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A/N: Sorry for the long wait on this chapter. I was trying to get caught up on my other stories too. Hopefully you like this one.
Enjoy!
The Doctor frowned. "What do you remember?" Rose tilted her head to the side.
"Everything." She whispered. Ace piped up.
"What do you mean by everything?" Rose shook her head.
"Nothing, don't worry about it." Rose grabbed the note and ripped it up.
"What'd you do that for?" Ace screeched. Rose turned to face Ace.
"Bad Wolf is a message but not for the mission you are working on. Bad Wolf is a message for myself." Rose said. The Doctor was looking at her thoughtfully.
"Who sent you this message?" Ace asked.
"I sent myself the message to lead me to the Doctor." Rose said. Ace wanted to ask more question but she kept her mouth shut. Rose turned to the Doctor. "I'm so sorry for what I did." She pulled him into a hug. He returned it even though he was confused. When she pulled away he suddenly felt at a loss for contact. "So let's go get the prince, yeah?" He laughed.
"Let's go get the prince." He agreed.
"Rose!" Jack yelled as she disappeared from sight. He rounded on the man that walked in the room. "What did you do?" He screamed. The man shrugged.
"What I had to do to survive." He said simply. Jack sprinted from where he was and had the man pinned down in a second.
"Who are you?" Jack said through gritted teeth. The man's eyes showed a hint of fear and discomfort.
"I'm the Doctor." He said happily. Jack was taken aback for a second. The Doctor?
"That's not entirely true." The third Doctor stated. "You are half human." The man nodded.
"You're the one that hurt Rose?" Jack asked. The man below him laughed. Jack brought up his fist and slammed it down on the guys cheek. "How could you leave her?" He hit him again. "How could you put her through that?" Jack swung again. The Brigadier pulled Jack off of him. Jack pulled tried to pull himself off the guy. The man on the floor had a bloody nose and a swollen eye.
"Jack you really never change." The man laughed. Jack gritted his teeth.
"What do you mean?" He asked with a voice so full of hate the man on the ground flinched.
"Hasn't Rose told you what happened to the other universes Jack?" When Jack didn't answer he continued. "No? Well I didn't think she would." His voice full of amusement. "I killed him. Oh, it was brilliant really. He thought he was saving Rose. Nope, I looked him in the eyes as I stabbed a dagger right through his heart." The man's eyes had an insane intensity to them. He jumped up and pulled out a knife. He slammed the knife into Jack's heart. "For old time sakes, eh?" He laughed as Jack clutched his chest. Jack fell down onto the floor, dead. The man was laughing manically. The Brigadier nodded his head as a group of soldiers held the man down. Liz was staring in shock at Jack.
"He- he's dead." She said trying to keep her voice even. The Doctor looked down at Jack knowing what was coming. A few seconds past before Jack sat up with a gasp.
"Take the damn knife out." Jack coughed. He quickly pulled the knife out before falling down dead once more. All eyes in the room were on Jack.
"That's not possible." The Brigadier breathed out.
"A fixed point." The Doctor said calmly.
"B-b-but..." Liz couldn't trust herself to speak. Jack once again woke with a gasp.
"Hello." He smiled a flirty grin to everyone in the room. Jack jumped up. "Oh look, you've gone and ruined my shirt." Jack complained. There was a large hole in the shirt surrounded by blood. Everyone was still staring at him. "You guys look like you've seen a ghost." Jack started laughing at his own joke. His eyes caught the man in front of him and his expression sobered instantly. "Rose said six centuries. If you are here, how are you still alive?" Jack was fisting his hands so he didn't kill the guy.
"I made a deal with the devil." The man smirked.
"The devil?" The Doctor said while he looked at the man intently.
"Well, close enough to one really." The man looked up to the Doctor. Realization hit the Doctor.
"The Black Guardian." The Doctor stated. The man nodded.
"He made my job too easy. Get rid of Rose." Jack was grinding his teeth. Liz put a hand on his arm to calm him. "You see Doctor. She is attracting attention, a lot of it. Do you not understand what she can do?" The Doctor and Jack were glaring at the man. "She destroyed an entire fleet of Daleks with the swipe of a hand. She gave Jack immortality because she couldn't stand to see him die. She is more powerful than you think. She is the Bad Wolf." Jack's mind was reeling. Rose did this to him? He wasn't angry, he couldn't be. She saved him because she hadn't wanted to see a world without him. Tears pricked at his eyes. His beautiful, brilliant Rose saved him. The Doctor however was shocked. He had seen the words 'Bad Wolf' before. Rose had acted strangely around those words. But how can Rose do all this?
"How? How can she be that powerful?" The Doctor stared at the man skeptically.
"She looked into the heart of the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into her." He stated simply. The Doctor's jaw dropped.
"She... that's... what?" The Doctor looked dazed.
"She is unstable. She doesn't know how to control it. How do you think she got here? She killed everyone that had taken her hostage." The man spat. Jack's anger flared.
"Rose would never do that purposely. And besides the bastards who hurt Rose deserved way worse than just dying." Jack tried to lunge for the man only to be held back by the Brigadier and Liz. The man sighed.
"You know, it really has been fun catching up but I have a girl to find." The man winked before teleporting out of the building. Jack let out a frustrated growl.
"The Black Guardian?" The Brigadier finally asked. The Doctor nodded grimly.
"We have to keep Rose safe." The Doctor stated.
"Um, Rose?" Ace asked.
"Hmm?" Rose looked up to the younger girl.
"Not that I don't love your dress but shouldn't you get changed?" Ace suggested. Rose smiled.
"I'm sorry I almost forgot." Rose looked to the Doctor who nodded at her. "TARDIS, love, could you leave me out some clothes? Preferably jeans, boots, and a shirt." The Doctor stared at her.
"Um, Rose. I don't think that's going to work." The Doctor said. An outfit was strewn across a chair the Doctor placed in the console room. There were dark jeans, brown riding boots, a white long sleeved shirt, a pink scarf, and a jacket just in case. The Doctor was gaping at the clothes. Rose walked up to them and took them.
"What?" Rose asked when she realized Ace and the Doctor were staring at her.
"The TARDIS has never done that. Not even for me." The Doctor blinked.
"Oh, we have a special connection." Rose winked to the console that hummed happily in her head. The Doctor felt the hum and stared at her even more. He put on a clam demeanor but was skeptical of the woman. She followed the instructions the TARDIS sent her. They led her to a room so identical to her old one, tears pricked at the back of her eyes. She quickly got dressed and met Ace and the Doctor in the console room.
"You ready?" Ace asked Rose. Rose nodded. The Doctor led them out the door. Ace and Rose were bouncing around the fair excitedly. The Doctor was tracing the Prince of Raspero with a little device he made. As the beeps got closer together, the Doctor kept Rose and Ace closer to him. They were headed for a little abandoned warehouse with a clown on top.
"Great, a stereotypical horror movie." Rose muttered. Ace laughed. The Doctor shot them a look before continuing. The building was dark on the inside. The walls were stripped of the joyful colors leaving it blank. In the middle of the room sat a tall man. His skin was a deep blue and his eyes were yellow. His ears resembled a cats. He had green hair on his head. The man was tied to the chair with a cloth tied around his mouth so he couldn't talk. Rose ran up to him. "I'm so sorry." She whispered in his ear as she started to untie him. It always pained her to see people captured. After what happened with Torchwood it pained her even more. Rose stopped when she felt a gun pressed firmly to her temple. "You did this?" She yelled. She knocked the gun from her temple and turned to face him. He pointed the gun at her head. Two of his friends were holding the Doctor and Ace at gunpoint. "How could you do this to anyone?" Rose screamed. The man laughed as she yanked her by her wrist and threw her over to where the Doctor and Ace were. Ace put a hand on her shoulder.
"You alright?" Ace asked her quietly. Rose was staring at where the man was talking to the Prince of Raspero. Rose didn't answer Ace. "Professor, is she okay?" Ace called to the Doctor. He looked at Rose for a minute before his face turned to a more calculating look. The man punched the Prince of Raspero.
"Don't." Rose yelled. She felt tears prick at her eyes. She knew what it felt like to be a prisoner and didn't want anyone to ever feel that helpless. The man smiled at Rose before continuing his beating. Rose tried to run for him but was pushed back. Rose felt the anger boil within her. Her eyes flashed gold.
"Um, Professor?" Ace called to the Doctor. The Doctor didn't answer her. "Professor, you really might want to see this." Ace tried again. The Doctor turned about to ask what she wanted when his attention was caught on Rose. She was glowing a brilliant gold. The men around them started to age. Slowly they just disappeared leaving nothing but a pile of dust. Rose had tears streaming down her face. When the threat was gone she dropped to the ground. Ace rushed to her side. The Doctor was still staring at where the men used to be. He walked to the Prince of Raspero and freed him. He looked up at him.
"Thank you." The prince said. The Doctor nodded.
"I can get you home." The Doctor said. The prince smiled his thanks. With that done he turned back to Rose. She was lying on the floor with her eyes closed. "Ace, help the prince to the TARDIS, I'll take care of Rose." Ace nodded and helped the prince. The Doctor picked Rose up. He didn't like to think what she could do. His younger self may be helping her but he isn't nearly as foolish as the rest of his incarnations. This woman is dangerous and he needs to keep an eye on her.
"Where is she?" Jack asked. The Doctor shrugged.
"Hopefully with an incarnation of me." He said simply.
"What did he mean? About Rose I mean?" Jack was worried for his best friend. He swore to himself he would protect her to his dying breath and now that he's immortal that shouldn't be a problem.
"She had the whole of time and space in her mind. Nobody can walk away from that without some damage. I'll have to run tests but I assume the particles were lying dormant in her. The only thing that would have awoken the particles is the void. She said she came from another universe. Clearly, she travel through the void." The Doctor stated.
"Your telling me that Rosie can make people immortal?" Jack stared at the Doctor.
"I presume she can do much more than that." The Doctor grumbled. "She doesn't have control which makes her dangerous." Jack's eyes sprouted anger.
"Rose is not a danger to anybody." Jack spat at the man. The Doctor looked at Jack.
"She may not mean to be but she is." The Doctor said back. Jack shook his head.
"Clearly you don't know her as well as you think." Jack stared back at the Doctor. The Doctor was giving Jack an intimidating glare that would make most men whimper back. Jack, however, glared right back at him. "You are not going to touch Rose." He said through gritted teeth.
"I imagine not. I'm not going to hurt the girl. We have to keep her safe. Somebody with that much power is sending a clear signal through time and space. Give it a few days and she'll have Time Lords, Eternals, and the Guardians on her tail." The Doctor scoffed.
"How can we protect her?" Jack still didn't feel completely trustworthy of this version of the Doctor. The Doctor he knew didn't think twice about leaving him and they were friends. What would this Doctor do since they weren't even friends?
"First we need to find her." The Doctor said.
The Doctor was staring at the scan. All signs point to human. "This doesn't make any sense." The Doctor grumbled to himself. Rose started to stir in her sleep. A moment later her eyes were open and she was looking at the Doctor. Her eyes were her normal color with small specks of gold in them.
"What happened?" Rose asked as she grabbed her head. She felt the song of the TARDIS calming her thoughts. Thanks, love. The TARDIS hummed happily inside her head.
"You don't remember?" The Doctor raised an eyebrow. Rose shook her head.
"There was a golden light and then everything was just dark." The Doctor nodded slowly. "You know, you're different from the rest of them."
"How so?" The Doctor asked. Rose laughed.
"I think you know." She stated. "You always have this look on your face, like you're trying to figure out all of the mysteries surrounding you. This version of you is so much more guarded than your other selves." The Doctor didn't comment only watched her. He didn't like how she could tell so much about him just by looking at him. He knew that what she said was the truth. He was different but that didn't mean he was wrong. Rose sat up. "Where's Ace?" Rose asked.
"With the prince." The Doctor replied. He was still trying to figure out this woman. She was like a new puzzle that needed to be solved. Rose got up from her spot and walked away from the Doctor. This Doctor made her nervous. He wasn't looking at her as if she was a person but more as if she was a mystery. It made her uncomfortable. She found Ace in the library talking to the prince.
"Rose!" Ace smiled at her.
"Hey, Ace!" She smiled back. Rose joined Ace and the prince on the couch. They were chatting for a little bit before the Doctor strolled in.
"Rose, I was wondering if I might be able to take some tests." The Doctor observed her as her body went stiff. It seemed she was replaying memories in her mind.
"What for?" She asked. Her voice was slightly shaky meaning she had some past experiences with tests and the Doctor could guess they weren't pleasant.
"To check on you." The Doctor said simply. There has to be a reasonable explanation for why she was able to do what she did. Rose slowly nodded her head. She may have been scared but she trusted him completely. He held out his hand which she gratefully took. The Doctor lead Rose back to the med bay. When he pulled out a needle Rose winced.
"Doctor, could you do a test without drawing blood?" He saw the fear in her eyes. He put the needle down and nodded.
"I need you to trust me, Rose." She answered without thinking.
"Always." The Doctor put his hands to her temples. Rose fell back, asleep. He went back to the tray where he left the needle and picked it up. Rose was out for half an hour while he did all sorts of scans from blood tests to x-rays. The TARDIS was being stubborn the entire time. He could feel the anger from her. She didn't like what he did to Rose and he had a feeling Rose wouldn't like it either. Rose slowly opened her eyes. When she looked up at the Doctor he knew immediately that she didn't like what he did. Hurt crossed her eyes before it turned into uncontrolled fury. The Doctor only looked at her with a mask of no emotion. Rose let a tear slip down her cheek before getting up and leaving. She didn't say a word. The Doctor stared at where she was sitting a moment ago. The TARDIS was chiming angrily in his mind. Rose walked to the library. She wiped up her tears and put on a blank face. Ace smiled at her when she walked in.
"I came to say goodbye." Rose gave a sad smile. Ace stood up and gave her a hug.
"Goodbye Rose, who knows I might see you in the future." Ace winked at Rose. The Doctor walked into the room but again Rose said nothing. She turned on her vortex manipulator.
"Goodbye Ace." Rose said. She didn't even spare the Doctor another glance. He was looking at her with the same emotionless mask. A second later Rose was swallowed into a bright blue.
"Rosie!" Jack yelled and caught her before she fell. She held him tight and sobbed into his shirt. "Shh, it's okay Rosie. I've got you." He was stroking her hair. Her grip on Jack tightened. She felt like the only person in the world she could trust was Jack right now.
"Rose." The Doctor's voice broke over her sobs. She looked up at him. More tears came forward.
"What's wrong, Rosie?" Jack asked her. He was still stroking her hair. Rose shook her head. The didn't want to talk about him. Jack understood and helped her walk on her own.
"We're going to keep you safe, Rose." The Doctor promised her. In reality, the Doctor didn't think he could. With the amount of power she had every force in the universe will be after her. He tried to keep a calm demeanor and not let his uncertainty show. When they made it back into the UNIT headquarters they were greeted by the Brigadier and two men on his right. The robes gave away who they were immediately, Time Lords.
A/N: Yay for the Time Lords. I really couldn't resist Rose meeting them. So we learned more about the Meta-Crisis, that's always good. I loved writing protective Jack. Sorry for making her end on a bad note with Seven. I thought that it made sense though. *shrugs* Next chapter Rose won't meet a new Doctor but there will be one in it. *winks* Have fun guessing that one! Let me know what you thought of this chapter. Thanks for reading!