Chapter Four:
"Blimey Rose, think you got enough stuff?" The Doctor says sarcastically as he drags what he counts was the twenty third bag through the TARDIS doors.
"Doctor, we're having a baby. There's a lot of stuff to buy. Just be grateful that I didn't bring my mum," she says with a laugh, kicking back on the jump seat flicking through a magazine that she had picked up.
"Fair point, then I would've actually just killed myself." He said under his breath, dragging the bags to the side of the console room, but Rose isn't listening. "It'll never work," she mutters staring at the page "He's gay and she's an alien" (Hoorah for ninth doctor parallels because nine is fab)
The Doctor just rolls his eyes in an adoring way, and finally shuts the TARDIS doors behind him. "That's everything then," he says catching her attention "What's next to do, we've told your mother, bought enough furniture to furnish a pre-school. What else is next?"
Rose surprises him by pulling a list out of the back pocket of her jeans, and ticks off 'shopping'. "Right, next- ooh we better set the co-ordinates for torchwood because we've got to tell Jack the news," (A/N so yeah lemme explain a few things. In this universe of my story, Jack stopped travelling with The Doctor and Rose by choice after The Doctor's regeneration to set up torchwood, and it was never founded by queen Vic to capture The Doctor and Rose ect, thus avoiding the whole doomsday scenario. (No Yvonne Hartman, no ghosts, no cybers, no daleks, no doomsday- you see where I'm going with this? So yes he is immortal, because bad wolf still happened.)
"Oh god, bring on the teasing." The Doctor says, reluctantly setting the TARDIS co-ordinates.
"Oh come on doctor, he is our best friend. He'll be happy for us."
"Rose, I do not doubt that Jack will be happy for us. But then after congratulating us, he'll probably suggest a threesome."
Rose jut rolls her eyes, "Well yes probably, but that's just Jack isn't it. I wouldn't change him for the world."
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The TARDIS lands inside the torchwood building, and as soon as Rose and the doctor step out they are greeted by Jack, casually leaning against the doorframe, wearing his signature world war two trench coat. "Doc, Rose, I was just about to go tracking you down! You haven't visited me in a month and we've got some pretty interesting stuff here that I wanted to show you," Jack says, giving them both a hug as they exit the TARDIS.
"Well actually Jack, we did come here for a specific reason too." Rose says. Jack eyes them both oddly, before nodding towards the hall. "Walk with me," he says.
They walk briskly through the corridors, and Jack asks "what's your news then guys? World doesn't need saving again does it?"
"Why does everyone keep asking us that?" The Doctor says, bemused "first Jackie and now you, I'm sure if the earth was in peril you lot would know about it!"
"Well," Jack says with a slight laugh "danger does seem to follow you two around."
"Fair enough," The Doctor shrugs
They carry on walking through the corridors until they come to the torchwood lab, and Jack tries to find the message that he wanted to play to them. He couldn't understand the language, which was odd as the TARDIS still translated things for him when he wanted them to be. So a second opinion from The Doctor would probably be very helpful. Then he notices that Rose has been quiet for a while now, which is unlike her.
"You okay Rosie?" he asks slowing slightly and looking at her. She does look a little pale. "Yeah just feel a bit… groggy," she says "I'm gonna go and get a glass of water, I'll be back in a minuet." She says.
"You gonna be okay?" The Doctor asks
"Yeah, yeah I'll be fine." She reassures him and strolls of round to corner to find a water cooler.
"So anyway doc, just over here" Jack says, navigating their way between a few more tables, until they come to what looks like a battered audio player.
"What the message?" The Doctor asks
"We can't tell the language, but we know that it came through the void."
"The void, but that means it's from a parallel universe!" The Doctor exclaims
"Exactly, and double weird I can't understand it. Usually the TARDIS translates any language for me but-" suddenly Jack is cut off by a slight crash and suddenly Gwen Cooper comes running up to them. "Jack, your friend Rose has passed out" she says quickly and suddenly the doctor is off in a sprint to the water cooler. "Hey doc, wait up!" he can hear Jack calling behind me as he suddenly stops in the hallway and slides on his knees to where Rose is lying, unconscious. He quickly rests her head in his lap.
Suddenly Jack catches up, and says, slightly out of breath "hey doc, calm down she just passed out!"
"Jack you don't understand!" the doctor shouts
"But doc, she'll be fine. Maybe a bruise or two."
"Jack, rose is pregnant!"
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They manage to get Rose lying on a table and a once over with the sonic tells him that her and his son are both fine, but he can't help worry that she hasn't regained consciousness yet.
"So I'm guessing this is what you came here to tell me then," jack says, leaning against the doorway again.
"Yeah, didn't plan on announcing it quite so dramatically though," The Doctor says
"Ha, well at least Rosie and the baby are both fine." He says
"Funny really, I can take Rose to all these alien planets, and travel through the TARDIS which isn't always 100% smooth sailing, and nothing happens, yet we come here on a normal visit to a friend and she passes out. Just like my Rose, jeopardly friendly." He says
Jack laughs and walks into the room more, "Typical Rosie yeah, but what was that. Why did she faint?"
"I'm not sure yet, the sonic is whirring up some results that should be ready soon, and she should wake up soon as well," he says "she really scared me though Jack is this what it's going to be like forever now?"
"Oh yeah," Jack says "I've never personally had what you two have, but I know that when you love someone, everything they do scares you."
"Have you ever been in love with someone then Jack?"
"Oh yeah, a long time ago- back home. There was this girl, Kayli her name was. And I loved her, I loved her a lot but I don't know what happened with her, or us. Somewhere in that five year period that I won't ever remember, I lost her and I've never seen her since. And I've looked, oh believe me I've looked, but there isn't any record of her. No trace."
"I'm sorry Jack, I-I didn't know"
"Don't sweat it," Jack says, looking away. Suddenly the screwdriver beeps and The Doctor looks down at it. "Ah," he says "that makes sense."
"What is it doc?"
"Well, what first worried me when I found out that Rose was pregnant and I did some scans on her, was that our baby was a full time lord, with hardly any human DNA and remarkable telepathic abilities? He told me that he was a boy and everything, which was amazing- and that's what just happened to her now, my people would sort of have a telepathic presence in each other's minds, that was our son, making his presence in her mind known, which caused her to become a little overwhelmed and faint. But I took a look into Rose's mind, to see if she maybe had any time travel side effects, boosting her natural telepathic abilities slightly- causing our baby to have these abilities, but then there was this fog with a lot of sort of, golden light energy in it, and when I tried to look deeper it pushed me out. And then somehow, she went inside my mind. Which should be impossible Jack, and it worried me. So I sent a DNA sample to the TARDIS, about a week ago and it came back odd. Like her DNA is unrecognizable. It looks like nothing I've ever seen before Jack… I don't even know what species she is, and I haven't even told her yet."
"Whoa,"
"Yeah it a lot to take in, I know."
"No I mean whoa that you haven't told her yet. Doc if her species has changed, then she has a right to know. Especially if it could affect her or the baby's safety."
"I know, I know, you're right. But I just don't know how to tell her, what if she's angry?"
"Doc, you know our Rosie. She wouldn't get angry. Confused maybe, but she would be angry. She could never be angry with you."
At this point, Rose began to stir and both Jack and the doctor turned their focus to her. "Whoa, what happened?" she asked, her eyes slowly opening.
"You fainted, gave us quite a scare," The doctor says "but glad to have you back" he gives her a kiss on the forehead.
"And your little time tot is fine don't worry," Jack pitches in "Glad to see you awake again."
"He told you about us then?" Rose asks
"Yep, you know about his gob. Can't keep it shut!"
"Oi!" The Doctor protests
Rose just giggles "How comes I fainted then?" she asks
"Well, our little time tot, as Jack put it, was just making his telepathic presence known inside your mind. It probably tickles or hums, somewhere near the back of your mind, but eventually it will get stronger."
"So I can be connected to him like you can?"
"Yep, but with it all being to sudden it overwhelmed you a bit, and you fainted. And you was out for a while, but your brain had to process the information"
"But how comes I have a telepathic connection with him doctor, I'm not telepathic not like you?"
Jack gives the doctor a look, saying tell her and then exits the room slowly, not breaking eye contact before blowing a kiss to Rose.
The Doctor sighs and helps her sit up, and jumps up onto the table that she was lying on next to her, sitting close.
"Well Rose, I don't quite know how to tell you this, but I'm going to just get it over with as quickly as possible."
"Doctor what is going on?"
"Well Rose, you're… you're not exactly, human anymore- so to speak"