Chapter Thirteen; Peter's First Regeneration

Rose took a deep breath and heaved a heavy sigh while she sat locked up in the prisoner's cell. "Where are you Doctor?" she wonder aloud to herself as she looked up at the ceiling. She had figured that he would be there by now to get her. Just when she was starting to worry if she would ever see her family again she heard a sudden burst of commotion and yelling and screaming. Was he here at last?

There were sudden gunshots that erupted and clinging of swords before the door was kicked down. Her eyes widened with amazement when she saw her son standing there. "Peter?" she questioned with uncertainty and disbelief.

"I'm here to get you out of here, Dad needs you." He said before he grabbed his father's sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and pointed it at the lock. He pressed the button and a few moments later it broke free. "C'mon Mum let's go!" he cried as he waved his hand over to her and she rushed over to him and took his hand.

"Your father actually let you borrow his sonic screwdriver?" she questioned with astonishment.

"He figured that it might come in handy." He answered.

"Wow I'm shocked, he doesn't usually let anyone else touch it." She said as they ran out of the room together.

"Just where do you think you're going!?" A pirate yelled as he blocked their path.

"I'm getting my mother out of here." Peter answered as he withdrew his sword and started to duel with him. "Mum! Run!" he yelled back over his shoulder.

"No, I'm not leaving you!" she cried before withdrawing her own sword and starting to duel with another one of the pirates. Just as she started to hope and pray that her Doctor would show up she heard a sudden blast of cannon fire.

Everybody stopped fighting and looked up. Rose's smile practically lit up her face as she saw The Doctor at the helm of the ship steering it over to the other ship while Jane loaded the cannons and fired it at the ship.

"If you all surrender and give me back Rose Tyler then I'll make a peace treaty with you all! How does that sound!?" he exclaimed.

"Oh really? What about your son? Isn't he any significance to you?" One of the pirates questioned him as The Doctor just looked at him. Before he could open his mouth and say that he was it was too late.

"No? Well I guess that means that he's better off dead!" The pirate yelled before he fired his pistol inside his chest.

"Peter!" Rose shouted as she watched in horror as her son fell over onto the ground. "That's it, now you're really going to die!" she yelled angrily as she started clanging her sword angrily at him. They continued to duel back and forth before The Doctor swung over onto the ship and rushed to his son's aid.

"Peter, are you alright?" he asked him as he helped him back up onto his feet.

"I think so, but I feel different and all tingly inside." He answered when suddenly his body started to glow.

"You're regenerating." His father told him with amazement. Peter looked down at his hands. Sure enough they were glowing on either side of them as he flipped them back and forth to make sure. Then suddenly a great burst of fire erupted out of his face and entire body. Rose stopped fighting as she turned to see what was happening.

Peter gave out a loud scream as his skin turned a lighter peachy cream color and his hair grew blonde and a little shorter clean cut (that had a few hairs sticking up at the ends of it) and his eyes turned a beautiful sky blue. Then all of a sudden he stopped and realized that all of the pirates were staring at him.

"Rose! Peter! Let's go!" The Doctor yelled as all three of them started running a crossed the deck.

"Get them!" A pirate cried as they started firing their pistols at them but the time lords were too quick for them. "C'mon Rose!" The Doctor told her as he helped her on top of the railing and she quickly grabbed ahold of the rope and swung a crossed the gap like she had when she had been down at the creek. Rose let go once she felt her feet touch the deck of the other ship and then sent the rope back over to Peter who grabbed it and swung a crossed. Finally when it was The Doctor's turn he grabbed it and swung a crossed.

Then Peter grabbed ahold of the wheel and started steering them away with the pirates continuing to fire their cannons at them. The Doctor and Rose looked at each other before tightly embracing each other.

"Are you alright?" he asked her after he broke the hug.

"Yes I'm fine." She answered. "Peter just regenerated for the first time didn't he?" she questioned him.

"Yep he sure did, he's a time lord for sure." He answered.

"I love you." She told him.

"I love you too Rose Tyler." He told her before she placed her hand on top of his cheek and kissed him passionately in which he returned it and deepened it while Peter finally managed to turn the ship around and steered them away to safety.