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Chapter 59 - "Return to Your Old Self"

The Doctor continued to hold Rose. "Everything is alright, Rose. You're okay." He kissed her forehead as she continued to lay there.

He remembered the last time he had seen the Bad Wolf, it had left Rose unconscious for several minutes.

Some soldiers ran around the car where they stood and pointed guns at them.

"FREEZE!" they demanded.

Jake and Shakes held up their hands.

Then they saw Howie and Pete walking towards them.

Howie growled. "Oh, at ease you moron!"

Pete saw Rose laying on the ground, "Oh my god-" he said as he knelt down beside of her.

The Doctor quickly told him, "No! Pete! She's alright! She's just unconscious. She'll wake up in a bit."

Pete asked quickly. "Tony?"

"The boys are safe. I have them. They are perfectly fine. I just probably shouldn't let them out in front of all of this. This will upset them."

Pete and Howie looked at one another in confusion.

Howie noticed the Doctor was without a shirt, and his chest was covered in blood. He yelled to a solider that stood nearby. "Sergeant! Get this man a medic!"

The Doctor tried to tell them he was fine, but a medic was knelt beside of him in an instant. He wiped off the blood to try to find any injuries. Obliviously, there were none.

An olive green shirt came from someplace, and the Doctor put it on as two medics picked Rose up and took her to an ambulance.

Pete asked the Doctor. "What knocked her out?"

The Doctor looked at Pete, "Oh, we will talk about that later. It's not something we need discussed here."

Pete and the Doctor climbed into the ambulance with Rose. Howie, Shakes and Jake stood in the doorway. The medic was busy looking over Rose. The Doctor looked at the man and told him, "She'll be alright. Just give her a minute."

The Doctor took her hand and kissed it. "Rose, wake up. Everything is alright." He was trying to control his own fear.

Pete asked the Doctor, "But, the boys are alright?"

The Doctor turned to him and said quietly. "They are in my pocket. They are safe. I'll let them out as soon as Rose wakes up."

Pete looked over at Rose, "Oh, good. We won't have to wait much longer then." he smiled.

Rose opened her eyes and looked around. The Doctor kissed her quickly on the lips. He lifted his head up so he could look her in the eyes. As soon as she saw her Doctor, she smiled.

He spoke. "Well, hey there you. You are alright. Don't worry, sweetheart."

Rose looked confused. "But, you died. I saw it."

He beamed at her. "Oh, do we ever have to have a talk later."

He leaned down and kissed her again.

Jake looked at Shakes, "Well, that's all back to normal, now."

Shakes laughed as he smiled proudly. "Yes. The Nehyta will always find a way."

Jake and Shakes walked away. Howie climbed up in the ambulance and told the medic. "Thanks Doc'. But we have our own Doc'. "

Pete asked the man, "Could you give us all a minute?"

The medic looked confused, but agreed and left the ambulance. He closed the doors behind him. The Doctor reached into his pocket and pulled out the box that Pete and Howie had seen him put into his pocket earlier. Rose sat up on the gurney.

Howie asked, "How the hell did you do that?"

The Doctor sat the box on the floor of the ambulance and told Howie, "Oh, just wait until you see this."

He smiled as he took the lid off the medal box, and flipped it on its' side. The Doctor leaned into the opening and said, "Boys! Tony! Jacob! Come out of there for me. Your Dads are here. Everything is alright."

Jacob was the first to climb out. Howie nearly cried. Jacob rushed up and wrapped his arms around his Dad. "Daddy! That was the coolest thing, ever!"

Tony then climbed out of the box. Pete pulled him off the floor before he was even completely through the box. "Hey Dad! The Doctor has the neatest little room! You should see it!" Pete held Tony and kissed him.

Pete wiped tears from his own eyes. "Oh, son. Are you alright?"

Tony shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, Dad. They hit Poltoius really hard though. When they took us, he was laying on the floor. Is he alright?"

Pete looked back at the Doctor. The Doctor told Tony. "I'm sure he will be alright."

Tony then asked, "Zeus?!"

The Doctor nodded and smiled. "Yeah, Zeus will be alright, too. Don't worry, Tony."

Someone knocked on the door of the ambulance and opened the door a crack. Jake popped his head in. "Sorry, but the Doctor says he needs to check everyone out, before he can let anyone leave the scene."

Tony jumped out of his Dad's lap and into the Doctor's arms. "No Doctor is touching me but my brother!"

Jacob agreed.

Howie told the Doctor, "We'll let the Doc check the boys out, then we will take them back home."

Howie turned to the Doctor and asked, "Would that be alright, Doc?"

The Doctor nodded, "Of course. It's not a problem at all. Come here, Jacob. Tony."

The Doctor sat them on either side of Rose on the gurney. He looked around and found an stethoscope. He tossed it on his neck and he asked the boys if they were alright. He already knew they were. He had scanned them earlier with his screwdriver. But, he figured he would at least put some sort of effort towards it, for Howie's sake. He still looked to be in a panic.

Both boys agreed they were fine. He looked at both of them in turn and then put the stethoscope into his ears. Jacob raised his shirt to let the Doctor listen to this chest. Tony looked on curiosity.

"Doctor. What do you hear with that?" Tony asked.

"I hear your lungs and your heart." he told him. He patted Jacob's shoulder and told him he was fine.

Jacob jumped back into Howie's arms and they left the ambulance.

The Doctor asked Tony to raise his shirt as he listened to his chest.

The Doctor turned his head coughed a bit.

Tony asked him, "Well, what does your heart sound like?"

The Doctor laughed under his breath. "Well, as it is now. Our hearts sound the same. Here, listen."

The Doctor put the stethoscope in Tony's ears and let him listen to his own heart. Then the boy listened to the Doctor's chest.

He looked confused. He looked up at the Doctor and scratched his head.

The Doctor noticed his reaction and laughed. "Well, what is that face for?"

Tony handed the stethoscope to Rose. "Listen. That's not right. His is different."

Rose looked surprised at her brother. She took the stethoscope, and listened to the Doctor's chest.

The Doctor tossed his hands up in frustration. "Oh, please. How can it be different?"

Pete rubbed his chin as he watched.

Rose listened to one side of his chest, then moved the stethoscope to the other side of his chest.

"Having trouble finding my heart, Rose?" he teased her.

Rose looked up at him in complete shock. She took the stethoscope out of her ears and handed it over to him.

"Here, you take a listen." she told him.

"Phhhht..." he exhaled. He took the stethoscope and put it in his ears. "What are you two on ...about?" His words faded away as he listened to his own chest. It was unmistakable. Instead of the human heartbeat he expected, he had a Time Lord heartbeat. A rhythm of four beats at a time. He slid it over to the other side of his chest and found his second heart there. He looked up at Rose who had covered her mouth in complete surprise. His mouth was open in shock.

The Bad Wolf had said, "Return to your old self, old man." She had returned him to being a full on Time Lord.

He took the stethoscope out of his ears and ran his hand through his hair. Him and Rose just stared at one another in disbelief.

Tony spoke up, "Why is it different?"

The Doctor looked over at him, "Ugh... well... hmm... "

Pete spoke up. "Sometimes people have different heart beats. Doesn't mean anything, son. Don't worry about it. I assure you the Doctor is just fine."

Tony looked up at the Doctor. "You are just weird." And then he jumped down from the gurney.

The Doctor, Rose and Pete laughed at him. Tony walked over and hugged Pete.

Pete picked up his son and turned to the Doctor and Rose. "There are no words. But, you know what I want to say. Thank you will never be enough."

The Doctor was still in shock over finding himself to have two hearts. Rose handled Pete. "No problem, Dad. We'll chat about that later."

Pete spoke, "Genie is with Jacks. Both were still asleep when we left. Do you two want a ride back to the White House?"

The Doctor found his voice, "No, thanks Pete. We've got our own way."

Pete shook the Doctor's hand and left the ambulance, shutting the door behind him. Rose and the Doctor were alone.

Rose grabbed both of the Doctor's hands. She was barely able to contain her excitement. "What does this mean? What happened?"

He looked up at her and laughed. "I can't believe it. I can feel your excitement! Everything! I can feel the earth moving! I can feel everything! Everything is back, Rose! I'm completely fine!"

His lips crashed into hers. He felt like he was about to jump out of his skin. He could feel that she was as excited as he was. He cupped his hands on her face, as she ran her hands through his hair.

He could feel her excitement bubbling over, her love, her relief, her love, her lust.

She could feel the same coming from him.

He was so happy that he started to climb on top of her on the gurney. She didn't stop him. She didn't care who opened the door and saw what was about to happen in that ambulance.

Just as she was sure he was about to start removing her clothes, or his, he grabbed her hand and put it on his watch. He held his hand on top of hers tightly and popped them back into their room at the White House.

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