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He Who Sins

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Beginning of the End

Rose sat on the steps outside her mum's flat. She shivered in the cold regretting having not brought a jacket, but she knew she couldn't go back in there, not when he was acting like this. Rose glanced around looking for her mum – she was no where in sight, probably busying herself in Tesco's. Rose longed for her mum to appear and hold her in her arms telling her everything was going to be alright, but Rose knew that wasn't going to happen. She placed her hands on her bump and thought of holding her tiny children in her arms – she smiled to herself for the first time in hours. Rose shivered again and sighed as she began to slowly think about the past couple of weeks – things slowly began to click into place.

The Doctor stood in front of the full length mirror and slowly combed his hair back; he smiled at himself as he began to pose

'Who's a handsome Time Lord then?' he asked himself before grinning

'Why you are' he said to his reflection before laughing to himself. The Doctor pulled his coat of so he was dressed in his jacket and began to flex his biceps in front of the mirror. He dropped his jacket to the floor as well

'I'm too sexy for my coat, too sexy for my jacket' he began to sing 'so sexy it hurts'

He then ran his hands through his hair and grinned to himself

'I suppose I had better save the world again' he murmured to his reflection 'That's me on my own of course' he assured himself as he turned around to find some paper – he needed to think.

Rose closed her eyes and in her head saw all the moments play out before her, the lust, the anger, the envy, the gluttony, the greed, and now finally – the pride. Rose jumped up knowing what it could be – she had to tell the Doctor.

'The sins' she murmured as she turned to run back inside – she was stopped by a crippling pain in her mind. Rose winced as the pain became deeper and tore through her mind, she dropped to the floor, her hands resting on her belly which was now starting to show the signs of her pregnancy – she was almost a month pregnant now. Her pale skin was beginning to tighten over the babies that grew within her, her belly button had popped out and tiny stretch marks were starting to form. Rose's hands protectively covered her belly as she fought the urge to scream in pain from the pounding in her head – soon it was too much for her and with a final squeak she passed out.

'Doctor' she whispered as she fell into the darkness.

Marilee's fingers were still pressed to the crystal and her eyes were now vacant

'Marilee?' Tymon's scared little voice called out 'What's happening?' he asked. Marilee looked at him, her eyes were vacant and her voice was unnaturally deep

'You have delayed my coming, this shall be done, and it shall be done now. You have one month until I shall arrive' the voice spoke through Marilee. Tymon whimpered and sunk back down to the floor as Marilee's head flopped to the desk. She couldn't pull her hands from the crystal as her pendant burnt against her. She shook as the gold swam through the air around her, filling her mouth and her eyes – she continud to speak in the deep voice.

'Thous seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves' she screeched out as the final sin was released upon them. Marilee's crystal was now golden like her eyes and there was nothing her or Tymon could do except watch.

The Doctor stepped back away from the mirror, his brow crumpled; he turned around to look for Rose

'Rose?' he shouted when he realised she wasn't there.

Rose lay with her back pressed against the cold concrete, her eyelids fluttered

'Doctor' she whimpered.

The Doctor heard her cry and ran towards the door, as soon as he opened it he fell to the floor. He saw Rose lying only metres away from him and tried to move towards her – he couldn't. His limbs were too heavy with tiredness; it was all he could manage to keep his eye lids open

'Rose' he murmured as he fought off a yawn. She glanced up so her eyes met his

'Help me Doctor' she whispered

'I'm trying' he told her as he tried to crawl across the floor – only nothing happened. Her eyelids flicked again

'It's the sins Doctor – the seven sins' she told him as her voice began to fade, the Doctor's eyes were wide with worry

'I'm sorry for not listening to you, so sorry' he whispered as his eyelids became heavy with sleep. Rose smiled at him and pressed her hands to her stomach – the Doctor could see her bump and smiled at it, he knew they were his children growing in there and he was the happiest man alive. He watched Rose's eyes slowly close as he fought to keep his open – he could barely move his jaw to speak due to the strength of the tiredness pouring through him.

'I love you' she whispered as she slowly passed out.

'I love you too' he replied as he finally gave into sleep. They both lay passed out on the landing – one having given into his weakness, the other taken by illness.

Marilee jumped away from the table as soon as the pendant stopped burning.

'What's happening?' Tymon asked.

'It is our moment boy' she told him as she pulled her black cloak on.

'Moment for what?' he asked innocently

'Our moment for revenge' she replied as she turned towards the door, a black swirl of fabric following her in her wake. Tymon returned to his corner and closed his eyes imagining the birds and flowers – trying to block out the images of the two innocent people lying passed out on the floor – two people who's fates were about to be sealed.