It was almost midnight in the Torchwood office, and Rose Tyler was quietly working in her office. The rest of her team had gone home earlier, but not before trying to persuade her to get some rest, like they did every night. But Rose couldn't sleep. She still hadn't found The Doctor's universe, and she wouldn't stop until she did. Rose was reviewing some calculations made by her team when she heard it. A single heartbeat. Rose knew it was too loud to be her own, and couldn't help looking around to find its source. Just then Pete Tyler came into her office.
"Rose, sweetie, you should get some sleep"
The heartbeat faded away, and Rose could no longer hear it.
"I won't sleep, not until I find him" Rose had been this stubborn until they had gotten the dimension cannon to function; she was determined to find The Doctor.
"Don't you think you'll have a better chance of finding him if you're well-rested?"
"Probably, but right now I need to go over these figures, I might come home after that"
"Okay sweetie, don't overwork yourself though, I'll see you later"
"Okay, bye" Rose said as Pete walked out the door.
Rose put down the papers she had been studying and thought back to the heartbeat that she had heard. It was strange, it definitely wasn't her own, so what else could it have been? Rose started to think she had imagined it, she hadn't slept in over a week. She stood up and gathered her papers. Locking them in her desk drawer. She would finish them tomorrow, tonight she needed some sleep.