A/N: Hmmm should I have Omega in the lovely get up he wore in the Three Doctors or in something else…something else I think, bit more classy. And don't worry all you Rose fans, she'll be part of the action.
Still don't own anything…I have a DT doll if that counts.
Jackie had never been so glad to hear the sound of the TARDIS in her life. Scooping up Susan she rushed down the stairs just as the blue box began to materialise in its favourite spot. She saw Mickey and Trisha hurtling down the stairs on the other side of the estate, eager to find out what had happened in the day that Rose and the Doctor had been gone. They paused as the TARDIS became solid on the ground and waited for the doors to open. Jackie set Susan on her feet but the little girl held back. The door opened slowly and Rose stepped out, still wearing an elegant gown, the fur coat falling down off her shoulders. She had tears in her eyes as she crouched down, holding her arms out to her daughter. Susan ran to her embrace, clinging around her neck like her life depended on it.
"My baby," Rose cried into her curls, "My Susie, I'm home sweetheart."
Susan wrapped her legs around Rose's middle as she got to her feet, "Where's Daddy?"
"Daddy had to stay behind," said Rose, hearing the astonished gasp from her mother and guessing the looks on their faces, "There was a baddy where we were and Daddy is being very brave and helping his friend. He found President Romana, like your…"
Susan wriggled out of Rose's arms and dropped to the floor before scampering into the TARDIS. Rose followed, feeling her mother's hand grasp her shoulder in a comforting gesture that brought Rose little solace knowing she would have many questions to answer later. The little girl was hunting high and low around the main console, sliding into various access chambers, muttering away to herself.
"She's gone!" she cried.
"Whose gone?" said Rose crouching by her daughter.
"My dolly that Daddy made. The one of Romana, its gone. He put it up there and its gone."
"We'll buy you another dolly Susie," said Jackie as soothingly as she could noticing Rose's eyes filling with tears. Rose got to her feet, pacing around the console room.
"I remember that doll being there, it always creeped me out, like a Time Lord mannequin. Wasn't right to have it in here, not with her dead. Well at least we thought she was dead."
"What has that got to do with anything?" said Mickey, "Where's the Doctor and why are you wearing his wedding ring rather than your own?"
"We sort of split up," said Rose, her mind elsewhere, "But we didn't, its alright. Just Romana…but why was she there? He couldn't sense her properly but he is so strong usually, knows Susan a mile off."
"She's lost her mind," said Trisha, "Or she's mucking about and the Doctor's in the TARDIS somewhere."
"Daddy's not here," said Susan, pouting as well as her mother ever could, "He's with Rasputin."
Rose whirled around to face her daughter, "How did you know that?"
Susan pulled a strand of her over her face and lowered her eyes, "TARDIS told me."
"You can speak to the TARDIS?"
"She said she could when you left Rose," said Jackie, "She said she's the one who put the TARDIS into flight with just you and the Doctor inside."
Rose looked puzzled for a second and then made a rapid circuit of the console, her movements so similar to her husband's whenever he finally figured out a problem.
"Of course, the doll. The memories from the Doctor, they were so powerful and the TARDIS. He felt it too, she was trying to get us to work together again, patch up all the problems. Forced us to stumble across Omega, she knew the Doctor was the only one who could defeat him."
"Rose what are you babbling about?" said Mickey, trying to stop her pacing.
"I have no idea," said Rose, "But something's happened to me? He was in my head, I learned it all, everything he is. Him and the TARDIS are connected. We have to get back to him. Susan baby, I need your help."
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The Doctor followed behind the tall, cloaked figure, descending slowly into the catacombs of the Winter Palace. He could hear himself humming softly to himself and knew if Rose was there she'd have a go at him for being off key.
"Ra, Ra, Rasputin
Lover of the Russian Queen,"
"You speak?" said the monk, not turning to him.
"Nothing to be concerned about Razza my old friend."
"Rasputin."
"Oooh okay, don't get tetchy," said the Doctor, "Bit dreary down here isn't it?"
"My master doesn't like the light," said Rasputin as he turned another corner, the torch in his hand the only light in the corridor. The monk walked with a slight limp still after his second encounter with the Doctor. Having tracked him down outside the Royal Chambers the Doctor had decided he wanted to be led to Omega rather than being found by him, tackling Rasputin had been easy, the tales of his strength greatly exaggerated. It hadn't taken long for the Doctor to persuade him to take him down to the dungeons below. He had locked the door to the Romanov's apartments, Romana having disappeared into another part of the house as soon as they had arrived and the Doctor suspected he would not see her again.
"So, Razza, your master," said the Doctor stuffing his hands into his pockets, "What's he look like?"
"No one is permitted to look upon his face," said Rasputin, "Only when the Tsar and his repulsive children have fallen will he reveal himself to the world. Our magnificent God on Earth."
"They got you down with the Mad Monk thing didn't they."
"What your world says about me does not matter now, we will rewrite history and I will be his highest priest," said Rasputin, his step quickening as they descended another level.
"You do know that's all rubbish don't you?" said the Doctor, "You're just a means to an end, a vessel to fan the flames of the Revolution. You will die when he has finished with you."
"You have a clever mouth Doctor. My God warned me of your tongue."
The Doctor allowed himself a half smile but said nothing. Two large doors loomed ahead and he watched Rasputin push them open, revealing the crypt like throne room behind them.
"Very Phantom of the Opera," said the Doctor, "My Cloister Room used to look a bit like this, bats in the belfry and all that. So where's Omega then? Not coming out to say high. Don't tell me, that throne's gonna turn round and he'll be on that, all very James Bond villain like am I right?"
The large throne in front of him span around with great ease, revealing the masked man who sat upon it, "Of course my dear Doctor," came a familiar voice, "I have been expecting you."
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Jackie paced back and forth in front of the console, peering under every so often, amazed as she watched her grand-daughter's fingers working deftly over the wiring.
"Should you really be letting her do that?" she said, wringing her hands with worry.
"Probably not," said Rose, pulling the last part of a salvaged ice gun into place, oil staining the gown she had yet to change out of, "But there's not a lot else I can do. I'm open to suggestions of how else to save my husband's life, anyone got any? No? See, no choice. How's it coming Susie?"
"Its stuck," said Susan, her voice muffled, "Its stuck like glue."
Rose in one of the cabinets at the side of the control room, flinging bits out onto the TARDIS floor. Mickey and Trisha sat silently watching the scene before them, terrified by the change that had come over Rose and the intelligence her young daughter was displaying. Rose pulled out a rod, not too dissimilar to the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. She clicked it on, yelping with joy as the little disk on top started spinning. She scrambled down beside Susan and handed her the device.
"Can you use this baby?"
"Easy," said Susan softly clicking the tool into the correct setting, he tongue sticking out between her teeth as she manoeuvred it over part of the wiring, "Its tricky."
"Keep trying," said Rose getting back to her feet, "Right, Mum, Mickey, Trisha when Susan's finished you're going to take her out of here and if I don't come I want you to promise me you'll bring her up for me."
"Rose don't talk like that," said Jackie.
"Mum I saw inside the Doctor's mind. I saw what Omega is capable of and I have to know that if I don't come back Susan will be taken care of. Trisha? Mickey?"
Trisha nodded solemnly, still too overwhelmed to speak but Mickey got to his feet.
"Got another one of those guns?" he said.
Rose gave him a grateful smile, "Yes, we saved them from the ship when the Doctor saved Reinette's life, the Doctor keep them stored in the armoury. Thank you Mickey."
Mickey nodded before jogging into the centre of the TARDIS, leaving Trisha looking both proud and broken hearted. Rose gave her a mournful look but Trisha just smiled.
"Not like I could stop him."
"Got it," said Susan crawling out from under the console, "Double reverse, black button, blue button, red button, stick."
Rose knelt down before her daughter as she took to old fashioned sonic screwdriver from her hand. She ruffled the hair on her head and stared into her hypnotic blue eyes, reminded so much of how her Doctor had once looked and letting her know that she was allowed to move on.
"You're a lot smarter than I give you credit for," she said, "So much of your Daddy in you. You know what could happen don't you?"
"TARDIS told me," said Susan, "She says she'll come back, if…"
Rose pulled the little girl into a tight hug, "My littlest Time Lord," she murmured, "Be a child for as long as you can, despite what you know then when you're big enough go and play in the stars."
Rose pulled back and handed Susan the sonic screwdriver back to her, "The Doctor always needs the sonic screwdriver and I think you'll be able to take on the title one day. I love you."
"I love you mummy."
Rose got to her feet and hugged both her mother and Trisha tight. Smiling fondly as Jackie took Susan's hand in her own.
"Mickey?" she called, "Come and say goodbye."
She soon heard feet in the corridor and turned to the control panel as Mickey said his goodbyes, pushing the tears down from her own eyes. She heard the TARDIS door shut and felt Mickey's hand on her shoulder.
"Let's go," he said.
"We have a universe to save," said Rose punching the buttons on the TARDIS and watching the gentle rise and fall of the central column.
A/N: I know its all getting a bit confusing but keep reading and everything will become clear in the next few chapters. Hope you're still enjoying it. Nova x