CHAPTER 36

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Sarah Jane Smith somehow wasn't surprised when she heard the sound of a TARDIS materializing inside of her attic. She had been thinking about Rose a lot lately since she had realized that she had helped her great grandmother to decide her course in life a long time ago.

She expected to see the Doctor's blue police box appear, but she was momentarily surprised to see a pink sports car with no one in it appear instead in its place. The trunk of the car opened, and Rose stepped out to greet her.

"Hey, Sarah Jane! How do you like my new TARDIS?" Rose said with a face wide grin.

"I love it! Only you would have your TARDIS take the form of a pink sports car, Rose!" Sarah Jane said laughing.

"You say that like it's a bad thing!" Rose said to her with a smile.

"You do have to admit it is kind of weird," said a voice with a Scottish accent.

"Amy! It's good to see you. Since when did you start traveling with Rose? Won't the Doctor be mad?" Sarah said with a grin.

"I decided to try at least one trip with her since she got a TARDIS with a ton of clothes from Barcelona in it. They're the finest clothes in the universe, and Rose said that I can wear any of them I want! The Doctor's TARDIS' female wardrobe leaves a lot to be desired for in comparison. She also said that I could go shopping on Barcelona with her from time to time. I have to tell you she's really making me consider becoming her full-time companion," Amy said to Sarah with a playful expression on her face.

"I'm slowly winning her over. Soon I'll have her too. She'll make my team complete," Rose said with a goofy grin on her face.

"The Doctor knows what you're doing you know. He's promised to sweeten the deal for me if I stay full-time with him," Amy said.

"What did he offer you?" Rose asked curious.

"He said that he'd make me fish fingers and custard twice a day. He also offered to teach me how to drive the TARDIS. He even offered to let me drive solo for a trip!" Amy said with a look of temptation on her face at the thought.

"Ha! I'll let you drive solo whenever you want. I'll also teach you myself because I'm a better instructor due to the fact that I actually know what I'm doing. I didn't fail the driving test like a certain someone did!" Rose said with a giggle.

"I have to admit that you're making it awfully tempting to dump him for you," Amy said to her with a snicker.

"She's in me power now! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Rose proclaimed in a funny voice that the other two women thought sounded a little like the Master.

"You're a major loony sometimes, you know that?" Amy said as she laughed at Rose's behavior.

"I have been told that on occasion. I'm still not as bad as the Doctor though," Rose said confidently.

"Definitely not! Not even in the same league in terms of sheer weirdness!" Amy said seriously.

Sarah Jane was nodding her head in agreement which made Rose grin with amusement.

"Well, hello!" said a young boy's voice.

The three women turned to see Sarah Jane's young companions, Clyde Langer and Rani Chandra, watching them with interest.

Rose knew who they were from Sarah Jane telling her about them, but she had never actually met them before.

Clyde was grinning at her like a hungry man eyeing a juicy steak. Rose tried not to laugh at his obvious crush on her.

"Hi, you must be Clyde and you must be Rani. My name's Rose and this is Amy," Rose said as she introduced herself and Amy to the children.

"It's very, very nice to meet both of you," Clyde said in what Rose thought that he must have thought of as a mature, macho voice. He was a young Jack in training she thought to herself with a small smile appearing on her face.

"Clyde, before you hit on my friends any further; I find it fair to point out to you that they're both married. Add to that the fact that they're both much older than you. In fact, Rose is much, much older than you!" Sarah Jane chided Clyde with a small hint of a smile.

"Oi! Enough with the age already! I'm hundreds of years old. Why don't you alert the media?" Rose said with a fake pout that ended with a smile so that the children knew that she was just kidding around.

Clyde looked crestfallen as she said that. His jaw actually dropped open.

"You're hundreds of year old? Then that must mean you're a . . ." Clyde said and stopped before he could finish his sentence. He had just realized who she was; and he was suddenly very, very anxious.

"Time Lady? Yep, that's me. Rose Tyler, the Doctor's wife, at your service," Rose said with a giddy look on her face.

Rani's eyes widened. She hadn't known who Rose was either until now.

"You're the Doctor's wife?!" Rani said in disbelief.

"Yes. Is that hard to believe?" Rose asked confused.

"No. It's just that you're so beautiful. It's hard to believe that the Doctor could . . ." Rani stopped herself as she realized what she was about to say.

Rose burst out laughing as she realized what Rani was getting at.

"You're saying that he's lucky to have me," Rose translated in a nicer way than Rani was about to put it.

Rani looked embarrassed and didn't say anything.

"It's okay. The Doctor tells me that every day. How lucky he feels to have me in his life. I think that I'm the lucky one though. It's not like he's that bad looking anyway. All of his selves have been very handsome," Rose said as she patted Rani and Clyde on their shoulders to let them know that she wasn't mad at either of them.

Both children instantly liked Rose and felt at ease around her now. She had just disarmed all of their fears about her. This woman acted like an ordinary person and nothing at all like the Doctor or any other alien that they had ever met.

"I'm Amy Pond. I travel with the Doctor and maybe in the future, Rose," Amy said as she gave Rose a conspiratorial wink.

Clyde groaned as he said, "Why are all the good ones already taken?"

Rani glared at him and cleared her throat in irritation.

"What?" Clyde said.

"Nothing," Rani said angrily.

"Well, if it was nothing; then why are you glaring at me for?" Clyde asked, looking confused.

Rose and Amy exchanged a look with each other as they both instantly figured out the situation. It was obvious to anyone that Rani liked Clyde, but that he was too oblivious to notice it.

Or at least that was the act that he was putting on anyway. Rose wondered just how much Clyde really did know but was just too afraid to admit to himself. Their relationship reminded her of her and the Doctor back in his ninth and tenth incarnations.

Mr. Smith, Sarah Jane's alien computer, suddenly popped out of his hidden alcove in her attic wall.

"Sarah Jane, I'm receiving alien readings nearby," the Xylok told her.

"It's Rose, Mr. Smith. She's a Time Lady," Sarah Jane said.

"I'm already aware of Lady Arkytior's presence, Sarah Jane. I'm referring to the other aliens within a few feet of your house," Mr. Smith said in a rather irritated voice.

Rose cringed at the use of her Gallifreyan name and title as she said, "Where are they?"

"They are in the front yard getting closer and closer to the front door,"Mr. Smith reported.

Rose summoned Bad Wolf and instantly teleported out of the attic and into the front yard.

"Blimey! I'm glad I didn't make her angry when I hit on her before. She could crushed me like a bug," Clyde said nervously,

"Unlikely. The Lady Arkytior is known universally for her kindness," Mr. Smith said.

"She prefers to be called Rose, Mr. Smith," Sarah Jane told him. She had noticed Rose cringing at the name earlier.

"That is irrelevant. It would not be proper to address her by anything but her proper name and title. She is a universal hero," Mr. Smith said in a haughty tone.

"Mr. Smith, I do believe that you admire her. Is she your hero?" Sarah Jane teased the Xylok.

"I only show her the proper respect accorded her by galactic custom as a former President of the High Council of the Time Lords," Mr. Smith said in an indifferent voice.

"She's like a big high cosmic muckety muck then," Clyde said impressed.

"She served as President at the request of the High Council during a war with vampires. Once that was over, she resigned. She's never been about titles and honors, Clyde," Sarah said.

"She ran like a scared rabbit you mean. She likes to travel not rule. It's just not her," Amy said astutely.

"What's taking her so long? Do you think that she's alright?" Rani said worried.

"There's not much that can take Rose down. Don't worry about her, Rani," Amy said with a tone of certainly in her voice.

Rose went flying through the attic door and hit the ground in front of them with a thud as soon as those words left Amy's mouth.

"Then again," Amy said with a grimace.

In the attic doorway stood several Daleks and at the forefront was the Special Weapons Dalek. He had been the one to just knock Rose on her back.

They all noticed that the Daleks were glowing with the same kind of glow that always covered Rose as Bad Wolf. Amy suddenly had a very bad feeling about this!

"SURRENDER, BAD WOLF; OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED BY THE NEW VORTEX POWERED DALEKS!" one of the Daleks screamed at Rose.

Rose sat up with a groan. It looked like Davros had some new playthings. How fun for her!

Next: Rose, Amy, and Sarah Jane have to deal with the menace of the new Vortex powered Daleks!