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Chapter 5
Rose, Jackie, Mickey and Pete were still staring at the TV screen several minutes later, despite the fact that the authorities had long since carted off the unconscious Doctor and the newsreader was back on screen, reading out the number of a helpline for anyone who had been 'disturbed by the morning's happenings'.
Finally, Rose spoke, "We've got to go an' help him."
Jackie couldn't believe her ears, "what're you talkin' about? You heard what they said, he's bein' held by the army. How're we s'posed to get in and out again without bein' noticed?" Rose was just about to reply when Jackie burst out again, "Not to mention that the Doctor's probably unconscious, so we'd have to carry him. So you answer me that Rose, how would you pull that off?"
Rose looked to her dad and Mickey for support, but they both shook they heads. They were siding with Jackie.
Rose looked at each of their faces in turn, just to be sure that they were actually serious. She couldn't believe her ears! After everything the Doctor had ever done for them, they weren't going to help!
"I don't believe you lot!" She cried, "The Doctor has saved our lives over and over again! He saved us from Autons, the Slitheen, Daleks, Cybermen, and err…. The Krillitanes! Reapers, and… and … and the Sycorax! We'd all be dead, this planet would even be here if it wasn't for him! And now that he needs us, you're just goin' to turn your backs on him?"
"No that's not what we're sayin' sweetheart!" Jackie insisted, desperately trying to placate Rose a little, "Look, if you come up with a plan that has even the slightest chance of it workin' then we'll help you, ok?"
Rose nodded, a little relieved. "Ok, so we just need a plan to get into the hospital."
She was just about to start on a plan, when Mickey interrupted her train of thought, "The way I see it. It's not the gettin' in part that's gonna be the problem is it? All we need to do is say we've got some information on the Doctor or something. It's the getting' out with the Doctor that's gonna be tricky. I mean we'd need a teleport, or the TARDIS or something."
Something clicked in Rose's head, "Wait a minute, would the TARDIS be bein' kept in the same place as the Doctor d' you think?"
"Probably," Pete said, "Torchwood haven't got on their feet yet so the authorities'll still 'ave it, and they're not exactly known for their efficient security are they?"
"So all we need to do is get in, find the Doctor and then find the TARDIS." Rose smiled.
"Yeah but we can't fly that thing!" Jackie exclaimed, "What're we goin' to do once we're in there?"
"The Doctor'll have to fly it Mum." Rose explained, and as Jackie opened her mouth to argue, she quickly continued, "And if the Doctor is too injured to fly it, he can tell us what to do."
"And if he's too unconscious to tell us what to do?" Jackie persisted.
"Then we'll have to wait 'til he wakes up again!" Rose answered, "The TARDIS is huge y'know, there are rooms where we can sleep, an' there's a kitchen, so we won't starve. So if it takes a couple of days for the Doctor to get better then it doesn't matter!"
"So which hospital is he in anyway?" Mickey wanted to know.
Rose opened her mouth to answer before realising she didn't know the answer. "I don't know." She said.
"We'll have to watch the news this evening then, they're bound to tell us everything we need to know on that," Pete said.
And he was right. That evening on the news, they discovered that the Doctor was at Albion Hospital, that the TARDIS was indeed also at the hospital and that "the life-form that exited the vessel has been confirmed as an extra-terrestrial". They also discovered that the authorities had so far been unable to communicate with said extra-terrestrial. Rose was worried as to what this meant. It could mean that the Doctor was so badly injured that he hadn't woken up yet, or it could just mean that he wouldn't talk to them. She rather hoped that it was the latter.
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The next morning Rose, Jackie, Pete and Mickey set off to the hospital where the Doctor was being held. The plan was that Rose and Jackie would go to try and find the Doctor, while Pete found the TARDIS. Mickey was in charge of creating diversions where necessary.
When they got to the hospital, they split up and went their separate ways. Pete went round the back of the hospital where security wasn't as tight and it would be easier to get in, but Rose and Jackie went round the front.
Mother and Daughter walked along the pavement towards the hospital, trying to look casual, but inside Rose was in turmoil; what if Mickey's distractions didn't work? What if there were more soldiers inside? What if the Doctor wasn't here at all? What if they'd moved him or the TARDIS somewhere else?
She'd spent the whole night lying sleeplessly in her bed, trying in vain to reassure herself that it'd all be fine, but her nerves simply wouldn't go away. And now, as they were walking up to the hospital, they were 10 times worse. Her hands were shaking and she almost felt sick she was so scared that this wouldn't work.
Just then, her mum grasped her hand and squeezed it reassuringly, and amazingly, Rose started to feel a little more confident. Obviously it wasn't the same as all those times the Doctor had taken her hand. When that happened, she felt warm inside, and somehow, completely safe. As if she was in her own little bubble with him, and nothing else in the universe could touch them. But for now, until she could get to the Doctor, her mum's hand would have to do.
As Rose and Jackie were almost drawing level with the hospital they distinctly heard a commotion coming from the alley on the other side of the building. Loud wailing and screeching sounds with some very loud bangs filled the street - fireworks!
Though she was careful not to show any emotion on her face other that confusion, inside Rose was grinning to herself, everything was going to plan so far!
Sure enough, the guards at the doors of the Albion ran off to the alley to see what was going on, not even glancing at the two women walking down the pavement. Rose and Jackie ducked quickly inside the front door, and were relieved to find that there didn't seem to be any more guards nearby. Not wanting to push their luck any longer, they hurried off down the corridor, looking in the windows of the doors as they passed.
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Pete meanwhile was in the storage rooms at the back of the hospital. Coming out of the room he'd got in through, he sneaked a glance round the corner. All of the rooms coming off of the corridor were unguarded, well all except one…
Fortunately for him, the two guards outside that room were having a very loud conversation which let him know exactly what they were guarding. "So have they managed to get inside this box yet?" "I dunno, but what was the alien thinking 'disguising' its ship like that, d'you reckon it's really that stupid that it thinks we have those anymore?" "Probably, but I doubt the alien's stupid, in fact I doubt it's anything anymore, they've probably dissected it by now."
Pete had to bite back a yell of anger at their words, which he really hoped weren't true, and not just for the Doctor's sake. Rose would be heartbroken if the Doctor truly was dead, not to mention dissected. Also, though they didn't say anything to confirm it, he suspected that Jackie and Mickey cared about the Doctor too. He himself rather liked the bloke, especially after he saved their world, multiple times. However, despite their unfeeling words, the guards' conversation had been very useful. He now knew where the TARDIS was. Now all he needed was to find the others, and hopefully the Doctor, so they could get out of there.
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yay! My longest chapter yet!
One thing... by Mickey using fireworks in this chapter as a distraction, I'm not promoting dangerous usage of fireworks. They are very dangerous and can cause serious injury.
Ok, that's the end of me lecturing… so, who else is looking forward to the first episode of torchwood! (it starts a week tomorrow!)
Anyway… must stop babbling…must stop babbling…Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, please review and. thank you all for your enthusiastic reviews so far!
