Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 4. This is the first part of New Earth. I am glad that you guys like this so far. It really does mean a lot. Plus this is the first time that I have ever done a series like this. I have so far written 50 pages and we are only starting Chapter 4. I do believe that this might beat the 400 pages that I had written for The Last of Her Kind. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Gwendalyn is going to find out things that she wasn't expecting to find out that is for sure. What is it that she finds out? And how is she going to react when she finds out? Without further ado Chapter 4 of Through It All. Allons-y!
Chapter 4
The Doctor was powering up the Tardis. He looked over at Gwendalyn and saw that her left hand was hidden that had a beautiful ring on her ring finger. The ring that he had given to her.
"Are you certain she's ready to travel after that crash landing we had?" Gwendalyn asked with a small smile.
"She can handle it." The Doctor said looking over at his fiancee with a wink.
"If you say so." Gwendalyn said with a shrug of her shoulders still fairly unsure of the whole idea.
Rose walked into the Tardis and put her large rucksack down onto the floor. She looked at the two of them. "So where are we going?" Rose asked with a smile towards the Doctor.
"Further than we've ever gone before." The Doctor said with a smile.
Gwendalyn looked at him with a chuckle. "And no trouble this time?" She questioned him. As much as she loved trouble, well she was beginning to get tired of it. But perhaps this trip would be a good one and a calm one that.
"Well, can't guarantee that." The Doctor said looking at her.
Gwendalyn shook her head lovingly. She knew that he could never guarantee it. She ran her hand through her hair and laughed lightly.
"Welp we're here." The Doctor said with a smile.
The three of them left the Tardis.
Gwendalyn closed her eyes. She took a deep breath. Apples. She loved the smell of apples.
"It's the year five billion and twenty three. We're in the galaxy M87, and this? This is New Earth." The Doctor said with a smile.
"That's just. That's just…" Rose said looking around.
"Not bad. Not bad at all."
"That's amazing. I'll never get used to this. Never. Different ground beneath my feet, different sky. What's that smell?" Rose asked sniffing the air.
The Doctor chuckled. "Apple grass."
"Apple grass."
"Yeah, yeah."
"It's beautiful. Oh, I love this. Can I just say, traveling with you, I love it."
"Me too. Come on." The Doctor told both of them.
Gwendalyn smiled at her fiance. Perhaps being here on New Earth wouldn't be so bad. She ran her hand through her hair and took a deep breath of the apple grass.
The Doctor took off his tan coat and put it down on the ground. He sat down on it and Rose promptly took a seat next to him.
Gwendalyn shook her head. Of course Rose would want to sit right next to the Doctor. Gwendalyn sat behind the Doctor and rested her back against his.
"So, the year five billion, the sun expands, the Earth gets roasted."
"That was our first date." Rose said with a grin.
Gwendalyn blinked in confusion. First date? What was that all about? What did she miss when she had done her last regeneration? What had happened on their first adventure afterwards?
"We had chips. So anyway, planet gone, all rocks and dust, but the human race lives on, spread out across the stars. Soon as the Earth burns up, oh yeah, they get all nostalgic, big revival movement, but then find this place. Same size as the Earth, same air, same orbit. Lovely. The call goes out, the humans move in." The Doctor said with a smile.
Gwendalyn raised an eyebrow. What the hell? They ate chips together while she was sleeping that one time. Gwendalyn was going to have to talk to him later about this.
"What's the city called?" Rose asked resting her head on his shoulder.
"New New York." The Doctor said looking out upon the city.
"Oh, come on." Rose said looking at him.
"It is. It's the city of New New York. Strictly speaking, it's the fifteenth New York since the original, so that makes it New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York. What?"
"You're so different." Rose said softly. She had to admit that he was a little bit better than the other Doctor. He was foxy.
"New New Doctor." The Doctor said with a smile. "And a New New Gwendalyn."
Gwendalyn closed her eyes.
"Can we go and visit New New York, so good they named it twice?" Rose asked curiously.
"Well, I thought we might go there first." The Doctor said pointing out the elegant pair of curved skyscrapers standing apart from the city on their side of the river.
"Why, what is it?"
"Some sort of hospital. Green moon on the side. That's the universal symbol for hospitals. I got this." He rummaged into his pocket. "A message on the psychic paper. Someone wants to see me."
"Hm. And I thought we were just sight-seeing. Come on, then." She stood up dusting her legs off. "Let's go and buy some grapes."
Gwendalyn stood up and ran her hand through her hair.
The Doctor stood up. "Alright let's go."
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The Doctor shook his head. "Let's move quickly." He muttered. He hated hospitals.
Gwendalyn shook her head. She looked over at him. "Still hate hospitals don't you?" She asked running a hand through her hair.
"Yeah."
Rose laughed lightly. "Bit rich coming from you." Rose said looking at him.
"I can't help it. I don't like hospitals. They give me the creeps." The Doctor said shuddering.
"The Pleasure Gardens will now take visitors carrying green or blue identification cards for the next fifteen minutes. Visitors are reminded that cuttings from the gardens are not permitted." A woman said.
"Very smart. Not exactly NHS." Rose said looking around.
"No shop." The Doctor pouted. "I like the little shop."
"I thought this far in the future, they'd have cured everything." Rose said looking at the Doctor.
Gwendalyn shook her head. There were so many diseases out there.
"The human race moves on, but so do the viruses. It's an ongoing war." The Doctor said shaking his head.
Rose gasps when she saw the faces of the nurses. "They're cats."
"Now don't stare. Think of what you look like to them, all pink and yellow." The Doctor looked and saw a perfect place for a shop. "That's where I'd put the shop. Right there."
"Only you." Gwendalyn said shaking her head.
The two of them stepped up on a lift.
"Ward 26. Thanks." The Doctor said with a smile.
The doors closed.
"Hold on! Hold on!" Rose called to them.
Gwendalyn shook her head. "Of course."
"Oh, too late. We're going up." The Doctor told Rose.
"It's alright, there's another lift." Rose shouted.
"Ward 26. And watch out for the disinfectant."
"Watch out for what?"
"The disinfectant!"
"The what?"
"The disin… Oh, you'll find out." The Doctor said shaking his head.
"Yeah, and when she finds out she won't be happy." Gwendalyn said looking at Theta. Her brows slightly pinched together.
"She'll learn."
"Yeah…" Gwendalyn looked down. "So what was this about a date?"
"You were regenerated… I explained to Rose about what had happened to our planets." The Doctor said putting his hands in his pockets.
"She called it a date."
"It wasn't a date."
"Good." Gwendalyn said looking at him. "I would have probably gotten very angry with you."
"I didn't know you were Artemis." He told her softly.
"I know, but still. Why didn't you tell me."
"It wasn't that special."
Gwendalyn closed her eyes. It was a misunderstanding. Well, that was a good thing. At least things weren't going to end badly. Rose already hated her and she hated the yellow and pink girl. After everything Rose hated her for what had happened and caused the Doctor to regenerate into what he was now. Gwendalyn hated her well because she was acting like she was the queen bee in the Doctor's life.
"Commence stage one disinfection."
The Doctor and Gwendalyn get drenched from head to toe by a spray.
Gwendalyn laughed.
The Doctor looked over at her and grinned. He had to admit she looked beautiful looking like that.
She ran her fingers through her strawberry blonde locks making sure that it was clean.
The blow driers started drying them off.
"Well that was certainly a trip." The Doctor said.
"I have to agree." Gwendalyn said with a smile.
The Doctor took her hand in his. "Shall we see who is looking for us?"
"Oh yes, we shall."
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"The human child is clean." Chip said when he saw Rose.
"Er, I'm looking for Ward 26?" Rose said looking at him.
"This way Rose Tyler."
Rose slowly followed him, but before following him she picked up a bar. What was this all about. Where was the Doctor?
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"Please report to reception." A voice said.
Gwendalyn held onto the Doctor's hand as they were being led by a veiled nurse.
"You okay being here?" The Doctor asked her softly.
Gwendalyn looked at him out of the corner of her eyes. "Yes, why wouldn't I be? You're the one that dislikes hospitals."
The Doctor laughed nervously. "Well…"
Gwendalyn shook her head. "Beautiful hospital though."
"Nice place." The Doctor said looking around. "No shop, downstairs. I'd have a shop. Not a big one. Just a shop, so people can shop."
"Must you think about shops?" Gwendalyn asked looking at him with a loving look.
The Doctor looked at her sheepishly.
The nurse Jatt removed her veil. "The hospital is a place of healing."
"A shop does some people the world of good. Not me. Other people." The Doctor said explaining. He missed the old Earth Hospitals.
"The Sisters of Plenitude take a lifelong vow to help, and to mend." Jatt told them.
The three of them walked past an open cubicle.
"Excuse me!" Clovis said glaring at the two aliens that were with Jatt. "Members of the public may only gaze upon the Duke of Manhattan with written permission from the Senate of New New York."
Gwendalyn tried not to roll her eyes.
"Doctor."
The Doctor pushed Gwendalyn a bit behind him. "That's Petrifold Regression, right?"
"I'm dying sir. A lifetime of charity and abstinence, and it ends like this." The Duke said looking at him.
"Any statements made by the Duke of Manhattan may not be made public without official clearance."
Gwendalyn bit her lip to keep herself from shouting at the woman who was talking.
"Frau Clovis! I'm so weak." The Duke said looking at the woman.
"Sister Jatt. A little privacy please."
"He'll be up and about in no time." Jatt said making them continue on.
"I doubt it. Petrifold Regression? He's turning to stone. There won't be a cure for oh, a thousand years." The Doctor said knowingly.
"He might be up and about, but only as a statue. Nothing more nothing like. Just stone." Gwendalyn said looking at Jatt. "I don't understand how it even got here."
"Have faith in the Sisterhood. But is there no one here you recognise?" Jatt asked looking at the two of them. "It's rather unusual to visit without knowing the patient."
Gwendalyn knudged the Doctor.
"What?" The Doctor asked looking down at her.
Gwendalyn pointed to the Face of Boe.
"No, I think we've found him." The Doctor breathed out.
Gwendalyn closed her eyes. She never had thought that they would run into the Face of Boe again.
They walked towards the Face of Boe.
"Novice Hame, if I can leave this gentleman and this lady in your care?"
"Oh, I think our friend got lost. Rose Tyler. Could you ask at reception?" The Doctor asked Jatt.
"Certainly sir." She said bowing her head before leaving the Doctor and Gwendalyn with the Face of Boe and Novice Hame.
"I'm afraid the Face of Boe's asleep. That's all he tends to do these days. Are you friends, or…"
"We met just the once on Platform One. What's wrong with him?" The Doctor asked softly.
"I'm so sorry. I thought you knew. The Face of Boe is dying."
Gwendalyn gasped. "No…"
"Of what?" The Doctor asked pulling Gwendalyn to his side.
"Old age. The one thing we can't cure. He's thousands of years old. Some people say millions, although that's impossible." Hame told them.
"Oh, I don't know. I like impossible. I'm here. I look a bit different, it's me the Doctor. And she's here, she looks different, and it's Gwendalyn."
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"I mean, you never know what you life is going to be like, ever. I'm bored with this drink. Anyway. Oh, hello darling! Now, don't. Stop it." Cassandra said.
"Wait a minute, that's…" Rose gasped.
"Peekaboo!" Cassandra said causing Rose to jump and turn.
"Don't you come anywhere near me, Cassandra." Rose said tightening her grip on the pole that she had in her hands.
"Why? What do you think I'm going to do? Flap you to death?" Cassandra asked rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, but what about Gollum?" She questioned Chip who had brought her down here.
"Oh that's just Chip. He's my pet." Cassandra said with a smile.
"I worship the mistress." Chip said proudly.
"Moisturise me, moisturize me."
Chip sprays her.
"He's not even a proper life form. He's a force grown clone. I modeled him on my favorite pattern. Be he's so faithful. Chip sees to my physical needs."
"I hope that means food." Rose snapped. "How come you're still alive?"
"After you murdered me."
"That was your own fault."
"The brain of my mistress survived. And her pretty blue eyes were salvaged from the bin." Chip said fawning over his mistress.
"What about the skin? I saw it. You, you got ripped apart."
"That piece of skin was taken from the front of my body. This piece is the back." Cassandra said like it didn't matter.
"Right, So you're talking out of your a…"
"Ask not." Cassandra said cutting her off.
"The mistress was lucky to survive. Chip secreted m'lady into the hospital."
"So they don't know you're here." Rose said narrowing her eyes at Cassandra.
"Chip steals medicine. Helps m'lady. Soothes her, strokes her."
"You can stop right there Chip." Rose said holding her hand up. She needed to get back to the Doctor and Gwendalyn and fast.
"But I'm so alone, hidden down here. The last Human in existence."
"Don't start that again. They've called this planet New Earth." Rose said glaring at Cassandra.
"A vegetable patch."
"And there's millions of Humans out there. Millions of them."
"Mutant stock."
"They evolved, Cassandra. They just evolved, like they should. You stayed still. You got yourself all pickled and preserved, and what good did it do you?"
"Oh, I remember that night. Drinks for the Ambassador of Thrace. That was the last time anyone told me I was beautiful. After that it all became such hard work."
"Well you've got a knack for survival. I'll give you that."
"But I've not been idle, Rose, tucked away underneath this hospital. I've been listening. The Sisters are hiding something."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh these cats have secrets. Hush, let me whisper. Come closer."
Rose shook her head."You must be joking if you think I'm coming anywhere near you." She said backing away from Cassandra.
Energy shot out grabbing Rose and holding her still.
"Chip, activate the psychograph."
"I can't move. Cassandra, let me go! What're you doing?"
Light streams from the contraption that is over head.
"The lady's moving on. It's goodbye trampoline, and hello blondie."
Energy wooshes from Cassandra to Rose and Rose collapses once it is shut off.
"Mistress?" Chip called out.
"Moisturise me." She slowly sat up. "How bizarre. Arms, fingers, hair! Let me see! Let me see!" She ran up to a mirror. "Oh my God. I'm a chav!"
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Gwendalyn sat next to Hame looking sadly looking at the Face of Boe. After seeing him the last time she never thought that the next time that she had seen him that he would be dying. After their little chat on Platform One him telling her he knew who she was. He had told her she had looked different the last time that he had seen her. She still didn't know what he had meant by that.
"Hope, harmony and health. Hope, harmony and health." The voice kept repeating.
Gwendalyn closed her eyes and let out a soft sigh running her fingers through her hair. The voice was driving her insane. Now she knew why the Doctor, her Theta, hated hospitals.
The Doctor came over to Hame and Gwendalyn. He handed them both a cup of water.
"Thank you." Gwendalyn told him softly.
The Doctor nodded his head.
"That's very kind. There's no need." Hame told him softly.
"You're the one working." The Doctor told Hame.
"There's not much to do, just maintain his smoke. And I suppose I'm company. I can hear him singing, sometimes, in my mind. Such ancient songs."
The Doctor stood next to Gwendalyn and let out a soft sigh. "Are we the only visitors?"
"The rest of Boe-kind became extinct long ago. He's the only one left. Legend says that the Face of Boe has watched the universe grow old. There's all sorts of superstitions around him." Hame said looking at the Face of Boe.
Gwendalyn shook her head. "Superstitions of course. Always superstitions."
"One story says that just before his death, the Face of Boe will impart his greatest secret, that he will speak those words only to ones like himself."
"What does that mean?" The Doctor asked looking at the cat woman.
"It's just a story." Hame said looking at him placing the cup down.
Gwendalyn shook her head. "Not to us." Gwendalyn said with a small smile. She wanted to hear the rest of the story that Hame had to tell.
"Tell us the rest." The Doctor said softly putting his hands behind his back. He wanted to know the rest of the story.
"It's said he'll talk to two wanders. To the man without a home and to a woman that doesn't have a home. The lonely God and his woman."
The Doctor and Gwendalyn looked at one another. That was something that they weren't expecting.
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"Look at me. From class to brass. Although, oh, curves. Oh, baby, it's like living inside a bouncy castle!"
"The mistress in beautiful." Chip said looking at her.
"Absoletement! Oh, but look." She said looking back at where she once was.
"Oh...the brain lead expired. My old mistress is gone."
"But safe and sound in here." She said pointing to Rose's head.
"But what of the Rose child's mind?"
"Oh, tucked away. I can just about access the surface memory. She's. Gosh, she's with the Doctor and that woman Gwendalyn. A man and woman. He's the Doctor and she's Gwendalyn. The same Doctor and Gwendalyn with new faces. Those hypocrites! I must get the name of their surgeon. I could do with a little work. Although nice rear bumper. Hmm." She said looking over Rose's body. The phone that was in her pocket began to ring. "Oh, it's seems to be ringing. Is it meant to ring?"
"A primitive communications device." Chip told her.
"Rose, where are you?" The Doctor asked.
"How does she speak?" Cassandra asked covering the mouthpiece.
"Old Earth Cockney."
"Er, wotcha."
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Gwendalyn quirked an eyebrow. What the hell was that?
"Where've you been? How long does it take to get to Ward 26?" The Doctor questioned her.
"I'm on my way, governor. I shall proceed up the apples and pears." Rose said.
Gwendalyn blinked in confusion. What on earth was going on. Rose never had talked like that. Rose always made some kind of sense. She looked at her Theta and saw that he hadn't caught on that something was going on with Rose.
"You'll never guess. We're with the Face of Boe. Remember him?" The Doctor asked smiling a little bit.
"That big old boat race."
"I better go." The Doctor told her hanging up the phone.
"Doctor."
The Doctor looked at Gwendalyn. "What is it?"
"Is it me or was Rose not making much sense?"
The Doctor shrugged his shoulders. "Don't worry about it." He said with a smile.
Gwendalyn shook her head. Those were the wrong words to say to her. Telling her not to worry about it always made her worry about it. Something was wrong with Rose and Gwendalyn was going to get to the bottom of it.
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This is the end of Chapter 4. I hope you enjoyed this. Trouble will be coming in the next chapter. Will Gwendalyn figure out that it is Cassandra in Rose? Only time will tell if Gwendalyn finds out the truth. Will Cassandra kiss the Doctor? I hope to have another chapter ready soon. Please review and let me know what you guys think. And as for Rose finding out about the engagement between the Doctor and Gwendalyn I cannot say when that will be revealed. I can say this though it won't be for some time that is for sure. Until next time.