[holo] arrival
She's got to do it. If she's not worth anything else, this can make up for it all, right? That genetiwhatsit thing, it would kill all of the Daleks, yes, but everyone else would be okay. It would be a justified sacrifice, wouldn't it? Self-defense, to help all those frightened people. All she can think about are little babies, and the children who
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And she's alive. Alive and right there.
He curls up in the corner of the room designated as his and just watches her interact with other people. She's right there. After a while, he presses his knees against his eyes until he sees sparks.
It's not fair. It's not fair for Taxon to give him these people he cares about when he knows he has to leave them. And Donna has to die, and Rose has to go off with the man who is the Doctor but isn't, and Fitz has to---
He doesn't reply to Donna's message, but he continues to watch.
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Rose leads Donna through the streets of Taxon to the little house she's been sharing with the Doctor. Yes that is a settee sitting outside on the sidewalk. She unlocks the house with a press of her finger to the lock and steps inside, tugging Donna after her.
"Doctor? Hello?"
She pokes her head in the kitchen and the living room then heads up the stairs where the two bedrooms are.
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Now, she wasn't sure she wouldn't rather go back to that.
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"Doctor? Got a surprise for you."
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Maybe she'll just go away.
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She continues banging. The longer he waits, the more volatile she's likely to be if he finally opens the door. "I don't need a screwdriver to pick a lock, you know. You don't come out, we'll be coming in!"
And now she's digging in her hair for a bobby pin.
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Yes, the Doctor has just moved a chair under the door handle.
Also, for those who know what the squeaky noise of a window opening sounds like, they might also hear that.
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She purses her lips and huffs before stalking off back toward the entrance and out. "C'mon, Rose. We're gonna do a little Doctor wrangling!"
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Donna's in the house, which means he can't stay there. He weighs his options and bolts towards Camelot, nearly running into Rose and Donna as he does so.
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"What are you--why are you running?"
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"What the hell are you doing?" She hollers. "It's me! It's Donna! You have to remember me. You're Mr. Big Brains, what the hell are you running away for?" And a few more swats for good measure.
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"Remember. You remember," he says, staring slack-jawed at her. She remembers, but she isn't dead, which means---
He should be ecstatic, but he just looks incredibly sad. Another person he's going to lose the moment he leaves.
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It's a little sort of secret way to ask if his memory is slipping right now. "Ought to get you inside. Or we can sit on the settee outside for a bit."
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She's huffing a bit after her outburst, and she hits him in the shoulder again, losing steam. "How the hell d'you think I could forget, Doctor? I'll always remember, I can't ever forget."
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