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Rose Tyler defender of earth
Chapter 1: The discovery
"Don't touch it!" Rose screamed at the Torchwood recruit as he reached out to the alien artefact, but it was too late the pod hissed violently at his touch. "What have you done? You idiot!" Rose didn't hold back as she barrelled into the recruit propelling him away from the pod like object.
The door began to open pouring smoke as it did so. Rose was scared the pod was very familiar to her and Mickey who stood beside her.
"What do we do Rose? Do you really think that it's another Genesis arch?" Mickey questioned, gun held threateningly at the pod.
"Lets hope not or this world is doomed." Rose replied never taking her eyes off the pod. The smoke was finally clearing and Rose stood ready, prepared for the worst but nothing happened. The door had opened but all that could be seen within was darkness. That was until she heard it a very faint sound, coming from inside. A song: a beautiful melody.
"Do you hear it?" Rose asked turning to Mickey for conformation, but Mickey only shook his head. Rose stepped towards the pod following the beautiful music that seemed to be emanating from within.
"Rose don't, it could still be dangerous." Mickey argued grabbing hold of her arm to still her advancement.
"It's not." Rose replied with complete conviction, shrugging off Mickey's hand. She moved forward, placing her hands on the frame of the pod before slowly entering the dark space. Light flooded her senses as her feet hit the interior. Once she became accustomed to the light shed looked around the room and laughed. It was bigger on the inside, huge in fact, each square foot containing a bookcase.
"It's a library Mickey, just a library." Rose called to the outside world, Mickey entering behind her not long after.
"Wow that's a lot of books." Mickey surmised staring around the huge space. But it was not the books that interested Rose for she could still hear the music and it was much stronger within the room.
She followed its sound towards the centre of the room where a column of light shone onto a small podium of about waist height. Upon it was a small coral like object. The small object was emitting its own light a beautiful golden light that Rose had a very intimate knowledge of.
"It can't be." Rose gasped out as she took in the glowing object.
"Can't be what?" Mickey asked coming up beside her, just as Rose reached out to take hold of the object she now knew she could identify. As her hand touched the rough surface of the object it was like an explosion, light flooded around it and Rose, blinding Mickey.
"Rose, Rose!" Mickey called shielding his eyes with his arm. "What's happening?" Rose's feet left the floor as the golden light engulfed her. She hovered a few feet off the ground before slowly turning towards Mickey.
"I am the Bad Wolf, I looked into the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into me. I can see the whole of time and space, every little atom of your existence. I can see everything, all that is, all that was, all that ever could be." Rose spoke in soft melodic tones.
"Rose, stop!" Mickey shouted as he took her hand pulling her out of the Golden light. As Rose was pulled from the light she fell forwards into Mickey, the light dissipating behind her. "Rose, Rose are you okay? What just happened?" Mickey asked holding Rose up as her legs gave out beneath her.
"I remember, I remember it all." Rose's eyes glowed golden as she remembered the first time she had looked into the time vortex. "When we opened the TARDIS, I absorbed the time vortex, but it was too much. It burnt so bright, that's why the Doctor took it from me, why he regenerated."
"But Rose if he took it why did you just call yourself Bad Wolf? Why are your eyes still glowing?" Mickey questioned in an awe struck whisper.
"Because he didn't take it all, it has been laying dormant within me." Rose paused turning back to the coral like object "And that Mickey, that is a TARDIS, or the beginning of one anyway. When I touched it the dormant vortex energy was activated." Rose picked up the young TARDIS stroking it gently.
"But what does that mean Rose, does this change you?" Mickey asked guilt taking over him as he realised his part in Rose's possible change.
"No Mickey, not really, I'm still me. I just see the world differently now." Rose replied giving Mickey a reassuring smile, though whether it was for Mickey or herself she didn't know. "I see the world, the universe, like the Doctor does." Rose's eyes flared bright gold before they burnt out and she took hold of Mickey's hand. "It's terrifying Mickey seeing it all, I could see your whole life if I wanted, if I focused on it."
"Is…is it a good life?" Mickey questioned momentarily forgetting the situation at hand. Rose frowned at Mickey, capturing him in an intense stare.
"I don't know Mickey, I don't want to look. Do you really want to know?" Rose questioned , thinking about what knowing the future could do to a person. She did not want a reoccurrence of the incident at her parents wedding. The last thing she needed to be dealing with was Reapers.
"No, I guess not." Mickey said after careful consideration. "So what do we do with this library, pod think then?" queried Mickey finally getting back to what was important.
"We tell them that it's empty and have it moved to my office. There's no end of trouble that this much alien knowledge could cause." Rose decided getting back into her role as Head of Alien Artefacts.
"You're probably right but after that we get you to a doctor and see what this vortex stuff actually did to you, and if it's harmful." Mickey replied as Rose placed the TARDIS back on to the podium and they both exited the library pod together.
