KITG: here you go, last man chapter. Epilogue to follow. Hope you enjoyed the ride, as much as I enjoyed writing it. Here you go.

Final chapter

Rose moved down the dark hallways, she could sense it near. She felt fear, when her people had fought…no wait, not her people, not Rose's people. She was human. It was the new side of her, the new DNA joined with her, giving her new memories. Swamping her own, but she had to remember who she was.

Now both sides of herself felt fear, the other side of herself informed her that she was alone, no others of her kind to help her. On its home planet packs would hunt, would bring down the pain giver. But alone they would have to be careful. But the part that was Rose sent comfort to the other part of herself, telling the alien inside her that the Doctor was here, that he would defeat it, they just needed to buy him time.

They stopped as one, both minds alert to the sound that reached her heightened senses. She looked into the darkness, seeing it move, slowly at first. Rose tensed; she needed to lead it away from the Doctor. She couldn't lead it back to the incinerator; it was too smart for that. She would lead it through the maze of hallways. Her muscles released like springs as the slug moved at a speed you would not believe it was capable of..

She ran, its tendrils whipping around her, she bounded off a wall, making her able to get round the corner. He claws tapped on the metal grills of the floor. She heard it following, the squelching Jell-O like sound. She yelped in pain as a tendril whipped across, impacting her side so she slammed into the metal wall, the dint it made a copy of her form. She picked herself up, as the chase continued.

The Doctor stood in the lab, scanning through the various chemicals, the glass rattled against each other as he took what he needed then hastily replaced it. Billy, Dogan, Adam and the rest of the small group of survivors looked on as this strange man mixed the chemicals, there would be puffs of smoke as the concoction bubbled in the glass crucible.

"Can we help Doc?" Billy asked, the Doctor hardly answered didn't even grumble at the shortening of his name. They waited to see if he would reply, the deep concentration on his face as he mixed the last but most volatile.

"See if you can get the security cameras on that computer, and tell me…where it is" Billy knew the slight gap in his sentence would have been her name. He could tell that this man was afraid of what they might find.

Billy managed to bring up the camera on the computer, switching to infa-red they could see the form of Rose running, the heat radiating off her making her shine brightly on the screen. Behind her it came, the slug like creature moving swiftly through the shining sterile corridors. Dogan and Adam blanched when they realized..

"That crazy freak is leading it here" Dogan exclaimed

"I've had enough of this" Adam exclaimed and pulled out the gun he had been hiding from under his prison uniform, he aimed it at the Doctor and Billy.

"Adam, what are you doing?" Billy exclaimed

"What I should have done from the start. Now get over there. You, Mr. scientist, any guns in here?"

"Over there, in the locked cabinet" Adam kept his gun trained on the others as Dogan went over to the cabinet, smashing open the lock with a chair. Inside were high power rifles and shotguns. Dogan laughed as he took out the ones he wanted, then grabbed some boxes of ammo. Dogan cocked the shotgun and pointed at the rest.

"Now you lot, so you don't cause anymore trouble, inside" he indicated the glass chamber at the back. It was a de-contamination chamber; the glass was thick. No way would they be able to get out. They all filed in, the Doctor doing so under protest. The dark look back in his eyes.

"Don't be a fool! They won't do anything to it!" Dogan locked the door, the pressing the intercom he smiled through the glass.

"Maybe not, but if I shoot the freak, it will be too busy with her, while I just slip on by" he didn't wait to hear the Doctors reply, clicking off the intercom, he and Adam sat ready facing the door way.

Rose could sense the Doctor before her, knew he would be ready by now. She was not sure how she knew, she just did. Light at the end of the Darkness, the room at the end holding the Doctor. But then it was if the Doctor called out to her mind. That there was danger. At the last instant she jumped high through the door. The sound of gun blast below her as the bullets missed her by inches. She jumped again as Dogan rounded his gun, trying to hit her. As she jumped she was slammed in the side once more by a tentacle, she hit hard glass he blood marking it as she slid down. She heard the cries of another. Looking over she could see the second shot meant for her had hit Adam. He was screaming on the ground as the thing came near him. Sucking the life from him. He screamed in pain s the thing only laughed, the gurgling glee sending shivers down her spine. She tried to get up, noticing movement behind the glass she turned to meet the very concerned face of the Doctor, he was kneeling down, hand on glass. She placed her hand over the glass. As if to touch his, she looked down to the other hand. Seeing the vile she knew they were ready.

She pushed up rising on all fours as Dogan began to scream. As he emptied round after round into the slug, making no difference. Then there was the dull click as his ammo ran dry.

"No,No,No. Hey freak, you have to help me," he cried out to her as he backed up against the wall. The other part of her told her to let him die, that he deserved it. But the part that was rose said no one deserved this. She ran, hitting the door release to the chamber as she did so, then ran full speed at the thing, she impacted into hit, her velocity was some what absorbed by the slime like creature, but she had enough to knock it over, Dogan was sobbing on the ground, eyes wide. Rose slashed and cut at it, even as she saw the Doctor throw the glass container, it emptied its contents on the creature. It screamed and hissed. Not unlike as a chilled you put salt on a snail and watch it die. The same was happening to this creature.

Great glomps of it fell to the floor as it tried to get away. But with one final anguished cry it shriveled and turned to ash. The Doctor looked over to the form of Rose who lay on the floor un-moving.

"Rose?" he rushed over to her, now seeing the injuries suffered from the creature and Dogan. It would seem some of the buckshot of the shotgun had hit her on the shoulder. Her pulse was thready; he needed to get her back to the TARDIS. He turned round at the sound of running feet, flashlights illuminating the corridor. Out came a rush of armed S.W.A.T. all leveled their guns at those assembled.

"Freeze!" the commander shouted. All raised their hands.

"Look my friend is hurt I.." The Doctor began but was cut off.

"Quiet, you are under arrest." The Doctor was about to argue when Nathan came up.

"It's alright captain. They are with me." He walked forward to the Doctor. "Pick your girl up Doc, and we'll get you all out of here. Captain, arrest Doctor Marcus, and the sniveling wreck in the corner"

"Yes, sir" Nathan led the Doctor and the others into daylight. There waiting was a helicopter. Nathan had provided a sheet to cover Rose so no questions were asked. The chopper flew back to New York landing in the grass clearing of central park. Nathan told everyone to get off and go home. Which the gang members did willingly as the Chopper took off once more. All those that were left were Billy, Kate and Nathan, as the stood by the Doctor.

"Will she be ok Doctor" Kate asked of the bundle in the Doctors arms

"She will, might just take time"

"Tell here I said thank you, for her looking after me"

"I will, take care Kate" The Doctor watched as she ran off, in her hand was her box of belongings.

"Guess I'll be going too Doc, Take care" he bent down and picked up his box.

"Billy, do something with your life, don't waste it"

"Don't worry Doc, I will. Think I'll go home and see me parents for a time. Then who knows? Back to school." With a final nod to Nathan he walked off, whistling a happy tune.

"Come on Doctor, I'll carry yours and Rose's stuff back to your place"

"Thanks"

Nathan followed the Doctor through the park, carrying the two boxes. Soon they were out on the early morning streets, passing a newsagent as he just opened up. Nathan became a little confused when they went down a dingy ally. But became down right puzzled when he saw the blue police box. The Doctor went up to it, and then turned to Nathan.

"Would you mind?" he indicated his neck with a point of a finger. His hands were full with rose so couldn't get the Key.

"Um..sure" he took the key and placed it in the door of the blue box, he unlocked it and the Doctor kicked the door open with his foot.

"Grab the boxes would you?" was a parting remark as he entered.

"It's gonna be a bit tight Doc" but he walked in……then stopped "bloody hell" Nathan looked round the console room, the Doctor no where in sight, he placed the box's on the floor and just stood there mouth open. The Doctor retuned to the room, seeing Nathan's face he smiled a little.

"That's Rose in the med bay. Thanks for your help Nathan, and I don't want to be rude"

"umm, sure…um no prob Doctor…I have to get back to my family anyway. Just once question….Are you alien? Wait, never mind, Stupid question. Take care Doctor, or whoever you are." Nathan Held out his hand, which the Doctor took.

"It's just the Doctor. And you too" With one last look Nathan turned and walked from the TARDIS, bright smile on his face.

The Doctor after putting he proper clothes back on returned to the med bay. The TARDIS blinked at him telling him all Rose's vitals. He sighed; this was going to take a while. He began the arduous task of separating Rose's DNA from that of the Alien that had latched onto her gnome. Finally after 12 hours the work was done, he left her then as he could see the change, of the fur returning how it should be, leaving her body. The change would be slower, less painful as the bones went back to their normal, human shape. He decided to finish fixing the TARDIS, so he could take her somewhere nice, without the danger. So 6 hours later found him finished with the TARDIS, she hummed in quiet travel as she navigated the time vortex once more. He had sent her to Tranvar 6. It was nothing but sandy beaches. No intelligent life….just a few birds. Nothing dangerous at all. They would spend a few days, even a week if she needed it. He was afraid she would remember what she had done to Griff. How she had ripped hit throat out. The other side of her said she hadn't seen. And he hoped she hadn't. For a person such as Rose to know she had done such a thing could destroy her.

He walked past the med bay, seeing her still sleeping form, but she was now back to the Rose he knew. The gold hair fanning her face, she slept on. It was a shame he thought about that guard, the Doctor was not a violent alien, but that guard had really pushed him to his limits. It would seem the slug monster, as Billy had dubbed it, had found the guard and finished him off. He looked down to his hand, seeing the Gold necklace the guard had taken from Rose that night. Nathan had returned just before he had taken off, saying he had found it. It would give the Doctor great pleasure to return this to her. He placed the necklace in his pocket as she began to stir; he walked up to her bed taking her hand in his. Here eyes opened to look straight at him.

"There she is, the sleepy head"

"Oi" the response was quiet, but full of life "we home?"

"Home?"

"In the TARDIS" she replied, looking around. He smiled.

"Yes were home, how do you feel?"

"Kinda sluggish, but ok I guess. Better than the last time I remember seeing you any way. What happened?"

"Go and put some comfy beach clothes on and meet me outside. We having a vacation and I'll tell you when you come" with that he rose, but she did not miss the dark look in his eyes. And she knew he wouldn't tell her everything…

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KITG: There you go, epilogue next. R&R please.