Never forget

Summary: The Doctor and Rose are thrown off course by a ship's distress signal. But when they final arrive on the planet it was sent from they find a dying race and a dying planet. And then, when an earthquake strikes, Rose is faced with the most daunting prospect she has ever had to face. She has to race against time to save the Dimindi's, and get the Doctor's memory back!

Author: JForward

Important Notes: Similar in a way to Price of Paradise (copyright Colin Brake). The Doctor Whoniverse belongs to Russell T Davies other wise the Doctor and Rose would still be together. No profit is made from this work and no profit can be made from this work without permission in writing from the author, Russell T Davies ad probably about 100 other people.

Author's notes: Hope you all love it, now you know Kistain's story, time for a little bit of adventure. Oh, and in this there's a teeny bit of kissy.

Chapter 2:

Sirens blared on the two-man ship. It was shape like a walnut, only about the size of a bus. Tiny. Warnings blared as they shot through the dusty sky. "EMERGENCY LANDING! EMERGENCY BEACON SENT!" Ralph Peterman steered the ship desperately, bringing it in as softly as he could. What the hell had happened? It had to be an electromagnetic pulse to short out the systems. It couldn't have been anything else. The Crusader was a ship of its time, beautiful hull-work painted in blacks, purples, blues, oranges and greens, swirled together to make a beautiful effect. It was dotted with silver stars.

Two man crew; Ralph Peterman and Kairy Steerword. Two adventurers, heading home with a ship full of alien plants, spices, vegetables, alien artefacts, and beautiful things to sell and trade. With a thump, the ship landed, gouging the ground slightly but slowing enough to prevent much damage. Breathing a sigh of relief, Ralph released the wheel, leaning back in his chair as Kairy entered the room. "Well, we're landed. Might as well explore while we can" And, scooping up his coat and exchanging a grin, the two left their ship.

As they stepped out of the ship, their first impression was the beauty. The sky was streaked with dusty golds and rusty reds, beautiful but so hot. The two setting suns cast a strange light overhead, as five or six moons, huge ones, slowly became clearer in the sky. It was beautiful, no doubt, but so… dry. Desert-like. What had happened here?

With a bone-jarring crash, they landed. Rose felt dizzy and nauseous, and was aware of strong arms around her waist, lifting her upright. Smoothing her hair back with a tender movement. The Doctor could feel the flimsiness of her dress, her heartbeat against his chest, slow against his double heartbeat. She felt warm and comforting positioned close like this, and without thinking, he lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers in a soft kiss.

Rose was surprised but not offended. She reacted, kissing him back softly before realising what they were doing. The Doctor released her and took a hasty step back, blushing almost as deep as his suit and turning to the scanner. "So" He said, and coughed softly. "Anyway, we've landed, though not at the right place. Something pulled us in. Wait a moment, this isn't' right…"

Rose joined him at the scanner, hand gently brushing his. He moved half a step sideways, but she ignored it, looking at the beautiful land on the scanner. "Where are we?" She asked him, softly. He was frowning, lines of concentration on his head, one finger on his lips.

"Dimindatia. But this isn't right. What's happened to them?" He whispered, staring at the screen. She looked quzzically at him. "The planet should be thriving. I've never visited it this early, but somethings wrong. It was a distress signal- from the planet! But…" He tapped a few gallifreyan keys. A view came up, of a walnut-shaped spaceship.

"No. No! This is all wrong!" the Doctor exclaimed, making Rose jump. "Come on, Rose. We need to find these natives. They've done something terribly wrong!" And with that, the Doctor dropped his coats onto the TARDIS seats, and was leading Rose towards the door.

She felt so sick of it. After sobbing into her brother's arms for a while, she had allowed herself to be led to their tent, luckily still not tumbled as it was far away from the buildings. Kistain was exhausted, laying on her old Ridgebii skin blanket. Slowly, she drifted asleep, not woken by the distant sound of a double-crash.

The group was in uproar. They had cleared away the body, finding the temple still in full use. The dinosaurian race had dinosaur feet, and half-tails. Most of them had sludgy brown eyes or emerald greenish, the bright acidic yellow very unusual. Five of them went to try to find what food they could. Their food was disappearing, they lived off the sparse vegetables they could find. The new worms that now turned the earth were toxic. Great, pulsating black things with oddly sharp mouths that could spit venom. Not your average earthworm.

No one seemed to suspect these of the route of the problem.

And deep inside a rocky lair on the hills side, the mother laughed, spawning more of her maggots.

Rose felt the heat immediately, feeling the warmth of the Doctor's arm holding her and wanting it to stay there despite the heat. They suddenly, they froze at a hissing noise. Turning slowly, the Doctor saw one of the natives and relaxed. "Hi!" He called, and the dinosaurian creature stared.

Rose also stared. "D-doctor, that's a d-d-dinosaur!" She breathed. The Doctor nodded. "Yep, basic draconian race. Though…" He scuffed some dust up with his heal. "Not the best planet for a race meant to become one of the most intelligent races in the universe. Not the most intelligent, I'll admit. Though them moving to Gallifrey was a good idea" He murmured. Rose froze. Had he really said that?


"Doctor, did you just?" She asked, but stopped. The Dinosaur creature seemed to be a male, with what appeared to be grey face makeup. "Come on" The Doctor said, leading Rose, hooking his arm through. In doing that, he accidentally touched something he shouldn't.

WHAP!

The Doctor staggered away from Rose, his cheek stinging in pain. The dinosaur, now introduced as Naplam, raised an eyebrow. The Doctor's mouth was open as he lay a hand on the burning spot. "That was a Jackie slap!" He exclaimed, staring at Rose. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" He then roared. She glared at him so hard he almost cowered. "You know well" She hissed, and the Doctor followed her and the dinosaur meekly. His chee was bright red and clearly going to bruise.

"Doctor?" At his name, the Doctor flinched away from Rose, scared. She felt ashamed. But he had practically asked for it! "You said they moved to Gallifrey" He nodded. "Yep. My descendants. Looooong way to go, though. None of the super cool powers though. None of the ability. These people are so far away from me in the past you can't calculate. About 999,999,999,999,999 billion million years ago, I'd say. Yep" He nodded, then winced. She noted the red hand slap on his face and looked away, blushing.

They had arrived at a clearing area, what it must have once been, but with twisted, dead shells of trees now. The Doctor looked around himself as Rose dropped into step with him. Between introductions, Rose hissed at the Doctor. "You said ancestors. But if they die, that means you-" The Doctor's voice suddenly went icy; fear? "I cease to exist. Time Lord history is unravelled. But don't worry, most people wouldn't worry too much about their planets exploding as the universe rips and burns around them"

Rose noticed his face was now bruised. She tried to touch it, softly, but the Doctor ducked away from her. She sighed, softly, looking around again. There were so few. A boy greeted her, with blue makeup. "Hello" He said softly. "My name is Raish. You?" Rose smiled at the boy; he seemed about 20ish.

"Rose Tyler. And this is the Doctor" Seeing the Doctor's bruise, Raish snorted softly with laughter. "Take it that you've got a good slap?" Rose couldn't help grinning. The Doctor sulked.

There was a sudden rumble underneath them. A great, pulsating maggot burst from the floor, grabbing Rose's leg with huge, sharp teeth.