Disclaimer: See the introduction.

Author's Note: Edited chapter!

Third person POV…

Chip slowly approached Sophie's body when she collapsed on the ground. "Mistress?" he asked tentatively, hoping that she was okay. His mistress started to stir and she muttered out the same order as she always did, not realizing she was in a human body.

"Moisturize me."

Immediately listening, Chip hurried to retrieve the canister. She was finally awake and she looked herself over.

"How bizarre…arms…fingers…" she said, out of breath, as she wiggled her fingers, testing them out for the first time. Then she took notice of the blonde hair that was in her face and she took a hold of it, eyes wide in amazement. "Hair! Let me see! Let me see!" She sprung to her feet and she dashed to a mirror. This time, her eyes were wide in horror at what she saw. "Oh my god! I'm a chav!" Then she titled her head to the side, looking herself over. Well, she at least looked better than she would have in Rose's body, but still! She was horrified at the fact she was in a human body! But she knew what she was getting herself into when she came up with this plan.

Chip just stared at her, not knowing what to think of his new mistress.

-0-

Rose sat with Novice Hame as the Doctor went off to get Hame a drink of water. Sophie still hadn't shown up and Rose was still worried. She could tell that the Doctor was finally worried about her too. It showed in his eyes. For some reason that she didn't know, he seemed to pretend that he wasn't worried. It was probably so she wouldn't be worried, or well more worried than she already was…that's what she thought, at least. The voice over the intercom startled her out of her thoughts.

"Hope, harmony, and health. Hope, harmony and health."

Rose smiled at the sight of the Doctor, who was crossing the ward. He handed the glass of water to Novice Hame and smiled at her. She took the glass, returning the smile.

"That's very kind," she told him. "But there's no need."

The Doctor went over to the window. "You're the one working."

"There's not much to do. Just maintain his smoke."

"But I'm sure you're company to him too," Rose pointed out kindly.

"I suppose I am," she agreed as she smiled fondly at the Face of Boe, who was still fast asleep. "I can hear him singing, sometimes. In my mind…such ancient songs…"

"Are we the only visitors?" the Doctor asked.

"The rest of Boe kind became extinct. Long ago. He's the only one left."

'Just like the Doctor.' Rose thought to herself, glancing at him with sadness in her eyes.

"Legend says that the Face of Boe has watched the universe grow old." The Doctor smiled and she continued, "There are all sorts of superstitions around him. One story says that just before he dies, the Face of Boe will impart his greatest secret, that he will speak those words only to one like himself."

The Doctor didn't get it, but Rose did. Novice Hame meant that he would talk to someone who was the last of his kind. And that person was the Doctor. Rose would have told him that if he hadn't spoken up before she could.

"What does that mean?" he asked.

"It's just a story."

The Doctor pressed on though. "Tell me the rest."

Novice Hame stared at him for a moment before she nodded. "It's said he'll talk to a wanderer. To the man without a home. The Lonely God."

The Doctor's eyes grew sad, recognizing himself in this sentence and Rose looked at him sadly, wishing she could do something. There was nothing she could do. She couldn't bring his people back but if she could, she wouldn't hesitate in doing so, despite the consequences.

-0-

Still down in the basement, Cassandra stood in front of the mirror, looking over Sophie's body, still looking horrified at what she looked like. She looked like a commoner!

"Look at me!" she exclaimed frantically. "From class to brass! English voice to an American one!" Then in a curious voice, she said, "Although…" She pulled down at the end of the shirt, pulling it just enough to reveal an ample amount of cleavage. Sophie did have a nice pair of breasts on her. She smiled to herself pleasantly as she ran her hands over the girl's curves. "Oh…curves…oh baby…" She bounced up and down amazed at the way her body now moved. To be fair, it had been a long time since she had been a human, so everything would be fascinating to her.

Chip followed in suit with his mistress, joyful smile on his face, happy that his mistress was happy.

Cassandra sounded delighted as she exclaimed while still bouncing up and down, "It's like living inside a bouncy castle!"

"Mistress is beautiful!"

"Absolutement!" She ignored the girl's disgust in her mind when she said this. Somehow Sophie had pushed her way out from the back of her mind. Cassandra heard the girl scream in her mind, screaming to let her out. It gave her a headache!

"Shut up you stupid girl!" Cassandra growled to herself, pushing the girl back into her mind. Something she protested about. The girl was back where she once was and she smiled relieved. It was then she took notice to her old frame and it was empty. "Oh, but look."

Chip had already noticed this too. "Oh! The brain lead expired," he said, his tone of voice mixed with sadness and surprise, as they both headed over to Cassandra's brain. "My old mistress is gone."

"But safe and sound in here," Cassandra said with a smirk, which looked horrible looking on Sophie's sweet face as she tapped the side of her head. Again, she could feel the Sophie, trying to push her way out, but she managed to keep her back.

"What of the child's mind?" Chip asked.

"Oh … tucked away … I can just about access her surface memories." But as she said this, she had a hard time to access those memories. This girl's mind was strong, she gave her that. She managed to get some of her memories, though there was a bit of struggle to get to them. "She's…" She paused to think as a memory of the Doctor and Rose appeared in her mind. "Gosh, she's with Rose and the Doctor… a man … he's the Doctor … the same man with a new face!" She was disgusted and it showed in her voice. "That hypocrite!"

She whirled around to head back to the mirror as she said in a musing voice, "I must get the name of his surgeon." She made it back to the mirror and she looked at herself, smoothing Sophie's hair down. "I could do with a little work. Although." She ran her hand along the girl's bum, loving the feel of it. It was definitely a nice ass, nice and round. "Nice rear bumper. Hmm." She smiled, then frowned as she heard something ringing in her back pocket. "Oh… it seems to be ringing…" She glanced up at Chip for a moment before she took out the ringing device and stared down at it. "Is it meant to ring?"

"A primitive communication device," Chip explained.

Cassandra pressed a button on the device and she heard the familiar voice of Rose Tyler on the other end of the device. She scowled to herself at the sound of it. There was a voice she had never wanted to hear again.

"Sophie, where are you?" Blondie sounded worried.

She had no idea how to respond and she whispered to Chip, placing the phone to her ear, "How does she speak?"

"Old Earth English." Chip answered in a whisper.

She gave a quick nod. "Um hello." She greeted in her best American accent, but it didn't sound at all like one.

Over on the other end of the phone, Rose frowned in suspicion. There was something off about her friend, it was obvious. She didn't know what it was, but she did know that it was just something. Rose decided to ignore the feeling, even though it was still there, as she spoke to Sophie.

"Where have you been? It shouldn't take this long to find Ward 26, Soph."

"I shall proceed up the Apples and Pears."

Rose's frown deepened. Now, she knew that something was definitely up. Sophie didn't speak like that. She decided then and there to try something.

"Guess who the Doctor and I saw? The Face of Boe? Remember him?" Rose questioned her friend, remembering that she had told her friend about him. She heard Sophie laugh through what sounded like gritted teeth.

"Course I do…that big old… boat … race."

Rose would have responded but something happening at the Duke's bed distracted her. She was nearby there as she was talking to Sophie. The Doctor was still over by the Face of Boe.

"Sophie, I guess I'll see you in a minute," she said. Not waiting for a response, she hung up her mobile and stuck it back in her pocket. "Doctor!" She called loudly making her way back to the Face of Boe.

The Doctor saw Rose and knew something was up by the look on her face. "What's wrong?" he asked, concerned.

"You have to see this Doctor," Rose told him, grabbing in his hand as she tugged him over to the Duke. She let go of his hand as soon as they were there. The Doctor frowned at the sight of the Duke, who was laughing happily with Frau Clovis while they had a glass of champagne together.

"Didn't think I was going to make it!" The Duke laughed joyfully. He took notice to the Doctor and Rose and he laughed again. "There's that man and girl again!"

The Doctor's frown turned into a smile as he scratched his ear absent-mindedly.

"You're both my good luck charms! Come in! Don't be shy!" He let out another joyful laugh.

Though she was happy that he was okay now, Rose knew something was going on. The Doctor said that there was no cure, so how could he be completely healthy?

"Any friendship expressed by the Duke of Manhattan does not constitute a form of legal contract," Frau Clovis snapped.

Rose took a step back, holding her hands up in surrender. "Okay, okay, sorry," she apologized as the Doctor nodded.

"Winch me up." The Duke gave the Doctor and Rose a thumbs up, smiling widely as Frau Clovis pressed a button on the remote, the bed titled forward as a waiter came up to them.

"Champagne, sir… madam?" he asked.

Rose shook her head in response.

"No thanks," the Doctor answered, glancing at him quickly. He looked back at the Duke as the waiter walked away. "Uh…you had Petrifold Regression, right?"

"That being the operate word! Past tense! Completely cured!" he exclaimed as he laughed joyfully.

"But that's impossible," The Doctor said as a cat nurse came up to him and Rose.

"Primitive species would access us of magic, but it's merely the tender application of science." She informed them proudly.

The Doctor stared at her, suspiciously. "How on Earth did you cure him?" he questioned.

Rose leaned in, wanting to know how herself.

"How on New Earth, you might say."

The Doctor nodded towards the drip, not taking that as an answer. "What's in that solution?"

"A simple remedy."

"Then tell me what it is," The Doctor challenged.

The cat shook her head. "I'm sorry. Patient confidentiality. I don't believe we've met." She smiled as she held out her hand. "My name is Matron Casp."

"I'm the Doctor." He ignored her hand.

Matron Casp frowned as she dropped her hand. "I think you'll find that we're the Doctors here."

Before he could say anything else, Nurse Jatt came up to her. "Matron Casp – you're needed in the intensive care."

"If you would excuse me," Matron Casp told the Doctor.

He nodded at her. She left with Nurse Jatt with Rose and the Doctor watching them walk away. They seemed to have a quiet conversation with one another. Rose and the Doctor shared a look before they looked back at the nurses, watching them suspiciously.

-0-

"This Doctor man is dangerous," Chip told his mistress worriedly.

Cassandra ducked her head down, Sophie's hair dangling in front of her hair, before she straightened up and brushed her hair back as she stared at herself in the mirror. "Dangerous and clever," she said, fixing her shirt so more cleavage was showing.

Sophie's voice suddenly sounded in her head, managing to push herself out from the depths of her brain where Cassandra had put her. 'Let me out of here you pancake.' She screamed loudly.

Cassandra clenched her head in pain since it was so loud. "Get back there, you stupid girl!" she cried, still holding her head as Sophie continued to scream, kick, and cry out for the Doctor or Rose Tyler to save her and get her out. Forcefully, Cassandra pushed Sophie away, earning another loud scream of protest. Once the girl was finally tucked away, she sighed in relief as she removed her hands from her head.

Chip looked at her worriedly. "Mistress?"

"I'm fine," Cassandra snapped, rubbing her temples. She went back to what she was saying like nothing happened. "I might need a mind like his and though this isn't Rose Tyler, the girl knows the Doctor as well so my plan should still work." From the memories, she saw the girl and the Doctor just met but she seemed to have known about him for a longer time than that. From who, Cassandra couldn't see, but it was definitely there. The girl wouldn't let her access those memories. Oh well, it wasn't important anyway. She changed the subject, telling Chip as she turned towards her minion, "The Sisterhood is up to something. Remember that Earth saying…? Never trust a nun. Never trust a nurse. And never… trust a cat." She went up to him, holding out a hand. "Perfume?"

Chip took a small tube of perfume out of his pocket and handed it to his mistress. Cassandra pushed it down into her cleavage and she strode out of the room with purpose.

'Don't hurt them!' Sophie growled as she again managed to push herself forward.

Cassandra scowled in annoyance, quickly pushing her back once again.

-0-

Knowing something was up, the Doctor and Rose were looking at various drips from different patients.

"What are we looking for?" Rose asked as the Doctor slipped on his glasses so he could examine the drips better.

Though he knew everything, he didn't know the answer to the question Rose asked. But there was something going on and the Doctor was going to figure it out.

When he didn't respond, Rose moved her gaze away from him and a smile appeared on her face at the sight of Sophie coming into Ward 26, smoothing her hair down. The smile faltered at the sight of the cleavage her friend was showing. Before she had time to think about why her friend was showing so much, the Doctor took notice to Sophie too and a smile appeared on her friend's face.

"There you are, Sophie!" he said happily, going over to her and grabbing onto her arm. "Come and look at this patient!" He pulled her over to a patient whose skin was completely red and Rose followed, frowning slightly. He took his glasses off and pocked them as he continued, "Marconi's Disease. Should take years to recover. Two days. I've never seen anything like it – they've invented a cell washing cascade – it's amazing. Their medical science is way advanced. And this one!" He took her over to another bed, sporting a man who was completely white. "Pallidome Pancrosis. Kills you in ten minutes and he's fine!" He waved cheerily to the patient with his free hand. "I need to find the terminal. I've got to see how they do this."

Together, they walked off and Rose noticed how different Sophie was walking as she pointed it out. "Why are you walking like that, Soph?"

"No reason, Rose," she sneered, taking Rose by surprise.

The Doctor didn't notice this exchange as he continued speaking while he walked. "Because if they've got the best medicine in the world… then why's it such a secret?"

Sophie stopped walking. "I can't Adam and Eve it."

The Doctor turned to her, confused. Why was she talking like that? He voiced his question out loud.

"What's - what's with the voice?"

Sophie looked up at him, fluttering her eyelashes at him flirtatiously as if Rose wasn't there. Rose crossed her arms and huffed at her.

"Oh I don't know," she said. "Just larking about. New Earth…New me…" She looked him up and down appreciatively as if just noticing him for the first time. The Doctor finally seemed to notice that her shirt showed a good amount of cleavage.

The Doctor gulped nervously, not even fully knowing why he was nervous. Rage filled Rose's face at how her best friend had been throwing herself at the Doctor.

"Well, I can talk. New, New Doctor." He grinned in a cute way to cover the nervousness. The grin seemed to make Sophie's eyes cloud over in desire.

"Mmm, aren't you just…?"

Then the last thing Rose expected happened.

Sophie, very suddenly, pulled the Doctor's face towards her and crashed her lips to his deeply.

Rose's mouth dropped to the floor.

The Doctor's eyes widened in shock when she kissed him, running her hands through his hair as she pushed her body into his and slipped her tongue into his mouth. Though he immediately wanted to push her back and away from him, there was something in the kiss that made him not do so. It took him a moment for him to fall into the kiss, returning it. But it was a brief kiss as Sophie broke it just as suddenly as she started it. The Doctor's eyes opened back up, staring into Sophie's with a dazed look on his face. His hair was a tousled mess from Sophie running her delicate fingers in his hair.

Sophie stared back at him just for a few moments before she blushed and cleared her throat, breaking the moment. "T… terminal's this way." She said, sounding out of breath.

With that, she turned on her heel and headed off, exhaling a deep breath. The Doctor stared after her still with that dazed expression and Rose almost growled at the sight.

"Yep … still got it…" he said in high-pitched voice as he ran a hand through his hair. Finally he looked at Rose as if he just noticed her and saw the glare on her face. He looked at her confused and oblivious to what was wrong with his companion. "What?" Rose's glare deepened. "What?"

In response, she huffed and followed Sophie. The Doctor went after Sophie and Rose, still wondering what was wrong with Rose. Minutes later, they stood in front of a screen, looking at the details of the hospital.

"Nope…nothing odd…surgery…post op…nano- dentistry…no sign of a shop," The Doctor said as he looked at all the details, counting them all of. "They should have a shop."

Sophie walked around the Doctor, accidently bumping into Rose, who scowled at her in response. She peered at the screen, leaning forward.

"It's gotta be there somewhere," she muttered.

The Doctor glanced at her, but found himself looking at her lips and her cleavage too. He shook himself internally. 'Stop being distracted.' He scolded himself. 'And stop acting like you've never seen a pair of breasts before.'

Rose noticed the staring and clenched her jaw, feeling jealous once again.

Sophie continued speaking, not noticing what was going on around her. "Search the sub-frame," she told the Doctor.

"What if the sub frame is locked?"

Rose saw her roll eyes at what the Doctor said.

"Try the installation protocol." Sophie reminded him in an obvious tone of voice.

The Doctor nodded, feeling stupid for the first time in his life. "Yeah, course, sorry," he said, taking out the sonic and scanning the screen. He frowned then. "Hold on."

He clicked the sonic off and the entire wall moved downwards, revealing a secret corridor behind. A smile appeared on Sophie's lips and walked straight into it. Rose frowned at her back.

"Something's wrong with her," she commented.

The Doctor seemed to realize this too. Though he didn't know Sophie all that well, the way she was acting wasn't the way he thought she would. She didn't seem like the person to kiss someone she just met. He ignored the fluttering in his hearts as he remembered the kiss. It was a nice kiss…very nice.

"Intensive Care," he said as he and Rose followed Sophie. "Certainly looks intensive."

Unknown to them, Novice Hame had watched them enter the corridor and ended up following them.

TBC...

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New Earth, Part 3...