A/N next chapter up! sorry, i forgot to put an A/N on the last chapter, but since i didn't have anything useful to say, it doesn't really matter lol... please please review cos i have no idea whether i'm even that good, so i could do with constructive criticism (not just that though lol) hope you like!

Revelation

Rose raced down the corridor as fast as she could, her heart pounding. She got to the lift but it was out.

"Damn!" she muttered, knowing that she could not waste any time. She ran to the stairs at top speed and started down them. Alien research was on the first floor, and her office was on the 8th. She sprinted down each flight of stairs, ignoring the fact that it was dangerous because it was late and not many people would be around.

By the time she got to the first floor, she was gasping for breath from running so fast. She stopped for a minute to catch her breath, and then she started to run again. She turned a corridor that had a sign on it marked 'Alien Research: authorised personnel only'. Rose quickly took her card out and pressed it against a pad, which acknowledged her as Rose Tyler, and the door in front of her opened. She walked through the large room, past the cryogenics section, through the 'under observance' section, towards the new discoveries section. A scientist was there, studying notes on his clipboard. He looked up and saw Rose standing there.

"Good evening, Mike." Rose said anxiously.

"Is it? This one's giving us too much hell to notice…" Mike grumbled.

"What would 'this one' be then?" Rose asked carefully. Alien Research were always so secretive about their work, even if she was their boss.

"Well that's the thing – we don't know… we've done DNA tests, scans, we've researched into everything on him but nothing. The real thing that's managing to mystify us at the moment is that we did a tissue scan, and he appears to have two hearts! We've never seen the like!" At this, Mike rubbed his head in resignation.

Rose said tentatively, "Er, can I see him?" The scientist gave her a funny look at this, but reluctantly agreed.

As they walked through the small door that separated Rose and what confirmed her worst fears, Rose wondered to herself, that if it really was him, how could he have got here?

"Ok here he is…"

Rose gasped as she walked in the room after Mike, and saw for the first time in 20 years, the untidy dark brown hair, the pinstriped suit and converse which only seemed to go with him. The Doctor.

"Oh my God!" Rose cried. Her suspicions had been correct.

"Something wrong? Do you know who this was?" Asked Mike sharply. Rose didn't answer; she just walked numbly over to the Doctor's still form and laid her head on his chest. This was her Doctor… he hadn't aged a bit. She suddenly jumped when she heard two dull but extremely faint thuds within the doctor's chest.

"He has heartbeats…" rose said slowly. It was taking her a while to process the meaning of this. "Heartbeats… MIKE, HE'S ALIVE! How could you overlook this?"

Mike looked abashed and mumbled something about "faulty machinery" and "mechanics".

Rose decided to use her authority. "Mike, get him to a hospital wing. If he's still alive, but only just, that means he needs care! And hurry up about it!"

Mike looked as though he was going to protest or demand an explanation, but thought better of it. The wage reviews were later that week.