Universal Vampire (Rewrite)

Father's Day

"Peter Alan Tyler, my dad. The most wonderful man in the world," Rose murmured, staring at the time rotor "Born 15th September 1954. That's what Mum always says. So I was thinking... Could we... Could we go and see my dad when he was still alive?"

"Where's this come from, all of a sudden?" the Doctor questioned, looking at Rose. Tyra was standing next to him, leaning against the jump seat. Her mind immediately went to Henrik. She had been thinking about him a lot recently. It was the anniversary of his death right around now and she always had a bit of a problem with the weeks around them. Tyra shook her head. Henrik was dead and there was nothing she could do about it. Sure, she wished that he was still with her sometimes but it had been over a thousand years.

Rose closed her eyes "Alright then, if we can't, if it goes against the laws of time or something, then never mind, just leave it."

"No, I can do anything," the Doctor shook his head, making Tyra's head snap around in surprise "I'm just more worried about you."

"I want to see him," Rose demanded.

The Doctor jumped up "Your wish is my command. But be careful what you wish for." He set the Tardis moving "Here we go. It's the day of your parents' wedding." Rose smiled and ran for the doors. The Doctor went to follow her but stopped and turned to the other girl who hadn't moved from her place "Aren't you coming?"

Tyra shook her head "No. This is Rose's trip. I'll wait for you here." That and she didn't want to see Rose's father. It would only make this situation more difficult for her. The Doctor could go back and she would be able to see Henrik again but what good would that do? He was dead and he would still be dead after she saw him. She had so many years to come to term with his death and Tyra knew that she had accepted it. While that didn't mean that it didn't still hurt to think about him, it had gotten easier after a few centuries. When he had died... It honestly felt like a part of her died with him, like half of her soul was dead. Kol was the one to take care of his youngest sister after that when everyone else but Finn seemed to ignore the fact that she wasn't doing too well. Then, Esther did her ritual and everything changed. Her emotions were heightened and her depression got even worse than it had been. When Klaus daggered her for the first time, she felt nothing. For the first time, the pain she felt was gone. It didn't last as long as she would have hoped because after a little over a century, awareness slowly return and everything got overwhelming. Time passed and she got more accustomed to living with half a soul. The reason she couldn't and wouldn't go back to see Henrik was because it would destroy everything she had so carefully built with Kol's help. She didn't ever want to experience that kind of pain again. Never again.

"November the 7th?" the Doctor questioned when he and Rose walked back into the Tardis.

Rose nodded "1987." Minutes later, the Tardis was parked between a telephone junction box and a road sign. This time Tyra got out with the other two. Rose wanted to see her father's death. She wanted to be with him when he died. Tyra knew that this would most likely turn into a nightmare. The temptation would be too great for Rose not to at least try and save her father "It's so weird," Rose marvelled "The day my father died. I thought it would be all sort of grim and stormy. It's just an ordinary day."

"The past is another country," the Doctor pointed out softly "1987 is just the Isle of Wight. Are you sure about this?"

Rose nodded "Yeah." The three were standing on the pavement where it was supposed to happen "This is it. Jordan Road. He was late. He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. Mum always said, that stupid vase..." A green van came around the corner "He got out of the car." It pulled into the curb "And crossed the road. Oh, God. This is it."As the red-haired man got out of the can, the Doctor grabbed Rose's hand. A beige car came around the corner, headed straight for the frozen man. The driver shielded his face with his arm and just kept going, leaving Rose's father and the broken vase in the middle of the road."