Rose was midway through unpacking, ignoring the pain and confusion she had. She was walking down the stairs when she felt the Tardis enter into her head. She has only experienced this a few times and they were only when the Tardis or Doctor was in trouble. She bolted down the stairs and saw the Tardis still parked by the building. The doors opened by themselves when she ran up to them. The sight that greeted her made her freeze with the guilt that flooded her body.

Rose stood there unable to move for a moment, guilt filling her; causing her single human heart to ache. The TARDIS humming brought her out of it; she hurried to the fallen man, the fallen Doctor. She moved to him one hand to cup his face, damp with tears. "Can you hear me?" she called to him shaking him slightly, tears filled her eyes when he didn't respond. She swallowed and tried again. "Doctor, Doctor. Its Rose can you hear me?" It felt odd calling him the Doctor, he didn't look anything like her Doctor.

The Doctor slowly opened his eyes, the dark brown orbs taking in the room. He sat up and saw nothing but darkness. "Where am I?" he questioned, his breath coming out in a visible puff due to the cold. He slowly stood up, ignoring the biting cold, and began to walk, looking for a clue to tell him where he was.

"Doctor please," Rose pleaded to the still unconscious man, "wake up for me, please." He hadn't moved, what did she do now? She had no idea what was going at all and she could feel panic creeping in.

Her mum would know what to do; she hoped she would any way. She quickly ran out of the Tardis then up the stair to the flat. Jackie had just returned from shopping, she had run into Mickey while out and he had offered to help her carry the bags back to the flat and to put things away. They both jumped when Rose burst through the door.

"Mum," Rose said border line hysteric.

"Rose, sweet heart what is it?"

"It's the Doctor, or least he says he's the Doctor, the other Doctor said he was going to change so I guess it is him, I don't know. But something happened and he passed out in the TARDIS and I can't get him to wake up, I don't know what to do mum." Rose had said all of this so fast that her mother and Mickey could hardly understand her; she had also said all this on one breath of air.

"Rose, Rose," her mother put her, "deep breath sweetheart."

Rose took in a shaking breath then another.

"What happened?" Mickey asked.

"The Doctor past out in the TARDIS and I can't get him to wake up, I don't know what to do."

"It'll be alright love," Jackie reassured her, "just take us to him."

Rose nodded then ran back out the door with Jackie and Mickey following her. She made it to the TARDIS and waited for them while holding the door open. Jackie and Mickey stepped inside and as they gaped at the place again, Rose hurried to the console platform where the Doctor still lay. "So where's the Doctor?" Mickey asked.

"This is him," Rose said.

"Him?" Jackie questioned, "How?"

"I don't know," Rose said it all still confused her, "he said before he changed that his people had this process like cheating death," a sudden thought accrued to her, "he, he said it was dodgy though, what if something went wrong, and that why he can't wake up." Rose had moved to knell beside him again and now looked up at them, tears forming in her blue eyes again.

"we'll figure it out Rose," Jackie said putting her hand on Rose's shoulder. "I have friend, he's a doctor maybe he can help." Rose looked at her mum questioningly, "when did you meet him?"

"While you were gone sometime. He kept me company."

"What kinda company?" Rose face then turned bright red, "no, never mind I don't want to know that."

"Rose..." Jackie started but changed her mind. "We should get him inside before I call him."

The three then moved the comatose Doctor out of the TARDIS and then up the stairs, into the flat and then finally into one of the spare bedrooms. After that Jackie left to the kitchen to phone her friend.