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Chapter Two - Rose

Standing in the doorway of the infirmary, Amy exchanged a look with her husband, whose attempts to check up on the unconscious blonde lying on the bed in front of them had all been rebuffed as the Doctor hovered over the woman with a worried frown on his face. Rory and Amy had no idea what was going on at all but after he had announced that he knew this strange person that had virtually appeared out of nowhere he had gone all...un-doctor like. It was beginning to scare the ginger companion slightly since the Doctor she knew was always so energetic and cheery even when they were in life threatening situations, however THIS Doctor couldn't even be bothered masking his concern from his human friends.

"Doctor, who is she?" Amy spoke up for the first time since the blonde – Rose he had called her – had magically appeared in the Tardis. The Doctor hadn't really given either of them the time to speak or ask questions. As soon as he had managed to become unfrozen from where he was standing, he had scooped the girl into his arms and raced off down to the infirmary, his entire face and body tense. When Amy and Rory had followed him, they hadn't known what to say to him since it hadn't seem like the opportune time for inquires and the Doctor made it silently clear that he didn't want to talk about it or her at the moment but Amy could hold back no longer.

"Her name is Rose, I already told you that or were you not listening?" the Doctor answered, his tone slightly snippy much to Amy's surprise and annoyance.

"I meant where did she come from and I know you said another universe but how did she get here? It's impossible, nobody can just 'appear' on the Tardis!" the former kiss-o-gram exclaimed.

"Oh you'd be surprised" responded the Doctor in an airy tone as if this sort of thing happened every day.

"And if she's from another universe, how do you know her? You said all parallel universes are closed off from us when I asked if we could go to one" Amy pointed out, an accusing look on her face.

"They are. Rose is from this universe and is a former companion of mine; she travelled with me years before I met you and Rory. She was the first one I took with me after the end of the time war" the Doctor told them, a distant look in his eyes as he stared at the still, unmoving form of his unconscious friend.

"How did she end up in a parallel universe and then back here then?" Rory asked, giving the only female in the room that wasn't his wife a curious look.

"It's a long story but as for her ending up back here, that I am going to have to ask her when she wakes up. Whatever brought her back here...let's just say it probably isn't good" the Time Lord informed his best friends with his mouth closed in a tight line as he took his sonic screwdriver out of his tweed pocket once again and began running a scan over his former companion. "It's odd though because I can't sense anything wrong with her at all...oh hold on...what's that?"

Amy and Rory watched with concern and bewilderment as the Doctor fiddled with the settings on his screwdriver before pointing it directly at Rose's forehead. As it picked up some readings, the Doctor's eyes widened comically and he whispered "that's impossible, that shouldn't be possible, there must be some kind of mistake...maybe we're just picking up readings from the Tardis herself...this can't be from Rose"

"Doctor, what on earth are you going on about?" Amy demanded, folding her arms impatiently as she glared at the Doctor, growing increasingly annoyed with his vagueness.

"My sonic is picking up some very strange readings from Rose. If its right and it's not coming from the Tardis itself, then Rose is carrying an astronomical amount of time vortex within her which is how I believe she may have managed to get pulled onto into the Tardis, although how she got here from a parallel universe is still unexplainable" the time traveller frowned at the married couple standing by the doorway.

"Is that normal, Doctor, to have the time vortex inside of you? Is that like a side effect of travelling with you?" Rory asked him and the Doctor glanced at the nurse with some surprise.

"That is actually a very good question, Rory, well done" he congratulated Amy's husband who looked affronted at the Doctor's surprise.

"There's no need to be so shocked, Doctor, I can ask questions too" he grunted.

"It was a good question but no, the time vortex is not a side effect of travelling through time and space. The only side effect from that is this thing...it's what I call void stuff" the Doctor informed them, ignoring Rory's disgruntled remark, before continuing when he saw the questioning looks on his companions faces "it's a long complicated explanation for another time, all you need to know is that it's safe" as he said that, the Doctor tried to remove the memory of Rose almost falling into the void from his mind. That wasn't exactly helpful to think about right at the moment."The time vortex isn't something that you can just have inside of you...it's not exactly something you just pick up"

"Then how come Rose seems to have it?" Amy questioned the Doctor and at her question, the Doctor's expression darkened.

"She did something a long time ago...something extremely dangerous, extremely foolish but very brave to save my life. All I'm going to say is that what she did then is probably the cause of what's happening now which should be impossible since I thought I had fixed it ages ago" the Doctor replied, his eyes once again fixed back on the girl he thought he would never see again in his life. "Oh Rose, what did you do? You were supposed to be safe and happy..."

Hearing the Doctor's mutterings that were clearly not meant for them, the couple awkwardly backed out of the room after Amy nudged her husband with her elbow. She may be extremely curious and at times, she might not be one to usually hold back but for some reason this time felt different. She felt as though she would be intruding on some sort of private, intimate moment which was ridiculous because why would the Doctor be having an intimate moment with a former friend? It's not as if he got romantically involved with the people he travelled with was it? Even now he had a hard time dealing with River Song and he didn't even travel with her on a regular bases.

But then Amy remembered the way the Doctor gazed at Rose as if she was some sort of long lost and very valuable treasure, something rare and expensive and the way he carried her to the infirmary - he treated her like a fragile china doll. She saw something in the Doctor's eyes that reminded her of something very familiar and it hit her. She had seen the same look in Rory eyes when he looked at her as though she was the centre of his universe. But that was insane! Wasn't it? There was no way that the Doctor was in love with the blonde girl...was he?

Rose was dreaming, well at least she assumed she was since she was no longer onboard the Dalek ship but instead was lying on soft, red grass in the middle of a field and was no longer wearing the blue leather jacket, t-shirt and jeans she had been wearing before but a familiar old red hoodie and jeans. She sat up and looked around her, frowning as she didn't recognise her surroundings. The sky was a beautiful fiery amber colour and in the distance there was a large dome encircling a huge city. She felt a wave of sadness wash over her for a moment although she didn't know why.

"You're on Gallifrey" a voice startled Rose from her contemplation of the world she was on and she jumped up onto her feet, turning to see a crazy looking lady standing behind her smiling crookedly. She had a messy head of black hair and wore a torn and old fashioned blue dress.

"Gallifrey's gone so that's not possible - but hold on, just who are you exactly?" Rose demanded, completely confused by her surroundings and the appearance of the lady in front of her.

"I am the Tardis" the woman declared proudly before frowning and adding "...well when I was in human form...but I'm not yet but I will be soon and then I shall have to go back to being a Tardis which will make, is making, has made the Doctor awfully sad"

"Err...what?" the blonde looked at the insane woman, dumbstruck.

"Rose Tyler, I am the Tardis and I am in this form so I can communicate with you. I can rarely talk to anybody even the Doctor but since we are doing this through a physic link then I can tell you what you need to know right now before you wake up and it's too late" the crazy eyed lady said to her and Rose scowled.

"Am I supposed to just believe you're the Tardis all of a sudden and this is Gallifrey? I don't know what kind of fool you take me for but Gallifrey was in a completely different universe for starters and was destroyed. The Tardis is in that same universe. I'm guessing the Daleks put you up to this" the blonde folded her arms at her, unimpressed and the Tardis laughed with delight.

"That's my pink and yellow human, I do love my pink and yellow human very much" the woman beamed at her, giggling "and you love me too, you told me so many times"

"Did you just call me pink and yellow?" Rose asked with a start. No one ever called her that except the Doctor.

"Yes, you are my Doctor's pink and yellow human. He still calls you that in his mind even in his new body" the woman informed her softly."He is very worried you know, ever since I pulled you away from the Daleks and back to me where you belong, my little wolf"

"You mean you're telling me that you really are the Tardis and this isn't some Dalek caused delusion?" Rose exclaimed incredulously, hoping that was the case because being sent delusional by the Daleks wasn't really a situation that she ever wanted to be in.

"We have a connection, you see, ever since you looked into my heart and rescued my dear Doctor. Now it's my turn to rescue you; I saw what they were trying to do to you- what they did do to you and I managed to use the vortex reawakened in you to pull you back into the Tardis in your original universe. However I had to exert a lot of energy to do it so I am going to have to rest a bit in the vortex for a while but you are safe for now and the Doctor is taking good care of you" the Tardis explained to her, taking a few steps closer to the shocked blonde.

"I'm safe...I'm in my old universe? I'm with the Doctor? Does he know that you're speaking to me, that you brought me back?" Rose asked, deciding that she had nothing to lose in trusting that this mad woman was the Tardis. It's not as if she could do anything about it if it was related to the Daleks and if she really was the Tardis she could at least get some answers.

"The Doctor knows nothing; you will have to tell him when you awaken. Also there is a point to me wandering into your mind...just let me try to remember what it is" the Tardis stood with a frown on her face before her eyes lit up as she seemed to recall what she wanted to say."Ah, that's it now. I must warn you that you are in danger. The Wolf is under your control but only as long as you have the Doctor around to help you to keep it that way. I can see that the Daleks are going to try to pull you back to them and when that starts you will only have twenty four hours to prevent it from happening. If you fail, then you shall be lost forever and the entire multi-verse will be ripped apart by the Daleks and the Bad Wolf"

"You're saying I'm going to be the cause of the end of all universes?!" Rose swallowed hard, her heart banging violently in her chest at the Tardis's shockingly grim words.

"I am not saying that. It is only one of many possibilities I foresee for the near future in the timelines but I also see the Doctor preventing it from happening in many different ways and he is brilliant my Doctor is, he will save you my Rose" the Tardis told her favourite stray gently before a strange expression appeared on her face. Rose furrowed her brows at her with confusion.

"What? What is it?"

"There is something I would like very much to do before I go. Something that I could never do in reality" the Tardis admitted and Rose looked at her questioningly. The Tardis gave her a longing look before asking "would it be alright if I were to hug you, my Wolf?"

"You want to hug me?" Rose looked at the human embodiment of the Tardis with surprise and disbelief.

"Yes, if you don't mind" the Tardis confirmed and Rose shrugged.

"Alright, if you really want too" the Tardis let out a squeal of delight before running into Rose's arms and hugging her tightly to her. Rose tried to ignore the fact that it was getting increasingly hard to breathe in the strong arms of the woman holding her but before she could say anything, the Tardis released her with a smile.

"The Doctor was right about you. You are very huggable indeed. That was fun" the dark haired lady grinned.

"This is mad" Rose said, shaking her head incredulously but grinning at the same time."I just hugged the Tardis"

"And I just hugged my pink and yellow human!" the Tardis declared triumphantly as if she'd the lottery or something before her smile faded."But alas I must go now. The Doctor is very concerned about what is happening to you Rose and your body shall start waking itself up soon. I wish you the best, my wolf and only ask now that you stay brave even though it shall get very painful"

"What do you mean it'll get painful? What will get painful?" Rose demanded but before she could get her answer the Tardis faded from view and suddenly the area surrounding Rose began to disappear as well into darkness.

It was then Rose Tyler awoke with a sharp gasp and found herself staring up at a pair of startled, bright green eyes belonging to a young looking but quite unusual shaped face.

"Rose!" exclaimed the voice of the young, weirdly dressed man with surprise and wonderment. It took Rose a few moments to gather her thoughts and realise where she was before taking in the young man's unusual clothing choice, the sonic screwdriver he held tightly in one hand and the intense look in his eyes as though they held the whole universe within them that she'd only seen in one person before.

She tried to get her mouth to open to say "Doctor" but when she tried to speak, she felt like something was keeping her mouth from opening, like she was being gagged by an invisible force. Rose saw alarm begin to rise within the Doctor's (well she assumed it was the Doctor) green orbs as he gazed down at her and she felt her own terror grow as she realised her eyes were beginning to heat up as they started to glow gold and she was completely paralysed, unable to move her body at all.


Hope you liked this chapter, it was twice as long as my last one and has been edited and re-edited several times before finally I ended up with this version. I was tempted to make the 11/Rose reunion dead simple and easy but where's the fun in that? the harder things are for them, the better I say!. Anyway thank you for the wonderful, motivating reviews on my previous chapter and I hope I managed to characterise the Tardis alright here.

Also - The issue of the meta-crises Doctor will crop up later when things have calmed down a bit and River Song may appear later on but I'm not sure for now since she doesn't really fit in with the story at the moment. I like her character don't get me wrong but I think she's all wrong for the Doctor romantically. Also it should be obvious that she is NOT the Doctor's wife in this and this story is kind of an AU season 6.