A/N: Right, this is the last chapter with Torchwood spoilers you'll be glad to know. This will also, most probably, be the last chapter about Rose for a while. Sorry if that bugs you, but originally she wasn't going to be in it - it's only really because of this Torchwood bit that I decided to add her in. I apologize for this, but i really need to put all my effort into the Doctor and Jack's adventures, as they are like.. the whole point of this story...
This is also rather short, but only because I had to keep cutting off at points to keep switching from Rose back to the Doctor. Seeing as this is Rose's last chapter for a while, the next chapters should be longer... :D
Chapter 7
They didn't dare drive the vans any closer – who knew what that kind of energy could do? Rose slowly climbed out, despite her team's pleas, and shut the door behind her.
Torchwood had, of course, immediately closed off the area to all civilians, police and armed forced… So Rose was in peace.
It was right there. About ten metres in front of her. A brilliant blue light, intricately swirling and entwining itself into amazing patterns. It really was beautiful. And it brought back so many memories. The rift was deadly, she knew, and unpredictable… But somehow, being near it filled her with a sense of peace. It was a small connection to the Doctor.
She smiled slightly, not able to tear her gaze away from the piercing blue. It was the same colour, she thought vaguely, as her first Doctor's eyes.
"Rose?" A voice shocked her out of her reverie. She glanced back at the van.
Mickey had rolled down the window and was beckoning for her to come over. She absently wandered over.
"We've had reports of strange sightings." He told her.
She shrugged, "well Mickey, there's a huge blinding light in the middle of Cardiff – I'm not surprised."
"No Rose. Reports from everywhere. From all over the globe."
Rose glanced at him strangely, "like what?"
"Well here, look." He flipped open his laptop and showed it to her. On screen was a picture of a group of Indians, all dressed up in a tribal uniform.
Before Rose could say anything, Mickey brought up another photo. Rose's eyes narrowed in confusion as she recognised a bewildered-looking pharaoh. Mickey showed her more pictures of Roman soldiers, various world leaders, kings, queens, musicians… the list went on and on… It was like opening up a history picture book and giving life to all the illustrations.
"Rose. This is not normal."
"Maybe it's some huge fancy dress party?" she said weakly.
"Rose. What's happening here?!"
And for the first time since she'd joined Torchwood, Rose was terrified. Sure, she'd been scared before in other situations – where negotiations with aliens had gone wrong, or when she'd had to lead her team into battle…. But this was different.
Of course she'd knows that one day something like this would happen. She'd known that this good luck wouldn't last – and that she'd have to pay for it.
Ever since her first assignment, she'd known that all her team were in awe of her – but inside she knew that this was all luck. Her knowledge of space and its inhabitants was scarce. Yes, the Doctor had taught her things no human would ever know… But a lot of her success had come from pure guesswork and luck. Now her team had come to rely on her – to believe she would always have the solution… And time had finally caught up with her – and she didn't know what to do.
She tried to think of what little knowledge she had about the rift. It obviously ran right through time – proved by the fact that history was spewing out its contents into 2006 Cardiff. But why was it open? It only ever opened when there was some real disturbance, and, as far as Rose could tell, nothing had happened to create this god-awful mess. She didn't know how this whole thing had begun, and she had no idea how to end it.
She turned away, and walked back towards it.
"Rose?" Mickey called after her.
"I'll be fine Mickey, I just want to see if there's something we've missed." Maybe the rift would hold a clue as how to close it…
As soon as that thought crossed her mind, it vanished.
Just like that. The piercing blue light just suddenly disappeared.
Rose stopped and stared at the deserted street. Just what the hell had happened?
A/N: Right, and that's me finished for a while. I probably won't be able to update until next weekend - blame my lovely school for giving us FUN mocks :D
