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Chapter 31

The Doctor and Rose reappeared back in their bedroom. The Doctor turned to Rose and pointed at her. "You, go bed. I'll be back in here in a bit. I'm just going to check on Genie and Shakes."

Rose grabbed his hand and pulled him back to her. She kissed him as he held her tightly. Rose smiled at him. "I had a great time tonight. I think we really need our own ship."

He smiled in surprise. "Oh, I completely agree. You are exhausted. Go to bed."

Rose rolled her eyes at him as he smiled at her and walked out of the room. Shakes and Gobbo were sitting among a ton of paperwork. The Doctor ran his hand through his hair. "Wow. Any headway on this?"

He sat down in the floor with them. Shakes smiled, "All of the compression bombs are accounted for. We've taken all of the GPS signals and fed them into the Hamlet. Exton has a map tracking each one."

The Doctor was impressed. "Wow! You managed all of that already, from this pile of paperwork? Brilliant!"

Shakes shrugged his shoulders, "Ah, it wasn't a big deal after we just dug into it. Gobbo and Exton were huge help."

Gobbo spoke, "There is another threat that Sam just sent. Ides has paid a man to attack Rose at Yale. How do we want to proceed?"

The Doctor sat back and sighed. "She shouldn't do it then. Michelle had a brilliant idea about just having her do a broadcast to everyone at once. I think we should say she's sick and postpone it until we can get that arranged."

Shakes nodded, "That would be wise. Do you think she'll agree?"

The Doctor shook his head, "Tomorrow is going to be a long day for her. She might be too exhausted to deal with it. I'll talk to her. It would be reckless to let her go knowing there is already trouble ahead."

Shakes nodded, "Very true. Did she like Jupiter?"

The Doctor smiled, "Yeah. I forget she's not seen that sort of thing. She loved it. It was like seeing it for the first time myself, watching her reaction. I love that."

Shakes and Gobbo smiled.

The Doctor pointed at Shakes. "Summus. Jake won't be back for at least five months because of this Vortex Manipulator malfunction. Would you step in as head of security at Torchwood until he returns?"

Shakes looked surprised. "Really? You think he will be gone that long?"

The Doctor nodded his head. "I'm sure of it. If not longer. That's the only other point I can sense at the moment, so that's where they had to come out at."

Shakes nodded, "I'll take care of it. Jake and I had already sorted out the teams. We should have everything as you had planned it within a few weeks."

The Doctor smiled, "Brilliant. The sooner I can stop getting phone calls to go fix stuff, and let these people deal with their own problems, the better!"

Gobbo smiled at him. "You're as bad as Summus. You'll still have your hands all in it to make sure it's done the way you like."

The Doctor laughed. "Summus! I think Gobbo knows us!"

Shakes laughed, "He's known me a long time. Your Genie has been sleeping the entire time you were gone."

The Doctor seemed to think. "That's odd. She's awake now. Ugh, she must have heard my voice. Night, gentlemen. Thank you!"

Shakes and Gobbo both told The Doctor goodnight as he walked into Genie's bedroom.

She rolled over in her bed and rubbed her eyes. "Daddy?"

He sat next to her in her bed and rubbed her back. "Sweetheart. It's the middle of the night. Did I wake you?"

Genie shook her head. He could feel her fear. She rose up and wrapped her arms around his neck. She didn't have to tell him.

"Nightmare?" he asked her as he held her.

She was trembling. "That man came and took you away. That monster that was at Nanna Jones'."

He sighed as he held her, "Sweetheart, that's never going to happen. I promise you."

She didn't let go of him. "He took your watch and you couldn't get away."

He held her tightly. "My Sara Gene. I've not always had a watch, and I've gotten away a million times from things."

She held him. "But you had your ship. You could fly away."

He kissed her cheek as he picked her up. "Sweetheart. This is something you really don't have to worry about. Daddy is safe."

He walked with her in his arms into his bedroom. Rose was climbing into the bed. She seemed surprised to see him carrying Genie. "What's wrong?"

The Doctor laid Genie in the bed, next to Rose. "She's had a nightmare. She's going to sleep in here with us tonight." Rose wrapped her arms around Genie, who snuggled into her arms and closed her eyes.

The Doctor went into the closet and put on his jim jams and a t-shirt. He turned off the lights as he lay down. Genie quickly rolled over and wrapped her arms around his chest. Rose looked surprised.

'Okay, what has happened? She's proper frightened.' Rose asked him.

He rubbed Genie's back, 'She said she had a nightmare that Ides came and got me. I didn't have a watch to get free.'

Rose looked at him, 'She's scared she's going to lose you.'

'Terrified is more like it. Her saying that scares me a bit. Bad Wolf has warned me to not take off my watch, but also not to depend on it.'

Rose sighed, 'He will know about your watch now. All of the agents at Torchwood are getting them. It's bound to have gotten back to him.'

He rubbed his face, 'Oh, it has. He's known since yesterday. I have a man on him all of the time. It's part of my police scanner in my head. He was pissed.'

He could feel Rose's fear growing. He turned and Genie snuggled up to him. He held her as he stretched his hand out and rubbed Rose's cheek. 'Rose, don't worry about me. Can you cancel Yale?'

Rose looked surprised, 'What? Why?'

'He's got someone hired to hurt you there, Rose. Cancel it.' he asked her.

Rose took a deep breath and closed her eyes. 'I hate this.'

'What if you recorded your speech? Did it as a broadcast? That way, you wouldn't have to give it individually, and you could be safe?'

Rose looked at him. 'What? Hire a film crew?'

'I'd hire the Pope if it would keep you safe. Is there a Pope here?'

Rose laughed, 'Going to pretend to be Catholic now? Mad alien?'

He laughed and kissed Genie's forehead as she slept. "Go to sleep you mad woman. I love you, so."

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The Doctor lay in the bed holding Genie while she slept and watched Rose sleep for 57 minutes. He slipped out of bed and went over to the small office and closed the door. He turned on the lamp and rubbed his face as he clicked on his computer and put on his glasses. He rested his head on his fist as he looked at the map showing where all of the compression bombs were currently located. Satisfied, he opened the top desk drawer and looked around. He found his necklace he had used to return his football. He took it out and looked at it closer. He laid it on the desk and opened the top drawer to his left and pulled out some parts. He rubbed his chin as he quietly got up and went to put back on his jeans he had wore earlier that night. He fixed himself a cuppa as he returned to small office.

He took the TARDIS out of his pocket and sat her on the desk. He took off the top of the box. "Don't wake up my girls." He fussed at it quietly as he took out his sonic screwdriver and put it on the desk.

Hours later, Rose stepped into the small office. The Doctor was sitting in the chair with his head propped up on his fist. He was sound asleep. Rose slipped his glasses off which caused him to jump and wake up. She smiled at him. "Come to bed. It's still early."

He took her hand and she led him back to bed. He lay back and wrapped his arm around Rose and he pulled Genie back close to him.

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The Doctor walked into the kitchen of the flat wearing one of his new three piece suits. Pete and Shakes sat in the sitting room. Pete watched Tony and Genie who were back overhead in the net the Doctor had brought.

Genie asked, "Daddy. Are Jack and Jake really going to be gone for a long time?"

The Doctor sipped his coffee that Rose handed him. "Yes, sweetheart. Daddy had to send them someplace important. They are safe and will see you after we move into our new house on the island. You need to decide what color you want your room to be."

Genie rolled her eyes. "Purple! Tony wants red."

Tony corrected her, "Red and grey."

Rose looked surprised. "Red? Why?"

The Doctor looked at her. "That's our football team's colors."

Shakes sat on the sofa reading the paper. "This interview is getting some great reviews. Maybe it wasn't a bad idea after all!"

The Doctor held his hands out. "I know what I'm doing! I don't know why you lot find that so surprising."

Pete shook his head and smiled. "I have to admit. I had my doubts."

The Doctor turned and held his hands out, "How do I look, Rose? Honest?"

"Why? What are you doing at the UN today?"

Pete laughed, "She doesn't know!? Oh, Rose. You really don't want to know. This man is a nutter! Trust me. I'm just going for the entertainment value."

The Doctor laughed, "Nice vote of confidence isn't he?"

Rose laughed at them.

The Doctor took Rose's hand. "We're going out to eat dinner this afternoon with Tony, Pepper and an old friend of mine. Legate is going to play with Genie. Then we will go to the ballet afterwards. Sound good?"

Rose smiled. "Yes. Who is it?"

"Oh, you will be shocked. I'm not telling! I kept us out too late last night. Try to get some rest today. Shakes and Aemilius are here to play with Genie."

Shakes smiled, "We are going to make paper spaceships in a bit!"

The Doctor smiled, "Shakes is going to teach Genie and Tony all about aerodynamics!"

Shakes looked back at the Doctor. "Remind me. It's four forces. Lift and weight, and what?"

The Doctor smiled, "Thrust and drag. You've got this, Summus."

Pete smiled, "I have no idea what you guys are talking about. We need to pop to the mansion so we can ride over."

Rose looked surprised, "Cars?"

The Doctor looked back at Rose. "Yeah. We don't need to pop in where the security is this high. Oh no way, Rose Tyler!"

Rose smiled at him as he kissed her quickly. "We're late. Rest, woman."

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