A/n: Chapter nine yay! So hope you enjoy it. THANKYOU to everyone who reviewed!! Over seventy, I can't express how overwhelmed I am. Thankyou so much. Please enjoy. x
Cal Hockely looked over the stair rail, staring down at his 'fiancée' and the man she so obviously loved. He could tell, the majority of passengers could tell. The way they held each other, the way they spoke to each other, the intensity in their eyes. It truly made Cal's blood boil.
"Lovejoy" He muttered summoning his older manservant, Cal said nothing as the man approached his side. Hostility and hatred pumping through him. With once last look at the pair Cal turned, diving into the other man's coat and pulling out a pistol.
"Caledon" The man yelled trying to pull him back, but Cal was already gliding down the staircase, the gun held in front of him, aiming it towards Rose.
"Run!" The Doctor yelled pushing Rose to the side and forcing her to run ahead of him, the pair ducked simultaneously as bullets fired over their heads. The pair twisted through the corridors until The Doctor skidded to a halt, Rose stopping simultaneously, questioning him with her panicking eyes.
"Why are we running? We've faced worse than guns" The Doctor spoke confidently before turning around and walking back, calmly placing his hands in his pockets.
"Are you sure about this?" Rose asked coming up to The Doctor's side.
"One hundred percent" He turned to her beaming "well ninety five, actually given the circumstances it's most likely about forty three….maybe you should stand here" He said before pushing her behind him, his body a shield for her.
"I will kill you both" They heard Cal yell before he turned the corner and ran into the pair.
"Now Cal, you don't want to do that" The Doctor said patronisingly, pulling his hands up by the sides of his head, surrendering.
"YES, yes I do" Cal spat holding the gun up so it faced The Doctor.
"But do you really?" He asked again, punctuating each word carefully.
"Well yes" He lowered the gun slightly an air of confusion about him. "After all you've done to me; You stole my fiancée," He shouted, pointing the gun at Rose's head that was visible over The Doctor's shoulder.
"Well actually she was with me to start with" The Doctor reminded Cal as he moved to block Rose completely.
"But you were not a couple; we were!" He said a little more fiercely, The Doctor's jaw clenched tightly at the thought. "So now you will die" He laughed taking the safety off of the pistol.
"You don't want to do that"
"STOP SAYING THAT!" Cal shouted, his hair flopping over his eyes in curtains. "I do, there is not doubt in my mind that I do not want to do this" He screamed stepping a little closer to the pair, The Doctor stepping back, pushing Rose a little.
"So there is absolutely no way I can make you reconsider?" The Doctor asked hopefully, reaching back to grab Rose's hand. Cal shook his head forcefully as he greeted his teeth. "Ah. Then…. Bye" The Doctor yelled, a small smile on his face before he hit Cal's hand, forcing him to lose aim, running past him swiftly, causing him to stumble.
"Oh well, I tried" The Doctor yelled back at Rose as she laughed slightly.
Only The Doctor could make Rose laugh in such a tense and most likely deadly situation. The pair ran hand in hand, up the staircase, smiles on their faces due to The Doctors attempt to save Cal from murderous deeds. At least they had escaped gunpoint, although he was most likely chasing them. This spurred Rose on to run a little faster, well as fast as her wet, blue dress would allow her.
As the pair returned outside the smiles immediately left their faces. Mayhem surrounded them. People ran screaming, crying and gunshots could be heard. They had completely forgotten the intensity of the situation, the running, the laughing, it just felt like normal.
"Stop" The Doctor yelled before dropping Rose's hand and running towards one of the lifeboats that was beginning to be lowered. The sailors looked at him, anger, confusion and fright etched into their features. "That boat is only half full" He shouted pointing angrily at the boat.
"We have to get them out quickly" The man replied calmly, a little too calmly for The Doctors liking. The Doctors eyes darkened as he stepped closer to the rather short man.
"There is not enough boats, do you know that?" The man nodded, clearly intimidated. "So who are you to determine who should live and who should die? You are making certain there will be even less survivors." The man remained quiet before signally for the boat to be lifted back up. "That was the right decision" He said calmly, his face still causing intimidation. "Now, we need more people in this boat" The Doctor yelled taking control and helping women and children aboard the lifeboat.
Rose looked on, admiration glowing from her, death seemed so close now, inevitable, but still she was happy, content. She would rather die now than have never met The Doctor. She looked over, another crowd forming by a lifeboat. The man was stopping anymore passengers from getting on, Rose quickly counted the passengers, twelve, twelve people! Rose stood in horror, before turning to The Doctor, who met her eyes immediately, nodding. She sped off towards the boat, silencing the worker before he could signal the boat to be lowered into the icy depths.
"There's twelve people on that boat!" Rose clamoured "they can hold sixty five" Rose stated, putting her Titanic knowledge to good use.
"We, erm-we didn't know the weight" The man stammered, he was clearly frightened, knowing what was to come.
"They can hold sixty five" Rose repeated calmly, trying to relax her features. "We have to get as many people off this ship as we can" Rose turned back to the crowd, signally people to come forward, which they did eagerly.
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It had been over two hours since the Titanic had crashed, over a thousand passengers were still on board. The water was rising dangerous throughout the ship, many had already suffered the fete of drowning, and many still had it to come. Rose and The Doctor had separated just over half an hour ago, both making sure the lifeboats were filled completely.
"Right this is the last boat miss, you should get on quickly, there's only one space left" The man told her, his eyes glistening with tears. He was only young, his whole life to look forward to, but it had been snatched away in a heartbeat
"No James, I can't, I don't deserve that place" Rose said, taking the young boys hand in hope of comforting. "You get in it" Rose whispered looking around.
"No Miss, I will not, I swore to do my duty and I will; till the very end" James said bravely, his voice cracking slightly. Rose smiled at him.
"You're so brave James"
"I really think you should get in the boat," The boy said, turning to check the boat was not yet full. "Look there's-" He turned back to Rose, to find nothing but a crowd of people once more. He spun around, knowing she deserved that space more than anyone. He cleared his throat slightly before bellowing out into the crowd of crying women. "Ok, one more" He said nervously trying to decipher one last person. One last survivor.
Rose walked down the deck, tears welling in her eyes as she looked around at the passengers on board, some young and some old, all with one thing in common. That they would soon be submerged in the icy ocean beneath them.
Rose realised she was walking up a slope, the ship was tipping, fast. She began to panic circling herself; she was near the rear of the ship, far away from the sinking front. She was safe, for now, but where was The Doctor? What if he was still at the front of the ocean liner? Being dragged into the sea.
Rose began to walk downwards, determined to find The Doctor, but before she took her fourth step, her hand was grabbed, as she was spun around.
"Doctor" She gasped as his face met hers. Smiling a little from the relief.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I was trying to find you" Rose whispered tears falling. "All the boats are gone," She said barely audible. The Doctor placed his hand under her chin, forcing her to look up.
"Rose, It's going to be ok" He cooed, wiping away a couple of her tears with his thumb.
"No, no it's not" Rose muttered. "Doctor I want you to know- I – I lo-" Before she could continue the Ship shuddered and their section began to rise even higher.
"Come on, we have to get to the back." The Doctor shouted over the screaming, grabbing Rose's hand and pushing her ahead of him.
"I love you," She uttered, but the shouts and screams were overwhelming and he was unable to hear her.