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I think that's the shortest A/N I've written for this story! Wow! Anyway, enjoy...
Chapter Ten:
Two Time Lords
Rose woke up with a start. She screwed her eyes shut at the harsh light surrounding her and instead tried to remember where she was.
It all came flooding back. The Void, the future Doctor, and then the Huon Particles surrounding her. Rose couldn't recall anything after the golden energy.
Finally adjusting to the light, Rose opened her eyes fully and looked around. She immediately recognized her surroundings as the TARDIS' med bay. The next thing she noticed was the snoozing Time Lord in the chair next to the examination bed she was on.
But it wasn't the Doctor Rose was expecting to see. Instead of the bowtie wearing Doctor, she was now by her converse-and-pinstripes Doctor.
Even though the situation was confusing, Rose couldn't help but laugh at the Doctor. He had his head propped up on his hand, and was snoring contently. A little bit of drool was escaping his mouth.
Rose giggled a little and the Doctor stirred from his sleep. He glanced up at Rose and exclaimed, "ROSE!" He jumped up from his seat and wrapped Rose into a hug.
"Nice to see you too," Rose said into the Doctor's shirt.
The Doctor pulled back and looked at her and began firing questions, "What happened? Are you alright? How did you get out of the Void?"
"Slow down," Rose said softly, "I don't really know the answer to half those questions anyway. Um, how'd I get here?"
"I don't know," the Doctor replied.
"Well that's a first," Rose said.
The Doctor nodded and said, "Rose, tell me what happened. Do you remember anything?"
"Um..." Rose trailed off. How much should she tell him? Was it okay to tell him she met a future version of him, even though that future version was from an alternative dimension? "I remember falling into the Void, and I remember a lot of darkness... Um, and then a bunch of bright yellow light surrounded me and I ended up here." Rose lied easily.
The Doctor ran a hand through his hair in thought, messing it up even more than it already was, "I surmised as much," he muttered. The Doctor got up and started pacing the room.
"But what happened?" Rose asked. "How'd I end up here?"
The Doctor shook his head and tugged at his ears, "I don't know, but I'm going to go run some scans in the console room to see if I can figure out! Stay right here! Do not move! I'll be back in a tick!"
"Doctor, I'm fine," Rose assured him. "I don't have to stay in the med-" suddenly Rose's words were cut off by a hacking cough.
"Rose?" the Doctor asked.
"I'm fine!" Rose repeated. "I think something's just lodged in my throat-" Rose coughed again. This time, yellow energy came flying out of her mouth.
"Rose, you are not alright," the Doctor said. "That yellow light is something called Huon Particles. They're only found in the heart of the TARDIS. Somehow I think when you looked into the heart of the TARDIS, some of those Particles got lodged in you, even after I k-" the Doctor cleared his throat and amended what he was saying. "Even after I took the vortex out of you. Somehow those particles got activated and you ended up here."
Rose took a moment to absorb this information.
"But I feel fine now, except for the yellow light vomit," Rose said.
"Rose..." the Doctor trailed off.
"Yeah?" Rose prodded.
The Doctor took a deep breath, "Somehow when you were in the Void you transformed into a Time Lord."
"What do you mean?" Rose asked.
"Erm, Time Lady, to be exact," the Doctor amended. "You've got two hearts, Rose. Not only that, but your very DNA has been altered to that of a Time Lord's."
Rose automatically raised two fingers up to her pulse point.
Buh, buh, buh, boom.
"Oh my god," Rose whispered.
"Yeah," the Doctor agreed.
"How did it happen?" Rose asked.
The Doctor sighed, "I don't know, but you seem to be safe for right now. Just, please, stay in here. I don't want you to, I dunno, collapse or something. Just, get some rest. I'll be back in a mo'."
Rose nodded and she watched the Doctor fly out of the med bay and in the direction of the Console Room.
...
"... I woke up the next day in bed with both my executioners," Jack was saying. "Nice couple. Still keep in touch! I can't say that about most executioners."
Donna let out a hearty laugh. It seemed impossible that she was in space. Donna Noble, your ordinary Temp from Chiswick, in space, "I wonder where the Surgeon-"
"Doctor," Jack corrected.
"Yeah, whatever," Donna shrugged. "I wonder where he is."
"Jack!" the Doctor exclaimed racing into the console room and making both Donna and Jack jump in surprise.. "Over here! I need some help."
Jack bounced up from the jumpseat where he and Donna had been sitting and raced over to the Doctor.
"What's up, Doc?"
"Go back to the med bay and keep Rose company. She's awake now, just make sure she's not doing anything stupid!"
"Right-o sir!" Jack said giving a mock salute and running down the TARDIS' corridor.
"Blushing Bride," the Doctor turned to Donna.
"Donna," Donna corrected.
"Donna, lovely name! Would you mind sticking around here for a while?"
Donna shook her head, "Jack filled me in. Apparently, you'll be able to take me back to the exact moment I left. So, I don't think it really matters that much, does it?" Plus she wanted to learn more about time and space travel, Donna added silently.
"Good! Brilliant! Molto bene!" the Doctor exclaimed. He bounced around the TARDIS' console pressing buttons at random. The Doctor then pulled the monitor around and looked at it.
"AHA!" he exclaimed making Donna jump in surprise.
"What?" Donna asked.
"Oh nothing, I just always wanted to do that," the Doctor said.
Donna stared at this skinny man, who was apparently an alien. A very, very mad alien, "Alright, just give a warning, yeah? That scared the living daylights out of me."
The Doctor nodded and went back to pressing buttons.
...
"Rose?" Jack asked knocking on the door to the med bay three times.
"Come in," Rose responded. "Jack?!"
Rose jumped up from her bed and threw her arms around her old friend.
"Hello to you too!" Jack exclaimed.
"I thought you were dead!" Rose exclaimed.
"Ah, erm, that's a long story," Jack said. "Turns out I'm immortal! Yay me!"
"Immortal?"
"I can never die," Jack said shortly. "But enough about me! Tell me about you! How have you been after your luxury stay in the Void hotel?"
Rose laughed, "Hmm, I don't think I'll be staying there again."
Jack chuckled and released Rose from the hug.
"So, how'd you get into my head?" Rose asked calmly.
"Huh?" Jack asked.
"When I was with the future version of-" Rose stopped herself. She had decided not to tell anyone about the future version of the Doctor. "I mean, when I was in the Void, I heard you in my head."
"Oh yeah," Jack said. "Apparently when I went into the Void, if I called out your name it would create a mental link."
"You went into the Void!" Rose exclaimed.
"Erm, we've got some catching up to do," Jack avoided the question.
"Clearly," Rose agreed.
"Ok," Jack winked. "How about this. I tell you what happened after you fell into the Void, and you tell me where you actually ended up when you fell into the Void. The Doctor may believe you stayed in there for a day, but I think you're lying."
Rose blushed. She hadn't convinced him then.
"Deal," Rose agreed.
So Jack briefly explained Torchwood and finding the Doctor again, and then Rose skimmed over her story of the future Doctor being in the Void, the wedding, and then the Huon particles. Rose even told him about River Song, and the kiss.
Jack grinned wide as Rose briefly described how he kissed her, and then light surrounded her, and she ended up here.
"So all it took was an alternative Doctor to tell you his feelings!" Jack exclaimed. "If I'd've known that was all it took, I would've sent you off into that dimension a long time ago!"
Rose blushed and said, "Don't tell the Doctor, yeah? I don't know if this Universe's version of him feels the same way."
"Rose," Jack tutted, "The Doctor in this dimension feels exactly the same way... Do you feel that way?"
Rose nodded, "I think I do."
"Well then tell him that!" Jack exclaimed.
Rose shook her head, "Jack, you're missing the point. The point is that there's a Doctor in the other dimension who has no idea where I disappeared to. I... I need to see him again."
"Are you leaving this Doctor for the other one?" Jack asked. "Because if you like we can kill this version, and maybe he'd regenerate into this bowtie man-"
"No!" Rose exclaimed. "No, we're not killing anyone. And I'm not leaving this Doctor... I just need to say goodbye to the other version, y'know?"
"I do know what you mean," Jack assured Rose, "And I was just joking about killing the Doctor. But I'm sure there's got to be a way to send a message through the Void..."
Rose nodded, "The Doctor in the other dimension had some new companions too, so I think he'll be fine without me. Well, I hope."
Jack shook his head, "He's a full grown Time Lord, Rose. He'll be fine."
...
The Eleventh Doctor tossed another book over his shoulder. Nothing useful in that one.
The pile of discarded books was getting larger and larger by the second, and the Doctor had yet to find a way to break through the Void and pull Rose back to him again.
He had already searched for cracks in the universe. Nothing. Scars? Nope. Residual scar tissue? Nada.
The Doctor growled in frustration and threw another book behind him. The TARDIS library was getting him nowhere.
Of course, he had already researched getting through the Void the first time Rose disappeared. He already knew that there was no way to do it.
And if the scans the TARDIS showed were correct, and Rose was in the other dimension with the other version of him, than she was safe. But he still felt the need to say goodbye, a proper, real goodbye.
The Doctor didn't care if he had to tear up the entire universe. He was going to get a proper goodbye with Rose.
A/N: Thanks to my reviewers Seralina (I know, I really am a terrible person for what I have done to Rose and Eleven through this fanfiction. Sadly, since I have included two Doctors in this story, only one will be able to live happily ever after with Rose *sigh*. Thanks for your review!), BeGlad (Thanks so much! Hopefully Rose and Eleven will see each other again within the next few chapters!), Wonderful Whovian (Thank you! Hopefully this chapter explained some things!), and hreft93 (I feel terrible for being so mean to both of the Doctors in this story. I'm glad you liked the scene in which Donna lost her shoe. It was extremely fun to write :D Thanks for reviewing!).
So, for everyone who didn't catch it last chapter, the Bank of Karabraxos was the reference to the Time Heist.
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