Rose let loose an explosive sigh, all the while smothering a snicker, as she rolled her eyes. She'd been blackmailed by her father, who just happened to be the head of Torchwood into working for said organization. Everyone in the room aside from her dad thought that just because she was Pete's daughter, that she hadn't gone through the proper channels. She may not have been trained as a mere grunt and made her way through the ranks, but she'd proven her worth.
She knew more aliens than they could count, she suspected the Bad Wolf had something to do with that. She knew the Doctor had never fully gotten it out of her, there were trails of gold out of the corner of her eye. Her family had even noticed, her eyes were no longer a solid brown, sometimes they were a honey-gold, others they were a solid brown with streaks of gold. Looking up, she saw most the room watching her. Their disapproval hanging in the air, heavy as the monsoons in Asia. Rolling her eyes, she let a smirk grow on her lips, watching with laughter in her eyes as they watched her. Her father interrupted her mocking them, "Rose! Don't bait them." Rose let her smirk slide into a moue of disappointment.
"If I must. After all, none of them have ever believed I am more than just your daughter, that I do not deserve my position here." Rose's voice had a dangerously quiet quality to it as she spoke, her fury obvious but contained. Pete shuddered at the way his daughter looked, her eyes were not subtly golden this time, no, they were now glowing with the power of time still trapped within her. He knew that it wouldn't take long for her to start searching for ways to get home, back to the Doctor. It didn't help that the Doctor's clone had died almost as soon as he had left, yes it had taken a few weeks, weeks that he knew Rose cherished. He was also sure that the Doctor hadn't meant to leave Rose with a man who would only break her heart with his death.
Frowning, he watched silently as Rose continued. "Now, you will all listen to me. There are worlds beyond worlds beyond our puny little planet. There is no Doctor here to protect us, there is only us. I know many of you don't believe that I am from another universe. You think that I was hidden and my father only just recently decided to reveal me. However," Here her voice gained a resonant quality, as if there were two beings speaking with her voice, "I am Rose Tyler, Bad Wolf, Valiant Child, the Stuff of Legends. There is no other like me. I am…" Tears formed and slid down her pale cheeks, "Protector and beloved of the Doctor, Oncoming Storm, Stuff of Legends." Those who had not truly believed felt their disbelief begin to crack. It was then shattered when a golden wolf appeared beside her. It lifted its massive head, golden –green eyes watching them dispassionately.
"Rose," She heard a voice whisper within her mind, tickling along pathways the human mind had yet to develop. Looking down at her new companion, she smiled. She would help her get home. She was a physical manifestation of the Bad Wolf, an extension of herself yet a separate entity. She was her own… Well wolf. She could feel the laughter of hysteria bubbling up, she couldn't help herself, she threw her head back and let loose a whoop of laughter. Once done, she looked at the people in the room, all the regular humans who had doubted her, arrogance in the stance she took. "This is Priestess. Companion to the Bad Wolf. Fear her, welcome her, beware of her wrath. We are one, we are separate. Where one goes, the other shall follow wrath on their heels."
The room was shocked into silence, even Pete who had never seen Rose like this. Standing slowly, he motioned to those in the room to leave. Once they had vacated, he turned to Rose. He looked at her and her new companion warily. This was nothing he could control, he'd had his time with her, now it was time for her to return to the Doctor and rescue him as he had rescued her. There was nothing he or anyone else could do about it, Jackie had warned him that the two were like magnet for the other. That and trouble always found them!
"You'll be leaving soon then." It wasn't a question, it was a statement of fact. He would not deny her the ability to return to the love of her life. If it hadn't been for his now daughter, he would never have had a chance to be with Jackie again, nor would he have a wonderful son. In fact, it was this son he was most worried about, he and his sister were quite close, he'd been weaned on the tales of the Doctor and the mischief he got himself into. What would happen when Rose left? How would they keep her memory alive without resentment coming about?
"Yes dad… I can't stay here. He needs me." She looked at him, tears glistening in her eyes even as her newly named companion nuzzled her hand. He could see the intelligence glimmering within those canine eyes, it was enough to make him almost take a step back. That was before he remembered himself, he held his arms open for Rose, letting her know if she needed it, she would always find comfort within his embrace. He may not have raised her, but he had begun to love her as fiercely as if he had. She was his daughter by blood, yes an alternate him, but a him none the less. Her mother and he would keep quiet about their misgivings, there was nothing they could do. Not even little Tony would keep her here. He would just make sure that if things got bad here, Tony would always have a way to get to or find his sister.
"We understand. We'll miss you. If there's anything you need…" He let himself trail off. There wasn't much else he could say, the meeting that they had all been called for was a moot point now. She was leaving and in doing so, she would prove to them beyond any shadow of a doubt that she didn't belong to this world. As if Priestess wasn't already proof enough, he knew there were some who had been there who were already wondering how she had managed to pull that stunt. It didn't matter that her eyes had been glowing or the fact that Priestess had appeared from nowhere.