A/N - Hey all you readers! I've given up on trying to convince you to review. You guys are like donkeys, no hidden meaning there, you guys are so stubborn. I can't really complain though, so am I! xD
Rose sighed, and stood from her seat, hoping in vain to stop this train of thought. As she left the cafeteria, she knew that once started, it wouldn't stop until it reached the very end.
Months after the incident, Rose and Melody had become inseparable. They almost never went on missions, preferring to stay in the lab and research, only stopping for eating, sleeping, and the occasional shower. Finally, after pulling off yet another all nighter, Melody had a breakthrough. They equipped a chimpanzee with a disk; it looked very similar to the ones that had separated her from the Doctor all those years ago, and a chip that could track it anywhere in time. When they had activated the disk, the chimp disappeared. One extensive sweep for the chip later, and it was determined that the primate had jumped to another universe. Rose immediately ran to tell her father. Before they had started this, Rose had made Melody promise that if her family wished to go, they would come.
Rose flung open the door to her father's office and rushed inside. She ignored his look of shock as he took in her flushed face and horribly mistreated hair. She also ignored the other five looks, for he was in a board meeting.
"R-Rose?" he gasped, extremely confused. He glanced apologetically to the people surrounding the round table.
"It worked. It actually worked!" she cried before heading back downstairs, pulling out her mobile in the process.
Pete stared at the empty space his daughter had once filled. "I-if you would excuse me please." He said, shrugging into his coat and followed Rose downstairs. Rose was quickly explaining to her mother that it had worked and she and Melody were already making plans to leave. She ended the call when she saw Pete had followed her.
"Isn't this amazing?" she said, her smile looking as if it would actually crack her face.
"I don't know what to say. How do you know it will take us to the right universe? I'm sure there must be hundreds."
"Oh, millions possibly. Melody said something about using my bio signature to hone in on theā¦" she trailed off, staring at her father's face. "Wait. Us?"
Pete smiled down at the woman who had slowly become is daughter. "Yes, us. After you explained the project to Jackie and I, we had a talk and." He paused for a second, smiling at some untold joke. "Well, Jackie talked at me. She told me that she wasn't going to let her daughter so this on her own. I couldn't agree with her more. We've had our bags packed for weeks; I've even packed enough money to build us a new mansion. I'm just hoping that they have the same money as we do." He shrugged; looking at Rose's shocked expression. He waited, amused as it began to sink in. Rose's face soon split once more and she lunged at Pete, trapping him in a bone crushing hug.
"Thank god. I was so worried that I was going to have to say goodbye to you guys." She said when she pulled back.
"Nah," he said with a smile. "Can't separate the Tyler family that easily, you'd have to kill your mother to make her leave you alone."
The following weeks passed in a blur of making the dimension manipulator. All too soon, the Tylers and Melody were saying good-bye to their friends, well at least the Tylers were.
"Don't you have anyone to say good-bye to?" Rose asked Melody while they were tidying up the last of their things.
"No, it's been just me for a while now." She replied, there was something in her tone that told Rose not to push it. They walked the rest of the way in silence. They walked into the room where the manipulator was held and were greeting by the rambunctious little Tyler, who was bouncing around in excitement. His head immediately turned when his sister walked into the room.
"Rose!" he yelled, launching himself at her. She reached to pick him up, spinning him in a circle as he did so. "Rose, Rose, Rose!" he chanted, catching his breath. "Are we really going to go see where you and mommy used to live?" he asked, delight leaking into his voice.
"Yes we are Tony." She smiled; her little brother's smile was always very infectious. Her face fell as a thought pushed its way to the front of her mind. "Tony," she said slowly, making sure to have his attention and show that this was important, "you know you can never see your friends again right?" the little boy paused and released his grip on Rose's neck. She placed him down and he looked up at her.
"It's ok. They never believed me anyway, always fun of me."
"Why did they make fun of you?" Jackie asked, this was the first she heard of this.
"They never believed my stories about the Doctor." He said matter-of-factly. Jackie smiled and pulled her son in for a hug.
"Alright, we better get going before I get it into my head to give those boys a piece of my mind." Rose smiled and led the way over to the panels that made up the manipulator. Melody and Rose had decided that this was easier than a bracelet since it would be useless once they crossed over. They all stepped on, their luggage next to them.
"Everyone ready?" she looked at each of them in turn and they nodded, except for Tony, he seemed to excited to do much of anything. "Alright, let's go." She said to one of the technicians, who began typing into a computer. Rose took a breath as she felt a slight tug, she closed her eyes when it became stronger. She heard a thud of their suitcases hitting stone and she opened her eyes and looked around. They were in a deserted alley way and she stood up and cautiously walked to the entrence. She slowly looked around both corners, also deserted.
Strange. She thought, while looking up. It must've worked. She guessed by the lack of zeppelins in the sky. She did see things in the air but they looked more like barrage balloons. Her heart sank when she remembered when they were used this much.
"Mum, Dad, we need to get underground."
"What is it?" Pete asked.
"I'll explain later, first we have to get everyone safe." Pete nodded and they began to look for anything that might have a basement. They soon found an abandoned building with a basement. Once everyone was inside, Rose sat to explain.
"I think the parallel universes run a little differently and only with the Doctor transporting us did the timelines seem to match up." Rose spoke in a monotone, almost wishing what she was saying to be false.
"What do you mean sweetheart?" her mother asked, worry seeping into her tone.
"It seems that we've teleported to where this timeline is "equal" to ours. No Time Lord interference."
"By the sound of it, you know where we are." Pete said, looking up at her.
"Yea, we're in London, 1941." Rose heard her mother gasp. As if to so reaffirm her statement, they all heard the siren go off, warning the people of what is to come.
So, that was chapter 9. Now I think I'm just going to kindly suggest to review. Also, if you aren't following me, I posted a one-shot (or not a one-shot) so you should check it out! While I'm typing this story, I'll probably be typing others that I've got floating around in my head. Don't worry, I won't abandon this one. See you next chapter, whenever that may be...
The next chapter may be the last one of the Rose flashback thing I've got going on. There might be a lull because I have no idea what to write beyond that. I know how I want this to end, I just have no idea of how to get there... T^T
I also updated chapter 1 and may do the same to the others that were on a different track before I chose this one. So if you want to, why not go back and read it and review?
