The Earth shook and Jack hurriedly grabbed the railing of the bridge in Torchwood Three. Martha, Mickey and the rest of his team all scrambled to do the same. The shakes were odd, as if set to a tune...or a sound. The shakes were in time to a Tardis dematerialization sequence. Martha, Mickey and Jack stumbled up the staircase into the square in time to see a telephone box blinking into existence. The earth stopped shaking as the box solidified completely. All three former companions approached it warily.
"Martha, do me a favor and call the Doctor." She nodded and complied. Seconds later, she hung up.
"Voicemail." She said bitterly. Jack groaned in annoyance.
"I am going to buy the Doctor a pager for Christmas, along with a phone for the Tardis." He grumbled. Mickey gave him a half-smile, half-grimace. Jack kept his gun up and put a ear to the door. He could hear someone crying.
"Wake-up, wake-up." They pleaded. Jack knocked sharply and backed up a step, Martha by his side. The sobs cut off and then the lock was turned, the door opened slowly. They saw a wisp of blonde hair before a girl called out Martha's name and flew at her. Martha grunted as the girl threw herself at her, hugging her. Martha returned the hug after a moment.
"Jenny?" She asked in shock. Jenny began to cry again.
"She got hurt and we were crashing and I didn't know what to do. I can't fly it and..." Jenny burst into sobs again and Martha quickly wrapped her arms back around the girl. Jack and Mickey were staring at Martha and Jenny.
"Who's hurt?" Jack asked in a soft voice. Jenny whirled around in shock and her eyes widened.
"You're wrong, you're a fixed point, you shouldn't exist." The girl whispered. Jack's eyebrows rose as she spoke.
"You can see my time line?" Jack asked quietly. The girl nodded slowly. "How?"
"She's the Doctor's daughter." Martha answered quickly. "She was born from a progenation machine on Messaline." Jack was still staring at them both. "He thinks she's dead." Martha added softly.
"Never mind that," Mickey cut in, "who's hurt?" Jenny's eyes widened and she raced back into the Tardis. Martha followed her shouting at Mickey to grab her medical bag. He ran back toward the hub. Jack followed them both. The Tardis looked similar to the Doctor's, but still different. The floors were glass, but the coral was still visible everywhere. The console looked like a mix of the Doctor's and a more modern version. Jenny was sitting on the floor by the jump seat, a girl's head in her lap. Martha was leaning over the girl, checking her pulse. Jack stumbled back in shock.
"Dear god!" He said and Martha looked up sharply. "That's Rose." Martha's eyes returned to the girl. Mickey came back and handed the bag to Martha, eyes widening when he recognized the girl before them. Martha immediately checked her heartbeat. Her eyes widened.
"Rose was human right?" Jack's eyes narrowed perceptively.
"She still should be." Jack said slowly. Martha shook her head.
"Two hearts, Just like her," Martha said nodding to Jenny, "Just like the Doctor." Jack was speechless at this development. Martha's phone rang, shattering the abrupt silence.
"Martha Jones, what can I do for ya?" He said cheerfully.
"Doctor, you really need to come to Cardiff."
"What's wrong?" He asked, going serious. Martha deliberated and then held the phone out to Jenny. She took it and placed it against her ear like Martha had.
"Hello dad." Jenny said and the Doctor nearly dropped the phone.
"Jenny." He said in disbelief. "Where are you?" He asked softly.
"I'm in a Tardis, in Cardiff. I don't know the date." She said softly.
"Ask Martha." It was quiet for several moments.
"June 22nd, 2010, 7:46 pm, Cardiff, England, Earth." The Doctor promised he'd be there in a few moments and hung up. Martha sat next to Jenny trying to comfort the girl as she cried over Rose.
"Jenny, how did you meet Rose?" Jack asked.
"She's mum, she came to get me. I crashed on some war planet, they were going to kill me, she intervened. She got captured too, she got hurt. When we escaped she couldn't fly the Tardis further than the vortex, and the med bay is useless until we can get supplies."
"Then how did you..."
"She took me where I could find help." Jenny said patting the side of the console gently. The Tardis hummed gently at the girl's actions. They heard another Tardis dematerializing. Jenny laid Rose's head back on the floor after pressing a kiss to her forehead. She scrambled up and out the door, Leaving Jack to scoop Rose up and carry her outside. The Doctor threw the door of his Tardis open and had met Jenny half-way to his Tardis. He pulled the girl into a tight hug, overjoyed to see her. Jenny giggled slightly before making him set her down. She took his hand, pulling him toward Jack.
"You have to help mum."
"Mum?" He ashed in confusion, brow wrinkled. Then his eyes fell on Rose. "Rose." He said in shock. Jack was already nearing the Doctor. The Doctor spun and raced back to his Tardis. "I need the med bay closer, now!" He shouted. The door appeared and he opened it for Jack who went straight to the table. She was barely breathing when he laid her down. Her blonde hair stuck to her sweaty cheeks. The Doctor began hooking up the Machine as Martha helped to get her ready. She was hooked up to the eart monitor for hardly a few seconds before the Doctor noticed her heartbeat was off.
"What, that's not possible!" He shouted. Blood was quickly seeping onto the table. The Doctor glanced at Jack. He immediately swabbed the blood and tested it. His eyes widened and he slammed his fist on the table. Martha jumped.
"Jack, get Jenny for me." He did without question. The Doctor kept studying the results. Jenny raced into the room, Jack following. "I need to test your blood, she needs blood and mine won't work. Human blood would kill her." Jenny quickly pricked her finger and offered her blood to the Doctor. The Doctor impatiently waited for the results, when they popped up, relief flooded his face. He turned back to his daughter.
"I need some of your blood for Rose, she's bleeding out to fast, she'll die before the regeneration has a chance to kick in if she doesn't get some." Jenny let herself be hooked up to Rose. Martha was doing her best to clean and close Rose's wound to give her more time to regenerate. It was only a few moments after Jenny's blood hit her blood stream that the golden light began to form around her. The Doctor shut down the pump and pulled Jenny back as Rose burst into flame. It only lasted seconds before the glow faded. Rose still looked like Rose, but blood no longer dripped from her side and her hair, her hair was ginger.
"Now that's just not fair!" The Doctor complained briefly. The Tardis beeped and the Doctor looked back at the monitor with surprise. The results were a DNA match. It showed traces of Rose's DNA in Jenny's. Rose was her mum. Rose smiled slightly at his voice.
"What's not fair? Am I ginger?" She asked, eyes still closed.
"Yes." Jenny said giggling. Rose cracked an eye open and blinked slowly before sitting up. Jenny was at her side in an instant. Rose hugged the girl gently and Jenny's shoulders relaxed dramatically. The Doctor stared.
