The Life and Love story of Rose Marion Tyler
John was clutching the right hand side of his chest where his right heart would have been if he still had two of them. Rose was clutching her chest as well, but Owen could tell it had missed her heart, but barely. Both had blood slowly trickling out of the corner of their mouths. Owen could tell they had internal bleeding due to the blood escaping their mouths.
Jack quickly grabbed Rose and lifted her into his arms. Ianto grabbed John's upper body carefully off the floor, while Owen grabbed is legs. They carried him in quickly as they could and headed straight for the autopsy bay. Jack placed Rose down on the steel table as Owen and Ianto placed John down on the second table. They had recently had it installed due to John liking to do his own separate experiments.
Owen startled slightly as he felt John weakly grab is wrist. He croaked out from between blood stained lips, "Wheel this table over to the one Rose is on. I needed to be in direct contact with her for what is to happen next. I already knew today was going to happen and I was not allowed to change it. Do it now, there is no time for questions. I am dying no doubt, but cannot die until the transfer between me and she is complete."
Owen looked like he wanted to argue, but one look from John stopped him. So with help from Ianto he carefully wheeled the table over to one on the other side of the room where Jack had laid Rose. Owen made sure the tables were close enough that John could reach out to loosely grip Rose hand, which she had painfully stretched out for him to take.
Rose grounded out between clenched teeth, "What the hell do you mean you knew today was going to happen and that you weren't allowed to stop it?" John weakly squeezed her hand and told her, "I don't have long as the TARDIS on the other side of the void back in the other reality is enabling this body to stay alive long enough for me complete the transfer."
He let out a violent cough causing blood to rapidly trickle out of his mouth and down his chin He quickly told her, "I love you Rose and would have given anything to have married and had children with you, spending the rest of our lives together. But I knew as soon as I left the TARDIS that was never going to happen. I knew I would get to stay with you for always, just not the way we would have both wanted. You were always meant to be his."
He quickly concluded, "Grab hold of my hand Rose and don't let go, what I am about to do and let happen is the only way to save both of you and the twins. This is how everything was supposed to happen, a fixed point in time no matter the reality we are trapped in. I love you, so much. Now get ready for it and brace yourself Rose Tyler as I am about to become pure regeneration energy, literately."
John managed to awkwardly close the distance between them. Both had tears rapidly flowing down their faces as he sealed his mouth over hers in one last tender and loving kiss. It was just as his lips left hers that he breathed his last breath. Rose had no time to mourn as merely seconds later John's body started to disintegrate into pure golden particles reminding Rose very strongly of the time vortex and when she had witnessed The Doctor regenerating.
Her mouth opened in a silent scream as her eyes widen in terror, as the golden particles that had been her lover were now rapidly flowing into her through her mouth, her eyes, even the gunshot wound in her chest. Seconds later her entire body was covered in golden flames.
Gwen and Tosh let out startled screams, tears rapidly streaming down their pale and grief stricken faces. Owen and Ianto looked on in fascinated horror. Jack on otherhand looked on in disbelief, whilst riddled with grief, wondering what was going to happen to Rose.
He could not help thinking of how much he was going to desperately miss John around the hub. He had really grown to respect the man, saw him as one of the best friends he had ever had. And secretly he had also started to have feelings for him no boss should have had for his employee, his very heterosexual and much taken and very much in love with Rose Tyler employee.
They observed the sight of Rose Tyler continuing to burn brighter, brighter than anything they had ever seen before or thought possible to exist on earth. They had to quickly look away, shielding their eyes from the intolerable glare of the golden fire like energy surrounding her from head to toe.
Jack managed to look over his shoulder just as Rose's head titled back and her arms and legs spread out around her. Her mouth was open as wide as it possibly could get as she let out a silent scream. But that was not what made Jack visibly falter, no that was due to the fact Rose's hair was rapidly shifting in length and colour. Her cheek bones were becoming slightly higher. Her nose was becoming slightly smaller, slightly pointed and definitely more delicate looking.
Jack silently swore her body had just grown at least three inches. Even the build of her body was shifting rapidly. Jack had to look away once more, the sight was far too overwhelming and beyond surreal even for him. What the hell was happening to her? Hell what had happened to John's body was something Jack would also like to know.
Less than thirty seconds later it was over, the fire ceased altogether. They all turned when Rose let out a loud and startled gasp as she shot upwards, leaning doubled over before lifting her head once more as large amounts of regeneration energy bellowed out of her mouth.
They all gaped at the sight of her tear drenched eyes. They were no longer brown, but a mixture of the deepest blue and green. They were almond shaped and framed by the longest eyelashes Gwen or Tosh had ever seen. But that was not what made them take immediate notice. No, that was all due to the fact there was a pure golden ring around the black of her pupil. A golden colour the same as the particles John had turned into and the fire Rose had been surrounded in.
They all took in the very noticeable changes. For one Rose no longer had shoulder length blonde hair, but waist length wavy and very fiery red hair. Her skin was a stunning milky white, which complimented her new hair and eyes stunningly. Her facial features had even shifted, looking more refined and delicate. It looked like the regeneration process had taken every last single one of Rose's best features and had enhanced them. Damn was she beautiful, stunning even.
They watched as she shakily got to her feet, it was obvious to see that she was at least three inches taller than both Gwen and Tosh. She was most likely a few inches shorter then John had been. Her body was slightly slimmer, for example her thighs were thinner and more toned. Her curved hips were perfect, while her legs appeared to be never ending, up to her backside as the saying went.
But what they noticed, that had not been there yesterday was the fact her stomach now had a slight curved swell. It was apparent that the babies were still alive and much to their shock had apparently grown. How on earth the babies could survive that, especially at such the early stage of their current development was astounding to Owen.
Gwen and Ianto felt their eyes practically bug, as did everyone else when they heard the tearful and grief stricken voice say, "Owen I need you to check the current state of the twins. Then I need you to give me a full body scan. I need to know what inner changes have been made to me." She paused, rubbing her chest before adding, "Yeah, two hearts now, I can feel them."
She added after rubbing her chest once more and grimacing, "I'd say quite a lot has happened to the outer packaging if your expressions are anything to go by. My voice included, Welsh apparently. Oh sweet Jesus, I sound like one of those stuck up ass-hats Mum and Dad have at their parties."
She finally concluded, "Once you've finished scanning me and we have the results then I have to go home, I need to sleep. I have just regenerated, am still regenerating in fact. I don't know how, when I know only The Doctor's people had that ability and were only supposed to be able to do that. I fully intend to discover the truth"
It was not her words that shocked the others, Gwen and Ianto in particularly. No that was all down to the fact Rose had spoken in an accent and voice that was softer sounding and decidedly Welsh, decidedly Welsh and extremely refined. Her every word was said carefully and with such crisp preciseness that it was stunning to listen to.
Jack said, "Owen whilst your scanning Rose and the twins the rest of us need to go and clean up outside it is a massacre out there. Also we are going to need to handout quite a lot of retcon." He added as he noticed the blood on both of Owen and Gwen, "In second thoughts, it will just be me, Ianto and Tosh. You two need to clean and stitch up those wounds of yours" he gestured to the two in question.
Rose took notice of Owen and Gwen and said, "I think you need to have those wounds seen to before you lose anymore blood. I will give myself a full body scan. I will be able to tell what's cooking inside as well as monitor the twins as well." Both Owen and Gwen looked about ready to protest, when Rose said in a stern tone, "Now! Don't argue with me. Get to it before you bleed all over the place."
Jack looked worriedly at Rose. Rose noticed his glance, instantly knowing what was worrying him. "I shall grieve later when I can do it in the privacy of my own home if it is all the same to you Jack. I need to grieve alone. No one can make this any easier or harder than it already is. I need time Jack."
She added after a pause, "Besides he is still here. There was a reason why John turned into that regeneration energy. His essence, memories included, they are inside of me. His entire conscious is alive inside of my head. Trust me, he is comforting me and talking a billion miles a minute like normal. It is just the body of his that was destroyed, while everything else is alive and kicking."
Rose snorted as she saw the looks of disbelief on the others faces. "John says to tell you all to close your mouths, as the catching fly's expression is not very attractive." Jack and the others closed their mouths at hearing this. They knew that was exactly like what John would have said in a similar situation.
Rose watched as Ianto and Tosh left the room, whilst Owen gathered up the tools he was going to need to clean himself and Gwen up. Jack on the otherhand was still stood there staring at Rose with an unreadable expression on his face. Rose let out an audible sigh, before walking up to Jack. She stopped right in front of him and asked, "Do you trust me to prove it to you? I can only show you briefly as I am exhausted from the whole regeneration process. I can let you talk him long enough for him to show you he is fine, or as fine as things are ever going to be now."
Jack looked a little apprehensive but asked, "How?" Rose closed her eyes briefly before reopening them and nodding. She lifted her hands, placing her fingertips to Jack's temples and replied, "Simple, I am going to enter your mind. I want you to imagine yourself constructing barriers or picture a door closing around memories you don't want me to see."
Jack nodded, still looking apprehensive but closed his eyes and did as he was asked. A moment later he gasped as he found himself in what looked like the main area of the Torchwood hub, but there was a bright golden hue to everything around them. And there standing right in the centre of everything was John and Rose. John looked like as always, suit and converse ever-present. There was no gunshot wound or blood.
He was smiling sadly at Jack. He said, "Hello Jack. Terribly sorry about this, but I was not allowed to saying anything, not even to Rose. I have known this day would come since before I and Rose were recruited by you. And even then I knew I was going to die. I have made my peace with it well before it even happened."
He added, not once removing his arms from around Rose's waist, "In some bazaar sense I am glad it has finally happened. It means I can relax, as carrying such a terrible secret and knowing I could not nor was allowed to prevent it without causing complete and utter chaos, it tends to weight down on ones shoulders and mind I am afraid. I am finally at some kind of peace I suppose."
He concluded, "Here inside of Rose's mind I shall remain until her final dying day, which won't be for at least another seven maybe eight centuries or so. She has the same life-span as the Time Lord version of me in the other reality. He is the twin's father."
Jack asked, "What exactly are you going to do inside of her head for all of that time?" John replied, "I am here to guide her. I am here to stop her from going off at the deep end. I suppose I am like her knowledge source, as well as her version of the little angel and devil on her shoulders, telling her not do or to do something."
He added, surprising even Rose, "I need to be here, because this was where I was always intended to be. I was always meant to be a part of her. I am here to help prevent her from going insane from all of the knowledge that soon bit by bit will flood her mind."
Jack asked, "What do you mean?" John sighed as he replied, "When I allowed by conscious to be transferred and merge with Rose, both my human and Time Lord conscious, it sparked the dormant piece of time vortex left over inside of her, in turn setting of the regeneration process. My Time Lord conscious to be more precise was what kicked off the whole fussy and delicate process."
He concluded, "Rose now has a Time Lord mind, consisting of over nine hundred years worth of memories belonging to both me and the other me in the other reality. This means genius status does not even begin to cover it. She will be able to see all that was, is, and all that could ever be. She will be able to feel the planet rotating around her. Every timeline, every possible timeline, fixed points or not, she will see all of it once she has finished the entire regeneration process."
Jack let out a low whistle and said, "Whoa woman, you didn't half inherited the mother lode didn't you?" Rose rolled her eyes in exasperation. She let out a tiered and weary sigh. She said, "Alright Jack we need to get back to our bodies. I can already feel my body is about to take a tumble. I promise I will bring you back here for longer next time as soon as I settle properly."
Jack nodded as he realised she must be beyond exhausted and they still need to check her and the twins over. He said, "Alright let go then. But how exactly do we get out of here?" Rose reluctantly detangled herself from John's embrace with a kiss to his cheek. He smiled gently at her as he let her loose.
Rose then took Jack's hand as Jack saluted John, who rolled his eyes. "See you later Jack." Jack nodded before allowing Rose to gently lead him from her mind As soon as they left her mind her knees buckled from underneath her. Jack grabbed her, lifting her up and laid her back down on the table again.
He said, "Okay I want you to lay there and let Owen examine you and the twins, while I go and help the others with the cleanup outside." Gwen asked just as he was leaving, "Jack what happened to you and Rose, you were stood still with her fingertips on your temples for the last ten minutes?" Jack replied as he headed up the stairs, "I was inside of Rose's head. I was talking to John. He really is alive and well inside of her head. It was just his body that was destroyed, but his consciousness is still intact inside of Rose. He is safe and doing well considering."
Owen and Gwen were stunned by this as they watched him leave through the door. They then both turned to face Rose, who was laying on her back looking up at the ceiling, as yet another puff of golden glittery mist flowed from her open mouth.