At nine o'clock the next morning James knocked on the door to Dr. Andrews' office. Rose was staying home for the day. She was still trying to process everything they found out yesterday, especially the part about the time energy.

"Come in," Dr. Andrews called.

James opened the door and stepped inside.

"Morning," he greeted.

"Good morning, James." Bruce walked around the desk and gestures for James to sit on the couch. "Have a seat." Bruce sat down in a chair across from him as he had done yesterday.

"There's a lot to go over. Where would you like me to begin?" James asked.

"You told me yesterday that you were a Time Lord."

"Half-Time Lord."

"But the child is full Time Lord."

"Yes."

"And you're not the father?"

"No," James replied, feeling that twinge of jealousy again with an undercurrent of anger that he tried to push back down.

"Where is the father?"

"He's…uh…he's gone."

"Not in the picture then?"

"No. He won't be coming back."

"You seem very certain."

"Yes, he…well, you might say I know him better than anyone."

"Is he a relation?"

That was a loaded question. James was trying not to get into specific details. He trusted Dr. Andrews, but all those years as a Time Lord taught him not to reveal everything, even to those he trusted.

"He's my…um…" Father? No, James already looked older than Rose and saying something like that would just lead to more questions. "He's my brother, well, half-brother you might say."

"Half-brother?"

"Yes," James agreed, not offering any more of an explanation.

"So, genetically, the child Miss. Tyler is carrying would be your niece or nephew."

James thought about that. Actually, genetically, her child would be his son or daughter, well, from his Time Lord DNA. The Doctor might have regenerated, but that didn't change his DNA, didn't change who he was and since James was also the Doctor, even if he had been created from a previous regeneration, they would still carry the same genetic markers. All of his anger and jealousy seeped out of him at that thought.

"Yes," James said, not even sure what he was replying to because a giddy sense of happiness crept over him at the realization.

"James," Dr. Andrews said, bringing the half-Time Lord out of his thoughts.

"Yes, sorry, I was thinking. What were you asking?"

"I was asking about Miss. Tyler. Yesterday you said that she's part TARDIS."

"Yes."

"But you said the TARDIS was your ship?"

"My living ship."

"And the extra strand of DNA is time energy."

James looked away nervously. Had he actually said that? Yes, he had. He was really hoping to avoid long explanations that might reveal too much, like the face that Rose and he were actually from a parallel universe. That he used to travel in space and time. That the Doctor wasn't really his half-brother, but him, only a different him.

"Yes, I…I recall saying that."

"What do you mean, time energy."

"Oh, it's…um…" James tried to come up with something that he hoped Dr. Andrews would by that would keep him from having to go into too much detail. "…it's a type of energy my ship ran on."

Bruce stared at him for a moment as if he was trying to decide whether or not that made sense. After a moment he seemed to make up his mind and changed direction with his questions.

"Is that going to affect the baby at all?"

"I don't think so," James said, rubbing his neck, "To be honest I hadn't really thought about it, but the baby seems to be doing fine."

"We'll have to keep her closely monitored then."

"I've already explained that to her. I'm going to run a scan every few days to make sure there aren't any problems. I'll, of course, need to put something together that can run a more thorough scan. Check the progress of all the child's organs as they develop-"

"You can build a device to do all that?"

"Oh, yes. I'll just need to find the right parts, but we work at Torchwood so it shouldn't be too difficult. I'm sure I can have something up and running by tomorrow afternoon."

"By tomorrow?"

"Well, I could have something ready sooner, but I'm going to have to track down all the parts I need and that'll take some time."

"I…um…well, I…"

James smiled at Bruce's stunned look.

"Time Lord brain," James said, tapping the side of his head.

"Yes, well, very impressive. I would like you to show me how to use the device once it's ready. In case anything goes wrong and I…I have to run a scan myself."

"Of course. Rose and her child will be much safer with two of us on the lookout of any problems."

"So…um…what are these internal differences I should be aware of?"

Over the next hour James explained all the biological differences between humans and Time Lords including the second heart, the respiratory system, body temperature, and the brain. Then he spent another half hour answering Dr. Andrews questions, making sure to only reveal what he absolutely had to, with the exception of a couple of times he got sidetracked and might've said more than he should have, but he had gone over a lot of information and Bruce was only human after all so it wasn't like he'd remember everything. James was sure he'd have to repeat the important stuff later. Finally their time was up and he had to get back to some of the tests he was running for Pete before he went in search of the parts he'd need to build the scanner to monitor Rose's child, Rose and his child, he amended, well, genetically anyway.

Dr. Andrews reached into his pocket and turned off the recorder after James left. Then he waited a good ten minutes to make sure James didn't return before retrieving his phone from the locked drawer and dialing Alexis' number.

"Hello?" Alexis asked.

"Madam Vice…Alexis?" he stammered.

"Yes," she snapped.

"I've just finished talking with James Smith. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by my findings. I can meet one of your men at the usual place tonight to hand over the recording I made."

"Did you find out what species the girl is?"

"I don't think she has a species."

"She doesn't have a species? What is that supposed to mean?"

"From what James told me, it seems she was human, but there was some kind of accident with his ship and her DNA was changed."

"Changed into what?"

"To include time energy."

"What is time energy?"

"I'm not sure. When I asked him about it he became invasive and told me it was the energy his ship ran on, but I'm pretty sure he was hiding something. I can ask him to-"

"Don't bother. I can find out through my sources. I'll send someone to pick up the recording at seven this evening," she said.

"Seven it is," he agreed.

"Very good."

The line disconnected. Dr. Andrews put his phone back in the drawer and locked it. He was pretty sure Alexis was going to move on the couple, but he hoped she would wait a few days. He would like to get a sample of the girl's blood for research purposes before they were gone. He had a feeling that her blood would prove to be very valuable.

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