Chapter 12: Ten POV

"Go for it," Mr. Councilman agreed bitterly.

I smiled and spun around so I was facing the console of the TARDIS. "Rose, that button there, press it." I pointed to a red button, and Rose immediately did as I asked. "Elizabeth, pull that lever down." Elizabeth pulled the lever.

I flipped a switch.

Rose's voice joined mine this time.

"Allons-y!"

The TARDIS shook. I had hooked the transporter up to the console, so we were ready to save Gallifrey.

I flew the TARDIS towards the planet I had called home, even after I thought I had destroyed it.

Rose had a huge smile on her face, and it was magical being able to see it again. Sure, I had pictures, but that's never the same.

The computer screen had switched from showing the Gallifreyan Council to showing what was outside the TARDIS. I saw my other TARDISes, past and future, flying around Gallifrey.

I parked the TARDIS just outside Gallifrey's atmosphere.

The transporter began to glow. Just a little at first, but the light grew.

"Elizabeth, hold that button down. Rose, watch the screen and tell me when it's time."

Both Rose and Elizabeth did as I had asked.

"Two more TARDISes need to park," Rose said. Her voice grew nervous, "And quick. The dalek ships are noticing that something is up."

The light from the transporter was steadily getting brighter and brighter.

The computer screen changed to what looked like a video chat. With each version of me there.

"Are we all ready?" Chinny asked.

"Ready!"

Each and every one of my past selves nodded or replied with, "Yes."

"Well then," Chinny looked at Clara, then River, with a smile on his face. "Geronimo!"

"Allons-y!"

"Oh, for goodness sake," Gramps rolled his eyes, "Gallifrey stands!"

The light wrapped around Gallifrey. It grew brighter and brighter.

And Gallifrey was gone.

The daleks didn't sop firing, but without Gallifrey to protect the TARDISes from being destroyed, they were in danger.

One by one, each TARDIS of my past selves dematerialized until it was just Chinny, Grandad, and I.

"Back to the Black Archive," I told them. "We need to find Kate and the Zygons. Also," I looked at Rose, "we need to heal your husband."

Once in the Black Archive, we were faced with three humans and three Zygons who knew which was which now. While sonic-ing the memory things, we had also disabled the TARDIS-proofness.

"London will be saved," Kate said. "The Zygons have agreed to leave if you transport them, as they have no transport of their own."

I nodded. "Okay, but I have a teensy favor to ask." I pulled Kate over to the side and told her my request.

I saw the three Zygons loading into Chinny's TARDIS. Rose, River, Clara, Elizabeth and Gramps watched as he took them home.

"I think we can do that," Kate agreed.

I turned around. "Rose! I know how to heal the clone!"

"Really?!"

I nodded.

Kate had left to go get what I needed.

By this point, Chinny had returned. With a time machine, a task like getting Zygons home can seem like it only takes seconds.

Kate handed me a vial of liquid. "Here."

"Thank you."

I turned to Rose and Elizabeth. "Elizabeth, I'm afraid I have to take you home now. Rose, I have what we need to heal your husband."

Elizabeth and Rose joined me in the TARDIS.

I turned to Elizabeth. "You must never tell anyone about this. And if you ever meet me again," I remembered Martha and I seeing Queen Elizabeth so long ago after meeting Shakespeare, "you must want me dead."

"Why would I want to kill you?" Elizabeth asked.

"Because I told you. If you ever, ever see me again, you must act like you want me dead."

Elizabeth hesitated a moment before nodding. "I promise."

I spun around to the console. "Right then! To England, 1562!"

We dropped Elizabeth off, and then Rose and I were alone in the TARDIS.

"I've missed you," I told Rose.

She smiled. "Never really got time to talk, did we?"

"Not really…"

We were silent, not wanting to say the very thing we needed to say most.

"You know on Bad Wolf Bay the first time?" I began, "I never got to finish that sentence."

"You said it didn't need saying," Rose noted, "and you were right."

"You know how that sentence would have ended," I said, "and I knew that if I finished it, you wouldn't have stayed with my clone."

"I wouldn't have," Rose admitted.

"I only ever wanted the best for you. Right from the day we started running."

"I know." Rose's voice was quiet.

I went to fly the TARDIS to the parallel universe, but hesitated. I had Rose right here. I couldn't keep her here, though. I would be putting her in too much danger. But there was definitely something I had to do before I said good-bye for about 400 years.

I stepped closer to Rose, and, without a second thought, kissed her.

And it was the best thing that had happened since I had first met Rose Tyler.