You're on your way home NOW?!" I flinched as she started shouting. "Do you know what time it is, you'll be late! How many times did I tell-"

"Mum, relax, we'll be there!" I turned to Dad, exasperated, and he just shrugged as he looked back at the street again. I threw my hand up as I continued to speak, "It's not like being late to the wedding will be the end of the world or something!"

"Oh, you're just like that useless nut of a father you have! How many times did I tell you both to go and buy a gift in advance!" I rolled my eyes and leaned back on the car seat, preparing for another lecture. "I kept saying and saying, 'Better to get it now than right before the wedding', but did any of you listen to me? No! And you saw what happened now?"

"Mum, honestly, we're almost home, we're just a minute away from Jordan Road! We'll go home, change, and be there in less than an hour," Dad grinned at me and I scowled at him. Honestly, if he was the one talking, his expression would've been bloody different to the one he was having now.

"Alright, alright, just be quick, anyway, what did you get them?"

I looked at the vase in the storage compartment. "A lovely vase,"

"A VASE?!" I pulled the phone from my ear and flinched. "Why on earth would you get something as basic as that?!"

"There was nothing else, you can't blame us!"

"This is why I told you to go and buy the gift sooner! Honestly, if only you both listened instead of plotting out a health drink for the whole of last week-"

I rolled my eyes and sighed. "Mum, I really need to go now, we're home, see you at the wedding!" I hung up as she was yelling something else, and sighed again.

"She yelled really hard, eh?" I turned toward Dad as we turned into Jordan Road. I nodded and leaned on the window. "She went completely bonkers. Started yelling about how we should've listened to her and gone over last week. And she's complaining about the vase."

He laughed as the car slowly rolled to a stop on the road beside the Estate. "That's Jackie Tyler for you. She'll complain and complain even if we get the Hoskins a diamond,"

I let out a laugh, "More like she'd fight them for it. And win."

He laughed as he reached into the storage compartment and pulled the vase out. I opened the door to the car and stepped out as he did the same. I was just closing the car door as he started crossing the street. I heard the noise of a car coming into the street.

I closed the door of our car and looked up. I gasped as the same beige car from before sped toward Dad, but he didn't notice it. I started to run toward him to push him out of the way, but the car hit him and sped away.

"Dad!" I ran toward him as he fell and the vase in his hand rolled away and shattered. "Dad, oh God!"

I knelt in front of him as he lost consciousness when-

I sat up with great force and started looking around wildly. "Dad? Dad! Dad, where are you?!"

Dark room. I was in a dark room with a huge telly in front of me. The end credits of something was going on and there was a soft hum all around. I frowned, and then remembered everything. My request, the time meddling, the wedding, the bat things, and- and Dad dying again.

"No," I clutched onto the blanket and swallowed as the tears threatened to form. "No!" I screamed and threw my blanket at the telly, which stopped playing the credits. "It can't- I can't- I was doing so well not thinking about it!"

The tears finally won and started falling and I buried my face in my knees. "Why now, why today, why did it happen when I was so close to becoming numb to it!"

The TARDIS hummed at me and made the room a little warmer. I continued sobbing as my throat started hurting because of how huge the lump in it was. The more I cried, the more the pain- it didn't stop. It wouldn't stop.

At that moment, I fell off the couch as an earthquake seemed to hit the TARDIS. I screamed and tried to regain balance as I was almost thrown across the room. "What's happening?!"

More tremors, and this time I was thrown across the room and I screamed as I hit the wall. After the tremors finally got over, everything just stopped and went still for a moment. I groaned and tried to sit up, pushing my hair back, when everything went dark.

"Erm, TARDIS? What's happening?" I tried, but got no hum as a response. The room was colder and darker, and wasn't helping matters at all.

Liza's POV:

I slowly got up and put my hands on the walls, flinching at how cold they were. I blinked a couple of times to get used to the blackness which was all I could see. I let out a long breath and closed my eyes, trying to calm down my heart rate as I took some deep breaths.

I pressed my hand to the wall and sighed, "Okay, Liza, hold onto this wall, and if you get lost, turn around and put your other hand on the wall and come back the same way as before. Easy, right?" My breaths quickened and my heart rate wasn't willing to slow down. "Oh God, at least pretend to be brave!"

I took a few more deep breaths and swallowed, shaking my head. I frowned and pressed my hand into the wall harder. "Go forward, Cole, stop freaking out- you won't find the Doctor if you stay here and cry."

I moved my hand forward and started walking slowly, blinking as I tried to adjust. Things were still completely black, and it was getting colder by the minute. My heart rate kept increasing as I thought about what the hell was happening. Were we being attacked? Did the TARDIS run out of power? Was she dying? Would that mean we were dying too? Or were we flying toward a frozen star? Or- was this all just a crazy dream I cooked up in my head?

My head slowly started spinning as all these possibilities ran through my head and made me stumble. I clutched onto my head and tried to take deep breaths as I started becoming more and more uncoordinated. My breaths quickened, and a lump found its way into poking my throat. "No no no no no don't panic, don't-"

I spun around as my head started spinning, and gasped as I fell down. I pressed a hand to the floor and gasped. No, not now, don't cry. I swallowed again and bit my lip hard. I took a deep breath, flinching as the cold air hit my lungs and started to prickle my windpipe. I held it for a few seconds and let it out, trying my best to not go breathless as I did so.

I did this a few times and sunk my teeth so hard into my lips that I tasted blood. My heart rate slowed down a little, and I felt a little less dizzy. I opened my eyes and blinked a couple of times before slowly standing up and placing my hand on the wall closest to me. Unfortunately, as I would find out later, that was the wrong wall.

I slowly walked while running my hand along the wall. The dizziness threatened to come again, but I took a deep breath. I hummed the Harry Potter theme softly as I walked, trying to reduce my heart rate and anxiety so that I would be able to reach the Doctor, or at least the console room. At least I would probably be safest there even though the TARDIS was dark and cold and a little lifeless. Well, extremely lifeless.

A/N: I swear this no dialogue thing is torture lol... istg I can't elaborate on feelings without overdoing them but that leads to a short chapter...

Anyway, we still don't know what happened to the TARDIS (we will in the next chapter, which I guess will be the last chapter of this particular adventure), and any theories you guys have are welcome! Anyway, this A/ N is written with the last of my braincells, so goodbye, ig and hope y'all enjoyed the chapter!

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NeoMulder: I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Honestly, I felt like the Doctor would definitely have a reminder of Gallifrey and his family before and I can imagine him going there and talking to their pictures when he's sad