The Truth in Time (Reunited AU) - Chapter 7 - Hell'o' Again - Part 2
They stopped long enough for him to catch his breath and set Rose down to check on her. "Rose, hey there. You okay?" She was barely lucid only able to whisper out for Janie. "Janie? Oh! The kid, Clara bring her here." Clara moved and got down next to Rose, showing her Janie fast asleep against her shoulder. "She's alright, just asleep. Doctor, look at her jumper..." Panic slowly flooded the Doctor and Clara's faces when they noticed the blood that soaked over half her blouse in front and back. He searched her for a cell phone. Finding it and quickly searching for her inbox. "Three new texts from Jake. The last was 15 minutes ago. 'Make it to the roof. We have a zep (short for zeppelin) mobilized just outside your zone. Tac team says 63 minutes exactly on the shut down. Hang in there Rosie.' I guess that means she has transportation on the roof for us in 45 minutes. We better kee-" BANG! An angel slammed on the door. Both the Doctor and Clara picked up their two rescues and bolted for the other stairwell.
On the inside the Doctor was stewing with questions and a bit of jealousy. 1st: Who was this Jake that was calling his Rose, Rosie? 2nd: Where in the heck is John? 3rd: Will she be okay? And there were many others going through his head. Now he had to focus though. They had to make it up seven flights of stairs and last 45 minutes without losing Rose or getting caught by the Weeping Angels that followed them.
Every door they went through the Doctor was careful to deadlock behind them with his sonic screwdriver. They quickly reached the other side of the building and got inside the stairwell. "Alright, seven flights, 33 ½ minutes, and three Weeping Angels on our tail. I like these odds." He said with false joviality. Clara was only able to manage a short breathy laugh. "Yeah, sure. And don't forget we each have extra weight to carry that we have to be careful with and an injured person that may not last that long." The Doctor nodded, taking a deep and shaky breath, and started up the stairs. "Come on"
They made it up five of their seven levels before they heard the Angels pounding again. He stopped only briefly to check his watch "Still 17 minutes out. Keep going!" Clara had gotten a little bit ahead and could see the top flight. "Almost there Doc."
The Doctor tripped on a step, getting caught right at the halfway mark on last flight of stairs to the roof. He narrowly avoided falling and had to set Rose down to breath for a moment. Just as he got back up he heard to door burst from its holding and fall away, allowing the angels entrance to the stairwell. He rushed up not even bothering to watch them. "Please." He whispered as he took his last steps to the roof. He stepped through and ran past Clara, laying Rose down on the ground and returning to the door to deadlock it just in time. He saw the Angels were just at the spot he tripped at when he closed it. As the deadlock clicked they hit the door and caused him to fall backwards, rushing away from it. He checked his watch, "Still seven minutes out... Clara, how are they holding up?" He began frantically looking around for the zeppelin and spotted it about three kilometers out. He held up the flashlight she had, flashing it. "The girl... Janie looks okay, but something's not right about her. I think she'll be fine for now since she still asleep." She sleeps really hard, Clara thought to herself and giggled a bit on the inside before moving to check Rose's pulse and breathing. "This Rose woman is not good Doctor. I can barely get anything!"
She backed away and looked for their supposed ride out. Only seeing the zeppelin, closing in. Her eyes widened. "Guess we aren't in the right dimension after all." She gave a short laugh and looked back to the Doctor who was now by Rose's side brushing the hair from her face and watching her very carefully. She looked upon the scene with a sad regard and knelt by him flashing the flashlight for the zeppelin.
To Be Continued...
(Okay everyone. I apologize again... Fanfiction hates me as of late and won't let me upload properly. So here is part 2 of 3 of worst chapters yet. Thank for reading! Please review and pass it on! Love, Bad-Panda-K)