A/N: This is linked in a small way to my other fic 'Wish Fulfilment' and expands on some of the themes introduced there. I'm quite excited by this little posting because it means I've actually started the fic that has been bouncing around my head for the past few months and 'Turn Left' has given me the boost I needed to start, so stay with me please. I am determined to see this idea through. (By the way, is there a brave soul who will beta for me??). Well enough from me, enjoy this short introduction.
They Weren't There
'You breathed infinity into my world and time was lost up in a cloud and in a whirl' Missy Higgins 'They Weren't There'
She didn't age, didn't get sick or injure easily, she noticed things other people didn't, understood concepts in moments that others around her took weeks and months to get to get to grips with. She didn't think anything of it, not at first anyway and when she did wonder all she could was theorize. Maybe it was all a by product of travelling with the Doctor, maybe his brilliance had rubbed off on her, maybe being exposed to all those alien atmospheres had done something to her immune system. Thought that maybe her moisturizer was actually working, or maybe a combination of good genes and clean living were helping to stave off the wrinkles. No she didn't think anything of it, but somebody else did and they planned.
She still went on field missions and with over twenty years experience she was one of the best and even though they kept trying to promote her, no one could tie her to an office chair and a title. That was the way she wanted it.
She had faced Sontarans, Cyberman, Exans and even Curtalians and her and her team always came out on top and Rose Tyler always came home. Except for that one Friday night, she went out for some chips for her and her Mum, but she didn't come home that night, or the next or even the next.