Part 3

The Rift

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"Remind me why I'm doing this again!?" Mickey hissed to Jake.

They were standing in the dark after-hours Torchwood, waiting.

"Cause your ex-lover batted her eyelids and you went running!" Jake hissed back "Three, Two, One... Go!" they ran towards the dark door and bolted through it, slamming it shut behind them.

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Rose sifted through Mr. Collins drawers and drew back, growling in frustration. Her mind went into over-drive and she began checking behind every portrait to see if there was a locker.

And there it was. Hidden behind the painting of dear old dead Mr. Collins Senior was the black locker... Rose scoffed and began trying numbers. This was going to get her nowhere...

Suddenly, her eyes began to glow and she stepped back, gasping "No... Bad Wolf" she raised her hand and the metal black locker dissolved into ash.

Rose's eyes fell back into their normal brown colour. She gasped and found a meek smile on her face as she reached into the locker and pulled out folders and folders of files.

She spread them out onto Collin's desk and flipped on the lamp to read. Rose's fingers slipped through the papers until she found what she was looking for. She drew back, smiling.

Time to work.

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Mickey and Jake stood side by side, staring at the big round gold circle metal. It was hovering yards above the ground, on its own, without any support.

"What does it do?" Mickey whispered "What is it?".

Jake shrugged and went to turn on the lights as Rose slipped through the door holding a sheet of paper and shut it quietly. "Did you get through alright?" Rose asked.

Mickey nodded "It was all in the bolt..." his attention was drawn to the metal circle "What is that?" he pointed up "Why does it...".

"Make you feel repressed?" Rose finished for him "Yep, it does that... Ignore it. The key is to focus on happy things".

"How top secret is this?" Jake frowned.

"Top-secret" Rose replied "I'm not even supposed to know... But, like that ever stopped me before...".

"What is it?" Mickey watched Rose read the file she held in her hand.

"It's a Rift Enhancer" Rose replied, not looking up "Torchwood recovered it from the debris of an alien ship... They re-set the settings to extract from the Rift and literally use it as a free way of travelling through time and space".

"Wait, back-up" Jake frowned "I get The Rift thing... But I don't get how".

Rose looked up "One end of The Rift is situated here, in Cardiff, and other is left in freely open time and space... We get this thing working, hook up the wires and send me through...".

"It'll kill you" Mickey protested.

"You would think" Rose nodded "But when I absorbed The Time Vortex; little left-over pieces of power remained inside me... Bad Wolf... I still have her inside of me... All I have to do is hope it'll tap into me and help me across The Rift safely... If I close my eyes and pray, maybe she'll send me to the TARDIS...".

"It's never been tested?" Jake asked.

"Nope" Rose shook her head "It's been deemed unsafe...".

Mickey stayed silent as Rose went back to the paper.

"Okay" Rose turned around and walked towards the black and red console. "Mickey, Jake... I need you to type in these coordinates and when that light flashes white, hit that big red button".

She walked towards the metal circle and stood under it, watching as Mickey and Jake read the file and started pressing the various buttons.

"Will you ever come back?" Mickey had let Jake take over and had stepped forward, now looking hurt.

"Mickey" Rose whispered "...I don't know... I love you, you know I do but... Just not that way anymore... This is something I need to do, Mickey... He needs my help".

"What if I need you?" Mickey looked away.

"But you don't" Rose smiled warmly "You've got Jake, you'll always have Jackie and Pete, your gran, Torchwood, Lily... You and her have something special... Don't lose that...".

"Your family..." Mickey argued weakly.

"I wrote them letters" Rose whispered, close to tears "They'll understand...".

"Almost ready" Jake announced, breaking the moment.

"Now when this thing activates and sends me through..." Rose began "That'll give you precisely 4 minutes to get out... If you don't... The building quarantines, locks down and you—".

"We know what we're doing" Jake cut her off, grinning "Do you think this is the first time we've ever done something like this?".

Mickey rushed forwards and gave Rose a tight hug before kissing her cheek quickly. He moved backwards to stand beside Jake. Rose breathed deeply and nodded for them to press the red button.

Mickey stepped forwards and watched with heavy eyes as his fingers reached out and he pressed the button hard. Rose gasped as the metal circle began to glow and she felt her body begin to feel lighter and lighter.

Tears slipped down her cheeks as she prayed to god that Bad Wolf wouldn't let her down. Couldn't... Right? No last regrets as Rose shut her eyes and began to feel dizzy and light-headed.

"Rose!" was the last she could hear of Mickey's as she dissolved into gold dust and disappeared before their very eyes. Mickey and Jake stood, shell-shocked.

"Is she dead?" Mickey breathed.

"4 minutes!" Jake shrieked, grabbing Mickey's hand and running towards a window. He punched the window and it smashed, crashing down.

"Jake, we're 47 feet up!" Mickey cried.

"Trust me" Jake told him before he grabbed Mickey's arm and flung them both out the window. The shrieks of both men were clouded by the noise Jake's parachute made when it opened up and drew them both to the ground safely.

"Could of warned me!" Mickey gasped as Jake unclipped the parachute. He and Jake climbed on the motor-bike they had both came on.

"We didn't have time!" Jake yelled back, turning on the engine and speeding away.

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Rose opened her eyes, groaned and sat up with a struggle. Where was she? It certainly wasn't London. Rose stood with inner strength and looked around.

There were lots and lots of green grass, trees, picnic table, cafes...

"Excuse me" Rose stopped a woman who was walking by "Can you tell me where I am? What year is this?".

The woman frowned and shook her head at Rose "Excusez-moi? Désolé, Miss... Je ne parle pas d'anglais" the woman nodded firmly.

Rose stared, shocked "That's... That's impossible... That's French!" she looked around, her surroundings becoming more and more clear.

"Oh my god, I'm in France!".

The woman gave her a smile and walked off, leaving Rose totally isolated and alone.

A/N:

I know I said I wasn't gonnah post again but after just watching Doctor Who, I think I NEED something too reaffirm my faith in Doctor Who. So, after ranting to my family for 45 minutes about how bitter and sad and totally stupid that episode was, they told me to grow up.

So I am. I'm growing up in denial that episode 13 DID NOT happen. My version happened and everything's fine and dandy.

It's what I love about Sci-fi!

Anyway...

Woohoo! Getting closer...

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