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He Who Sins

Chapter Thirty Two: It All Comes Together

Marilee wrapped her hand around Rose's frail wrist and squeezed tightly as she began to pull her along, Rose glanced down at her hand in disgust

'Is there really any need for that?' she asked 'It's not exactly like I'm going to sprint away' she told her sarcastically. Marilee ignored her and continued to lead her down corridor after corridor. Rose followed as the cold stones burned into her feet with each step she took; it was like a thousand tiny shards of glass piercing into her at once. Rose winced and continued to walk, she felt the weight of her heavy belly weighing down on her and she thought back to the days where she could run through corridors at ease, now she could barely walk down them.

Rose didn't know how much time had passed since she had been taken, she didn't know how long it had been since she'd last seen the Doctor – all she knew was that each time she awakened; his face became more and more distant. Rose was severely afraid of forgetting his face, of forgetting the father of her children…of losing him forever – even in her mind. She gulped heavily and continued to walk as she strained to hear his lost voice calling out in her mind….nothing. She could hear nothing. She couldn't even remember the sound of his laughter sweetening the air around them.

Rose tried to shake off her happy memories, they just reminded her of how alone she was – instead, she began to focus on how to escape this hell-hole. She'd had enough of playing the victim.

She allowed herself to be taken towards a room that was blanketed by a heavy wooden door, when the door opened she decided she would make a run for it. The door slowly swung open and Rose tensed, prepared for her final chance – but all she saw was Tymon roped to a wall and her heart broke. Instead of running away she allowed herself to be lead into the room, she couldn't leave him – not after he'd sat with her in the darkness… not after he'd been her only hope in her own personal hell. Now it was her turn to help him. She walked into the room and let Marilee tie her to the wall, beside her Tymon's head flung lifelessly forward, his eyes not moving but his chest slowly rising and falling with breath.

'You won't get away with this' Rose warned as Marilee turned to shut the door, Marilee just smiled emptily at her before she locked the door behind her. Rose shivered in the small chamber – she noticed the tiny beam of sunlight sifting through a crack and falling into the room. This was the only light Rose had seen in so long, her eyes blinked in reaction to it before they finally adjusted – it was only in this light that Rose could see the dramatic changes her body had undergone. She gasped as she saw the pale skin that stretched over the bones of her hands, she looked down and couldn't see her feet – her bump was protruding so much. Rose placed her hands on her huge belly and shivered – she didn't know how long she had been here but it must have been a while….it must have been a long while for her babies to grow so much. She shivered and closed her eyes – the Doctor would be here soon, she just knew it.

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The Doctor hit the Tardis control panel as the ship slowly moved through time and space

'Come on' he urged the ship as he felt his hearts flutter with hope and excitement for seeing Rose…one tiny ounce of dread resting in the bottom of his stomach reminding him of what could have happened. His hands shook as they held onto the buttons, beside him the ancient paper rested on the floor, their forgotten language had easily been translated and their code broken – the Doctor knew exactly who they were, exactly where they were and exactly what they were going to do – he also knew that he needed to hurry.

Rose breathed deeply as she felt her head slowly spinning round, her lips were cracked and dry, dried blood marked her face and she could feel swollen bruises marking her face. She glanced around and saw Tymon slowly move, he glanced up at her and smiled frightened

'Hey' Rose murmured, Tymon looked at her cautiously for a moment

'She let you out?' he asked softly. Rose nodded at him

'Oh no' he whispered. Rose watched the boy worriedly and moved her hand over to his, she gently squeezed it

'What is it? What's going to happen?' she asked quietly. Tymon swallowed heavily trying to be brave but he let the hot tears stream down his face

'It's all over then' he murmured

'What is?' Rose asked

'The world' he replied sadly as he stared blankly ahead.

'What do you mean?' Rose asked worriedly.

'You don't know do you?' he asked, she shook her head

'Then why did she bring you here?' he asked himself curiously. Rose shrugged

'I don't know. But I think you know what's going to happen' she prodded him softly – he remained silent.

'Tymon' Rose began gently, 'I can't help you if I don't know what's going on' she told him. He looked sadly up at her, his eyes filled with the truth of his words

'She's going to kill you, and then me – we will both become sacrifices' he told her

'For what?' Rose asked

'For Devadeva' he replied. Rose gasped, the name swirled through her head as she vaguely remembered being in the library with the Doctor… it felt like such a long time ago, but the memory was still burned into her…that face watching her.

'She's going to sacrifice me' he whispered as all his past teachings swirled through his head finally falling into place, he squeaked as he realised the truth

'What is it' Rose asked frantically as the boy's hand trembled within hers.

'The blood of the innocent, the blood of the honoured, the blood of the endless, and the blood of hope' Tymon recited softly, Rose watched him worriedly and squeezed his hand

'Don't you see it?' he asked anxiously, Rose shook her head

'The blood of the honoured… that's me' he began as he bit his lip 'The blood of the innocent and the blood of hope…that's your babies' he told her quietly, his voice filled with sorry. Rose placed her hand on her belly protectively and shook her head in disbelief

'And the blood of the endless…' Tymon whispered as he thought aloud

'The Doctor' Rose finished for him. The Doctor was the final piece of the puzzle.