Chapter 13 a willing sacrifice
Romana trudged through the thick snow on the ground, her body so cold even her blood was turning blue. The slippery boots couldn't grip the icy pathway buried underneath the thick treks of snow. Her thin coat grabbed from Rose's back pack was no more useful than having bear arms. But still she had a job to do, a job that her friend's lives depended on. She stopped at the end street wondering which way to turn. She closed her eyes and directed all her senses to her hearing. Focusing on where the tiniest bit of noise was coming from she heard screaming and the rage of wind coming from the north. So she picked up her ice cubes for feet and trudged on. The rest of the streets were quiet, not even a car moved. Here the snow had begun to melt so people could walk around freely. She had arrived in the centre, right where she wanted to be. Her hair swished to the side where all the wind was directed. So she followed on leading herself into danger.
The tornado still came on strong, not showing any signs of stopping soon. Rose had lead all of them into an abandoned clothes shop so they could keep warm.
"Rose thank god you're alright!" John said throwing himself in her arms. She returned the hug placing her chin on his shoulder and closing her eyes. She had been wrong, they did care about her, they'd even left Rouen to come and find her.
"Wait Rouen, where is she?" Rose thought not realising she'd said it aloud.
"She's fine we left her with K-9 and Mr Smith" said John reassuringly.
"So who's your friend?" asked Martha.
"You all know who he is if you look closer" Rose beamed.
"Nice to see you again" said Sarah hugging him.
"You too Sarah – Jane Smith" said The Doctor. John, Martha, Jack and Luke looked in confusment as Sarah and Rose had taken to him rather quickly. The greeting was torn apart by the sound of the shop door bell ringing meaning that someone had come in. Rose poked her head around the door of the room they had been hiding in. There stood a soaking wet teenager fresh from the outside. The bottoms of her long jeans were soaked and her boots leaked out the water absorbed by the snow. Her short blonde hair also dripped wet.
Rose ran up to her and gave her the biggest hug she had given anyone. The soaked girl returned the hug making Rose also wet. She could also feel her shiver, her whole body from tip to toe. She was so cold her skin was now died blue. Rose dragged her into the small room where the others were hiding out. They all looked at the small bundle curled up next to the radiator. She shivered so much the radiator rattled too. Jack placed his large jacket over her shoulders to try and help.
"Thank you" a little voice came from the shivering being.
"Rouen what were you thinking, you could have gotten yourself killed!" John scolded at her. It took a while from her to answer but once she had warmed up a bit she replied,
"It's me they want and the only way they'll stop is if I turn myself in, then they would leave you all alone!" and then she turned her head back to the radiator. Rose pulled a face then said
"But that's suicide". Romana turned her head slowly to face Rose,
"Then that's a risk I have to take". Then she slowly lifted her head off of the surface of the radiator and stood up. Her jeans weren't full dried, but she didn't care, she was about to do the single most stupidest she had ever done in her life and she didn't need to look pretty for it.
Before she journeyed out of the door she went around the racks of clothes to find something suitable to wear. She picked up a smaller pair of jeans and a pale blue sweat shirt. Also replacing her soggy boots with some leather pointed boots. Once changed she headed for the door followed by the rest of the group. They walked towards the tornado and as they came closer the winds began to die so the deathly figures became clearer. Eventually the ragging winds were gone and in their place were the four faces everyone feared. The son began to walk forward, his breaths heavy and eyes focused on John. Then he stopped right in front of Romana and took a deep breath through his nose. Suddenly he looked down at the shorter being. He smiled then walked away back to his family. He swivelled back around to face the group of friends and began to speak,
"So you are the ones that are going to give up the time lord". Suddenly the strange man in the tweed jacket stepped forward, his face so calm it was as if he was on holiday.
"I thought all of you were locked away for good, why couldn't you just stay there, you know the sacrifices I made when I locked you away".
The son looked in confusment when the man had given his speech. Martha looked up too when she realised who the mystery guy was. It was him, but why was he different. She tugged on Jack's sleeve and whispered,
"Jack do you know who that is?"
"No why, is he some sort of undercover cop?" Jack asked.
"It's him, it's really him, he came back". Jack looked up with a smile from ear to ear. John became curious about what they were sniggering about.
"Martha what's wrong?" he asked.
"John it's him, he's changed" Martha said excitedly. John looked over to the front with shock written on his face. But then he came to accept that the real doctor had returned. They shared the information with Luke and became quiet as things had heated up at the front.
"Well well, if it isn't The Doctor, how long has it been, you've had a bit of a makeover as well I see" said son.
"Enough of the small talk do you want a deal or not" a familiar voice came from the crowd. Romana stepped forward; she'd had enough of waiting and wanted to get on with business.
"Well yes hand over the girl or your world gets it" said the father. Mother and daughter began to laugh hard to show they meant business.
"Yes hand over the brunette and quickly" son added.
"If I go with you, you leave the earth alone, do we have a deal" Romana shouted. The family and her friends looked at her with shock.
"Arrrr so you finally reveal yourself Romanadvoratrelundar, I see you too have changed your style, you time lords never stay the same for two minutes" said the son, out of breath with that mouth full of a name.
"Just Romana if you don't mind and you didn't answer my question, do we have a deal?" Romana said impatiently.
"Then I go too" another voice said. The Doctor stood next to Romana and looked serious.
"Arrrr a two for one offer how can we resist" the son said whilst laughing hard. The rest of his family laughed with him, but then he looked back and said,
"Alright you both have yourselves a deal". Martha was about to burst, she had wanted to stop them the whole time but never got the chance to speak.
"But you can't" she finally said,
"Your both mad there must be some other way"
"Martha's right your both walking into suicide" Rose belted too.
"Then that's a risk we're willing to take" The Doctor said. Before they went Romana walked up to John and through her arms around him, then she whispered thank you in his ear and winked before walking back to the other doctor. The Doctor then grabbed Romana's hand and held on tight. She squeezed just as hard. Then they walked to the family and they were gone with the wind.
Then the sky returned to the dark blue of the night like before.
"What do we do now The Doctor and Romana are gone, they were our only hope?" said Rose.
"The last of their species and they just gave themselves up" said Sarah – Jane.
"What are you all worrying for, it's The Doctor and Romana we are talking about, they'll think of something" said Jack. John nodded in agreement,
"And you've not seen some of the things Romana can do, we did some pretty amazing things together" said John lost in memory. But then he remembered what Romana had said to him and patted his chest for the inside pocket, it was gone.
"The watch, she took the watch" he shouted then smiled at them all,
"Oh is she clever that Romana" he beamed. The others joined in with his happiness. From the end of the street two figures started to run up to the group of friends. One was a woman with hair the colour of fire and the other was a man of the same age with mousey brown hair.
"Excuse me, you lot haven't seen and bloke in a tweet jacket have you, about average height?" said the ginger woman out of breath.
"You mean The Doctor?" Rose asked.
"That's him" she said with a Scottish accent.
"I'm Amy Pond and that's Rory Williams" she said and offered a hand.
"Rose Tyler, John Smith, Sarah – Jane Smith, Luke Smith, Jack Harkness and Martha Jones" Rose said taking the hand offered.
"So where is he?" Amy asked.
"Dealing with evil, the usual business" John butted in.
"Nothing new there then" Rory sated.
The gang went back to the clothes shop to get out of the cold.
"So how do you lot know The Doctor?" Amy asked.
"The same as you, we've all travelled with him over the years and kept in touch in some way or another" Rose stated. Her and Amy talked for a while talking about their great adventures with The Doctor. Martha and Sarah joined them and told them about their adventures too. As the four women carried on Rory hooked in a conversation with John and Jack and showed that it wasn't just the women who had a blast with the time lord.
"You know John you remind me of him in some way" Rory said.