Title: Wake Up

Rating: K+

Summary: Jackie is sick, so the 10th Doctor and Rose are off to find a cure. But after tragedy strikes, Rose finds herself depressed and questioning her sanity. Based on the Futurama episode "The Sting".

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who, Futurama, the characters or the main plot.

Author's Note: Okay, so this is based on my favourite episode of Futurama. You don't need to know the plot to read it (it's actually better if you don't!), you don't even need to know Futurama to read it. It's an AU fic, where there's no parallel universe and Jack is at Torchwood, but keeps in contact with the Doctor and Rose. And so, without any further ado, I present to you...

Wake Up

It was just another ordinary day on the TARDIS. Rose and the Doctor were just about to decide where to go for the day, when Rose's phone rang.

"It's Mickey," she said to the Doctor as she answered it. "Hello? … what? … oh my God … yes, of course … okay, see you soon." She hung up.

"What is it?" asked the Doctor. Rose looked at him.

"Mum's sick," she said. The Doctor nodded.

"Okay, 2007, the Powell Estate," he said, sighing. "I should have the coordinates programmed in here, we go there so often." Soon the TARDIS arrived in its usual spot. As Rose opened the door, she noticed that Mickey was out there waiting for her.

"How is she?" Rose asked him.

"Not too good," he replied. "She's been throwing up, tired, headaches, you name it." Tears came to Rose's eyes as she thought of her mother. She ran up the stairs to see her, the Doctor and Mickey following close behind her. She burst into the flat and started calling her.

"In here," was Jackie's weak reply. Rose ran into Jackie's bedroom and saw her mother lying in bed. She flung her arms around her.

"Oh Mum," she whispered. "I was so worried."

"Me too," said Jackie. "I was worried you'd show up a year late." Rose gave a small laugh, then looked up and down Jackie's body. Her hair was limp, her eyes had bags under them, and she'd lost weight. Just then the Doctor and Mickey came in.

"Hello Jackie," the Doctor said.

"Hello Doctor," said Jackie. "You're looking well."

"Yeah, you too," said the Doctor.

"I don't and you know it," said Jackie.

"Mum, has the doctor been to see you?" asked Rose.

"I didn't want to call him, just in case I'd contracted some alien virus," answered Jackie. "I thought I'd get your Doctor's opinion first." She turned to the Doctor.

"Oh, um, yeah, sure," he said. "Um, do you still have that stethoscope you used on me at Christmas?"

"It's in Rose's room," said Jackie.

"Righto, back in a tick," said the Doctor. Mickey looked down at Rose and Jackie, and decided they needed some time alone.

"I'll come with you," he said to the Doctor, before leaving. Jackie held Rose's hand in hers.

"Well, isn't this ironic," she said. "I always go on about you not getting into trouble, and then I'm the one who gets sick." Rose forced a smile, but Jackie could see through it.

"Oh come on sweetheart, it's not that bad," she assured her. "It looks worse than it is, believe me."

"I'll be the judge of that," said the Doctor, who had now returned with the stethoscope. "Mrs Tyler, we're ready for you now."

"You be careful where you put that thing," warned Jackie.

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After a series of small tests, including a scan with the sonic screwdriver, the Doctor finally had his results.

"Finished," he announced. "Well Jackie, it's obvious. You are suffering from stress."

"What, that's it?" said Mickey. "No life-threatening alien illness or anything?"

"Nope, just ordinary human stress," confirmed the Doctor. "Of course, I say ordinary, but your case is an exception. While some humans might be stressed about work or their GCSEs or something like that, Jackie Tyler's case is unique."

"What is it?" asked Rose. The Doctor looked at her, and it took her a moment to realise what he meant.

"Oh," she said. "Me."

"Yeah," said the Doctor quietly. Rose turned to Jackie.

"You worry so much about me that you make yourself sick?" she said.

"I didn't mean to," defended Jackie. "It's just that you're out there all the time, and I don't know where you are or what you're up to … oh Rose I'm so sorry."

"No, I'msorry for doing this to you," said Rose. Mother and daughter hugged, each other's tears running onto them. After they let go, Rose turned her gaze to the Doctor.

"What can we do for her?" she asked him. The Doctor scratched the back of his head.

"Given Jackie's extreme and unusual case, she'll need more than just bed-rest and a stress ball," he said. "There's a planet on the outer reaches of the galaxy, Yekario Minor. Its inhabitants are a race of giant bees. They produce a supply of honey which is famous for its ability to calm people down and well, de-stress them." Rose felt as though she'd found the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Fantastic!" she exclaimed. "We'll just take the TARDIS to this place, get the honey, come back and cure Mum!" The Doctor bit his lip.

"Yeah, um, there are a couple of problems with that," he said. "We'd need at least 3 people to operate the whole mission, getting the honey, distracting the bees, etc." Rose turned to Mickey.

"Oh no," he said. "I feel bad for your mum and all, but as soon as I heard the words 'giant bees' I was out."

"Fine, Jack then," Rose decided. "We haven't seen him for ages, and he needs to get away from that Torchwood place. Besides, it'd be handy having someone who can't die on our side, right?"

"Right, yeah, okay," said the Doctor.

"Wait … what was the other problem?" asked Rose.

"Oh, nothing, never mind," said the Doctor. "Okay. I guess we'll get ready to go then."

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