This the End of the World

[welldressedevil]

Malcolm didn't have time to process the TARDIS before it was moving with Jack's help. Malcolm collapsed to the ground and buried his head in his hands. Team Arrow was dead....Thea was dead.Yet another of Malcolm's loved ones was gone and he had lived. He was torn between rage and the deepest grief he had ever known.  He had no idea what they were going to do now. Where could they even dream of going now.

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[coyote_walking]

Mercy stumbled over to Malcolm and dropped to the floor next to him. "How could they - Adam and Samuel..." she swallowed hard. "Warren and Kyle - Kyle didn't even have anything to do with any of it. His only fault was that he was my friend."

They were all gone now, the Tri-City pack ripped apart, those closest to her dead.

She stared blankly up at Jack, watching him help direct whatever this strange machine was to... somewhere. She didn't know where and didn't care. What did it matter when almost everyone she loved back home was dead? Her disappearance was the only thing that would keep the others alive.

Her gaze moved to Malcolm and her heart broke for him. She shifted so that she could wrap her arms around him. "Malcolm," she whispered. "I'm so sorry."

[welldressedevil]

Malcolm buried his head in his hands and gave in to a cry of grief as he leaned against Mercy. "Why us...why did Savage spare us......I fought against him not once but twice. He had no reason to spare me any less then Oliver and Thea...or even Allen and his Team and now they are all dead." He sobbed out his grief and rage. "I'm not a hero...I've never been a hero. I didn't deserve to live any less then they did."

[coyote_walking]

Mercy wrapped her arms around Malcolm, tears running down her face. "I don't know. I don't understand anything." She rocked him as best she could, needing the contact herself.

"Maybe, maybe he just wanted us to suffer. To know we were the only ones left. To make us mourn everyone." She held on even tighter. "But he left you and Jack alive and that's all that's keeping me together right now. If he'd killed the two of you -"

She shook her head. She'd have been lost, completely lost.

[welldressedevil]

Jack leaves the Doctor's side and worms his way in between Mercy and Malcolm wrapping his arms around each of them in turn."I'm not going to lie and say it's going to be alright," he says softly, "I'm old enough to know this type of grief doesn't fade. What I can say is that you are both alive and I'm not going to feel guilt for that gift. We will find a way to fight back, but for now we are going somewhere safe to lick our wounds and heal."

[coyote_walking]

"We're together," Mercy said firmly, though her voice had a little quaver in it. "And right now that's what I have to hold on to. Let's get somewhere safe and... and worry about the rest later."

Despite her brave words, her eyes were full of tears and her hands were curled tightly into Jack and Malcolm's clothes to keep them close.

[welldressedevil]

Jack rests his head on Mercy's shoulder and Malcolm mirrors the action causing the Doctor to give them all an odd look for a moment. "Don't worry the planet we are going to is very safe...nice people and lots of room for running.,"

[coyote_walking]

"And how do they feel about people who can change into a coyote." Mercy said with a small sniffle. It was a half-hearted attempt to lighten the mood.

[welldressedevil]

Jack smiled. "They are actually shape shifers themselves," he says, "give me some credit guys. I did have time to think about where we were going at least a little bit."

[coyote_walking]

She hugged him a little tighter, then raised her head enough to look up at Jack's doctor. "Thank you for helping us," she said. "I... don't know how to thank you enough."

Mercy hesitated. "If it's not too much to ask, is there a spare bedroom where we could all rest?"

They needed to just be able to hold each other - cry or rage as they needed to - in some privacy.

At least she did.

[welldressedevil]

The Doctor waved up the steps. "Jack's old room will be right off the hallway. She'll have retooled it to fit you three and your personalities." Jack got up and helped Malcolm up with his good hand and then held out his hand to Mercy. "I should have mentioned that the TARDIS can hear you and she likes to move rooms around."

[coyote_walking]

"The TARDIS?" Mercy asked. "Well, um... thank you, TARDIS."

She let Jack help her up, giving him a curious look. "As long as there's a bed, we'll be happy," she said to the Doctor. She wrapped an arm around each of her men, wanting them close, and let Jack lead the way.

[welldressedevil]

"Time and Relative Dimension in Space," Jack explains as he leads them up the starts and through the door where a long hallway awaits them, "she's self aware so don't get too freaked out when she starts to anticipate your needs before you even realize you want something." He pushes open the door right next to the stairs and opens up a warm looking room with a plush rug covering the floor, an large desk across from the bed, shelves filled with books and wooden dressers each labeled with their names. "She'll have already put clothing in the dressers and the closet," Jack added pointing at the right door. "Bathroom is off the head of the bed. And I'm sure one of these walls has a place to stash your gear Mal."

[coyote_walking]

Mercy leaned into the two men a little. "It looks so wonderful. And welcoming."

She looked longingly at the bed. "I just want to crawl in, but I'm filthy and really ought to get clean first. Maybe I could lie on the floor of the shower and just sleep there."

[welldressedevil]

"She'd make it big enough if you really wanted to do that," Jack jokes softly, "but having tried it once myself I wouldn't suggest it."

[coyote_walking]

Mercy found a small smile for him, then stripped off - leaving her clothes in a small pile near the door - then padded her way into the bathroom.

She turned the water on, but found once she'd climbed under it that she had no energy left to do anything else. She leaned her head against the wall and just let the water pound down on her.

And if a few tears escaped to mingle with the falling water, well, that's just the way it was.

[welldressedevil]

Jack slips into the bedroom and into the shower wrapping his arms around Mercy. "I can't promise you it's going to be okay. Because it wouldn't ever be okay again, but one day it might be a little better."

[coyote_walking]

"I know," she said, her voice hoarse. "I do. And right now I just want to get clean and fall into bed with the two of you and escape it all for a few hours."