Doctor Who

Not Even Human

Author's Notes: Right. So, I read this fic on Teaspoon about Rose using the Vortex to get back to the Doctor. And I thought "What a great idea! But I don't want to seperate her from her family, and what about what the Doctor said in School Reunion?"
Thus, this silly little fix-it was born.
If it isn't entirely obvious, this is post-Doomsday, and as such, contains spoilers for said episode.

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". . .Bad Wolf Bay." She smiled weakly at him and he saw. . .something.
"Rose?" He asked in concern, that name, and that something couldn't be coincidence. He hoped they were, but he was almost certain they weren't.
"Doctor. . ." She whispered hoarsely.
"Rose?"
"Doctor. . .can you. . .will you sing me a song?"
"What?"
"A song, Doctor." She repeated. "Just. . .sing a song, yeah?"
He looked at her apprehensively. "Why?"
"Because," She said, her voice changing at the end of the word. "It worked last time." The sun seemed to darken as she spoke, letting the pale glow coming from her show.
"Rose! No!"
"Don't worry, my Doctor." She said. "It won't kill me, there's not enough left." She smiled slightly. "I'm just fulfilling a promise."
"What?" He asked. "What promise?"
"I said I'd stay with you forever." She reached toward him, and for a moment, nothing seemd to happen. Then his figure seemed to disappear. Just out of sight and sound range, the Tardis appeared, and he was back in front of her. "As long as forever is to you." She smiled again and the Vortex began to seep out of her. She fell forward.
Without thinking, the Doctor reached out to catch her. His jaw wasn't the only one to drop when it worked. He recovered quickly and lowered her to the ground, catching her wrist to check for a pulse and hardly noticing when Jackie, Mickey, and Pete joined him at Rose's side. Steady double-pulse he decided before pausing. Wait, double-pulse? He checked again. Still, a steady double-pulse. But, he thought urgently, humans don't have two hearts. At least, not the last time he'd checked.
Rose stirred a bit and opened her eyes. She smiled at him first, the looked over at her mother.
"You were right, mum," She mumbled, half-way back to unconsciousness. "Not even human."