{The End of the World}
Rose stood next to the Doctor holding onto the console in hope not to be thrown to the floor by the bumpy ride. When she had had read about the shaking of the TARDIS while it was flight how much her older self loved it, she'd never picture herself doing the same. The sparkle in the blue eyes as he tried his hardest to impress her was cute but also a little annoying to her, but the cuteness won out. She couldn't help but smile. After several stops one, one hundred years into her future. The next stop was ten thousand years into her future.
"You think your so impressive." said Rose with a smile.
The Doctor looked at the blonde human in slight amount of hurt. "I am that impressive."
"You wish."
"All right then you asked for it. I know exactly were to go. Hold on!" said the Doctor with a smile as a zoomed through the time vortex.
The Doctor hit a button and rang the bell, as if it was a horn. She mentally rolled her eyes but smiled all the same. The joy of something new rushed through her veins. The unknowing waited outside the doors.
"Where are we? What's out there?" asked Rose.
The Doctor motioned with his hand. He watched her smile as she rushed over to the double doors of his TARDIS. It didn't matter at the moment that he didn't nor could he understand the ape he had asked to travel with him. The only thing that mattered was how she was reacting at that moment. The way he was feeling, the rush of the unknown, and the reason why he never checked the screen of their location and the element of surprise when he stepped out of his ship's doors.
Rose looked around in awe. It was nothing special at the moment. It was just large empty room. Then she turned her head and a bright smiled broke out across her face. The most wonderful sight she had ever seen was in front of her. Her home, Earth in all it's beauty.
The Doctor walked up to his newest companion and looked at the Earth below them. "You lot spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to be killed by eggs, beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take time to image the impossible. That maybe you survive. This is the year five billion slash apple slash twenty six. Five billion years into your future, and this the day," he looked at his watch, "hold on," the sun flared and turned red, "This is the day the Sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world."
Rose looked at the Doctor slightly shocked, of course she had read about it in the journal and prepared herself for it, but it still shocked her. Then she looked at the Earth. Then it hit her. She could save Jade instead of getting stuck on the observation deck. She knew that she couldn't stop major events like this one, but she could at lest save a few lives along away.
"So, this is what you do, you jump in at the last minute and save the world." said Rose.
"Nope. This is the end of line. Times up." said the Time Lord.
"But where are all the people?"
"They're all gone. They moved on to other places. They evolved and expanded throughout the galaxy." said the Doctor. "You see the satellites there?" He motioned to them. She nodded. "They're holding back the sun. The moneys ran out and it's time for nature to take its course."
"So, they like waited until all the humans to move off the Earth and find new homes or something like that." said Rose understanding something more then what her future self hadn't asked questions.
"Something like that. Yes." said the Time Lord.
"My Mum's been dead for centuries. I'm only human that's being able to see this."
"A bundle of laughs you are." said the Doctor.
Rose pulled out her phone. She found there was no service. "I'm a bit out of range."
He took the phone from the blonde, and removed the back. "With a little bit of jiggery pokery."
"Is that a technical term, jigger pokery?"
"Yea, I came first in jiggery pokery. What about you?" he asked as he fixed her phone.
"Nah. I fail hallabaloo." said Rose with a smile.
The Doctor placed the phone back together. He watched Rose carefully. He could understand how she was handling this over all. Then he heard her talking to her mum. He hoped it would make her feel a little better. He chuckled slightly when he heard her say, "I'm on top of the world." then she hung up the phone.
The Doctor held out his arm to Rose. She smiled and linked her arm with his, and they made their way to main gallery when they saw several shuttles fly towards the ship. The travelers heard the computer announce that shuttle five had arrived. It informed that all guest were not allowed any forms of weapons on Satellite One.
"When they say guest does that mean? asked Rose.
"Aliens." said the Doctor.
"So they're coming to watch the Earth burn. What for?"
"Fun." said the Time Lord.
"That's not fun, watching a planet burn. Having drinks and a party." snapped Rose actually surprised at how they could do that.
Doctor thought for a moment. "Well, think about it this way. It's more of a celebration of the past."
"Kind of like a strange funeral."
The Doctor shrugged his shoulders, "If you want to think about it that way. Sure, why not."
A blue skinned person with golden eyes walked up to the couple. "Who are you?" asked the Seward. "Who the hell are you?"
"Oh, that's nice, thanks." said the Doctor. He quickly patted his pockets and pulled out a blue like folder. He flipped it open, "See we have an invitation. I'm the Doctor and this Rose Tyler. She's my plus one." He said before the man could speak again.
The Doctor quietly explained that the paper was slightly psychic, and that it saved a lot of paper. Rose nodded and smiled at the man next to her. If she would call him that, even though he did look human.
"I do apologize. Shall we get started?" said the steward and walked way from the couple.
"He's blue." said Rose.
"Yea."
"Ok."
The Steward walked up to the podium and began to introduce the guest one by one. Then a tree like woman approached them and handed them a cutting of her grandfather. Rose quickly remembered about her future self telling her that it was interment to breathe air from his lungs. He patted his pockets in hope to find something.
Rose quickly yanked a piece of her blonde hair from her head with a slight hiss. She smiled and handed it to Jade. She walked way from the couple. "You better thank me later, that rather hurt."
"Yea, thanks. I was going to breath in her face." whispered the Doctor.
Rose pulled several blonde hairs from her head as each guest stepped forward. "Something tells me that would have been rather personal if you breathed on the tree woman. I mean you need air in your body to live."
"Good point."
The Steward announced the last human Cassandra O'Brien. She was nothing but a flat looking piece of skin with eyes and lips. She had brain in a jar at the bottom of her.
Rose turned her head at the Doctor when she heard him snicker at the sight of the "last human," in the shape of flat piece of skin.
"What, it's rather funny. She looks like trampoline." said the Doctor and he saw trying to hold in a laugh, but he heard chuckle inside her throat.
"I think I'll go mingle." said Rose and walked way from the Doctor.
He crossed his arms and watched the human carefully. He couldn't understand why his TARDIS welcomed her so when she first stepped through the doors, or how relaxed she was around the aliens.
Rose stopped in front of a tan wrinkled sun like looking alien inside a large jar. "Hello, my name is Rose. What's you're name?"
'I'm the Face of Boe young Rose.' he said inside her head.
Rose blinked several times instead of speaking out loud he was speaking inside her head. She smiled at the kind looking alien. "You speak telepathically."
"You are far from home, but yet you've found home. You shine bright as sun, but you've done this before. You're timelines are crossed with a man that stands watching you."
Rose thought for a moment and smiled crossed her face. "Hello Jack. I look forward to our dance."
"So do I Rosie, but you must be careful. The Doctor is watching ever so closely. You must act like you know nothing. I know you want to save those along the way. But be careful or time will vanish and the stars will go out. I will see you very soon my dear friend."
She nodded her head and walked over to the Doctor. "This is amazing. I still truly don't like the idea of Earth burning. I mean the aliens. Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed that their were something out in the universe besides just humans. I've always wanted to touch the stars. Thank you!" She threw her arms around his neck.
The Doctor's body stiffened at the hug. He patted her back. She pulled back with slightly red cheeks.
"Doctor, how is it that I can understand them? I'm hearing English." said Rose.
"Oh, that's a gift from the TARDIS. She gets inside your head and translates alien languages in a good way." explained the Doctor.
"Your ship gets inside my head and changes the languages and you didn't even ask."
The Doctor blinked at the yellow head girl with a slight stunned expression. He didn't know why she was always catching him off guard. "Well, I never thought about asking." They were shaken from their conversation when they felt a shutter. "That's not suppose to happen."
"What was that?" asked Rose.
"Trouble," said the Doctor. He grabbed her hand and they ran from others in search for the engines.
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The Doctor and Rose found the engine room after they found robot spiders had ruined the mainframe of Platform One. He knew that things could go horribly wrong, like people possibly getting killed. He pulled out the large handle and large fans stopped moving. He let go to get to panel, and the fans moved faster.
Rose ran over to leaver and pulled it down and the fans stopped. The Doctor turned his head to find his new companion holding down the leaver.
"Rose, the heat is going vent through this place." said the Doctor. "You could get hurt."
"Then quiet waistin' time, and fix the shields that have fallen." said Rose.
He smiled at her and quickly moved through the slow fans. He stopped and turned around once he reached the panel. He could tell that she was getting burned from heat. He quickly fixed the shields and ran over to her quickly as possible.
Rose let go of the handle and took several deep breaths to stop the tears that fell down her face. The Doctor gently took her hands into his own and looked at the angry second degree burns that were nearly third degree burns. He thumbed away tear that fell down her cheek. He dug through his pockets and pulled out some aloe and gently placed it on her hands. He pulled out bandages and carefully wrapped them with bandages.
"I'll look at them once we get back to the TARDIS. As for now, that will help with the pain." said the Doctor. She nodded and they man their way back up observation deck.
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"Someone has brought their little pets on board." said the Doctor pulling out a robot spider. He sat the spider down on the ground he gave it a little shove with his foot. "Go on Jimbo. Go back to your master," and the spider stopped in front of Cassandra. Then went over to the Repeated Meme.
Cassandra said quickly, "This whole event was sponsored by the Face of Boe. Talk to the Face."
The Doctor saw Rose's face grow red with anger. "How dare you? You go around blaming something on him. Why would he cause harm to them? I've spoken with him and his is very sweet!" She turned to the Doctor. "Cassandra looked at the spider and then it went to Repeated Meme. Should that mean something?" whispered Rose.
"I'm bursting with ideas. Idea number one: the Reated Meme is nothing but an idea." He said walking over to the black hooded figures. "That's all they are," and he yanked the arm off and it killed over. "Remote controlled Droid. A nice little cover for the trouble maker. Go on JimBo. Go over to your master," and the spider stopped in front of Cassandra.
"I bet you were the school swot that never got kissed." said Cassandra. "At arms!" Her attendance raised their spay guns.
"What are you going to do, moisturize me?" said the Doctor mockingly.
"With acid." said Cassandra.
She explained how she had shares in their companies and that they would double on the events of their deaths. She would be the only survivor. She told guest that her spiders had destroyed the mainframe of Platform One and that the shields would fall killing all. She teleported of the Platform.
The Doctor walked over to egg that was nearby and busted it open and Cassandra reappeared on the Platform. "You didn't stay long enough for me to tell you that your little plan won't work, because the shields have already been fixed." He smiled smugly at the flat thing in front of him.
"Well, congradulations. You've won to join the human club." said Cassandra.
"You're plan was to kill people." said the Doctor. "But I believe you've left your little boys back where you vanished from."
"My boys my precious boys." said Cassandra as she began to creak.
"Moisturize me! I'm too young to die!" she yelled.
Rose stepped up to the Doctor. "Help her."
"Everything has it's time, everything dies." said the Doctor and splat. Cassandra had splattered on the wall behind the couple.
Rose walked way from the Doctor and stood in front of the window watching the rocks from Earth floating way. The Gallifreyan moved over to his companion.
"We missed it. We were to worried about saving ourselves that we didn't have time to think about the history that happened on the Earth." whispered Rose.
"Come with me." said the Doctor taking her hand. Rose gasped out pain that was bandaged up. "I need to attend to your hands," and they returned to the TARDIS. Rose gasped out of pain.
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Rose sat down on the table in med-bay. The Doctor slowly removed the wraps from her tender hands. He took down a jar of yellow cream from a nearby shelf.
"You apes and your tender skin." said the Doctor and he applied the cream.
Rose watched the man or alien apply the cream. She couldn't believe that her skin slowly began to heal. The red burned skin was replaced with healed skin. The Doctor put the lid back on the jar.
"There all done. Good as new." said the Doctor. "Come with me. I want to show you show something."
Rose jumped down off the table and they returned to the main room. She held onto the console. She smiled watching him fly the TARDIS. They landed with a bump. He pulled open the door and they stepped out into a busy street.
"You think it will last forever, people, the cars, the concrete, but it won't, one day it's all gone."
Rose looked at the Doctor and saw sadness in his blue eyes. "What about you? What about your home?"
The Doctor took a deep breath. He couldn't believe what he was about to tell her. "There was war, and we lost. Gallifrey gone. It burned like the Earth. Gone before it's time. I'm a Time Lord. The last of the Time Lords. I'm the only survivor. I'm left traveling on my own, because there's no one else."
"There's me." said Rose.
"You've seen how dangerous it is. Do you want to go home?" asked the Doctor.
Rose shook her head. "No, I don't want to go home. Do you smell chips?" She asked looking at him.
"Yea. Yea." said the Doctor.
"I want chips."
"Me too." said the Gallifreyan.
"Right then, before you get me back into that box, chips it is, and you can pay." said Rose.
"No money." said the Doctor.
"What of date are you? Come on then tightwad, chips are on me. We've only got five billion years until the shops close." said Rose with a smile her tongue poking between her teeth, and they made their way to a nearby shop for chips.
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