Jimmy Tyler wasn't aware of the danger he was in, having only eyes for his mother. She was safe, they'd be together again - a proper family.
Rose shouted out in terror, her head whipping back towards the Doctor - a shared understanding going between the two of them.
The Doctor nodded imperceptibly, then closed the distance between him and Nafficilon, wrestling the gun from his hand and smacking him one across the face.
"That was for Rose!" He said, even as he felt the transmat take hold.
"Fire in the hole!" Yelled Engineer Walt as he activated another explosive. He was clearly enjoying blowing things up.
Amid the flames, and flying debris, Rose ran stumbling for her son, arms encircling him protectively as she brought her body to cover his.
Captain Fallen had also rushed forward and now he pulled mother and son to safety, whilst the rest of his men rushed towards Nafficilon.
But Nafficilon was long since gone. Still Engineer Walt let off another explosive..just for good measure.
"Quit blowing things up already!" Shouted Pete Tyler, as Rose and Jimmy reached the group.
"Rose, are you alright? He didn't hurt you did he? Rose?" He questioned his daughter.
But Rose Tyler was silent, now that her son was out of danger.
She merely stared at the spot where she had last seen him, her Doctor, and muttered fiercely to herself.
"I'll get to you, just you wait. I'll get to you." She vowed.
Pete decided to address another burning question, as he realised Rose wasn't going to be talking anytime soon.
He turned to grandson.
"And what did you think you were playing at, Jimmy, following us out here? Did you let the Doctor out?" He questioned the boy.
Jimmy looked guilty, but shook his head at the last question.
"Still fast asleep when I left." He said defensively.
"The Doctor can get out of anything.. wait a minute.. you locked him up?!?" Rose was listening, and now got a more then a little upset at that tiny fact.
"Yeah, but they drugged him first mom." Pointed out Jimmy helpfully.
Mickey and Pete both shot him a look that clearly said that wasn't helping at all, and then Rose was shouting at them, hands on hips - despite the bedraggled appearance of her clothes and mud stained face.
"What the bloody hell has been going on here!" She yelled.
None of the men had anything to say in defence.
She sighed, losing some of the anger.
"Tell me everything. Start at the beginning. And Walt"
"Yeah?" The engineer scurried forward, glad he wasn't on the recieving end of the Tyler wrath.
"Find me the other end of that transmat!" She handed him a chip.
"I got that from the console on the way down"
"Ooo... very advanced... silicon obviously... Durelium..." "I want the equipment at the other end, Walt, not a lecture on it's origins." Said Rose, but she was smiling as she said it, taking the sting out of her words.
Walt gave her a mock salute with the chip in his hand.
"On it. If it's tramsmitting I'll find it!" He vowed.
"Right you lot. Conference." She said, sounding just like the Doctor.
Pete and Mickey exchanged smiles.
"What?! What!?" Demanded Rose.
The Doctor decided that he hated transmats. Transmats were not good at all in his opinion. Daleks used transmats, so did Slitheen.. nope, nothing good ever came from a transmat he confirmed in his own head.
He got his body to obey his head, and he opened his eyes to get his first good look at his surroundings.
An old fashioned star liner ship - not particularly fast, and this one was bogged down with all sorts of scavanged technology. Buralium sphere here, Kelvedon circuits there... even a Klassec Warp Drive, disconnected naturally.
Abruptly he remembered what had brought him here, and before his mind could remind him how much he detested transmats again, he remembered Nafficilon. His host. And how he still owed him a good kicking for kidnapping Rose.
The Doctor was not a violent man, except when it came to lunatics kidnapping his Rose Tyler.
He twisted around, finding his hands tied with computer wiring, and his legs with duct tape. But where was Nafficilon.
As if by thinking it, Nafficilon came into view, his lips pulled back into it's customary sneer.
"Nice nap, Doctor?" He inquired.
"Oh yeah. Bit hard mattress though, might want to invest. Love the decor by the way.. going for the 'Dumpster' look I see." Replied the Doctor coolly.
"So witty. So blase. But I'll wipe that smile off your face yet. Aren't you wondering where I'm taking you"
"Not really bothered actually." Sniffed the Doctor.
"Well, I'll tell you anyway. You my Prince Charming, are going to your wedding"
"My wedding? Me getting married. I'm sorry, you're a lovely chap and all.. and it's not just the fact you smell and look like a warthog, believe me I've been betrothed to the most hideous - "
Nafficilon stomped his foot, silencing the Doctor mid repartee.
"Shut UP! You and her, you never SHUT UP! SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!" Screamed Nafficilon.
Then he realised that Doctor HAD shut up, and he looked confused.
"Where was I"
"Shutting up" Pointed out the Doctor helpfully.
"Right." Ten seconds went by before Nafficilon realised that the Doctor was the one supposed to be shutting up, not him and he stomped his other foot again, yelping in pain as he was reminded that it was his bad foot, which Rose had stomped on before.
"That looks painful." Observed his prisoner with a knowing smile.
"I can't wait to be rid of you Doctor! You and your bride.. I hope you'll be VERY happy together." Nafficilon snorted with laughter.
"Do I get to meet my bride to be? I hope she's not got tentacles.. they can go places you wouldn't want to know "
"Oh she's compatible all right." Said Nafficilon.
"And she's gone to alot of trouble to get her groom. What do you think of that Doctor? Anything funny to say about that do you"
But for once the Doctor had nothing to say.
Rose had listened to Mickey and Pete's account of everything that had come to pass whilst she'd been kidnapped, telling her story afterwards, and out of earshot of Jimmy who was helping Walt track the transmat.
"What about Laura Rose? Who's with her?" Rose suddenly thought of her daughter all alone, probably very scared for her mother, and now her brother and father too.
But Mickey assuaged her fears on that score.
"Liz is with her. She's okay, Rose." He was about to say sorry for everything else - when they were interrupted by a loud hah'ing from Walt's direction, followed by an excited yelp from Jimmy.
"Stop your grinning, and drop your linen. I gotta fix! If it's mechanical Walt's your man! If Walt can't do it - "
"Where?" Interrupted Rose.
"Spaceship of some kind. They're about to go to lightspeed"
"Can we transmat on board before they do that?" Demanded Rose.
Walt looked skeptical but then nodded.
"Probably"
"Right - no time for arguments. Only two can go, Mickey you're with me." She decided. Mickey nodded in agreement. This was Rose's territory.
"But Ambassador, surely I should be the one -" Protested Captain Fallen.
"How many alien ships have you been on, in a situation with alien lifeforms and impending destruction"
"Two - three if you count that thing with the Martian War Lords that time." Answered the Captain.
"Well I've been on alot more, and that's my Time Lord they've got. And I'm going to get him. But Captain, I need you to watch over my family till I come back. Will you do this important thing for me?" She asked him.
"Yes. Of course, Ambassador." Said Fallen, feeling pride at being picked for such a duty.
"Good man. Mickey, grab a gun. We're going Time Lord shopping"
Mickey already had his gun in his hand and now he grinned at her.
"Thought you'd never ask."
Pete Tyler rolled his eyes. That Doctor had alot to answer for.
And most of it good.
He watched his daughter and the closest thing he had to a son disappear in the wink of an eye, and silently sent a prayer for whoever was watching over them, to keep them safe from harm.
Beside him he thought he heard Jimmy Tyler do the same.