An: sorry it's been a while. Been busy and uuuhh ill. Enjoy. And welcome to the new season. Will also move Christmas invasion onto this (in it's right place at last.) New Earth then a rather…interesting chapter I've been writing. Please R&R

Hoping across the Universe (Regeneration)

"6pm," the Doctor spoke looking into the controls and switching something. Chloe let him do it himself. It was only a few adjustments. She yawned slightly, rather tired by the latest events. "Tuesday, October, 5006, on the way to Barcelona."

"Sounds good to me," Chloe piped up.

"The Doctor grinned broadly at his daughter. Chloe grinned back.

'New Smile,' she thought.
"Now then, what do I look like?" he said to Rose and Chloe, Chloe opened her mouth to say something, while Rose just looked stunned, clinging onto one of the coral pillars of the TARDIS.

"No, better not ask, especially you," he said pointing at Chloe. Chloe gave a mischievous grin.

Rose sort of opened her mouth.

"No, no, no, no, no, no," the Doctor said stopping her. Changing the beat and way her said each one.
"Didn't know there where that many different ways to say no," Chloe said.

"Me neither," the Doctor said scratching his head.

"Anyway, where was I? No, no, no, no," the no's said quieter this time, as if repeating himself to get back to where he was. "Ah yes, don't tell me. Right, two arms, two legs, two hands," he wrapped one hand round his left wrist, routing the wrist slightly. Chloe tilted her head again, watching her father. "Slight weakness in the dorsal tubercle," he stopped and looked at Chloe. "Oh please say I have," he reached up to his head. "Hair!!!!! Hair, I'm not bold! Oooo big hair," he said brushing his hand through the new crop of brown hair.
"Almost got as much as me," she laughed. The Doctor smiled. His hand trailed down his face. "Sideburns, I've got sideburns. Ooo, really bad skin," he said touching just next to his ears. Chloe laughed. "Little bit thinner, that's weird."

"No more diets," Chloe said with a nod, folding her arms.

"Now that is a bonus," the Doctor spoke bobbing his head in a nod, eyes gazing in thought. Then the Doctor eye's narrowed, they squinted in puzzlement. One hand still rested on his stomach, the other on his side. He looked up at his two companions.

"I have got a mole," he paused.

"I can feel it. Between my shoulder blades." He arched his back, wriggling his shoulder blades...

Chloe just shook her head in a grin. This was the first proper regeneration of her father, but she'd seen it before of other Time Lords, when she was much younger. She found it all rather amusing.
"That's all right, love the mole! Go on then, who wants to go first, tell me, how do I look?"

"Who are you?" Rose spoke. She still looked rather spooked.

Chloe looked at her puzzled.

"I'm the Doctor," the Doctor spoke as that was clear to everyone, a grin still present on his new face.

"No," she said in almost a mutter. Chloe frowned.

"What do you mean no?"

"No, that's not him, where is he? Where's the Doctor? What have you done to him?"

"Blonde," Chloe muttered, the Doctor gave her a warning look. She looked away, swinging on her feet, with her hands behind her back whistling, as if innocent.

"You saw me," the Doctor said speaking to Rose. He pointed a thumbed hand over his shoulder. "I, I changed. Right in front of you."

"No, I saw you sort of explode. You replaced him like a, a teleport or a transmat or a body swap or something."

"Body swap?" Chloe said confused. She shrugged to herself.

Rose slowly stepped forward; she reached an arm out and gave her father a push in the chest. "You're not fooling me," she spoke.

Chloe stepped forward, annoyed. The Doctor raised a hand telling her to keep back.

"I've seen all sorts of things, Nanogenes, Gelf, Slitheen."

The Doctor raised his eyebrows, a small smile still on his face.

"Oh my gosh, are you Slitheen?"

Chloe laughed out loud.

"I'm not a Slitheen," the Doctor said every seriously. He darted Chloe another warning look.

"What?" she mouthed to him from behind Rose's back. She wondered closer, so she wasn't out of the conversation.

"Send him back. I'm warning you; send him back, right now!" Rose shouted.

"Ut oh!" Chloe said. "Maybe we should have explained this like sometime before."

The Doctor kinda shrugged, in a 'maybe we should have but what's done is done,' kinda way.

"Rose it's me," the Doctor spoke. He lowered himself forward, trying his hardest to get her to see. "Honestly, it's me!"

"I was dying, to save me own life I changed my own body. Every single cell."

Chloe blinked, she hated the idea that she almost lost him. "But, it's still me," he grinned, reaching over and pulling his daughter into a one armed hug.
"You can't be," she said. The Doctors grip realised on Chloe's shoulder, her stepped forward, his left hand locking with Chloe's, pulling her towards Rose as well.

"Then how can I remember this. The very first word I ever said to you. Trapped in that cellar. Surrounded by shop window dummies. Ooo such a long time ago," he said, squeezing Chloe's hand with a wink in his charming way.
"I took you hand," he said slipping his right hand into Rose's. "I said one word. Just one word, I said…" and in a whisper he spoke, "Run!"

Rose looked deep into his eyes. Chloe saw something change on her face.

"Doctor," she said as if realising.

"Hello," he said in a cheeky, friendly kinda way, with a massive grin on his face. Rose stepped back, almost faint. Chloe stepped forward, worried. The Doctor realised his grip and skipped off round the TARDIS.

"And we never stopped did we. All across the universe."

"No need to stop," Chloe grinned.

"Yep, running, running, running," he pressed a button on the TARDIS. "And one time we had to hop, remember, hopping for our lives," he said leaning on one leg and began hopping on the spot. Chloe lifted an eyebrow, a small grin on her face, a slightly puzzled look as well.

"Yeah, all that hoping, yeah Chloe, hopping, hopping, hopping," he said still grinning. Chloe just shook her head with a grin, arms folded across her front. She raised a hand to her temple, spinning it in a circle, "Cuckoo!" she said, grinning. "Going mad in old age Dad," she said with a grin. He switched between each of his foot.

"We didn't hop?"

"Nope," she grinned. His hoping slowed then stopped.

"Don't mind him. Makes him go about cuckoo the whole regeneration thing. Least that's what mum said," Chloe said to Rose.

"Can you change back?" Rose asked.

"Do you want me too?" the Doctor asked in a serious tone. Chloe looked from the Doctor to Rose and back again.

"Yeah," she said.

"Oh," he replied.

"Can you?"

"No," he said quickly. His eyes dropped to the floor for the briefest of moments. He was thinking.

"Do you want to leave?" he asked. Chloe knew those word hurt him, but they had to be said. Chloe didn't say anything, she wanted to but she couldn't. It was Rose's decision.

"Do you want me to leave?" she asked.

"No," both Chloe and the Doctor said together, quickly.

"But, your choice. If you wanna go home"

The Doctor stepped forward. He pushed on a leaver, his gaze staying on Rose.

Chloe knew he was hurting.

"Cancel Barcelona, good thing in a way. No chance for Chloe to bring in new pets. Change to London, the Powell Estate, uuhhh lets say 24th December. Consider it a Christmas present," he said. A lot of squeaking and then a ting, like a small chime, sounded through the TARDIS. Chloe stared at the floor. One she didn't want to go back to the Earth, two she didn't want Rose to go. And surely seeing her mum at Christmas, surely seeing everything she has at home would make her leave.

"There," he spoke.

"I'm going home?" she asked.

"It's up to you. Back to your Mum," he said.

"Don't go Rose," Chloe said.

"Chloe," the Doctor warned. "It's her own decision, thank you." His arms folded across his chest.

"But…"

"No buts' young lady, I may have regenerated but I remember everything you've done."

Chloe gulped.

"And you can't take the Mick out of my ears any more," he said grinning in a funny high pitched voice. Chloe stuck her tongue out at her father.

"It's all waiting, fish and chips, sausage and mash, beans on toast."

"Yuck!" Chloe said sticking out her tongue.
"I know," the Doctor said to his grimacing daughter.

"No Christmas, so turkey."

"Not to bad then," she said.

"Although having met your mother Rose, nut loaf would be more appropriate."

"We're so not going to hers for dinner then," Chloe spoke.

Rose laughed at the pair.

"Was that a smile?" the Doctor asked.

"No!" she said adverting her gaze.

"That was smile. Wasn't it Chlo'?"

"Yep, definitely," she said with a conclusive nod.

"Not it wasn't."

"You smiled," the Doctor grinned.

"No I didn't," Rose said with a straight face.

"Uh useless hey Chloe," he looked over at his daughter and smiled. He walked over to her.

"Hello my beautiful little girl," he said and kissed her lightly on the cheek.
Chloe frowned at the sudden change. "What was that for?" she said whipping her face.
"Seeing you through new eyes," he said. "Get to see your beautiful face for the first time again," he said rubbing his nose against her cheek, while hugging her.

"Daddd!" she said.

"You're embarrassing me," she spoke.

"See I must be the Doctor. Chloe gets embarrassed," he said pulling Chloe into a hug. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, as the both looked towards Rose.

Rose smiled again.

"See you smiled!" the both said the Doctor pointing.

"No I didn't," she said.

"Oh come on, all I did was change. I didn't…….fhhhhhshhhhhhh," Chloe withered in pain as the Doctor screamed something. She shook herself off.

"What?"

"I didn't say anything," the Doctor said.

"You…did," Chloe said breathing heavily.

"Chloe are you ok," the Doctor said. "fssssssaaaaa," he suddenly said.

"Ut-oh," Chloe squeaked as the pain rose again.

"Big ut-oh," the Doctor said.

"Are you two alright?" Rose asked. The Doctor suddenly breathed out a long stream of golden light.

"Not good," Chloe said.

"What's that?" Rose asked.

"The change is going a bit wrong," he said the pair then buckled over in pain.

"Just…a bit," Chloe said, closing her eyes and holding her stomach.
"You two?" the Doctor asked. "Genetic link, of course," he then said. "Clever."

"Painful!" Chloe stated.
"Look maybe we should go back," Rose said.

Suddenly Chloe collapsed to the floor. She could see and feel everything, but she couldn't move, she couldn't see.

"Chloe?" the Doctor said. She felt his hand tap her face.

"Oh gosh, that's not good. Come on wakey wakey," he said tapping her face.

She heard him run to the consol.

"This should do it," he said. "Realise some of the connection. She can't take some much of the regeneration. TARDIS get's it a bit wrong sometimes. Like the co-ordinates."

Chloe blinked.
"Hello sweetheart," the Doctor said looking over her grinning. He helped her up.

"Ouch!" she said.

Suddenly something seemed to snap inside him, her grinned, almost evilly.

He stood up, looking over.

"Wonder what this thing does her?" he said pressing something. Chloe giggled.

"You shouldn't have done that," she laughed.

"Probably not," he laughed in return. "What we need is speed!"

"Yeah speed," Chloe said dashing off to the controls.

They both worked, speeding up the TARDIS. Rose looked scared.

"What's wrong with you two?" she said.

"My beautiful ship, come on faster!" the Doctor barked. "Faster girl!"

"Stop it!"

"Ahh don't be so dull, let's have a bit of fun! Let's rip through that vortex."

"Sounds like my kinda fun," Chloe giggled.

Suddenly he changed again, Chloe saw his pleading eyes look at Rose.
"The regenerations going wrong, we can't stop ourselves." His eyes closed. Chloe grabbed at her head.

"My head," she said.

"Mine too," he screeched. "Faster," he suddenly snapped a change. "Let's open up those engines Chloe."

An alarm began to sound. Chloe giggled.

"What's that?" Rose asked.

"Crash land," the Doctor laughed.

"Well then do something," Rose shouted.

"Too late," Chloe laughed.

"Yep, out of control," the Doctor squeaked in a high pitched voice, he was really enjoying himself by now.
"Your gonna kill us," Rose shouted.

"Hold on tight, here we go!" the Doctor shouted.

"Eye, eye Captain!" Chloe shouted.

"Christmas eve," he grinned.