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Chapter 5

River closed the door and pressed her back against it, facing The Doctor sitting on the bed, head in his hands. She kicked off her shoes and walked over to her sad Doctor to sit next to him and place a gentle hand on his back, when she was with him she hid nothing, she didn't need to be strong, and neither did he. She watched the solitary tear slide down his cheek as he sat up and turned to face her, his eyes locking with hers. She leaned closer to him and brusher her lips along his cheek, stopping his tear. He moved his face and pressed his lips to hers, seeking for something to ground him.

River pulled herself away a minute later, she wanted him to talk for once, not hide behind a mask. River knew how important Rose was, and well is to the Doctor, she had seen it in his mind. She has found she has the time lord ability to connect mentally to her significant other, and she had seen the constant thought of his companions, every one of them. But right at the front was always Rose and his duplicate, he hated not knowing what happened, but he also hates endings. He always hides it all, never opens up, it's difficult to make him be at all open.

"Doctor, no more hiding, talk to me" She whispered quietly. The Doctors hands clenched tightly in his lap and he kept his eyes downcast.

"I'm not going to lose her now, especially not to that woman. She took you away from me! I won't let her take anyone else!" He stood and began to pace agitatedly pace the room, "but who will stand by me now? I have used all my favors… many think I am dead, gone from the universe!" His pacing paused for a second as he spoke, his hands gesturing wildly. His pacing resumed as he wrung his hands.

"Doctor anyone will stand by you, all you have to do is ask, you have saved so many yet still you ask so little. You should know by now that if you need help all you have to do is ask" River kept her voice calm, her face passive when all she wanted was to make him see sense. He was so selfless, never thought of others helping him, sometimes way to selfless.

"We will get her back River" he snarled. The snarl in his voice was not directed at her, but at Kovarian.

"I know we will sweetie" She smiled and stood, closing the gap between them she stood right in front of him, "none of us will give up until we do."

Cold metal across your forehead is never a good feeling, Rose knew that much. Unfortunately she was at a distinct disadvantage; she was trapped, facing a blank white wall with voices whispering behind her.

"Do you really think it's worth it ma'am?" A quiet male voice spoke.

Kovarian's confident and cold voice rang in the room "Yes it is. I will return later" With that the sound of heels clicking on concrete floor slowly faded away. She heard a sigh behind her and the padded bench she was on tilted until she was lying flat, standing next to her was a middle aged man with a kind face, he had sad eyes and a blank face. The man held in his white gloved hand a screen that he was typing away on. With his other hand he reached over to press something on the metal that encircled her head.

After a minute of typing away Rose felt a pressure on her temples, ten cent piece sized points of pressure on each side of her head, slowly increasing, it quickly became uncomfortable, her head throbbing slightly, like a headache. The device pushed harder on her temples, slowly adding pressure until it stopped.

Rose gasped from the pressure and her eyes sprung open, she had not realized she had closed them, again the sound of fingers taping on a screen and then a pressure on the top of her neck, almost her head. Another ten cent sized piece of pressure slowly pushing. Rose started to panic when she felt another on her forehead. Her head was being pressured on all sides, she struggled in her bindings, tried to break away but all she got was a 'shush' from the man.

He stood next to her and placed a hand on her arm; she jumped and glared at him, trying to flinch away. He simply sighed and then spoke,

"What is your name?"

"Rose" she gasped out as the pressure on her head increased. He nodded his head slowly then walked away, disappearing from view.

"Hey! Where are you going!" she heard the door open and close, and then she was alone.

Rose shuddered, the constant and unfailing pressure on her head never stopping. She knew the Doctor would come to find her, her Doctor; he wouldn't leave her now, not now that she had finally found him again. Yes, she still loved him, but he was not hers to love any longer. He had River, Rose had known River for a while now, she was crazy and rather trigger happy but a wonderful person. But she always thought the Doctor could only marry another Time Lord, and yes River is half Time lord, if that. Would it be the same for him? And how on in the universe did he end up married to her?

The door behind her opened again and the bench she was on tilted up to the point she was almost in a standing position, then span around to face those who had just entered. Rose couldn't help but recoil slight at the sight of Madam Kovarian, despite the pounding in her head. Kovarian glanced at Rose before turning to the man, Rose didn't find out his name she realized.

"Anything?" Kovarian asked. The man nodded and paled slightly, handing her the screen. Her eyes widened slightly at what she saw.

"My, my, this is interesting" She smiled up at Rose, "Continue the testing, find out more"

"But Ma'am-" Kovarian cut the man off,

"No, continue" with that she turned on her heal and left. The man let out a heavy sigh,

"Well Rose, this is going to hurt a bit"

Fingers clicking on a screen and then four pin pricks of pain. Rose gasped loudly and screwed her eyes shut as she felt the pressure on her head change. The small circles of pressure where still there, but from the middle of them was something sharp, pressing into her head. She heard more tapping on the screen and the beeping on the monitor somewhere in the room increase, she realized it was her heartbeat. She heard it speed up as her breath bounded in her chest as the unknown probes pressed into her skull.

Rose whimpered, trying as hard as she could not to scream. More tapping on the screen. More pain. Rose screamed. She didn't know why this was happening, but she did know The Doctor would save her. He always did.

Jack flopped backwards onto his bed in the TARDIS; the old ship had kept his room, and kept it the same as he had wanted it when he first became a part of the TARDIS crew. The Doctor had always been one of a very few number of constants in Jack's life, most things and people came and went. A humans life is so fleeting, changes so fast. But not his, His life was long, complicated, and never ending. And the Doctor had always been there, whether it was traveling with him, looking for him, or waiting for him, it was always to do with the Doctor, or Rose. Rosie, his Rose, she had always been there for him, and he for her. He comforted her every time she cried, had a bad day, or missed the Doctor again.

Him and Rose where both complicated, he could never die, and Rose seemed to have stopped ageing about ten years ago. It was her birthday soon, He hoped they could have her back before then, plus as much as Jack was thrilled with having the Doctor back in her life, he resented him in a way. If there was something wrong with Rose it was by the Doctors own fault, she has again gotten caught up in something bigger than herself, the fight between the Doctor and what seemed like the rest of the universe. Jack has spent a long time now trying to fill the void left by the Doctor in Rose, to make her whole again, but he didn't think that would ever happen.

As much as Rose liked to believe otherwise, the Doctor had still changed. Sure this new Doctor was more like the one she had known than the duplicate but he was not the same. He had his own new story now, one that had not involved her for 200 years.

But Jack had to get her back, he would never in a million years admit it, but he needed her. He would eat his own damn suspenders before he ever admitted that. Jack had always promised himself that he would never become dependent on people but he had now. He had known Rose her entire life, he had watched her grow up, face struggles, get through it all. But he never said hello… And then the day when he thought she was dead, that was one of the worst days he had ever lived through, he hated himself, and he hated the Doctor. HE had done stupid things that night, gotten him self killed multiple times, just to feel the breath pulled shrieking back into his body, to feel the pain it brought, to feel alive. The universe had become less beautiful that day, a dark tone appeared, and the wonder of it all was lost.

When he met the Doctor again, met Martha, found out she was not dead, part of him came back. There was hope he could find her again, Rose, happy and alive. There was always hope, never would Jack stop. He wouldn't be stopped, death was no threat to him, he couldn't be killed, not by anything.

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