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The Doctor was walking around the TARDIS consul pulling levers, and pushing buttons while waiting for Rose to come back with her things, and to say her good-byes. Outside the TARDIS Jackie was fussing about Rose as the two of them and Mickey walked toward the TARDIS. *There is a tree covered in green leaves in the background which is odd because this takes place shortly after the last episode and in that episode it was Christmas and "snowing"*

"Are you sure you got everything?" Jackie asks Rose.

"I've got everything don't worry." Rose tells her feeling slightly annoyed, "Bye."

"Be careful."

"You have to call Mo about…" Rose hugs her mom.

"Oh, never mind Mo."

"Okay, I'm going now. I love you."

"I love you."

"Love you, love you" Rose gives Mickey a kiss goodbye.

"Love you" he says.

"Bye" Rose tells him, unable to repeat the sediment. She heads off into the TARDIS. She enters the TARDIS where the Doctor has already entered coordinates and is ready for takeoff. They smile at each other.

"So where are we going?" Rose asks after putting her bags down and removing her hat.

"Further than we've ever gone before." The Doctor responds as he pulls a lever. Upon landing Rose exits the TARDIS first and is greeted by a gentle breeze. The Doctor follows shortly after her and closes the door behind him. "It's the year five billion and 23. We're in the galaxy M83, and this… this is New Earth."

"That's just…" Rose trails off. Flying cars fly past them from the city across the water. She bursts out laughing.

"Not bad, not bad at all."

"That's amazing. Oh, I'll never get used to this, never." Rose starts jumping up and down. "Different ground beneath my feet, different sky… What's that smell?" The Doctor leans over and picks up some of the grass.

"Apple grass"

"Apple grass"

"Yeah, yeah"

"It's beautiful. Oh, I love this. Can I just say? Traveling with you, I love it." She grabs hold of his arm. Rose really would have liked to say 'I love you'.

"Me, too" he wishes he was brave enough to admit that he loves Rose. Rose giggles again. "Come on!" the Doctor shouts as he pulls Rose along. Rose lets out a whoop of joy. He pulls her along until he finds a patch of ground that he likes and puts his coat on the ground so that they can lay on it. "So the year five billion the sun expands and the earth gets roasted."

"That was our first date," Rose remembers fondly.

"We had chips. So anyway, planet gone, all rocks and dust, but the human race lives on, spread out across the stars. Soon as the earth burns up, oh, they get all nostalgic, big revival movement. They find this place." The Doctor and Rose sit up. *If I'm boring you with using every little detail, well someone did request more details…* "Same size as the earth, same air, same orbit, lovely. Call goes out, humans move in."

"What's the city called?"

"New New York"

"Come on"

"It is! It's the city of New New York. Strictly speaking it's the 15 New York since the original, so that makes it, New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York. What?"

"You're so different."

"New new Doctor"

"Can we go and visit New New York, so good they named it twice?" Rose asked as she got up.

"Well, I thought we might go there first." The Doctor said as he gestured toward the hospital.

"Why, what is it?"

"Some sort of hospital. Green moon on the side, that's the universal symbol for hospitals." He pulls out the psychic paper, words are flashing on it. "I got a message on the psychic paper, someone wants to see me."

"And I thought we were just sightseeing. Come on, then, let's go and buy some grapes." They pair walk arm in arm to the hospital.

"I don't like hospitals." The Doctor comments as they near it. *I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that a hospital is what caused/messed up his 7th regeneration?*

"That's a bit rich coming from you." Rose says this as they walk through the doors.

"I can't help it. I don't like hospitals. They give me the creeps."

"Pleasure Gardens will now take visitors carrying green or blue identification cards for the next 15 minutes," comes over the loud speakers. "Visitors are reminded that are reminded that cuttings from the gardens are not permitted."

"Very smart," Rose whispers, "Not exactly NHS."

"No shop" the Doctor complains, "I like a little shop."

"I thought, this far in the future, they'd have cured everything."

"The human race moves on, but so do the viruses. It's an ongoing war." Rose stares at one of the cat nuns as it walks by.

"Hope, harmony, and health," Comes over the PA.

"They're cats" Rose points out.

"Now, don't stare," the Doctor reprimands, "Think of what you look like to them, all… Pink and yellow" My pink and yellow human, the Doctor thinks fondly as he looks at Rose. "That's where I'd put the shop, right there…" He walks over to one of the elevators and says, "Ward 26, thanks."

"Hold on, hold on!" Rose shouts as the elevator leaves without her.

"Oh, too late, I'm going up."

"It's all right, there's another lift.

"Ward 26, and watch out for the disinfectant!"

"Watch out for what?!"

"The disinfectant!"

"The what?"

"The di… Oh you'll find out." Rose enters the other elevator.

"Um, Ward 26, thanks." Her elevator starts to go down.

"Commence stage one: Disinfection" a PA says. Green lights flash and a beeping is sounded. The disinfectant starts to pour down on the Doctor and Rose. The Doctor is enjoying the spray and seems to be washing his hair. Rose gasps in shock and is slightly horrified. Then the steam blows out. The Doctor has a smile when this happens and Rose is annoyed. The blow-dryer starts going and the Doc is holding out his coat. Rose styles her hair. The Doctor steps out into Ward 26.

"Please report to reception," comes over the loud speaker.

"Nice place" the Doctor comments to the cat nurse beside him, "No shop downstairs. I'd have a shop. Not a big one, just a… shop. So people can… shop."

"The hospital is a place of healing." The nun beside him explains.

"A shop does some people a world of good." The Doctor counters, "Not me.. other people."

"The Sisters of Plenitude take a lifelong vow to help and to mend." The cat says.

"Excuse me!" a women in a suit exclaims, "Members of the public may only gaze upon the Duke of Manhattan with written permission from the senate of New New York." The Doctor feels an unexplainable surge of panic and fear at this time and starts to feel something odd in his head. He pushes it aside.

"That's Petrifold Regression, right?" he asks.

"I'm dying, sir." The fat man in the bed says, "A lifetime of charity and abstinence, and it ends like this."

"Any statements made by the Duke of Manhattan may not be made public without official clearance." Suit girl informs.

"Frau Clovis" the Duke requests. She rushes over to his side. The Doctor is definitely starting to feel something in his head, and it's starting to hurt. It feels almost as if something or someone is being pushed into his mind. "I'm so weak," the Duke whispers.

"Sister Jatt! A little privacy, please!" Frau Clovis demands. The Doctor and Sister Jatt move on.

"He'll be up and about in no time." Sister Jatt predicts.

"I doubt it," the Doctor replies, "Petrifold Regression, he's turning to stone. There won't be a cure for… ooh, thousand years? He might be up and about, but only as a statue."

"Have faith in the Sisterhood. But is there no one here you recognize? It's rather unusual to visit without knowing the patient." Sister Jatt comments. Just then the Doctor sees the Face of Boe.

"No. I think I've found him."

"Novice Hame," Sister Jatt asks, "If I can leave this gentleman in your care?"

"Oh, I think my friend got lost. Uh, Rose Tyler, could you check at reception?" the Doctor asks. The pain in his head is getting worse. It definitely feels like someone is trying to enter. It feels kind of like, well Rose.

"Certainly sir" Jatt tells him before leaving.

"I'm afraid the Face of Boe's asleep." Novice Hame says, "That's all he tends to do these days. Are you a friend or?"

"We met just the once on platform one." The Doctor admits, "What's wrong with him"

"I'm so sorry, I thought you knew. The Face of Boe is dying."

"Of what?"

"Old age, one thing we can't cure. He's thousands of years old, some people say millions, although, that's impossible."

"Oh, I don't know, I like impossible." He bends down toward the Face of Boe. "I'm here, I look a bit different, but it's me, it's the Doctor."

Rose gets off the elevator to find herself in some kind of basement ruined place. She sees some kind of Gollum person.

"The Human child is clean." It says.

"Um, I'm looking for Ward 26." She says.

"This was Rose Tyler." He says. Rose wonders why he knows her name. She suspects something odd and picks up a piece of metal, just in case, before following. When she gets to where Mr. Gollum went she sees a projector showing a fancy lady at a fancy party.

"Wait a minute, that's…" Rose says as it sinks in and she turns around.

"Peek-a-boo!" Cassandra taunts.

"Don't you come anywhere near me, Cassandra," Rose brandishes her metal thing.

"Why, what do you think I'm going to do?" Cassandra inquires, "Flap you to death?"

"Yeah, but what about Gollum?" Rose gestures to the guy who greeted her.

"Oh, that's just Chip. He's my pet." Cassandra explains.

"I worship the mistress!" he exclaims. *I have had enough of doing this word for word, it's far to tedious*

"Moisturize me, moisturize me!" the bitchy trampoline yells. Chip rushes over to spray Cassandra.

"No, wait," Rose says, "I say you, you exploded."

"That piece of skin was from the front of my body," Cassandra explains, "This piece is from my back."

"So you're talking from your…" Rose nearly laughs

"Ask not" Cassandra cuts her off.

"I sneaked my mistress into the hospital." Chip informs Rose, "I steal medicine for my lady. I sooth her, I stroke her"

"Okay Chip you can stop there." Rose didn't want to hear any more.

"I'm so alone down here," Cassandra lamented, "The last human."

"You can stop that right now." Rose intercedes, "You aren't the last human. This planet is called New Earth, and there are millions of humans up there, millions!"

"Mutts," Cassandra says.

"They evolved, like they should. But you stayed still." Rose tells her. "You're all pickled and preserved, and where did it get you?"

"Oh, I remember that night" the trampoline changes the topic. "Drinks for the Ambassador; it was the last time anyone ever call be beautiful. Ever since then, it's been such hard work."

"You have a knack for survival, I'll give you that." Rose conceded.

"I have not been idle Rose." Cassandra admits, "These cats they have secrets."

"Like wha'?"

"Come closer and I'll tell you."

"You must be crazy. I'm not going anywhere near you!" As she says this Rose backs up a little. When she does, weird energy thingies trap her arms and stop her from moving. Rose feels a surge of panic and fear.

"Chip, activate Psychograft," Cassandra orders.

"I can't move!" Rose panics, "Cassandra let me go! What are you doing?"

"It's goodbye trampoline, and hello blonde!" Cassandra exclaims. Once she says that an energy wave travels from her to Rose and blue lights surround Rose's head. Rose's body is let free and collapses to the ground. Rose is in pain. She's being compressed inside her own head, Cassandra is pushing her out. Rose can actually feel herself being pushed out of her head. The longer Cassandra is in her the strong that feels. Rose's body starts to stir on the ground. Chip rushes over to her.

"Mistress?" Chip questions.

"Moisturize me, moisturize me!" Cassandra shouts. Chip runs to fetch the water spritzer. "How odd, arms, fingers, HAIR! I need to see!" She rushes over to a mirror. OH, MY GOD, I'M A CHAV!" *Actually the rest of the episode (this episode) happens the same way. I'm going to skip to the end… DON'T HATE ME!*

Rose and the Doctor watched Cassandra comfort her dying self *man that's weird* before heading back into the TARDIS.

"Come on Rose, we need to head to the med-bay." The Doctor announces.

"Why?"

"There seems to be some kind of telepathic bond between us. I discovered this when Cassandra used the Psychograft on you. When she did I felt you trying to get into my mind."

"Why don't you use your telepathic skills to do this by hand?"

"I think this bond was formed when you held onto me during my regeneration, and I want to find out what if any physical changes may have happened to us because of that…"

"Do we have to do it tonight? It's rather…"

"Yup" the Doctor says as he pops the "p" and drags Rose to the med-bay. The Doctor conducts several tests on them before announcing that he has reached a conclusion.

"So, what is?" Rose stifles a yawn.

"Well I was right we do have a telepathic bond. If we work at it, and give it time, eventually we could communicate telepathically and then some."

"Anything else?"

"Well there were some physical changes… Apparently you're now part Time Lord, and I'm part human, but only slightly…ish. You're brain capacity is larger, you would be able to learn how to fly the TARDIS, understand my ramblings better…"

"Fly the TARDIS?!" Rose yells excitedly.

"Yeah" the Doctor runs his fingers through his hair. "Also you will be stronger. Our bond also runs stronger than just telepathic… Our lifelines are now linked. When one of us dies, so will the other. You'll live as long as I do, though regenerations, and you won't age…"

"So… I'll be able to stay with you forever?"

"Yes?"

"Goo.." Rose cuts herself off with a yawn. "..d, I think I'm going to head to bed now Doctor. Night"