Alright, since I had two wonderful reviews so quick here's an extra chapter - Thanks Lizzle09 and Tessa27 its lovely to know people are still reading (and like it).
I don't own Doctor Who or Wellingtons (Gumboots)...have I already used that one?...well, I'm too lazy to check so lets all just accept that as is.
Rose wandered down to the lab carrying some boxes of slides, "Jack said you needed these?" she asked Martha who was peering down a microscope.
Martha looked up and smiled, "Thanks, just set them down over there." She indicated some spare bench space. The rest of it was covered with books and papers. "How are you enjoying your first trip to Torchwood three? You're probably used to the chaos since you're travelling with the Doctor."
Rose settled the boxes and climbed onto a stool at the bench, "Yeh, living with the Doctor has its moments." She grinned, "He took me to the zoo once…of course that was the day someone decided to stage a rebellion on Earth of all places and the animals got out." Her dancing eyes met Martha's, "We rode a zebra."
"Oh." Martha said looking surprised for a moment before laughing. "I wish we'd got around to the lighter stuff, sounds like fun." She considered that for a moment then looked back down at her microscope "He really missed you."
Rose sighed, "It was a mutual feeling, believe me." She shifted closer, "So you're working on identifying the slime?" she asked curiously.
Martha moved so Rose could look down the microscope, "Yep. We need to know if it's still active."
"Well it did try to attack you." Rose murmured as she studied the slide, "Hmmm…"
"Did you notice something?" Martha asked.
Rose drew back and tucked some hair behind her ear; "I've a bit of experience with foreign organisms fallin' to Earth on the other side, but this doesn't look like any of them." She bit her lip, "Actually it looks a bit like…but that can't be right." She looked back up at Martha with a puzzled expression.
"What?" Martha asked impatiently, she was frustratingly familiar with the Doctor hanging back from revealing everything and was hoping Rose wouldn't be the same.
"This isn't a naturally occurring organism, it can't be." Rose said quickly getting off the stool and beginning to search through the books on the bench. She pushed them around reading titles and rejecting them, she clicked her tongue "Ugh, why can't Jack have anything organised. It's like it would kill him or somethin'." She rolled her eyes, "Of course then he would just get right back up again." She muttered to herself. Finally she found what she was looking for, "Eureka!"
"Ooh a discovery."
"What's cookin' good lookin'." Two familiar voices called from the doorway, overlapping each other.
Rose spun around on her heels to face the two men, "Oh, here comes trouble and he brought a friend." She started flipping through the book in her hands, "I was just talking about you Jack. Cursing you, but still. Bet your ears were burning."
She moved back to sit on the stool next to Martha. "What's wrong now?" she asked settling the book in her lap and giving the boys her full attention.
"Oh Rose, now that's a bit unfair." The Doctor protested.
"Yeah, Rose what did we ever do to you?" Jack put a hand up, "Wait, don't answer that." He said looking sheepish.
Rose rolled her eyes at Martha. "So you're just showing the Doctor around, Jack?" Martha asked doubtfully.
The men looked at each other, "Yep. The ole tour." The Doctor answered, walking forward with his hands in his pockets.
Rose narrowed her eyes and turned her focus back to the book, "Sure. It's not that you're both bored or anything?" She said dryly. "Missin' the excitement? If you're looking for something to do…have you cleaned up the main room? There was a lot of ash and scales last time I was up there."
"S'alright Mickey's on it." The Doctor said unconcerned as he took a seat next to Rose.
"Oh, so you just left it all for Mickey?" Martha asked wryly. Looking between Jack and the Doctor as they shrugged, "What about Ianto? What's he up to?"
Jack moved forward to lean on the bench, "He's busy." He rolled his eyes, "Public relations with Unit need some seeing to or something. You should have seen the glare he was giving me. Apparently they traced the interference with their communication signals back to us. Our Mr. Mickey Smith needs to work on his subtly."
"That's right blame poor old Mickey." Rose muttered. The Doctor snatched the book from her hands to see what she was studying so intently. "Oi!" she protested trying to grab it back.
"Since when do you read? This is an anomaly that requires some examination." He grinned cheekily, holding the book out of Rose's reach.
Rose's big brown eyes flew to meet Jack's blue ones, appealingly. Jack sighed and moved forward to swipe the book from the Doctor's hands, he glanced at the pages before him and then passed it to Rose. "Mutated planet genes? Doing a biology crossword or planning to go into floristry?" He enquired.
"Floristry?" Rose grinned, taking the book gratefully "Thank you, Jack." She looked at the Doctor pointedly "You're such a gentlemen, unlike some people."
The Doctor scowled at her, "So, what are you two up to? If you're leaving me to become a florist I'd like some warning."
"We're working on the slime problem." Martha offered. "Rose was just about to enlighten me on something she'd noticed."
Rose shifted the book on her lap, "Those cells you've got under the microscope…" Rose begun looking at Martha, "last year we were working a case on illegal experiments being performed around the country…which okay wasn't exactly new, people like pushing the boundaries. I get it but wow, did we find the jackpot. We discovered these mad-scientist types."
She sighed and groaned, "Ugh, the paper work."
"Don't have paperwork travelling with me." Doctor added.
Rose smirked, "And isn't that just a plus, the mess you make everywhere we go."
"So someone's been creating this slime?" Martha asked slowly "And they sent it here, lucky us."
"Or it escaped." Rose nodded.
"How long did it take to develop?" Jack asked looking concerned. "Did what you come into contact with have any side effects? Is it definitely dead or is it gonna come back to bite us on the ass?"
"Well, did you leave Mickey in charge of the clean up of wall slime or did you collect it properly?" Rose asked scornfully. "What we found had no side effects." She made a face, "Well we had a few cases among those who had celiac disease, but they were mild….and no one here has it, right?" she asked looking at Jack, he nodded so she continued "I didn't recognise it when I saw it because, well what we had was more sophisticated. It had a little more form, not all…drippy. Our guys told us they had been working on it for about three years, so whoever made this hadn't had enough time to perfect the gene sequence. It became inactive as it dried out-"
"So the flamethrowers would have done a good job of that?" Martha asked.
"Did you see how they were waving them around? We're lucky no one lost an eyebrow." The Doctor observed.
Rose reached over to pat him on the knee, "You were just worried the enormous amounts of hair product you've been using would ignite, and we'd have to find you a wig."
Martha and Jack exchanged glances and burst out laughing.
Rose smiled at the Doctor as his mouth quirked up, "Get back to the slime, Rose." He directed.
She stuck out her tongue but got back on topic anyway, "Well…I guess the only thing I want to add is that I really hope Mickey's not using water to wash the slime off-"
"Because that would re-hydrate the slime creature!" Jack realised, racing out of the room.
"Here we go again." Rose said allowing the Doctor to take her hand and help her off the stool.
Its interesting going back and reading all this - it seems so long ago...this is about half (?) maybe of what I've already written. Of course this is the last separated chapter from the document...so it may be a week or so til I post any more, coz separating it into chapters sucks.
Oh and btw Angel S1 has nothing on Angel S2 and the beginning of S3 (Cordelia as a princess, classic!).
Hehe, its fun having a Rose who acts a bit Doctorish - knowing all...or most about a little of everything.
Review and I'll post more sooner....You know this already has the most reviews for any of my DW stories (Ah, so proud that I stuck to it and wrote a ton more then I ever have - thanks guys for making me want to finish this one).