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Chapter 5
Rose
Gunfire rang out as the war raged on. Two people were huddled in the corner, a woman and her little girl. "Shhh," the woman warned."Be quiet, and stay close to me."
"Mamma, where's daddy?" the child's voice was light and fragile, her eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"Don't worry honey, daddy's fine; we'll be with him in a couple minutes." The women turned her head away from the child; she couldn't bear to lie to her little girl. Inside she knew that there was little chance that they would ever get out of there, that is… alive.
"Mamma," the child said, tugging on her mother's sleeve."Mamma, those monsters are scary. When are we going home?"
"In a little bit, now be a good girl, and be quiet for mommy ok?"
"Okay." Another alien passed the ally from which they were hiding. She could hear the clank of metal as it's iron feet pounded against the pavement. The child shivered against her mother, cold from the piercing winter wind that blew in from the north. The woman took the child's hand and they ran from their hiding place, sticking to the shadows of the broken buildings, trying in vain not to be seen.
They made their way toward a tall tower, The Torchwood tower. The woman thought. Surrounding it was what once used to be a great city, now in ruins. The Torchwood tower seemed to rise up amongst the gloom and despair, the only welcoming thing for miles; a beacon of hope.
"Ouch!" the child cried as she fell upon shards of broken glass and debries from fallen buildings. This tiny yelp caught the attention of aliens in the surrounding area.
"Must delete!" they all chorused. The woman slung the child across her back and made a run for the tower. Hoping, wishing that they would make it in time. Lazars whizzed past them as they bolted toward the door. Suddenly, a man was running alongside them.
"Rose," the man yelled. Rose looked over to see her husband looking at her, his chocolate brown eyes filled with fear."Rose," he said again."You and Bell go inside, I'll do my best to seal the door but I can't guarantee the Cybermen won't get in."
"John, don't you dare!" Rose screamed, tears streaming down her face."You've done enough, come with, there's got to be another way!" They stopped, the door to Torchwood was just a few feet away.
"Rose love, this has to be done." With those words he pulled Rose into his arms, and kissed her deeply. He kissed her with such raw passion, Rose knew this was the end. Rose, his Rose. John Smith thought. This would be the last kiss they ever shared. With that in mind, he pulled back, opened the door, and pushed his wife and daughter inside the building. He would try anything to keep the ones he loved safe.
Rose could hear her husband's sonic screwdriver buzzing in his vain attempt to seal the door. She ran down the corridor Bell still on her back, toward the inner columns of Torchwood. Rose had worked for Torchwood, that is, after the Doctor, her Doctor, left her with his double; now known as her husband John Smith. Yes she loved this man, but she could never stop thinking about the Doctor. She had told herself over a million times: He left you Rose. He left you twice, he is not coming back. But no matter how many times she thought this, she wouldn't believe it.
Yet, she pushed herself harder, the agonizing screams of her husband echoing through the halls. But she held on, knowing that if she didn't make it, her husband would've died for nothing.
Rose and Bell reached the main office (better known as ' the hub '), and found desks and chairs overturned, computers blown up, and all occupants of the building in pieces. Severed limbs here and arms there, blood strewn across the floors and splattered across the walls. The smell of burning flesh hung in the air. Bell shoved her face into her mother's hair. She couldn't bare the sight laid out around her. Many of her mother's friends, her adopted aunts and uncles were now dead. Rose made her way over to an overturned desk, its contents laid upon the floor. "Signs of a human child." Came a mechanical voice from outside in the hall. Rose cursed to herself silently, she needed more time!
She swung bell around her hip once more as she franticly began to search through piles of papers and trinkets for something that ,even slightly, resembled what she was looking for."Finally!" Rose said aloud as she picked up what looked to be like two big yellow buttons hung on separate chains. She draped one around her neck, and the other around her child's. Rose could hear the synchronized marching of the Cybermen getting louder, closer, every waking second until… Crash! The Cybermen blew open the door. Flying bits of cement flew out and into the room. Landing only a few feet from where Rose and Bell were crouched behind the desk.
"Delete!" they all chorused raising their arms, ready to fire.
"Not on my watch."Rose said quickly before pressing both yellow buttons, as lazars shot out at them, hitting the wall behind them as they went crashing through the very fabric of time and space.