I've hit a HUGE road block recently so it is absolutely amazing that I've even pulled this out of the abyss.
I've had to re-watch and re-watch seasons one and two for momentum and to regain some motivation. Having Jack in the last series helped get my fics underway last time so I'm hoping to regain some of that inspiration again LOL.
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The floor was completely empty.
Her heels sounded too loud as they hit against the immaculate hallway floor leading down to the weapons department of Torchwood. The only thought that kept flying though her mind was how she was going to get out of this one.
Normally there would be a stream of people fluttering about the place in a hurry; all trying to be the first to solve the problem. This time though most of the staff that would be on a case like this were all down in Cardiff still working on the Rift, how ironic it was that being the only place the Cybermen weren't.
The Weapons Room was huge; the size the of three aircraft hangers.
It was an eerie feeling to be one of the only one in the weapons department, and looking round Rose couldn't believe the amount of weapons that they had accumulated. Rose had actually never been in the weapons department of Torchwood, Mickey preferring going to 'check out' all of the new toys that came in, she had never thought that they had this much fire power at their disposal.
Something to talk to dad about
She went over to the computer situated in the corner of the large room and began to look up the one weapon that she knew about that could destroy the Cybermen.
EMOTIONAL INHIBTIOR
CLASSIFIED; authorised personnel only
Rose typed in her access code and hit enter. It had the desired affect, the schematics and information concerning the Emotional Inhibitor came up suddenly on the screen. Not once did the information mention the person that had made it possible for the Cybermen's demise all those years ago. But what the information did state was that this weapon was the only chance there was to completely eliminate all of the Cybermen, which didn't bode well with Rose.
The first thing Rose had done when she had come into her position in Torchwood was to find alternative ways to defeat the enemy, to only kill them if it was the only choice that was presented to you.
She couldn't condone the killing the Cybermen, in her heart she knew that they were just people that got in the line of attack of a madman that didn't want to die.
The guns had worked at first, but soon, like a virus the Cybermen developed immunity against the only weapon available to the Torchwood team. It had been a distressing day, teams dropped like flies with no weapons of which to defend themselves. It was this day that the Emotional Inhibitor had been brought up by Mickey, he had produced the phone with code on and uploaded it into the Torchwood database.
Only once after that had it been used, it was seen as a necessity by Torchwood, and mass murder by the general public. The leaders of Torchwood were stripped of their position and Pete was put in charge of Torchwood and she and Mickey in commanding positions.
Now a similar dilemma was being faced by Torchwood again and she hadn't a clue what to do.
She hit the key board in frustration.
"Now I really don't think it deserved that, do you?" a northern voice laced with amusement reached Rose's ears.
Rose startled in her seat and spun around to discover the Doctor behind her an innocent look placed carefully upon his face.
"What are you doing here?" she asked irately
"Figured you could use a hand, and I see that I was right; fancy that"
She wanted to slap the smug look off of his face.
She turned back to computer "like I've already told you, you can't help you're not meant to be here, there's no telling what could happen"
"Are you lecturing me on time paradoxes Rose Tyler, because you obviously have forgotten who you're talking to?" He took one look at the look on her face and decided that now was really not the time to irritate her any further.
He put one hand on her shoulder and the other on the desk in front of him and leaned towards the computer.
"Emotional Inhibitor, sounds nasty and if I'm correct and I always am" he winked at her and grinned when she gave an involuntary smile. "This 'code' that I make kills them on mass and leaves nothing to salvage"
He saw her nod.
"We can't use it again" her voice sounded tired
"And why not?"
"The general public have a rather unnatural fondness for the Cybermen, believing that there is a way to help them; which makes our job all the more difficult in the long run and many more lives lost in the process"
"One of your very unique abilities as humans is empathy Rose, embrace it" as he said this he turned off the computer taking away all temptation and took her hand leading her out of the weapons room.
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It was an odd feeling running down corridors with the Doctor again; he refused to tell her where they were going and was all smiles as he led her into the unknown.
She felt alive again.
"Where are we going" she asked for the umpteenth
"You'll see" was all he would say.
As they came to a sudden holt Rose finally knew where they had ended up.
The Ghost Room or Lever Room for the less experienced.
The Doctor was going about the paces of getting the computers started up again, while Rose slowly made her way over to the wall at the end of the Room.
"I've been reading those files of yours and figured that this would be the best place to come up with a plan. All the equipment is here to send them back into the void, and the brilliant thing is that the Rift had done all of the hard work for us" the Doctor's voice was mild background noise as Rose stared at the wall.
The Doctor looked up when he sensed he wasn't being listened to.
He saw Rose still in front of the wall, her hand pressed against the stark whiteness.
"Rose?" he asked quietly as he approached her.
Brought out of her daze Rose let her hand slide down the wall until it rested back at her side.
"I haven't been back here since Bad Wolf Bay, I promised my self that I would distance my self from anything that would remind me of a life that I could no longer take part in. Telling my self over and over that he wouldn't want me to waste my life because of him" a sob caught in her throat "or the memory of him."
Two arms encircled her waist from behind and pulled them back into an equally strong chest.
"I'm sorry" two words were all it took to unhinge the fragile sense of control that she had. She turned around in his arms and silently cried.
The Doctor stared at the wall that had caused such a reaction in her, even after so many years. After a little while the shaking stopped and she calmed her self down enough to pull away.
She moved out of the comfort of his arms and let out a miserable laugh as she wiped away her tears.
"All I've done since you got here is fall apart, I'm not normally like this, I just…" he stopped her
"I understand, and he wouldn't want you to forget about him all together, get on with you life yes, but never ever forget." Rose thought he was talking from experience.
"Never say never ever" she smiled at his confused look whispered "never mind"
After a few minutes silence of staring at the other Rose was the first to push her self into action.
"Right so what were you saying about the Rift and this Room?"
The Doctor was left to wonder for the third time today at her ability to push aside everything and focus on the task at hand, a trait that she shared with him, he just hoped that it was the only one, but from what he had seen it was wishful thinking.
Shaking himself out of his thoughts the Doctor took her hand and brought her to one of the computers.
"Like I've said I've read through the reports and from your own personal account I hope that we can use slightly the same method to get rid of the Cybermen. Obviously we have to find a way to make sure that we our selves don't get sucked…" he was suddenly cut by the sound of Rose's phone ringing.
She mouthed 'sorry' as she answered it.
"Rose Tyler"
He couldn't hear what the person on the other line was saying but from the look on Rose's face the new was bad.
The tone of voice that came next was one that he had never heard from his Rose.
There was absolute fear in every word.
"Your sure?" she sat down on a chair by her legs. "How many?"
He wasn't sure it was possible but she became more terrified.
"Please inform the president to inform the city and evacuate all that you can"
She sat there for a while desperately not looking at the Doctor.
"Rose?"
She looked up and saw a mixture of fear and determination.
"I want you and your companions back to the TARDIS now" her tone was commanding and frightening.
"Rose what is going on?" his tone took a more commanding edge then hers; it seemed to deflate some of her command but not her fear.
"Torchwood has just moved up to DEFCON 1, due to Daleks coming from the Rift opening in their thousands"
The silence that followed her words was deafening.
Déjà vu
