Wow, I can't believe how many people have favourited this after the first chapter! This one's dedicated to you guys. It's kinda short, but it had to be. Enjoy!

"Good morning Miss Tyler."

"Good morning Norman," said Rose as she made her way to her office at Torchwood. "How was your weekend?"

"Non-existent," replied Norman. "I've been swamped. Our equipment has registered all these readings from … wait for it … an old disused basement, a few kilometres away from here."

"What sort of readings?" asked Rose.

"They're unlike anything I've ever seen before," said Norman. "They're emitting huge amounts of power. But what sort of power, I don't know. It's not electric, it's not nuclear…"

"What's in this basement?" questioned Rose.

"Well, nothing," said Norman. "It seems to hold no purpose. I can only assume that it was once used, then whoever used it moved away, then no one bothered to fill it in. I visited it the other day, and this might seem odd, but it made me feel … weird. I don't know how to explain it. It just got to me. I quickly installed a CCTV camera, and then I was off."

"Show me footage from the camera," said Rose. Norman nodded and led Rose to his office. He then pressed a few buttons on his computer, which brought up the image of the old basement.

"See, nothing," he said. Rose observed the basement carefully. It was true, there was nothing in there. But maybe … she reached into her pocket and took out a pair of 3D glasses. Upon putting them on, she saw exactly what she wanted to see – a combination of multicoloured dots.

"Oh my god," she breathed. She then looked down at her own hand, just to be sure. It was a perfect match. "Void stuff."

"Er, what?" said Norman. Rose turned to him.

"Take me to this place," she demanded. "Now."

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"Here we are," said Norman. Rose looked around in bliss. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body. Her guess was that this basement contained a small hole in the universe. A hole someone covered in void stuff could, hopefully, fit through.

"Thanks Norm," she said. "Now, are you clear on your instructions?"

"Tell your parents you've gone home, and register you as a missing person," said Norman. "You can count on me." Rose smiled and walked around the room. As she moved around, the tingling feeling came and went.

"There must be a specific point somewhere around here," she murmured, randomly swiping her hand through the air.

"Aagh!" exclaimed Norman. "Miss Tyler, y-your hand …" Rose looked at her hand, well, the end of her arm. Her hand had vanished. As she reached further in, more of her arm disappeared.

"This is it," she whispered. "Goodbye Norman. Thanks for everything." And with that she turned, took a big step forward, and was gone.

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Quite rushed, I know. In the next chapter we'll get back to the Doctor ... and his impossible choice...