Update time! Not much more to go I'm afraid  only this and the last chapter. Noooo!

Thanks again to everyone for the reviews. I am basking in review glow... :-D

Disclaimer: I own nothing. I am a nobody. However I am working on that...both parts, seriously, how cool would it be to own Doctor Who?

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rose was grinning ear to ear as she set about sending the soldiers to various places, the most exotic and ridiculous she could think of. Mickey, of course, had backed away from her slightly when her eyes started to glow that eerie gold colour, but Rose didn't care this was far too much fun!

Pausing slightly as she thought up another weird and wonderful place, Bad Wolf placed a shimmering barrier behind the soldiers to prevent them from getting away until she'd had her fill of the fun. Rose smiled wickedly, and raised her hand again. The remaining solders backed away as far as they could, each glancing at the other, wondering which would be next.

In a flash of gold, one vanished. Mickey looked at her sideways, slightly worried by the gleeful grin on her face.

'Where to this time?' he asked. Rose glanced at him, a spark back in eyes he hadn't seen in a long long time.

'The Russian space station.' Mickey gaped at her. When he poke, his voice came out distinctly high pitched.

'You sent him into space!' Rose had the grace to look a bit sheepish, and muttered something under her breath.

'What was that?' Rose let out a long breath.

'Space in 2020.' She replied, her voice slightly louder. Mickey sighed, then moved closer and bumped her shoulder.

'K, superwoman. Can we get out of here now?' Rose looked at him, then nodded. She lowered her arm, and the golden wall faded.

Xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx

The Doctor and Jack were hurrying up the stairs, bickering quietly about the size of Jack's ego. Jack, it seemed, thought he was a lot less big headed and arrogant that the Doctor made him out to be. The Doctor gave up arguing with him after one flight of stairs. There really was no reasoning with him.

Instead, he took to muttering about insanely deluded time-travelling humans instead. A much better topic, he decided. All mutterings, however, were bought to a halt when the Doctor stopped suddenly, causing Jack to power into him from behind.

So much for stealth, the Doctor thought ruefully as he tried to push Jack off him so he could stand up. But the other man wasn't moving. The Doctor glanced over at him, only to see him staring sideways, his eyes wide and a strange expression on his face. The Doctor followed his gaze, and what he saw made his jaw drop, and it wasn't often that happened!

Further on down the corridor were several people. And a shimmering golden wall. The Doctor's mouth was working, up and down, but no sound came out as he tried to take in what was going on. It was Jack who spoke first, his voice slightly bemused.

'Is that Rose?' he asked. The Doctor nodded from his position on the floor. 'And Mickey?' He nodded again. 'And...what's with the glow?' The Doctor finally found his voice.

'Bad Wolf'. Before Jack could reply, the golden wall faded and two men were suddenly running full speed towards them. But the soldiers paid them no heed as they raced past, terror visible on their faces. Both still too stunned to move, Jack and the Doctor just lay there as Rose and Mickey made their way down the corridor towards them, Rose laughing.

'Hi guys!' Rose said brightly when they reached them. Jack stumbled to his feet, allowing the Doctor to get up. And then he was pulling Rose into a deep embrace, his hands checking she was all in one piece as they flew over her head and face and baby bump. Although she hugged him back just as hard, Rose was laughing gently at his obvious panic that something was wrong with her.

'I'm fine.' She whispered in his ear, and his arms grew tighter still around her. Her soft laughing stopped as she realised just how worried and desperate he had been, and she pulled back slightly, bringing her hands up to his face as she looked upwards into his eyes.

'I'm fine.' She repeated. 'Honest'. The Doctor said nothing, his eyes overly bright. Then he kissed her firmly, and Rose lost her new sense of calm, and she pressed herself to him closely, needing to feel he was there. They were interrupted by a delicate cough from Jack, who was grinning at them stupidly.

'D'ya think there's a better place to be doing that?' he asked. Rose blushed slightly, glancing briefly over at Mickey. She was taken back slightly. If looks could kill, there would be one dead Doctor beside her right now. Shaking that aside, she fitted her hand into her Doctor's, and looked up at him, smiling brilliantly.

And that's how Rose Tyler escaped Torchwood. No dramatic rescue involving the British Army, no hordes of dead soldiers, and, for once, no brilliant plan involving a certain Time Lord. Instead, it had been most unconventional. After all, who ever heard of a pregnant woman rescuing herself from one of the most feared organisations on the planet? And in such style!

It wasn't until much later that day, after the reunion with her family, after the medical check up (both the Doctor and Jackie had insisted), and after the much appreciated meal on Jacks' ship, when she and the Doctor were curled up on Rose's bed as he was particularly unwilling to let her out of sight, that he thought to ask exactly how Bad Wolf was still with her.

Rose raised her head from where it was resting on his chest, and looked at him strangely.

'What on Earth makes you think I'm going to know the answer to that?' she asked, amusement evident in her voice. The Doctor shrugged, then replied that he had absolutely no idea, so he might as well ask her. Rose grinned, then gave the only answer that she could.

'Bad Wolf is me. I am it. I couldn't exist without Bad Wolf, just as it couldn't exist without me.' She shrugged as best she could from the position she was lying in. 'And even that's just a feeling. I can't really explain it.' The Doctor smiled softly down at her, and kissed her gently.

'I suppose it doesn't really matter. Although I do feel a little let down that I didn't get to rescue you, and do all that dramatic stuff that normally happens when you get kidnapped.' Then his expression turned serious as his thoughts turned to the subject of the baby. Their baby. Because it really really was. They'd done tests and everything, and there was no question about it. The baby was half Gallifreyan. But only a quarter human.

When the test results had come back, there had been a part of the baby that was unidentifiable Although Rose knew exactly what that part was. The baby, it seemed, had inherited part of Bad Wolf. And with hearing this, Rose had felt so much calmer, and happier, and relieved.

If the baby had inherited Bad Wolf, it had inherited protection. Something she would need her whole life. After all, she was a very unusual baby. Perfectly unique in every sense of the word.

The issue of what they would do once the baby was born, although the fact that they would stay in this universe was generally an accepted one, hadn't come up yet. But the Doctor was perfectly happy to save that conversation to another day. Right now, he was perfectly happy. Something he hadn't been since the fall of Gallifrey.

He looked down at Rose, who had fallen asleep during his musings, and he smiled, leaning down to press a kiss to her forehead. Yes indeed,

Absolutely Perfect,

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Nooooo! It's finished! It's finished! Ahhhhhhhh! I feel so alone . I think I may have to write an epilogue. Then maybe a sequel? Would you like a sequel? Maybe I could publish books! K, going a bit far there...but I shall do an epilogue!

Anyways, hope you liked it. That is the end of all ideas and plotbunnies and evil cliff hangers, and I hope you've enjoyed reading it half as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, they've meant so much, and given me so much confidence.

Jessi