ROSE TYLER, NINJA ASSASSIN
Chapter Twenty Eight Donna slid open the secret door and peeked out. She couldn't see anyone nearby so she and Rose stepped out and she slide the door back. "Where do we go?" Rose whispered. "Downstairs. They were holding the Doctor in a room on the ground floor." She stopped Rose when she started running towards the stairs. "Wait, there were several samurai down there with him," Donna said. "And they'll all be dead by the time I get through with them," Rose growled. "Rose, don't. Don't go in there in a rage, you could be the one that ends up dead and then how would that help the Doctor?" Rose considered that and nodded reluctantly. Donna breathed a sigh of relief knowing her friend wasn't going to go berserk and start killing without any thought. They hurried to the stairs and started downwards. They paused halfway down the stairs when they suddenly heard the sounds of battle and the sharp squeaks of the nightingale floor. One of the samurai ran to the stairs to call up for help and froze when he saw Rose and Donna. Rose let out a howl of rage and ran down the stairs towards the shocked warrior. Donna watched in horror as Rose rammed her katana into his forehead. The samurai fell back with the katana between his eyes and Rose followed him down. She looked off to her left and saw the Doctor, Akira and Hattori fighting several samurai. She and Donna jerked their heads around and looked up the stairs when they heard samurai calling out that they were coming to help. Rose grabbed her bow, pulled out an arrow and aimed it at then nearest samurai. She hit the back of his leg and the samurai let out a howl of pain as he fell to the ground. The Doctor spun around and noticed the two women. Rose yelled at him to watch out and the Doctor ducked as a katana sliced the air over his head. Rose pulled another arrow out of her quiver and aimed at the samurai. She cursed when the Doctor's head blocked her aim and she quickly put her arrow back and slung her bow around her chest when a samurai ran towards her and Donna. Donna pulled out her tanto and Rose grabbed her katana. Rose blocked the sword thrusts of the samurai and tried to disarm him while Donna tried to get around him and attack from behind. She looked up the stairs when three samurai appeared at the top and headed down towards her. She reached into her inner pocket and pulled out a smoke bomb. She threw it hard against the stairs and it exploded. The samurai yelled in surprise when the smoke enveloped them. Donna pulled out another one and threw it at the feet of the samurai attacking Rose. Rose jumped back when the smoke came out and thrust her sword into the smoke. She heard a grunt when the sword hit the top of the samurai's chest above his breastplate and he pulled it out again. Rose put her sword back in the scabbard and grabbed her bow. She ran through the smoke while grabbing an arrow from her quiver. She looked around but the other samurai were either dead or unconscious. She saw the Doctor's face and her teeth clenched in rage. "Rose, calm down, I'm okay," the Doctor said, holding up his hands when he saw her rage. Rose relaxed the string of her bow and hugged the Doctor with one arm. The Doctor noticed the samurai lying dead at the foot of the stairs, his forehead covered with wet blood. He knew Rose did that but he felt like he couldn't lecture her at the moment since Hattori and Akira had also taken lives. He made a mental note to speak to both her and Hattori once they were in the other universe. "What do we do now?" Donna said. "We found the TARDIS," the Doctor said. "We can take you to it and we have power enough for a trip back to the village. If we go there, I can recharge it. It'll take time but hopefully the samurai won't go back to Iga in pursuit." "What about Ieyasu?" Donna said. "Leave him. He's a part of historical events, as much as I hate to say it," the Doctor said. "You're going to let him go?" Rose said in disbelief. "After all he's done?" "I know it might be hard for you to understand but sometimes some people must be left unharmed so that time stays on its proper course. Ieyasu will get his in due time but not today. Today we do what we came here to do and get the TARDIS and go. Okay?" Rose nodded and the Doctor squeezed her hand. They heard angry voices in the distance and all of them headed for the dungeon. "Hopefully we can get down there and get inside before they catch up with us," the Doctor said, looking over his shoulder. They ran faster when they heard the samurai coming down the stairs. They reached the stairs leading down to the basement and everyone let the Doctor go in front. The Doctor reached the door, opened it with his screwdriver and he let everyone go through before he ran inside and locked the door. Hattori ran to the last cell and the Doctor ran towards him. He opened the cell and ushered everyone into the cell while he pulled his key out of his inner pocket. "This is it?" Rose said, touching the wooden side. "The one and only," the Doctor said, unlocking the door. "Everyone inside, now!" He held the door open and everyone ran inside. Rose, Akira and Hattori froze on the ramp and looked around at the interior as the Doctor came inside and shut the door. "Yup, bigger on the inside," he said when he turned and saw them. "Excuse me though, gotta get us out of here." He pushed past them to the console. Everyone walked up to it and stood around it while the Doctor instructed the TARDIS to head to the mountaintop village. "Come on, girl, you can do it. Get us there in one piece," the Doctor said, patting the rim when he finished with his instructions. The TARDIS rotot started but the Doctor could tell his ship was weak and it was taking all she had to move. He was glad that she wasn't completely out of power like the first time they went out of universe and he rubbed the rim comfortingly while the TARDIS gave it all she had to move herself to the village. "Are we traveling?" Rose said to the Doctor. "Yes. Barely but she's moving," the Doctor said. "We should be there in a minute or two." "And you'll repair your ship when we get back to the village?" Hattori said. "Yup. I just need enough time for her to take my life energy and incorporate it into her own circuits. It may take a full day but at least we'll be away from Osaka and up in the mountains. If Ieyasu tries to follow us, it'll take time for them to come to the village and we can warn the others to keep an eye out for them." There was a slight bump and the TARDIS powered down. "What's happening? Is the machine not working?" Rose said, looking around as the lights went out completely. "We're here in the village but the TARDIS just gave out completely. But she got us here and I can restart her now. But first…we better go outside and explain to any stunned villager what this is so they don't throw it on the fire."
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