I guess my knack for subtlety is more prevalent than I first thought. I was sure someone would guess what was up with rose. This chapter will not give you any clues but if you re-read chapter one you might be able to figure it out. Leave me a review with your guesses and I will let you know if you are even close.

Remembering

As they walked the shops, stopping here and there to look at something rose found interesting he thought back to three weeks and three days ago. That is when it happened, when they were saving yet another mass of people from certain death.

The Doctor grabbed Rose's hand and they began to run once more towards an unknown destination. The hair on the back of their necks stood on end, not from fright, but from electricity. It was, without a doubt, one of the strangest things the two of them had ever seen.

"Do you feel it Doctor? I think it's followin us" Rose yelled over her own rapidly beating heart.

"Fantastic!" is all he said in return as they ran on. Around the next corner they ran onto another small alleyway and into what looked like a dead end.

The Doctor went up to a door set in the wall and unlocked it with his sonic screwdriver just in time. Rose could feel the whatever just behind her when she was yanked into the building by The Doctor and the door was slammed shut.

He took his screwdriver and sealed the edges of the door as best he could, wondering if it was going to work against a monster made entirely out of static electricity. It would have been so much simpler if it had been just electricity, but this thing was almost mist like as it gathered outside the door.

Moving to the window by the door he could see it gathering strength, its color went from clear to a light gray mist. He could practically hear the walls moving with the hum of its power. The two of them backed away from the door and over to the other side of the room where another door opened up to a hallway.

They quietly moved into the hall and closed the door behind them. "What did you find out then?" he asked Rose, sealing this door as he listened.

"Apparently everyone had been using this new canned spray to get rid of their static electricity. It was about two weeks later the first victim showed up" she responded "their brains all miss wired" she finished waiving her arms about her head.

"Wonder what's in that spray?" he began to wonder out loud when Rose pulled a can from her jacket. He graced her with one of his widest smiles and she felt her heartbeat race a little from the look.

"You are brilliant, you know that" he said and gave her a hug before pulling the can from her hand. He sprayed a bit into the air and gave it a good sniff, pulling back suddenly with a disgusted look on his face. "Well no wonder" he said suddenly, his face brightening.

"This doesn't eliminate static" he said in a flourish "it contains it" he practically yelled into the air. Suddenly they heard a great cracking noise come from the other room and they looked at each other just long enough to make sure they were both thinking the same thing.

Run

Quickly they ran down the hall and out an exterior door that let out on the other side of the building. The doctor held tight to the can with one hand and Rose with the other, heading for the TARDIS. Minutes later and they were safely within the confines of the ship, her engine giving a steady hum while The Doctor advanced to the controls.

He took the can and sprayed a bit of it on the panel in front of him. Looking at the control screen he slapped his hands together and gave Rose a bone melting smile while pulling her into an embrace just as strong.

"You are brilliant!" he practically yelled into the air. He flipped a couple of switches and pulled a lever before running out of the control room and into the hallway. Rose was fast on his heels, knowing full well if she didn't follow him she would lose herself in the ship.

They ran into the laundry and The Doctor began to open cupboard after cupboard looking for something.

"Can I help. Tell me what you need and I'll help look for it" she said quickly.

"There is a can in here that has a big red label on it. It's small…I know I put it in here somewhere…" he went on as Rose began pulling open doors as well.

"Is this it?" she asked a moment later and he ran up to her.

"That's it. Fantastic!" and he began to once more run to the control room of the TARDIS, Rose fast on his heels, laughing.

The Doctor took the can from rose and plugged it into the control panel, pulled a lever, and then ran to the door. Just as he got there Rose stopped him "what did you do then?" she asked.

"Oh that" he said like it was nothing "that was just my cloud seeding formula. I pumped it into the TARDIS and shot it into the sky to make it rain" he finished.

"You mean to tell me you keep cloud whatever in the laundry" Rose asked with a questioning look. The Doctor looked at her like 'of course' and then grabbed for the door to open it.

"Is it safe? I mean, has it gone? What is rain supposed to do to it anyway?" she asked, standing in his way.

He rolled his eyes slightly and then impatiently began to explain "Static electricity is caused by a dry climate. I talked to the locals…don't look at me like that, I can do the domestic thing too…anyway" he said getting back to the point and smiling.

"They said they had been having a really bad drought lately..." he trailed. Rose looked at him like 'go on' and he did. "Dry weather" he said "equals more static" he finished.

"And making it rain is going to get rid of it then?" she asked finally catching on. He nodded his head enthusiastically as the first signs of a storm began to make itself know outside.

"Come on, let's have a look" he said reaching around her and grabbing the knob to the door. She moved out of the way and the two of them went outside. Just as they got to the threshold they both received a really nasty shock.

"Well you took care of the dryness anyway" Rose commented as she looked at the huge cloud monster standing in front of them "but I don't think the lightening helped" she finished. The Doctor grabbed her quickly, pulled her back into the TARDIS, and slammed the door shut.

Rose was having a hard time containing a laugh even though she knew the situation was now a bit worse than before. The Doctor gave her rather nasty look and then headed to the console and looked at the screen.

"The electricity in the air has doubled…" he said animatedly with wide eyes.

Rose looked at him a little worriedly now "can't we just, I don't know, make a lightning rod or something?" she asked and he looked up at her.

"That's brilliant, why didn't I think of that?"

"What? A lightning rod?" she asked, confused.

"No, well yes, well kinda…we use the TARDIS to suck up the energy, leaving just the rain to wash down the city…oh you are a smart one" he said to Rose, making her smile.

"Alright then, how do we do it?" she asked coming up beside him.

"Like this" he said right before switching a switch on the console. Suddenly the ship was humming at a higher level than before.

"Is she going to be alright?" Rose asked over the increasing volume of the hum of the ship.

"Yeah, once the power has been sucked out the TARDIS will transform it. Then there should be nothing left outside but the rain" he said leaning over the console to take a reading.

"Atmosphere is back to normal" he said and reached over to flip the switch to convert the energy. Rose was so near her shoulder was touching his when he made contact with the switch, and when he flipped it, a rather nasty bolt of electricity shot through the two of them.

Three days later he found himself sitting in the kitchen, holding a cup of tea wondering what had happened.