Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 15 of The Last of Her Kind. We are now over halfway through episode 8 over half way. After this chapter there are only 11 chapters left and that will be that end of this story and the next one will begin. This was one of the chapters that I couldn't wait to get to because that means we are getting closer and closer to Jack and Bad Wolf. I am hoping that this will be a good chapter. We will get to see a mad Gwendalyn in this chapter as well due to what Rose did. But I won't say how mad Gwendalyn will be. I hope that I did okay with this chapter because in a way this was a pain to put Gwendalyn into it because Gwendalyn is an easy character to write, but it is so damn hard to write part of the episode and try to put her into it. Also this episode was the one that bothered me the most because of how dumb Rose really was in this episode. I guess I don't have a soft spot for Rose at all. I guess I never really liked Rose to begin with. She seemed kind of clingy to me which she shouldn't have been. Without further ado Chapter 15. Allons-y!
Chapter 15
Could You Be Any More Stupid?
"Peter Alan Tyler my dad. The most wonderful man in the world. Born 15th September 1954. That's what Mum always says. So I was thinking, could we, could we go and see my dad when he was still alive?" Rose asked looking at the Doctor.
Gwendalyn looked at the Doctor. She was hoping that he wasn't going to allow this. It made her a wreck to know that he might do something like that to allow Rose to see her father when he was alive.
"Where's all this come from all of a sudden?" The Doctor asked, looking at Rose, wrinkling his eyebrow a little bit.
"All right then, if we can't, if it goes against the laws of times of something, then never mind, just leave it." Rose said, crossing her arms.
"No, I can do anything. I'm just more worried about you."
"Rose things aren't meant to be seen like that. Are you certain that you want to see your father?" Gwendalyn asked, crossing her arms.
"I want to see him." Rose said looking at the two aliens that she was with. That's all she wanted to do was see her father.
Gwendalyn closed her eyes. This could in fact not end very well. She could only hope that Rose would be very careful with this choice that she was making at that moment. She didn't like it when someone decided that they wanted to go back and see when their dead parent was still alive. She herself wouldn't even do so. She wouldn't bring herself to see her parents own deaths.
"Your wish is my command. But be careful what you wish for." The Doctor said with a small smile. He wanted to give Rose what she wished for.
"Doctor. You can't be serious." Gwendalyn said looking at him. She couldn't believe that he was going to put them in such a risk. She knew how some humans worked. Some humans if they got the chance to see a loved one dead they would try to keep that person alive and alter the timeline. Which was never good.
"Lyn it will be fine." He was hoping at least.
"How can you be so certain of that? Worse things have happened from people seeing their loved ones who died alive."
The Doctor shook his head. "Lyn let me do this for her."
Gwendalyn threw her hands up in the air. "Alright. Alright." She couldn't believe that she was actually bringing herself to allow this to happen. But the Doctor was going to have to learn sometime.
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Gwendalyn sat with the Doctor and Rose at Rose's parents' wedding.
"I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Angela Suzette Prentice." The preacher said to Peter to get him to follow.
"I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Suzanne Suzette Anita…." Peter said fumbling with the words.
Gwendalyn shook her head. "Of course he would make a mistake." She said as she crossed her arms. It wasn't the first time that she had heard someone making a mistake with their wedding vows.
"Oh, just carry on. It's good enough for Lady Di." Jackie said with a roll of her eyes.
"I thought he'd be taller." Rose said softly.
"To be my lawful wedded wife, to love and behold till death do us part." The preacher said.
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"November the 7th?" The Doctor asked, looking at Rose.
"1987." Rose told him softly. She was nervous about seeing her father again. This time she knew he was going to be dying.
The time rotor started.
Gwendalyn grabbed onto the console. She closed her blue eyes. She could only keep in mind that perhaps Rose wouldn't do something stupid.
The three of them stepped out of the Tardis.
"It's so weird. The day my father died. I thought it'd be all sort of grim and stormy. It's just an ordinary day." Rose said softly.
"The past is another country. 1987's just the Isle of Wight. Are you sure about this?" The Doctor asked, looking at Rose.
"Yeah." Rose said softly. Rose showed them where to go. "This is it. Jordan Road. He was late. He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. Mum always said, that stupid vase."
A green car comes around the corner and parks.
"He got out of his car." Rose said sadly. "And he crossed the road. Oh, God. This is it."
The Doctor held onto Rose's hand.
Gwendalyn moved towards the Doctor not wanting to see what was about to happen. She had seen enough death. She didn't need to see any more of it. She heard the shattering of glass on the pavement.
"Go to him, quick." The Doctor told Rose.
Rose couldn't even move. She couldn't believe what she had seen. "Too late now. By the time the ambulance got there, he was dead. He can't die on his own. Can I try again?" She asked as she heard sirens.
"Doctor." Gwendalyn said softly. She didn't want him to try again to have Rose watch her father again.
The Doctor let out a soft sigh. "One more time." He told Rose softly.
"Doctor." Gwendalyn said in shock towards him. She didn't expect that. He was going to allow it again? He was going to allow Rose to watch her father die again? She would never put someone through that. Not even her worst enemies.
"Come on."
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They looked around the corner seeing themselves.
Rose felt anger surge through her when she saw Gwendalyn standing so close to the Doctor in such a way.
"Right, that's first us. It's a very bad idea, two sets of us being here at the same time. Just be careful they don't see us. Wait till she runs off and they follow, then go to your dad." The Doctor said looking over at the Rose that was with them and not the first one.
"Doctor this is a big mistake to bring…"
"I know Lyn."
Gwendalyn let out a sigh. This most likely was going to be a mistake.
"Oh, God. This is it." The first Rose said.
"I can't do this." Rose said looking at her two friends. She couldn't watch her father die again.
"You don't have to do anything you don't want to, but this is the last time we can be here." The Doctor told her.
Rose ran forward as her father was stepping out of his van.
"Rose! No!" The two aliens yelled.
Gwendalyn knew that this was a very bad idea. She saw the first theme disappear. "This was a bad idea." Gwendalyn said softly.
The Doctor took Gwendalyn's hand. "Yes…"
"We did something wrong again."
"Not you. Me." He said softly. He wouldn't place the blame on his Artemis. Never in a thousand years. He was blaming himself for picking up another stupid ape.
"But I caused this." She said softly. "I am the one that pushed Rose on board." She shook her head and crossed her arms.
"Don't blame yourself Mis." He told her softly.
Gwendalyn crossed her arms.
"You and your boyfriend and his sister need a lift?" Peter asked, looking at the two of them.
"We are going to have to talk to her about this." Gwendalyn said softly.
"I agree."
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"Right, there we go. Sorry about the mess. If you want a cup of tea, the kitchen's just down there, milk's in the fridge. Well, it would be, wouldn't it? Where else would you put the milk? Mind you, there's always a window sill outside. I always thought if someone invented a window sill with special compartments, you know, one for milk, one for yogurt, make a lot of money out of that. Sell it to students and things. I should write that down. Anyway, never mind that, excuse me for a minute. Got to go and change." Peter said leaving the three of them.
"All this stuff mum kept. His stuff. She kept it all packed away in boxes in the cupboard. She used to show me when she'd had a bit to drink. Here it is, on display." Rose said looking at the items that were there.
Gwendalyn crossed her arms.
The Doctor put his hand on her shoulder keeping her in place instead of having her launch herself at the blonde haired woman.
"Where it should be. Third prize at bowling. First two got to go to Didcot. Health drinks. Tonics, mum used to call them. He made his money selling this Vitex stuff. He had all sorts of jobs. He was so clever. Solar power. Mum said he was going to do this. Now he can. Okay, look I'll tell him you're not my boyfriend."
The Doctor crossed his arms.
"You really have no idea what you did, do you?" Gwendalyn asked, looking at the blonde with narrow eyes.
The Doctor shook his head. "When we met, I said travel with me in space. You said no. Then I said time machine."
"It wasn't some big plan. I just saw it happening and I thought, I can stop it."
The Doctor let out a frustrated groan. He rubbed his head with his hands. "I did it again. I picked up another stupid ape. I should've known. It's not about showing you the universe. It never is. It's about the universe doing something for you."
"So it's okay when you go to other times, and you save people's lives, but not when it's me saving my dad?" Rose demanded.
"You really don't have a clue do you." Gwendalyn snapped. "You have no idea what you have done?"
"I know what I am doing and so does Lyn, you don't. Two sets of us being there made that a vulnerable point." The Doctor tried to reason with her in what she had done. The mistake that she had made.
"But he's alive!"
"Back off." Gwendalyn snapped at the girl.
"My entire planet died. So did Lyn's. My whole family, her whole family. Do you think that it never occurred to us to go back and save them?" The Doctor demanded looking at the blonde.
Gwendalyn wrapped her hand around the Doctor's wrist.
"But it's not like I've changed history. Not much. I mean he's never going to be a world leader. He's not going to start World War Three or anything."
Gwendalyn shook her head. "You still have no idea what the fucking hell you are talking about Rose. You could have done more harm than good."
"You don't know what you are talking about." Rose snapped. "You are just another girl that the Doctor picked up."
Gwendalyn felt her heart beat painfully in her chest. Rose thought of her that way? That was something that she didn't want to hear. Not really. It hurt her to know that.
"Rose, there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation. The whole world's different because he's alive."
"What, would you rather him dead?"
"I'm not saying that."
"No, I get it! For once, you're not the most important man in my life." Rose shouted.
"Knock it off why don't you." Gwendalyn snapped glaring at the young girl that was with them. "You made things worse. A man is alive that should be dead. You created something that will end very badly."
"You two are just upset." Rose said, crossing her arms.
"Let's see how you get on without us, then. Give me the key. The Tardis key. If I'm so insignificant, give it back." The Doctor said holding out his hand for his key that he had given to Rose not that long ago.
"Alright then, I will." Rose said, handing the key over to him.
"You've got what you wanted,so that's good bye then."
"You don't scare me. I know how sad the both of you are. You'll be back in a minute, or you two will hang around outside the Tardis waiting for me. And I will make you wait a long time!" Rose shouted.
The Doctor grabbed Gwendalyn's arm and the two of them walked out of the flat.
Gwendalyn moved slowly next to him. Her hands were in her pockets as the two of them made their way towards the Tardis. She preferred the silence. She knew that the Doctor was mad and so was she. She let out a sigh as the two of them walked to the Tardis. She was just hoping that this was not a fixed point in time that Rose had screwed up. And if it was what trouble would be coming their way because of it?
"I'm sorry." The Doctor said softly looking down at Gwendalyn.
"For what?" She asked looking up at him.
"For not listening to you." Now he was really wishing that he had listened to her. Then they wouldn't be in the problem that they were in now. He wouldn't have brought Rose back a second time to see her father die.
Gwendalyn let out a soft sigh. "We all make mistakes Doctor." She told him softly looking down at the ground. "But it wasn't your fault. You didn't know that she was going to do that. It was my mistake on bringing her onboard when that boyfriend of hers got into trouble." Gwendalyn shook her head. "But can we really leave her?"
The Doctor let out a soft sigh. "No, she would need to return to her mother. After all we did make a promise to Jackie that we would bring her back home."
Gwendalyn ran her hand through her black hair. "I suppose you are right about that. Jackie wouldn't be pleased if her 19 year old daughter was running about in another time without her."
The Doctor looked up for a moment as they stopped in front of the Tardis. He unlocked the doors and opened them. His eyes widened. The Tardis was no longer there.
"Doctor."
The Doctor looked at Gwendalyn.
"Rose."
The two of them ran towards the church hoping that she would be there. The Doctor's hand was wrapped firmly around her wrist as the two of them ran. The Doctor remembered that Gwendalyn had a hard time keeping up with his long strides.
A creature trived to dive bomb them.
Gwendalyn's hand shot out shooting at it with her magic.
The Doctor ran faster than he ever thought was possible, dragging Gwendalyn with him.
Gwendalyn so far had no idea what these creatures were, but whatever they were they were dangerous in her eyes.
"Rose! Get in the church!" The Doctor yelled.
Rose stopped and saw the creature. The creature that little Mickey was talking about. She screamed when it tried to divebomb her.
The Doctor pushed her to the pavement. He helped her up. "Get in the church!"
"Now people move it!" Gwendalyn shouted as she shot at the creature that had dive bombed Rose and the Doctor.
"Oh, my God. What are they? What are they?" A woman asked, scared.
"Move it now." Gwendalyn yelled again.
"Inside!" The Doctor yelled.
"Sarah!" A man yelled for the bride.
"Stay in there!" The Doctor shouted to the others that were inside.
Sarah screams when one of those creatures blocks her path, but it decides to kill another.
"IN!" Gwendalyn and the Doctor shouted.
Gwendalyn turned quickly and used her gift of magic knowing that it was probably for the best to protect those who were with them.
The creature that she shot at with her magic shrieked at her.
Gwendalyn put her hands on her ears.
The Doctor grabbed her arm and pulled her with him. He wasn't about to leave her out there alone fighting those things. "Lyn come on. You know that you can't fight those on your own."
"I have to try."
"I am not going to lose you. Not again." He couldn't allow himself to leave her out there all alone fighting those things off. He wanted her to help him. He needed her to be safe.
Gwendalyn turned to him and saw the tears in his eyes. She didn't want to hurt him. Not in the least bit. She nodded her head and ran into the church.
The Doctor slammed the door once he had every single person inside that was part of the bride's party.
Gwendalyn pushed her back against the door. "That was a close one."
"They can't get in." The Doctor told her with a nod of his head. "Old windows and doors. Okay. The older something is the stronger it is. What else?"
Gwendalyn looked at him. "The doors. The rest of em."
"Go and check the other doors. Move!" The Doctor told them.
"What's happening? What are they? What are they?" The 1987 Jackie asked.
Gwendalyn shook her head. This woman was beyond annoying to her. But right now that didn't matter. The entire human race was probably being wiped out by these things. Whatever they were they were quite deadly.
"There's been an accident in time. A wound in time. They're like bacteria, taking advantage." The Doctor said, shaking his head.
"What do you mean, time? What're you jabbering on about, time?"
Gwendalyn rolled her eyes. She locked eyes with the Doctor. "You better shut her up or I will." She said through her link with him.
The Doctor swallowed the lump in his throat. He knew that Gwendalyn would most likely scare Jackie. He didn't want that. "Oh, I might've known you'd argue." The Doctor said, shaking his head. "Jackie, I'm sick of you complaining."
"How do you know my name?" Jackie demanded.
"I haven't got the time for this."
"I've never met you in my life!"
"Oh shut up!" Gwendalyn yelled causing the blonde haired woman to jump.
The Doctor placed his hand on Gwendalyn's shoulder.
Gwendalyn let out a soft sigh. She nodded her head.
"No, and you never will unless I sort this out. Now, if you don't mind, I've waited a long time to say this. Jackie Tyler, do as I say. Go and check the doors."
"Yes, sir." Jackie said before leaving them.
Gwendalyn let out a soft sigh. "Sorry."
"For what?"
"That I went off on Jackie."
"You are scared."
"More scared than you could ever know." She ran her hands through her hair.
"I will figure it out. I promise you that."
"I know you will Doctor."
The Doctor smiled at her. He was glad that she thought that he would be able to figure it out. He could only hope that he would be able to figure it out.
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This is the end of chapter 15. I hope that you enjoy it. Please review and let me know what you think. I would like to know what you all think of this chapter. I kind of wished that I would have gotten further than this, but that didn't happen sadly. But I promise that the chapters will hopefully be longer. Until Next time Guys. Much Love.