A/N: Wow, I'm never gonna finish in time for series four, am I? Okay, today is 'Bust-My-Ass Day' where I try to get as much done as possible. I'll try and work on the bodyswap one for a bit, coz I've kinda been slacking off of that recently.

Yes, I could make excuses like, "case study had to be finished" and, "History essay needs to be done by tomorrow" but to be honest...I need to do them both now and look what I'm doing instead? Also, I'm cooking hot cross buns. I'm useless at cooking. I've already burnt my hand twice.

Chapter 42 – That Big RAWR Climatic Scene Part Two

"Stop it," the Doctor in Rose's arms said through gritted teeth. "Just stop it. I won't let you do this."

"Who are you to question my actions?" Erida demanded with fire blazing in her eyes, anger and temptation to kill."You are nothing to me!"

To prove her point she raised her arm once more to point straight at Jill, and began to clench her fist. Jill dropped her gun, eyes wide as she began to scream…

"No!" Jack suddenly yelled, moving forward to help her as she collapsed to the ground, curling in on herself.

"Let her go!" the Doctor yelled, pulling away from Rose's arms involuntarily through his mounting anger. Erida didn't even bother looking at him, but all the same, let go. Jack held the woman protectively for a few moments, the both of them just breathing before they realised what they were actually doing.

"Get off of me, Harkness!" Jill hissed through gritted teeth, trying to pull away. Jack held her closer in rebellion.

"What, and let you win?!" he retorted rudely. She only replied by collapsing in a dead faint.

"Pathetic, wretched little mortals. So weak, so frail," Erida said with contempt,"such a scrawny little race." The Tenth Doctor saw her eyes flash towards him, the deep black pits never seeming so foreboding and cold. "Yet you live among them."

"I choose to," the Doctor answered calmly, "because they're the most incredible race of beings I know."

"A pitiful reason."

"That's as well as maybe, but I consider it my duty to stand by them."

She curled her upper lip into a snarl. "Duty?! You're as pathetic as they are!"

"Maybe I am. But I only do what comes naturally to me; I have to protect them."

She shook her head, sadly. "You could have so much more. I can see your grief, rage and hate locked within your heart. You desire the power to control fate, and that's easy to accomplish if only you opened your mind to me..."

He chose his words carefully, "I don't want to rule the Universe."

"Lies," she spat, "why do you deny your destiny?"

"This is just gettin'too weird…" Jack muttered under his breath, staring transfixed at the sight before him with Jill still cradled in his arms.

"That's not my destiny," the Doctor said as he shook his head.

"I can see it in your path…"

"Well, to be totally honest, I never really stuck to paths."

"So you'll stay here with locked potential and power for eternity? Just for the sake of a few worthless mortals?"

The Doctor nodded, happily. "That's about the sum of it, yeah. And if you had any common sense, you'd do the same thing too."

She laughed hysterically. "And what gives you the authority to advise me?!"

"Well, because I'm your father."

Silence ensued for a few moments, Erida staring at him thoughtfully.

"Well father, answer me this. Who has the most power? Your weakling half-human son…" – she gestured to the boy, Rory, in question – "…or me, the child without a drop of pure mortal blood?"

The Doctor clicked his tongue for a moment, considering. "Well, that's not entirely true, y'know." She blinked, obviously taken by surprise as the Doctor carried on, "y'see, Rory there isn't half-Human. He's not even half-Time Lord. Because really, he is three quarters Human, and a quarter Time Lord." She went to protest, but the Doctor cut her short. "Because I'm his father. And the horrible, terrible truth about me is I'm not a pure Time Lord." Rose was grinning to herself, knowing what was coming next.

Khthonia suddenly spoke, eyes wide. "Then what are you?"

A huge, happy grin spread onto his face. "Me? I'm half-human."

"No!" Khthonia shrieked, unable to contain Her horror.

"So, in turn, seeing as I'm your father…" he eyed Erida carefully, who was dead still and silent. "…That makes you a quarter Human. Pure Human blood, all mixing up and contaminating your own amazing concoction of Time Lord and…" He paused, gesturing vaguely at Khthonia as if She wasn't important at all. "…Whatever that is."

"No…" Erida whispered, silent tears trailing down her face as the aura around her slowly began to settle to nothing. "I can't believe it. Iwon't believe it…no…no…I am no longer for this mortal world…"

The Doctor could only watched sadly as before him his own daughter wailed and screamed, unable to take in the simple facts. There was a suddenly loud, eardrum piercing sound accompanied with another flash of blinding light, and when they all opened their eyes there was nothing left where Erida had been standing, except for one thing.

A small, motionless baby.

Khthonia screamed with rage, moving forward to inspect this new baby. She gathered the bundle up in Her arms, holding the still girl close to Her chest. She began to cry, tears of sorrow running down Her cheeks. The company could only watch in silence as the Woman who had once captivated them with fear and anger with Her immense power now broke down emotionally infront of them. Finally She tore Her eyes from her, looking directly at the Doctor with utter fury.

"You…" She whispered, unable to get the words out. "You…you hurt my child…" Her voice was distant and cold. "You killed her soul…"

"She did that to herself," the Doctor replied truthfully, "I've just stated some facts. She couldn't bear her own humanity."

"You killed my baby girl!!!" She cried, forcing back the tears. Rose almost felt her own tears welling in her eyes from the scene infront of her. She could remember Eva so clearly; how the Doctor had knelt on the floor of the Infirmary with the lifeless baby girl in his arms, crying for their loss. She could easily recall the nights they'd spent just holding each other, braving the heartache together.

For a few moments, silence reigned the hall.

"Rory," Jack suddenly spoke though the silence, making to get up as he gathered Jill into his arms. He could sense it was over. "Go back to the TARDIS and bring it here. And preferably within this century?" he added on the end, giving the boy a grin. He looked to Tosh, who was messing about one-handed on her laptop. "Tosh, reckon you could lead him?"

She nodded. "I've created a structural blue print of floors one and two with thermal scanning. Should be pretty much straightforward." She passed through the huge double doors, Rory following on behind. Jack looked down toward the rousing woman still in his arms, giving her a small smile. She looked disgusted at his actions.

"Okay Doc," Jack turned to the man who was now lying back down against Rose, just trying to control his breathing. "Just hang on a little longer and we'll go-"

"Don't think you're going anywhere."

They turned their heads towards the Woman at the top of the platform, seeing she had set down the baby girl on the top step and was now on two feet, staring at them all with hatred. "You will all die…"

A/N: That was a dumb cliffhanger. Oh well.