Chapter 11 – Rose's POV
Three weeks after the Shadow Proclamation kindly gave us the equipment to finish off our Dimension Cannon I finally got the news I was waiting for. I was sat on the living room floor at the house I share with Mum, Dad, Tony and Victoria playing with my brother and daughter when I got a call from Mickey.
"Rose, I did it, its working" said an excited Mickey over the phone.
"What! Are you sure?"
"Absolutely, I've done tests and so far everything, or should I say everyone has come back safe and sound"
"Mickey that is amazing, thank you"
"You better start packing"
"Oh don't worry I will"
After I put my mobile back in my pocket I turned to the kids and first of all asked to Victoria "Honey, how would you like to go and find daddy?"
"Yes!" she shouted back at me.
"Rosie and Vicky going" said a sad Tony.
"Yes mate, we've got to go and find Victoria's dad, but don't worry I will come back to see you as soon as I can, I promise.
Twenty minutes later I was in my room packing up mine and Victoria's belongings when mum came in and asked me what I was doing.
"I'm packing mum, Mickey called and said he got it working so I'm going home, to find the Doctor"
"Why do you have to go though? Why can't you stay darling?"
"You know why mum. Victoria's getting older every day and every day she is showing more and more of her Gallifreyan side and for that alone I'm going to need him".
"I know, I'm just gonna miss you both that's all"
"And we'll miss you as well"
"Come I'll help you pack, you never did fold anything properly"
Then forty minutes later myself, mum, Tony and Victoria arrived to Torchwood and went straight to the room where the Dimension Cannon was being kept, we walked inside and found Mickey, Jake and Dad hovering around the controls.
"Is this meant to be some sort of going away party?" I asked.
"I suppose so yeah" replied Jake
"Here Rose, you're gonna need these" said Mickey as he put one of those Yellow disks around mine and Victoria's neck.
Mum then went over to Mickey and asked him if the Cannon was safe to use to which he replied "Yeah, I've tested it myself".
"I suppose this is goodbye then Rose" queried Jake.
"I guess it is yeah, come here you guys" I answered and then we all had a group hug with Tony clinging to my leg saying "Rosie no go" over and over again.
"Tony, I have to go, you have your dad with you all the time, Victoria doesn't, that's why we have to go find him, now promise me you'll be a good boy and do what you're told"
"Okay"
"Good boy. Now come on Victoria, we're going to find your dad"
I took my daughter's hand and went to press the Yellow button when dad stopped me by saying "Wait Rose, before you go, take this" the then handed me a very large and quite heavy duffle bag.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Yours and Victoria's share of the inheritance - £5 million"
"What!"
"You never know, you might need it, you may not find him for a while"
"Thank you"
"Rose, promise me you'll take care of yourself" demanded mum
"I will mum"
"Good, now go before I start crying"
Then we both pressed the buttons and landed in Cardiff in my home world.
"Where are we mummy?" asked Victoria.
"We're in Cardiff sweetie"
We then went walking for a little bit and found ourselves on Roald Dhal Plass where my daughter asked me if there was a Torchwood in Cardiff on this world like there was in the other one.
"Yes, I think so, you see those cameras up there, they're Torchwood issue"
I then looked up at the camera and winked and less than two minutes later I saw someone who I thought was dead running towards me – Captain Jack Harkness.
"Jack!"
"Rose Tyler, how did you get back from the Parallel World?"
"Never mind that, how are you not dead?"
"Long story, what are you doing here?"
"I've come to find my daughter's dad"
"Daughter?"
"Yes, may I introduce Victoria Nancy Jane Tyler, Victoria this is one of mummy's friends, his name is Jack"
"Hello there Miss"
"Hi, I'm 5"
"Really, and whose your dad, wait let me guess, crazy brown hair with a long trench coat to match".
"You've met him since he regenerated?"
"Yeah how'd you think I knew about you being in a Parallel World?"
"Jack I don't suppose you know somewhere we can stay till we find him do you?"
"I can do that, and get you a job, how do you fancy working for Torchwood?"
"You work for Torchwood?"
"I run it, now come on".
We spent the next 2 and a half months in Cardiff waiting for the Doctor to turn up, and then one day after yet another battle with an alien, he did. We had literally just returned to the hub, which is what they call their base when we received an alert so we looked at all of the live camera footage and saw the TARDIS materialising so I ran out of the hub with my daughter who had been looked after by Tosh who had stayed behind during the mission. I was followed by Jack and the Torchwood team who were all I suppose wondering why a blue box had appeared in Cardiff and why it elicited such a reaction from me.
When we got to the TARDIS, out came the Doctor.
"Rose!"
"Doctor"
End of Chapter