Chapter 4

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"Rose!"

Jack shouted, grinning from ear to ear in excitement.

Rose grinned in return and flung her arms around him as he picked her up in a great big bear hug.

The Doctor chuckled as Rose squealed and demanded to be put down while Donna watched, feeling a little like an outside but happy for the Doctor to have Rose back. She pushed the stab of fear that they wouldn't want her traveling with them anymore and watched the Doctor laugh with sparkling eyes. She could notice a huge difference in him already. His eyes looked alive now, not just faked. He stood straighter, like there was nothing weighing him down anymore. And he was happy.

As Jack put her down, Rose walked over to Donna and held her hand out. "I'm Rose."

"Donna, nice to finally meet you. Space-boy talks 'bout you all the time. It was kinda getting a bit annoying" Donna said, smiling at the younger girl.

Rose laughed and suddenly hugged Donna. Donna, surprised, hugged back as Rose whispered in her ear, "Thanks for helping him." Donna nodded, hearing the message as Rose pulled away. She then spun round to face Jack and said, "So, Jack, the Doctor said you died on the Games Station. What happened?"

"Rose, are you serious? You don't remember?" Jack asked, his face twisted in disbelief.

"Nuh, I remember trying to get the TARDIS open with Mickey and then waking up on the floor with the Doctor flying the TARDIS, just before the Doctor regenerated." Rose explained.

"We can chat later in the TARDIS. Come on." the Doctor interrupted. He led the way through the room and towards where he knew the TARDIS was.

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He entered the room to find the box sitting in the corner with all of SG-1 waiting for the Doctor to come back. "Hey, Rose is here, we'll be on our way now." the Doctor told them, walking up to the TARDIS.

He was pulling out his key as Sam said softly, "I understand if you say no but can we see your ship?"

He looked torn. One voice in his head said to run away, she was a scientist, she'll poke and prod and pull everything apart. The other part said to show off.

"Doctor. You could always let them in, just not let them touch anything." Rose suggested, guessing what was wrong with letting them in.

The Doctor beamed at her. "Course, dunno why I didn't think of that myself. You four can come in, as long as you don't touch a thing. Or else I'm kicking you out and leaving." The Doctor threatened. All four members of the SG-1 team nodded, all looking excited, even Teal'c.

The Doctor opened the door and stepped in, Rose followed with Donna and Captain Jack following. They all stood inside and watched the SG team's faces as they walked in.

"Wow!" Colonel Jack said, looking around. Teal'c nodded, agreeing with the Colonel. Daniel stared with his mouth open and Sam stared wide-eyed, looking like a kid in a candy store.

"How the hell did you get the outside to look smaller?" She asked.

"It just does." The Doctor said.

"But, to do that, you would need to have the inside in another dimension or something where the door was in our normal dimension. But to generate enough power to open the doorway and maintain you would need a generator the size of, of," Sam started to say, but the Doctor cut her off.

"Like I said, it just does." the Doctor repeated.

"Anyway, I'm going to assume that you, are 'the friend' that got on the other Earth, Rose. How did that happen in the first place?" Colonel Jack asked Rose.

"I don't know if you know it but the Battle at Canary Wharf in London?" Rose started.

Daniel interrupted, "Yeah, those metal men were all over the world, even here."

"And the salt and pepper tin cans." Jack added.

Rose giggled at the description of the Daleks. "Cybermen, the metal men were from the parallel world I was stuck in originally. They jumped across to try and take over the planet in this universe cause it wasn't going so well on the Other Earth. The Daleks, the tin cans, were waiting in the void, the gap between the two parallel worlds and came through to try and take over this universe as well. The Doctor stopped them by trapping them in the void to stop them. In the process I nearly fell into the void but my dad from the parallel world jumped back, grabbed me and then jumped back just as the void sealed, trapping me there." Rose said, hiding her pain at remembering and explaining.

The Doctor scrunched his eyes up in pain as an image of Rose's terrified face as she slipped and was falling appeared in his mind. He heard her screams along with his helpless ones as his repressed memories came flooding back. He shuddered as he watched her fall slow motion. He didn't see or hear anyone around him until he felt a small, warm, familiar hand enter his and squeezed. He squeezed back, pushing the memories away and opening his eyes. He stared into Rose's warm hazel eyes that were gazing at him, a look of understanding and pain in them. "I'm sorry Doctor." She whispered, both of them forgetting about the others in the room. "I couldn't hold on for long enough."

The Doctor shook his head so hard, Rose thought it should have fallen off. He whispered back, "It wasn't your fault. I should have been able to do something. I should've done something."

Rose went on to say something else but remembered they weren't alone. She decided they would talk about this later and turned to the SG-1 team members. "Well, there's your tour. I think we'll be off now."

The Doctor nodded and busied himself with the controls.

"Alright." Colonel Jack said. "Feel free to drop by whenever Doctor, I for one would like to know more about where you are from. If you want to share, if not, I'm sure there's something Carter or Danny would like to know if you wanted to share any other knowledge. Or you could just pop by for a drink."

"We will. If you don't mind, we will be popping by to use the Mirror to visit the people in the other world that we know." the Doctor said.

Colonel Jack agreed and they all said goodbye as the SG-1 team left the TARDIS. They all stared at the blue box as it disappeared out of the lab, sending papers flying everywhere. "Oh well. Better go tell the General that the Doctor left." Jack said, leaving the group.

Teal'c bowed to Carter and Daniel and said, "I must go meditate."

Sam turned to Daniel and said, "I just remembered, I have a report to type up on the newest analysis of this planet." She left the room.

Daniel went to leave, glancing behind him beforehand. He groaned and realised why his friends had left so suddenly. There were papers everywhere, all over the place. "I guess I'll clean up." he said to no-one.

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Rose hugged Jack goodbye as they landed back in Cardiff. "Rose, I'm going to ask Dona to stay with me for a while so you and the Doctor can have some alone time." Jack whispered to her, raising his eyebrows suggestively. Rose giggled and Jack went on to say, "But, seriously, you two need to talk some stuff out and it will need to be in private. Donna will understand, I'll explain it to her now."

"Thanks Jack. I'll owe you two one." Rose whispered as Jack moved over to Donna and wrapped and arm around her shoulders.

Donna glared at him as Jack laughed. He whispered into her ear, "Rosie Pose and the Doctor are going to need some time to talk some stuff out. To be fair on them, would you like to stay with me and let them have their alone time? Rose says to say she'll owe you and me one."

Donna seemed to think about it for a bit before smiling at Rose and whispering to Jack, "You try anything funny while I'm with you and you are gonna get slapped."

Before Jack could respond to that by flirting or what it is he does, the Doctor said, "Well, there you go Jack. You've been gone about 2 hours."

"Thanks Doc." Jack said, moving his arm away from Donna and pulling his coat on.

"Doctor," Donna started. "Would you mind if I stayed with Jack for a little while. I mena, you and Rose probably have a lot to catch up on and I wouldn't mind a rest."

"Course I don't mind. You can do whatever you want." The Doctor said.

Donna smiled and said, "I'll just go grab a few things." she ran off to her room.

Jack chuckled and said to the Doctor, "Don't worry, I wont do anything she doesn't consent to and I wont let her get hurt."

The Doctor grinned and Donna came back with a small bag. "Ready. Cya later Doctor." Donna said, while hugging Rose with one arm. Rose hugged back and gave Jack another hug, before waving them out of the TARDIS

The Doctor flipped a switch and sent the TARDIS hurtling through te air. Rose laughed as she just managed to stay on her feet as the TARDIS lurched. "Doctor. I know you probably want to go exploring but I think a cup of tea is in order first." Rose said, once she had re-gained her balance.

"Of course, brilliant. I was just thinking bout wanting a cuppa." the Doctor agreed, flipping a lebver and spinning a dial as he set the TARDIS in the Time Vortex and let her drift. He then grabbed Rose's hand and they walked off to the kitchen.

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There we go, the next chapter. There will be one more, where the Doctor and Rose talk and all then go pick up Donna and then it'll be finished. Just a question. Do you all want the Doctor and Rose to stay friends or actually get together as a couple? Please let me know cause I haven't decided yet.