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He Who Sins
Chapter Thirty Seven: When The Penny Drops
Within a moment the Doctor was at Rose's side, he knelt beside her and stroked her blonde hair off her forehead. He moved his hand behind her head and felt the pool of warm sticky blood that was forming
'Rose' he whispered heartbroken as he gently stroked her face, 'Come on Rose'
'Doctor, you can help her, can't you?' Tymon asked, his voice wavering. The Doctor looked up at Tymon
'Yes' he promised with the weight of the world on his vow. Slowly he stroked Rose's hair of her forehead and turned to look at Marilee
'Are you happy now?' he spat. She smirked at him
'Happier, definitely' she murmured as she knelt down to peer at the Doctor and the way he clung to Rose's hand.
'Love' she murmured, 'Every man's weakness…every Time Lord's weakness'
'What do you know of love?' the Doctor glared at her.
'Don't look down on me so, Doctor' Marilee murmured. 'You expect that I could never love, that I couldn't allow someone into my heart don't you?' she asked him. He just nodded as he watched her. She dropped to the floor and sighed as she gently fingered her pendant
'Well I did love…once…a long, long time ago'
'Well that's great for you' the Doctor murmured sarcastically 'But I don't see what this has to do with anything'
'You will, if you just listen' she murmured as she watched Tymon huddle up beside Rose.
'His name was Stephan, he was a High Priest of Devadeva as well' she whispered as she remembered her past
'What a surprise' the Doctor muttered.
'He was Tymon's father' she murmured. 'And he's dead' she added as she stood up. She blinked away all the memories of her Stephan as she turned back to the Doctor
'And it's your fault' she added coldly. The Doctor's head snapped up
'What?' he asked
'Doctor?' Rose asked groggily. The Doctor's attention immediately switched as he looked down at Rose
'Hey' he murmured 'You alright?' he asked softly. She nodded and winced, he leant over her and gently stroked her face
'It's alright, it will all be over soon, I promise'
'Yes it will' Marilee murmured coldly as she raised a metal pole over the Doctors head
'Doctor!' Rose screamed, the Doctor turned around and rolled out of the way at the last moment
'You killed him!' Marilee raged as she charged towards him again. The Doctor jumped backwards so he was pressed against the wall, Marilee was swinging the pole around as the pendant burned brightly,
'You murdered him!' she screamed as she charged at him, the Doctor darted to the side and ran towards the other wall
'Rose! Keep down!' he shouted at her from across the room. Rose pulled Tymon behind her and moved against a wall, trying not to stand up.
'You will die!' Marilee bellowed as she charged again at the Doctor
'Doctor!' Rose screamed as she jumped up
'Get back!' he shouted as he ran around Marilee who was waving the pole around her like a maniac. Rose moved back against the wall and gasped in pain as she clutched at her stomach, she doubled over and tried to breath.
'Rose!' the Doctor shouted, in that moment Marilee dived at him, the Doctor moved but she caught the edge of his arm. Blood spurted across the room as he moved away from her
'Marilee!' he shouted 'Why are you doing this?'
'Because you killed him!'
'But I didn't!' he shouted back against the chaos of the room, begging for her to believe him. She raised his pole
'I know you did, I was there' she spat as her arms moved into the swing
'Mama! No!' Tymon screamed, Marilee froze mid-air which gave the Doctor enough time to shove her so she went spiralling across the floor, dropping the pole in the process. Marilee slammed against the wall and the Doctor dove after her, pinning her to the floor
'This will stop now' he warned her. Marilee's eyes were ablaze with fire
'You can't kill me like you killed him' she spat as she struggled beneath him.
'I'm not going to kill you' the Doctor said softer – his tone still hard. She stilled underneath him and looked dead straight up at him
'But you killed Stephan, you're not denying it' she whispered as her voice cracked. 'He didn't deserve to die' she whispered as ancient tears fell down her cheeks
'I didn't kill him' the Doctor said sternly
'But you did' she whispered looking up at him with the truth of her words in her eyes.
'Damn it, why the hell are you so sure it was me? Anything, anyone in the world could have killed him! It doesn't have to be me!'
'But it was' she murmured. 'Why else would I torment you and your girlfriend? Why else would I waste all this time and energy on you if I wasn't sure you were the one, you were the one who killed him'
'How? How the hell did I kill him then, if you know so much?' the Doctor spat at her. She shivered under his gaze and shook her head at him
'With your Time War'.
Rose ran her hands over her stomach and gasped for breath as a pain ripped through her belly
'Doctor!' she cried out as she felt a wetness soaking through her trousers, she realised she was standing in a puddle
'Doctor! My water's have broken' she cried out. He turned his head and looked desperately up at her; she lowered her hand to the puddle and saw it was mixed with blood. Another searing pain ripped through her and she cried out.
'Doctor…Doctor, something's wrong' she croaked as she raised her blood stained hands.