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Chapter 48 - 41 Minutes

The Doctor, Tony and Rose stood in the hanger with copy of the machine that they had repaired on Plentitude. Rose stood with her arms crossed as she looked at it. "This looks intimidating. Are you sure it's safe?"

The Doctor took the panel off the back of it. Wearing his glasses, he clicked a few buttons. "Completely safe, Rose. I used this on Pete and Ashena. Well….a copy of it."

Tony looked at her. "He said it was so safe, he would use it on Genie."

Rose pointed at him immediately, "Alright, you were joking."

He looked at her and took off his glasses. "Well, I was. But, what do you think?"

She looked shocked, "No! Are you mad?"

"Imagine having the self defense knowledge you have now when you were six years old. With practice, she would only improve her skill and be able to take care of herself in the event of an emergency."

He hooked a tablet up to the back of it and ran some scans. Rose crossed her arms and thought. "It wouldn't hurt her?"

He shook his head. "Not a bit."

Tony looked back at her. "Well, I vote yes. One vote for Uncle Tony. We could put Summus' logic in her head, too."

Rose closed her eyes and shook her head. "We're not going to fry this child's brain! You two are mental."

"Think about it, Rose-" Tony started.

"I am." She told him.

He held up his hands. "All I ask."

She groaned at him as Legate and Logan walked in.

Tony smiled, "Hey! How's everyone today?"

Logan shook hands with him. "Hey, Tony."

The Doctor looked back at him. "Can we have a word?"

Logan nodded his head. "Sure."

He walked with the Doctor over to the dock door. It was closed and seemed like a large, white, metal wall.

"Legate spoke to me this morning. He says you wish to remain with Ashena on Andromeda."

Logan shook his head. "I wish he hadn't. I wanted to talk to you about that."

"Okay, talk to me."

"Well. In order for me to remain, I'll have to leave your service."

The Doctor smiled, "You don't owe me anything, Logan. You are free to go at anytime. If this is your decision, I completely support you in it."

"I'm a Torchwood agent-"

"And you will remain one, but in the service of the Queen of Andromeda. Not a bad position. I hear Torchwood could use someone there. Interplanetary Relations."

Logan chuckled. "Right."

The Doctor smiled back at him. "I'm only ever a phone call away. Call your Mum sometime. Also, your flat on the island is always yours. So, if you want to return, or you want to visit, you always have a place to come back to."

Logan shook his hand. "Thank you. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. And everything."

He pat him on the back as they walked back over to the machine. The Doctor pointed at Rose. "Alright. Rose, needs to sit in the chair."

Rose sat down and smiled at him. "Do I think anything in particular?"

"Nah. Just sit still." He said as he put back on his glasses and clicked a few things on the tablet. The machine came to life and lit up. He could feel her trust and excitement. She pushed a very clear image in his head.

He blushed as he looked up at her. She smiled at him. He cleared his throat and laughed under his breath. "Right."

Tony walked over and looked at the screen with him. "That looks good."

He nodded his head. "Yes. A good, clean copy. She has a young, healthy brain."

She laughed, "I'll remember that when you are teasing me later."

He laughed. When the status bar had completed the copy, he handed Tony the tablet and walked around to take her hand. She looked up at him. "That's it?"

He smiled, "That's it."

She walked to the back of the machine with him and Tony.

Tony pointed at Logan. "Your turn, kid."

Logan took a deep breath and sat down in the chair. "I just have to sit still?"

Tony teased him as he pressed a few buttons on the tablet, "And think happy thoughts."

Legate teased, "About a nude Andromedaen."

Logan flipped Legate the bird.

Tony handled the transfer. Rose and the Doctor watched the status bar as it loaded the information. When it finished, Logan remained seated with his eyes closed.

The Doctor nodded, "Alright. You're done."

Logan opened his eyes and looked around. The machine powered down.

"I don't feel any different. John, are you sure it worked?" Logan asked.

The Doctor took off his glasses and put them in his pocket. He stood in front of Logan. "Well, do you want me to check?"

Logan shook his head. "It probably didn't-"

The Doctor punched Logan in the face. Before he was able to make contact with him, Logan leaned back, caught his hand and kicked him in the chest. The Doctor fell on the floor laughing. "Oh yes! It worked. Hell yeah!"

Logan looked shocked. "The hell?"

Tony laughed as he helped the Doctor off of the floor. Rose's shock turned to laughter. "I missed that entire thing. Damn it. Logan, hit him again."

"No! Logan doesn't need to hit him again!" The Doctor insisted as he rubbed his chest. "Mad woman. You'll end up attacking him to protect me, and we don't need that."

Tony looked at the Doctor's bracelet. "How was he able to hit you?"

"Oh, I turned down the personal shield."

Tony rolled his eyes. "Turn it back up. Moron. It only works if it's on."

The Doctor groaned.

Logan's eyes were huge as he looked back at Legate. "This is amazing. Wow. Let's go get a training in!"

"Hell no!" Legate told him. "Last time I fought with Rose, she sprain my wrist. Oh, Doc. I need you to look at that for me."

He looked surprised, "What? What were you fighting with Rose for?"

Rose rolled her eyes. "I'll spar with you, Logan. Let's go to the gym and put on some gear."

The Doctor held Legate's wrist in his hand and scanned it with his screwdriver. "This is broken. Rose! Take it easy on him!"

She threw her hand up behind her as Tony and Logan left with her.

He looked surprised back at Legate. "Rose did this?"

Legate nodded his head, "That was the first, and last sparring match I'll have with your wife."

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The Doctor carried Sam back into his suite. The small baby cried.

"I hear you, son."

He walked over to the food replicator and requested a bottle. The machine beeped.

The Doctor groaned and looked down at Sam. "You have to stop crying so it can hear me."

Sam wasn't having it. He screamed loudly in his Daddy's face.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Good lungs, Sam."

Sam continued to cry.

The Doctor put his finger to his lips and simply said, "Shhhhh."

Sam stopped crying and whimpered.

The Doctor pressed the button quickly and said at lighting speed, "Sam's bottle!" Sam started to cry again. "Man, you are cross." He told him as the bottle appeared on the machine.

Sam took it immediately. The Doctor breathed a sigh of relief. The sudden silence made his ears ring. He carried the baby to the other side of the room and sat down on the sofa. He lay Sam on his lap and held the bottle for him. Sam looked up at him as he drank the bottle. The Doctor took a deep breath.

"I believe this is the first time in nearly a week that I've sat down with just you. I'm sorry about that."

Sam looked up at him as he continued to drink his bottle.

"Samuel Alistair Peter Tyler-Smith. You have a long name, son. Not as long as mine, but well….. The name your Mum helped me pick is rather short. I am Doctor Johnathon Alexander Storm Smith. My original name was extremely long. In fact, when I first told your Mum my name, I shortened it."

Sam pulled his hair as he continued to drink. His eyes started to close.

"It's a common thing with where I'm from. All of us have extremely long names or a title. Or both. Even here, I've managed to pick up some. Primus of the Prime Guard of Terra, Princeps of Plentitude, Peter Tyler's business partner, Rose Tyler's husband and Howard Shepherd's wheel horse."

Sam started to fall asleep as he continued to drink his bottle. His Daddy ran his fingers across his thin hair with his free hand and smiled proudly.

"I'm also the father of Sara Genevieve Tyler-Smith and Samuel Alistair Peter Tyler-Smith. Those are the titles I'm proudest of. One day, you'll want to drop your name. Most Time Lords do. It's just too long of a name. Plus, it's a very long life. I choose to be known as simply, 'The Doctor.' But there were others. 'The Master.' He was, interesting. I'll tell you stories about him one day. My brother, your uncle, was called Irving Braxiatel. We simply called him Braxiatel. And then, my Susan was simply Susan after we left Gallifrey. She was known as 'Arkytior' before we left. I named her after her grandmother. She looked so much like her. Somedays it made it hard to even be around her. I wonder what she would say about you."

Rose walked into the room. She stopped as she saw he was feeding Sam. She whispered, "Hi."

He smiled as he looked at Sam. "We're just chatting."

"Want some tea?" she asked quietly.

He nodded his head as tickled Sam's cheek, "You need to wake up and finish this bottle, or you're not going to sleep for long."

Sam started to drink the bottle again.

"Now, your Uncle Braxiatel, he had a daughter that chose to be known as….ummm….I'll remember it. Ugh. Hmmmm….I'm a terrible Uncle. I can't think of that child's name."

Rose sat down next to him and put his cup of tea on the table in front of them. "What are you telling him? Are you speaking Gallifreyan?"

He smiled, "I am. I'm telling him about his family. How we all chose to have a shorter name, or a title, as we grew up."

Rose caressed the top of the baby's hair with her fingertips. He was completely asleep. The Doctor took the bottle of out of his mouth and handed it to Rose.

She smiled, "And he's out for his morning nap."

He smiled down at him, "He's growing like mad. Pete won't recognize him when we get back."

"We need to get him some more clothes. These are nearly too small."

"The Andromedaens will have some. I'll take care of that." He told her.

He looked back at her. "How did Logan do?"

She laughed, "That was so much fun. The most fun I think I've ever had sparring. Tony is completely frightened of me now. Logan and I handed him his ass."

He laughed proudly. "He probably needed it. You didn't break anything did you?"

"Nah. I took it easy on him." She teased.

He looked back at Sam. "Your Mum is amazing. You are such a lucky little boy."

"You feel more at peace than you have in days." She rubbed her fingertips across his sideburns.

He smiled, "Probably has everything to do with me holding him. The next few days are going to be hard."

"Have you ever been to a funeral before?"

"I'm sure I have. The Andromedaen have a different way of saying good-bye to the dead. They have a huge party. Clagl requested it to be one of legend."

"How is Ashena?"

"She's really good. I went to see her after I got Sam from Summus. She's already arranged a lot of the Feast. She said she wasn't able to sleep last night. Logan has helped her with some of it. I'm sure it will be lovely."

"She's happy that Logan is planning on staying with her?"

"I didn't mention it, in case he hasn't."

Rose nodded her head.

He looked at her. She was wearing her running clothes and had her hair pulled back. She smiled at him. "I feel that. Just keep that feeling for a moment."

He smiled at her. "Just to send it back to him, huh?"

She giggled and continued to play with his sideburns with her fingertips, "I didn't tell you, but, thank you."

"For what?"

"My letters. I found each one you left me." She smiled with her tongue in her teeth at him.

He chuckled, "I doubt you found each one."

"I found seven love letters you had written me. That is so incredibility romantic. I love it. Each one was such a surprise. I didn't know anyone did that."

He smiled as he looked back at her. "I do. There are more, but I won't tell you where to look."

She leaned in and rubbed her nose to his. "I'll find them."

He caught her lips with his and kissed her. 'Rose. We could put this baby in the cot-'

Friday spoke, "There is a call from Pete Tyler."

He sighed, "Or I could answer a call from Pete. Damn it."

She laughed, "I'll take Sam. I'm on the way to the shower."

"Put it on the screen in here." He told Friday.

Pete appeared on the screen. "Hey!" He saw Rose picking up Sam who was asleep. He put his fingers over his lips and said quietly, "Sorry. Didn't think about he might be sleeping."

Rose smiled at Pete as she carried Sam out of the room. The Doctor smiled back at Pete as he picked up his tea and sipped it. "Rose just put him in the cot. I have a lot to catch you up on, Pete. We found Clagl. The best I can tell, he died a few days ago."

Pete shook his head. "I'm so sorry. How is Ashena?"

"Like a Princess. She's handling it well. I'm not surprised. We're on our way to take her back to the Andromedaen homeworld. We'll be there for a few days."

"Please express our condolences to her and her family."

"I will. Did you get your Will sorted?"

"I did. It's all in the safe back at the mansion. I really hope you don't need to take any peeks at it for a long while."

"That makes two of us."

Pete chuckled, "Howie is working overtime. He's also managed to do something you will find shocking."

"Nothing surprises me when it comes to Howard Shepherd."

"He's just issued the order to have the Wanker arrested. They just went to pick him up."

"He did what?" He sat his tea down in surprise.

Pete chuckled in disbelief. "Oh yes. I'm glad Lewis was able to keep from telling you. I wanted to see your face when you found out. It's rather interesting. Turns out, the bomb that injured Rose at the theatre was traced back to something he had not only approved, but had handled the sale to the men involved."

"Fucking hell. You are kidding."

Pete shook his head. "Nope. The helicopter to the cruise ship that carried the four men? Approved by Vice President Wanker. His hands were all over it. He was an old friend of Dorian Idles. It's wild. All of that information that Rose was able to give us, Lewis has been sorting through it. Lewis is a strategic genius. He's got some guy helping him with it. I can't remember his name. Anyway, he figured it out, did some investigating and laid it all out for us. They've been at it for several days. Amazing. I wish I had half of his smarts. Damn."

"He can probably link even more to him."

"Oh, given the time. They've already got enough for a conviction though. It will involve you and Rose to testify and put him away. Or-"

"Or?"

"Well, Howie has offered to give him to Torchwood. I'm not comfortable with that though. I think it will cause more retaliation."

"I agree. High profile person like that, how are they going to handle this?"

Pete smiled, "Oh, it's all under the press' radar. This doesn't need to get out. Could you imagine?"

"Wow. This is unexpected. Completely. Who is this guy Lewis is working with?"

"I've met him, some American. I can't think of his name. Nice guy, though. My worry is with this, how much longer will we have Quauhtin protection?"

"Well, it's not completely over and safe as yet. The Tyler family will have the protection of Quauhtin for as long as they are an influential family of Earth. I wouldn't worry about that."

Pete nodded his head. "I imagine we'll lose some with Ashena returning."

"Licis, Logan and Summus will remain with her. Legate plans to stay for a few weeks, and will come back to Earth. I imagine I'll make many trips out here, too."

Pete smiled, "I'd be happy to join you, son. What's it like?"

"Snow. Imagine life in a snow globe." He laughed. "It's beautiful. Rose is going to love it."

Pete nodded his head and he got serious, "I heard about the prisoner. Is she alright?"

He looked towards the bedroom to make sure she was still in the shower. He nodded his head as he looked back at Pete. "She's fine. Better than I would have expected."

Pete nodded, "She's might be keeping it to herself. You know how she is."

He nodded, "Oh, I do."

Pete slapped the desk he sat at and straightened up, "Well, the other news here is that Tony has managed to pass his exams and they want to put him into year 4 of the school we're looking at. Jacob is in year 3."

He smiled proudly, "That's brilliant! Way to go, little brother!"

Pete laughed proudly, "Jacks and I are thinking we'll put him in the 3rd so he will be with Jacob. They can help one another."

"I think that's wise. Wow. I'll ring him later and congratulate him."

"Do that. He misses you. I want to send him to you with Timon. He's leaving within the hour. What do you think?"

The Doctor rubbed his face and thought. "Do that. Timon is bringing Summus' ship to him. Go ahead and have Tony join him. Jacob, too if he wants. They will be here tomorrow morning. I'll bring them both home."

Pete smiled, "I can do that. They will be thrilled. Thank you."

The Doctor ended the call. He put his head on his fist, closed his eyes and reached out to Summus, Timon, Lewis and Poltious.

As he spoke to them, Rose walked into the room and sat down next to him. She put her hand on his thigh and he covered her hand with his.

He continued to speak to them for a few moments. Rose was running her fingertips down his sideburn when he opened his eyes and looked back at her.

He smiled, "Hello."

She wore her robe and smiled at him. "Hello. How long until we're there?"

He rubbed his lip and thought. "Poltious says 1 hour 43 minutes."

"Are you off duty?" she smiled at him with her tongue in her teeth.

He shook his head. "No ma'am. A Quauhtin is never off duty." He rubbed her breasts through her robe.

She whispered to him, "I might need a bit of protection."

He rubbed his nose to hers, "Do you feel safe?"

She palmed him through his jeans as he kissed her neck. Her skin was still warm from the shower. "I do. But only when I'm with you."

He smiled, "Then feel safe and loved."

She ran her fingers through his hair as he lay down on top of her. He opened her robe, rose up and looked at her body. "How is this mine?"

She smiled, "I love that feeling. You need to lock the door."

"Friday! Lock the door. This suite is Do Not Disturb."

"Of course, Doctor Seuss."

He sighed, "Damn that Stark."

She smiled as she put her hands behind her head. "What would you prefer to be called by Friday?"

He rubbed his chin as he looked at her bare chest. "The Boob Man. Oh yes."

Rose laughed, "Friday, change the Doctor's nickname to 'The Boob Man'. Anthony Stark 5-29 Maria."

The Doctor looked confused at her. "You really didn't just do that."

She laughed, "Try it."

He ran his hand through his hair. "Friday. Ummm. Dim the lights to 25%."

"Of course, Boob Man."

Rose laughed hysterically. "You're welcome."

He laughed, "I can't believe you did that." He leaned down and kissed her lips. He felt her run her hands through his hair. She could feel how much he enjoyed her touch. He cupped her breast and continued to snog her.

She wrapped her leg around his back. He kissed her breasts and neck. "Oh, Rose. It's been days." He moaned.

She laughed at him. "I should have said, 'Primus Boob Man'."

He laughed as he kissed her chest. He rose up and looked at her, "Rose, I love you. More than you could know."

She smiled, "Baby, I feel it. Do you feel the love I have for you?"

He smiled, "Oh, I do. Do you feel mine?"

"All of the time. It's a consistent companion."

"I've not really seen you in four days?"

"You were busy. We'll make up for it."

He smiled at her. "That's my plan."

She giggled, "I want to try something. It will probably be strange."

"Oh, I love strange." He told her as he kissed her.

He felt his jeans unbutton as she ran her hands through his hair. A force pushed them down with his pants as he felt a sensation that surprised him. It was as if someone was stroking him and sucking on his swollen member and balls at the same time. He laid his forehead to hers and groaned, "Oh Rose. How are you doing this?"

She whispered, "Just kiss me. If you can remember how."

His mind seemed to stop working from the pleasure she was giving him. She kissed him as she ran her hands through his hair and the force continued to work on his most sensitive area. He panted, "Rose." Then he said something to her she didn't understand.

She smiled, "Lay back, baby."

He sat back on the sofa as she lay on him and kissed his neck and the force continued between his legs. He panted, moaned and gripped the sofa in his fists. He closed his eyes tightly and spoke in some strange language. Rose smiled as she felt the pleasure he was feeling. She could tell his brain had sorted completely out.

"Rose. I can't last that long with. This." He told her in between his panting.

She whispered as she sat on top of him. "Oh, you can. I'm keeping you from being finished. We have an hour and 30 minutes."

He groaned, "Oh the gods. This is how it ends. I'm going to die a very happy man." He continued to pant as sweat beaded up on his forehead.

She laughed as she caught his lips and snogged him. He held her back tightly.

After 41 minutes, she took mercy on him. She allowed him to finish and he collapsed on the sofa. She took the blanket from the back of the sofa and cleaned him up with it. He was covered in sweat and continued to pant.

She kissed his forehead. "And you are going to tell me to never do that again."

"Hell no I'm not! Woman! I'm….. speechless." he said as he put his hands on his face and tried to catch his breath.

She ran her fingers across his oxford that he still wore. It was soaked in sweat. "Baby. Let me help you go take a shower."

He shook his head. "It will have to wait a few minutes."

"Why?"

He laughed, "Because I'm not able to walk. The gods woman. That was amazing. How did you do that?"

She smiled, "I'm glad you liked it."

He rubbed his face, "I loved it. Oh wow."

She giggled and whispered, "I want to make you happy, baby. I want you to know how loved you are."

He put his hand on her cheek and kissed her. "I'm so, incredibility happy, Rose. You are so amazing, and every time I think that I can't possibility love you more, you surprise me."

She smiled, "So, you are surprised?"

"Shocked is closer to it." He confessed as he rubbed his face. He tucked her hair behind her ear, "Tell me what you are thinking, sweetheart."

She nodded her head as she looked at him. "Everyone deals with something. I have to figure this out. It's like the people you read about who are superheroes. They can be terrible evil people, or they can use their gifts for good."

He smiled, "This was really good."

She giggled, "Thank you for not freaking out when I did it. I was scared I would hurt you, but decided if I just stayed calm, I could control it."

He smiled as he caressed her face with his hand. "You are the so brave, Rose. I'm always there for you. No matter what you need. This was the best. Ever."

"Do you think you can walk yet?"

"Probably not. Fucking hell." He said as he groaned and leaned back.

She stood up and tied her robe back together. She walked away.

"Where are you going?"

She smiled back at him, "To check on your son."

"The Time Tot is asleep." He said as he slowly stood up and exhaled. Rose watched him. She stopped walking away and came back to him.

"You weren't kidding." She said as she took his arm and he hung onto her.

He laughed, "Oh, the best feeling in the world. I've never felt like this. My entire body is just…." He grunted happily. "Yes. This is brilliant!"

She rolled her eyes. "I'll give you a shower, nutter."

They slowly walked into the bathroom.

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