THE VICTORIOUS TIME LORD AND THE BATTLE OF 9 11
Chapter Twenty One "Yes?" Saphira said to Eleven when he walked over to her. "I have a request before you sort everything out," Eleven said. "I want Rose to be spared from going to the other universe and allowed to continue traveling with my past self." "For what reason?" Saphira said. "You have just been on trial for changing the timeline and you have watched while Lorlana was convicted of the same thing. You see how dangerous it is to alter time?" "Yes, but you can fix it so Rose doesn't have to go to Torchwood at all. The only reason all this happened was because the Daleks came through in their void ship. That allowed the Cybermen to cross over and that started a chain reaction that led Rose and her family to land up stuck in the other universe. Make sure that the Cult of Skaro doesn't cross over into our universe and let Rose and her family stay here." "I need a good reason since that would be a huge rewriting of time," Saphira said. "I'll give you a very good reason. We need her," Eleven said. "Losing her was one of the events that led up to my previous self trying to bypass the laws of time. I was devastated when she was lost to me and that led me to spiral downward until I no longer cared if I lived or died. Rose healed him and helped him recover from the Time War," he added, pointing to Nine. "That's why we fell in love with her." Rose's heart raced when she heard the Doctor openly admitting his love for her. She, Nine and Ten came around the table while the Other Doctor came up beside Eleven. Saphira looked at Nine when he walked up to her. "Is this true, what he's saying?" she asked him. "Yes," Nine said, putting his hand on Rose's shoulder. "The Time War was traumatizing and exhausting for me, especially considering the number of times I had to refight some battles." "What'd ya mean, refight?" Rose asked him. "The Time Lords went off their trolley during the war," Nine said to her. "They misused their ability to time travel and anytime the Daleks won a battle, they would turn time back and we'd have to fight again in an attempt to win and if we didn't win, they did it again and again." "What?" Rose said, shocked. "They made you fight over and over just so they'd win the war?" "Yup," Nine said. "The war changed them and most of them went insane. That's one of the reasons why I had to destroy my own planet because they became megalomaniacs. But…back to the point, I didn't care much about living after that or what happened to me. Rose changed all that. She was like a breath of fresh air and her innocence and enthusiasm and optimism rubbed off onto me and I began to heal and become the man I was before." "And that carried over to this life," Ten said. "For the first time in a long time, I enjoyed traveling because I had her with me. She has also been a voice of reason, helping to calm me down and keep me from flying off the handle. I've gotten very good advice from her over the years. She truly is wise beyond her years." "And there were times after she was lost that I could have used her advice and comfort," the Older Doctor said. "I carried on with other companions but I always missed her there beside me. But my future self is right, Rose being lost was the first of a downward spiral of just heartache after heartache and I finally got tired of losing people which led me to defy the laws of time and rescue three people that I couldn't bear to walk away from. I found a friend in Donna and I had to give her up as well and that also devastated me. For a change, I would like to have something positive to happen to me so I'm begging you along with my future self, please let me have Rose." "And according to the Bad Wolf," Eleven added, gesturing to the entity, "she protects me as well as Rose and she can't do that sitting in another universe. I normally don't ask for much. I try to let the chips fall where they may. I'm even willing to let Donna stay where she is, although I would love it if she was also at my side but if you give us Rose, I'll be content." Saphira looked at Rose. "And do you want this, child?" she asked her. "To be with the Doctor for the rest of my life? Um…yeah," she said while the Doctors chuckled. "But only if you can sort out the timeline so if I do stay, nothing bad would happen." "See, she thinks of things like that which is how she's able to keep me in check," Eleven said. Saphira excused herself for a moment and walked over to the other Eternals. While they conferred with each other, Ten came up behind Rose and put his arms around her. "Oh please, please, please, let me keep Pigfart," he said. "Will you stop calling me that?" Rose said while the Doctors snickered. Ten minutes later, the Eternals walked back over to them. Saphira came up to Rose. "I'll ask again, is this what you want? For you and your family to avoid going to the other universe? Because this will involve some big changes in the timeline." "If you can do it safely, yes, I want to stay with the Doctor." "Very well. In recognition of all that you have done for the universe, Doctor, I will grant you this request and the Eternals will fix the timeline so Rose can remain with you while leaving key events in place." Nine grinned from ear to ear when his counterparts celebrated and hugged Rose who was crying tears of joy. "Now, we will send all of you back to your own time streams with one difference. Since this invasion of the Daleks and Cybermen will never take place, Rose and her Doctor will be sent back to their TARDIS. All of you will be put to sleep and the memories of this place and other forbidden memories will be removed from your minds. But…you will put a subconscious road map into the Tenth Doctor's mind so he will still meet the people he needs to meet along the way that will still need to be a part of your life. Is that acceptable?" she asked Ten. "Very, very acceptable," Ten said in a choked up voice. "Very well, hold still and we will send you back to where you need to be," Saphira said. Ten embraced Rose and held her tightly as the Eternals raised their hands and a bright light surrounded them. (Earlier in the day of the Battle of Canary Wharf…) Rose opened her eyes and looked around. She was lying on her back on the grate beside the console. She frowned, wondering why she was on the floor. She sat up and noticed that the Doctor was on his back on the grate near the jump seat. "Doctor?" she said, crawling to him. She lightly shook him and the Doctor moaned and opened his eyes. "Are you alright? What happened?" Rose said. "How'd we end up on the floor?" "Um…" the Doctor said, struggling to think. Suddenly, information came to him and he knew what happened. "Blasted TARDIS, we had a bumpy landing," he said, sitting up. "S'pose I'll have to fix her stabilizer again." He got to his feet and checked the monitor. "We made it though, here at Jackie's," he said to her. "Got your laundry ready?" "Here in my backpack," Rose said, walking over to her backpack resting by the railing. "Brilliant, let's go get your clothes laundered so we can get the whole visiting with mum thing over with and get back here for real adventures." Rose nodded. She grabbed her backpack and laughed when the Doctor took her hand and sprinted with her down the ramp to the door. (A few years later…) The Doctor opened the door of the TARDIS and stepped outside. Behind him, Rose, Martha and Donna emerged from the time ship and glanced around in confusion. "Why'd the TARDIS bring us here?" the Doctor wondered. They all froze when men and woman in army fatigues suddenly rushed up to them and pointed guns at them. "We're unarmed," the Doctor said, showing them his hands. "Never armed, we come in peace." "Check his hands, they're clean," one of them said. The Doctor's companions gasped when the men seized the Doctor and pulled him towards a machine. "Oi, what's wrong with clean hands?" he said to them while Rose, Martha and Donna watched helplessly. (A few years later…) "Pond!" Eleven shouted as he stood in the console room. "Other Pond and Tyler, get your bums in here!" "My name is not Other Pond," Rory said, coming down the stairs while Rose and Amy giggled behind him. "It's not? My apologies, I thought you were Mr. Pond," the Doctor said while Amy nudged Rose and they shared a gleeful look. "Anyway, I wanted you out here because I have a question for all of you and I want it answered!" "And what question is that?" Amy said. "Who stole my cupcake?" Eleven said. "It was on a plate on my chair and I nipped out to go to the loo. I come back and it's gone. Who ate it?" Rory shrugged but Eleven homed in on Amy and Rose who had unconvincing looks of innocence on their faces. "Eeny meeny miney mo, which of you is in the know?" he said, walking up to the two women. "Either said cupcake has been eaten or you put it somewhere so I'll have to find it. Now…I could scan your minds but that would be impolite, so where is it?" "I honestly have no idea what you're on about," Rose said while Amy nodded in agreement. "I never ate your bloody cupcake." "And I didn't hide it. Maybe you crammed it down your throat and forgot you ate it when you went running to the loo," Amy said. "Yeah, you are a bit forgetful at times, Doctor," Rose said. "And anyway, why are you accusing us? What about Rory? What if he took it?" "He didn't because you two are the Trouble Twins and you have my cupcake, now where is it? I will find out, mark my words." "Mmm, in the meantime, dip in the pool, Rose?" Amy said to her friend. "Gladly, see ya, Doctor!" "I will find out! I swear I will!" Eleven said, shaking his fist while Rose and Amy sprinted up the stairs laughing. "And when I find out the guilty party, I will heat up that pool and boil you with potatoes!" He sighed and threw up his hands as he turned to Rory. "Sometimes, I wonder if it was such a good idea to bring those two together," he said while he and Rory walked down the stairs to the console. THE END.
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