THE ADVENTURES OF THE DOCTOR'S AMAZING HAND

Chapter Thirty Nine

Rose fell asleep after about an hour of star gazing. John kept watch over her while she slept. The night was a little bit chilly but she was wearing her jacket and she didn't seem uncomfortable so he lay on her chest and waited for her to wake up. She slept through the night and towards dawn, John heard far away pounding and construction sounds coming from the direction of the stone legs. He got up and turned on Rose's chest, facing that direction while he stared at the two legs that stood out against the night sky.

What is that? John thought to himself. It looks like a statue but what will it be? Whatever it is, I'm sure the Master has the poor humans working on it.

He spun around when Rose let out a gasp.

"Oh my God, I fell asleep," she said, looking around. "What time is it, John?"

Dunno. Early, he signed.

John hopped off of Rose so she could sit up. She heard the sounds of construction work and gazed at the legs while John came up beside her.

"They're working on that," Rose said to John. "Some sort of statue? Wonder what it'll be?"

Maybe the Master, John signed. I can see him building one of himself using humans as slave labor.

Rose nodded and turned her attention back to the statue.

"Missiles. Statues. The Master is defacing the Earth left and right," she murmured while she stared at the legs. "Makes me wonder if we'll be able to pull this off. What if we get captured and end up in some work camp somewhere making statues of him."

She stroked John's back.

"John, I'm scared. I don't think I can do this," she said. "Going clear around the world while trying to avoid all these Toclafane and the Master and God knows who else is working for him. Our faces are on the telly and we have to hide all the time like mice. I'm afraid we're not going to make it."

John didn't know what to say, other than he'd had those same fears himself. It looked like a fool's errand. Four people and one hand trying to avoid the Master while going around the Earth, and all of it because they needed to tell people about the Doctor. He pointed to Rose's shoulder and she looked at it.

"You want to be on my shoulder?" she said.

John nodded and Rose placed him there. She smiled when John began to massage her shoulder, slowly working the muscles.

"Oh, John, that feels good," she murmured as she patted his fingers.

She leaned her head back and closed her eyes while John massaged her shoulder. He did this for about ten minutes and then he saw Rose's hand come up to her shoulder. He stopped and let go when she took him down. Then to his surprise, she put him, fingers first, up to her mouth and began to suck on his index finger. John tingled all over and he felt like he was in Heaven while Rose continued to suck and lick his index finger. She stopped for a moment and looked at him.

Wow, he signed, amazed he could sign anything at all after the way he felt.

"Yeah, I'm good with my hands," Rose said, then laughed when John's hand wilted at that. "Sorry, that was a bad joke, she said, while John's hand perked up.

John pointed to her lips and Rose brought him near. She sighed when he touched her lips and caressed them. Rose kissed his fingers back and then put him against her chest, holding him near her heart. She noticed the sky was growing lighter and she looked back at the house.

"I think we better go back inside now before everyone wakes up and thinks we're hurt or something," Rose said.

John nodded and Rose tucked him inside her Jacket, got up and walked back to the house. She opened the front door slowly and tiptoed to the living room. Everyone else was in their sleeping bag, fast asleep, so she quietly got hers and unrolled it near Ianto. She was straightening it out when Mimi came up to her. Rose jerked her body back when Mimi sniffed at her jacket and tried to put her head inside it to get at John.

"No," Rose hissed at Mimi, "he's not a cat toy."

John slid out of Rose's jacket. Rose saw Mimi heading towards him and was about to shoo her away before she took a chunk out of him or used him for play when John hopped up on his wrist and beckoned to the cat. Rose watched in amusement as John held his fingers at an angle and Mimi went under them, arching her back as she purred. Then Mimi went around John and did it again. Rose breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the cat wasn't going to attack John and finished straightening out her sleeping bag. She unzipped it about half way and pulled part of it back. She looked at John and noticed that Mimi was now lightly chewing on John's index finger. She checked John and saw he was allowing it so she chuckled softly and slid into her sleeping bag. John got back on his fingers and walked towards her, Mimi following behind him, purring softly.

"Oi, you can't sleep with us, Puss," Rose said, trying to shoo her away.

John flipped back on his wrist and Rose giggled when John and Mimi took turns lightly batting at each other. Then John scratched Mimi's head and she began to purr again.

"I see you made a new friend," Rose said softly.

Easy pea…

John didn't finish signing because Mimi began to bat his fingers again. Rose laughed when John batted back and then tickled the cat under the chin. Rose finally managed to shoo the cat away and John walked into the sleeping bag when she zipped it up and held up the opening for him. She lay on her side while John lay down beside her. Rose put her arm under her head and sighed, falling asleep as the first light of morning began to show through the window.

She slept for a few hours while John lay beside her and listened to the activity outside the sleeping bag. Martha had risen and was talking to Marie while she helped her fix breakfast. James was up and outside and Ianto was still sleeping. John watched while Mimi came back to the opening of the sleeping bag and sniffed before poking her head inside. Mimi crawled in beside John and John lay flat while Mimi stepped on him while she turned her body around. Then Mimi lay down beside John and began to groom her paws.

A half hour later, breakfast was ready. Martha woke Ianto and Rose looked up when she woke her before going outside to tell James to come in. Rose looked at John and then looked at Mimi who was lying right beside him.

"You really did make friends with puss, didn't ya?" Rose said while John shook with laughter.

She shooed Mimi away before putting John in her jacket. Then she got out of her sleeping bag and rolled and tied it up. She set it beside the sofa and went into the kitchen to eat breakfast. Martha and Marie had fixed eggs, bacon and croissants with butter and tea. Rose licked her lips as she ate, loving the home cooking. While she was eating, she noticed Marie giving her an odd look.

"Pardon, Rose, but are you cold?" she said to her. "You're wearing your coat. You don't have to keep it on, you know."

Martha and Ianto shared an amused look while Rose shifted uneasily.

"That's okay, I'm very fond of this jacket," she said while John shook with laughter.

Marie shrugged and Rose reached into her jacket and playfully tapped John on his fingers before taking her hand back out.

"I have a question though," Rose said. "What are they building over there?" she said, pointing in the direction of the legs.

Marie snorted.

"That is going to be Monsieur Master in statue form," she said. "I have seen news broadcasts where they say he's been doing that all over the world. He is even putting his face on Mount Rushmore in America."

"What?" James said. "Sam Hell, he's nuts. He's gonna destroy us all."

"Not if the Doctor can help it," Martha said.

"But…what if he ends up killing the Doctor before we can get back to him?" James said.

"I don't think he will," Martha said. "If he does, the Doctor will regenerate and go back to being young and he'll have to deal with him. If he can keep him old and feeble, he can keep him under his control. So I think he's safe for the moment."

"And I think he likes toying with him," Rose said. "Cat and mouse thing…and speaking of cat," she said when Mimi jumped up on her leg and pawed at her jacket.

Her friends shared a knowing look while Rose put Mimi on the floor and petted her. They laughed when Mimi jumped up on her leg almost immediately and began pawing at her jacket while she meowed.

"Mimi," Marie said, walking over and scooping her up. "Get down from there. I'm sorry, Rose, normally she isn't like this."

"It's fine," Rose said while John shook with laughter, "she's just being friendly is all."

Marie shooed Mimi into the living room while Rose finished eating.

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