Hello readers! I'm so sorry for the long wait. I had finals to deal with. But they are over now so hopefully I should have more time to write. I want to thank everyone who has been reviewing my chapters. I always appreciate hearing from my readers. Anyway, here is the final chapter of season 2. Hope you guys have a box of tissues close by. On with the chapter!


Previously

I turned to her. "Rose will be alright. She's tough," I assured Jackie, hoping I was right. If the sphere wasn't the Cybermen's, I could only imagine what horrors lay inside it.


"What's down there?" Jackie asked, her voice shaking slightly. "She was in that room with the sphere. What's happened to Rose?"

"I don't know," the Doctor snapped from his place against the wall. Jackie choked out a sob and I quickly wrapped my arms around her.

"Shhh," I said softly, rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her. "I know you're worried about her, so am I. But of there is one thing I have learned while traveling with Rose, it's that she's tough. She's smart and knows how to hold her own." I gave Jackie a small reassuring smile. "She's even saved the Doctor and I when we've gotten in trouble, which is quite a lot to be honest."

The Doctor walked over. "I'll find her. I brought you here, I'll get you both out. You and your daughter," he assured Jackie. Jackie continued to sniffle. "Jackie, look at me. Look at me." She looked up at the Doctor, her eyes red from crying. "I promise you. I give you my word."

A Cyberman marched over to Yvonne, who was sitting at her desk. "You will talk to your central world authority and order global surrender," it ordered

"Oh, do some research," Yvonne snapped without even a trace of fear. "We haven't got a central world authority." I raised my eyebrows slightly. Not many people would dare to snap at a Cyberman.

"You have now," the Cyberman replied. "I will speak on all global wavelengths." The Doctor slipped on his 3D glasses again as the Cyberman spoke to the world. "This broadcast is for human kind. Cybermen now occupy every land mass on this planet. But you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex and class and color and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us." The Doctor, Jackie, Yvonne, one of the Cybermen, and I watched from the window as explosions and fires erupted all over London. The people were fighting back. "I ordered surrender," the Cyberman said.

"They're not taking instructions. Don't you understand?" The Doctor snapped, his arms crossed angrily. "You're on every street, you're in their homes. You've got their children. Of course they're gonna fight."

"Scans detect unknown technology active within sphere chamber," a Cyberman reported.

"Cybermen will investigate," another Cyberman declared.

A Cyberman pushed two terrified staff members ahead of it. "Units 10 65 and 10 66 will investigate sphere chamber."

"We obey," two more Cybermen replied.

I turned to the Doctor as the two Cybermen marched off. 'What do you think is down there?'

'I don't know, but I doubt it's anything good,' the Doctor replied. I gulped as I turned back to watch the Cybermen. I was really worried about Rose.

"Units open visual link," a Cyberman demanded. A live video feed from the two Cybermen appeared on Yvonne's laptop. "Visual contact established." As the Cybermen rounded a corned, a very familiar pepper pot rolled into view. My eyes widened in horror.

"Identify yourselves," the Dalek demanded of the Cybermen.

'No!' I thought in despair. 'Why do they always survive?' I felt the Doctor slide his hand into mine. I glanced at him helplessly. He gave me a sad look, squeezing my hand in comfort, before turning back to the video feed.

"You will identify first," the Cybermen ordered.

"State your identity," the Dalek demanded.

"You will identify first."

"Identify!"

"Illogical, you will modify."

"Daleks do not take orders."

"You have identified as Daleks."

"Rose said about the Daleks," Jackie whispered. "She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she dead?"

The Doctor let go of my hand and spun around to face Jackie. "Phone," he demanded quietly through gritted teeth.

Jackie stared at him. "What did you...?"

"Phone!" He repeated more firmly. I was too worried about Rose to bother getting after him for being rude. Jackie handed over her phone carefully so the Cybermen didn't notice. The Doctor snatched the phone and dialed Rose's number. He held the phone to his ear, worry evident on his face.

"She's answered, she's alive," the Doctor announced quietly after a tense moment. I smiled in relief while Jackie clasped a hand over her mouth. "Why haven't they killed her?"

"Well, don't complain!" Jackie snapped in a harsh whisper.

"They must need her for something," I mused quietly. What could the Daleks need her for?

"The Genesis Ark?" The Doctor wondered. I furrowed by brows thoughtfully. What was a Genesis Ark? The Doctor slipped his 3D glasses on again and peered at the laptop.

"Our species our similar, though your design is inelegant," the Cybermen said.

"Daleks have no concept of elegance," the Dalek replied.

"This is obvious." I raised my brows. Who knew a Cyberman could be sassy. "But consider, our technologies are compatible. Cybermen plus Daleks, together, we could upgrade the Universe."

"You propose an alliance?"

"This is correct."

"Request denied."

The Cybermen thrust out their arms, ready to shoot. "Hostile elements will be deleted." They fired at the Dalek, but the rays simply bounced off.

"Exterminate!" The Dalek screeched. It fired at the Cybermen and they collapsed, cutting off our video feed.

"Open visual link," a Cyberman ordered. Another video appeared on the laptop screen. "Daleks, be warned: you have declared war upon the Cybermen."

"This is not war. This is pest control," a different Dalek replied.

"We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?"

"Four." The Doctor began to pace as he listened to the Dalek side of the conversation.

"You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?!"

"We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek. You are superior in only one respect."

"What is that?"

"You are better at dying. Raise communications barrier!" The screen went dark.

"Lost her," the Doctor said. I sighed in frustration.

"Quarantine the Sphere Chamber. Start emergency upgrading. Begin with these personnel," the Cyberman said. A couple of Cybermen grabbed the Doctor, Jackie, Yvonne and I.

"No, you can't do this! We surrendered! We surrendered!" Yvonne yelled, struggling as the Cybermen dragged her away. The Doctor, Jackie, and I also began to struggle as we were dragged.

One Cyberman approached us. "These two increased adrenaline suggests they have vital Dalek information," it announced as it stood before the Doctor and I.

"You promised me! You gave me your word!" Jackie shouted as the Cybermen dragged her and Yvonne away.

"Jackie!" I yelled, struggling widely against the Cyberman holding me. "Let her go!"

"I'll think of something!" The Doctor shouted after Jackie as she disappeared.

"Jackie!" I cried out again. We had promised to keep her and Rose safe. My eyes watered, but I refused to cry in front on the Cybermen. The Cybermen holding the Doctor and I deposited us in Yvonne's office. I sat next to the Doctor and leaned my head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around me, drawing me close.

'We will get out of this and find Jackie and Rose. I promise,' he told me, resting his cheek on the top of my head. I nodded sadly. 'I don't suppose you've had a vision or anything?'

I sighed. 'No. Besides they only seem to come right before the event, so we wouldn't be of much use if anything happened to Rose or Jackie,' I replied sadly.

A Cyberman marched up to us. "You are proof," it stated.

The Doctor raised his head. "Of what?" He asked.

"That emotions destroy you."

"Yeah, I am," the Doctor replied, smiling sadly. Just then I noticed the air behind the Cyberman shimmering. I nudged the Doctor and gestured with my head. "Mind you, I quite like hope. Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes." The Cyberman turned around in time to see a group of people dressed in black suits and wearing gas masks and carrying guns appear. One of them shouted a command to the others and they shot at the row of Cybermen behind them, blowing them up. The Doctor quickly grabbed me and hauled me behind a chair, placing himself over me protectively. One of the people shot the Cyberman who had talked to the Doctor and I. The Doctor and I poked our heads up from behind the chair.

"Doctor, Wonder, good to see you again," the man said, taking off his helmet. My eyes widened as I recognized the man.

"Jake?!" The Doctor exclaimed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"The Cybermen came through from one world to another, and so did we," Jake said proudly. The Doctor and I exchanged concerned glances. How exactly did they get through? Jake turned to his group. "Defend this room. Chrissie, monitor communications." The Doctor slipped on his 3D glasses and surveyed the group. "Kill one Cyber Leader and they just download into another. Move!" Everyone rushed to obey their orders, leaving the Doctor and I alone with Jake.

"You can't just... just... just hop from one world to another. You can't," the Doctor protested.

"We just did. With these," Jake replied, pulling out a large yellow button on a chain and tossing it to the Doctor.

The Doctor and I examined the button. "But that's impossible. You can't have this sort of technology."

"We've got our own version of Torchwood. They developed it. Do you wanna come and see?" Jake asked.

"No!" The Doctor shouted, but it was too late. Jake slammed his hand in his own button and he and the Doctor disappeared, leaving me alone.

I stood there, blinking. What on earth was going on? "You two," I called to the two soldiers guarding the door. "How did you guys get the technology to jump between parallel worlds?"

"Our version of Torchwood developed it after the Cybermen disappeared through the void," the male guard replied.

"You shouldn't have this technology," I said, staring at them sternly. "Don't you realize that you tear a hole in the universe every time you jump?" They simply stared at me. I sighed in frustration and ran a hand through my hair. "How long ago did the Cybermen disappear into the void?"

"Three years ago our time," the female guard said.

"Must have been from the sheer number of Cybermen coming through at once," I mused. "I'm assuming your world has started getting a bit warmer?" They nodded. "That would be as a result from the universe hopping. You rip a hole in the universe each time you jump. Pretty soon both our wolds will fall into the void if the breach isn't sealed."

"Mickey was right," the man commented, seeming quite impressed, "you do know a lot about this stuff."

"Where is Mickey anyway? I would've thought he would have come over with Jake," I said.

"He came ahead to find a Rose Tyler," the woman answered.

My eyes widened. "Which means he's probably down with the Daleks." Just then the Doctor and Jake reappeared, but they weren't alone. They had brought Pete Tyler. "Doctor!" I called to the Time Lord in relief as he appeared.

"Wonder!" He quickly rushed over and hugged me. "You okay?"

I nodded. "I'm fine."

"Good. I need you to call Jackie," the Doctor told me. "We need to make sure she's alive." I nodded and pulled out my phone, dialing Jackie's number. I put it on speaker phone and held it between the Doctor and I.

"You two, guard to door," Jake ordered the two soldier I had been talking to.

"Help me! Oh, my gosh, help me," Jackie cried as she answered.

"Jackie, you're alive!" The Doctor exclaimed in relief and I grinned. "Listen-"

"They tried to download me but I ran away!" Jackie interrupted.

The Doctor shushed her. "Listen, tell me, where are you?"

"I don't know! Staircase," she replied.

"Which one?" I asked. "Is there anything on the walls, like a sign or something?"

"Yes! A fire extinguisher!"

"Yeah, that helps," the Doctor snapped sarcastically

"Oh, wait a minute, it says 'N3'," Jackie said.

"North corner, staircase 3," the Doctor said.

"Just keep running, Jackie. We're on our way," I assured her.

"No, don't leave me!" She shouted, panicking.

"We've got to go, I'm sorry. See you in a bit," I told her, hanging up.

"Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler," the Doctor said, turning to Pete, who had been listening to the whole conversation.

"She's not my wife," Peter declared.

"Wonder and I were at the wedding. You got her name wrong," the Doctor replied. He strolled over to Jake and took his gun. "Now then, Jake-y boy, if I can open up the bonding chamber on this thing, it could work on polycarbide."

"What's polycarbide?" Jake asked.

"Skin of a Dalek," I replied.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Jake asked as the Doctor stuck a piece of paper onto a thin metal rod I had found.

"Got any other ideas?" I asked him. Jake didn't reply. "Right, so, one more time. We surrender to the Cybermen, convince them to help us take care of the Daleks, and save Rose and Mickey. Am I missing anything?"

"Nope! That about sums it up," the Doctor replied. "Ready?"

I nodded. "Let's do this."

After surrendering to the Cybermen and convincing to help us take down the Daleks, the Doctor and I waited outside the door to the room where the sphere was. We could hear Rose talking. "If you um... escaped the Time War... don't you want to know what happened?" She asked the Daleks.

"Place your hand-" one of the Daleks ordered.

"What happened to the Emperor?"

"The Emperor survived."

"'Til he met Wonder..." Rose scoffed. "'Cos if these are gonna be my last words, then you're gonna listen. Wonder and I met the Emperor. She took the Time Vortex and while I don't know exactly what happened after that, I can only guess that she was the one to kill the Emperor. Do you get that? The god of all Daleks... and Wonder destroyed him." Rose laughed, grinning widely as she gloated.

"You will be exterminated!" One of the Daleks screeched.

'That's our cue,' I told the Doctor. He nodded and walked into the room, his 3D glasses perched on his face.

"Oh now, hold on, wait a minute," he said as he waltzed into the room. Rose and Mickey looked over at the Doctor and I. Rose grinned in delight.

"Alert, alert, you are the Doctor and Wonder."

"Sensors report they are unarmed," another Dalek announced.

"That's us. Always," the Doctor replied lightly.

"Then you are powerless."

"You wish," I retorted with a snort.

"How are you?" The Doctor asked Rose, taking off his 3D glasses.

"Oh, same old, you know," she replied, shrugging but grinning.

"Long time, no see, Mickster. How you been?" I asked, fist bumping him.

"Not bad," Mickey said, smiling.

"Social interaction will cease!" Another Dalek demanded.

"How did you survive the Time War?" A black Dalek asked the Doctor.

"By fighting. On the front line," the Doctor replied, his expression dark. Mickey looked at him in surprise. "I was there at the fall of Arcadia." I quickly grabbed the Doctor's hand and gave it a comforting squeeze. He glanced at me and gave me a sad smile. "Someday I might even come to terms with that." He turned back to the Daleks. "But you lot, ran away!"

"We had to survive," the black Dalek insisted.

"The last four Daleks in existence. So what's so special about you?"

"Doctor, they've got names," Rose said in a low voice. "And Daleks don't have names, do they? One of them said they-"

"I am Dalek Thay," one Dalek announced.

"Dalek Sek," the black Dalek said.

"Dalek Jast."

"Dalek Caan," the final Dalek declared.

My eyes widened. "No! You can't be." A grin slipped onto my face. "Well what do you know? Your the last of the Cult of Skaro. I thought you were just a legend."

"Who are they?" Rose asked

"A secret order. Above and beyond the Emperor himself," the Doctor explained, strolling around the Daleks. "Their job was to imagine. Think as the enemy thinks. Even dared to have names. All to find new ways of killing."

"But that thing," Mickey said, gesturing to the thing in the middle of the Daleks which I could only assume was the Genesis Ark, "they said it was yours. I mean, Time Lords. They built it. What does it do?"

The Doctor and I glanced at the Ark. "I don't know. Never seen it before," the Doctor said.

"But it's... Time Lord," Rose said.

"Both sides had secrets," I told her.

"What is it? What have you done?" The Doctor asked the Daleks.

"Time Lord science will restore Dalek supremacy," Dalek Sek declared.

"What does that mean? What sort of Time Lord science? What do you mean?"

"They said one touch from a time traveller will wake it up," Rose said.

"Technology using the one thing a Dalek can't do," the Doctor said, getting face to eye-stock with Dalek Sek. "Touch. Sealed inside your casing. Not feeling anything... ever... from birth to death, locked inside a cold metal cage. Completely alone. And that explains your voice. No wonder you scream."

"The Doctor will open the Ark!" Dalek Sek demanded.

The Doctor let out a contemptuous laugh. "The Doctor will not." I smirked.

"You have no way of resisting."

The Doctor shrugged. "Well... you got me there. Although... there is always this." He pulled his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket.

"A sonic probe?"

"That's screwdriver," the Doctor replied indignantly.

"It is harmless," Dalek Sek said.

"Oh yes. Harmless is just the word," the Doctor said with a grin. "That's why I like it. Doesn't kill, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But I'll tell you what it does do, it is very good at opening doors." He activated his sonic and the doors exploded. Jake, his men, and the Cybermen rushed in, firing away at the Daleks.

"Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete!" The Cybermen said.

"Alert! Casing impact, casing impact!" Dalek Caan reported.

The Doctor, Rose, Mickey, and I flung ourselves to the ground to avoid getting shot. "Rose, get out!" The Doctor yelled. Rose stumbled towards the door.

"Fire power insufficient! Fire power insufficient!" Dalek Sek reported. I noticed Mickey pick up a gun and join in the fight.

"Daleks will be deleted. Delete! Delete!" The Cybermen declared.

The Doctor helped me to my feet and hunched over me protectively as we ran for the door. "Mickey, come on!" Rose shouted.

"Adapt to weaponry!" Dalek Thay ordered. The Doctor worked furiously at the controls for the door and I quickly went to help.

"Fire power restored!" Dalek Sek announced. The Daleks began firing back. Jake reached the door, but Mickey tripped and shot a hand out to catch himself, accidentally touching the Genesis Ark. "Cybermen primary target." The Doctor and I finally managed to close the door. Mickey and the rest of Jake's men slipped through the door as it closed, sealing the Daleks and Cybermen inside.

"Jake, check the stairwell," the Doctor ordered. Jake nodded and ran off, his men following at his heels. "The rest of you, come on!" Rose, Mickey, Pete, and I followed the Doctor as we ran down the hallway.

"I touched the Genesis Ark," Mickey informed us as we ran. "I just fell, I didn't mean it!"

"Mickey, they would have opened it by force anyway and the only way they could have done that was by blowing up the sun. I believe thanks are in order," I told him as we ran.

We rounded a corner and stopped short when we spotted two Cybermen. They weren't facing us, however. "You will be upgraded," the Cybermen informed a terrified Jackie.

"No, but you can't!" Jackie pleaded. Pete grabbed the gun Mickey had taken and hefted it, aiming it at the Cybermen. "Please-" Pete shot the Cybermen and they collapsed to the ground. Jackie coughed and waved her hand in front of her face to get rid of the smoke.

Her eyes widened when she spotted her savior. "Pete!"

"Hello, Jacks," Pete greeted with a small smile. Rose held her hands to her mouth as she watched.

"I said there were ghosts, but that's not fair. Why him?" Jackie whined, sounding both annoyed and sad.

"I'm not a ghost," Pete insisted.

Jackie shook her head disbelievingly. "But you're dead. You died twenty years ago, Pete."

The Doctor stepped forward. "It's Pete from a different Universe," he attempted to explain. "There are parallel worlds, Jackie. Every single decision we make creates a parallel existence, a different dimension where-"

"Oh, you can shut up," Jackie snapped. The Doctor nodded and stepped back. I smirked slightly. Not many people could prevent the Doctor from rambling. Then again, she was the first mother to smack him. Jackie turned her gaze back to Pete. "Oh... you look old."

Pete smiled. "You don't."

"How can you be standing there?" Jackie asked, still not believing her eyes.

Pete shrugged. "Just got lucky... lived my life. You were left on your own. You didn't marry again, or...?"

"There was never anyone else," Jackie replied. The Doctor and Mickey smirked at that. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. "Twenty years, though. Look at me, I never left that flat. Did nothing with myself."

"Brought her up," Pete pointed out. Mickey, the Doctor, and I smiled, glancing at said blonde as she watched her parents, tears filling her eyes. "Rose Tyler. That's not bad."

"Yeah."

"In my world, it worked. All those daft little plans of mine. They worked. Made me rich."

"I don't care about that," Jackie dismissed. "How rich?"

"Very."

"I don't care about that," Jackie repeated. "How very?" Pete chuckled lightly. Rose rolled her eyes at her mother while the Doctor and I watched the whole scene play out, smiling fondly.

"Thing is though, Jacks, you're... you're not my wife. I'm sorry, but you're not. I mean, we both..." Pete tried, though I could tell he was having a hard time believing his owns words. Jackie nodded sadly. "You know, it's just sort of..." Pete sighed. "Oh, come here." He and Jackie ran forwards and embraced each other. Pete swept Jackie off her feet as she cried into his shoulder. I smiled at the couple.

"Come on, we have to keep moving," the Doctor urged.

"Where exactly you are we going?" Rose asked as we started running again.

"I've got an idea on how to get rid of the Cybermen and Daleks, but I need something from the labs first," he replied.

We reached the labs and the Doctor poked his head through the doors. The Daleks and Cybermen were battling each other. Unfortunately, the Cybermen's lasers didn't seem to be effective against the Daleks and the Daleks continued to shoot the Cybermen down one by one. The Doctor glanced around, waiting for the right moment to enter. Once he spotted a opening, he dove into the room and made his way to the magnaclamps we had seen earlier. 'Doctor, duck!' I told him as a laser beam flew his way. He ducked in time and the beam flew over his head and blew up a bin behind him.

'Thanks!' He replied, quickly grabbing the magnaclamps and rushing back towards us, holding them up like shields. He tripped over a fallen Cyberman on the way back.

"Come on, please," Rose whispered urgently beside me. The Doctor scrambled to his feet and slipped through the door. Rose closed the door behind him.

"Wait," the Doctor said as the others started walking off. He handed Rose and I the clamps and poked his head back into the lab, slipping on his 3D glasses. I peaked my head in beside him.

The Dalek group rolled into the middle of the lab, soldiers and Cybermen still firing. "Override roof mechanism," Dalek Sek ordered. The roof of the lab began to open. "El-ev-ate."

"What is in that Genesis Ark that they need to go outside?" I wondered.

"Time Lord science... What Time Lord science?" The Doctor said, completely baffled. He took off his glasses. "What is it?" I shook my head, the gears inside my head turning full speed in an attempt to figure it out. We watched as Dalek Sek rose through the ceiling with the Ark, leaving behind the other Daleks. He closed the door and bolted down the corridor, Rose, Pete, Jackie, Mickey, and I following. "We've gotta see what it's doing, we've gotta go back up! Come on! All of you! Top floor!" He shouted.

"That's forty-five floors up!" Jackie complained as we rounded a corner. "Believe me, I've done 'em all."

"We could always take the lift," Jake called. We ran back around the corner to see him poking his head out of the lift.

I grinned at him. "I like your thinking." The group piled in and the Doctor punched the button for the top floor.

The Doctor and I rushed out as soon as we reached the top. We ran for the window, dumping the magnaclamps on Yvonne's desk. We spotted Dalek Sek hovering next the Ark. The Ark began to spin the Doctor and I watched in horror as Daleks shot out.

"Time Lord science..." The Doctor said quietly.

"It's bigger on the inside," I finished. Of course.

"Did Time Lords put those Daleks in there?" Mickey asked. "What for?"

"It's a prison ship," the Doctor answered.

"How many Daleks?" Rose questioned.

"Millions," I replied, watching as more and more Daleks emerged from the Ark. People ran around, screaming as the Daleks started firing.

"I'm sorry, but you've had it," Pete said, walking away from the window. "This world's gonna crash and burn. There's nothing we can do. We're going home. Jacks, take this." He tossed Jackie one of the yellow buttons

"But they're destroying the City!" Jackie protested.

"I'd forgotten you could argue," Pete replied fondly. He took the button and looped the chain around her neck. "It's not just London, it's the whole world." He cupped her face, making her look at him. "But there's another world, just waiting for you, Jacks. And it's safe. As long as the Doctor closes the breach. Doctor?"

The Doctor turned around with a large grin and 3D glasses perched on his face again. "Oh, I'm ready. I've got the equipment right here. Thank you, Torchwood!" He ran over to a computer. "Slam it down and close off both universes."

"Reboot systems," the computer announced.

"But we can't just leave," Rose protested. "What about the Daleks? And the Cybermen?"

"They're part of the problem," the Doctor said. "And that makes them part of the solution. Oh yes!" Rose laughed nervously. "Well?! Isn't anyone gonna ask? What is it with the glasses?"

"What is it with the glasses?" Rose asked with a smile.

"I can see! That's what!" The Doctor replied. "'Cos we've got two separate worlds, but in-between the two separate worlds, we've got the Void. That's where the Daleks were hiding. And the Cybermen travelled through the Void to get here! And you lot, one world to another, via the Void! Oh, I like that. Via the Void! Look!" He put the glasses on Rose. "I've been through it. Do you see?" I smile in amusement as he dodged about, Rose reaching her hand out to touch something we couldn't see.

"Reboot in three minutes."

"Void stuff," the Doctor declared.

"Think of it as background radiation," I added when Rose frowned in confusion.

The Doctor grinned. "That's it. Look at the others." Rose looked at Jake, Mickey, Jackie, and Pete. "The only one who hasn't been through the Void, your mother. First time she's looked normal in her life."

"Oi!" Jackie protested as Rose giggled. I took the 3D glasses from Rose and slipped them on. I could seen millions of red particles floating around everyone but Jackie.

"Because the Daleks lived in the Void, they're full of this stuff," I explained. "Plus it took the Cybermen 3 years to cross the Void, so they have a lot too."

"We just open the Void, end of verse. The Void stuff gets sucked back inside," the Doctor added.

"Pulling them all in," Rose finished enthusiastically.

"Pulling them all in!"

"Sorry... what's... what's the Void?" Mickey asked.

"The dead space," the Doctor explained. "Some people call it 'Hell'."

Mickey looped his own button around his neck. "So... you're sending the Daleks and Cybermen to Hell." He grinned and turned to Jake. "Man, I told you they were good."

"But it's... like you said, we've all got Void stuff. Me too, 'cos we went to that parallel world," Rose pointed out. "We're all contaminated. We'll get pulled in."

"That's why you've gotta go," I told her. Rose stared at me, trying to understand what I had just said.

"Reboot in two minutes."

"Back to Pete's world," the Doctor said. He turned to Pete. "Hey, we should call it that: Pete's World." He turned his attention back to Rose. "I'm opening the Void, but only on this side. You'll be safe on that side."

"And then you close it. For good?" Pete asked.

"The break is soaked in Void Stuff so it will close itself once all the Daleks and Cybermen are gone," I told him.

"But you two stay on this side...?" Rose asked. She stared at us as she seemed to realize what that meant.

"But you'll get pulled in," Mickey pointed out.

The Doctor held Rose's gaze for a moment before running over to the magnaclamps. "That's why... I got these. Wonder and I will just have to hold on tight, we've been doing it all our lives."

"I'm supposed to go," Rose said quietly. I gazed at her sadly.

The Doctor looked at her. "Yeah."

"To another world, and then it gets sealed off." My hearts clenched at the heartbroken look she was giving the Doctor and I.

"Yeah." The Doctor moved to another computer, not wanting to continue the conversation.

"Forever." Rose laughed at the absurdity of the idea. "That's not gonna happen." I looked at Rose for a moment before following the Doctor. I wanted so bad for Rose to stay. She meant so much to us and we had been through a lot together. But the Doctor and I both knew we could never take her away from her family, not permanently. We had both promised Jackie to keep Rose safe, so that's what we were doing.

'She's not going to go without a fight,' I told the Doctor.

'I know,' he replied, sighing mentally. 'She's a Tyler. They're stubborn.'

'We have to do something. She can't stay here, as much as I would love it.'

'I have an idea,' he said.

We met each other's gaze and I knew exactly what he was planning to do. 'You sure?' I asked. He didn't reply, but he slid one hand over to grab mine.

A loud crash outside shook the entire building. "We haven't got time to argue, the plans works, we go in. You too. All of us," Pete said.

"No, I'm not leaving them!" Rose said angrily.

"I'm not going without her," Jackie added.

"Oh, my gosh," Pete said in exasperation. "We're going."

"I've had twenty years without you, so button it. I'm not leaving her," Jackie snapped.

"You've got to," Rose said, turning around to face her mother.

"Well, that's tough!" Jackie said, her voice rising.

"Mum..." Rose said softly, tears filling her eyes. "I've had a life with you for nineteen years. But then I met the Doctor and Wonder and... all the things I've seen them do for me. For you. For all of us. For the whole... stupid planet and every planet out there. They do it alone, mum." The Doctor and I watched her sadly, both knowing she was going to be furious at us for what we were about to do. The Doctor slowly pulled the button Jake had tossed him earlier out of his pocket. "But not anymore." Rose backed away from Jackie, towards us. "'Cos now they've got me." The Doctor slipped the chain around Rose's neck and she glanced down at it in confusion. "What're you...?" Pete quickly pressed his own butting and the group disappeared, leaving the Doctor and I standing alone, staring sadly at the spot Rose had disappeared.

"Come on, we have a job to do," the Doctor said softly. I nodded glumly and followed him to the computer.

Suddenly, Rose reappeared, causing both of us to jump. "I think this is the on switch," she said as she appeared.

"Rose! What are you...!" I exclaimed, staring at the girl. I walked over to her and gently took her by the shoulders. "Rose, I realize you want to stay with us, but once that breach closes, you can't go back. You will never be able to see your mother again." I gazed at her, hoping I could knock some sense into her. She couldn't stay here. I had promised Jackie, what felt like so long ago, that Rose would always return to her.

"I made my choice a long time ago, and I'm never gonna leave you," Rose replied calmly, though her voice trembled. She shifted her gaze to the Doctor. "Either of you." I released her shoulders and stared at her in surprise. I glanced at the Doctor to see he had a similar expression. "So what can I do to help?"

"Systems rebooted. Open access," the computer said.

"Those co-ordinates over there, set them all at six," the Doctor finally replied. Rose hurried to obey. "And hurry up," he added with a snap. I hurried over to another computer and began typing away.

"We've got Cybermen on the way up," Rose announced from her computer.

"How many floors down?" The Doctor asked, dashing over to look at her screen while I continued to work on the other computer.

"Just one."

I ran over and typed a command into Yvonne's laptop. "Levers operational," the computer announced.

I grinned. "We're all set."

"That's more like it, bit of a smile! The old team...!" Rose said cheerfully.

The Doctor picked up a magnaclamp and walked over. "Larry, Curly, and Moe."

"Yako, Wako, and Dot," I added.

"What?" Rose asked, giving me a confused look.

"Don't tell me you never watched The Animaniacs?" I said.

"No," Rose replied.

"You're missing out," I told her. "Great cartoon."

"Who would I be?" The Doctor asked curiously.

"Wako," I answered, taking one of the magnaclamps from him and giggling as he pouted. "Rose, with me." Rose followed me to the other side of the room.

The Doctor and I attached the clamps to the wall. "Press the red button," he told me.

"I know how they work, Doctor," I replied, pressing the button on the handle.

"When it starts, just hold on tight. Shouldn't be too bad for us but the Daleks and the Cybermen are steeped in Void Stuff," the Doctor said, speaking fast. "Are you ready?" I nodded as Rose and I got into position beside the levers.

"So are they," Rose said, gesturing to the window. Several Daleks appeared outside.

"No time to loose then!" I said. "Let's do it!" We pushed the levers into place and quickly grabbed hold of the magnaclamps.

"Online," the computer announced. The room filled with a white light as the breach was opened. The wind picked up and the Daleks came smashing through the window and into the light. Rose and I gripped our clamp tightly and the wind whipped around us, threatening to pull us in.

"The breach is open! Into the Void! Ha!" The Doctor shouted over the wind, holding tightly to his own clamp. We watched as all the Daleks and Cybermen were dragged into the Void. Suddenly, a small explosion erupted and the lever on Rose and I's side moved back into the off position.

"Offline," the computer announced.

"Turn it on!" The Doctor yelled. The suction from the Void began to ease as the breach closed.

I stretched out my arm, trying to reach the lever without letting go of the clamp. Unfortunately, the lever was just out of reach. "Come on," I groaned, but it was no use. Why did I have to be so short? Rose shifted beside me and threw herself to the lever. "Rose!" I yelled in panic.

"I've gotta get it upright!" Rose shouted. She groaned as she struggled to push the lever back into position. Finally, she managed to lock it into place.

"Online and locked." The suction increased again and Rose held onto the lever for dear life. The strength of the suction pulled her legs out from underneath her as she held onto the lever.

Suddenly, a vision of Rose loosing her grip and falling towards the void flashed through my mind. "Rose, hold on!" I shouted, watching the girl in terror. Rose held on, but I could tell she was having trouble. Her face was scrunched up with the effort of holding on.

"Hold on!" The Doctor yelled. Rose screamed as she lost her grip and flew towards the Void. I quickly let go of the clamp and reached out and snatched her hand, grabbing the lever with my other hand.

"I've got you!" I told her. "Just hang on!" I held onto Rose as tight as I could, the muscles in my arm screaming in protest. I was not going to let my vision come true. I grit my teeth against the pain, determined not to let go. The Void continued to pull in the Cybermen and Daleks. Rose's hand started to slip from mine. Tears were streaming down Rose's cheeks as she stared at me, absolutely terrified. "I'm not going to let you go!" I assured her. She slipped a bit more. I groaned with the effort of holding on. Finally, my grip on Rose slipped completely and she screamed as she once again fell towards the Void. "Rose!" I screamed, horrified that I wasn't able to stop my vision from coming true. Suddenly, Peter appeared and caught Rose just before she fell into the Void. Rose glanced at the Doctor and I, wide eyed, before vanishing. The Doctor and I stared at the place she disappeared, barely noticing the wind dying down as the breach closed.

I let go of the lever and just stood there, staring at the white wall where the breach had been. The Doctor walked slowly up to the wall. He laid one hand flat against it and rested his head on it, as if hoping he could hear Rose on the other side. He stood like that for a while before lowering his hand and walking over to me. I looked up at him as he stopped in front of me. I could see the same pain I felt reflected in his eyes and could feel it through our bond. My eyes watered and I threw my arms around him. He wrapped his arms around me, holding me tightly as I cried into his chest. We stood like that for what seemed like forever, sharing our pain and doing our best to comfort each other. Once I had stopped crying the Doctor pulled away and wrapped an arm around my waist, holding me close as he steered me towards the exit. "Come on," he said softly. "There may be a way we can say goodbye."

The Doctor found a super nova and harvested the energy so we could send a message to Rose in the parallel universe. He flicked a couple of switches on the TARDIS console and the console room changed to a translucent image of a beach. Rose stood directly in front of us, but we could see her parents and Mickey standing a ways behind her. "Where are you?" She asked, her voice sounding a bit distant.

"Inside the TARDIS," the Doctor explained, coming to stand next to me. "There's one tiny little gap in the universe left, just about to close. And it takes a lot of power to send this projection, We're in orbit around a super nova."

"We're burning up a sun just to say goodbye," I told her. I stared at her sadly. She looked so depressed.

"You look like ghosts," Rose said.

"Hold on..." The Doctor said. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the console. The image of Rose and the beach became solid, making it look like we were actually there.

Rose slowly walked forward, reaching a hand up to the Doctor's face. "Can I t...?"

The Doctor shook his head. "We're still just an image. No touch," he told her regretfully.

"Can't you come through properly?" Rose asked, her voice trembling as she tried hard not to cry.

"I wish we could, but both our universes would collapse," I told her sadly.

"So?" Rose said, only half joking. The Doctor and I smiled slightly.

"Where are we?" The Doctor asked, glancing around the beach. "Where did the gap come out?"

"We're in Norway," Rose replied.

The Doctor nodded. "Norway. Right."

"About fifty miles out of Bergen. It's called 'Darlig Ulv Stranden'."

"Dalek?" The Doctor asked in surprise.

"Darl-IG," Rose repeated more firmly. "It's Norwegian for 'bad'."

"Let me guess, it translates as 'Bad Wolf Beach' or something," I said, remembering the two words that had been following us while the Doctor was in his ninth regeneration.

"Bad Wolf Bay actually," Rose corrected. We laughed softly at the irony, but it didn't last long. "How long have we got?"

"About two minutes," The Doctor answered.

"I can't think of what to say!" Rose laughing in disbelief.

The Doctor glanced at where Jackie, Pete, and Mickey stood. "You've still got Mr. Mickey, then?"

"There's five of us now. Mum, dad, Mickey... and the baby," Rose said.

I smiled, though I was a bit surprised. "Congrats, Rose."

Rose laughed. "Not me. It's mum," she corrected. "She's three months gone. More Tylers on the way."

"We could always use more Tylers," I said with a fond smile.

"And what about you? Are you...?" The Doctor asked, trailing off.

Rose nodded. "Yeah, I'm... I'm back working in the shop."

"Oh, good for you."

Rose laughed again and just for a moment it felt like old times. Like the three of us were on another adventure. "Shut up. No, I'm not. There's still a Torchwood on this planet, it's open for business. I think I know a thing or two about aliens."

"Rose Tyler. Defender of the Earth," I said, smiling proudly. We were quiet for a moment.

"You're dead, officially, back home," the Doctor told her. "So many people died that day and you've gone missing. You're on a list of the dead." Rose began to cry silently and I wanted so badly to wrapped my arms around her and comfort her. "Here you are. Living a life day after day. The one adventure Wonder and I can never have."

"Am I ever gonna see either of you again?" Rose asked in between sobs.

The Doctor and I gazed at her sadly. "You can't," the Doctor told her softly.

"What're you gonna do?"

"Oh, I've got the TARDIS and Wonder of course," the Doctor said with a sigh. "Same old life. Last of the Time Lords."

"On your own?" Rose asked. The Doctor nodded. Rose gazed at us with a heartbroken expression. "I lo-" she attempted to say, but she was too choked up to finish her sentence. She paused for a moment to regain her composure. "I love you," she said, gazing at the Doctor and I, though I could have sworn her gaze lingered just a bit longer on the Doctor.

My bottom lip trembled slightly as I tried not to cry. "I love you too, Rose."

"Quite right, too," the Doctor said, smiling sadly. Rose nodded, smiling at us through her tears. "And I suppose... if it's one last chance to say it..." He paused, gazing softly at our companion. "Rose Tyler-" Just as he was about to finish his sentence, the beach faded, indicating our two minutes were up.

I placed a hand on the TARDIS console to steady myself as I brought my other hand up to cover my mouth, muffling the sob that escaped my lips. I turned to the Doctor and buried my head in his chest, clutching his suit as I sobbed. The Doctor wrapped his arms around me and buried his head in my hair, tears running down his cheeks. After a few minutes, we had stopped crying and just stood, offering to each other through our bond what little comfort we could. I turned my head to the side and opened my eyes, but was startled by what I saw.

"What the?" I gasped, staring in utter confusion at the ginger haired woman in a wedding dress who had suddenly appeared in the console room.

The Doctor lifted his head from my hair and stared at the woman. "What?" The bride turned around and yelped in surprise. "What?!" The Doctor repeated, just as confused as I was.

"Who are you?" The bride asked disdainfully.

The Doctor and I continued to stare at the bride, dumbfounded as to how she could have gotten into the TARDIS. "But..."

"Where am I?" The bride asked angrily.

"What?!"

"What the hell is this place?" The bride yelled.

"What?!"


What did you guys think? I never like saying goodbye to a companion. Next chapter we meet Donna! I'm going to try and update previous chapters. The next chapter on the list is Boom Town I believe. Anyway, please review and let me know your thoughts on this chapter. Till next time!

Note: I just updated several of the previous chapters (Boom Town through Christmas Invasion). Most were just small changes, nothing drastic. I did change quite a bit in Christmas invasion. I added the deleted scene where the Doctor is trying to find a new word to say instead of "fantastic". I also changed a bit where the Doctor and Elena were discussing her fob watch. There were a few other small changes as well, but those are the big ones.