A.N

Hello! Been a bit busy, so here's chapter four. I can't exactly give u a date of when I'll update cos' we've been quite busy. But I'll try my best to keep the gaps between chapters close together.

Disclaimer; I do not own Doctor who, if I did then there would be a Time-Lady to one up him. (Sometimes he needs someone to.)

The Guardian and Rose followed another scientist along a corridor to a sign that said, Torch-wood Institute. The Guardian said under her breath.

"Knew it." but Rose didn't mind. They also passed a sign that said. Reception, Lever Room, Maintenance. Rose kissed the psychic paper then puts it up against the entry reader for the door the scientist had just gone through. Once she entered. The Guardian did the same and followed right after.

~0~

The pair entered. And both stare at a sphere. A man comes over to them. He asked.

"Can I help you two?" Rose stuttered as the Guardian narrowed her eyes at it something wasn't right.

"We were just…" the man tried to help.

"Try not to look. It does that to everyone. What do you want?" Rose offered as the Guardian still looked at it trying to figure what it was.

"Sorry they sent us from personnel. They said some man had been taken prisoner. Some sort of Doctor? We're just checking the lines of communication. Did they tell you anything?" the man wasn't convinced.

"Can I see your authorization?" the Guardian snapped her eyes to the man and nodded bringing out her psychic paper. As did Rose. They both handed theirs to him. The man smirked and said.

"That's lucky. You see, everyone at Torchwood has at least a basic level of psychic training. This paper is blank, and you're a fake. Seal the room. Call security. Samuel, can you check the door locks? They just walked right in." apparently Samuel turned around and he gave Rose thumbs up. The Guardian blinked before concluding that he was good and that he knew Rose.

"Doing it now sir." The man nodded.

"Well, if you'd like to take a seat." He gestured to two chairs. The two women reluctantly nodded and took a seat.

~0~

They were now on a webcam. The man they still hadn't learned his name. He said into a mic.

"Yvonne? I think you should see this. We've got visitors. We don't know who they are, but funnily enough, they both arrived the same time as the Doctor." The screen blinked on and they all could see the Doctor and Yvonne. The lady asked the Doctor gesturing to both Rose and the Guardian.

"They yours?" the Guardian gulped he didn't know who she was. The likely hood of her being shot then regenerating was likely. That would not be the best way to show herself to the Doctor. Not now. The Doctor looked at the screen for a moment before turning back to Yvonne.

"Never seen them before in my life." Yvonne nodded.

"Good. Then we can have them shot." The Doctor surrendered.

"Oh, all right then. It was worth a try. That one." He pointed to Rose. "Is Rose Tyler. Haven't the faintest idea who the other is though. And that's not a lie." The Guardian felt a gaze on her and stiffened. Yvonne nodded and ordered.

"Keep Rose shoot the other." The Guardian's arm was roughly grabbed by someone. She didn't want to know who. She resisted the urge for her instincts to kick in. but then surprising the Guardian Rose stood up and said.

"No wait!" she looked at the Guardian and then back at the screen. Then the Guardian realized at this point there was a gun on her temple. Her muscles tightened. The Doctor asked over the screen.

"What is it Rose?" Rose flustered for a moment. She looked to the Guardian who looked at her. But not conveying anything she couldn't think of anything to save her own hide. But finally the human sent an apologetic look at the Guardian and said looking back at the screen.

"She…."

"What is it Rose?" the Doctor asked trying to understand. He didn't want the girl to die either and if somehow she didn't have to then he would be happy. He wanted Rose to come up with something because he realized his mistake to late. Rose went over and grabbed a necklace on the Guardian her perception filter. She knew she would be more of a target if people knew she was a Time-lady so she tried to keep it hidden. Rose yanked off the filter. And then on the screen seconds later the Doctor ordered. "Don't shoot her!" the gun was quickly taken away from her head. And she sighed in relief. Rose handed her, her perception filter. The Guardian nodded to her thankfully. Rose smiled at her. Yvonne asked confused.

"I thought you said you didn't know her?" the Doctor sighed and said but the Guardian could tell he was getting excited.

"Yeah well I was wrong. I do know her." the Guardian blinked at the screen. Confused. But the Doctor continued, "She's one of my people." But Yvonne wasn't convinced.

"I thought they were all dead?" the Doctor nodded.

"I thought they were too. But she survived." He gave a wave and said with a giddy smile on his face. "Hello Guardian." She blinked confused yet again. How in the world did he know her name? She nodded slowly.

"Hello Doctor." Yvonne decided to deal with it later she then turned to Rose's mom who just seemingly appeared on screen.

"Well, if that's Rose Tyler, who's she?" Rose's mother replied.

"I'm her mother." Yvonne asked turning back to the Doctor.

"Oh, you travel with her mother?" the Doctor snapped back to reality as if he had been lost in a memory. Rose's mum insisted.

"He kidnapped me." the Doctor flustered.

"Please, when Torchwood comes to write my complete history, don't tell people I travelled through time and space with her mother." There was a clunk. The Guardian blinked and narrowed her eyes. But Rose's mum didn't notice.

"Charming." The Doctor shrugged.

"I've got a reputation to uphold." Yvonne thought had noticed the clunk and asked people who were of screen.

"Excuse me? Everyone? I thought I said stop the ghost shift. Who started the program? But I ordered you to stop! Who's doing that?" there was the sound of leavers moving. The Guardian asked.

"What's going on up there?" but there was no reply for her. Yvonne tried to get the situation under control.

"Right, step away from the monitors, everyone. Gareth, Addy, stop what you're doing, right now. Matt, step away from your desk. That's an order! Stop the levers! Andrew!" Yvonne shouted again. "Stop the levers!" the Doctor asked now off screen.

"What's she doing?" Yvonne tried.

"Addy, step away from the desk. Listen to me. Step away from the desk." The Doctor replied still off screen.

"She can't hear you. They're overriding the system. We're going into Ghost Shift." The man next to them asked at the screen.

"Yvonne, I thought you said the next Ghost Shift was cancelled. What's going on? Yvonne?" static appeared and then behind them there was a bang and rumble. The Guardian whipped around. And saw the sphere started to shake. The science guy exclaimed.

"It can't be. It's active." While the Guardian observed the sphere. The science guy tried to get through to the people upstairs. He tried. "We've got a problem down here. Yvonne, can you hear me?" nothing but now the sphere is trembling. He tried again panicking. "Yvonne, for God's sake. The sphere is active! The readings are going wild! It's got weight, it's got mass, an electromagnetic field. It exists!" there was a clunk and a thump. But it didn't come from the sphere. The science man announced. "The door is sealed. Automatic quarantine. We can't get out!" the Guardian clenched her teeth. Trying to see a way out. Samuel reassured Rose.

"It's all right, babe. We've beaten them before, we can beat them again. That's why I'm here. The fight goes on." The Guardian whipped around and faced him.

"The fight against what?" Samuel looked at her and said.

"What do you think?" the Guardian flustered.

"Just tell me!" Samuel looked at her in surprise. As the sphere shuddered and became more violent. Before answering.

"We had them beaten, but then they escaped. The Cybermen just vanished. They found a way through to this world, but so did we." The Guardian started to pace. She muttered.

"That's impossible. You're from the parallel world right?" Samuel nodded. And she flustered. "How in the world can that happen then?" Samuel said.

"Well somehow it is." Rose asked as the Guardian paced trying to figure it out not minding the now violent sphere.

"What's inside that sphere?"

"No one knows. Cyber Leader, Cyber King, Emperor of the Cybermen. Whatever it is, he's dead meat." No one took notice as the Guardian stopped and looked at the sphere. And muttered.

"No….even in a parallel world the cybermen can't be that advanced." She locked her gaze onto the sphere. And didn't hear Samuel and Rose say things to each other. The man tried again.

"Can anyone hear me? Come on, I need help down here! I need-" but he was cut off when suddenly the sphere cracked and made a thunk noise. Samuel muttered.

"Here we go." The sphere creaked open and a black whole appeared. The Guardian took a few worried steps back. A gnawing fear growing on her. Samuel now ahead of the Guardian said. "I know what's in there, and I'm ready for them. I've got just the thing." And then he grabbed a massive gun. He announced. "This is going to blast them to Hell." The man asked.

"Samuel, what are you doing?" Samuel answered.

"The name's Mickey. Mickey Smith. Defending the Earth." And then he locked and loaded the gun. But the Guardian didn't feel assured. She had a sickening feeling that this wasn't Cybermen. Soon the sphere was slowly disappearing in a blaze of light. And so the Guardian's worst fears out came four oversized pepper pots. Glide out of the void. Mickey stated the obvious.

"That's not Cybermen." Rose gasped. As the Guardian started shaking her head in fear.

"Oh, my God." A black Dalek announced to the others.

"Location, Earth. Life forms detected. Exterminate!" the other Daleks chanted.

"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" the Guardian pulled both Mickey and Rose behind her. Determined that if it were the Daleks then she wasn't going to let the Doctor's friends die. She would do anything she could to save them. If she needed to, if it came to it. Die for them.