Author's Note: I don't own Doctor Who.

Immediately I left work not caring that I hadn't signed out, if there was a way for me to get home I was going to take it and hang the consequences! Driving to my

flat I rang Mickey and asked him to meet me at Mum and Pete's house, something in the tone of my voice must have sounded important because he didn't even ask

why, just said that he would be there in half an hour. Parking the car I hopped out and raced up the stairs to pack, if I could I was going to leave today because who

knew how long it might take me to make my way back. I hastily shoved a couple pairs of jeans, some nice trousers, blouses, hoodie, and winter coat into my knapsack

along with a few other things that seemed like they might be useful as well as all the cash I had. Opening my jewelry box I pulled the TARDIS key out and put it

around my neck, I wasn't going to risk it falling out of my pocket, I locked up the flat and ran back downstairs with the knapsack and jumped back into the car to head

to mum's.


I pulled into the drive and parked behind Mickey's car, Mum ran out to greet me, Mickey and Pete stood in the doorway clutching Tony's chubby toddler

hands so that he wouldn't run out by the cars. I hugged Mum and we all made our way back inside with Mum chattering away.

"Jacks, maybe you should let Rose talk eh?"

"Oh! Sweetheart, sorry what were you going to say?"

I sat down and tried to calm my racing heart before telling them,

"I may have found a way back to the Doctor, I'm going to try and go back."

At first smiles broke out among everyone but I did not smile back, it was probably going to be dangerous and there was little chance that I would be able to return

here even if I wanted to once I left. Mum saw my still serious face and grabbed my hand,

"Sweetheart, it doesn't matter if you can't visit us! I'll miss you terribly but I know how much you love that man and how much you've missed him. If you have found

a way back than take it!"

"Rose, in all the time I've known you have never seen you happier than when you were travelling with the Doctor. Go to him."

Came from Mickey who was smiling at me with a sad knowing smile.

"You may not be my daughter but damn if I won't miss you like you were!"

Pete said as he hugged little Tony tightly to him as he struggled to get down. I pulled Tony out of his arms and hugged him close to me before kissing his forehead and

letting him down to toddle about.

"Oh Dad, I'll miss you too!" Dad looked like he was about to cry as I said that so I took a breath I told them everything,

"Remember when I told you about defeating the Emperor of the Daleks Mum?"

"When you took the heart of the TARDIS into your head and became the Bad Wolf?"

Pete looked extremely startled and interrupted Mum,

"Wait, did you just say Bad Wolf?"

"Yes, I did. Why?"

"I've seen those words… a lot actually!"

"What do you mean Dad?"

"Well when I first hired you for Torchwood and we were setting up your file every time I typed in, Rose Tyler it showed on the screen as Bad Wolf. I just thought it was

a defective keyboard… And then once when I was searching for your file to add something to it I typed in Rose Tyler and up popped Bad Wolf again, and I've seen it a

couple other times since then and always in some relation to you. What does it mean?"

"The Doctor and I were travelling with our friend Captain Jack Harkness…"

"This was back before he looked like the Doctor you've met Pete. He can change his face!"

"Yes, Mum but it's not relevant to the story. Anyways, the three of us were travelling and we got separated. I woke up with amnesia on the set of The Weakest Link,

except so much worse, the people that lost were disintegrated by a laser. The Doctor and Jack had escaped from their own tv shows and were just about to rescue me

when I was disintegrated except I wasn't. I was transported to the heart of a Dalek warship and the Doctor and Jack manage to pull me off and send me home to

Earth, in our time."

I stopped to take a much needed drink of water that Mickey had brought me and Mum picked up the storyline for her part in this adventure,

"Mickey and I heard the TARDIS materializing and came running but Rose was all alone and sobbing when she arrived. At first I was glad that the Doctor had sent her

back, keeping her safe like he had promised me but then I saw how devastated Rose was and I knew she wasn't going to give up on getting back to him. I went and

borrowed a tow truck off a friend and the three of us opened the heart of the TARDIS…"

It was time for me to finish recounting events so I took another quick drink of water and continued,

"I don't really remember all that happened then but when I woke up from a faint the Doctor had been saved and all the Daleks had been destroyed. Except he had to

regenerate into the face that you've met Dad. It's the same man though, the same on the inside. Now today when I was on a raid I inhaled some strange smoke and

I relived some of those old memories. This and some other things that happened shortly thereafter have me convinced that I'm still have part of the Time Vortex

inside myself and that I can get back!"

Author's Note Two: So my Finals Week is next week... So it's going to be at least a week before I can update again. I have the beginnings of Chapter 3 written which is cool. If you're wondering why so much of The Parting of the Ways is in this chapter it is because I think it's very important for people to know especially for this story. Feedback is welcome!