Cybermen in Cardiff // Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler

Nine was rushing down another hall of the mall, his eyes wide. Cybermen, they were here to his surprise and slight horror, making a mess of everything as usual. Sliding around the corner he nearly ran into one of the metal men, sighing at it's usual drabble of; You will be upgraded!. "Sorry! None for me, thanks!" Flashing a cheeky grin he turned and strode off swiftly.

Angling around another corner he nearly crashed into the eighth without realizing it. "Oh sorry mate, you should really run though it's danger--" Breaking off mid-sentence he had fully realized whom he had nearly hit. "Oh! It's you! Thought I'd never see you again, all Victorian era style clothes and what not. Not to mention the curly hair." Chuckling with the memories he grinned at his previous regeneration.

"I like this better" Nine grinned pointing at the blue leather jacket on the Eighth then his own black leather jacket. "The leather is great!" he mused proudly. At the question if the Eighth knew him, Nine could have smacked himself, of course the Eighth wouldn't recognize him. "Yeah not yet you don't. but anyway, I'm the Doctor!" Pulling out his sonic screwdriver he grinned again.

"See? I'm you! The next version of you actually." He murmured and then paused a moment poking his head around the corner to call out. "Rose! Come on!" he was nervous for his beloved companion to catch up so nothing bad would happen to her. Stupid cybermen showing up everywhere to try and upgrade the world a million times over. He waited patiently for Rose to appear, glancing back to the Eighth for a moment. "You'll love our Rose, she's fantastic!" he mused happily, beaming.

Rose wasn't sure where she had managed to lose The Doctor in the winding halls of the shopping center. The screams filled the entire shopping center, and Rose couldn't help but imagine how many people were being 'upgraded' while she and The Doctor were trying to stop the Cybermen. Though they would stop the cybermen eventually, she knew that every minute counted. Every second she couldn't keep up with him and he needed to wait for her, or he got distracted and took longer to stop the cybermen meant more and more lives, human lives, were to be ended and instead replaced with a cold robot.

It was times like this that she felt like a dead weight. Though she had saved The Doctor on more then one account, she couldn't shake the feeling that those that perished during their adventures because they were to slow were beginning to stack up. Shaking her head, she chose a random hallway and jogged down it swiftly. She had gotten faster since meeting the doctor, more in shape. They saved more then perished, besides, it wasn't them that killed those people, it was the evil that they were battling. Rose thought to herself fiercly, feeling the guilty burden lessen and become replaced by a fierce fire to stop those that had harmed the innocents in the shopping center.

Rose was wearing a dark blue leather jacket with several zippers and pockets decorating the fabric over a deep purple top. She wore dark denim jeans that she wasn't quite sure if she was keeping yet. Hearing him call for her, she noticed that she had run past the hallway the doctor was, Rose came to a quick stop. Choosing the right hallway she walked towards The Doctor, with his familiar shaved head and black leather jacket, she wondered who the man he was talking to.

"Right, there you are! Been looking all over for you, Doctor. Where'd you go off to this time, then? One second we were heading to the basement then I turn around and you've vanished completely!" Rose crossed her arms, awaiting a very good explaination from the doctor as to why he had left without her.

Nine took a deep breath, frowning a bit at leaving his companion behind. "Sorry love, I didn't mean to get too far away, thought you were right there." he murmured softly squeezing her hand gently. Turning he glanced to the Eighth Doctor and scoffed a bit. "There's nothing wrong with our ears!" he chuckled lightly at the end though. "I want you to meet someone Rose, this is my previous incarnation, the Eighth Doctor." He mused and nodded to him. Scowling when Eight made a flirty smirk at Rose. "Oi watch it Victorian era." he teased lightly, eyes flickering.

He hesitated at the sound of the Cybermen's pounding steps getting closer once again. "Well then, lets run" he chuckled, flashing a grin then nodded to Eight. "Come on, we don't want to be upgraded." Turning he took Rose's hand and ran down the hallway they were in.

Rose couldn't help but smile politly back at the eight doctor. He was a friendly person, she could already tell. She had her mind completly occupied by her Doctor, however when he called her that new nickname. Rose smiled a wide and attractive grin at her Doctor before she could even give it a second thought. Stumbling over her own tongue and mixing up words in her mind, she was thankful that he took her hand instead and they ran down the hallway together. She really hadn't the slightest clue what she should have said there, and felt as though she was latching onto nothing again. He really didn't seem to think to much of it, and Rose didn't think he meant much by it. Though, she just loved it!

Rose wasn't so easily distracted from those around them like her Doctor was. Though she had to admit everything faded in the background when he smiled at her in a certain way. Looking behind, she made sure that the 'eighth' was following, snatching his hand she pulled him with as they ran down the hallway. Being left behind was no fun, Rose knew how it felt.