Sorry that it's been so long! I've been really busy. So, as I reread the last chapter, I realized that I accidently said that it took place in the TARDIS, when it really took place in Rose's cell. Sorry if there was any confusion. So yeah, let's do this.
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Back in the TARDIS (for real this time) as they entered Trenzalore.
As Rose stepped out of the TARDIS, the first thing that she thought was smoke. It was an ashy landscape filled with smoke and despair. A few burned houses filled what was otherwise an empty void. There were some burned trees left over from what had happened to the rest of this world.
"What happened? Was there a fire?" she asked the Doctor as he shut the TARDIS door behind them. He just shook his head.
"No, there wasn't a fire. There was a war, or they were attacked, to be precise. They don't exactly have a strong front, so they were an easy target," he explained, examining the ground.
"So why do the Silence want us to come here? What's so special about here?" Rose asked him. He just rubbed a few dead and burnt leaves between his fingers and studied the ash trail left on his fingers. Then he popped up.
"I don't know. I've heard legends about this place, but not all of them are true…" he walked around in circles in front of the TARDIS. Rose sighed, and then pulled him away from his little circle.
"Well where do we go? This place is a wasteland," she noted, eying the burnt landscape again. Suddenly there was a high pitched scream from the far corner of the landscape.
"I think that we need to head to the heart of the danger, because that would be the most fun option," he smirked, and Rose joined along with him.
"What do you think that they want? Because it seems that we're walking straight into a trap," she said rhetorically, jogging to keep up with his long strides.
"Well, that's the point. The most entertaining things are in the heart of the danger," he laughed gleefully as Rose rolled her eyes.
"That's also where the most dangerous things are," she reminded him.
"Exactly. So what are we waiting for? Allons-y!" he ran ahead of her, and she skipped, laughing.
"If we explode or die in some painful way-" she warned him.
"You'll be free to haunt me forever and say 'I told you so' as many times as you want," he replied.
She ran, happy and laughing. Suddenly something caught her eye. "Doctor," she called out, pointing to it. He stopped, coming back. "What does it mean?"
"That we are in trouble. Big, big trouble," he replied, because carved into the half way torn down wall, were two words proclaiming the end of the world:
Bad Wolf
"So what now?" Rose asked. Then she realized that she was still pointing. She lowered her hand, embarrassed.
"Well, whoever wants us obviously knows that we like to do the stupid thing and go straight into danger. If you were them, what would you do?" he asked her.
Rose paused, thinking hard. Then she spoke as an idea struck her. "I'd set a trap door underneath the words. Because if I was you, I'd look around the words, because they can't be there for no reason. I'd then, saying that I'm them now, anyway, I'd know that you scan with your screwdriver, so I'd set it up where you'd see it most."
"And that statement there, Rose Tyler, is why you're absolutely brilliant," he gave her a half hug and then started to scan the wall.
"Was I right? Is there a trap door?" she asked. His screwdriver suddenly went wild.
"You were right. There's a trap door right under the letter 'O'. Roughly four feet tall, four feet wide, and I think," he listened intently to his screwdriver again. "Lined in silver."
"Silver?" Rose raised her eyebrows.
"Rich villain," he commented.
"Aren't they always?" she said.
"Yes," he replied as he tried to pull the door off. "It appears to be stuck."
"Let me try," Rose asked.
"Rose, if I, an all-powerful Time Lord-"
"Half human Time Lord," Rose corrected.
"Same difference," he regained his dignity. "If I can't get it open, why in the TARDIS would you be able-" there was a loud creaking noise and suddenly the door popped open. Rose laughed.
"That door wasn't stuck. It wasn't even heavy," she smiled at the Doctor. "Now, I appreciate you trying to raise my spirits and make me think that I'm strong and smart, but pretending to not be able to open a simple door is not the way to go."
"But I wasn't pretending," he argued. "It was really stuck."
Rose's smile faded, slowly turning to confusion. "You mean that you're honestly surprised that I was able to get it open?" she asked, double checking.
"Yes, I thought that it must've been a lie or malfunction on the sonic screwdrivers part," he paused for a moment, thinking deeply.
"Doctor?" Rose asked again. "Why did the Silence need us to come to Trenzalore?"
He turned and faced her, his expression slightly guarded. "I don't know."
Rose looked down, thinking. He's obviously lying. You can tell from his face. She looked at him as he scanned the interior of the path. But what is really happening?
"Ladies first," he gestured for Rose to go into the tunnel. It was low, so she had to duck first to get in, but she smiled, loving the adventure.
"Thank you kind sir," she replied with a giggle. His converses were scraping against the silver-lined cobblestone floor.
"So, in a matter of roughly a week we had the TARDIS infiltrated," he checked off one on his finger.
"Were attacked by the Silence," Rose added as they walked along the path.
"Check," the Doctor agreed. "Were mind controlled by the Silence."
"Given the coordinates to a secret location," Rose laughed.
"And landed on a deserted planet to be trapped and such," he finished. "So pretty much an ordinary day."
"Pretty mu-" suddenly Rose heard a crack, and she felt someone stick a Taser on her arm. There was a buzzing, and Rose shook with electricity, her eyes rolling up to her head. Then-blackness.
The Doctor watched in horror as Rose shook, than collapsed. Her blonde hair was sprawled out around her in a halo, and her lips were slightly parted. She could be asleep. There was a slight burn mark on her arm where the Taser had hit her. Looking around, the Doctor couldn't see anyone in sight. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver, holding it threateningly. "I will use this!" he shouted.
"Go ahead," said a woman's voice. She stepped out of the corner, nicely dressed with an eye patch on her eye and accompanied by two Silences. "I doubt that it will do much more that change the playlist on my iPod."
The Doctor held up his sonic screwdriver even higher. "Who are you and what do you want?"
"Nothing from you. You're just extra baggage. Of course," she added, surveying the Doctor. "You're half human half Time Lord. You could be of use."
"If you don't want me, then what do you want?" he asked defensively. The woman laughed.
"You sure have a high opinion of yourself," she took a step forward, and the Doctor was trying to keep his eyes away from the Silence. "It's something that…she can give us," she walked over to Rose, looking her over. "Yes, she's the one. Take her away!" she ordered the Silence.
"Don't touch her!" the Doctor yelled.
"I don't believe that you're in a position to make deals, Doctor," with that, she shoved the Taser onto his arm, and he shook, and then collapsed.
So from here on out, it won't be switching times. It will all be the same because this makes up all of the missing week. The next part would be back to chapter one. So now I'll go back to the cell in the next chapter and it will be the day after the chapter before this. Okay? Okay.
