Interim
The dizzy spell only lasted a few seconds, and was not entirely caused by the extreme shock the Time Lord had just recieved.
"What happened to not revealing who you were?" Inquired another voice, and the Doctor looked up to see a familiar face in unfamiliar territory.
"Captain Fallen, I presume. Perhaps you can tell me where Rose Tyler is." His voice was deceptively soft, his expression calm, but the Captain had seen such expression before.
He shook his head.
"We don't know. That guy, the one from before Naff.. something or other, he's taken her"
The Doctor all but leapt up from the chair he was sitting on.
"How long ago? What were his demands? Where's the meetup happening? Is she alright?" Rattled off the Time Lord, grabbing Fallen by his collar.
"Calm down, Dad!" Called Laura-Rose, looking a little freaked out by the suddent display of action. Jimmy noted the change too, reasoning that whatever else this man was to him - he clearly still loved his mother very very much.
Which made Jimmy angrier. How dare he still love his mother like that! He'd lost any rights years ago.. but then he hadn't known the full story. Would he have stayed if he had? Would Jimmy had grown up with a father?
"It's alright Jimmy."
Jimmy's head snapped upright at the soft tone, and he found himself meeting the cool gaze of understanding eyes.
"You.. We... she... " He stumbled on his words, not seeming to find adequate ways to express himself.
The Doctor didn't waver, and had crossed the room to Jimmy in four simple strides.
"Jimmy. It's alright, everything will be fine. Rose will come home, and we'll sort all of this out. I promise." He said carefully, and laid a hand on the boy's shoulder.
The physical touch snapped him out of it, and Jimmy's face shuttered instantly.
"Like I care." He said, and stalked into the other room, hands in pockets.
The Doctor watched his son's departure with sadness.
"Definately got her temperament at any rate." He noted.
He looked back at where Laura-Rose was standing, looking worried and torn. He could understand that feeling and nodded once at her.
"Go after your brother." He said, softly.
She nodded in reply and left, leaving the Time Lord alone with the Captain.
"Right then. Explanations in short order Captain Fallen. And leave nothing out." He ordered.
Numb. Coldness. Damp? Groggily, Rose Tyler lifted her head, wondering why she'd fallen asleep in the bathroom? Then her vision seemed to right itself, and the room became a stone chamber, with moisture dripping of the walls, and lit only by a single torch.
"Definately not four star rated then." She said to herself, managing to stand with difficultly. Difficulty because of the rather annoying fact that her hands were tied behind her back. Some inconsiderate ass had thought a simple knot would do, but Rose had been in plenty of situations where being ambi-dextrous and double jointed worked in one's favour.
Unfortunately, she was neither, so she set to work, rubbing the rope against an uncut bit of stone wall in an effort to free herself.
Vaguely she wondered what had happened and who her captor was, but then she had never been afraid to make enemies. 'People prone' was what the Doctor had once called her. Able to rub ANYone up the wrong way.
Besides there was plenty of time for introductions later. Very short, and painful introductions she vowed, as the first strand of rope broke.