Secrets on the Other Side ch. 6
Title: Secrets on the Other Side 6/13
Pairing: 10/Rose
Rating: Adult
Spoilers: all of season 2
Summary: The Doctor realizes he can't go on without Rose, so he decides he's going to find a way to get her back, but what secrets lie in the other dimension?
A/N: Yes, I did omit the shower scene, but only because they didn't have enough time for proper smut (and I had to save my smutty writing for next chapter).
( Chapter one )
( Chapter two )
( Chapter three )
( Chapter four ) contains smut
( Chapter five )
I have also done an illustration of the kiss in chapter four: http://neko-chan42.livejournal.com/14090.html
CHAPTER 6
The Doctor started awake with a confused and sleep fogged “Bwuh?” next to Rose, who woke with an equally sleepy “Mmnuh” to the sound of impatient banging on the bedroom door.
“Up an’ at ‘em!” Jackie yelled through the door “You’ve got to leave in ten minutes.”
Rose grabbed the clock. 5:30am?! “S’so early,” she whined. She looked back at the Doctor, who was still looking at the door like a deer caught in the headlights.
“Do you think she knew I was in here?” he said fearfully.
Rose rolled out of bed, laughing at him. The man had faced the devil himself and won, but he was terrified of her mother. It was positively adorable. The fact that his hair was sticking out at all ends definitely added to that. “Honestly, what is it about my mum?”
“She’s terrifying!” he said in indignation.
“Oh, yeah? How so?” she asked, stifling a giggle, as she opened the dresser and sifted through the hangers looking for and outfit. “What could she do to you that’s so much worse than all the things we’ve faced?”
Rose felt the Doctor's arms wrap around her waist from behind as he rested his cheek against the side of her head. “She could take you away from me,” he said. “And I’d be powerless to stop her.”
It felt like something warm had just gone through Rose’s heart. Here she was thinking that it was merely cute and amusing, when there was a deeper meaning behind it. She leant back into him, putting her arms over his. “Not true,” she said. “I’m a grown woman. She can’t dictate my life. And besides,” she said, turning around and folding her arms around his neck, “Nothing could keep me from you.”
The Doctor smiled and kissed her lips softly. He so hoped what she said was true. He couldn’t bear to be separated from her again.
“I need to take my shower,” she said when they broke apart. “Wanna join me?”, she asked smiling slyly.
“Ohhh,” was the husky sound he made as she guided him into the bathroom. He just wished they had more than ten minutes.
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Jackie entered the kitchen to find Pete drinking coffee at the counter. “Why don’t you sit down?” she said.
“‘Cause I’ll just have to get up again,” he replied as if it should be obvious. “Too many things need doing before we go.”
Jackie sighed and shook her head as she sat down with her tea. She had too much on her mind to press the issue. The Doctor was back, but what did that mean? Was he going to whisk Rose away again, off to the stars? If so, would it be in this dimension or their home one? She liked having her daughter home everyday now, knowing she was safe. She wasn’t happy here though. Jackie knew that. She knew it would be selfish to try and keep Rose here, but she couldn’t help wanting to. Then she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Pete.
“It’ll be alright,” he said as if reading her mind.
“What if I never see her again?”
“She’ll be with the Doctor. She’ll be safe.”
Jackie tried to take comfort in that thought, but she couldn’t. With the Doctor was possibly the least safe place she could be. Still, she couldn’t help feeling like she was wrong for wanting her to stay.
Mickey came in, closing the door, perhaps a little harder than he meant to, and went to pouring himself some cereal without saying good morning. Jackie and Pete exchanged looks. He was clearly upset about something. “Good morning, Mickey,” said Jackie, when he sat down at the table.
“Morning,” he said offhandedly.
“Good morning!” said the Doctor coming in, happily a polar opposite in mood from Mickey and wearing a wide goofy grin. He was closely followed by Rose, who had an equally ethereal smile and the same bounce in her step.
“Morning!” said Rose as she poured her tea and came to sit at the table.
The Doctor grabbed a banana and plopped down next to Rose, kissing her on the cheek. He hadn’t even realized he’d done it until after the fact. Everyone looked momentarily surprised and perhaps slightly amused, but quickly averted their gaze. He had been officially together with Rose for nearly a year before they were separated, but they’d never shown overt signs of it in front of people they knew. Kissing her on the cheek at the breakfast table in front of her family was reaching a whole new level of domesticity. Surprisingly, the Doctor found that, aside from being slightly embarrassed, he didn’t mind it. He cleared his throat and peeled his banana, taking a bite before speaking. “So, we arrange for a boat?” he asked, mouth full, merely to shift interest off himself and Rose.
“A research vessel,” said Pete. “Well equipped. There’s even some adapted alien technology onboard.”
“Will I be able to go down?” asked Rose.
“I’m not going under without her,” said the Doctor.
“I knew you’d say that,” said Pete. “And, yes, Rose. You will be going under. It’s three to a submersible, and there’ll be two subs.”
“And me?” asked Mickey, no longer quite as grumpy.
“You’ll be in the second sub,” he answered “It’ll be the Doctor, Rose, and a crew member in Sub-1 and Mickey and two other crew members in Sub-2.”
“What about you?” asked Rose.
“Someone has to stay up top and oversee the operation,” Just then there were two honks from outside. “And that’ll be our ride. Everyone ready?”
They all nodded and got up, heading out the door. Pete gave Jackie a kiss. “Bye, luv.”
“Bye,” said Jackie. “Be safe.” Jackie watched him go. She always said ‘be safe’ when he left, but she meant it now more than ever. The Doctor was here, and that meant danger. She couldn’t bear to lose Pete all over again.
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The company van arrived at the docks and everyone filed out. Their ship was a large white research vessel called ‘The Lady of Truth’. Two small yellow submersibles hung from what looked like two sets of large lifeboat cranes on the port ans starboard sides.
“Mr. Tyler!” a stout, bearded man in his fifties or sixties, wearing a gray wool sweater and a dark blue jacket greeted him as he came down the gangplank.
“Captain Pearce.” Pete shook his hand.
“These my new crew, then?” said Captain Pearce, nodding to the group.
Pete nodded and introduced them. “This is Rose and Mickey. And this,” he said coming over to the Doctor. “is the Doctor. He’s our expert. If anyone can tell you about that hatch it’ll be him.”
The Doctor really wished Pete hadn’t said that. He didn’t really want anyone to know the contents of that chamber. He didn’t know these people or what they would do with that information.
“You got a name, Doctor?” asked Captain Pearce, shaking his hand.
“No, just ‘the Doctor' is fine.”
The Captain raised an eyebrow, but decided to let it go. He turned to Pete, telling him he had a few things to discuss with him on the bridge. “Get your bags and meet O’Mally on the deck,” he said to the rest of the group. “He’ll show you to your cabins.”
The Doctor, Rose, and Mickey were getting their bags when they heard a voice behind them.
“So,” said Jake “Where do I put my stuff?”
“What are you doing here?” said Mickey angrily.
“I decided to take you up on your offer,” he said. “You said I could come.”
“That was befo- And you said you didn’t wanna come!”
“I changed my mind!”
The Doctor and Rose looked on as Mickey left for the ship in a huff. The Doctor leaned over, whispering in Rose’s ear. “You go after him. I’ll talk to Jake.”
Rose nodded and followed Mickey up the gangplank. Jake was just about to follow when the Doctor caught him by the shoulder. “Jakey-boy!” he said in a friendly tone, but changed in a snap to serious. “Why don’t you tell me what this is all about.”
Jake hesitated, deciding wether to say ‘None of your business’ or confide in him. He eventually decided on the latter.
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Rose had to walk quite quickly to keep up with Mickey. “Mickey!” she called. He stopped, but he didn’t turn around. “What’s been going on with you two?”, she asked. “You’ve been at it ever since I found that hatch.”
“I don’t know what his problem is!” he said whirling around and gesturing in the general direction of where they left Jake and the Doctor. “Ever since I told him I was gonna help you with this thing he’s been short with me!”
“Why?”
“I don’t know! He acts like I should spend all my time with him and the crew!”
That didn’t sound right. Jake wasn’t an unreasonable person. There had to be something else. “Are you sure that’s all that’s upsetting him?”
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“It’s just,” Jake started. “You and Rose...”
“Me and Rose?” What on earth did this have to do with them? Wasn’t this between him and Mickey?
“He always talks about you two. It’s understandable with Rose now. She’s here. He sees her everyday. But four years, four years it was just me and him and he talked about you two all the time. Rose especially. I knew he didn’t really want to be here, but I needed him here. I listened to his stories. I could tell how much he loved her, how much he admired you. I didn’t mind, really. But then Rose got stuck here. Don’t get me wrong! Rose is great. I just felt... I dunno, ignored or something. Then she found that hatch, and Mickey said it was from your planet. He started spending less time with me, and they would talk about things that I wasn’t in on.”
As the Doctor listened he realized what was happening. The tables had turned. Jake was going through what Mickey had gone through when Rose had started traveling with him.
“And now you’re here,” he finished. “And I guess I just feel...left out.”
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“Did you ever think, maybe he was jealous?” said Rose. They were sitting on a life jacket bin. Mickey had just told her about the arguments he’d had with Jake over the past few days.
“Jealous?!” said Mickey. “What would he have to be jealous about?!”
Men can be so thick. “Well he’s like your best mate, yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, maybe you haven’t noticed, but you’ve really been neglecting him and the Preachers lately.”
He was about to protest, but when he thought about it, she was right. He’d been so absorbed in helping Rose that he’d been shirking his other duties. “So... He’s jealous of you?”
“Maybe.”
“But it’s different with you. He knows that. We have a history.”
“Doesn’t make him feel any less left out.”
Now Mickey felt guilty. He’d been ignoring his best friend. Of course he was gonna be upset. Maybe he should apologize. But he couldn’t just walk up to him and say 'sorry' out of nowhere. His pride wouldn’t let him do that.
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They all met on the aft deck. Mickey and Jake weren’t fighting anymore, but they were awkward. They’d greeted each other with offhanded grunts. At least it was progress. O’Mally was waiting for them. O’Mally was a well built, but unshaven Irishman.
“Wasn’t there supposed to be just three of you?” he asked, confused.
“Change of plans,” said Mickey. Jake looked to him and he gave a hint of a smile. Jake smiled back. Rose guessed this was his way of saying he was sorry.
“Well, we just have two cabins, and there’s only two beds in each.”
“The Doctor and I can share a cabin,” said Rose. The Doctor smiled and took her hand.
“Oh, I didn’t realize,” said O’Mally with a knowing smile. “Well then, I guess it’s not a problem.”
They walked down the narrow halls, and O’Mally gave them a tour. There was a modest galley, a lounge, a research room, and a few other rooms of no consequence. Unlike the TARDIS, this ship was much smaller on the inside.
The Doctor and Rose were shown to their cabin after Jake and Mickey. It was small with a set of bunk beds that were, unfortunately, a bit narrower than normal beds.
“Oh, we’ll make it work,” said the Doctor, surveying the bottom bunk. “We’re both thin and we don’t roll around too much.”
“Yeah, I suppose,” said Rose.
A few minutes later, the horn sounded signaling their departure followed by the rumbling of the engines and the sense of movement. Rose and the Doctor headed topside to watch as the ship pulled out of the harbor. They stood there quietly, the Doctor holding Rose from behind, resting his chin on the top of her head.
“Beautiful isn’t it?” said a voice behind them. It was a dark haired man in his thirties, wearing a black turtleneck and jeans.
“Yeah,” said Rose. “I’ve only ever been out on the ocean once before. My mum took me whale watching for my eighth birthday.”
“This’ll be much better than that,” said the man with a chuckle. “Just wait ‘till we get out to open waters.” He held out is hand. “Spencer,” he introduced himself. “Spencer Adams.”
“Rose Tyler,” she said shaking his hand.
“I’m the Doctor,” said the Doctor, doing the same.
“Oh, your that expert the Cap was talking about!” said Spencer. “So, any idea what’s down there?”
“No. Not yet.” It wasn’t quite a lie. He couldn’t be sure if there really was anything down there, and if there was anything, he didn’t know exactly what it would be. Anything that ended in ‘of Rassilon’ usually spelled danger for the person seeking it.
“I tell ya,” said Spencer. “That place just gives me a bad feeling. I went down there on the first mission. I was the one who spotted it. I wish I hadn’t.” He had a far off look in his eyes. He seemed frightened of the memory. “The earth spirals out of it, as if it’s running away. It just reeks of something ancient, something that shouldn’t be touched.”
“You think it’s dangerous?” asked Rose.
“Not sure. Just think it ought to be left alone.”
Just then, the captain’s voice came over the loudspeaker. “Will all guests and crew please meet in the galley.”
“Guess we should go,” said the Doctor. As he walked to the galley with Rose and Spencer he tried to suppress the sense of dread rising in his chest.
Chapter 7
Pairing: 10/Rose
Rating: Adult
Spoilers: all of season 2
Summary: The Doctor realizes he can't go on without Rose, so he decides he's going to find a way to get her back, but what secrets lie in the other dimension?
A/N: Yes, I did omit the shower scene, but only because they didn't have enough time for proper smut (and I had to save my smutty writing for next chapter).
( Chapter one )
( Chapter two )
( Chapter three )
( Chapter four ) contains smut
( Chapter five )
I have also done an illustration of the kiss in chapter four: http://neko-chan42.livejournal.com/14090.html
CHAPTER 6
The Doctor started awake with a confused and sleep fogged “Bwuh?” next to Rose, who woke with an equally sleepy “Mmnuh” to the sound of impatient banging on the bedroom door.
“Up an’ at ‘em!” Jackie yelled through the door “You’ve got to leave in ten minutes.”
Rose grabbed the clock. 5:30am?! “S’so early,” she whined. She looked back at the Doctor, who was still looking at the door like a deer caught in the headlights.
“Do you think she knew I was in here?” he said fearfully.
Rose rolled out of bed, laughing at him. The man had faced the devil himself and won, but he was terrified of her mother. It was positively adorable. The fact that his hair was sticking out at all ends definitely added to that. “Honestly, what is it about my mum?”
“She’s terrifying!” he said in indignation.
“Oh, yeah? How so?” she asked, stifling a giggle, as she opened the dresser and sifted through the hangers looking for and outfit. “What could she do to you that’s so much worse than all the things we’ve faced?”
Rose felt the Doctor's arms wrap around her waist from behind as he rested his cheek against the side of her head. “She could take you away from me,” he said. “And I’d be powerless to stop her.”
It felt like something warm had just gone through Rose’s heart. Here she was thinking that it was merely cute and amusing, when there was a deeper meaning behind it. She leant back into him, putting her arms over his. “Not true,” she said. “I’m a grown woman. She can’t dictate my life. And besides,” she said, turning around and folding her arms around his neck, “Nothing could keep me from you.”
The Doctor smiled and kissed her lips softly. He so hoped what she said was true. He couldn’t bear to be separated from her again.
“I need to take my shower,” she said when they broke apart. “Wanna join me?”, she asked smiling slyly.
“Ohhh,” was the husky sound he made as she guided him into the bathroom. He just wished they had more than ten minutes.
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Jackie entered the kitchen to find Pete drinking coffee at the counter. “Why don’t you sit down?” she said.
“‘Cause I’ll just have to get up again,” he replied as if it should be obvious. “Too many things need doing before we go.”
Jackie sighed and shook her head as she sat down with her tea. She had too much on her mind to press the issue. The Doctor was back, but what did that mean? Was he going to whisk Rose away again, off to the stars? If so, would it be in this dimension or their home one? She liked having her daughter home everyday now, knowing she was safe. She wasn’t happy here though. Jackie knew that. She knew it would be selfish to try and keep Rose here, but she couldn’t help wanting to. Then she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Pete.
“It’ll be alright,” he said as if reading her mind.
“What if I never see her again?”
“She’ll be with the Doctor. She’ll be safe.”
Jackie tried to take comfort in that thought, but she couldn’t. With the Doctor was possibly the least safe place she could be. Still, she couldn’t help feeling like she was wrong for wanting her to stay.
Mickey came in, closing the door, perhaps a little harder than he meant to, and went to pouring himself some cereal without saying good morning. Jackie and Pete exchanged looks. He was clearly upset about something. “Good morning, Mickey,” said Jackie, when he sat down at the table.
“Morning,” he said offhandedly.
“Good morning!” said the Doctor coming in, happily a polar opposite in mood from Mickey and wearing a wide goofy grin. He was closely followed by Rose, who had an equally ethereal smile and the same bounce in her step.
“Morning!” said Rose as she poured her tea and came to sit at the table.
The Doctor grabbed a banana and plopped down next to Rose, kissing her on the cheek. He hadn’t even realized he’d done it until after the fact. Everyone looked momentarily surprised and perhaps slightly amused, but quickly averted their gaze. He had been officially together with Rose for nearly a year before they were separated, but they’d never shown overt signs of it in front of people they knew. Kissing her on the cheek at the breakfast table in front of her family was reaching a whole new level of domesticity. Surprisingly, the Doctor found that, aside from being slightly embarrassed, he didn’t mind it. He cleared his throat and peeled his banana, taking a bite before speaking. “So, we arrange for a boat?” he asked, mouth full, merely to shift interest off himself and Rose.
“A research vessel,” said Pete. “Well equipped. There’s even some adapted alien technology onboard.”
“Will I be able to go down?” asked Rose.
“I’m not going under without her,” said the Doctor.
“I knew you’d say that,” said Pete. “And, yes, Rose. You will be going under. It’s three to a submersible, and there’ll be two subs.”
“And me?” asked Mickey, no longer quite as grumpy.
“You’ll be in the second sub,” he answered “It’ll be the Doctor, Rose, and a crew member in Sub-1 and Mickey and two other crew members in Sub-2.”
“What about you?” asked Rose.
“Someone has to stay up top and oversee the operation,” Just then there were two honks from outside. “And that’ll be our ride. Everyone ready?”
They all nodded and got up, heading out the door. Pete gave Jackie a kiss. “Bye, luv.”
“Bye,” said Jackie. “Be safe.” Jackie watched him go. She always said ‘be safe’ when he left, but she meant it now more than ever. The Doctor was here, and that meant danger. She couldn’t bear to lose Pete all over again.
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The company van arrived at the docks and everyone filed out. Their ship was a large white research vessel called ‘The Lady of Truth’. Two small yellow submersibles hung from what looked like two sets of large lifeboat cranes on the port ans starboard sides.
“Mr. Tyler!” a stout, bearded man in his fifties or sixties, wearing a gray wool sweater and a dark blue jacket greeted him as he came down the gangplank.
“Captain Pearce.” Pete shook his hand.
“These my new crew, then?” said Captain Pearce, nodding to the group.
Pete nodded and introduced them. “This is Rose and Mickey. And this,” he said coming over to the Doctor. “is the Doctor. He’s our expert. If anyone can tell you about that hatch it’ll be him.”
The Doctor really wished Pete hadn’t said that. He didn’t really want anyone to know the contents of that chamber. He didn’t know these people or what they would do with that information.
“You got a name, Doctor?” asked Captain Pearce, shaking his hand.
“No, just ‘the Doctor' is fine.”
The Captain raised an eyebrow, but decided to let it go. He turned to Pete, telling him he had a few things to discuss with him on the bridge. “Get your bags and meet O’Mally on the deck,” he said to the rest of the group. “He’ll show you to your cabins.”
The Doctor, Rose, and Mickey were getting their bags when they heard a voice behind them.
“So,” said Jake “Where do I put my stuff?”
“What are you doing here?” said Mickey angrily.
“I decided to take you up on your offer,” he said. “You said I could come.”
“That was befo- And you said you didn’t wanna come!”
“I changed my mind!”
The Doctor and Rose looked on as Mickey left for the ship in a huff. The Doctor leaned over, whispering in Rose’s ear. “You go after him. I’ll talk to Jake.”
Rose nodded and followed Mickey up the gangplank. Jake was just about to follow when the Doctor caught him by the shoulder. “Jakey-boy!” he said in a friendly tone, but changed in a snap to serious. “Why don’t you tell me what this is all about.”
Jake hesitated, deciding wether to say ‘None of your business’ or confide in him. He eventually decided on the latter.
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Rose had to walk quite quickly to keep up with Mickey. “Mickey!” she called. He stopped, but he didn’t turn around. “What’s been going on with you two?”, she asked. “You’ve been at it ever since I found that hatch.”
“I don’t know what his problem is!” he said whirling around and gesturing in the general direction of where they left Jake and the Doctor. “Ever since I told him I was gonna help you with this thing he’s been short with me!”
“Why?”
“I don’t know! He acts like I should spend all my time with him and the crew!”
That didn’t sound right. Jake wasn’t an unreasonable person. There had to be something else. “Are you sure that’s all that’s upsetting him?”
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“It’s just,” Jake started. “You and Rose...”
“Me and Rose?” What on earth did this have to do with them? Wasn’t this between him and Mickey?
“He always talks about you two. It’s understandable with Rose now. She’s here. He sees her everyday. But four years, four years it was just me and him and he talked about you two all the time. Rose especially. I knew he didn’t really want to be here, but I needed him here. I listened to his stories. I could tell how much he loved her, how much he admired you. I didn’t mind, really. But then Rose got stuck here. Don’t get me wrong! Rose is great. I just felt... I dunno, ignored or something. Then she found that hatch, and Mickey said it was from your planet. He started spending less time with me, and they would talk about things that I wasn’t in on.”
As the Doctor listened he realized what was happening. The tables had turned. Jake was going through what Mickey had gone through when Rose had started traveling with him.
“And now you’re here,” he finished. “And I guess I just feel...left out.”
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“Did you ever think, maybe he was jealous?” said Rose. They were sitting on a life jacket bin. Mickey had just told her about the arguments he’d had with Jake over the past few days.
“Jealous?!” said Mickey. “What would he have to be jealous about?!”
Men can be so thick. “Well he’s like your best mate, yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, maybe you haven’t noticed, but you’ve really been neglecting him and the Preachers lately.”
He was about to protest, but when he thought about it, she was right. He’d been so absorbed in helping Rose that he’d been shirking his other duties. “So... He’s jealous of you?”
“Maybe.”
“But it’s different with you. He knows that. We have a history.”
“Doesn’t make him feel any less left out.”
Now Mickey felt guilty. He’d been ignoring his best friend. Of course he was gonna be upset. Maybe he should apologize. But he couldn’t just walk up to him and say 'sorry' out of nowhere. His pride wouldn’t let him do that.
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They all met on the aft deck. Mickey and Jake weren’t fighting anymore, but they were awkward. They’d greeted each other with offhanded grunts. At least it was progress. O’Mally was waiting for them. O’Mally was a well built, but unshaven Irishman.
“Wasn’t there supposed to be just three of you?” he asked, confused.
“Change of plans,” said Mickey. Jake looked to him and he gave a hint of a smile. Jake smiled back. Rose guessed this was his way of saying he was sorry.
“Well, we just have two cabins, and there’s only two beds in each.”
“The Doctor and I can share a cabin,” said Rose. The Doctor smiled and took her hand.
“Oh, I didn’t realize,” said O’Mally with a knowing smile. “Well then, I guess it’s not a problem.”
They walked down the narrow halls, and O’Mally gave them a tour. There was a modest galley, a lounge, a research room, and a few other rooms of no consequence. Unlike the TARDIS, this ship was much smaller on the inside.
The Doctor and Rose were shown to their cabin after Jake and Mickey. It was small with a set of bunk beds that were, unfortunately, a bit narrower than normal beds.
“Oh, we’ll make it work,” said the Doctor, surveying the bottom bunk. “We’re both thin and we don’t roll around too much.”
“Yeah, I suppose,” said Rose.
A few minutes later, the horn sounded signaling their departure followed by the rumbling of the engines and the sense of movement. Rose and the Doctor headed topside to watch as the ship pulled out of the harbor. They stood there quietly, the Doctor holding Rose from behind, resting his chin on the top of her head.
“Beautiful isn’t it?” said a voice behind them. It was a dark haired man in his thirties, wearing a black turtleneck and jeans.
“Yeah,” said Rose. “I’ve only ever been out on the ocean once before. My mum took me whale watching for my eighth birthday.”
“This’ll be much better than that,” said the man with a chuckle. “Just wait ‘till we get out to open waters.” He held out is hand. “Spencer,” he introduced himself. “Spencer Adams.”
“Rose Tyler,” she said shaking his hand.
“I’m the Doctor,” said the Doctor, doing the same.
“Oh, your that expert the Cap was talking about!” said Spencer. “So, any idea what’s down there?”
“No. Not yet.” It wasn’t quite a lie. He couldn’t be sure if there really was anything down there, and if there was anything, he didn’t know exactly what it would be. Anything that ended in ‘of Rassilon’ usually spelled danger for the person seeking it.
“I tell ya,” said Spencer. “That place just gives me a bad feeling. I went down there on the first mission. I was the one who spotted it. I wish I hadn’t.” He had a far off look in his eyes. He seemed frightened of the memory. “The earth spirals out of it, as if it’s running away. It just reeks of something ancient, something that shouldn’t be touched.”
“You think it’s dangerous?” asked Rose.
“Not sure. Just think it ought to be left alone.”
Just then, the captain’s voice came over the loudspeaker. “Will all guests and crew please meet in the galley.”
“Guess we should go,” said the Doctor. As he walked to the galley with Rose and Spencer he tried to suppress the sense of dread rising in his chest.
Chapter 7