Reunion
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Doctor Who, wish I did, but I don't, I do however have a plushie that I made!
Rose Tyler slammed the sides of her desk in frustration. There was nothing on those worthless Torchwood computers, no sightings, no signs, nothing! The Doctor should have found a way back to her by now! It had been five years since Bad Wolf Bay. Was he just going to leave her, like he had left Sarah Jane?
"Come on Doctor, you've got to come back to me! You've got a little girl who needs you. And I need you too!" she cried out, tears falling down onto her desk.
"Rose, are you okay?" came a voice at the door of her office. She brushed the tears quickly from her face and looked up to see Mickey standing there.
"Yeah Mickey, fine," she lied, but he saw the truth.
"Rose, you have to stop this. He'll be here the instant he finds a way to break through the void again."
"But what if he found someone else?" Rose asked, even more tears threatening to fall.
"Okay, you and I both know that that would never happen. Rose, you need to go home and get some rest. I'll let you know if anything at all gets reported."
"But…"
"Go. Now."
Rose got her stuff together and headed out of her office. As she left the building, a few people looked up at her from their computers, but Rose didn't pay any attention to them. Rumors already flew about her alien boyfriend, so she didn't even bother to give her coworkers the time of day anymore.
She walked down the streets of London, avoiding anyone who looked at her. She was cold and alone and she just wanted to go home, but it didn't look like she'd ever get to go back to her true home, the TARDIS.
Rose walked up the small set of stairs leading to the house and pushed open the door. She pulled off her coat and picked up the note that was lying on the hallway table.
Rose,
Your dad and I took Samantha out for the day. We'll be back for dinner.
Mum
Rose smiled. Those two, they were the best type of grandparents, the spoiling type. The bought Samantha everything she wanted. Rose wished she could do that, but her job at Torchwood didn't pay too great.
She walked upstairs, determined to just relax, maybe take a nap. But, as she pushed open the door to her room, she came face to face with an old enemy that she never thought she would see again.
"You are the Doctor's companion!" Dalek Sec screamed from the middle of her room.
"What? How did you get here?" she screamed, slowly backing up into the hallway.
"You are required!" it screamed, advancing towards her.
"For what?"
"Bait!"
She turned to run, but the Dalek shot her and she fell to the ground. It then fired a tag at her and the next instant they both disappeared.
The Doctor was lying on his back, covered in motor oil, fixing the TARDIS. He didn't know for sure what was wrong with his ship, but he was determined to play around until he found the problem. It was one way to fill his time, since he no longer had a partner.
Martha had left about a year ago, she couldn't put up with the Doctor going on about Rose, and so she had told him to drop her off. He had been fond of her, but it was better if she left. He couldn't give up on Rose, not yet. So, for the past year, he had been trying to find a way back through the void, with little success. But the Doctor wouldn't give up; it was so important that he got back to her.
"Come on girl, why do you have to do this now? Couldn't it wait until we got Rose back?"
He heard some rattling from somewhere in the ship and felt like the TARDIS was saying, "Wait and see."
"Fine, be that way! But I'm hungry, so you can just wait until I get back!" the Doctor said, getting up and strolling away to the door, hands in his pockets. "Luckily we're still on Earth, or else I might actually have to cook something!" he said chuckling. "I can't even make a decent batch of chips, now that's sad."
He poked his head out of the TARDIS, checking to see if anyone was there. It was parked in a back alley, so it was a slim, but still existent chance, that he would be seen. When he saw no one in the immediate area, he stepped out, closed the door behind him and headed for the crowded London streets, his converse slapping against the asphalt.
"You are the Doctor!" a voice screeched behind him. The Doctor froze mid-step. It couldn't possibly be…
He spun around and saw Dalek Sec sitting there. He set his foot down and looked around, peeking behind him.
"Is someone playing a joke on me?"
"That does not compute!"
"No, I doubt that it would. So, you escaped from the void. And obviously, you need me for something because you haven't killed me yet," the Doctor said, circling the Dalek.
"You are required!"
"And what makes you think that I would help you?" the Doctor asked, laughing.
"I have your companion!"
"Yeah, sorry to tell you, but I haven't been traveling with anyone for a year, so no deal."
"I have your companion!"
"Fine, fine, fine, I'll humor you!" the Doctor said, waving his arms about. "Show me the companion!"
A whirring sound came from Sec and the next instant; there was a beautiful blonde girl, unconscious, lying next to the Dalek. The Doctor recognized her in a flash, even though five years had gone by since he'd seen her.
"Rose…" he whispered. He lunged towards her. "Rose!"
Rose disappeared as he fell next to her. "You will assist!" the Dalek screamed.
"How did you get her?"
"You will…"
"SHUT UP!" the Doctor roared. "You're going to tell me, you insignificant calculator, how you got her back!"
"You will assist or she will die!"
The Doctor jumped up and glared at the Dalek. "You wouldn't…"
"She will die and you will watch!"
He froze there. He couldn't risk Rose's life. She meant more to him than the world. He had to do what the Dalek wanted, or at least make it think he was doing as told.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked, sighing.
"You will come to this time and place!" it screamed, shooting a piece of paper at him. "We will be there! No more than 24 hours or she will die!"
The Dalek disappeared and the Doctor charged for the TARDIS. The minute he was inside, it came to life.
"You knew that thing was coming, so you broke down, didn't you?" he shouted at his ship. All he heard was the engine. "I hate you." This time he heard what oddly sounded like a, "Yeah, yeah." The next moment, the TARDIS jerked, flying through time and space.
"Where are we going?" the Doctor asked, but he received no response. So he just sat himself down by the door and waited.
A few minutes later, everything became quiet and he knew they had landed. He jumped up and threw open the door, only to find…
"Jack! Blimey, we thought you were dead!" The Doctor stood there with his and Rose's other friend, Captain Jack Harkness!