Here is Chapter Thirteen Skitching, the next chapter shall be up on Thursday or maybe Wednesday night if I've got the time, thanks to LilyRose xD once again for her hilarious comments which I crave as much as reviews and her just general awesomeness!

Author Note: Skitching (In case you don't know) is when you are pulled by a vehicle while either riding a skateboard, bicycle, rollerblades, etc...

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ CHAPTER 10 CALLED "FLOATING" BEFORE YOU READ THIS BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WON'T MAKE MUCH SENSE!

Disclaimer: Don't own either! and I don't own the collapsed universe in the void, though I wish I could see it, but for now I'll have to make do with my imagination...

XIII

Skitching

Rose gazed, astounded at the space surrounding her. She saw everything the Doctor had seen on the way to Pete's World. The flaming stars, the bright planets, the swirling galaxies and solar systems revolving, she watched the stars burning up, and entire constellations turning to dust. And they floated through it, in their transparent bubble of oxygen. Knowing the journey would take hours, Rose began reading the Artemis Fowl series. The Doctor just stared into the space, thinking and remembering.
Suddenly there was a sort of jerk, and both of them were thrown to the "floor" of the air bubble.
Rose huffed.
"Just like the TARDIS." She muttered.
But after several minutes nothing else had happened so Rose went back to her book and the Doctor went back to his thoughts. He was brought out of his musings a few hours later by Rose.

"How long is this going to take?" she asked impatiently.
"Maybe…about another nine hours."
"Nine hours?" Rose asked incredulously.
The Doctor nodded.
"Think of it as like an aeroplane flight," he told her.
"You the air hostess then?" She teased, tongue poking out between her teeth.
The Doctor looked offended.
"I'm the pilot!"
Rose smirked.
"Because you can direct this bubble can you?"
"Well…no," Rose smirked even more, "but…but…um."
Then he just gave up, crossing his arms over his chest and pouting.
Rose went back to her books.

"There! Finished!" she snapped The Time Paradox shut and grinned at the Doctor.
"How long left?" she asked.
The Doctor checked his imaginary watch.
"No idea! More fun that way! But we are getting close!"
"Where are we going to go first when we get back to the TARDIS?" Rose asked.
"Oh! First we are going to go to Hillistinion and go to the Universal Games."
Rose looked puzzled.
"The Universal Games is sort of like the Olympic Games but instead of countries there are planets. I remember when I went to the 3920 Games. That was the first year that Earth participated. Though of course they weren't very good in the sports because they had never heard of them. So then it was decided there would be some Earth sports that the other planets hadn't heard of so they could actually get a fair chance and-" He broke off, not looking at Rose anymore, but a spot just above her shoulder. Rose whirled around.
"What?!" she asked.
But he was speechless. He just pointed at the spot, but Rose could see nothing. Then she looked again, and noticed it, a tiny mark no longer than her thumb and no wider than a strand of hair. The bubble was punctured. It was just a small invisible tear, but the oxygen was seeping out into the space beyond. They were running out of air.

"Doctor?" she asked, "how long has it been torn?"
The Doctor snapped out of it.
"I don't know." He answered, shaking his head while he ran a hand through his hair.
"How much oxygen have we got?"
The Doctor just shook his head again, his eyes downcast.
He looked up straight into Rose's eyes.
"It's my fault." He said, "I shouldn't have made you come back with me."
Rose looked away, suddenly angry.
"You didn't make me! It was my choice! And it's just like any other adventure with you." Her eyes looked up into his again, "It was worth it," she whispered.

The Doctor could do nothing. He was powerless in a situation like this. He could only hope that they'd make it in time. He wasn't afraid for himself, his respiratory bypass-system meant that he could go without oxygen for a while, but not Rose, she would die.
They both sat silently, motionless, staring out into space.

Then the bubble lurched and jerked like an animal trying to throw something off. It bucked and twisted, spinning in circles and the roof sagged down. All the Doctor and Rose could do was squeeze their eyes shut and put their arms over their heads in case anything fell on them. The bubble tilted sideways and then completely upside down and then back again. Then they felt weight bearing down on the top of the bubble, and then there was a massive ripping sound, and they felt an impossibly strong wind on their faces and they knew that the tear had widened into a massive hole in the ceiling of the bubble. The Doctor sucked in air that he knew didn't contain much oxygen anymore, but it didn't matter for him. Rose had taken a breath just as the bubble ripped apart so she would be okay for about two minutes maximum. Then the foreign space air would kill her. It wasn't like being oxygen starved on Earth. This was different. This foreign air was threatening to kill her if she sucked it in. She held her hands over her nose and mouth, but her last breath of oxygen was running out fast. The Doctor tried to appear calm; he opened his eyes, and tried to see if he could repair the hole. But the part of the bubble that had covered the hole had been ripped away into space. Rose was about to die. He spun around to try to find the piece of bubble and instead saw a horrible gruesome face, black hair being tossed around its face in the wind. Just then the space disappeared, and the bubble too and everything was white. He glanced at Rose to see if she was alright, and saw in the midst of the whiteness, that she was lying down on her back on the "ground," but she was deathly pale. He turned back around but the horrifying face had vanished.

O.o!

Hope you enjoyed that chapter, next one shall be up either tomorrow night or Thursday!

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