I OWN NOTHING
Chapter 8
John Smith – Rose Tyler
We stood there, staring at Rose's limp body.
She looked so beautiful when she was sleeping. But she wasn't asleep, she was… I couldn't think about it.
Rose's hair was around her head like halo. She was sprawled out on the floor. I bent down and but her in a better position.
"She sacrificed herself. I don't think I would ever have been that brave." Said Martha. "Now I see why you never shut up about her."
"He talks about her?" I asked.
"All the time. He loved her, and he was a complete mess when I met him." Said Martha, finally looking up at me. She was still sitting by Rose, holding her hand.
I looked at Joan. "I can't let her die for nothing." I told her. I picked up the watch off the table. "I'm so sorry. You heard what Rose said to you; find someone who loves you as much as I did." I looked at Rose and then at the watch.
I opened the watch and screamed.
Martha Jones – 1st person
The Doctor screamed and writhed on the floor. Joan held his hand as he turned back into a Time Lord.
After what seemed like an eternity, he stopped screaming and opened his eyes.
The Doctor – 1st person
I stood up, everything coming back to me.
"Doctor?" Asked Martha.
I ignored her and walked out the door.
I walked onto the family's spaceship and walked over to the family, pretending to trip and push down a ton of buttons. I held out the watch, a plan already formed in my mind.
"Here! Take him! Take him away! He made me John Smith, I didn't have a say in it!" I said.
"Say please." Said the son.
"Please."
"Wait a second." Said the mother, she took a big sniff. "Still human."
The son pushed me away, and I pushed more buttons down. "Don't think that saved your life." He said.
I stood up and pretended to trip, pressing more buttons.
"He didn't only make himself human, he made himself an idiot as well." Said the father.
"Same thing isn't it?" Said the son.
The father held out the watch. "Family, we shall live forever." He opened the watch and nothing happened.
"It's empty!" Screeched the mother.
"Oh, I think the explanation might be you've been fooled by a simple olfactory misdirection. Little bit like ventriloquism of the nose. It's an elementary trick in certain parts of the galaxy. But it has got to be said, I don't like the looks of that hydroconometer. It seems to be indicating you've got energy feedback all the way through the retrostabilisers feeding back into the primary heat converters. Oh. Because if there's one thing you shouldn't have done, you shouldn't have let me press all those buttons. But, in fairness, I will give you one word of advice. Run." I smiled and ran out of the ship.
The family followed me and the ship exploded.
Martha Jones – 1st person
I didn't leave Rose's side, even after the Doctor left. I held her hand, which was constantly getting colder.
"C'mon Rose, wake up." I whispered.
Joan put her arm around me. "I'm sorry." She said.
We sat there for a few minutes. The Doctor came in, the family behind him in unbreakable chains.
He led them into the TARDIS, and a minute later he came back out. The family was gone.
Joan and I back away from Rose. The Doctor stared at her limp form for a few seconds before falling to his knees beside her.
"Why her?!" He screeched. "Rose! Wake up! Can you hear me? Wake up!"
He cradled her head in his arms. "If only I had opened that watch sooner, I could've saved her." He mumbled.
"Wake up Rose, wake up. Please Rose, don't leave me. I can't lose you again." He said. "Wake up…" He whispered. He sat there, rocking back and forth, tears streaming down his face.
He gently laid her down on the ground and stood up. "I'm so sorry Rose. I love you so much… never" he choked out a sob "forget that." He finished.
He turned to walk into the TARDIS.
Suddenly I heard a gasp. I looked down and Rose, who was breathing.
"I'll never forget."