DISCLAIMER: I own neither Dr. Who or Stargate SG-1. I can wish though.
SUMMARY: Since I didn't want to see Christopher Eccleston end his stint as the Doctor, I've adjusted a few things for my own story. After POTW, the Doctor didn't regenerate because, with him being a Time Lord, he could handle the Vortex for the short time he had it inside of him. Of course, as will be revealed later on, Rose did suffer some repercussions.
The Doctor was frantic. Rose had been swept away from him while they had been walking down a busy street. A large group of enthusiastic men had come running down the street and swept Rose up.
He had chased after them for a few blocks before he ran out of breath. He was still, after all, recovering from the last time they had gotten into trouble. He had suffered a couple of cracked ribs and, while he could have healed himself inside the med bay on the TARDIS, he didn't want Rose knowing just how badly he'd been hurt.
"Are you alright?" came the voice from behind him.
"Will be. I need to find my companion. She's —" He paused for a moment and fished out the picture he'd nicked from her mother's flat the last time they'd been there. "This is her."
The first thing Daniel Jackson noticed about the man in front of him was the accent and the fact that he was hurt. Then he actually looked at the picture in front of him. "She's cute."
"Yeah. She got swept off by —"
"The Academy football team. They just won their homecoming game. Probably on their way to O'Malleys. That's where they usually go to celebrate. I'm on my way there to meet a friend. Why don't you come with me and we'll see if she's there."
The Doctor nodded. His ribs were killing him. He just wanted to find Rose and get back to the TARDIS.
Rose had finally fought free of the crowd. Of course, several of the guys tried to get her to go into the bar with them. She just said no thanks. She needed to find the Doctor.
She looked around to find that she had no idea where she was and no clue as to how to find the Doctor again, let alone the TARDIS. To top everything off, the Doctor had her cell phone and she had no way to call him because she had no money for the pay phone.
She sat down on the bench that she saw in front of the bar, berating herself for not having any cash on her, for not managing to get swept off by a crowd of men.
That was where Sam Carter found her just a moment later. Sam and Daniel were supposed to meet at O'Malley's for an early dinner that day and then join Teal'c for a movie at Sam's. Unfortunately, they all forgot about the Air Force Academy homecoming game.
Thankfully, Sam was safe from the enthusiasm of the team and fans. She had had to put several of the cadets in their place once and that was all it took for her to gain a reputation for not putting up with any bullshit.
"Are you okay?" she asked the young woman on the bench.
"Just a dunce me. Left my cell phone with my mate and I have no cash in order to call him and let him know where I am."
"You're British." Sam shook her head. "Forgive me. I had to take a moment to process the accent and some of the phrases. I haven't heard anyone talk like you do in a long time." She smiled that megawatt smile that usually made everyone around her smile too.
"Yeah. No problem."
"What's your name?"
"Oy! Rose!" The familiar voice warmed Rose's heart and made her look up with a matching megawatt smile.
Looking both ways before jogging across the street, the Doctor felt his heart soar when he saw that Rose was ok. She was even smiling now. He sat down on the bench next to her. "You alright, love?"
"Now, yeah. Can't believe I left the cell with you and me with no money to call you so that you could find me."
He put his hand over hers. "No worries. I found you. Thanks to this bloke." He stood up. "I'm the Doctor by the way. And you are?"
"Daniel Jackson, archeologist."
When he turned to her, Sam took his hand and shook it. "Samantha Carter, Lt Colonel US Air Force, PhD."
"Really? What field?"
"Astrophysics."
"Fantastic." He turned to Rose and held out his hand. She looked up and smiled at him, that smile that always made him smile. "Shall we head back to the TARDIS?"
"Yeah. I'm a little knackered after that. Bit of a kip ought to set me right."
"Off we go then." The two of them started off and then turned around to Sam and Daniel who stood watching them. "By the by, Grace says she'll see you soon."
