And I'm baaaaack! sorry about how i've been gone...the family laptop went kaput AGAIN, as in the hard drive croaked. then i came up to my dad's and received a late christmas present. MY VERY OWN LAPTOP! so now i'm gonna update this, and then go veg my brain in more stargate episodes (i'm starting season 8)
SPACE WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS!
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Mycroft had left a few moments ago, closely followed by the texting bombshell lady. The Doctor was deep in thought, not to mention shock. The fact that Rose was expecting explained why the TARDIS corral had reacted to her. She was carrying faint Time Lord DNA within her, in the form of their child.
But this Mycroft character worried him in more than one way. He was obviously very powerful within Britain, and could probably make the Doctor and Rose disappear off the face of the planet. But what he had said worried him as well; the Doctor's DNA and Rose's was changing, mutating, into something other than human, most likely Time Lord. As if hiding the fact that he was just a slight bit not human was hard enough.
Rose stirred and opened her eyes. "Doctor, what happened?"
He didn't answer right away. "A tiny piece of TARDIS corral reacted to my faint Time Lord DNA. And yours."
"Mine?"
"I know about the baby. A nurse told me." Rose didn't need to know about Mycroft. Rose blinked.
"Well...surprise?" she said, with a small hopeful smile. He tried to look stern and serious, but couldn't help the wide, goofy grin that broke out across his face. Rose looked relieved at his reaction.
"When did you find out?" he asked.
"Just the other day in Greece. Had a nasty bug and Mum made me test. I was gonna tell ya."
"Rose, this is amazing! We're gonna have a baby!" Rose was about to respond, but was interrupted by her hysterical parents coming in. Jackie went straight over to Rose's side.
"Ohhh my poor baby!" she proceeded to smother Rose with mothering. Pete was much more composed, but his face showed concern. He came over to the Doctor.
"You lot gave everybody quite a scare, you know."
"It's not over yet, either," the Doctor replied darkly. He explained their condition to Pete in a nutshell, who just sighed. "What is it now?" the Doctor asked, seeing his reaction.
"Well you two are turning into aliens is the worst of our worries. That piece of TARDIS that zapped you has some sort of vortex coming from it now. But they can't look into it or touch it without...burning up."
The Doctor's mind was reeling. "Of course! The piece of TARDIS coral awakened when it came into contact with me, but it realized it was in a different universe when it tried to repair itself...a Time Vortex for this universe must have opened as a side effect..."
"Do you know how to turn it off? It's getting hazardous."
"Oh this is BRILLIANT! If I can get another piece of coral, I should be able to grow another TARDIS, which will then close the Time Vortex! Pete! You remember what the piece I picked up looked like, correct?"
"Yeah, I suppose."
"It is of dire importance that you look at all the other bits and see if there is another piece of TARDIS corral. The Time Vortex can not be allowed to exist in the open for very much longer."
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A few days later, the Doctor was in his special basement lab that Pete had given him as a wedding present. Rose was standing next to him, feeling very much like a nurse at surgery as she handed her husband various equipment. The Doctor himself was crouched over what looked like a metal aquarium. The TARDIS coral Pete had somehow stolen was in the tank, sitting in some clear liquid.
"Mercury." Rose handed him a vial of the liquid metal. He poured it over the coral, and dropped in the vial as well. The next couple of ingredients included aluminum foil, batteries, bits of gold and silver jewelry, a half-pound of salt, a bottle of iron pills, motherboards from various computers, and magnetic rocks. They completed the odd recipe by hooking a wire into it to give it a constant supply of electricity, as well as both of them blowing some regenerative energy into the mix. It was not unlike the time the Doctor had given energy when the TARDIS had first landed in this world a few years ago. But this required more energy than that, and after they had given some, they leaned back, feeling winded.
"I think we just impaired our regenerative abilities," he noted, feeling his new heartbeat.
"How so?" asked Rose.
"Well, when Time Lords regenerate, all of our DNA gets changed, hence the new face."
"Okay..."
"Well now I believe we just accidentally gave ourselves what used to be known as 'Phoenix Syndrome,' in which if we die, we still regenerate, but our faces don't change."
"Well that's not so bad, is it? I rather like your face." The Doctor didn't really know how to react to that comment. Then he remembered something. "Junior will be a full blooded Time Lord though, face changes included."
They headed upstairs. Pete was sitting on a couch. When he saw them, he looked up.
"So how did it go?"
"Well it start off slow but if I have access to more advanced materials and energy she should grow much faster. Do you know if any research about Huon Particles was done at this Torchwood? It's really sparkly stuff when it's not a liquid..."
"Huon does sound a bit familiar. Let me guess, we're gonna have to steal more stuff from Torchwood, aren't we?" The Doctor grinned.
"Yep," he replied, popping the P.
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Did ya like my TARDIS growing? the internet was NOT helpful in telling me how you grow one, soooo I made it up
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