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He Needed Me
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Category:
1 through F › Doctor Who
Rating:
Adult
Chapters:
18
Views:
6,311
Reviews:
12
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
2
Disclaimer:
The concept nor the characters of Dr. Who are mine. The BBC and Russel Davies own everything. I'm merely borrowing their toys for the purpose of this story and in no way am I making a dime out of this.
Chapter 2
Remember, this is a parallel universe and if there are two Jackies and two Earths, maybe there's another Doctor out there. Artistic license rules.
Chapter 2
Lynda watched with dread as the Daleks slowly rose along the height of Satellite 5 to meet her. She didn’t move. What was the point? Either they would kill her by shattering the glass or they’d shoot her after cutting through the door. Either way she was just as dead. She swallowed dryly, watching in horror as a beam shot out towards her. She closed her eyes and screamed, startled when a hand landed on her shoulder and jerked her back. She fell to the ground, on some sort of grating and stared up in fright at a girl about her own age. Except, her hazel eyes held a knowledge, an age to them that seemed so much older than her face, “I’m Rose.”
Lynda didn’t move, just stared at her almost frightened and Rose narrowed her eyes a bit before nodding with a small smile. She moved around Lynda, closing the doors to the TARDIS and spinning back to the control panel, flipping a few switches and steering the time ship to the Doctor. She had a promise to fulfill. Lynda climbed shakily to her feet, looking around in awe even as she followed after Rose, “Where-...where am I?”
Smiling a little to herself, not taking her eyes off the screen, “You’re in the Doctor’s TARDIS.” Rose looked up and winked, “We’re going to save him from the Daleks.”
Lynda nodded, “That’s good. Uh, what about Jack? He’s-...he’s a friend of the Doctor’s.”
Rose thought to herself for a second, her mind skittering through a few things before nodding slowly, “Yeah, we need to save him too.” She pursed her lips a bit before nodding and typing away quickly, “Alright Lynda with a ‘y’, I need your help so this doesn’t kill me.”
Frowning a bit, “Why did you call me that?”
Shrugging, “Cause the Doctor calls you that. It just popped in my head. Anyway, I need you here, alright?”
Rose pointed to a spot and after an indecisive moment Lynda moved to it. She remembered what happened the last time someone told her to stand in a specific spot but she still obeyed, “Who are you?”
Rose smiled after a moment, “I told you, I’m Rose. You don’t know me and that’s alright...but I need you to just trust me. There’s no time to explain.” Lynda didn’t know this girl although her accent reminded her of Laura, but just like with the Doctor she knew she could be trusted. Flipping a switch, the panel suddenly lifted, an ethereal light within. Lynda gasped a second before her eyes were covered, Rose behind her, “Don’t look at it. Keep your eyes closed. Now, you’re going to feel all tingly but don’t panic, it won’t hurt you.” Rose slowly released Lynda, taking a step back as she watched the light gently encase the other girl before reaching out for her.
She closed her own eyes as the power filled her, feeling so familiar. It was just like the Doctor had said: no one is meant to see the time vortex. Well she wasn’t looking, and there was more than one person to sustain the connection to the TARDIS. And suddenly she remembered everything, not just what she’d seen from earlier but everything. Every emotion. The possessive thoughts Bad Wolf had for her Doctor. All of it. She was Bad Wolf, except so much more. Her Doctor was the Oncoming Storm, and she was there to announce his arrival.
***
“...you will be exterminated.”
With a resigned look, the Doctor accepted his fate, “Maybe it’s time.” He closed his eyes, standing perfectly still. He wasn’t even aware of the sounds of his own TARDIS until one of the Daleks pointed it out.
“Alert, TARDIS materializing!”
The Doctor whipped around in shock, seeing his old ship reappearing exactly where she had left with Laura safely inside, “You will not escape!” He just stood there, not acknowledging anything, not even moving as
the doors opened wide for Rose to slowly walk out. Unlike last time, this time she had firm control over herself, knowing exactly what she was doing.
Shaking his head, tripping back to the floor and just staring at the glowing figure he didn’t recognize, “Who...what...what’ve you done?!”
Smiling a little to herself as the words just tumbled out, “I am the Darkening Sky to warn of the Oncoming Storm.” He paled without comment. Raising her eyes, the power glowing around her as she looked at the Daleks, “The Time War ends.” She raised her arms, concentrating her thoughts. Just as before the Daleks were taken apart atom by atom, turning to dust before their eyes. Even the bellowing emperor claiming immortality joined the rest. She was killing them, and she felt not a bit of remorse from it. No one hurt her Doctor. Rose closed her eyes, concentrating on Jack, the Captain gasping back to life the next moment. She hated having to do that to him but he was too important for the future.
Turning around slowly, her back now to the Doctor, she exhaled and felt the power of the time vortex
leave her and drift back into the TARDIS. Except, for just a moment she was almost positive she’d seen the Bad Wolf wink at her but it could have just been her imagination. From her position she watched the energy swirl around Lynda for a brief moment before retreating back into the console as the panel slowly lowered back into place. Smiling, she nearly skipped back into the TARDIS and grabbed Lynda’s wrists, “All better now.”
Lynda’s eyes snapped open, looking at Rose in surprise before seeking out the Doctor who was still sitting on the ground, too stunned to move. Rose grinned brightly, running around the console to flip a few switches and turned a few nobs as if she were born to it. The Doctor shook his head, brow furrowed as he jumped to his feet and strode quickly into his ship. This was his TARDIS. His ship. No one could touch her except him, “What d’ya think you’re doin’?”
Hand on the hand brake, one eyebrow raised, “Gonna shut the doors or what?”
Just who did this little human ape think she was? Slowly crossing his arms, “We’re not goin’ anywhere.”
Raising the other, “Could get drafty.” He just smirked and stared at her with his best Oncoming Storm glare. She snorted to herself, grabbed Lynda’s wrist and flipped the brake. His eyes widened as he felt the old ship move and barely had enough time to shut the doors. Had he not in all likelihood he would have fallen out and that would have been fatal.
Storming up the ramp, “Get away from her!”
Smiling cheekily, “The TARDIS, or Lynda?”
“Lyn-...just get away!”
Lynda looked more than a bit surprised, and pleased. Rose laughed and ignored him, ducking when he moved to grab her and flipping a switch here and there before pausing. Scrunching up her face a bit, “Besides, a deal’s a deal and she’s yet to make good on her end of things.”
The Doctor paused, looking this girl over and having a hard time figuring her out. If he didn’t know better, he would swear she was a Timelady and that was just impossible. But she knew his ship. She talked a bit like him and she certainly didn’t back down. Then her words of earlier came back to him. Darkening Sky. Dangerous, prophetic words he would do well to just ignore, “Who? What deal?”
Shrugging a little, moving away from Lynda and leaning against the captain’s chair, “I made a deal with TARDIS. I save you and get you a companion and she takes me home. You’re safe. Lynda’s here. My turn.”
Standing a little taller, a cheery grin for all of two seconds before he glared, “Had a companion thanks, now shove off.”
Snorting, “Right. Laura, was it? Completely abandoned you...not worth your time. Don’t know what she did in the 21st Century but she didn’t look back and if she did she obviously wasn’t clever enough to come back for you. But Lynda here, she stayed. Bet she’ll stay through thick and thin, won’t ya?”
Looking over both of them nervously, “Is it always this dangerous?”
Both answering at the same time, “Yes.”
The Doctor leveled Rose with a look, “You mind?” Rose made a gesture as if to say have at it and took a seat, “Yes, Lynda with a ‘y’ it’s always this dangerous. It’s not safe. It’s not boring...and it’s absolutely fantastic.”
She grinned a bit before glancing at the Londoner. Pointing at Rose, “And you’re from Earth?”
Rose nodded with a grin, “Right out of the twenty-first century.”
“So this ship...travels through time?”
The Doctor nodded with a half grin, rocking up on the balls of his feet, “Go to the end of the universe and back again if I like.”
Lynda slowly smiled, “And I can go with you?”
Half shrug of his shoulder, “Sure. The more the merrier I always say. As soon as we drop...” He gave
Rose a glance.
“Rose.”
Nodding, giving her a second glance at her rather unique name and liking it. There was just something
special about her, he spotted it right away, “Right, we drop Rose off and off we go.” Frowning, “Where are we
dropping you off?”
“Cardiff, I think.” He raised both eyebrows and she clarified, “My universe, Cardiff.” Then she pursed
her lips for half a bit, “Less he’s on the move again.”
He gave her a double take, “What??”
She grinned, “Long story short: I got sucked into your universe by mistake and I’ve been stuck here for
almost 2 years.”
A wary look crossed his face, “And how do you know me, then?”
She shrugged almost carelessly, carefully choosing her answer without hinting to her love for his other version, nor his possible love for her. A feeling warned her that it would be the wise thing to do, “I was your companion before we got separated, I wanna go back and look for ‘im.”
He slowly shook his head, “Traveling between universes is impossible now.” He didn’t mention the why and she wasn’t going to point it out. Too raw for him. She could spot right away Laura hadn’t taken care of him properly. There was still a lot of brood and misery in his blue eyes, yet another reason for her to stay mum about love, “TARDIS can’t help you anymore than you can on your own. Obviously you know that or your version of me would have retrieved you long before now.”
She raised an eyebrow before gently tapping the last necessary switch with her foot, “That’s not what it looks like to me.”
Chapter 2
Lynda watched with dread as the Daleks slowly rose along the height of Satellite 5 to meet her. She didn’t move. What was the point? Either they would kill her by shattering the glass or they’d shoot her after cutting through the door. Either way she was just as dead. She swallowed dryly, watching in horror as a beam shot out towards her. She closed her eyes and screamed, startled when a hand landed on her shoulder and jerked her back. She fell to the ground, on some sort of grating and stared up in fright at a girl about her own age. Except, her hazel eyes held a knowledge, an age to them that seemed so much older than her face, “I’m Rose.”
Lynda didn’t move, just stared at her almost frightened and Rose narrowed her eyes a bit before nodding with a small smile. She moved around Lynda, closing the doors to the TARDIS and spinning back to the control panel, flipping a few switches and steering the time ship to the Doctor. She had a promise to fulfill. Lynda climbed shakily to her feet, looking around in awe even as she followed after Rose, “Where-...where am I?”
Smiling a little to herself, not taking her eyes off the screen, “You’re in the Doctor’s TARDIS.” Rose looked up and winked, “We’re going to save him from the Daleks.”
Lynda nodded, “That’s good. Uh, what about Jack? He’s-...he’s a friend of the Doctor’s.”
Rose thought to herself for a second, her mind skittering through a few things before nodding slowly, “Yeah, we need to save him too.” She pursed her lips a bit before nodding and typing away quickly, “Alright Lynda with a ‘y’, I need your help so this doesn’t kill me.”
Frowning a bit, “Why did you call me that?”
Shrugging, “Cause the Doctor calls you that. It just popped in my head. Anyway, I need you here, alright?”
Rose pointed to a spot and after an indecisive moment Lynda moved to it. She remembered what happened the last time someone told her to stand in a specific spot but she still obeyed, “Who are you?”
Rose smiled after a moment, “I told you, I’m Rose. You don’t know me and that’s alright...but I need you to just trust me. There’s no time to explain.” Lynda didn’t know this girl although her accent reminded her of Laura, but just like with the Doctor she knew she could be trusted. Flipping a switch, the panel suddenly lifted, an ethereal light within. Lynda gasped a second before her eyes were covered, Rose behind her, “Don’t look at it. Keep your eyes closed. Now, you’re going to feel all tingly but don’t panic, it won’t hurt you.” Rose slowly released Lynda, taking a step back as she watched the light gently encase the other girl before reaching out for her.
She closed her own eyes as the power filled her, feeling so familiar. It was just like the Doctor had said: no one is meant to see the time vortex. Well she wasn’t looking, and there was more than one person to sustain the connection to the TARDIS. And suddenly she remembered everything, not just what she’d seen from earlier but everything. Every emotion. The possessive thoughts Bad Wolf had for her Doctor. All of it. She was Bad Wolf, except so much more. Her Doctor was the Oncoming Storm, and she was there to announce his arrival.
***
“...you will be exterminated.”
With a resigned look, the Doctor accepted his fate, “Maybe it’s time.” He closed his eyes, standing perfectly still. He wasn’t even aware of the sounds of his own TARDIS until one of the Daleks pointed it out.
“Alert, TARDIS materializing!”
The Doctor whipped around in shock, seeing his old ship reappearing exactly where she had left with Laura safely inside, “You will not escape!” He just stood there, not acknowledging anything, not even moving as
the doors opened wide for Rose to slowly walk out. Unlike last time, this time she had firm control over herself, knowing exactly what she was doing.
Shaking his head, tripping back to the floor and just staring at the glowing figure he didn’t recognize, “Who...what...what’ve you done?!”
Smiling a little to herself as the words just tumbled out, “I am the Darkening Sky to warn of the Oncoming Storm.” He paled without comment. Raising her eyes, the power glowing around her as she looked at the Daleks, “The Time War ends.” She raised her arms, concentrating her thoughts. Just as before the Daleks were taken apart atom by atom, turning to dust before their eyes. Even the bellowing emperor claiming immortality joined the rest. She was killing them, and she felt not a bit of remorse from it. No one hurt her Doctor. Rose closed her eyes, concentrating on Jack, the Captain gasping back to life the next moment. She hated having to do that to him but he was too important for the future.
Turning around slowly, her back now to the Doctor, she exhaled and felt the power of the time vortex
leave her and drift back into the TARDIS. Except, for just a moment she was almost positive she’d seen the Bad Wolf wink at her but it could have just been her imagination. From her position she watched the energy swirl around Lynda for a brief moment before retreating back into the console as the panel slowly lowered back into place. Smiling, she nearly skipped back into the TARDIS and grabbed Lynda’s wrists, “All better now.”
Lynda’s eyes snapped open, looking at Rose in surprise before seeking out the Doctor who was still sitting on the ground, too stunned to move. Rose grinned brightly, running around the console to flip a few switches and turned a few nobs as if she were born to it. The Doctor shook his head, brow furrowed as he jumped to his feet and strode quickly into his ship. This was his TARDIS. His ship. No one could touch her except him, “What d’ya think you’re doin’?”
Hand on the hand brake, one eyebrow raised, “Gonna shut the doors or what?”
Just who did this little human ape think she was? Slowly crossing his arms, “We’re not goin’ anywhere.”
Raising the other, “Could get drafty.” He just smirked and stared at her with his best Oncoming Storm glare. She snorted to herself, grabbed Lynda’s wrist and flipped the brake. His eyes widened as he felt the old ship move and barely had enough time to shut the doors. Had he not in all likelihood he would have fallen out and that would have been fatal.
Storming up the ramp, “Get away from her!”
Smiling cheekily, “The TARDIS, or Lynda?”
“Lyn-...just get away!”
Lynda looked more than a bit surprised, and pleased. Rose laughed and ignored him, ducking when he moved to grab her and flipping a switch here and there before pausing. Scrunching up her face a bit, “Besides, a deal’s a deal and she’s yet to make good on her end of things.”
The Doctor paused, looking this girl over and having a hard time figuring her out. If he didn’t know better, he would swear she was a Timelady and that was just impossible. But she knew his ship. She talked a bit like him and she certainly didn’t back down. Then her words of earlier came back to him. Darkening Sky. Dangerous, prophetic words he would do well to just ignore, “Who? What deal?”
Shrugging a little, moving away from Lynda and leaning against the captain’s chair, “I made a deal with TARDIS. I save you and get you a companion and she takes me home. You’re safe. Lynda’s here. My turn.”
Standing a little taller, a cheery grin for all of two seconds before he glared, “Had a companion thanks, now shove off.”
Snorting, “Right. Laura, was it? Completely abandoned you...not worth your time. Don’t know what she did in the 21st Century but she didn’t look back and if she did she obviously wasn’t clever enough to come back for you. But Lynda here, she stayed. Bet she’ll stay through thick and thin, won’t ya?”
Looking over both of them nervously, “Is it always this dangerous?”
Both answering at the same time, “Yes.”
The Doctor leveled Rose with a look, “You mind?” Rose made a gesture as if to say have at it and took a seat, “Yes, Lynda with a ‘y’ it’s always this dangerous. It’s not safe. It’s not boring...and it’s absolutely fantastic.”
She grinned a bit before glancing at the Londoner. Pointing at Rose, “And you’re from Earth?”
Rose nodded with a grin, “Right out of the twenty-first century.”
“So this ship...travels through time?”
The Doctor nodded with a half grin, rocking up on the balls of his feet, “Go to the end of the universe and back again if I like.”
Lynda slowly smiled, “And I can go with you?”
Half shrug of his shoulder, “Sure. The more the merrier I always say. As soon as we drop...” He gave
Rose a glance.
“Rose.”
Nodding, giving her a second glance at her rather unique name and liking it. There was just something
special about her, he spotted it right away, “Right, we drop Rose off and off we go.” Frowning, “Where are we
dropping you off?”
“Cardiff, I think.” He raised both eyebrows and she clarified, “My universe, Cardiff.” Then she pursed
her lips for half a bit, “Less he’s on the move again.”
He gave her a double take, “What??”
She grinned, “Long story short: I got sucked into your universe by mistake and I’ve been stuck here for
almost 2 years.”
A wary look crossed his face, “And how do you know me, then?”
She shrugged almost carelessly, carefully choosing her answer without hinting to her love for his other version, nor his possible love for her. A feeling warned her that it would be the wise thing to do, “I was your companion before we got separated, I wanna go back and look for ‘im.”
He slowly shook his head, “Traveling between universes is impossible now.” He didn’t mention the why and she wasn’t going to point it out. Too raw for him. She could spot right away Laura hadn’t taken care of him properly. There was still a lot of brood and misery in his blue eyes, yet another reason for her to stay mum about love, “TARDIS can’t help you anymore than you can on your own. Obviously you know that or your version of me would have retrieved you long before now.”
She raised an eyebrow before gently tapping the last necessary switch with her foot, “That’s not what it looks like to me.”