The Life and Love story of Rose Marion Tyler

Flashback continued

Rose commented to John as she walked through the heavy and large circular door as the sound of the heavy electronic gears turning as the door closed behind her, 'I cannot wait to see what they look like. It will give us a clue as to what he is going to look like when he regenerates next.' John replied,'True. Although something tells me the red hair is not going to just come from you entirely.'

Rose asked as she made her way into the heart of the hub,'What you mean you think it will possibly come from him as well?' John replied, 'From both him and me, but not in the way you'd think. Donna is a sure influence when it comes to your red hair as well actually.'

Rose asked, 'How so?' John replied, 'Donna is a part of me just as I am a part of you. Then there is the fact his birth mother, his human birth mother was a natural red head. That is something he does not mention in passing let me tell you that. But considering you're the mother of his children and possibly his future wife gives you the right to know.'

Heconcluded,' So in other words your hair comes from the Donna in me but also from the influences that his mother's own DNA still has within both him and me, seeing as I also come from him as well.' Rose nodded as she processed what she had just learned. The Doctor was part human.

She said, 'That means he is part human.' John replied, 'Barely actually. Gallifreyan DNA is the more dominate gene, always outweighs any human DNA, due to the more complex and advanced genes. Plus when his parents DNA was placed in the looms to create him the Time Lords made sure to cancel out as much of her human DNA as possible.'

He added, 'Time Lords were pompous and arrogant and far too set in their ways. They believed themselves to be far more superior then mere supposed humans. They believed him to be tainted and an oddity during his academy years. In fact they merely left enough of her DNA for him to have some of her features and her eyes, meaning he has human eyes but they still work like a Time Lords do.'

Roses asked, 'What is the difference between a human and a Time Lords eyes?' John replied, 'Only difference between Time Lord and Human eyes is that Time Lords when they get to a certain age don't ever need to wear glasses, they never age or become weak." He concluded, 'This meant he really needed the glasses as did I. They were not a mere prop used to make us look intelligent like you seem to think Rose. It also means you will also need glasses at a much later date as your eyes are also the only thing left that is truly still human.'

Rose snorted and rolled her eyes, thinking, 'Oh marvellous there will be no escaping those awful things. They look sexy on you and The Doctor, but I am willing to wager they'll look ridiculous on me. It's just not fare. Oh well, I guess I might as well make the best of it while I still can.'

John snorted at her complaining and her mentioning that she found him and the other Doctor in glasses sexy. There was no way he would let her hear the end of that. He made a mental note to tell his other self as soon as the opportunity presented itself. Rose let out a snort and glared at John, who snorted just as Jack interrupted their conversation as he came up to them, his excitement evident.

He beamed and said, "The scanner is all set up and ready to use and everyone is waiting on the balcony in the autopsy bay." He beckoned Rose towards the autopsy bay, his tone still brimming with delight, "Come along, I am sure you're just as excited to see what they look like, perhaps more so then everyone else seeing as it is you who is able to communicate with them."

Rose chuckled, but nodded in agreement. She followed Jack into the autopsy bay where sure enough the whole Torchwood team was awaiting her arrival. She instantly noticed the barely concealed anticipation coming from Owen. Not that she could honestly blame him as he had invested a lot of time and energy into keeping her and the twins healthy.

Owen grinned and said, "Ha, I Knew you'd cave sooner or later, just knew it. As soon as you caught wind of the technology that came through the rift then you'd be on it like flies on shit." Rose snorted, rolling her eyes as she walked over to the smug looking Doctor. John also snorted at Owen's flies on shit comment.

Owen said, "Stand in front of scanner Rose. I have connected the scanner to that alien projector that came through the rift; you know the one which provides the perfectly clear and coloured images. That connected to the scanner will enhanced the viewing quality even more so. It will take up a whole wall."

Rose nodded as she took a deep breath as she said to John, 'Okay, this is it, Christ I am so nervous.' John replied as she stepped right in front of the scanner, 'You're going to be fine and the twins are going to put on one hell of a show. Every last single person in this room is going to be awed by their utter glowing brilliance.'

Rose nodded to Owen who nodded in return before hitting several switches. There was an electronic beeping sound, followed by an echoing thumping sound. Gwen asked, "What is that loud thumping sound?" Martha answered before Owen could, "That is the sound of the baby's hearts beating."

Everyone watched as a violet coloured light moved up and down the whole of Rose's body from head to toe twice. Seconds later there were more beeping sounds before everyone suddenly let out loud gasps of awe at the sight of the image that had appeared on the projector on the wall ahead of them.

Rose lifted her hand to her mouth as her eyes filled rapidly with tears of awe and joy. She could hear John exclaim inside of her head in delighted awe, 'Oh Rose! They're beautiful.'They really were it went without saying it really truly did.

Rose said to her children, 'Oh my beautiful babies just look at you.' John beamed and added, 'Yes you are such stunning little ones.' He told the little boy, 'You look apparently how I am certain your father will eventually. Still not ginger, ha he will love that, not!'

Rose snorted and added, 'It seems your father just cannot get a break when it comes to being ginger. For some reason he just wants to be ginger like you and me sweetheart' she told her daughter. She added, 'You seem to have a lot of me in you, like your brother seems to sway more towards your father with that dark hair. You're a red head, you'll probably be just as fiery tempered as your hair colour suggests.'

The little girl and boy giggled. They both liked listening to their mommy and their uncle John talking. They had listened to the adult pair conversing ever since their sixth month of development, having been developed enough to hear and understand what was going on outside their mother's womb.

The little boy asked, 'Did we put on a show mommy?' Rose and John chuckled at his question. Rose replied, 'Oh yes sweetheart, you and your sister are performing beautifully. You don't even have to do anything at all, the fact you're so beautiful is enough of a show for them.'

Jack exclaimed proving what Rose said to be correct, "Stunning absolutely stunning. They are going to be heartbreakers when they grow up. I almost fear unleashing them on the innocent and unwitting public. Their beauty is going to truly end up being blinding. You are so lucky Rose you really are. Damn their father must seriously be gorgeous if their features are anything to go by."

Martha said in a awe filled voice, "The technology is stunning and so far advanced beyond anything I or most likely anyone outside of this institute has ever encountered." She added, "You can see every beautiful little finger and toe, even every individual eyelash in such close and beautiful detail."

She added in wonder, "You say your eight months along Rose, but those babies look like how a human baby looks fully developed and ready to be born. Why must they remain within you for another four months? Twelve months seems like an awful long and drawn out process compared to the standard human nine months."

Rose snapped out of her stunned stupor and replied, "They are Time Lord babies Martha. Gallifreyan offspring does not develop like human offspring it is a more complicated and drawn out process. They have to develop two hearts, as well as the fact their brain develops more than a human's ever will. On top of that the last couple of months are spent developing the gene needed to enable them to regenerate a total of thirteen times when they are older."

She added after a brief pause, asking the beautiful dark skinned woman, "How much has Owen explained to you like I asked him to so you could help me if Owen was at some point unable? Besides it is to mine and the twin's advantage that we have two fully capable Doctor's overseeing our needs."

Martha replied, "He mentioned that I should not be alarmed and think there is some kind of malfunction with the equipment or that you have some dangerous health deflect when I would eventually come across the scans. When I detected four beating hearts and there being only two babies instead of four." She added at Rose's nod, "Or any of your full body scans showing you with two hearts and an inner immune system and a larger lung capacity more complicated and advanced then any humans could ever be."

Rose replied, "That's just it Martha, I am no longer human unlike I once was when the twins were only three or months along. Their father is an over nine hundred year-old Gallifreyan, who's race were also known as Time Lords. They are alien but have a humanoid form. You would never think that either I or their father was not human, not in less you were to view a full and inner body scan."

Everyone looked incredulous at hearing the twins father was over nine hundred years old. Danny exclaimed, "Nine hundred!" Roses chuckled and replied, "Yes. They live for a long time seeing as how they can regenerate a total of thirteen times. They age much slowly then humans, in less they are under a lot of stress."

She concluded, "I imagine if they were very careful with their regenerates that they could live for a good couple of a thousand years. The Doctor told me last I saw him that he was currently in his tenth body. This means he can change is body a total of three more times before he dies and stays that way."

They all had a look of disbelief on their faces at hearing of the lifespan a Time Lord could have. Danny asked, "How long do you think you will live for?" Rose replied, "I am not entirely certain Danny. I share the same length in lifespan as the twin's father, which is unknown due to him having three regenerations left. It could be up to six to maybe another eight centuries."

She added, "Time Lords came before humans, your outer form is based off Gallifreyan's at least in the other reality when I am originally from." She continued to explain about Time Lord inner plumbing when she noticed she had everyone's attention, Owen and Martha's in particular, seeing as she had never spoke of such things in great detail before.

She told them of how Time Lords had two hearts and a larger lung capacity. That with that larger lung capacity was the ability to hold their breath for a good twenty five minutes. Also that they were able to run faster for twice as long as any human before they become short of breath.

She also mentioned that they healed faster from injuries that were not liable to kill them. Tosh was interested to hear about how they had a higher tolerance to drastic changes in foreign climates, and unlike a human with hot and cold temperatures they could endure such conditions for twice as long before they started to suffer. She had yet to test out that higher tolerance, through she said she was sure she would get the chance at some point after the twins were born.

Owen said, "You never did explain in full detail how Time Lord Babies developed and why it takes twelve months before they are full term." He added, "They are amazing by the way, makes me appreciate all the time I have spent so far monitoring them. Not many if any Doctor can say they had the experience of monitoring alien two hearted babies."

Rose sat down on top of one of the steel tables and settled. The view on the wall moved slightly before settling when she did. They saw the red haired baby kicking inside of her, causing everyone to gasp out aloud. This caused Rose to place her hand over her stomach and chuckle knowingly.

Gwen was shaking her head in awe at the sight of the two little ones, "Awe they are so precious Rose." She added, "What I don't quite understand is the dark hair one of them is starting to grow, the red hair on the second one obviously comes from you. I thought you said their father was in a sense John's twin brother."

Rose gently patted her stomach as she replied, "Time Lord offspring take on the physical and mental characteristics of their parent's next regeneration. This means while The Doctor most likely still looks identical to how John did, he is eventually it would seem is going to be as dark as my son and have the facial features you can see mixed in along with my own."

Amy asked, "I understand to a certain extent that you along with you babies and the baby's father are alien, but how can he possibly change his appearance?" Rose replied, "It is call regeneration the process that Gallifreyan's go through when either their current body has reached its natural age limit or they are injured to the point of death."

She continued at Amy's nod, "When they are injured and before their hearts stop beating they will be covered in regeneration energy, it shows the appearance of the regenerating Time Lord being surrounded from head to toe in golden flames, looks like you have been set a light."

She added. "I am sure you will be able to see the security footage from the autopsy bay back when I regenerated from a gunshot wound to the chest on the very table I currently sit on. It would be interesting to see myself going up in flames as I have not really viewed that footage yet."

Ianto asked, "Is the process painful, it seemed that way when I witnessed you going through the process?" Rose nodded and said, "Yes it can be. I have been told since my regeneration that the pain level depends on how long you try to hold the process off and how bad the damage to your body is. Plus if you're especially stressed at the time then I heard it makes the process even more volatile than it already would've been."

She added, "Mine was more painful then usual because I was in the process of literately swapping species and growing inner plumbing I did not have before. So my own regeneration was more involved then is normal for a regenerating Time Lord."

Tosh asked, "What does the process do besides change your outer appearance?" Rose replied, "Every cell imaginable is burnt away and entirely brand new ones are created in their place. It does not just heal you but changes your whole outward appearance. Your accent and voice pitch shifts, along with mannerisms, likes and dislikes."

She added, "For example before I regenerated I was at least three inches shorter and certain places on my body were a lot less defined. I imagine without my pregnancy I would be at least two dress sizes smaller then I was before, and much longer legs and a smaller backside."

She continued after a brief pause, "I had round hazel greenish tinted eyes, was a natural brunette but dyed my straight shoulder length hair blonde on a regular basis. My face was slightly rounded unlike the heart shape I have now. My nose was slightly larger and not pointed like it is now."

She concluded, "My cheekbones are higher and more defined. My lips are slightly fuller and the cupids bow on my upper lip is more defined them before. Finally my skin was not as pale like now, nor did I have the slight and light scattering of freckles I have on the bridge of my nose."

Gwen said, "She had a London cockney accent similar to Danny and Owen's. She did not have the soft and refined tone she has now." Rose laughed and said, "What she means in polite terms is the fact before I was less light spoken and my speech was not as prise and posh sounding as it is now due to the fact I grew up on a council; estate and not the huge mansion the press and everyone else believes."

Gwen smirked and shook her head at the other woman, who playfully stuck her tongue out at her, this caused everyone else to laugh. John also chuckled, pleased to see a trait of the old Rose shining through her new personality. It did not happen often these days, but none the less it was a sure treat for John when one did shine through.

Rose revealed once everyone had stopped laughing, "You think that my transformation sounds drastic you should have seen the twin's father regenerate. I at least still somewhat resemble how I did before the regeneration. He on the otherhand changes so completely to the point that he appears to be an entirely different man. Entirely unrecognisable in less you knew him before he regenerated. You would not believe him to truly be the same man as before."

Martha suddenly frowned as she suddenly remembered Rose mentioning that she grew up on a council estate. And that she had also mentioned something about a parallel universe. She asked, "Rose if you don't mind me asking how come you did not grow up in the mansion your parents and younger brother live in. And what do you mean when you mentioned a parallel universe?"

Rose sighed and replied, "How about we go into Jack's office and get more comfortable as this is a long story. Plus I need everyone's word that everything I reveal does not under any circumstances leave the hub. You do not discuss this with anyone outside of Torchwood, it is important that you do not. I especially do not need the press getting their hands on this information."

Everyone agreed and swore that they would not talk to anyone outside Torchwood about what she was about to reveal. Before Rose stood and the machine was switched off she commented in a casual tone pointing to the screen, "Oh by the way Owen just in case you were interested, the dark haired baby is a boy and the red haired one is his sister."

She then turned on her heel, smirking as she heard several gasps behind her at what she had just revealed. She heard Owen's laughter as she exited the autopsy bay. John was also chuckling at how Rose had decided to hand the information to Owen in such a casual manner.

AN: The next chapter will be a continuation of this chapter. Then the following chapter will skip four months to Rose going into labour. Hopefully Rose should be returning to the other reality in four or five more chapters.