Title: Memory Thief.
Author: JForward
Summary: Basically a re-make of Memory but slightly different. Enjoy!
Chapter 4:
Rose stirred, hearing the soft tinkle of a waterfall, stirred. She felt dizzy and slightly sick, placing a hand up to the plaster upon her head. Looking at the reflected patterns on the stone wall from the water in a silvery sheen. The floor felt slimy and a smell of must and rot hung unpleasantly in the humid air that was also somehow clammy.
Then Rose noted that the silver was in fact a shadow. A silver shadow. Without a signal, she was upright, slightly swaying but looking around for the source of the shadow. The waterfall was beautiful, pouring down from a crack in the ceiling into a naturally-hewn pool. Rose felt too hot and walked over to it, cautiously bending down and scooping a handful of clear water, washing her face with it. Then she looked up, gasped and stepped back at the huge silver-furred figure stepped from its hidden plinth.
"You're a minotaur"
The Doctor began to walk and then run, a different companion beside him, thoughts being changed, forgetting Rose, forgetting it all. Running, running terrified as the huge charcoal-grey creature, half wolf, quarter bird, quarter lizard behind him sped up, white eyes glinting menacingly, fish-hook claws glinting in the light as they slashed down at him as he fled too slow…
Rose stared at it. It had silver fur, the face of a huge bull, and the body too, but with almost human hands. Two huge horns hung down by its face as large, glossy ears spread either side of its head. It had huge cloven feet, hooves that dug into the ground deeply. "I am the Memory Master!" It bellowed in guttural roar. Rose backed away, staring at it.
"I will have you!" It roared. "The last girlfriend of the last timelord. Much power indeed! I will have you and the Doctor and the Bad Wolf! I will have you!" It bellowed again and Rose felt anger building up behind her "You won't" she hissed, furious. "You never will" A golden light began to surround her and she began to lift into the air, hair haloing around her head and eyes glowing golden. "You will not!"
The Doctor felt burning pain across his stomach and the pain focused his thoughts. Rose! What had happened? He had to escape… his wrist stung… his cut was burning. He fought silently, eyes opening and looking across into the darkening evening. Trying to stand, he cried out, feeling his shirt soaked again, he saw the cut was real. Wrist to his chest, he stood, crying out, agonized. But he saw the hoofprint imbedded into the pavement.
"The Memory Master" He hissed, realizing. Then he looked around. "Rose…" Rose would've stayed. So the memory master must've taken her… with a cry of anger and pain he tried to move, he had to get to the TARDIS and find her! But when he took one step his legs buckled and he hit the floor, agonized. "Someone help me…" he groaned, a hand reaching into the air as he curled up into a small ball, wrist tight to his bleeding chest as he faded into darkness.
A/N. Muahaha, evil cliffhanger! More later.