"So" The Doctor said, clapping his hands together, before rubbing them "What seems to be the issue, tell me now, because the Doctor is in!"


"We were attacked by Treybones." John said quite bluntly. He was not impressed with the lame joke pulled by the Doctor

"Ah! Treybones…. Horrid race, really. How about you come inside! We can discuss things in there and I can try to give you the antidote!" The Doctor spoke quickly and ran to the door of his TARDIS before Rose or her husband could react.

Rose looked down to John and asked

"Try?"


Rose wheeled John into the TARDIS, having a bit of an issue with the small ledge at the entrance, but closed the door behind them and took a gasp.

The TARDIS was different, the coral-like structures gone, and not even replaced by anything. The whole set out made her feel uncomfortable, yet happy. The grating that had been on the floor before was no longer an issue for something like wheelchairs.

Rose pushed John to a railing, and put the brakes on the wheelchair, to stop him from rolling about, then continued to where the Doctor was.

"Doctor?" Rose called, and continued as he didn't turn around "You said you were going to 'try' to give John the antidote. What did you mean?"

The Doctor turned around from playing with switches on the TARDIS and looked to Rose

"Well, he's not completely human, so the antidote might not work to the extent that we need it too" At this, Rose looked shocked. This didn't occur to her, but it was entirely possible that it went through Johns mind. "And you probably knew that, didn't you Handy?"

"Well, I thought about it…. I wasn't going to tell her…" John spoke quietly, scratching the back of his neck

"Why not?" Rose asked, surprised

"Because he wanted you happy, and he needed me here in order to do that" The Doctor told Rose, while still looking at John.

"Doctor? I felt us land before, but Snogbox wouldn't let me out of the Library" A voice came from a balcony above where Rose was standing.

"For the last time she is not a Snogbox! She is a TARDIS and a beautiful one at that!" The Doctor yelled back

"Snogbox?" Rose asked

"Oh! You have people here! You went on an adventure without me?" A girl with brown hair to her shoulders came down the stairs. "Hi, I'm Clara, you've already met the….. Wait, aren't you… Rose?"

"Um, yeah, he told you about me?" Rose replied, a confused look on her face

"Well, no. I went through his time-stream and I know a lot about his life…. Plus he has a photo album in the library." Clara laughed and looked over to John "And that would make you, the Meta-Crisis Doctor."

"I go by John now. John Tyler-Noble"

"Eh, close enough. So Doctor, whats going on? Why are they here?" Clara asked

"Handy here, was attacked by a Treybone! You remember Madame Vastra yes? Silurian. Treybones are cousins of that race, who originated on Venus!" The Doctor began to ramble "Get that! Venus!"

"As we all know, Silurians can't kill you with their poison, BUT Treybones are a different matter. They are supposed to kill you in an instant, but really, they just shut down all your bodily functions in less than a second." John spoke this time.

"So, since John is half-Time Lord, he lived through it?" Rose asked

"Basically yes! Imagine a Snake, a Mouse and an Elephant. The poisonous snake bites the mouse, the mouse dies quickly. But, the snake against the elephant will take forever, if it can even work… A horse would have been a better metaphor…." The Doctor trailed off and stood there thinking about the different anatomies between a horse and an elephant.

"So, if we get him the antidote, we still don't know whether it will cure him or not?" Rose asked quietly, starting to get distressed

"The antidote itself? That will stop the reaction from continuing." The Doctor paused "But we can return the use of his body using some medicine from the 62nd Century."

Rose grinned, and hugged The Doctor and moved to where John was, and took his hand.

"Still going to keep that promise of forever?" John asked

"Always, till death do we part?" Rose replied, pressing her lips to his

"And even after that" The Doctor whispered, not heard by anyone except Clara.


After their little romance moment, John turned his head to the Doctor.

"We should do this soon"

"Yes, we should" The Doctor replied, walking over to the wheelchair, about to take John to the infirmary when Rose stopped him

"You said the difference between them was a mouse and an elephant. What is that different between John and his team? I understand half-Time Lord, yeah, but what else? How long will it keep him alive?" Rose asked, a serious look upon her face.

"Rose, we can't talk about this now, I have to give him the antidote befo—"

The Doctor was interrupted by John crying out in pain.

"What's wrong?" Clara asked, staring at John

"Kidneys! Lost the use of my kidneys!" John cringed as he cried out in pain

"Then we should go. Now." The Doctor and Rose spoke at the same time and without even acknowledging it, they ran off down the hall.


A/N – Sup my hommies, Sorry, this took forever…. Oh well

I was debating on killing off Tentoo, then I realised, I can't do that to the poor sweetheart!

To be honest, I don't like writing Eleven as the type to be overly sad about Rose. Its probably just my opinion, but I think after 200 years and getting married to a AMAZING woman like River you should be pretty set.

I'm not saying hes not allowed to be sad about it, because that was a very traumatic event, just, not as bad as it would have been if this was still the tenth Doctor or something... ANYWAYS

I would also like to say that I actually don't like Clara all that much. As much as she is a brilliant companion, her character itself could have been a bit less... Dependent on the Doctor as to say? I don't know, you should really just ignore me.

Anyway, see you next time! xoxo