Sorry I'm taking so long (again). I got a bit… distracted… by Neopets. Don't tell me that I'm 19 and shouldn't be on Neopets any more, I can't help it. If you leave those poor little buggers alone for too long, they get really hungry, and to get neopoints you need to spend all night on the games cough dubloon disaster cough

Also, I have had a much more worthwhile distraction than Neopets, too. I finally got the season 2 boxset. I spent about half an hour pulling all of it out and staring at the individual parts, then there's the watching of the DVD.

Anyway, on with it.

"This is the only chance I'll get to come out and talk through my subconscious. You should know, Doctor, that my mind is broken. People may think I'm crazy, but if you listen to what I say, you'll see that my memories are seeping through into my subconscious. I dream about them and I re-live them in my quiet moments without even realising. I know you'll some back for me someday, Doctor. I believe in you."

The Doctor stared into Rose's eyes for a few moments, lost in his thoughts. The voice, he'd heard it before. He'd tried to tell himself that the time vortex couldn't possibly have done anything to Rose. In the time they'd spent together since that day on satellite 5, he had made himself believe that Rose was the same as she had ever been. Now there was no denying that the Bad Wolf was still a part of Rose. It seemed that anything to do with the time vortex had been pushed into the back of her mind, and he had to find a way to get everything back. How could he tell Rose that he hadn't completely fixed her that day, though? How could he tell her that the Bad Wolf was still there?

Rose was seated on the infirmary's bed and she seemed to be lost in her own thoughts, too. She sighed before she spoke softly.

"The world doesn't end if The Doctor dances."

"No it doesn't." He whispered in her ear, so acutely aware of how close they were to one another.

"What doesn't?" She breathed back to him.

"A memory." He told her, running his fingers through her hair. "Nothing more than a memory, and I promise I'll get them back for you."

The Doctor pulled away from her abruptly to stop himself from getting lost in his senses. Rose looked a little disappointed and he caught the look, but it faded when she watched him bring some equipment out of a small cupboard. He proceeded to scan her with his sonic screwdriver and looked at the readings on a screen he had facing away from her.

"What do you see?" She asked.

"Nothing out of the ordinary. Just human anatomy."

"Great." He stared at the screen for a while longer, and then flicked off his sonic screwdriver. He looked into her eyes and ran his fingers through her hair, indicating that she should lie down.

"Rose, don't be scared." He told her softly. "I'm going to put you to sleep for a little while so I can check out your head a little. It might hurt a bit."

"I can't be scared when you're around." Rose said softly. He quickly jabbed a needle into her arm.

"That's a very nice thing to say about me, but seriously, this may be uncomfortable for you."

"But I'll be asleep, right?" Rose was already drifting off – he forgot how fast the drug would work on humans.

"Yeah. Just… just don't hate me for not doing everything I should have."

"What do you mean? What…" Rose was gone before she could finish the sentence.

The Doctor sighed and flicked his screwdriver back on. He took a deep breath before placing the tip next to Rose's head. She started to squirm and he almost moved it away, but gritted his teeth and gripped the object tightly as she twitched and made small noises. He pulled his gaze away from her and finally looked back at the screen to see what the readings were. There was a block in part of her brain, and all he had to do was get rid of it, and everything would come flooding back to her… or maybe that was a bad thing. Would it be a problem if everything flooded her mind at once? The Doctor stood staring at the screen and contemplating his dilemma. So when he looked back at Rose he jumped backwards in surprise. She had stopped moving and was now lying down looking at him. Her eyes were golden, and they made him feel uneasy.

"You're… you're the Bad Wolf." He stammered. "You can't be here. I took the vortex out of her head."

"No, I am a part of Rose now. I AM Rose. You cannot have one without the other."

"But you're separate right now." The Doctor pointed out.

"Yes, but that is only because of this universe. It's hard to… survive in this place, so my subconscious is mixing with the Bad Wolf, and everything is out of place. Let me tell you, though. It's good to be back in the TARDIS. I know now why it always felt like home. I have part of her inside of me."

"Does Rose know?"

"I am Rose, Doctor."

"You told me, but does she consciously know that you're a part of her?"

"She will after all of this is over."

"And the other memories?"

"I have all of her memories in me."

"No, the ones from the other Rose."

"There's another Rose?"

"Ah…" The Doctor rubbed the back of his neck. "There's quite a lot of stuff I have to tell you later."

"Do you know how to fix it?"

"Yes."

"Is it going to hurt?"

"Yes."

"Then you'd better tell me – Rose if it makes it clearer for you – what's going to happen to us. Before I change I think I should say something profound to my mother, though."

"And Sim?"

"I'm as clueless as you are, Doctor."

Cheese.

Sorry, i promised a friend i'd do that...

Now, onto some sane words from me...

Well, i don't think that i am very sane today, so i've really got nothing to say.

If anything in the chapter didn't make sense to you, chances are it doesn't make sense to me, either, so i'll try to work it all out at some point.

Sorry about Neopets. I can't help it. I'm trying to find a good DW guild, but no one seems to want to chat on the message boards. What type of Doctor Who fan doesn't want to ALWAYS talk about it?

Anyway, please review. You know how much i love reviews. And if i haven't replied to one of your reviews, then yell at me, i've been getting slack about that lately (i don't know if you understand that sentence, but you can kinda work it out)

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