THE VICTORIOUS TIME LORD AND THE BATTLE OF 9 11

Chapter Eleven

The receptionist looked up from her paperwork when Nine, Eleven and Amy entered. She frowned in confusion when she noticed they were all wearing gas masks.

"What's wrong?" she asked them.

"Gas leak," Eleven said.

"Huh?" the receptionist said. "I wasn't informed there was a gas leak. Where is it?"

"Right here," Nine said.

He threw a gas grenade behind the desk and gas exploded out of it, surrounding the receptionist in seconds. They heard her cough a few times and then there was no more out of her. The two Doctors and Amy made their way through the gas to the lifts. Once they got inside, they waited for the gas to dissipate enough to where they could see each other. Nine looked at Eleven.

"Where is he likely to be at?" Nine asked him.

"Top floor," Eleven said.

Nine pushed the top button and they waited while the lift took them up.

"I hope we're not too late," Amy said while they went up.

"Me neither. As much as it pains me to do it, Rose has to go to the other universe in order to preserve the time line."

"Exactly how did she end up in a parallel universe in the first place?" Nine said, turning to him.

"She was trying to help me pull Daleks and Cybermen inside the void when she lost her grip and nearly went into the void herself. Alternate Universe Pete Tyler intercepted her and took her across but the void closed and she was trapped there."

"And you put her in harm's way? You didn't send her somewhere safe?" Nine growled.

"I tried but she came back. You know how she is when she gets it into her head that she has to help me. If I kept trying to send her away, I'd waste time and damage the universe in the process. I made the decision to keep her with me and let her help me."

"And you lost her," Nine snarled, his fists clenched.

"Yes, I did. I'm sorry, care to join the other side now that you know the truth? I'm sure our tenth self will welcome the assistance."

Nine let out a huff of angry breath and turned away from him. Eleven rolled his eyes when he heard him muttering a curse directed at him. He silently hoped the moment when he'd get to part from his younger, volatile self would come sooner than later. The lift stopped and the doors opened. Several people standing by the lift gave them shocked looks when they stepped out.

"We're here about the rat problem," Eleven said to them.

Nine shook his head at that and threw another gas grenade. The three of them walked past the group while they coughed and fell to the floor unconscious.

"How do we know where to look?" Amy asked her Doctor.

"I'm pretty sure our other self is up here at the moment so we find him first and enlist his help," Eleven said.

They turned a corner and several guards saw them. Nine threw another gas bomb and they walked past the unconscious men after it went off. They were heading towards the room where Eleven originally lost Rose when they heard someone yelling for help. They paused by a locked door and Eleven used his screwdriver to open it.

Ten paused halfway through calling for help when the door opened and three people wearing gas masks stared down at him and Jackie.

"Um…hi," the Doctor said to them. "Are you with Torchwood? Because if you are, you have a huge problem and…oh, it's you," Ten said when Nine took off his gas mask.

"What's he doing here? I thought he died when you regenerated," Jackie said.

"I'm from a different time line," Nine said as he bent down. "What's wrong?"

"This other version of me put chips on our necks and paralyzed us," the Doctor said.

Nine turned his head and saw the chip. He pulled it off Ten's neck and moved on to Jackie while Ten moved his legs and got to his feet. By this time, Eleven and Amy had removed their masks and the Doctor studied them closely.

"You can't be his traveling companions since this was my previous life so who are you?" he asked them.

"I'm you. I'm the Eleventh Doctor and this is my companion, Amy."

Ten looked at Eleven and his eyes drifted down to his clothes. Eleven sighed when his face scrunched up with distaste.

"Yeah, I know, it's not your taste in clothes, never mind that. We need to stop your other self," he said while Jackie came up beside Ten and looked them over. Eleven quickly explained who they were and she nudged Ten.

"So this is what you'll look like when you snuff it?" she said to him.

Ten eyed her while Amy giggled.

"Yes, Jackie, and thank you for putting it so poetically," Ten said dryly while Eleven snickered. "Now if you don't mind, we have to go and rescue Rose. My other self said something about rescuing her."

"Yes, but…"

Eleven trailed off when he looked at Jackie.

"But, what?" Jackie said.

"I think what I have to say should be said between the four of us. Jackie, you stay here and stay out of trouble," Eleven said.

"No, I want to know what Rose need rescuing from," Jackie said, crossing her arms over her chest. "What have you gone and done this time?"

"Jackie, we don't have time for this," Nine said.

Jackie gasped when he pinched a nerve in her neck. He caught her when she fell unconscious and lowered her to the floor.

" Now that she's out of the way, let's go. There's no time to lose," Eleven said to the others before they ran out of the room.

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