The Doctor woke up with a start; he looked round and saw a worried looking face near to his own. And smiled softly looking down as he saw Rose asleep, however that smile soon turned into a small frown when he realised she was having a bad dream of some sort.
She was thrashing around in the small bed beside her; she must have been having a bad dream like he had done the night before. He didn't know what she was dreaming about however something told him it wasn't the nicest of dreams from the way she was trashing around and every so often calling out "Doctor" as she did so.
He moved closer to her, and rubbed the small of her back gently, trying to coax her out of her sleep. "Rose?" he said quietly seeing her mumble something and cuddle into him. He held her close, knowing she was awake and realised she was silently crying into his chest.
"Shhh it's alright Sweetheart." He said softly, "What is it? What did you dream of?"
"You..."
"Well I'm flattered you fancy me so much you have to cry about it..." he joked and looked at her when he didn't hear her laugh. She usually did when he made jokes like that before. He held her closer and lay down on the air bed gently whilst he carried on holding her.
"Doctor something's going to happen... we can't go back to that house tomorrow we just can't."
"Why?" he asked looking at her. "What's going on?"
"Promise me you won't go anywhere near there again... Doctor you can't promise me you won't..."
"Rose, what's going on?" he asked. "It's just a dream, it won't come true."
"You don't know that." She answered looking at him straight in the eye. "You don't know that we'll be safe there."
"Alright I admit there are funny things going on in that house, but that doesn't mean..."
"Doctor you are not going back there." Rose said sitting up, "I won't let you."
"Since when did you decide things for me?" the Doctor asked looking at her, he could tell there was something up but things were getting heated between them. They were both obviously getting frustrated with it all.
"Since when were you too stubborn to listen to a
word I said?" Rose retorted back at him. Rose looked at him, he'd
silenced for a minute wondering why Rose was in such a bad mood after
waking up.
"That dream really must have been bad..." he said quietly, "Rose let me help..."
"No." She replied quickly, "We're going home tomorrow."
"I know we are..."
He looked at Rose as she picked up some clothes off the floor getting into them quickly. She knew she should be glad that the Doctor was alive and well but in all honesty she couldn't get it out of her mind that he might not be if they were to go back there. She looked at him; his hair was standing up in all directions like it usually was when he'd just gotten out of bed. A worried expression was spread over his face as he looked at her; she saw him get up and felt his arms go round her middle resting on her stomach gently. She closed her eyes at the tears that were welling up in her eyes at the thought of a child. They'd only been married six months; she couldn't possibly be pregnant that quickly could she?
"Doctor... I'm... I need to tell you something." She said looking at him, her nerves betraying her more than she wished for. But she knew that this was the right time to tell him. She had to, if she didn't then things wouldn't get better they'd just get worse. She couldn't keep something like this from him.
"What's the matter?" he asked gently. "What is it?"
"I'm scared..." Rose whispered. "My dreams are..."
"Your dreams are what?" The Doctor asked gently, wiping away some of the tears that were coming down her cheeks.
"My dreams are becoming reality..."
The Doctor's reaction was lost when a scream echoed from outside.
They were both out the tent like a flash; the calm, quiet and tranquil feel of the campsite had completely changed. Heat was coming from a overly large fire that was crackling away fiercely.
"What the bloody 'ell is the racket about?!" Jackie said coming out her tent in a large pink fluffy dressing gown. Even if they were camping she still managed to retain a sense of home from the whole situation. And her having a pink fluffy dressing gown was certainly one way in which she did it.
"Doctor..." Rose said grabbing his hand as she pointed to what she'd seen. "Over there look..."
The
Doctors attention was caught when he saw what Rose was pointing to, a
man was striding through the campsite, coming right at them. His
figure was tall, he was wearing something that looked very much like
people wore in the army. Except it wasn't the usual green
camouflage look that British soldiers were usually associated with.
"Doctor..." the man said looking at him. "We meet again."
The Doctor only stared.
"Would you like more tea..." Jackie asked staring at the lovely man in front of her, the campsite's fire had been put out and everyone had resumed back to their tents. Under the Doctors orders of course, meeting this new found friend of his put the Doctor into action mode. And he still wouldn't keep still, even though the situation had been resolved a good two hours previously. No one knew why the Doctor was being so fidgety, but then again. He always had been a little bit like that.
"Oh Mum stop flirting..." Rose said looking at her, "He isn't gonna..."
"Sounds good to me sweet cheeks." The Man said smiling at Jackie. This only made Rose roll her eyes and look up at the Doctor who'd for the moment taken to standing in the corner of the little tent watching the man closely.
"Ohhh he's American!" Jackie exclaimed. "Oh I like American blokes..." Rose got up from her seat and left her Mother to it.
Rose walked over to the Doctor and looked at him, there was something about him that wasn't quite right. "Doctor... what's wrong?"
"Stain Glass Windows, our history. Rose something's happening..."
"Yes I'd guessed that thanks for just confirming that little query..." Rose said looking at him. He looked back at her; something in his facial expression told her this wasn't the time for sarcasm. "Who is that man?"
"Thorn Collesky." The Doctor said, "He's a Time Agent."
"No wonder he's flirty then..." Rose said laughing slightly, "Every Time Agent we meet they turn out to be someone that tries to get you into bed. "Mind you that's the same for Time L..."
"Yes alright, but now is really not the time for discussing our sex life Rose Tyler." The Doctor interpted grabbing his coat. "Thorn!"
Thorn turned round and looked at the Doctor, grinning sheepishly. "Yes?"
"I need to talk to you, outside." The Doctor said, he looked at Rose and felt her squeeze his hand gently before he made his departure and went outside. Thorn closely followed behind him, Jackie gave Rose a look and handed another steaming hot cup of tea to her.
Rose smiled and took the tea gratefully, she needed to calm down. She was still slightly
worried about that dream she'd have. She'd let the Doctor go out on his own, he obviously needed to talk about something with this thorn person. She just hoped he had enough sense and make sure he didn't stray away from the campsite.
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The Doctor looked at Thorn, the Time Agent. The man who'd just turned up out of nowhere, the man he hoped he wouldn't ever have to confront again. Not for a long time at least anyway, the last time they'd met wasn't something the Doctor wished to remember very often and was certainly a time that he didn't want Rose to find out about.
Everything around the campsite was unusually quiet, a lot quieter than it had been before anyway. He walked over to the now burnt and shrivelled piece of grass from where the Time Agencies ship had landed.
The Doctor could see Thorn striding towards him, and he certainly didn't hesitate to wonder what was going on, nor did he stop in trying to find out why this particular Time Agent was around once again.
"What's going on?" the Doctor asked looking round at the Man beside him, "Not like you to just turn up like this... so unannounced." He stated more than asked. If there was one thing he knew about this mysterious Time Agent he knew that he never arrived unannounced or quietly.
"Not like you to do domestics Doctor... camping? This really is a surprise..."
"Well I've changed." The Doctor said quickly.
Thorn laughed, "Don't I just know it, so have I."
"No more interrogating young women then? Blowing up governments... oh and committing a mass murder which sent the entire planet in chaos. And you've changed? Now there's something I'll believe when I see it." The Doctor replied before looking at Thorn once again, "Now I mean it, tell me what's going on here?"
"Think you should be the answering that Doc. Not me, I aint got nothing to do with any of this."
"Course you have, you've blown the Tennis Courts to shreds by landing your overly large space ship in this very small campsite."
"I'm investigating." Thorn replied.
"Well I'd guessed that. Why else would you be here. In fact why else would a Time Agent come along, try to flirt with my Mother in law after setting fire to half the campsite. It's
all very well saying you're investigating, but investigating what exactly?" the Doctor asked again feeling slightly impatient.
"Never were one for waiting and seeing were you Doctor?"
"Just get to the point." The Doctor insisted. "I'm old, I'm tired and I want to sort whatever is going on here like I usually do and be back in time for Eastenders."
"You like Eastenders?" Thorn asked before laughing, "Jeez you really must be domesticated Doc."
"Look just tell me what's going on, and answer the question."
"Which question was that again Doc?" Thorn asked once again looking at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh that question." Thorn said jumping up on the wall, his black pony tail bouncing up slightly as he moved. "There's been a sighting of a girl, here on this lake. Last week I believe. But this girl was only seen by one woman who happened to be on the lake at the time of the sighting."
"And this woman is who exactly?" questioned the Doctor.
"Rachel Adams." Thorn replied, "New highlight in the pop business, been number one in the charts for the last three weeks." he passed a newspaper to the Doctor and turned him to the right place in the newspaper. The picture of a Brunette stood amongst the headline "Rachel Adams, admitted after going crazy."
"Reports off a Scottish Lake on one of Britain's most Ordinary and popular campsites, families from all over the world have come and enjoyed the surrounding Scottish Countryside surrounding the popular campsite.
It was whilst on a visit to the campsite with some friends that Rachel collapsed after which she claimed to have to see a woman come out of the water and ask for help. After a traumatic childhood in which Rachel suffered several near mental breakdowns and numerous suicide attempts; I can't blame her friends for taking her to the nearest hospital as quickly as possible.
Rachel is currently being treated in Glasgow's local Psychiatric Ward; however news for tabloids and press have been numbered but the hospital have been able to confirm that Doctors are confident she will make a full recovery. As to what has been wrong with Rachel Adams is still unannounced and the Adams family have remained tight lipped when they were questioned earlier today. Speculation about what happened that day on the lake is still being speculated but really the only person who will know what happened is Rachel herself and until she's made a full recovery we'll just have to wait.
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"Who's the girl she saw?"
"Beth McDonnel." Thorn pointed to a picture on another newspaper he'd gotten. "Tenth and final murder at the house just along to the road from here."
"Harriet Manor?" the Doctor asked, before saying to himself quietly "Well they never put that in the guided tour..."
"She was killed in 1907 and sighted one hundred years after her death. And this is defiantly the girl that Rachel Adams saw that day. So the question is..."
"Why Rachel Adams saw someone out on that lake one hundred years after their Death..." the Doctor finished his sentence off as he nodded and leant against the wall looking over at the rest of the campsite. The early morning sun rising in the horizon making the sky look like it was on fire. Everything seemed so quiet and peaceful, especially after the chaos the evening had shared. The Doctor looked across seeing Thorn laughing softly, looking at the Doctors ring.
"Who's the Mrs?" Thorn asked looking at the Doctor, a smirk coming across his facial features.
"Rose Tyler." Rose said smiling at him as she popped her head up from the wall before the Doctor could say anything, "Nice to meet you, haven't really had a chance to talk have we?"
"Rose Tyler?" Thorn asked looking at her and smiling softly, "Well Rose it's good to have met you before..."
"Before what Thorn?" the Doctor asked seeing Rose look at Thorn in slight confusion and felt her hand slip into his gently.
"Nothing..." Thorn said smiling at them both, something behind his eyes making both Rose and the Doctor feel slightly uneasy.
"Rose?" the Doctor said smiling sweetly at her, breaking the awkward silence. "Go get me a nice cuppa and that nice shortbread will ya?"
"Why you cheeky..." Rose started and huffed when he gave her the puppy dog eyes he knew she'd give into.
"Thanks." The Doctor said kissing her cheek before watching her go off. He turned back to Thorn when he knew she was out of sight and looked him straight in the eye. The Doctors face a mix of anxiety and determination as he looked at Thorn, his voice low and something told Thorn that he wasn't to be messed with at this particular moment.
"Tell me exactly what you know, because believe it or not I know my wife isn't insane. And I can tell you know something about these visions of hers..."
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Rose went back inside the tent mumbling something about men, cups of tea and shortbreads as she did so. She chuckled softly seeing Jackie fast asleep on the deck chair she'd been perching on for the last few minutes.
She sat down on the floor waiting for the kettle to boil, she was secretly quite pleased that they were going home to the TARDIS the next day. Something about the hall was giving her the creeps and the sooner she got back the better she would feel. Of course that did mean a nine hour drive home, which with the Doctor claiming he was extremely good at these things maybe wasn't the best thing as he'd gotten them lost the last time and it had taken them a good five hours longer than it should have done. However another part of her knew that just leaving wouldn't happen, The Doctor and herself put together were far too curious for their own good. And somewhere deep, deep down Rose knew that this wouldn't be the last that they saw of this house in the middle of the Scottish countryside.
Rose got up hearing the kettle boil before pouring the tea out and getting a shortbread biscuit before taking a bite out of it and giggling softly at Jackie snoring away in the corner. She put the tea down on the side and jumped slightly feeling someone take her arm gently. She looked round quickly wondering who the offending hand may be and smiled seeing the Doctor.
"I've got your Tea here; oh I knew you couldn't keep away from tea and Shortbread for long." Rose chuckled looking at him. He pulled her into a hug kissing her head softly wrapping his arms round her back to keep her close, feeling Rose wrap her arms around himself.
"What's the matter?" Rose asked looking up at him knowing full well he wasn't normally this clingy.
"Nothing..." he said gently kissing her head again, "I'm going to the lake, I'll be back in a minute."
Rose nodded leaned up and kissing him before squeezing her hand gently; she watched him go outside the tent letting him investigate whatever was going on.
"You better be ready Rose." Thorn said coming into the tent.
"What
do you mean?" Rose asked looking at the tall man before her. His
combat boots and long black hair tied neatly into a ponytail at the
back of his hair reminded her slightly of Lara Croft just without the
big bust and English accent.
"I mean just one thing Rose, only
one thing. There's a motto out here and I think it's very true
for
the times we're living in, because you see this aint the world you from Rose Marion Tyler of the Powel Estate. Out here it's rough, and you've gotta survive it."
Rose looked at Thorn going outside, confused at what he meant by that. But she'd leave them for now at least, she could feel herself getting more tired by every passing second. Probably because they'd woken up from the dream, and the campsite being set on fire hadn't helped.
Rose looked round hearing someone enter the tent and smiled seeing the Doctor there again. He sat down in the deck chair next to the sleeping Jackie. Rose walked over to him; he was obviously exhausted just like the rest of them had been.
He smiled up at her and pulled her onto his knee holding her close once again, she snuggled into him and laughed hearing the Deck Chair creak.
"I don't think it's quite strong enough you know..." Rose whispered in his ear.
"Well I'm skinny, it'll hold." The Doctor whispered back to her.
"And I'm fat am I?" Rose asked said laughing again before frowning as she remembered his dream. "Doctor..."
"Shh it's ok." The Doctor said soothing her gently and holding her close like he had done earlier in the day. He always seemed to know what she was thinking.
"I..." Rose started snuggling into him and smiling at his scent. She always found his scent comforting.
"What?"
"I need a Pregnancy test... in the dream..."
"Shh." The Doctor said gently, "Shh it's alright; if you're pregnant I promise it's going to be alright.
"But what about these visions?" she said looking at him, "What if I'm going mad?"
"Don't talk like that..."the Doctor said looking at her, "You are not going mad I promise, we'll be fine, all of us will be fine."
"What if I'm not fine..."
"Then I'll fix it." The Doctor said, "I give you my word, everything and everyone is going to be alright." He replied smiling at her and smiled feeling her go asleep.
He held her close; looking at the sun setting outside the orange sky now a deeper shade and reminding him of something he'd lost long ago. But the sun didn't take away the fears of what was to come, he might have told Rose not to worry.
But he was terrified.
TBC...
AN: Yay! I've got it up before the end of Saturday! :P Well two minutes to go haha.
So
the Doctors not dead, but things are not as they seem hehe.
Thanks
to everyone who've reviewed so far and please review again, it'd
make my week as it's been full of stressful relatives and cats
running away. :) And I would just like to thank my lovely friend
Sophie and fellow writer (really go check her Lost fic out it's
really good, called Misplaced) for giving me an idea with all her
Science talk over the last... ermm... well I don't know how many
years haha. And once again for the lovely folder I have gotten I'm
very pleased with it, I'm sandwiched between David Tennant and John
Barrowman somewhere on it.
Anyways, got a preview see you next time. :)
Chapter Nine:
"Alright look I know you're upset. I know what's just happened aint something that you expected to happen but you listen here Missy. Either you give us the information or I'll tell your Boss exactly what you an' lover boy have been up to and believe me Sweet Cheeks, you'll get fired."
