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Sweet as Sugar Chapter Twenty One
Disclaimers Apply

A/N Goddess Foxfeather is a murrful beta type. J Thanks everyone for reading and reviewing as
you can and for being so patient with my slow updating!

Rose felt her lips
part and the cold air of this strange TARDIS slip over the raw skin there,
burning her mouth and throat. It had no
smell, this place, not like the Doctor�s TARDIS. It did not smell of black tea and honey and a
hint of orange. It did not have the
faint smell of ozone and patchouli that seemed to drift from the crevices of
the�of HIS TARDIS. This place was barren
of life, barren of character and meaning.
The lack of smell and sound was most disturbing in this tomb, Rose
thought. She shivered convulsively, her
arms folding across her chest as if she could clutch her body heat to herself,
keep the dead cold of this TARDIS from eating at her bones. A shimmer of movement at the corner of her
eye made her gasp but she did not have time to form so much as a word before
the Doctor stepped forward. �Stay
still,� he ordered. �This place isn�t
safe.�

Jack snorted his
agreement, standing as nonchalantly as possible near the wide stalk of the
control deck, his hands tucked loosely into his pockets which concealed, Rose
was almost certain, at least one deadly weapon.
His stint as a time agent and now with Torchwood would make sure of
that. �So now what? You going to spirit us away to your secret
lab and hook us up to jumper cables to power your monster?� He paused, his brows shooting up and a sly
smile curling the corners of his mouth.
�Or are your experiments more�physical?�

The Rani did not
even look at Jack but there was something in her stance, in her demeanor that
screamed displeasure. �Do you miss home, Theta[1]?�
she asked with a raised brow. �Do you miss Gallifrey? How it felt, how it smelled and sounded?� She was moving so fluidly that it appeared she
was floating, her hands held down by her sides as if by a great dint of will,
fingers curled so tightly they were whitening at the knuckles. �Or are you glad to see it gone? Glad that the oppressive councils are no
more, the stodgy old Time Lords and their superiority complexes��

�Why didn�t I feel
you?� the Doctor asked in a voice both flat and cold. �You have been out here, alive, but I didn�t
feel you�� His eyes were narrowed, his
head tilted to one side like a man considering a particularly difficult piece
of work. �Time and space stretch between
us like threads yet you were dead to me, dead as the others��

Rose winced at his
suddenly casual tone, the slight upward hitch in his voice that came when he
was vaguely amused by a situation and wanted to peel it like an onion until it
ran out of layers. �Doctor,� she murmured. �Doctor, what�re we going to do? How do we get out of here?�

�We don�t,� he
replied cheerily, his posture straightening.
�The Rani wants us to play a part in her little experiment so we play
it.� He flashed a smile at the other
Gallifreyan before turning his back on her pointedly, holding a hand out to
Rose. �Come on, Rose. Chin up. It�s better than being a Goddess, isn�t it?� His mind was racing a mile per minute, trying
to determine the best course of action. At the moment, he was tied between throttling
the Rani where she stood, or trying to get her off the planet, end her
experiment and see what he could fix afterwards. He knew which one he would choose but the
debate was still part of the process. He squeezed Rose�s fingers gently and
pulled her closer, until she was flush against his side. �It�ll be okay, Rose,� he told her sotto
voce. �I promise.�

�So sweet,� the
Rani replied in a drawling tone. �You
always did have a soft spot for them, didn�t you Doctor?� she spat his name
like it tasted bitter on her tongue. She
turned away and strode to the control panels, stabbing at the buttons and dials
with vicious fingers. �Rose�s part in
our play is ongoing.� She paused, a
smile slicing across her lips. �This
planet has proven more than adequate for my needs. It has proven to me that worlds can be
rebuilt, shaped to perfection��

�She�s never seen
James Bond movies,� Jack muttered in a sing-song tone. Flipping his wrist in a manner that was
almost effete, he palmed a flat, silver device and pointed it at their
captor. �You never reveal your plan till
you�re sure the hero�s dead!�

�Jack!� the Doctor
shouted as the Rani moved. A bolt of
light glanced off the control panel harmlessly, splashing a nimbus around their
feet as the two of them tangled, Jack�s size nearly overwhelmed by the Rani�s
speed and strength. The Doctor shoved
Rose behind him, feeling her press against his back as he put himself between
the fight and his companion. �Ushas!� he
roared, his voice reverberating off of the walls of the Rani�s TARDIS.

Rose cried out
sharply, startled by his volume and ferocity.
She had seen him in many moods, many fights and dire situations, but
something in his tone just then was frightening, moreso than anything else she
had ever experienced with him. For just one fraction of a second, she was aware
of his power, his history, the sheer mystery of his entire life, then it was
gone and he was the Doctor again, her Doctor.
Jack broke away from the Rani, panting, dabbing at blood on his lip as
he glared at her bitterly. �That,� he
said on a breath, �is one mean bitch.�

The Rani�s brows
snapped together angrily. �Your humans
are expendable, Doctor, as I�m sure you�re well aware of. Adric proved that to you, didn�t he, moreso
than anyone else?� She returned to the
control panel as if she had not just been in a tussle, her shoulders shaking
slightly as she regained her breath.

�Who�s Adric?�
Jack demanded, looking between the Doctor and the Rani. The Doctor�s face was neutral as stone but
the Rani seemed to be waiting, her eyes flickering between her controls and her
fellow Gallifreyan.

�He was a
companion,� Rose replied in a voice that shook with anger. She wanted to tear the Rani�s throat out for
trying to hurt the Doctor. She wanted to lay her low on the floor of the TARDIS
and make her hurt. The Doctor did not
move, however, his body rigid and still.
Rose took her cue from him and stood there, her hands on his back, her
eyes fixed on their kidnapper. �He died trying to save ancient Earth,� she
continued, her tone low and tense.

�Thanks to the
Doctor,� the Rani said in a false helpful voice. �Does he haunt you, Doctor? Does he come to you at night like the others
do? You don�t sleep anymore, if I know
you as well as I think I do. Do the
ghosts keep you up at night?� She turned
and half-sat on the control panels, her arms folded across her chest as she
fixed the trio with a knowing gaze. �He�s
lost so many. It was a very popular
topic of conversation among the rest of us,� she continued, shifting her eyes
to focus on the Doctor alone. �Cast out,
a rebel��

�You were none too
welcome either,� he pointed out, his arms lowering. He could feel Rose�s breath on the back of
his neck and it made him want to hiss in a breath, scold her for distracting
him, but he did not dare look away from his nemesis. �How did you survive the war? I saw the planet die, I saw the fleet of
Daleks��

�And you see how
well that extermination worked,� she sneered.
�I�ve seen the new fleet, the emperor� They don�t die, do they? You stopped feeling the pull of our homeworld
so you assumed we were all dead. What makes
you so special? The Coming Storm,� she trailed off, her eyes flickering towards
one of the shadowy crevices leading off of the control room. �I see we have a guest.�

A/N There�s some drama in the next chapter, lol. I HOPE to get it out this weekend, work
willing. And the UST is going to grow
between Rose and the Doctor big time soon

[1]
In one of the really old eps, the Doctor is referred to as Theta by an old
acquaintance from Gallifrey. It�s
implied that it�s a college nickname sort of thing and he really
dislikes it.
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