So here's the next chapter - mainly because of suppermagicgirl's lovely nagging...and all of you threatening to kill me/chain me to a desk due to my evil cliff hangers...so enjoy!

He Who Sins

Chapter Thirty Eight: Falling Away

The Doctor's face fell as he saw the mask of terror that covered Rose's face. He looked down at Marilee who he was still sitting on, then back up at Rose. She had slowly slid to the floor clutching her stomach as tears rolled down her face, blood covered her hands and she sobbed quietly.

'No…no, they can't be' she whispered to herself as she gently shook. Tymon knelt beside her and placed one of his small hands on her arm

'Rose?' he asked softly, 'Rose what's happening?'. She shook her head and dropped her head to her knees as another searing pain roared through her

'It's all gone wrong…they're…it's…no…' she whispered as her shoulders heaved.

The Doctor looked down at Marilee and knew he couldn't let her go; he looked over to Rose and knew he needed to be at her side right now. He raised his hands to Marilee's forehead and pressed his fingers to her temples, her eyelids slowly dropped closed as she squirmed underneath him. Soon her body was stilled and the Doctor jumped up off of her and began to run towards Rose. When he reached her the first thing he noticed was the blood, next to her Tymon stood, his face pale with fear. The Doctor turned to him

'Tymon, can you go and watch your mother for me please' he tried to say calmly as his hearts pounded within him. Tymon looked at the blood that surrounded Rose before nodding as he ran towards Marilee. Tymon sat down beside her and slowly rocked as he watched her still body

'What have you done?' he whimpered.

The Doctor knelt in front of Rose and took her cold, blood covered hands in his. He squeezed them and moved so his face was right in front of hers. She whimpered as another pain tore through her and tears squeezed out of her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.

'Doctor…Doctor, we've lost them haven't we' she choked. He shook his head, his eyes filling with tears as he watched Rose squirm with pain – this was killing him.

'No' he whispered, 'We haven't lost them, we don't know. Come on darling, let's stay positive' he murmured as he tried to do as he said. Rose shook her head as she winced

'Doctor…' she whimpered. He raised one hand and gently stroked her hair off her face

'Rose, look at me' he gently instructed her as he wiped away her tears. 'It's not over, not yet. I need you to hold on for me' he urged her. She looked up at him and nodded

'I'm trying' she whispered

'Good' he murmured as he stroked her cheeks

'Childbirth was never meant to be this hard' he whispered to himself, Rose's eyes widened with fear.

'Childbirth? But it can't be!' she cried out, 'It's too soon…their too soon, they won't survive' she cried. He shook his head at her

'Come on Rose' he urged her, 'Positive, we need to be positive'

'But Doctor…' she whimpered. The Doctor framed her face with his hands

'Listen to me Rose. I am not going to let anything happen to you or those babies, you understand?' he told her. She shivered under the intensity of his gaze before slowly nodding. His face softened

'Good' he said as he pulled her into his arms and soothingly stroked her hair

'It's all gunna be okay Rose, I promise you'

'I hope you're right' she whispered sadly as she clung to him.

'Doctor!' Tymon cried out as Marilee grabbed him by the wrist. The Doctor jumped up and looked back at Rose one last time

'Keep breathing, I need you to keep breathing for me' he told her softly. She nodded and bit her lip

'Doctor?' she cried out, he turned around

'I love you' she choked, he smiled his smile at her

'I love you too' he told her softly before he dived across the room to where Marilee was now holding Tymon. Marilee was holding Tymon against the wall; in her mouth she held a large sacrificial knife as she tied him to the wall with a rope.

'Stop it!' the Doctor commanded her. Marilee turned round at him, her golden eyes dancing with an un-natural evil.

'Make me' she taunted as she raised the knife to Tymon's throat. His eyes darted around wildly as he watched the knife dance around in front of him

'Doctor!' he cried out 'Help me!'. The Doctor moved to step forward and Marilee pressed the knife's blade against Tymon's throat

'One more step and he gets it' she warned him.

'I thought you needed him for your sacrifice' he said desperately, trying to find a reason for her to keep him alive

'All I need is his blood. He can be dead or alive, which way is up to you' she told him coldly. The Doctor nodded and watched Tymon who just stared at him in terror.

'You'd do that to your own child?' the Doctor asked softly after a moments pause. Marilee froze then continued her work

'Answer me' he said loudly, but she continued to ignore him as she opened her book and retrieved canisters

'Answer me!' the Doctor bellowed. Marilee paused and turned around

'We do what we must for the ones we love' she whispered sadly before turning to empty leaves into a wooden bowl.

'Even kill your own child?' the Doctor asked coldly. Without turning around she answered him

'He was born for a purpose Doctor, and this purpose is what he must achieve'

'Your own child?' the Doctor asked in disbelief.

'Don't play the innocent with me Doctor' she spat, 'I know you, I know the death you cause. The killer of your own kind – that's what they call you isn't it. You killed them. And I know you'd do it again…for the right reasons….for Rose'. The Doctor stared coldly at her not replying

'See, you don't deny it' she murmured. She shook her head before she cut her own wrist, as her blood began to fall into the wooden bowl that rested on the alter she met the Doctor's eyes

'We must sacrifice for those we love' she told him as her life blood slowly swept out of her.