Rose Tyler stared at the him, at the man that she hadn't seen in a year, and her son. He hadn't changed, but he looked different. He seemed older, and sadder. The two men looked haunted. But her baby, her little Timelord boy, he was older. His hair was the same colour as hers. She couldn't believe that he was one, she had missed out on a year of his life. How could that have happened. How could this mad man make her miss out on watching her own son grow up. Made her miss out on marrying this man. The man of her dreams.
Rose suddenly tugged on her binds, something she hadn't done in a while, and she was surprised when she came free and started running towards the Doctor, her eyes on him before she was tackled. Rose gave a scream of surprise and pain as she collided with the ground and her face was pushed down flat. The Doctor yelled out as he suddenly swang out and punched the nearest guard in the mouth. Sure, normally he wouldn't be soo prone on using violence, but Rose was in danger.
The Doctor quickly dogged the guards that came running at him, and ran full pelt across the room. He had no idea what he was doing, but since when did he ever know what he was doing. He only knew that Rose needed saving, and that was what he was doing. The Doctor had almost forgotten that he had John with him, and quickly protected him with his arms as he ran past several guards. All that was really on his mind, was Rose. Rose was being forced to lay flat on the ground, her face pushed harshly into the cold concrete. He hardly noticed when yelled out to Jack, but he heard the distinct noise of a body falling to the ground. The Doctor couldn't help but smile. Trust Jack to go all in.
The Doctor was only a few metres away from Rose, when Jackson appeared in front of him. The Doctor stopped so suddenly that he felt Jack crash into his back.
"No, No, No. I don't think so. If you want Blondie and the brunette, you are going to have to go through me first." Jackson said proudly, but he was to slow to miss the hand that came hurtling towards his nose. A loud cracking noise echoed through the room and black blood poured out of the mad man's nose.
"Oh, Doctor. Not the nose." Jack said as he watched from behind the Doctor's shoulder. "And it was such a nice nose."
The Doctor turned to glare at Jack, who stopped talking and blushed bright red. The Doctor turned back to looked at Jackson, who had fallen to the ground and was unconsious. The Doctor reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a long piece of rope. Jack was about to say something about the Doctor having god-knows-what in his pockets, but he closed his mouth as the Doctor sent him another glare. The Doctor then crouched down beside Jackson, being careful of John, and rolled him over onto his front. He then quickly tied the rope around his wrists and soniced the binding so that he couldn't pull free.
Standing back up, the Doctor started walking towards Rose and Gwen. The guards quickly moved out of his way, and in the moment he actually felt like The Oncoming Storm. A grimace formed on the Doctor's face as the last guard moved away from Rose and the Doctor reached out a hand. Rose looked at him for a moment, before she took his hand in hers and allowed him to pulled her to her feet. Rose didn't look at either the Doctor or John then, but instead she looked at her feet. The Doctor's eyes filled with saddness as he turned to look at Gwen, pointing his Sonic Screwdriver at her and soniced her bindings. Gwen looked relieved when the bindings dropped to the ground, and when she got to her feet, she punched the nearest guard in the mouth before running to Jack. The Doctor watched them for a moment before he turned back and looked at Rose, who was still looking at her feet. The Doctor almost sighed as he slid a few fingers under her chin and lifted her face so that he could look into her eyes. Even though she was covered in dirt and grim and she had bruises everywhere, she was still beautiful.
"Rose, I am so, so sorry." The Doctor whispered as tears started to fall from his eyes. Rose continued to stare at him, completely silent. The Doctor didn't know what to do, what to say, how to make her feel better.
"I love you." He whispered as he dropped his gaze. Those words, the ones that she had wanted to hear for the last year. Not I'm Sorry, because she knew it wasn't his fault. It never would be his fault. But I love you, that was whatshe needed right now. I sign that even after an entire year, he hadn't given up on her.
"I love you, too." She whispered as the Doctor's face shot back up and a smile replaced the grimace. Then Rose found herself in his arms, and his lips were suddenly on hers and Rose let everything melt away. All the memories, the dark, the shadows. It was all replaced by light, as she felt his two hearts start to race along with hers. They were meant to be. And nothing could change that.
"Marry me?" The Doctor whispered as he pulled away from her. Rose looked up at him then, but she didn't quite meet his eyes. Did he still have the same doubts that he had last year, did he still think he was capable of being her husband, that it was too human. But Rose knew that she wasn't human anymore, she was as much a human as Jack or John was. Rose met his eyes then and a smile crept its way onto her mouth.
"I would love to." Rose said before she laughed as she was swept off of her feet.
"Meant to be." She heard a whispered response, but she blocked out everything but him.
