A/N: So off we go, the Doctor and Rose once again. Still don't own anything but I'd better warn you anyhow that this is going to get a bit angsty from now on.
Rose felt two strong arms circle around her, anchoring her to the console as the TARDIS juddered violently. There was nothing more to be done except ride out the journey and pray they could turn back when they landed. Rose felt the wrench in her heart that she always felt whenever they sped through the Vortex away from their daughter, light years of time and space between them.
The ship lurched violently and sent her occupants crashing to the floor, losing precious contact with one another. The Doctor pulled himself along the grating and grabbed Rose's hand before rolling over her as a shower of sparks reigned down on them.
"What's happening?" she cried.
The Doctor couldn't hear her words over the sound of the engine but he saw the words form on her lips and shook his head in defeat, his grip tightening on her hand. The ship twisted horribly and Rose felt the sharp stab of pain as they were thrown against the main console. She cried out as she felt blood seep down her back and fumbled once again for the Doctor's hand. Her face fell as she saw him also, the gash above his eye bleeding down into his long lashes. She felt rather than heard him tell her that she'd be alright as he huddled up against her, pressing their backs into the space between the floor and the console. He pulled her close to his chest, rocking her as she whimpered, while the TARDIS continued her erratic journey. They heard the familiar hitch in the engines and braced themselves for the landing. When the bump came they both cursed the console for being so solid before flopping out onto the grating in relief. The Doctor helped Rose to her feet and sat her on the captain's chair, lifting up the back of the T Shirt to reveal her injury. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it wasn't serious, the console had grazed her badly but not enough to be fatal.
"You're alright, no major damage," he said rubbing her shoulder, "You'll be a bit sore for a while though."
"What happened Doctor?" she said, as he came round to face her, rubbing the blood from his eye with the sleeve of his jacket, "Why did the TARDIS just take off like that?"
The Doctor surveyed the console, glad to see there was no damage, "I'm worried that sticky little fingers may have a had a part to play..."
The TARDIS gave an undignified rasp and sent a torrent of sparks towards him, the lights in the control room flashing. The Doctor stepped back and eyed his ship warily, not believing the information filtering into his mind. He raised an eyebrow at the central column of the ship before letting out an exasperated sigh.
"… or the TARDIS is pissed off with us for some reason."
He was answered by a more subdued beep and sighed more deeply than before, "The TARDIS is pissed off with us."
Rose looked none to pleased as she approached the console herself, her arms crossed across her chest and a pout on her lips, "So she decided to send us on a little rollercoaster ride? What for? Why is she pissed off?"
The Doctor shook his head, "I don't know, she's blocking me out and I have a feeling we won't be able to fly her back until she decides to take us herself."
Rose felt a smile reach her face as she walked her fingers up the Doctor's back, revelling in the fact that the action still made him shiver, "You do know what that means don't you?" she said, her voice filled with a cheeky air the Doctor hadn't heard in years, "The co-ordinates still say that's Tutankhamun's Egypt out there. Fancy an adventure with your plus one?"
The Doctor turned his face to her with a manic grin, "Do you think we should? I mean, perhaps we should be trying to convince the TARDIS to take us back, everyone will be worried."
Rose could hear the lack of conviction in his words and knew he wanted no more than the throw the TARDIS doors open and take on whatever was out there. She pressed herself close to his back and sang softly in his ear.
"Only just once more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile,
Doesn't seem to care no,
No more wind in his hair,
As he reaches his last half mile."
"Fancy catching the night boat to Cairo?" said the Doctor, reaching round to drag a hand up her thigh.
"You read my mind," said Rose, "Wardrobe?"
"Wardrobe," said the Doctor, taking her hand and sprinting down into the depths of the TARDIS.
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Jackie and Mickey nearly sent each other flying as they ran towards the sound of the dematerialising TARDIS. Mickey helped Jackie keep her feet, worried she might drop Susan who was clinging tightly around her neck. They stood in absolute confusion as the blue box faded away to nothing and the sound disappeared.
"Where'd they… What… Why?" said Mickey, shook rendering him unable to string a sentence together.
Jackie just stared at the empty space before her before cuddling Susan close against her, "Its alright sweetheart, they'll come back," she said to the toddler, "Its probably just a malfunction or something, you know what that ship is like."
"Yeah, and by now the Doctor would have turned her around," said Mickey, "They've run off!"
"Leaving Susan!" cried Jackie, "I don't think so."
"Well then the Doctor's taken them somewhere," said Mickey, "Perhaps they've gone to sort things out."
"Sort things out?" said Jackie setting Susan on her feet, "Sort what out?"
Mickey seemed to be fighting a battle with himself but gave up with an exasperated sigh, "I shouldn't be telling you this and if he finds out I have he'll abandon me on the furthest planet he can find."
"What are you talking about Mickey?"
"Jacks, don't throw a fit when I tell you this ok, but the Doctor thinks their marriage is in trouble. He thinks he's stifling Rose because they stay on Earth so much to protect Susie but he doesn't want to offer to take her anywhere dangerous in case she gets hurt. He's worried about putting Rose in danger and leaving Susie without a mother. He doesn't think he can cope raising her alone."
Mickey prepared himself for a slap but instead Jackie gave a mournful laugh, tugging at Susan's hand as she began to walk towards the park. Mickey kept in step beside her.
"Those two really need to communicate more," she said sitting Susan on a swing and pushing her gently, "Rose is worried too. She thinks the Doctor resents the domestic life they have to have. She's worried he'll leave her for the closest woman who'll have his old life with him. I told her to tell him that she wanted to go on an adventure but she said she couldn't risk losing him and leaving Susie without a father."
"You know for two people with the entire universal dictionary at their disposal they aren't very good at talking," said Mickey sitting down on the swing next to Susan.
"Dat's why da TARDIS tooked them away," said Susan, her eyes focused on the horizon as the swing flew back and forth, "She wants them to have an 'venture."
Jackie pulled the swing to a halt and knelt down in front of her grand daughter, "You knew about this?"
Susan nodded with a cheeky smile, "Da TARDIS told me. She told me what buttons to press."
"The TARDIS talks to you?" said Mickey, "Does your Daddy know?"
Susan shook her head, "My secret. She only whispers so Daddy can't hear her," she said, her voice a stage whisper, "She wants Daddy to be Da Doctor again, not to be scared."
Jackie bit her lip, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry, "So you made the TARDIS take Mummy and Daddy away? Where'd they go?"
Susan smiled triumphantly, "I did the wires and the buttons to go to Egypt."
"Why do I have a feeling their not going to be landing in Egypt?" said Mickey, "We'd best get back inside and wait for the phone to ring."
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The Doctor straightened the cuffs of his replacement brown trench coat and waited for Rose to come out of the wardrobe. Cairo in the time of the Pharoah's and he was looking forward to seeing Rose looking like Cleopatra. He heard her footsteps as she stomped along the TARDIS corridor and heard her voice soon after.
"You'd better be in a bloody loin cloth if I've got to wear this get up," she cried entering the room. The Doctor took in her appearance, the white linen dress covered with coloured beads accentuated her figure perfectly all the way up to the jewelled collar she wore over her neck and shoulders but above that he couldn't help but smirk. Her blonde hair was covered by a black, braided wig and her eyes were lined so heavily that he wondered if she could even see out of them. His smirk turned into a laugh and it wasn't too long until he felt himself being shoved up against the console.
"You'd better be planning on changing," said Rose, her threat meeting with more laughter as she vainly tried to puff a strand of hair out of her eyes.
"I'd rather stay in this," said the Doctor still giggling, "You look…lovely darling."
His breath hitched as he felt her hot little hand slid down his stomach before gripping his manhood hard.
"I said, you'd better be planning on changing," she said, her voice laced with danger and power, knowing full well that she could bend him to her will either through pain or pleasure.
The Doctor knew his voice would squeak the second it left him but he could do nothing about it, "But Rose, I thought we were going for a traditional adventure. You always dressed up while I stayed in this, do you remember? Honey? Please?" he said as Rose tightened her grip, "I really wouldn't do that? No…Rose don't do that. I thought we were going out. Rose…I'm serious, keep that up and I'll…oh God Rose!"
Rose gave him a seductive smile as she gently released the zipper of his trousers and snaked her hand inside. She could see he already knew her game, take him only as far as it would take to bend him to her will and then leave him unfulfilled. She watched as his eyes slid shut and he groaned.
"Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher," he began to mutter under his breath but Rose wouldn't let him forget who he was really with.
"You know its been six months since we had sex on the control room floor," she purred in his ear, "Do you remember Theta baby? Right here after we overthrew the government on that ice planet, Mum had Susie and we were all on our own. You pushed me up against the console and you undressed me so slowly. Do you remember that knew use we found for the sonic screwdriver? You made me scream, do you remember baby? And then…"
"Okay, Okay Okay!" cried the Doctor is desperation, unable to keep the smallest of contented smiles from his face, "I'll change just please don't tease me like that!"
"Promise you'll change?" said Rose, her hand slowing in its ministrations but not stopping.
"Yes."
"Then who said I was teasing," she said pressing a brief kiss to his lips before lowering herself to her knees.
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Jackie paced back and forth in front of the phone in her living room, begging it to ring. Mickey sat on the sofa, flicking through the television channels in a vain attempt to find something to occupy his mind while Trisha busied herself in the kitchen making cup cakes with Susan, although it appeared to be more like flour bombs. Jackie picked up the phone and checked the line was working for the eighth time before resuming her pacing.
"Its been three hours," she said, "You don't think…"
"No!" said Mickey, "and don't start even thinking things like that. That kid's got to be telepathic, I swear it. You can't let her think you're scared."
"But they would have called."
"Maybe they're just trying to figure out what's wrong. You know what the Doctor's like when he gets occupied by something."
"I'm just so worried."
"Don't be Nana!" came the call from the kitchen, "Mummy and Daddy are ok."
Mickey gave Jackie a triumphant look, "See, telepath. She's her father's daughter alright."
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"You can't wear a trench coat over a loin cloth," said Rose as the Doctor attempted to pull on his jacket.
"Joseph wore a dream coat over his," he retorted, relenting as she pulled the coat away from him and fastened a collar similar to her own around his neck, "I look a twat!"
"Well then we match," said Rose, "Because I look like a twat too but wasn't it worth it."
The Doctor swallowed as she licked her lips before brushing his cheek with a kiss, "Very worth it," he said, "We'd better get going then, see what mischief and mayhem we can raise around the pyramids."
"Wrong part," said Rose.
"Sorry?"
"Wrong part," said Rose again as they walked back towards the console room, "We landed in Cairo. The pyramids are over the water in Giza."
"Ooh, alright then brainiac," said the Doctor with a proud air, "You been swatting up?"
"Last year at primary school actually."
"I'm impressed and I don't say that very often. Right, come on then, let's get this over with."
The Doctor pushed open the door and they stepped out, immediately shrieking in surprise as their feet met snow and an icy wind blew through their thin clothes. Several people standing nearby in layers of clothes and large fur hats gave them a bemused stare as they both stood, dumbfounded by the scene before them.
"I think we landed someplace else," said the Doctor, scanning the street signs, "Someplace else being…Russia."
"Nah! You think!" cried Rose, "Of all the places on the planet. Sod night boat to Cairo! I'm on the night boat to ruddy Kirov!"
A/N: But are they in Kirov? Perhaps a trip to the ballet is in order although I think they'll find something a little more interesting waiting for them outside the TARDIS than a rendition of Swan Lake…although that does give me an idea for David Tennant in a tutu…hmm the possibilities. Anyway as always, please review. Nova x