AN: I think this might be my favorite chapter. So far. Only one reason, though. Jackie Tyler. It is sooo fun writing her! I really hope I did it right. I want to that my reviewer; LuckyNumbers, mysedai, and Velvetstream. Thanks, and I know, I love Jenny too.
Jenny climbed out and started checking her equipment. John and the Doctor watched open mouthed as she efficiently loaded her gun.
"All good." Jenny said, still grinning. "Dad!"
The Doctor spoke first. "J-jenny?"
"Of course. You look well surprised. It is you, right? You look different, but-" she laughed. "-Time Lord."
"Well," he started. "it's both of us. He's a duplicate created out of my right hand. All my memories, but half human." he paused. "Kinda like you."
John stepped forward. "But Jenny..." he said quietly. "You died. We waited, no regeneration."
"Yeah, well, you didn't wait long enough. I died. i got better."
John smiled slightly. "That's my girl."
The Doctor was looking at the mostly intact shuttle his daughter had arrived in. "Hey, Jenny, how's the ship?"
"Alright. Just minor repairs. She should be up in a bit."
"Brilliant! Perfect timing! You see, Jenny, I've recently had my ship stole. No-don't laugh at me. We need a rescue vehicle. How long can you set it up in?"
"Oh, I've missed this." Jenny said happily. "Give me an hour, I'll get it straight."
Amy looked at the blond girl. "Er, sorry, but do you mind telling us what's going on yet? Doctor?"
She had heard the 'dad' and wasn't quite sure what to expect.
"And where is Donna? And Martha?"
He smiled sadly at her. "They don't travel with me anymore-it's been over a hundred years since I saw you last, Jenny. And as for these three, this is Amy, her husband Rory. And this is River. Guys, this is Jenny, my sort-of daughter. "
"Sort-of?" Jenny glared at him. "I thought we were past this, two hearts, remember?"
"You have children?" Amy asked, shocked.
"Well, they extrapolated a tissue sample a gun point and then accelerated of a single-parent offspring. Not what I would call natural parenting!"
River smiled and extended a hand, as did the other two. Jenny stared at the hand, then looked at the Doctor.
"Married, are you?"
The ring on their hands glittered.
...
...
Rose could see the universe. She floated through random planets, foreign energies, but then found something different. A tiny rip, small enough to close, but-
Ever the adventurer, Rose drifted inside. And there, a whole new universe spread out before her. Parallel.
She found a small, insignificant blue-green level 5 planet and moved closer. Britain, then London, then-
Hello again, my love.
John and the Doctor, accompanied by the other three and a blond girl. Rose frowned. Who was she?
Rose delved into the past, finding Jenny's story. She would have smiled, the girl was so brave, so like her father. Rose moved to the Ponds, absorbing their family history, their future.
Oh, River Song, Melody, what beautiful stories. And so sad. Explained John's look as he gazed upon his savoir.
Now, what were they doing?
"Wait." John said. Oh, her beloved John, with just enough human in him to seize opportunities that the Doctor missed.
"I have to tell her family."
Rose smiled. The Doctor didn't.
"Do you know how many times I've been punched in this form? I'd rather not another!"
"Look, Pete won't-"
"I wasn't talking about him! "
"We have to tell Jackie. She's been left behind too often, and I'm the one marrying her daughter."
Amy perked up and nodded vigorously. When the Doctor was still hesitant, she gave him the mother-in-law-look.
"Oh, fine."
Rose followed them to Tyler Manor. As the doors opened, Jackie Tyler stomped out.
"And what time's this?" she demanded. "Where's my daughter?"
River stepped forward, ever the diplomat. "Mrs. Tyler, perhaps it would be better if you go inside before we tell you anyth-"
"And who the bloody 'ell are you, walking around like you own the place! This is my house, you can't order me around my own property!"
The Doctor gave an annoyed glance at John. He seemed to share his 9th regeneration's thoughts of her.
"John, who the hell are these people?"
"Jackie, um, this is- ah, me."
"Don't give me bloody riddles! Where the hell have you been anyway? Wouldn't put it past you, what, have you got a secret lover up in town or something?"
"Jackie!" John turned red.
"What, so it's true, then? Where's Rose?"
"Oh, for goodness sake, she's been kidnapped?"
Jackie didn't seem to take this in. She transferred her glare. "And who are you?"
"Jackie, it's me! It's the Doctor! With a new face, remember?"
She still looked skeptical. Jackie turned to John, who was attempting to hide behind River.
River stepped out of the way.
"John Noble, you better start talking!" Jackie's voice rose.
John looked straight at her. "Jackie, remember that Christmas, about a year after Rose first left?"
She nodded.
"I was...different that year. I wasn't, you know..." John made elephantine motions near his ears. "Grouchy, northern..."
"You regenerated, if you don't stop making elephant ears, a very patronized mother will slap you."
He sighed. "Alright. So this guy?" pointed at the Doctor. "I regenerated. Boom, him."
Jackie stared. "Doctor?"
The Doctor grinned and held out his arms. She slowly walked forward, as if in a trance,. When Jackie was close enough, she took a breath.
"Stitch this, mate!" Jackie yelled, punching the Doctor hard in the jaw.
Amy and Rory stared in wonder. River even was surprised as Jackie continued to pummel him.
"You bloody bastard!" she was screaming. "Rose was crying for days after you left her again! And all the mad stuff she got up to the first time, with bloody Torchwood, trying to forget you! No matter what, she just couldn't!"
The Doctor was trying to fend Jackie off, but he had long since learned that angry Tyler woman could not be contained.
"There wasn't time to give you a good kick last time, we were too busy. Consider this well deserved revenge."
Jackie finally stepped back. "Alright." she said. "I'm done. Now, what did you mean about Rose being kidnapped?
The Doctor got up wearily. "Your going to hit me again, aren't you?"
She glared. "You can count on it. Now come inside, I've got to see to Tony."
Amy looked at the older woman curiously. "So, your Rose's mother?"
"That's right. Now, who are you lot? The Doctor likes to travel with an entourage, but there are quite a lot of you." she suddenly became suspicious. "Are you his latest?"
"Oh, no, I'm his mother-in-law. We have something in common."
Jackie looked her over, then nodded and turned back towards her mansion. She started stomping towards the door.
The Doctor looked at Amy. "What are you doing?"
She laughed. "What? I'm being friendly."
"Amy..."
"We can be Mothers United, if that's what you want."
"Oh, god no..."
Rory looked a bit awkward. "Er... she slapped you."
River laughed, and the Doctor rubbed his cheek. "Only the Tylers..."
John raised an eyebrow." She still hates you, yeah."
"I figured."
Rory smiled slightly. "Anyone reckon we should follow her?
. . .
. . .
Rose retreated back into her mind. She managed to get part of her brain monitoring the others back in the parallel world. That level of control seemed to be rather easy in this form. Rose found that she could actually move around in her mind, which meant that she was generating a mental picture of herself.
How she knew this, Rose had, again, no idea.
She was experimenting with the doors around her mind. Some revealed people she knew, or places she'd been. A shocking puruple door showed her mother and father.
Proper Pete and proper Jackie, back from her world. Rose smiled at them, and they smiled back as the door swung close.
Another revealed the TARDIS. You can guess the color of the door. Rose was perplexed at this one. It felt too real inside her head. And she was humming...like she was alive...
This must be the bit in my head.
She walked back out to a mirrored door. As this was the first time she could see herself, Rose looked eagerly.
She did look a bit different. Younger, maybe. Her hair was past her shoulders. Rose examined the style, and realized that she had this hair before all the mad stuff in her life. Right before. It looked good, she decided. But there was something else. Makeup, she realized. Rose was completely without her usual mask of makeup. She was wearing a gray off-the-shoulder top and her normal jeans.
Rose turned slowly, then shrugged and pulled open the door.
She laughed. It was her wardrobe! Every outfit she had ever worn.
Still chuckling, Rose shut the door, then walked back to the middle of her mind. Rose checked what John and the Doctor was doing. It seemed that Jackie had brought them inside, and had forced the Doctor into explaining.
"Rose."
Rose whirled around.
"Oh for goodness sake, you open every door but mine. Go on, Rose."
It wasn't the TARDIS, no, she felt different. The TARDIS was warm, and all-knowing. This voice was definitely human. However...it was just as familiar..
"Who are you?"
"Rose! Door! Let me out already."
Her voice grew stronger. "I asked you a question. Answer it or-or I'll throw you out of my mind!"
"That supposed to sound impressive? Cause it's not."
Rose spun around, looking for the source of the voice.
"You keep going on about a door. well, I don't see one."
The voice sighed. "Turn around."
. . .
. . .
The Doctor spun around. They were in Jackie's kitchen, nearly done with talking.
"Wait a minute." he said. John cocked his head and seemed to be listening intently to something.
"Did you feel that?" They both asked.
Amy got up. "Feel what? Doctor, felt what?"
"Shh!" He put a finger o his lips. "Listen."
As the room fell silent, a noise was apparent.
"That's like..."River started."...engines.."
Jenny gave a small cry. "My engines! My ship!"
She tore out of th house, closely followed by the others(excluding Jackie, who snorted in disgust).
Jenny had moved her ship to a clearing near the Tyler estate. She ran to the now shaking ship. The Doctor started sonicking. "It's the same thing!" he yelled. "The same thing that took the TARDIS!"
"But we can stop it this time!" John yelled over him.
Both men started working on the ship.
"Send out a false signal!"
"I-I can't, the sonic-"
"Use the red setting!"
"It doesn't have a red setting yet!"
"How many do you break?"
"Shut up! Hold on-I've got it. Sending a signal-now!"
The humming died down.
"Got it. The ship's masked."
But something had just occured to John.
"Jenny?" she nodded. "How did you get here?"
Jenny frowned. "Well, I was flying as usual, just going to visit the Planet of the Coffee shops, you know, the plague's just died down. So all system's functioning as normal, and then nothing. The ship just sort of turned off, and I fell down to here."
John nodded. "I thought so. You fell from the other universe too."
Her face lit up. '"That's brilliant!"
John smiled.
"Anyway, we can still get to Rose." the Doctor said. "The only problem, we don't know where she is."
"I can help with that." River said. "I said there were fry particles, i might be able to identify them."
"Great. Now, to teleport something from another dimension, your going to need a giant transmitter. Something huge, right in the middle, probably circular-"
John cut him off."We are not doing this again."
And the two headed off to the London Eye.
. . .
. . .
When Rose turned around, she suddenly found herself in a dungeon.
Oh, she thought. I woke up. That was...anticlimatic. I was sure something was going to happen.
Rose got up slowly, ignoring the pounding in her head.
She wasn't chained to anything, that was a surprise. The cell was rather big, and made of stone. All in all, one of the nicer cells she had seen. Traveling with the Doctor meant getting thrown in prison a lot. The door had a small barred window. Rose walked to it and peered through. Just a long corridor, that's all she saw. She sighed, than sat down on the stone bed. Time to review what had just happened. Rose had been sedated, some sort of a clone came through, the Doctor killed it, she was in her mind. The TARDIS gave her the ability to look round the universe, that was comferting.
But what kidnapped her? It was scary; not much could make Rose Tyler scream.
There was only one thing that could do that, and it was impossible...
Right?
