The lift pinged when it reached the lower basement and The Doctor, Rose, Donna and Lance stepped out into a long, dark, dank corridor that was lit dimly with an eerie green light.

"Don't you ever get tired of the same corridors?" Rose asked sarcastically. "They all look the same!"

"Never!" The Doctor told her. "Corridors mean running! Love the running!" Rose just grinned and rolled her eyes.

"Love the running." She agreed.

"Excuse me," Donna interrupted them. "But where are we? What goes on down here?"

"Let's find out!" The Doctor said enthusiastically as he grabbed Rose's hand and set off walking down the hallway.

"Do you think Mr. Clements knows about this place?" Donna asked as she followed after them.

"The mysterious H.C. Clements? I think he's part of it." He told her, then stopped as his eye was caught by something off to the side. "Oh, look! Transport!" He said excitedly with an impish grin.

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The four of them rolled down on the segways that they had appropriated. Donna and Rose just looked at each then burst out laughing. The Doctor soon joined in, the whole situation was just so odd. Lance just looked at them like they were all bonkers. As they rolled down the hall, The Doctor stopped at a door which had a sign on it that read,

"Torchwood. Authorized personnel only." The Doctor got off his scooter and turned the wheel that opened the door. When he got it opened, inside was a narrow shaft with a ladder inside it. The Doctor peered upwards.

"Wait here." He said. "Just need to get my bearings. Don't… do anything." He told the three of them, "Make sure they don't do anything stupid." He told Rose and started up the ladder.

"You'd better come back." Rose told him, watching him as he climbed. The Doctor looked down at her.

"I couldn't get rid of you if I tried." He told her with a smile.

"They keep trying to split us up, but they never will."

"Never." The Doctor agreed and continued his climb as Rose, Donna and Lance watched him.

"Donna…" Lance said. "Have you thought about this? Properly?" He asked her. "I mean, this is serious! What the hell are we gonna do?"

"Oh, I thought July." Donna told him, not really listening to him. She smiled brightly then turned her attention back to The Doctor climbing the ladder. As The Doctor reached the top he was confronted by the underside of a manhole cover. He opened it and climbed out into the daylight. He looked around from where he was standing on the top of a Thames Flood barrier. When he was satisfied he knew where they were, he climbed back down and jumped off the last rung of the ladder.

"Thames flood barrier! Right on top of us!" He told them." Torchwood snuck in and built this place underneath."

"What, there's like a secret base hidden underneath a major London landmark?" Donna asked astonished.

"Unheard of." Rose said with a smile, think of that day so long ago when she had first met The Doctor. Back when he was all big ears and leather. The Doctor grinned over at her and snagged her hand in his.

"Let's just say, don't go climbing underneath the Eye anytime, K?" He grinned mischievously. Donna eyed them suspiciously. They continued exploring and soon found themselves inside some kind of laboratory that was full of massive test tubes bubbling away and chemistry equipment

"Oh, look at that!" The Doctor exclaimed! "Stunning! Particle extrusion!"

"What does it do?" Donna asked.

"Particle extrusion." The Doctor explained. Well Duh…. "Hold on…" he said and darted over to one of the bubbling tubes and tapped it. "Brilliant! They've been manufacturing Huon particles! In case my people got rid of Huon, they unraveled the atomic structure.

"You're people?" Lance asked. "Who are they? What country do you represent?"

"Oh, I'm a freelancer." The Doctor sidestepped the question. "But this lot are rebuilding them. They've been using the river! Extruding them through a flat hydrogen base so they've got the end result – Huon particles in liquid form!" He held up a small test tube full of the Huon particles.

"And that's what's inside me?" Donna asked and in response, The Doctor gently turned a knob on the top of the test tube, making the contents glow gold and Donna with it.

"Oh my God!" Donna exclaimed/

"Because the particles are inert they need something living to catalyze inside and that's you." He said gently. Saturate the body then….Ha!" Donna nearly jumped as The Doctor was all enthusiasm again. "The wedding!" He exclaimed. "Yes, you're getting married, that's it! Best day of your life, walking down the aisle – oh your body's a battleground! There's a chemical war inside! Adrenaline, acetylcholine, WHAM go the endorphins, oh you're cooking! Yeah, you're like a walking oven! A pressure cooker, a microwave, all churning away, the particles reach boiling point, Shazam!" But The Doctor's rant was cut off when Donna slapped him again. And just as hard.

"What did I do this time?" The Doctor cried indignantly, holding his cheek.

"Are you enjoying this?" Donna asked him. The Doctor looked somewhat guilty, but they were both interrupted by a soft

"Doctor…." It was Rose who was standing of to the side. She was looking down at her hands. They were glowing. The Doctor's face instantly fell, and he walked over to her. Rose looked up at him. "The only other place Huon particles are found is inside the heart of the TARDIS." She repeated back to him.

"But… That's impossible!" He protested. "I took it all out of you!"

"Just tell me…" Rose said. "These particles. Are they dangerous? Are we safe?" She asked, indicating herself and Donna.

"Yes!" The Doctor said a little too eagerly and not very convincingly.

"Doctor…If your lot got rid of Huon particles… Why did they do that?" Rose asked. The Doctor looked down.

"Because they were deadly." He admitted quietly.

"Oh my God…" Donna breathed.

"I'll sort it out Donna. Whatever's been done to you, I'll reverse it. I promise. And Rose, as soon as we get back to the TARDIS, I want to run some tests. If there's still something of the Bad Wolf left in you, I want to know. But you're going to be safe. I promise you. I promised you're mum I'd look after you." Rose nodded and The Doctor enfolded her in a huge hug. "But you're not making it easy for me!" The Doctor accused her with a smile. "I still say that you're the most jeopardy friendly companion I've ever had!"

"Am not!" Rose protested.

"Are so!" The Doctor argued with her, reaching down to squeeze her hand. Rose stuck her tongue out at him. The Doctor resisted the urge to kiss her deeply then and there. "But I'll always be there to get you out." He told her softly, looking deep into her eyes. "Always. As long as you want me." Rose smiled up at him.

"Forever." She whispered softly.

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Awww… Please review, and I'll try to update within 6 months again! :D Sorry again about that….