It was 1am and Rose once again found herself wandering alone around the Powell estate deep in thought, unable to sleep. She had patrolled the estate and its surrounding areas every night for nearly two weeks, hoping, searching. Giving up hope was never an option for her.
The Doctor had said he would be back in five minutes tops when he flew off in his blue police box twelve days ago. Where he was going and why, he did not say. All Rose knew is that he was late, probably the one thing Rose disliked about him. A man like him doesn't deserve to be alone, and she had become accustomed to his company, no matter how strange he was.
Since his departure, she had become restless, as she had become unadapted to staying in one place for more than a day or two. Although she knew he would be returning for her - she had a key to the Tardis - she was still worried. What if something bad had happened to him?
"Where are you, Doctor?" Rose whispered to herself. "I need you"

Quietly closing the front door of the flat behind her, Rose heard her mum bashing about in the kitchen. It was rare that Jackie Tyler ever did anything silently, even at this time of night.
"Mum, what're you doing up at this hour?" Rose asked, entering the kitchen and opening the fridge for a snack.
" Blooming hell Rose! You scared the bleeding daylights out of me!" Jackie exclaimed, almost dropping the mug she was holding, splashing tea onto the counter. "And if you must know, Tony was over. He left about ten minutes ago"
"Tony? I didn't know he'd come round" Rose turned to her mum, confused.
"Yes love. He came over earlier this evening. You were in your own little world, so I didn't want to disturb you" When Rose just shrugged in acknowledgement, Jackie continued. "I bumped into that Mickey of yours before. He asked if you'd gone off with the Doctor again"
"How many times must I tell you, he's not my Mickey! We broke up ages ago. And no, I'm still here. I still haven't heard or seen anything" Rose bit into a slice of bread in annoyance.
"Well, you can't wait for him forever love. I know it's only been two weeks since he went off and left you but you need to get yourself a job just in case he doesn't reappear in that box of his. And find yourself a man too if you refuse to have anything to do with Mickey."
"I'm not giving up on him mum! He hasn't left me, I know he'll be back. Just drop it, please. I'm not in the mood for this."
"There's always that boy who works in the newsagents. He seems to have taken a liking to you, and he's quite handsome"
"I'm not getting a new boyfriend! The Doctor will be back, just you wait!" Rose shouted before storming out of the kitchen and slamming her bedroom door behind her, leaving Jackie shaking her head. She could never understand her daughters love for that man.

On the other side of the country, residents of a small village in Devon flocked to a nearby field. It was a night that many of the residents had been waiting for years to see. It was time for the largest meteor shower in this part of the world for a century. Even though the good proportion of he crowd knew they couldn't be harmed, they found they had to comfort the younger members of the crowd who had stayed up past their bedtime in order to watch this phenomenon.
As the last of the crowd settled on blankets and cushions laid out on the grass and made themselves comfortable, gasps of amazement were heard from those who were already watching the sky. Above them, the first streaks of light lit up the sky as they watched in awe, smiles forming on their faces. Many were still deep in conversation, yet were unable to tear their eyes away.
Without warning, a sudden bright white light flared up from behind the crowd, and was almost immediately followed by a crash as the ground shook heavily beneath them. The barely audible screams were followed by yelling as people scrambled to their feet, checking whether everyone was alright. In the adjacent field, surrounded by scattered fires caused by the impact, was a crater. no more than 30 or 40 meters wide, and no more than 5 meters deep. The object that had caused the impact was just visible above the rim. In the darkness, it was difficult to make out what exactly it was.
Ignoring the cautious words of those around them, a few curious onlookers jogged towards the next field to examine the crater and its contents. Those who stayed behind turned to their neighbours and started reassuring one another that it was a normal occurrence during meteor showers.
As the investigators came close to the rim, one by one, they all stopped. Cries of confusion could be heard briefly before being muffled. In the dim light cast by the fires surrounding the figures, the shocked onlookers saw two fall to their knees, clutching their throats as if in pain. Seconds later, something was seen to be forcing itself out of their mouths, and almost instantly started transforming, or even fusing to, their faces. It was over almost as suddenly as it started. The five figures around the crater dropped like stones, not moving.
Not knowing what else to do, the scared and those with young children - which made up a large percentage of the crowd - hurried in the opposite direction to the crater, back to the safety of the village. The remaining few hurried forward to see if there was anything they could do to assist the still figures.
Those who had opted to go home had barely left the first field before they heard yells of terror and confusion, quickly being muffled just like before. Whatever horror was happening, none of them wanted to go back to find out. But one thing they could all agree on was that they had heard each of the victims say one word, a word which would haunt them till morning.
'Mummy'.