It was suppose to be a peaceful planet. A nice place to relax after all they had been through lately with Demon's run and finding Donna. What he didn't know as he landed though was that the two human factions on the planet had been at war off and on for several years. He had wanted to help end the fighting and in retrospect he probably shouldn't have called the Leader of the Gray faction a Thickty thick head from planet Thicktonia, when he learned that the only reason they were fighting is whether the military uniforms should be gray or blue. If he hadn't been so irritated at the fact that another attempt at relaxing had been ruined, he would have realized that they would have been at war for any other reason.
The Gray leader demanded that he be taken prison and shot. Taking that as his cue to leave he had scooped up Kiam and taken off into the night, towards the Tardis with Rose. They had been running for several minutes and were well ahead of the men, when he had to set Kiam down. The little boy was getting to heavy for him to carry for long periods anymore. During those few precious seconds he could see two of the soldiers catching up to them.
"Come on," he grabbed Kiam's hand and took off running again with Rose slightly behind them. There was the sound of gunfire and he turned his head to see Rose stumble and then fall to the ground.
"Rose," he screamed rushing over to her.
"Doctor," she moaned.
He fell to his knees and then released Kiam's hand as he pulled out his sonic. The world seemed to stand still as he ran it over her body and then looked at the results.
"No, no, no, NO. You can't have her." He screamed at the universe.
"Mama," Kiam said quietly.
"Mama's fine, she just tripped." He quickly told the little boy.
"Mama's just got a boo boo." Rose said gently taking Kiam's hand.
He saw one of the solider's who had been chasing them getting closer. Without thinking he grabbed a rock, stood up and hit the man over the head with it, knocking the man out cold. He leaned down and as gently as he could scooped Rose up in his arms and headed quickly back to the Tardis, with Kiam clinging to his coat the whole way. As he carried her, he kept picturing Jenny lying in his arms. He wasn't going to let this end that way.
With shaking hands he opened up the Tardis door and entered it. He hurried over to the controls and quickly typed in coordinates and threw the lever.
"Mama," Kiam said again.
"Mama, just needs rest." He headed to the medical bay and entered it. He sat Rose as gently as he could on the bed and started to lift her shirt to see the damage that was done by the bullet by he stopped when he realized that Kiam was still behind him. Kiam didn't need to see anymore then he all ready had. He turned and knelt down in front of his son.
"Why don't you go find your pajamas on while I take care of Mommy."
Kiam just stared at him. "Please Kiam, listen to daddy and go get your pajamas." He was relieved when he finally turned and headed out the door. He stood up and turned his attention back to Rose. Her breathing had become shallower and more erratic. She had her eyes closed.
"Rose," He said trying to keep his voice calm but he was panicking. "Rose, open your eyes and listen to me." She opened her eyes and looked at him. "Rose I need you to stay awake."
"I'm cold." She said softly.
He pulled up her shirt to tend to her as he wondered what was taking the Tardis so long to reach their destination. He was sure they were suppose to be there by now. He desperately wanted to go check the controls but he couldn't leave Rose. He nearly cried with relief when he heard the familiar noise of the Tardis landing herself.
"Rose, help is coming you have to hang on." He surveyed the damage done by the bullet.
"Doctor," He heard a familiar voice call from the corridor.
"In here Martha." He called out and she rushed in a few seconds later in her nightgown. Her face looked concerned as she saw Rose but she immediately kicked in to her Doctor's training.
"What happened?" She said moving about the medical bay to grab the supplies she needed. She had spent many hours in the medical bay when she traveled with him, learning all she could about alien medicine.
"She was shot. It was all my fault." He said.
"Where's Kiam," She asked as she pulled over a small table with surgical equipment.
"He's fine." He replied.
"Go to him, while I tend to Rose." Martha said.
"I can't leave her."
"Your son needs you. Now wash up and go to him." She said kindly. He looked down at his arms and saw that they were covered in blood. He nodded and left the room and she closed the door behind him.
He went to the bathroom first and stripped off his coat, jacket and over shirt so that he was just in his trousers and undershirt. He washed up and then went to find Kiam. He quickly glanced into Kiam's room, knowing he wouldn't be in there, before heading to the room they all shared. He headed over to the daybed in the corner and feel to his knees to look under it. It was Kiam's favorite hiding place and sure enough the little boy was there clutching a teddy bear tightly to him.
"Come on," He said gently and Kiam crawled out and he gathered the child into his arms and sat down on the bed, holding him tightly.
"Mama, sleeping?" Kiam asked him and with that the tears he had been holding back broke free and streamed down his face.
"I don't know."