Here's to you, my first Dark Sides reviewers. MontyPythonFan, SJ, Richard, gaiafreedom21, and bex19. You guys rock!

Warning for swearing! I can only tell you to have faith, good readers. This is a romance story, so there will be some fluff, but there will be some soul searching first. Dark Story/Happy Ending!

Rose pummeled the door with her fists until red blood was smeared across it.

"Let me out, you wanker! Let me out!" Spreading her hands out on the door, she rested her forehead on the door and closed her eyes. Picturing the doctor's face gave her strength, and she held on to it with all her will power. Rose felt the fire in her veins receed, leaving behind a dull, empty ache. That is, until the door flung open and threw her backwards onto the floor.

Hurjasti stormed in, glaring at her and taking in her sprawled form. With a snap of his fingers, he signaled his guards to pin her down.

"You lied to me, alien-lover. You said he was stuck in a parallel universe. This is MY WORLD, damnit! The doctor will not interfere!"

Rose felt her anger flare, then leave her suddenly as he mind simply refused to take in what he was telling her.

"The...the doctor?" She whimpered. Damn, was that her voice? Rose shivered. Hurjasti strode forward and slapped her across the face.

"You knew! You knew he was coming! And now you'll make him talk!" Rose spit in his face kicked-hard. Her boss hissed in pain and held his crotch.

"No! Screw you!" Hurjasti straightened up, his face contorting and turning deep, deep red. His bloodshot eyes narrowed.

"No? I'll teach you to say no to me, whore," he raged and advanced upon her. Rose screamed for help, then gave up and kicked out at him, catching him on the chin and causing him to bite his tongue. Hurjasti grinned as he wiped at the blood, then advanced again.

The doctor groaned audibly, pulling himself upright. This was somewhat hampered, however, by the fact that he was lying naked on a cold metal examining table with his arms cuffed at his sides. Perfect. Arching his back and looking around upside down, he could see his effects on a rolling tray in the corner.

What happened? The last thing he remembered, he was traveling alone to the Goloxonaut planet. He had just set the coordinates when...

Oh yeah...

The TARDIS had crash landed, and stupid him had stumbled out, delerious, into the middle of a city. From the flow of the time stream and the gravitational pull and polarity of the planet, he could tell he was on Earth, 2008. Judging by the technology, he'd bet his next regeneration that he was being held prisoner by Torchwood.

The doctor was laying there, trying to figure out when the heck they had captured him, when he heard a muffled scream behind him. Instinctively, he called out, "Rose!" He mentally kicked himself. What was he thinking?

A soft singing reached his ears. Or, rather, his inner ear. A tear slid slowly down his cheek without him knowing.

A woman appeared beside the table, and the cuffs slid open, releasing him. The doctor looked up at his rescuer. It was Rose.

"I am the Bad Wolf. Just as I led myself to Satellite Five and Bad Wolf Bay, I led both of us here. My doctor, witness the last moment you will live or die alone. You have five minutes to save me, Doctor, and seal your fate. That which you choose will also seal the fates of millions; choose wisely, my love."

With a gentle touch of her hand on his cheek, she disappeared, and he sat staring dumbly at the spot where she had stood. A strange muffled ticking filled his head at the Bad Wolf's caress.

Remembrance of her words brought him back to reality and the doctor jumped off the table, threw on his trenchcoat and grabbed his sonic screwdriver. He used this to open the door and raced barefoot down the hall to an open door, buttoning his coat along the way. What he saw there made him sick with rage.

4 minutes to save her.

Rose was lying on her back, pinned down. Snarling angrily and yelling curses, she lashed out as a fat, sweaty, man advanced on her. Making the doctor proud, she temporarily freed herself and stretched out, snapping the man's mouth shut on his own tongue. The man made a go again, and the doctor pounced.

tick, tick, tick

Roaring with rage like a wild animal, the doctor leaped threw the air and landed on Fatty's back. Rose took advantage of the distraction and grabbed the guards' arms, pulling them down to her hard and fast. Although the men had meant to rape her, she still cringed as he heard the skulls make a loud crack against each other as they went down.

tick, tick, tick

Rose stood up and watched coldly as the doctor dealt with her boss. It didn't take long and Fatty was on his back, unconscious. The doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and took aim at the man's head. A wave of blue light shone over his face.

Strange how the ticking hasn't stopped. Two minutes

Rose's shaky voice reached his ears. "Doctor?" Her question was answered when bright red blood leaked from Hurjasti's ears, nose, and open mouth.

"Oh my god, doctor," Rose gasped. He looked back at her, and she instinctively stepped back. Then her eyes hardened, breaking his hearts, and she raised her chin and stepped up to him.

"I thought the sonic screwdriver didn't kill people."

tick, tick, tick

"It didn't."

"Then how..."

"Not before I lost you," he sighed. Rose glared at him.

"What have you become since I saw you last?" The doctor looked up at her.

tick, tick, tick

"You weren't there to save me." Rose's eyes softened, revealing the pain of the past seven months and seeing reflected back in his.

"Seven years and you haven't changed a day," the doctor whispered.

tick, tick, tick

"I've changed every day," she whispered back. Tears formed in her love's eyes.

"Oh, Rose, I'm so sorry." Rose smiled and leaned into him.

"You're here now. That's all that matters."

tick, tick, tick

"Come with me," the doctor murmured.

"Always," and she leaned up and kissed him softly. The doctor's head whirled and he gently touched his mind to hers. Rose accepted him eagerly, and her mind was filled with explosions of light and color and waves of emotion. The doctor drew back and looked her in the eye, meaning to finish what he had started in Bad Wolf Bay.

"Rose Tyler, I love you."

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Sooo did ya like it? I'd like to know cuz I can always change it. Maybe.

Next up: The Escape! Also, it has only been seven months for Rose, he'll find that out later. It wasn't a typo or anything.

Until next time!