The Parallel Side

Chapter 13. Hope Remained.

       Katrina placed her hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me.  As the other Katrina was taking her dying breaths. "Come on. Just hold on. You can do it. Just hang in there we can fix you up." She weakly shook her head. Making tears come to my eyes. She wasn't going to regenerate, was she? 

"No. Doctor.  I shouldn't.  I did what I needed to do. I saved you and your daughter.  There isn't anything left for me here." 

She coughed then continued.  "Katrina.  Take care of your dad. I may have lost my dad a long time ago. But you still.. have him. Cherish every moment with him. He's your dad. I did what I had to do." She coughed more her eyes starting to close. But she weakly finished. "Take...care. Doctor. . Katrina.  And...goodbye.." She trailed off closing her eyes for the final time.

      I kissed her forehead.  And then layed her down on the ground.  Standing up, tears blurring my eyes.
  Katrinas P.O.V.
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I had just watched my parallel self-die. Killed by the Master trying to save me and the Doctor.  I stood next to the Doctor tears streaming down my face. Looking down at the body of my parallel.  I looked over at River who had walked over to the Doctor and gave him a big hug. He seemed to be taking the loss harder than any of us.

I realized why. My parallel self was me. Only me in another world living without a dad or mom. Stuck in a jail with a headmaster always hurting her.

     She never got to live with her dad. Or mom. Her life seemed to have no meaning. Just serving for the crimes she did. But yet. She had hope right before the end. She got to see the Doctor.  She got to see her dad one last time. And died doing one last thing to give her life meaning. Saving me and the Doctor.  Giving up her life so I could live a life with him that she never could of had. To the Doctor it was like him watching me die in his arms. I couldn't even imagine what was going on in his head.

      Hearts broken I walked over to him. And gave him a hug. "She died saving us. Let's not let that go in vain." I wanted to have a moment of silence, but I knew we had to get out of there and back to our world before time collapsed in both out worlds. The Master who seemed to have been watching took off running. River started after him. Shooting in his direction but the Doctor held her back. "No. Just let him go. His punishment will be served here. And he will live knowing what he did. Reminded everyday of it."
      

     She agreed. And instructed us to place our hand on her vortex manipulator.  "It's time to go you don't belong here." we obeyed and the next thing we knew we were back at my house.

River said her goodbyes as she was from the other world and left leaving me and the Doctor in the backyard looking up at the pale morning sky just starting to break through the darkness.  Me and him looked up at the sunrise inspired.  We didn't say much but we knew what was on each other's minds. We had escaped. And gave my parallel hope right before the end. It's what we did. The Doctor and the Doctors daughter.  Together.

      In remembrance of my parallel we vowed to live the life that she never got the chance to. I will never forget her. The misunderstood. Wonderful parallel me. Who we gave hope to. Living our life living her dream. Me and my dad. Together. 

                            We are all stories in the end. Just make it a good one.