Chapter 2
Donna sat on the stool, watching the Doctor run around the lab with limitless amounts of energy. Captain Jack sat next to her as Colonel Jack and Daniel sat with them. Sam was trying and failing to keep up with the Doctor's techno babble.
Sam groaned and sat down next to Colonel Jack. "He is making no sense what so ever." she said, throwing her hands up, frustrated.
"He tends to do that." Donna said in an amused voice. After a moment's silence she spoke again, "So what is it that you guys do here?"
"We travel to other planets, find new allies, make enemies, get captured and then escape, causing the bad guy to swear revenge on Earth 2 years later." Colonel Jack said, shrugging. He went on to say, "I'm leader of SG-1, Carter, Danny-boy and T are on my team. There are other teams as well. This is Stargate Command. The SGC. What about you three?"
"Well, I travel with the Doctor in his ship. The TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimensions In Space." Donna said keeping it simple.
"I used to travel with him, then he ditched me, I found my way back to Earth and set up Torchwood Three. We monitor aliens in Cardiff. I found him again but decided to stay with my team. He was in Cardiff at the time so I decided to pop by for a visit. Got more then I bargained for." Jack said with a wink and his flirtatious grin.
"Ignore him. He flirts with anything and everything." Donna said to them who stared were staring at Captain Jack with a mixture of disgust, annoyance and surprise.
"So, why do you want to go to a parallel universe?" Sam asked Donna, curious.
Donna and Captain Jack shared a look and Jack said, "Basically a friend of ours is trapped on one. We would like to talk to her again, to see if she wants to come back."
"If she is trapped there, why wouldn't she want to come back?" Daniel asked.
Donna and Jack were saved from answering because the Doctor shouted something in an alien language and sucked his finger. Captain Jack laughed and said, "And you call me inappropriate. Watch your language Doc."
The Doctor frowned and said angrily, "How would you even know what that means? The TARDIS never translates swear words."
"I met a guy in a bar. He knew some excellent words as well as moves." Captain Jack said with a cheeky grin.
"Jack!" Donna groaned.
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A week later, the Doctor gave a shout and grinned at the Asgard who was observing his actions. "This should be it."
Donna said from the corner she was sitting in, "Are you sure? Last time you nearly blew the lab up."
"That, Donna was a minor miscalculation. I forgot to carry the 3. That was all. Besides, I already tested it. This should work if this samples are accurate. But, after time and more cloning, I have no idea if it will still work. In the long run this could make it worse." the Doctor warned Thor.
"We understand the risks that you have pointed out over the past week. We do not mind, it will give us more time to fix our mistakes. Possibly you can visit in the future?" Thor said, asking the Doctor.
"Maybe. If I get the right time and place. Now, the mirror. Although, for the record, I would've helped for free." the Doctor said, dusting his hands and putting his glasses which he had been wearing for the past week away in a pocket.
"Again, you have pointed this out during the past week. I, personally do not like repaying you, my people and I will owe our lives to you for this." Thor pointed out.
"Again, I don't do rewards." the Doctor added in a more firm voice.
"We get that space man, but do you want to go find her or not?" Donne interrupted, not saying Rose's name because that tended to make him space out.
"Yes." the Doctor said in a quiet voice, his limitless energy suddenly gone.
"This way Doctor." Sam said, gesturing for him to follow. He left the room with Donna following, dragging Captain Jack behind her.
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"Doctor, I hope you know that there are an infinite number of parallel worlds. This mirror is connected to other mirrors in everyone. How will you know if it is the right world?" Sam asked as they walked down the corridor.
"I will know. The TARDIS will tell me." the Doctor said. The energy he was displaying over the past week was gone. Instead he was quiet and thoughtful.
Captain Jack glanced at the Time Lord's face and guessed what he was thinking. Jack then said, "Doc, that's stupid. She'll want to come. At least to say a proper goodbye."
The Doctor smiled at him and brightened up. "Yeah, you're right." he didn't say another word during the long walk to the room where this mirror was held.
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"This is the Quantum Mirror." Sam said, entering a room full of artifacts. Leaning against a table, in the middle of a clear spot was a mirror.
"How do you change the worlds?" the Doctor asked, already standing in front of it.
"Here. You just do this." Sam said, picking up a remote and showing the Doctor how to change universes. Once he had the hang of it, he sat in front of the mirror and began flicking through them, pausing only for a second between each one.
"So, when you find the right world, what are you going to do?" Captain Jack asked the Doctor as the rest of the SG-1 team entered the room.
"Contact the General of that base, ask him to send a message to her through Torchwood then wait for her to come." the Doctor said, not looking away from the mirror. He had ignored the voice in his head that was pratically screaming at him to find Rose the past week, now his thoughts echoed it. Time to find Rose.
"What if they don't want to help?" Donna asked softly, not wanting to pick holes in his plan but she felt like it was her place to do so.
"I'll cross that bridge when it comes to it." the Doctor said. After that he didn't say another word. Just random muttering about the number of parallel worlds and occasional swear word at the wrong world.
"I love that saying. Works every time." Colonel Jack said, smiling.
"Normally involves running. That plan." Donna added.
Whatever Captain Jack was going to add after that was drowned out by the sound of the Doctor shouting. "I FOUND IT!!" the Doctor looked at Jack and Donna and said, "Wait for me here. I'll send word of the plan in an hour or so." he pressed his hand against the cool, smooth glass and with a jolt, he found himself in the other world, staring at three guns pointed at him. He groaned and said, "I always seem to find myself in this position. Always!"
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The Doctor found himself standing in front of a General Hammond who had just demanded what he was doing here, "Well, that is an excellent question. I mean what are you doing here? What is this world doing here? What is life doing here?"
"I mean't what are you doing here at this facility?" the General said, growing angry and impatient.
"oh, I helped save the Asgard in my universe, parallel to this one and in return, that SGC let me use the mirror to come here to find a friend that was recently trapped in this world. I just want to talk to her again. She might want to come back, she might not. Up to her." the Doctor said, shrugging. He kept a cheerful, casual mask up but inside he ws losing control. He wanted to yell and scream at this person for holding him up but knew he would not get any where other than a prison cell.
"How can we trust you?" the General asked susipciously.
"You know when the cybermen invaded?" the Doctor asked, having a sudden idea on how to get their trust.
"Yeah, some group called Torchwood stopped them with help of an alien friend. Who doesn't know the story?" he said, not relaxing from his opposing position.
"I'm the friend that helped. The person I want to contact works for Torchwood. I think at least. She said she was gonna apply for work there. Her name is Rose Tyler." the Doctor said, hoping they had heard of Vitex, Peter Tyler's famous drink at least.
"The Rose Tyler? Daughter to the head of Torchwood and Vitex. One who saved the world a month ago and the one who mysteriously apppeared out of nowhere when no-one even remembered Jackie Tyler getting pregnant?" the General asked, a little shocked at who the Doctor was talking about.
"She already earned herself a reputation then?" the Doctor said, smiling proudly at his Rose. Defender of the Earth. "Anyway. If you tell her that someone is here to see her, she'll come. And I think I can safely say she has enough clearance to come here." he added, guessing since she already knew about aliens.
"She has been here before. Torchwood has picked up on our energy readings from the Stargate and came to investigate. Managed to break in here. She was leading the team at the time. Would you mind waiting in our guest rooms while I call some people?" General asked.
The Doctor knew if he didn't cooperate, he would placed in a prison cell so the Doctor asked, "Would you mind if I went back to mirror, I have to let people know there that I will be a while. Then I will wait in a room like a good little boy. Also, don't mention me. Just say someone. Please? I want to surprise her." The General nodded and the Doctor followed two guards back to the mirror to explain to Donna and Jack then, he was escorted to some rooms where he collapsed onto the bed and finally let the enormity of what he was doing sink in. He was going to talk to Rose again. He was going to be able to finish his sentence. He didn't care for any rules any more. He missed his chance at saying it every time the moment was right. Then when it mattered most he hadn't been able to say it. He wasn't going to put it off any longer than he could.
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"Yes sir, he claims to be the alien that helped Torchwood solve the Cybermen situation two years ago." General Hammond said into a purple phone ((Author's Note: Yes it is a purple phone. Parallel world is slightly different to this world)) to the President of the United States.
"Well, call Torchwood and find out who helped them. Get them to talk by saying an alien is claiming to be that person. I would think they would tell us then." The President ordered.
"Yes, Mr. President. I will call you to update you afterwards." Hammond said, hanging up.
Aftre a few moments of calling different numbers, he was finally put through to the head of Torchwood. "Peter Tyler," came a voice from the phone.
"Mr. Tyler. General Hammond, head of SGC. Do you remember?" Hammond said in a friendly voice.
"General. Good to hear from you again. Again, I apologise for a team of mine breaking in." Pete said.
Hammond interrupted him. "No worries. No harm done. Do you remember what you told us about how you fixed the Cybermen problem? That you had help from an alien friend?"
"Yes. He cannot come and help again, if that is what you are asking." Pete said, keeping his voice neutral.
"No, no that's not it. What did he look like?" Hammond asked.
"Messy brown hair, brown pinstripe suit and tan brown trench coat. Brown eyes. Rambles quite a bit but has a brilliant mind. Why?" Pete answered, wondering.
"Because he is here. At least, someone who looks like him. He is asking to talk to Rose Tyler, your daughter." Hammond explained.
Pete drew in a sharp breath. "How did he get here?" he asked in an anxious tone.
"We have an alien artifact we call the Quantum mirror. It allows travel between parallel worlds and he came from one of them." Hammond explained, knowing the line was secure and this man had the clearance for him to talk like this.
"I'll send Rose and her team, to make sure he isn't lying. Don't threaten him or question him. Give him access to a lab or something to keep him busy. He isn't dangerous unless you do something and he views you as the enemy. Although, even then he won't kill anyone. Never will he kill someone unless it is the final option and it will save millions of other lives." Pete explained. "My people will be there soon. Goodbye General. And if this is him, thank you so much. It means a lot, you letting us talk to him."
"Thank you for the information. He asked not to tell Ms Tyler his name, to let it be a surprise if possible. Goodbye Mr. Tyler." Hammond said. The two men hung up as the same time. Hammond sighed and picked the purple phone up and informed the President what was going on.
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Pete sighed and collected his emotions. If he was going to fool Rose and not tell her the truth, he would need to be calm. He pressed a button on his intercom and said to his secretary, "Sam, can you send Rose and Mickey up, I need to talk to them about an assignment."
"Sure thing Mr. Tyler." She replied.
Pete sat back in his chair and waited.
7 minutes later, there was a knock at the door. "Come in." he called. Mickey and Rose walked in and sat down. "Rose, Mickey. I have an assignment for you. You remember the SGC? You guys broke into it a couple of months ago."
"Yeah, that was fun. Their faces were hilarious." Mickey said, grinning.
"Well they called and said they needed some help. Shouldn't be dangerous, but knowing you two you'll get into trouble so take your team." Pete said, grinning. With Rose in charge and Mickey second in command, their team had the most run-ins that had led to near Earth invasions. They always seemed to find the bad plots and stumble right into them by accident.
The pair grinned as Rose said, "Sure thing dad. When are we leaving?"
"As soon as your ready. But say goodbye to your mother and Tony before you go. I don't know how long this is going to take. Mickey, I need a word about your last mission report. Now. Rose, can you go tell your team?" Pete said, deciding to tell Mickey so he knew what the mission was.
"Sure thing. Told ya Mickey he would tell ya off. Shoulda wrote it properly." Rose said, grinning at Mickey as she left the room, the door shutting behind her.
"There was nothing wrong with my report. Rose's was shorter!" Mickey protested, turning to Pete.
"I know that. I needed to talk to you without Rose knowing. The General did tell me why they needed you. They have an artifact that can travel between parallel worlds. And if it is him, the Doctor came through, asking for Rose. They want you to go and make sure it is him." Pete explained to a stunned Mickey.
"The Doctor is back?" He whispered, shocked. Pete nodded. Mickey striaghtened and said, "If it isn't him it's gonna kill her."
"I know. But we have to hope it is him. If not, we can arrange something with the General so she has access to the artifact to try and find him again." Pete said, trying to convince Mickey and himself to not have any doubts. Rose was heartbroken since that day on the beach. For weeks, she didn't eat, sleep, drink, talk. She didn't do anything. It was horrible. Jackie was about to lose it. Until, one day, Rose came downstairs from her bedroom, dressed in clean clothes and wet hair and said, 'any food, I'm starving.'
"What's Jackie gonna say?" Mickey asked, grimacing.
"I knew this day was gonna come and Jackie knows it too. She won't be happy but she'll let Rose go. Anyway, if this artifact passes the Doctor's examination of not destroying the void, they might be able to visit." Pete shrugged. "Just do what is best for her Mickey."
"I will. Speak to ya soon." Mickey said, walking out the door, deep in thought.
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"Mum! Tony!" Rose called, walking into the mansion.
"Wosie!" Tony squealed, running through a door. Rose knelt and as he run into her, picked him up in a hug, spinning him around and around. He laughed hysterically as Jackie came into the room, watching her children.
"What are you doing home early?" she asked Rose as Rose placed Tony back on the ground.
Rose caught Tony as he fell, still dizzy then replied, "I have to go on this assignment to America with Mickey and the team. Dad doesn't know how long it'll be so he told me to come say bye. I was gonna anyway though."
"Oh. Well, do you have to go now, or can you wait a bit?" Jackie asked hopefully. She hated it when Rose went off for a while. No-one was there to watch her and make sure she ate. After the time after the beach, she had to be watched to make sure nothing happened to her.
"Dad said we had to leave as soon as we can." Rose said trying to sound regretful. In truth, she couldn't wait to be away from her mother. She loved her heaps but Jackie tended to suffocate Rose, making sure she ate, slept, drank, looked after herself. Not that those things mattered to Rose but she had to pretend to be better. Otherwise her mum might break as well. "I only came to grab some clothes and say goodbye. I'm sorry."
"That's OK. Play with Tony for a bit while I pack some clothes for you. I know what you need for missions." Jackie said, heading upstairs to Rose's bedroom. Pete had already called her and told her what Rose was going to do. She was upset. Jackie didn't want to lose her daughter but knew Rose would be better off with the Doctor.
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10 minutes later, Jackie came downstairs to see Rose on the floor, laughing as Tony ast on her, tickling her with his little fingers.
"OK, I surrender. You win! You win!" she yelled through her laughter. Rose could've easily stopped Tony but that would be unfair to him so she let him have his fun.
"I win! I win!" he sang, jumping off her. That was his mistake. Rose jumped up and grabbed him, holding him down with one hand, tickling him with the other. "Stop! Stop!" he screamed, laughing.
"Never! Not till you say it." Rose said, grinning a cheeky grin at him.
"You win! You win!" he screamed. Rose let him up and turned to see Jackie with the backpack. Jackie was smiling as she watched her kids play together. Rose was always guarded, faking her laughter and smiles. But never to Tony. She was always genuinely happy around Tony. And now she was going to leave.
"Tony, I got to go now. I love you." She said, kneeling down to hug him.
"Love Wosie too." he said, hugging her tightly. "Come back. Soon." Jackie's happy feeling disappeared and sadness replaced it. Rose was probably not going to come back. Not if this man was actually the Doctor.
Rose smiled and pulled away, kissing his forehead. "See you mum. I love you." Rose said, hugging her mother.
"I love you too Rose. I always will." Jackie said, hiding her sadness and disappointment.
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"So, go there, flirt a bit, find the evil people, flirt a bit, get captured, flirt a bit, escape, flirt a bit, save the world, flirt a bit, come home and flirt a bit." Danny said, smiling her cheeky smile. Danny, or Danielle, was a flirt, a bit like Captain Jack Harkness. She had black hair that was shoulder length and dead straight. Amber eyes and a beautiful smile. She was slender and had all the right curves but could fight a man three times hare size and most likely win.
"Flirt a bit? You got that down?" Ian said, smiling. He flirted a lot as well. He had curly blonde hair and a michievious face. Brilliant green eyes and a strong build of a body builder. But he was extremely gentle. Wouldn't hurt a fly unless that fly threatened his friends.
"Yes she did," Mickey growled, annoyed at being distracted from his thoughts.
Mickey, Danny, Ian and Rose were in the lab. Getting ready for the teleport. Mainly getting the standard equipment. First aid kit for Danny, the medic. All the trackers and scanners for Mickey, the geek and then the usual stuff for everyone. The scientists tried to hand Rose a gun who shook her head repusively. "No guns. We're going to a friendly base. Not hunting down dangerous aliens. Even then, only stun guns." she said, trying to get the message across. In the year and a half that she had been working at Torchwood, not one of the scientists seemed to remember her repulsion to guns.
The four stood in a circle, attaching their teleports. The yellow disks glowed with power and Rose repressed a shudder. These were the improved Dimension Jumps. Strictly for this universe only. Rose and Mickey had worked together to change this so they could be used as teleports but not ripping a hole in the fabric of space and time and all that stuff. "Ready and waiting." Mickey said as the scientists began to power up the teleports.
"activation in 3." the head scientist said, as Rose squeezed her eyes shut. The rest of her team followed as the scientist counted down, "1, 2, 3, mark." there was a blinding flash of light and the sensation of flying through air.