Chapter 25
Not gonna die part 2/Doomsday
By Izzy
"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" The Daleks continued to chant.
"Daleks! You're called Daleks." Rose said. "I know your name. Think about it how can I know that? A human who knows about the Daleks and the Time War. If you want to know how, then keep us alive. That's all I'm asking. Me and my friends."
"Yeah, Daleks. Time War. Me too." Mickey said. Rhee shook her head.
"Yeah. And me." Rajesh and Ianto said at the same time.
"You will be necessary." Sec said. Then Sec turned to Rhee. "You are Time Lord!"
"Yup," Rhee said.
"How did you survive the Time War?!" Sec shouted.
"I didn't," she said. "I wasn't there."
"You ran," Sec said. Then he turned back to his Dalek companions. "Report. What is the status of the Genesis Ark?"
"Status, hibernation." Thay said.
"Commence awakening." Sec ordered. "The Genesis Ark must be protected above all else."
"The Daleks." Mickey said as he looked at Rhee. "You said they were all dead."
"They're like cockroaches." she said. "Intergalactic cockroaches."
"Never mind that." Rose hissed. "What the hell's a Genesis Ark?"
"Which of you is least important?" Sec said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rose hissed. Rhee didn't want to draw to much attention to herself being that she was a Time Lady. She took a deep breath. Suddenly she felt overwhelming sadness again. That's right that beat the leech inside her head and weakened it but didn't kill it. Silly Doctor. But where is it on her body and how is she suppose to get it off. The Sonic! But now to get it off without the Cult of Skaro knowing. She groaned softly, then tried to think of moments that brought her sheer joy. Which in this moment was difficult.
"Which of you is least important?" Sec asked again. And that was not helping.
"No, we don't work like that." Rose said bitterly. "None of us."
"Designate the least important!" Sec demanded. Still not helping.
"This is my responsibility." Rajesh said as he finally got a back bone. Rhee was too busy fighting off the sadness the leech was causing that she couldn't help him. She tried not to think what happened next. Happy. Must think happy. She closed her eyes and thought about her and the Doctor's wedding. She held on to that in her mind. But then it started to fade as Rose tried to save Rajesh.
"No, you don't!" Rose exclaimed.
"I er, I represent the Torchwood Institute." he said ignoring Rose. "Anything you need, you come through me. Leave these four alone."
"You will kneel." Sec commanded.
"What for?" Rajesh asked.
"Kneel!" Sec commanded again. Rhee grabbed Ianto's hand and surprisingly he didn't shy away from her. He hugged her for comfort. There of course Ianto has always been a good man.
"The Daleks need information about current Earth history." Sec said, she hid her face in Ianto's chest. Happy thoughts. Goddess she felt like she was in a nightmarish version of 'Peter Pan'.
"Yeah, well, I can give you a certain amount of intelligence but nothing that will compromise Homeland security." Rajesh said. She pressed her eyes shut tightly and held on to Ianto for support. Wedding. She tried so hard to hold on to that memory. The way the Doctor looked in his tux. They way her mother smiled from the bottom of her heart in years.
"Speech is not necessary." Sec said. "We will extract brainwaves." Then Sec talked again. Memory lost again.
"Don't I I'll tell you everything you need. No. No!" Rajesh said and then screamed in fear and pain. Happy. Wedding. The day Jenny was born. The day Jenny walked on her own.
"His mind spoke of a second species invading Earth infected by the superstition of ghosts." Sec said. And ruined again. Why the hell can Sec just shut up!
"You didn't need to kill him!" Rose shouted. Not helping.
"Neither did we need him alive." Jast said.
"Dalek Thay, investigate outside." Sec commanded.
"I obey." Thay said as he rolled out to the outside of the room.
"Establish visual contact." Sec said. "Lower communications barrier." Rhee let go of Ianto, and moved so she could see the holo-screen. They saw what Thay was seeing which was Cybermen.
"Identify yourselves." Thay commanded.
"You will identify first." a Cyberman said.
"State your identity." Thay commanded again.
"You will identify first."a Cyberman said.
"Identify!" Thay shouted.
"It's like Stephen Hawkins meets the Speaking Clock." Mickey said and Rhee elbowed him. "Ow!"
"That answer is illogical. You will modify." a Cyberman said.
"Daleks do not take orders." Thay said.
"You have identified as Daleks." a Cyberman said.
"Outline resembles the inferior species known as Cybermen." Sec stated.
"We followed in the wake of your sphere." a Cyberman said.
Rhee?! She heard the Doctor's voice in her mind.
"Long range scans confirm the presence of crude cybernetic constructs on worldwide scale." Sec commanded.
Not the greatest time, she replied. But you'll need to hear this so- She called Jackie on her phone and made it so the Doctor could hear.
"We must protect the Genesis Ark." Caan said.
The Genesis Ark? The Doctor asked.
"Our species our similar, though your design is inelegant." a Cyberman said.
"Daleks have no concept of elegance." Thay resonded.
"This is obvious." Cyberman said. "But consider, our technologies are compatible. Cybermen plus Daleks. Together, we could upgrade the Universe." Rhee felt the Doctor's fear through their bond. Since it was open.
I need happy thoughts not fear right now, she said.
"You propose an alliance?" Thay said.
"This is correct." Cyberman said.
Why what's wrong other than the Cyberman and Daleks? He asked.
"Request denied." Thay said.
The leech is still on me. She said.
"Hostile elements will be deleted." Cyberman said as they readied their weapons.
I thought we killed it, he said.
"Exterminate!" Thay shouted as he shoot the two Cyberman.
"Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen." the Cyberleader said.
"This is not war." Sec said. "This is pest control." She laughed in her head.
You find this funny? He asked.
"We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?" the Cyberleader said.
"Four." Sec said.
You'll have to admit is kinda funny, she said with an inner smile.
"You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?" the Cyberleader asked.
"We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek." Sec said. "You are superior in only one respect."
Love, she started. Rose is here she will be fine. And I'll be fine I have my Sonic with me. I plan on using it when the Daleks are distracted with the ark. And when I see you again I'll tell you what the ark is. She thought really fast to him so she could get her message across before the Cyberleader could answer Sec.
"What is that?" the Cyberleader said.
"You are better at dying. Raise communications barrier!" Sec shouted. The communications barrier was up again, she couldn't get her thoughts to the Doctor anymore. Oh, well. She was able to tell him what she needed.
"Wait!" Jast said. "Rewind image by nine rells. Identify grid seven gamma frame. This male registers as enemy." When Rhee saw the Doctor she couldn't help it she was happy to see him.
"The female Time Lord's heartbeats has increased." Sec said. "Identify him."
"That's the Doctor." she said simply. Sec rolled back. Rose smirked.
"Five million Cybermen, easy." Rose said. "One Doctor? Now you're scared."
"Cyber threat irrelevant. Concentrate on the Genesis Ark." Thay said as he came back into the room. They all worked on the ark. Rhee pulled out her Sonic and got behind Mickey and Rose. So the Daleks couldn't see her Sonic.
"Why are we being kept alive?" Mickey asked.
"They need us," she whispered as she scanned her body looking for the leech.
"What? What is it?" Ianto asked.
"That thing is dangerous," she whispered. She was having a hard time finding the leech. "Rose, I need you to do me a favor."
"What?" Rose asked as she turned around.
"It's all set up, just scan my head," Rhee whispered.
"What am I looking for?" Rose asked.
"You'll know if you find it." Rhee whispered. Rose took the Sonic and scanned her head. The Sonic beeped. "You found it. Where did it beep?"
"Back of your head," Rose said.
"Hand me the Sonic," Rhee said as Rose handed it over and Rhee changed the settings. "Here point it at the area thatt beeped and press the button." Rose took the Sonic back and did as she was told. Rhee heard the leech shriek for a bit, then heard it softly hit the ground. She felt instantly better. She could think without sadness dictating her thoughts. "Thanks."
"Anytime," Rose said with a smile. "Mickey and I could transport out of here, but it only carries one a piece and I'm not leaving you."
"You guys should go," Rhee said. "Sticking 'round here with me is just stupid."
"No chance," Mickey said. "Guess we're just stupid.
"You're the bravest man I've ever met." Rose said.
"What about the Doctor?" Mickey asked.
"Bravest human." Rhee teased.
"Well, I can't think what the Daleks need with me and Rose. We're nothing to them." Mickey said.
"You are important, both of you." Rhee said.
"Yeah," Rose said. As she remembered Van Station, and the first Dalek they met with the big ears and leather Doctor. "Whatever's inside that Ark is waking up, and I've seen this happen before. The first time we saw a Dalek, it was broken. It was dying. But Rhee fell on it. The moment she did that, she brought it back to life."
"When you travel in time in the TARDIS, you soak up Artron energy." Rhee explained softly. "It's harmless. It's just there. But in the Time War, the Daleks evolved so they could harness it as a power supply."
"Which means if the Daleks have got something inside that thing, and it needs waking up." Rose concluded.
"They need you two." Mickey said.
"You've traveled in time." Rose said as she pointed to herself then Rhee and finally to Mickey. "Any of us would do."
"Well anyone who's touched the TARDIS would do," Rhee said.
"Wait, you mean to tell me anyone that's just touched it has this 'Artron Energy'?" Mickey asked.
"Yeah," she said. "It is transferred by touch."
"Excuse me," Ianto said. "But what the hell are you three talking about?"
"If we make it through this I'll show you," Rhee said.
"But why would they build something they can't open themselves?" Mickey asked.
"The technology is stolen." Sec responded. "The Ark is not of Dalek design."
"Then who built it?" Rose asked.
"The Time Lords." Rhee said.
"Yes," Sec said as Sec looked dead at Rhee. "This is all that survives of your Home World."
"What's inside?" Rose asked Rhee.
"The future." Sec replied before Rhee could.
"Final stage of awakening." Caan said.
"Your hand-print will open the Ark." Sec commanded Rose.
"Well tough, because I'm not doing it." Rose said.
"Obey or they will die, starting with the young male." Sec said aiming for Mickey.
"I can't let them." Rose said as she moved closer to the ark. Rhee sighed and knew she would have to show them who she was. The Lady aka the Emerald Dragon, killer of the Dalek Emperor.
"Place your hand upon the casket." Sec commanded again.
"All right!" Rose exclaimed but before she could put her hand on the ark, Rhee got up in Sec's face.
"You survived the Time War," she said. "But don't you want to know what happened-"
"Place your hand-" Sec commanded Rose again.
"-to the Emperor?" Rhee continued her question he had interrupted.
"The Emperor survived?" Sec asked.
"Yeah," Rhee said with a smug smile. "That is until he met me. You see when I met the Emperor, he threatened my bondmate. So I took the Time Vortex into myself. Then I pored it into his head, turning him into dust. Do you get that? The God of all Daleks, and I destroyed him." She laughed like a manic, not the teasing manic laugh she used when she is playing around with the Doctor. A truly crazy sounding manic laugh that scared Rose, Mickey and even Ianto. Rose was scared only because this reminded her of how the Doctor was when he was big ears and leather.
"You will be exterminated!" Sec shouted as Rhee laughed.
"Oh now, hold on, wait a minute." the Doctor said as he came into the room wearing the 3-D glasses. Rhee stopped laughing and the Dalek turned to see him enter. She smiled brightly at the Doctor.
"Alert, alert. You are the Doctor." Sec said.
"Sensors report he is unarmed." Caan said.
"That's me. Always." the Doctor smiled.
"Then you are powerless." Sec said.
"Not me. Never." the Doctor said as he glided to Rhee. "How are you?"
"Leech's dead," she said. "So peachy." He knew that meant she was not good but didn't what him to worry, so he left it.
"Good." he said as he turned to see Rose and Mickey beside Rhee. "Rose! And Mickity Mc Mickey. Nice to see you both!"
"And you, boss." Mickey said at the same time Rose said "Yeah."
"Social interaction will cease!" Caan commanded. That made the Doctor frown. He turned back to the Daleks.
"How did you survive the Time War?" Sec asked.
"By fighting." the Doctor said. "On the front line. I was there at the fall of Arcadia. Someday I might even come to terms with that. But you lot ran away!"
"We had to survive." Sec said.
"The last four Daleks in existence." the Doctor said. "So what's so special about you?"
"Doctor, they've got names." Rose said confused. "I mean, Daleks don't have names, do they?"
"I am Dalek Thay."
"Dalek Sec."
"Dalek Jast."
"Dalek Caan."
"So that's it!" the Doctor said. "At last. The Cult of Skaro. I thought you were just a legend."
"Who are they?" Rose asked.
"A secret order above and beyond the Emperor himself." Rhee answered. "Their job was to imagine, think as the enemy thinks. Even dared to have names. All to find new ways of killing." She finished in disgust.
"But that thing, they said it was yours." Mickey said as he pointed to the ark. "I mean, Time Lords. They built it. What does it do?"
"I don't know. Never seen it before." the Doctor said.
"But it's Time Lord." Rose said.
"Both sides had secrets." Rhee said.
"What is it? What have you done?" the Doctor said addressing the Daleks.
"Time Lord science will restore Dalek supremacy." Sec said.
"What does that mean?" the Doctor asked. "What sort of Time Lord science? What do you mean?"
"They said one touch from a time traveler will wake it up." Rose said.
"Technology using the one thing a Dalek can't do." the Doctor said. "Touch. Sealed inside your casing. Not feeling anything ever, from birth to death, locked inside a cold metal cage. Completely alone. That explains your voice. No wonder you scream."
"The Doctor will open the Ark!" Sec shouted.
"The Doctor will not." the Doctor laughed. Rhee always thought it was so cute how he laughed at Sec.
"You have no way of resisting." Sec said.
"Well, you got me there. Although there is always this." the Doctor said as he pulled out his Sonic.
"A sonic probe?" Sec asked.
"That's screwdriver." the Doctor said.
"It is harmless." Sec said.
"Oh, yes." the Doctor said as he threw it up and caught it. "Harmless is just the word. That's why I like it. Doesn't kill, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But I'll tell you what it does do." He pointed it straight up. "It is very good at opening doors." All the doors to the room blew open. Jake and Cybermen pored into the room, and they shot at the Daleks.
"Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete!" the Cybermen chanted as they shot.
"Alert. Casing impaired. Casing impaired." Jast said.
"Rhee, get out!" the Doctor yelled as he ran for the door himself.
"Fire power insufficient! Fire power insufficient!" Sec said. Rhee started to run but stumbled because she was weak from the leech still. Matt rushed to her side and helped her up.
"Come on." Matt said as he helped her out. Rhee, Matt, Jake, Pete, the Doctor, Ianto, and Rose made it to the exit of the room but Mickey was trying to get out still.
"Daleks will be deleted. Delete. Delete." the Cybermen shouted.
"Mickey, come on!" Rose shouted.
"Adapt to weaponry." Jact said.
"Fire power restored!" Sec shouted. Sec shot a Cyberman, that felt into Mickey knocking him back into the Ark. "Cybermen primary target." Mickey recovered fairly quickly and ran out of the room. After Mickey was safe the Doctor closed the blast doors.
"Jake and Matt, check the stairwell." the Doctor commanded. "The rest of you, come on." Matt and Jake did as was commanded of them. Rhee saw that Matt had a energy sword strapped to his back and she couldn't help but laugh. That was so him, using swords rather than guns. The three of them hated guns really. The Doctor, Rhee, and Matt. Not that the three of them couldn't use them no. It's just, any old coward could use a gun. It took a man to use a sword. She knew that the Doctor at one point used swords. In his third incarnation. Then she had to mentally slap herself for comparing the Doctor and Matt. She sighed. She ran to catch up with the Doctor.
"I just fell, I didn't mean it!" Mickey explained as they ran.
"Mickey, without us, they'd have opened it by force." the Doctor said. "To do that, they'd have blown up the sun. You've done us a favor." He pulled Mickey's head down so the Doctor could kiss the top of it. "Now, run!"
"No, but you can't. Please." Rhee could hear Jackie plead as they came to a couple Cybermen. Pete raised his gun and without a second thought shot the Cybermen dead. "Pete?"
"Hello, Jacks." he said. Mickey held Rose as they watched Jackie and Pete. Rhee leaned on the Doctor because she felt weak still. He gladly held on to her.
'I said there were ghosts, but that's not fair. Why him?" Jackie said sounding like she was going to cry.
"I'm not a ghost." Pete said.
"But you're dead. You died twenty years ago, Pete." Jackie said.
"It's Pete from a different universe." the Doctor started to explain as he held Rhee. "There are parallel worlds, Jackie. Every single decision we make creates a parallel existence, a different dimension where-"
"Oh, you can shut up." Jackie commanded. He nodded and shut his mouth. "Oh, you look old."
"You don't." Pete said.
"How can you be standing there?" she said asked.
"I just got lucky." he said. "Lived my life. You were left on your own. You didn't marry again, or-"
"There was never anyone else." she said. "Twenty years, though. Look at me. I never left that flat. Did nothing with myself."
"You brought her up." he said. "Rose Tyler. That's not bad."
"Yeah." she said.
"In my world, it worked." he said. "All those daft little plans of mine, they worked. Made me rich."
"I don't care about that. How rich?" she said. Rhee chuckled a little and the Doctor looked at her fondly.
"Very." Pete said.
"I don't care about that. How very?" Jackie said.
"Thing is though," he said. "Jacks, you're not my wife. I'm sorry, but you're not. I mean, we both. You know, it's just sort of. Oh, come here." He dropped his gun then ran to her and she to him. Rhee smiled and in the corner of her mind wondered for a brief moment that if she'd have met the other Matt first if it would have gone like this.
The Doctor was thinking along the same lines. But he had Rhee not Matt. And that is how it was. The Doctor just hoped that she was wrong about dieing her. "Now, you said you'd explain once we were together," the Doctor started as he moved to look her in the eyes.. "We're together."
"That thing is a Time Lord prison," Rhee said. His eyes wide.
"Time Lord science. It's bigger on the inside." he said. "Of course!"
"How many Daleks?" Rose asked.
"Millions." Rhee said. Matt came up and smiled at her. "Matt, I need you to go to the storage room, and pick up the Magnaclamps."
"Magnaclamps?" he asked. "What do they look like?"
"Like over sized weights," she said. "Now go, meet us on the top floor." He ran back to the storage room.
"We've got to go back up?" the Doctor asked. She nodded. "Come on! You heard the Lady! Top floor!" Suddenly a Cyberman shot at her and before either of them could react someone was blocking the shot. It was Aisha Smith head of Torchwood. "Aisha!" Pete picked his gun back up and shot the Cyberman.
"Well that's just peachy," Aisha said as blood came out of her mouth. It had put a hole straight through her chest. Rhee and the Doctor kneel beside her.
"Don't try and speak," he said. "Thank you for saving her."
"I'll always save my mom," Aisha said as she choked a bit.
"I'm not your mother," Rhee said.
"Adopted mother," Aisha whispered.
"I was right," he said. "You're Ai."
"Ai?" she asked as she started to glow golden.
"Get back!" Rhee and the Doctor shouted. Everyone jumped back as the golden glow burst leaving a different woman lying where Aisha had been. Instead of blonde hair she had black hair, one blue eye and one brown one.
"But how?" Rhee asked.
"Wait a minute," the Doctor said. "You told me you didn't know anything about Torchwood the first time we met.
"I did?" Ai asked as she stood up. "I must have had a reason. And I like the nickname, Ai Japanese for Love. I love it really."
"What?" Rhee asked.
"Explain later, we were headed to the top floor, right?" Ai asked smugly. Everyone looked confused. "But that is a lot of stairs."
"We could always take the lift." Jake said as he popped his head out of the elevator behind them. After they get to the top floor they see London under siege and Matt waiting with the Magnaclamps. The Doctor puts on his 3-D glasses again and looked outside.
"Thanks," Rhee said as she took the clamps and secured them to the walls in place.
"I'm sorry, but you've had it." Pete said. "This world's going to crash and burn. There's nothing we can do. We're going home." He took a button from the solider beside him. "Jacks, take this. You're coming with us."
"But they're destroying the city." Jackie said.
"I'd forgotten you could argue." Pete said as he slipped the button around her neck. "It's not just London, it's the whole world. But there's another world just waiting for you, Jacks. And it's safe as long as the Doctor closes the breach. Doctor?"
"Oh, I'm ready." the Doctor said grinning. "I've got the equipment right here. Thank you, Torchwood." He started to boot up the program for the opening of the breach.
"No problem," Ai teased.
"Slam it down and close off both universes." the Doctor said.
"Reboot systems." the computer announced.
"But we can't just leave." Rose said. "What about the Daleks? And the Cybermen?" Rose felt responsible for this world as much as she did Pete's world.
"They're part of the problem, and that makes them part of the solution." he said. "Oh yes! Well? Isn't anyone going to ask what is it with the glasses?"
"What is it with the glasses?" Rhee asked humoring him.
"I can see, that's what." he said. "Because we've got two separate worlds, but in between the two separate worlds, we've got the Void. That's where the Daleks were hiding. And the Cybermen traveled through the Void to get here. And you lot, one world to another, via the Void. Oh, I like that. Via the Void. Look." He handed the glasses to Rose. He knew Rhee knew his plan she was just humoring him. "I've been through it. Do you see?"
"Reboot in three minutes." the computer said.
"What is it?" Rose asked as he wiggled around.
"Void stuff." he said with a goofy grin.
"Like er, background radiation." she said.
"That's it." he said. "Look at the others. And the only ones who hasn't been through the Void, your mother, Ianto and Ai. First time your mother's looked normal all in her life."
"Oi." Jackie said.
"But the Daleks lived inside the Void." he said happily. "They're bristling with it. Cybermen, all of them. I just open the Void and reverse. The Void stuff gets sucked back inside."
"Pulling them all in!" Rhee, Rose and the Doctor said happily at the same time.
"Sorry, what's the Void?" Mickey asked.
"The dead space. Some people call it Hell." the Doctor said.
"So you're sending the Daleks and Cybermen to Hell." Mickey said. "Man, I told you they're was good."
"But it's like you said. We've all got Void stuff." Rose said sadly. "Even Rhee."
"That's why I brought Ianto here," Rhee said.
"Me?" Ianto asked.
"Yes," she said as she turned to him. "Didn't Lisa call you and tell you she was going home?"
"How would you know that?" he asked.
"I'm the reason she went home," she said. "I dumped coffee down her shirt so she'd have to go home."
"What?" he asked.
"I had been planning this for a bit," she said. "The Doctor and I need to stay together and for that I needed help. He is my bondmate. My husband. Everything I have in this universe. If I were to be sucked into another universe, even if it were my original universe I would literally die. Inside. I would die inside."
"I'll help," he said as he looked at the Doctor and saw the love and pride that came from him directed to her.
"Well Rose it's back to Pete's world for you and Mickey." the Doctor said. "Hey, we should call it that. Pete's World. I'm opening the Void, but only on this side. You'll be safe on that side."
"And then you close it, for good?" Pete asked.
"The breach itself is soaked in Void stuff." the Doctor said. "In the end it'll close itself. And that's it. Kaput."
"But you two 'll get pulled in." Mickey said.
"That's why we've got these." Rhee pointed to the Mangaclamps. "If Ianto holds on to me while I hold the clamps then I'll be fine."
"Then I'll hold the Doctor," Ai said. "I don't have Void Stuff so I will help." The Doctor nodded.
"Thank you Ai," Rhee said. Ai smiled.
"Anything for you Mom," Ai said.
"OK it's a bit creepy for you to call me Mom," Rhee said.
"Well this is goodbye then," Rose said as she hugged Rhee.
"Goodbye, Sis," Rhee said hugging Rose back.
"Take care." Jackie said. The computer made and announcement but Rhee didn't care. She was saying bye to another family. After Jackie and Rose finally let go of Rhee, Matt walked up.
"I don't know you that well but I've always felt a pull towards you," he said. "I just wish you would come with me so that I could protect you."
"I've made my choice," Rhee said. "He is my husband, and bondmate. Bondmate means forever there is no divorce." He nodded sadly. Pete hit the button and sent everyone but Ianto, Ai, Rhee and the Doctor back to Pete's world.
"Everyone know what to do?" the Doctor asked as he ran around setting everything Rhee helped him without him saying anything as always. He smiled at her. Everyone got into place. "Shouldn't be too bad for us but the Daleks and the Cybermen are steeped in Void stuff. Are you all ready?"
"Allons-y!" Rhee shouted happily.
"Let's do it!" the Doctor said as they pushed the levers and grabbed the clamps. Ianto grabbed Rhee and Ai grabbed the Doctor.
"Online." the Computer said as a bright light and strong winds came. The wind sucked in the Daleks that were at the window. They came crashing through the windows, both them and Cybermen.
"Emergency!" the Daleks screamed as they were sucked in.
"The breach is open! Into the Void! Ha!" the Doctor yelled over the sound of the wind. Rhee laughed. Rhee's lever slipped a little, and the wind started to calm.
"Offline." the computer said.
"Ianto," she said. "You've got to get it upright!"
"But," Ianto said.
"I'll hang on long enough," she said. "Get the lever." He did as he was told. He locked the lever in place again.
"Online and locked." the computer said. The wind picked up faster this time, Rhee was starting to slip.
"Rhee, hold on! Hold on!" the Doctor cried. Ianto got back to Rhee just in time because she about fell. Ianto held on to Rhee for dear life. She had saved the woman he wanted to marry so any life they would have he would owe to Rhee. He wanted to make sure that the Doctor had Rhee. Like Ianto had Lisa.
"Systems closed." the computer said. Ianto let go of Rhee, Ai let go of the Doctor. Rhee slid down the wall laughing so hard she snorted. The Doctor couldn't help himself, he laughed at her snorting which made her laugh harder, and snort more. Then Ianto and Ai joined in them in their laughing.
"Well Ianto looks like I owe you and Ai a trip," the Doctor said with a smile.
"I can't go," Ai said. "It's not time, not yet."
"What do you mean it's not time yet?" Rhee asked.
"Well you told me that I can't join for a while," Ai said. "You told me that it won't be until our timelines are synced. And their not synced now. I know you but you don't know me. The Doctor knows me but not like I know him. See not synced."
"Well," the Doctor said. "You have a great mother, and she knows best." He winked at Rhee, she blushed at his comment.
"She is," Ai smiled. "I gotta go, Jack is probably worried 'bout me." She bowed lightly
"Jack?" Rhee asked. "As in Captain Jack Harkness?"
"Yeah," Ai smiled brighter. "He's my fiancé."
"Fiancé?!" the Doctor and Rhee asked loudly.
"Yeah," Ai giggled. "It took me a while but I pinned him down. Though I hope he will still be with me since I regenerated." He looked at Rhee sadly.
"I know the feeling," he said. "When I regenerated I was afraid that Rhee would reject me." He laid a hand on Ai's shoulder. He turned to Ianto. "It might help if you go with her."
"Why?" he asked.
"Because you can explain to Jack what happened," the Doctor said. "With her regenerating."
"Doctor I told Ianto that I would show him Jess," Rhee said.
"Jess?" Ianto asked.
"The TARDIS the ship that Rose, Mickey and I were talking about earlier," she said.
"Love," the Doctor said as he walked to her side. "Can that wait?"
"I guess but why is there something else you want to do?" she asked.
"Yes," he said softly as he embraced her firmly but still gentle enough that it didn't hurt her. "I want to celebrate with you."
"Celebrate?" she asked. They were so involved with one another they didn't even notice that Ianto and Ai took that moment to leave.
"Yes," he said softly in her ear. His cool breath tickled her ear, she giggled lightly. "I want to celebrate the fact that you didn't die or get locked in a parallel universe."
"Well what would this celebration entail?" she asked coyly.
"I was thinking some dining, dancing, a movie," he said.
"Have I told you today that I love you?" she asked.
"I vaguely remember you telling me," he said. "But you're going to have to remind me." He smirked at her. She pulled away from him for a minute, and he frowned at the loss of her touch. But the frown didn't last because she grabbed his tie and pulled him in for a passionate kiss. After recovering from the shock he kissed her back. She broke the kiss and smiled softly.
"I love you with both my happy hearts!" she exclaimed. He grinned at her. "You know, while I was thinking I was going to be pulled away from you I was reminded of one of my favorite love stories."
"The shows version of me and Rose?" he asked.
"That is a favorite of mine but not the one I was thinking of," she laughed lightly. "In this story a broken man, training to be a merc, meets a girl at a dance and she makes him dance with her. Well he thought he would never see her again so he continued his life like he never met her. Well little did he know that his first assignment as a merc was to help her and her rebel band kidnap the president." He listened as she told the story, hanging on to every word. "Well the whole thing turned out to be a trap and so the man and girl had to fight their way out and became fugitives. He felt bad that he couldn't protect her. He even blamed himself. Well more dangerous things happened and they ended up on a beach together. She told him she had a dream. Of course he asked what was the dream about and she said it was about meeting him somewhere but she couldn't remember where she was to met him. So he said, 'I'll be here'"
"Why?" he asked. He didn't know the story but he just said what he felt in his hearts. And he had a feeling of where this was going.
"I'll be here waiting," she said.
"What for?" he asked as he cupped her face.
"I'll be here waiting so if you come here, you'll find me," she said. "I promise!" He kissed her again.
"I'll hold you to that," he teased. "Come on we have a party calling us." He grabbed her hand and ran with her to the TARDIS. They laughed the whole way. They got to the TARDIS and he opened the door and let her in first. "Where do we want this party?"
"Well honestly I'm still drained from the leech," she said with a yawn. "So could we just stay in space for a bit?"
"Your wish is my command, M'Lady," he said with a small bow. She giggled.
"Night," she said as she went to their room. He put the TARDIS into deep space. He went to the library and got a book. He brought it back to the console room. As he entered the room a golden light that almost looked like regeneration energy almost blinded him. When the light stopped he could see a red haired woman, in a wedding dress.
"What?" he asked. She looked around then saw him.
"Oh!" she shouted.
"What?" he repeated.
"Who are you?" she asked harshly.
"But-" he started,
"Where am I, eh?" she shouted again.
"What?" he asked again.
"What the hell is this place?" she shouted louder if that were possible.
"What?" he asked again.
Notes: The love story is from Final Fantasy 8 for those that don't know Squall and Rinoa's story. But I didn't spoil anything because most of the stuff that I said happened in the beginning. I hope you all like it. Thanks as always.