A Time Lord And Lady
As they walked up the steps and stopped in front of the front door leading into the flat, which led to the unavoidable menace that was Jackie Tyler.
The Doctor asked more then a little hopefully "any chance of another alien invasion, you don't suppose?"
Rose snorted and rolled her eyes in exasperation "oh honestly Doctor it is just my mum." She smirked at the Doctor and shook her head.
The Doctor replied cynically "says the once human turned alien, say the alien who is about to make her very human mum very much aware of that not so little fact thank you very much."
Rose rolled her eyes once again and gave the Doctor a look of pure exasperation. She quipped sarcastically "geez, aren't you just full of sunshine."
The Doctor scowled "well excuse me if I'm not in a big hurry or just begging for a slap and a mental degrading and having your mum tempting to castrate me."
Rose hissed in annoyance and opened the door, practically dragging her resisting Mate. She winced when the Doctor let off an angry trade of curses in Gallifreyan, in her mind.
It was enough to make her blush; now she could understand exactly what his angry ranting meant, perfectly well.
When they entered her mum, Jack and Mickey were already sitting around the dinner table. Her mum had really out done her self within the short time she had to prepare something for dinner.
The Doctor asked her telepathically 'Rose can we please eat first before we tell her anything?' He added 'at least then I don't have to worry and be paranoid over dinner, that your mum may have gone and poisoned me in revenge'
Rose had to bite down on the wild urge to not crack up laughing. Although she did not stifle her laughter mentally, meaning he heard it.
Jack let out a wolf whistle and commented appreciatively "whoa do the two of you look good enough to eat. I love the new looks you've both got going on here."
The Doctor and Rose both smirked at Jack. They then took seats around the table, Rose next to her mother and the Doctor next to Rose. Jack was next to the Doctor and Mickey.
The Doctor was determined to keep more then a fare distance from Jackie Tyler, and Rose and Jack knew this. They had to stifle their smirks.
The dinner went well; the on going conversation was not half bad. But the Doctor and Rose, the Doctor especially made a point of avoiding the reason for their currently new appearances.
After dinner they knew there was no time left to stall it was, now or never do or die. The Doctor realised he'd rather die then do. He told Rose as much through their bond.
Rose was incredulous, as to how a nine hundred plus year-old Time Lord could be terrified of a human female. She even told him so. She was met by silence. He didn't need to answer; his dark expression told her all.
Rose turned to Jack and concentrated. His thoughts both amused her and shocked her beyond belief.
'Wow the Doctor looks ready to kill something or to be more precise someone. Dam is the shit going to hit the fan. Oh yeah bring on the fire works, and bring on the pissed off knife welding mother in law.
I wonder if I ask nicely and make it worth his while Mickey might consider going in the bed room, to perhaps do a little exploring and forget he's not gay?'
It was his grin and glazed over eyes that immediately told Rose exactly what kind of exploring Jack had in mind to do with Mickey.
Rose heard the Doctor try to stifle a snort beside her. She noticed he was looking straight at Jack then at Mickey.
They all turned to Jackie when she cleared her throat, and eyed both her daughter and the Doctor.
Jack could sense a storm brewing from a mile away he sighed and stood, ready to make his escape not wanting to be around when the shit hit the proverbial fan.
Before he could escape the Doctor growled "I swear that I will unleash everything that is unholy upon your human sex obsessed ass, if you even dare think of moving and escaping Captain."
Rose almost choked on her stifled hilarity when Jack froze and eyed the Doctor in wide eyed wonder and in more then a little surprise.
Jack sat back down near Mickey and shot Rose a look as if to say 'whoa what the hell?' Rose cleared her throat before beginning.
"Ok. I suppose you mum and of course Mickey, are wanting too know the reason as to why my self and the Doctor have changed, the Doctor especially?"
She went on "well, after you and Mickey helped me open the main console on the TARDIS I looked into the TARDIS and she looked into me."
She sighed and stood and crouched low on her knees in front of her mum. "In short I took the entire time vortex into my self.
It took me over, and enabled me to see everything that ever was in the universe, everything that is and everything that ever could be."
She sighed and took her mothers hands in her own. Jackie startled at how cool they were; no human should ever have a body temperature that was that cool. And Jackie knew that much at least.
Rose nodded "yeah I'll get around to explaining that as well. But first of all I need to explain what caused that."
She went on "as I just said I took the entire time vortex into my self. Meaning in return for a short period of time, I was the most powerful being in the entire universe."
Rose turned to the Doctor who nodded and continued on from where Rose left off. "As Rose just said she ended up being the most powerful being in the universe."
He added wearily "But unfortunately no one was ever supposed to withstand such immense energy running throughout them, a human least of all."
He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose and replied sadly, but with a hint of anger combined in his words, aimed at Rose.
"Because of this it was killing her, slowly and painfully, but surly killing her. She would without a doubt burned out from within, until there was nothing left."
Jackie placed a hand over her mouth a look of sheer horror upon her face, all colour having left her face entirely, leaving her looking sickly pale.
The Doctor went on his eyes closed the whole time, his head bowed low. "In order to stop her from dieing I took the time vortex from within her and took it into my self.
Not even I'm supposed have such direct contact with the vortex. And I'm a Time Lord for Christ sake."
Rose stood up straight and went and sat beside the Doctor once more, placing her hand comfortingly upon his shoulder, feeling relieved when he leaned into her and did not pull away.
"But unfortunately, I had had the vortex running within me for far too long before the Doctor removed it from me and took it into him self."
She nervously scrubbed a hand across the side of her face, dreading her mum's reaction to what she was going to reveal next.
"After the time vortex had been removed, the TARDIS must have realised it was far too late. The only way for me to survive is if she turned me Gallifreyan, and into a Time Lady. In other words turn me into an alien quite literately."
Her mother looked ready to explode her face had gone unimaginably scarlet in her rage. Rose held up a hand warning her with a glare. Jackie did not completely back down but she reluctantly stayed silent.
"I had to regenerate. It is a process the Doctors people had gone through in order to avoid dieing completely. That is how the Doctor is nine hundred years old and looks the way he does."
She went on "He was the last of his people. But now I am the second last of our people. They were blown up along with the planet Gallifrey, during the Time War."
She continued "The TARDIS changed and rearranged my D.N.A and genes. Hence the slight shift in my facial features, the colour of my eyes and my hair.
The change of accent and the sound of my voice, combined with certain changes in my personality that is just something added by the regeneration process."
She added "And Like all Gallifreyan's I have two hearts instead of just one. I have a heart on either side of my chest. Meaning I don't tier out as easily, my skin is cooler and slightly more paler then a human's."
She finished "I am stronger and faster because of my new alien D.N.A. I am also telepathic, meaning I can read your mind, I can also look into your dreams and nightmares, and see whatever you see."
Rose finished remaining silent. She turned to look at Mickey he looked stunned and was looking at her in awe and perhaps a little fear as well.
She looked Mickey in the eyes and told him telepathically, sending a soothing feeling with her words "do not fear me, I would never cause you any harm intentionally, I am still me, I am still Rose'
Mickey's eyes widened when he heard Rose's new voice and accent in his mind as if she was talking to him normally, even through her mouth was not moving.
Jack Startled slightly when the Doctor said lightly in his mind 'sorry I never mentioned I could read your mind and look into your dreams and nightmares. Besides your dreams were mainly based on sex and naked men and women'
Jack chuckled at hearing this and nodded to the Doctor, clearly showing his silent forgiveness.
They all jumped startled when Jackie suddenly jumped up out of her seat and threw her self at the Doctor and went to slap him around the face.
But this time he had been ready for her, he had been expecting it. He grabbed her wrist before it could connect with the side of his face, he applied enough pressure to not harm her but to show her and everyone else, that he was not going to sit and take her shit.
He hissed coldly "you got the chance to hit my ninth incarnation, but I assure you I sure as hell won't be allowing you such violent freedom against me."
He shoved her hand away and glared reproachfully at her, brown eyes narrowed dangerously.
Jackie howled enraged She lowered her voice and hissed with such venom, that even Jack and Mickey were stunned.
"You're nothing but a vile freak of nature that gets off upon on the "YOU REVOLTING FREAK OF NATURE. HOW FUCKING, DARE YOU COME ALONG AND TURNED MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD INTO A FREAK NATURE LIKE YOUR SELF."company of a young and pretty girl. You selfishly keep her around and use her to keep your self feeling alive."
She spat "you took my daughter away from me, and replaced her with something of your own creation to suit your own needs. You as good as killed my daughter."
Jackie was stunned when Rose suddenly jumped up faster then was humanly possible and back handed her across the face so hard her head was knocked to one side.
Rose bellowed "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU. HOW FUCKING DARE YOU MAKE SURE VILE AND UNTRUTHFUL COMMENTS? YOUR FUCKING JELOUSCY IS POISONUS."
She lowered her voice to an icy drawl "how dare you blame him for any of this. He left me behind in the first place to keep me safe."
She went on, beginning to pace "It is my fault for going against his wishes. I followed him without his consent or knowledge. I looked into the heart of the TARDIS of my own free will."
She went on her eyes filling with tears "I did it because I love him. Did it because I no longer wanted him to be alone, I wanted a life I could share with him. I was willing to do anything to keep him save, including giving up my own life in exchange for his own."
She continued "He gave up one of his regenerations for me, he died for me. And I know for a fact he would give his last remaining generations to save me. He loves me, that I know above all else."
She concluded by saying "Just because I am no longer human, does not mean I gave up my humanity.
Humanity is not just being human. It is the ability to love, to see past change and differences. It is the ability to care and to forgive."
She said "I am still Rose. I still have all of my memories. I still remember how you used to come and comfort me when I was a little girl, and would wake from a nightmare."
She turned way to face the broke window staring off into the distance. "I remember the time when I was nine, and I climbed that tree in order to get the cat down, and I ended up breaking my arm in the process."
She turned back to face Jackie who was looking guilty and remorseful. "I know that during every year, especially at Christmas time, you morn for and miss dad."
She said barely above a whisper "I remembered when you, I and Mickey carved our names into one of the huge oak trees down at the local park."
She revealed with big shiny tear filled green eyes "I never thought I would ever see the day that my own mother called me a freaky of nature. Or even yet, accused the man or in this case alien, I love of murdering me."
She then turned on her heel and left the living room and headed to her old room to collect everything she had left behind. She had no intentions of ever returning here if she could help it or had any say in the matter.
The Doctor slowly and wearily stood to his full height. He turned to Jackie, his voice lifeless and void of any emotion, no anger no hatred or sadness, just nothing at all.
"I refuse to stay here a moment longer. I refuse to stay where I am treated as if I am something vile you found on the bottom of your shoes. I am no freak; I am a Time Lord, the second last of my kind."
He then turned on his heel. He paused at the living room door "you are welcome to join my self, Rose and Jack in the TARDIS and travel with us Mickey, if you wish to do so."
Before he walked out of the door he called over his shoulder "Jack, tell Rose I shall see the both of you or in Mickey's case the three of you, back at the TARDIS that I have not left either of you behind."
As soon as Jackie heard the front door quietly close behind the Doctor she quickly ran from the living room and out the front door after the Doctor. She had to some how try and mend the damage she and her temper and big mouth had caused.
She called out "Doctor, wait, please wait." She thought for a moment that he would not stop, but he did reluctantly after moment or two.
He never bothered turning around to face her he merely asked with his back turned to her "What? What could you possibly want now Jackie? Have you not insult me enough and accused me of being a murder, for one night?"
Jackie slowly walked towards him and swallowed down on her own self pride. Knowing she had to apologise for what she had said.
"I'm sorry. I had no right to insult you like that. You are not a freak just because you had come from another planet, because you have two hearts."
She added "I should never have accused you of killing Rose. I said it out of anger and shock, jealousy and I guess also fear."
She went on as he slowly began to walk forward, she following him. "It is not every day that you tend to find out that your only daughter, your once human daughter, is now an alien with two hearts. Different coloured hair, eyes. And a different voice accent and personality and facial features."
She sighed "I let my big mouth run away with me out of fear and anger" she told him. She added "I now have lost my daughter because of my temper and stupidity."
The Doctor sighed. He realised Jackie was only acting how any mother would have. She was acting out fear over something she did not understand. Fear of something so complex, something that changed and permanently altered her only daughter.
They stopped when they reached the TARIDS. The Doctor, he paused for a moment. Before sighing wearily and taking out his key and opening the door. He gestured for Jackie to enter, who did so nervously.
Once inside the Doctor made a few adjustments on the main console before removing his brown overcoat and draping it over one of the railings, he then gesturing for Jackie to follow him.