Rose Tyler was having a bad day. She really didn't understand these anti-mutant people. They went on rages and tried to attack random people who "might" be mutants on the streets, but they never stopped to consider that the people that they were attacking might actually be powerful. This is why she was standing in an alley, fists clenched, trying to keep control of her power and not blow this person up. Rose had recently discovered that she was a mutant and I powerful one at that. She didn't understand her powers yet, but she did know that when she didn't keep control, things started to dissolve in flashes of golden light.

"You're a mutant, aren't you girl?" Came the drunken snarl from a large, hairy man. "Don't you know that mutants are *hic* illegal?"

Rose mentally rolled her eyes. No she didn't know. It's not like she had been on the run for the past two months or anything. She felt a surge of power and quickly clamped it down. Even though Rose really did want this guy gone she knew she couldn't survive having the officials after her. Her best bet was to calm down and then get out of there. She took a couple deep breaths still squeezing her eyes shut. She could hear the man still shuffling forward.

"I wouldn't take another step forward if I were you," a new voice said.

Rose thought he sounded American… she could feel him stepping in front of her, but she didn't dare open her eyes to see what he looked like, her control was still slipping.

"Why you American, good for nuthin'…" the drunk stopped abruptly. Rose could hear him tripping over bottles in his haste to get out of the alley, but she didn't know why…

"Are you alright little one?" The American asked quietly. Getting no response he continued, "It's alright. You can open your eyes, I'm here to help. I'm with TARDIS." He continued to ease closer and knocked into an empty bottle. The blonde's eyes flew open in surprise and her eyes made him jerk away. Her eyes were lit from the inside with a golden color. Glancing down, he also saw that golden light was dancing around her fingertips.

Rose could tell that she surprised him, her gift must be unusual even for the rebels working at TARDIS.

He gestured with his arms in placating motion. "Whoa. My name is Jack, Jack Harkness. I'm with TARDIS and I'm here to help. My friend and I are going to take you to a safe and secure location." Under his breath he muttered, "John you can come out now… No more big guys."

At the words safe and secure Rose backed up even more, she wasn't falling for that again. Her back slammed into the wall and the glow surrounding her grew even more. She quickly squeezed her eyes tight and began muttering calmly words to herself.

"Ok Jack, I'm here. What's going on?"

It was a new voice, British this time.

"I don't know! I told her that we would take her someplace safe and secure and she flipped." The American whispered back.

Rose heard the sound of a hand smacking someone upside the head.

"You moron Jack! Safe and secure is code for we are going to kill you! Everybody knows that!"

"Well evidently I don't!"

Rose took another couple of deep breaths and opened her eyes. The glow had faded to almost nothing. In front of her were two tall males arguing about code words and what they might mean if someone was on the run. One was dressed in a brown trench coat and the other in a deep blue coat. Rose decided that it would be best to look into these TARDIS people in more depth before catching a ride with them. So she slowly and quietly slipped out of the alley while those two idiots were still fighting about code words.

A little while later

"Look what you did Jack! She slipped off while you were being stubborn!"

"While I was being stubborn?! If you hadn't taken so long to get here then you could have helped me bring her in!" Jack roared.

"Fine," John sighed, "We will both agree that this was your fault." Jack started to interject, but John cut him off, "But really, we need to keep an eye out for her. I haven't seen such a powerful mutation in a long time."