"Regret to inform, sir," Jefferson's voice was airy, but overall calm as everyone kept moving as fast as they could towards the final gate. Zana's eyes were starting to sting with tears. If it hadn't have been for Toby, Zana would have definitely turned and tried to help the security guard, and who knows how that would have turned out. She might have been stuck there with him as well, and that upset her as much as Jefferson's fate did, which irked her. "I was a bit slow. Not so fast, these days."

"I can't open eight point one, John," the captain informed sadly. "Not without losing air for the others..."

"And quite right too, sir. I think I bought them a little time."

"There's nothing I can do, John," Zach's voice was just as calm as Jefferson's, but Zana could hear the tears coming. "I'm sorry."

"You've done enough, sir. Made a very good captain under the circumstances," Jefferson assured, a smile in his tone. "May I ask, if you can't add oxygen to this section, can you speed up the process of its removal?"

"I don't understand," Zach sounded confused. "What do you mean?"

"Well, if I might choose the manner of my departure, sir, lack of air seems more natural than, well, let's say death by Ood," Zana leaned her head against Rose's shoulder as her tears finally trailed down her cheeks. "I'd appreciate it, sir!"

"God speed, Mr. Jefferson," his captain's words were full of emotion.

"Thank you, sir."

Rose reached down and took Zana's hand, fighting back tears of her own. Traveling with the Doctor was worth it, perhaps, but it never became easier.

"Report Officer John Maynard Jefferson PKD deceased with honors," Zach spoke softly after a few moments. "43 K two point one."

"Zach, we're at the final junction, nine-point two," Danny was trying not to cry as well, which only broke Zana's heart more. "And uh, if my respects could be on record. He saved our lives."

Zach nodded, "Noted. Opening nine point two."

Zana honestly shouldn't have been surprised when the gate opened to reveal several Ood already waiting for them, but she definitely was. Her eyes widened and a yelp escaped her lips as she turned to escape.

"Lower nine point two!" Rose cried as they quickly started crawling in the direction they had come. "Hurry, Zach!"

"Back! Back! Back!" Danny yelled.

"We can't go back!" Toby shouted back as they came to a stop. "The gate point's sealed off. We're stuck!"

Zana looked around as if she could find a secret passageway they could escape through. She yelped again, this time not out of fear, but excitement. Of course! She looked up to see the same metal flooring that made up the base, having remembered just how they had gotten into the tunnels in the first place.

"Come on!" She exclaimed as she pushed up on the floor above them, making it fly open. "Up!"

She was the first person to climb through it, followed by a relieved Rose and Danny. They were about to take off, but Rose soon stopped them.

"What is it?" Zana asked worriedly, but Rose simply looked down the hole they had just climbed out of.

"Come on!" She called down to Toby hurriedly. "Toby, come on! Toby, get out of there!"

He looked up at her, his eyes full of feat, "Help me! Oh, my God. Help me!"

Zana reached down to grab him, fully aware of the Ood approaching from the corridor. "Come on!"

Once Toby was out, Danny took off, "It's this way!

The group ran as fast as they could, dodging Ood at nearly every turn. Since she wasn't cramped in that tight space, Zana admittedly felt a lot better, despite the current situation. It didn't take them long to reach Ood Habitation, but when they did, they were only greeted by many, many more possessed aliens.

"Get it in, Danny!" Zana tried to encourage the man as he dug in his pockets for the orange chip. She chose to ignore the Ood coming at them by the stairs, merely in an attempt to stay calm. "Danny!"

"Danny, get down.

"Transmit!" Rose ordered, stepping back with Zana.

"I'm trying, I'm trying! I'm getting at it!" Danny frantically searched for the chip before eventually pulling it out of his jacket pocket.

Zana gulped, "Danny, start the transmission!"

He fumbled slightly out of nervousness but quickly managed to insert the chip into the computer, which began transmitting. Zana watched in amazement as it went from a basic 100 to a basic 0 in three seconds flat. Almost instantly the Ood gripped their heads, obviously in pain, but she didn't give a damn. It was her friends or the creatures, and she preferred the ladder. Blimey, she could almost hear the Doctor scolding her for it...

"You did it!" Zana shook her head, ridding herself of her thoughts as the Ood collapsed before turning to Danny. "We did it!"

"Yes!" Danny smiled widely and pulled the brunette into a hug, which she happily returned. She needed it.

"Zach, we did it!" Rose informed the captain. "The Ood are down. Now we've got to get the Doctor!"

"I'm on my way," Zach nodded, and with that, they were off once more.

The moment they stepped into the drilling area, Zana and Rose rushed towards the comms, desperate to hear the Doctor's voice.

"Doctor, are you there?" Rose asked eagerly as Zana looped her arm through hers, just as excited to speak to him. After all of that, she practically needed to hear him tell her everything will be alright. "Doctor, Ida, can you hear me?

"The comms. are still down," Zach informed, walking into the area not long afterward. "I can patch them through the central desk and boost the signal. Just give me a minute."

He went to work on the comm as Zana bit her lip anxiously, watching him intently. Rose had begun staring into space. Zana knew the blonde's mind had wandered, to where? Now, she didn't know. She just hoped it was somewhere good.

"And...that should do it," the captain murmured as the monitor whirred to life, but Rose didn't hear him.

So instead, Zana took the comm. "Doctor? Ida? Can you hear me? Doctor? Are you there?"

"He's gone..." Ida's voice was soft, but it still felt like a punch to the gut. No...No, he couldn't be...

"He's gone?" Zana's breath hitched in her throat. "Gone where? How could he be gone?"

"He fell into the pit," the scientist whispered. "And I don't know how deep it is...Miles and miles and miles..."

"He fell? Just...fell? Why?"

"I couldn't stop him," she paused, obviously contemplating something. "He said Rose's name..."

"Just R-" Zana didn't get to finish the question as Zach yanked the comm from her hand. She went to protest, but she couldn't find it in her. He had only said Rose's name...The Doctor, the man she had begrudgingly allowed herself to grow close to, didn't even think of her in the end. Her heart constricted in her chest, but not out of jealousy, oh no.

Rose...all she had ever wanted was him, and as it turned out, all he wanted was her.

So instead of turning away in spite, she turned to her friend and pulled her into the tightest hug they had ever shared. Rose buried her face into Zana's neck and seconds later she started to shake.

"I've got you, Rose..." Zana murmured softly, holding her close. "Oh, Doctor..."

"I'm sorry," the captain told the friends quietly before speaking into the comm. "Ida? There's no way of reaching you. No cable, no backup...You're ten miles down...We can't get there."

"You should see this place, Zach. It's beautiful...Well, I wanted to discover things," Ida's voice broke, "and here I am."

"We've got to abandon the base," Zach told her, hanging his head in defeat. "I'm declaring this mission unsafe. All we can do is make sure no one ever comes here again."

"But we'll never find out what it was."

"Well, maybe that's best."

"Yeah."

Zach let out a shaky breath, "Officer Scott-"

"It's all right," she interjected. "Just go. Good luck."

"And you," he nodded before setting the comm don and turning to his remaining crew members. "Danny, Toby, close down the feed links. Get the retro tropes online, then get to the rocket and strap yourselves in. We're leaving."

"I'm not going," Rose declared as she pulled back from Zana, shocking the captain and her friend both.

"Rose, what do you mean?" Zana asked softly, albeit a bit confused.

"Rose, there's space for you and Zana both," Zach informed.

"No," she shook her head, "I'm going to wait for the Doctor. Just like he waited for me."

"I'm sorry, but he's dead," the captain shook his head.

"You don't know him. 'Cause he's not. I'm telling you, he's not," her voice broke and for the first time today tears fell from the blonde's eyes. "And even if he was, how could I leave him all on his own, all the way down there?" She shook her head defiantly and wiped her tears away. "No, I'm going to stay."

Zach nodded and looked past her shoulder. "Then I apologize for this. Danny, Toby? Make her secure."

Danny and Toby stepped forward and grabbed Rose by her arms, making Zana jump away.

Zach glanced at the brunette, "Do we need to secure you too?"

"No, sir," Zana replied gently, giving him a soft, hopefully comforting smile. "I understand the situation."

He nodded, "Good."

"No, no! No! No! No!" Rose started kicking her feet in a desperate attempt to get free, and Zana just watched sadly. She knew it was the only way to get Rose off the planet. "Let me go! Get off me! I'm not leaving!" Zach stepped toward the three and gripped Rose's arm in his hand. Zana quickly turned her head, not wanting to watch as he injected her friend with what she assumed was a sedative. "No..."

"I have lost too many people. I am not leaving you behind," Zach bent down and picked Rose up, laying the unconscious blonde over his shoulder. "Let's get her on board."

Toby took the lead, and Zana stayed close to Danny as they made their way towards the rocket. Ood littered the corridors and Zana tough it extremely difficult to walk past them without thinking one of them was going to grab her ankle.

"Did that one just move?" Toby asked hurriedly.

Great.

"It's the telepathic field," Danny informed as Zana caught sight of one of the Ood with its red eyes open. "It's reasserting itself!"

"Move it. Get to the rocket!" Zach ordered and they instantly began to run. "Move!"

"I've never been on a proper rocket before," Zana looked over at Zach, who was pressing buttons like his life depended on it. Well..it did, she supposed.

"How do you get places, then?" He raised an eyebrow, sparing her a glance.

"Well, the Doctor has..." she bit her lip. "Had this machine called the TARDIS. It was essentially a box."

"You traveled around in a box?" Danny frowned.

"Oh yeah," she turned to look back at him. He was sitting next to Toby, who was sitting next to the still-unconscious Rose Tyler. "It was the most beautiful thing in the whole of reality, I think. I loved it."

"How big was it?"

"It was big enough," she smiled affectionately, turning to look out of the glass before her. "I'm going to miss that old thing..."

"Dislocating B clamp. C Clamp. Raising blu-nitro to maximum. Toby, how's the Negapact feed line?" Zach called back to him, breaking the nostalgic mood the teen had fallen into.

"Clear. Ready to go, sir," Toby nodded quickly. "For God's sake, get us out of here!"

"Captain, I think we're going to have a problem passenger," Danny informed, making Zana turn back around to see a rousing Rose.

Zach simply waved Danny off, "Keep an eye on her."

"Wait. We're not-" Rose started as the rocket started to tremble. Zana couldn't help the excited giggle that left her mouth. She knew that later, when the reality of everything had time to sit in, she would be a total mess, but now? She figured she'd better enjoy her last few moments of happiness.

"It's all right, Rose. You're safe!" Danny tried, but Rose still tried to undo her restraints.

"I'm not going anywhere!" Rose snapped, but they barely heard her as the engines became almost unbearably loud. "Get me out of this thing! Get me out!"

"And liftoff!" Zach cheered, prompting Zana to laugh. "Whoo!"

"Take me back to the planet!" Rose demanded, causing Zana to jump in her seat. "Take me back!"

Zach didn't even seem affected, "Or what?"

"Or I'll shoot."

Zana's eyes widened and she turned to see Rose aiming a gun right at Zach. "Rose! Oh my god!"

"Would you, though? Would you really?" Zach merely glanced back at her. "Is that what your Doctor would want?" Rose gulped, obviously thinking it over. Zana watched her in horror, unsure whether she would actually shoot the captain or not. But of course, she was Rose Tyler. She was, after all, everything the Doctor wanted and more. So, she dropped the weapon. "Sorry, but it's too late anyway. Take a look outside. We can't turn back. This is what the Doctor would have wanted. Isn't that right?"

Zana took a deep breath, trying to calm her heart rate as she craned her neck to look out of the window behind. All she could see was the black hole getting smaller as they got farther and farther away, which relieved her. If only just a little. She glanced over at Rose, who had seemed to calm down slightly if the sight of her buckling up was anything to go by. Just as she moved to sit normally, Zana noticed Toby watching her and offered him a small smile, which prompted him to start laughing. God knows why.

"What's the joke?" Danny demanded,

"Just...we made it," Toby grinned widely, which honestly unnerved the teen. In the full day she had known him, he had never smiled. Not once. "We escaped. We actually did it!"

"Not all of us," Rose reminded darkly.

"We're not out of it yet. We're still the first people in history to fly away from a black hole," Zach muttered. "Toby, read me the stats."

"Gravity funnel holding, sir, Always holding," Toby informed, his grin not wavering one bit. "Stats at fifty-three. Funnel stable at sixty-six point five. Hull pressure constant. Smooth as we can, sir, all the way back home. Coordinates set for planet Earth."

"It doesn't make sense," Rose spoke up, clearly in thought. "We escaped, but there's a thousand ways it could've killed us...It could've ripped out the air or, I don't know, burnt us, or anything." Zana turned to face her again, because, well, Rose had a point. It seemed almost too easy that they had managed to get off the planet as they did. "But it let us go. Why? Unless it wanted us to escape?"

"Hey, Rose, do us a favor," Toby moved closer to Rose, almost so they were face to face. "Shut up." Rose glared at him as he moved to continue flipping switched. "Almost there. We'll be beyond the reach of the black hole in forty, thirty-nine..."

Zana exhaled deeply as she leaned back in her seat, trying to get comfortable. They had a long ride ahead of them, and tensions were already starting to grow among them. All she wanted was for everyone to keep quiet. But she was a companion of the Doctor. That would never happen.

The rocket jolted with incredible force, sending Zana forward. The only thing that stopped her from flying out of the seat and onto the control panel was her seat buckle.

"What happened?" Danny asked quickly as alarms started to blare and lights started to flash. "What was that?"

"What's he doing?" Toby breathed. "What is he doing?"

"We've lost the funnel," Zach gulped, making Zana's eyes widen. "Gravity collapse!"

"What does that mean?" Rose shouted.

"It means we're being sucked into the black hole!" Zana exclaimed as she gripped onto the seat in an attempt to keep herself still. The rocket was still shaking and trembling, and Zana was starting to as well.

"It's the planet," Rose breathed, having looked out the window. "The planet's moving. It's falling!"

"I am the rage," a demonic voice filled the air and Zana snapped her head back to see Toby, covered in the black symbols, just like he had been before the Ood became possessed.

"It's Toby!" Zana turned to the captain. "Zach, do something!"

"...and the bile and the ferocity..."

"Just do something!" Rose cried.

"...I am the Prince and the Fall and the enemy. I am the sin and the fear and the darkness..."

"It's him! It's him!" Danny's voice added the shouting. "It's him!"

"Stay where you are!" Zach ordered them. "The ship's not stable!"

They all watched as Toby, or what used to be Toby, withered in his seat.

"What is he?" Zach demanded, his eyes widening in shock. "What the hell is he?!"

"I shall never die. The thought of me is forever. In the bleeding hearts of men, in their vanity and obsession and lust," Toby practically chanted. Zana looked around desperately, and almost instantly her eyes landed on the gun Rose had dropped only minutes before. She twisted her body, groaning with the effort, but she managed to grab the gun off the floor and take a deep breath.

"Unbuckle him, Rose," she gulped, pressing her finger against the trigger.

"What?" Rose breathed. "Zana-"

"Rose, please, just do it!"

Seconds later Zana heard the sound of Toby being released and closed her eyes.

"Nothing shall ever destroy me!" Toby laughed. "Nothing!"

Zana opened her eyes and aimed the gun at the window in front of them, "Yeah? Go to hell!"

With that, she pulled the trigger. Toby instantly flew out of his seat and out into space, still roaring as he was pulled into the vacuum.

"Emergency shield!" Zach shouted as Zana dropped the gun, her pulse almost through the roof. A metal shield fell into place of the broken window, nearly calming the inside of the rocket, but not the outside. They were still falling, Zana could feel it. "We've still lost the gravity funnel. We can't escape the black hole!"

"But we stopped him," Rose's voice sent chills down Zana's spine. "That's what the Doctor would've done."

"Some victory," Zach nearly snapped. "We're going in!"

"The planet's lost orbit. It's falling!" Danny shouted. "The planet's gone..." He made eye contact with Zana, "I'm sorry."

"Accelerate. I did my best. But hey! The first human beings to fall inside a black hole!" Zach's attempt to be optimistic fooled no one. "How about that? History."

Rose simply closed her eyes, looking as peaceful as ever. Zana watched her in awe. How could she do that? They were literally going to die.

Oh, Zana. When were you going to learn?

The alarm stopped blaring, the lights stopped flashing, and the rocket quit shaking.

"What happened?" Rose breathed, just as shocked as the others.

"We're turning..." Zach gasped. "We're turning around. We're turning away!"

"Sorry about the hijack, Captain!" The unmistakable voice of the Doctor filled the cabin. "This is the good ship TARDIS." Zana broke out in an almost painful smile. Oh, she absolutely adored that man! "Now, first thing's first. Have you got a Rose Tyler and a Zana Kline on board?"

"I'm here! It's me! Oh, my God!" Rose laughed joyously.

"Doctor, where are you?" Zana's smile was as wide as ever.

"I'm just towing you home. Gravity schmavity. My people practically invented black holes," he paused. "Well, in fact, they did. In a couple of minutes, we'll be nice and safe. Oh, and Captain? Can we do a swap? Say, if you give me Zana Kline and Rose Tyler, I'll give you Ida Scott? How about that?"

"She's alive!" Zach exclaimed.

"Yes!" Danny closed his eyes. "Oh, thank God."

"Yeah! Bit of oxygen starvation, but she should be all right," his happy tone faltered. "I couldn't save the Ood. I only had time for one trip...They went down with the planet." Zana bit her lip and looked down, but a series of beeps rang out. "Ah! Entering clear space. End of the line. Mission closed."

Once Zana stepped into the TARDIS, the most overwhelming feeling of happiness filled her. She watched as Rose ran up the ramp and jumped into the Doctor's arms, and smiled. They both looked so happy to be alive, so happy to be in each other's arms...

"Zach? We'll be off, now. Have a good trip home," the Doctor rubbed the back of his neck, now clad in his usual brown pinstripe suit. "And the next time you get curious about something...Oh, what's the point. You'll just go blundering in," he gave Rose a small smile. "The human race."

"But Doctor, what did you find down there?" Ida pondered. "That creature, what was it?"

"I don't know," he shrugged his shoulders. "Never did decipher that writing. But that's good. Day I know everything? Might as well stop."

Zana bit her lip and laid her hands on the console, savoring the whir she got in response. "What do you think it was, Doctor?"

"I think...we beat it," he met her gaze. "That's good enough for me."

"It said I was going to die in battle," Rose said softly.

"Then it lied," he told her, making her smile. "Right, onwards, upwards. Ida? See you again, maybe."

"I hope so," she replied wishfully.

"And thank you, Danny," Zana called, smiling softly. "And thank you, Captain."

"Hang on though, Doctor," Ida interrupted just before the Doctor cut them off. "You never really said. You three, who are you?"

"Oh," The Doctor, Zana, and Rose shared a look. "The stuff of legend."

Zana's room was pitch black except for the ceiling above her. She had thought that it would be amazing if she could see the stars and galaxies and nebulae overhead as the TARDIS drifted past them, and like that, it happened. So, she put in her earbuds and laid back on her bed, and for the past hour or so, she's been as calm as she'd been all day. Sure, the events of the day were racing through her head at a thousand miles per hour, but she knew that it was done and over with and that she'd never step foot on the damned planet ever again, and that eased her tremendously. And on top of that, music, she had learned so long ago, was the perfect companion. It could evoke any emotion it wanted to, and the works of Beethoven always seemed to soothe her. She had to keep turning it up, though, because although the TARDIS was infinite and it would seem nearly impossible that she could hear the Doctor and Rose laughing and having a good time in the control room, she still could. She was starting to think the TARDIS was doing it to her on purpose.

"Zana..."

The teenager frowned. Had someone said her name?

"Zana...Zana, are you there?"

"What the..." she sat up and looked around, but the stars above didn't illuminate as much as she wanted them to. "Hello? Doctor? I know it's you-"

"Zana..."

"What the hell?" She turned her music off and the lights seemed to brighten a little. Thank you, TARDIS.

"Zana Marie Kline, we will find you!"

"Bloody hell!" Zana exclaimed loudly as she threw her iPod across the room. Even though she had shut it off, the familiar voice seemed to seep through the earbuds, straight into her ears. "Stop it! Just bloody stop!"

It was the same exact voice she'd been hearing at night in her dreams, but it was different now...it was more prominent, more demanding...and it terrified her. She covered her mouth with her hands and bit back the sob trying to escape her mouth. What the hell was happening to her?

"Zana!" The door to her room flew open, making Zana shout in fear, and in ran a concerned Doctor. "Zana, what is it?"

"It won't stop..." she breathed as her eyes started to water. "Doctor..."

"What won't stop?" He stepped up to her and laid his hands on her shoulders. He tried to meet her gaze, but her eyes were locked on the floor. "Zana, talk to me!"

"The voice..." her voice broke as she gave in and looked up, looking into his brown eyes. They were filled with worry and concern. "There's this voice...it-it's been in my dreams for a few months now...I don't...I don't know what or who it is...but I wasn't asleep, Doctor! I was listening to music!"

He frowned as his eyes trailed over her face as if she herself held the answers. "Why haven't you told me about this, Zana?"

"Because they were just dreams!" She whimpered slightly before shaking her head. No. No, don't get upset, Zana. That'll do absolutely nothing. "They were just dreams..."

"And it's the same voice every time?" He asked softly as his hands slid down her arms and took her hands.

She nodded as she swallowed the lump in her throat. "I was going to tell you, but why would it have mattered? You can't do anything about it."

"Maybe not," he murmured, giving her hands a comforting squeeze. "But I can try to." Zana couldn't help but smile. "Ah, there it is," he returned her smile happily. "Lovely!"

She looked down in an attempt to hide her blush. Blimey, Zana. "Where's Rose?"

"She had gone off to bed a while before I heard you shouting. The two of you have had quite the day..." He paused. "Maybe that's it, maybe the voice is a side effect of traveling."

Zana started to laugh, but when he didn't laugh as well, she faltered. "No, no, it's not," she shook her head quickly. He couldn't be serious, could he?

"Zan..." he sighed. "Some people don't take to the TARDIS. They...they just aren't as compatible as others. Maybe-"

"No," she shook her head. "Stop talking."

"Zana-"

"Doctor..." she gulped. "Don't make me leave...please..."

His eyes widened slightly, "Leave? Oh, Zana, never! Well, never again. Got it? You've become someone I..." Their eyes met as she looked up at him, and that seemed to render him silent.

"Someone you what, Doctor?" She asked softly, cursing herself for not looking away, but she couldn't help it. His eyes, his beautiful ancient eyes were mesmerizing.

"Someone I care for deeply," he murmured in that tone that Zana had come to recognize as his 'thinking' tone. She noticed that his gaze seemed to fall, but only for a millisecond before returning to her eyes. She almost could have sworn they had moved closer to one another, but perhaps her mind was still muddled.

"You too," she felt him lace their fingers together. "You and Rose mean so much to me now, I can't imagine what would happen if I lost one of you."

"I won't let it happen," his voice was soft and promising. "I swear to you."

She smiled softly.

"Try and get some sleep," his tone hadn't changed at all, which sent shivers down the brunette's back. "If you have that dream again, don't hesitate to come get me, Zan. I'll be in the control room. Alright?"

She nodded, releasing his hands. "Alright..."

In a move that completely stunned her, the Doctor leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. He quickly turned, making it to her bedroom door in only a few strides. "Goodnight, Zan. Sweet dreams."

"Goodnight, Doctor..." She breathed, and she was almost certain he hadn't heard her, but she was too surprised to care. If a voice was the only thing that would be haunting her, then she was determined to befriend it. Anything to stay with the Doctor and Rose.

A/N: Another chapter! Woo-hoo! Ooh, a bit of Doctor/Zana there! Hope you enjoy it! :)

EDIT: OMG THE LAST PART OF THE CHAPTER DIDN'T APPEAR, BUT IT'S THERE NOW

...how did I even manage to do that?