Hello! Here's chapter 2. The Favorites and Reviews have been amazing, and I have just one little thing to say about the quality of chapter 1. wouldn't let me download it normally, so I actually downloaded it as a 21 jumpstreet story and then changed it later. ;P anyway, I couldn't edit what was in it, and I figured I would just get the story out there instead of worrying about little mistakes. Hopefully this is better, but any reviews on ideas or things to change would be awesome. P.S. Who's soooooooo excited for the premier of the 6th season?-KMC
Amy, Rory, and the Doctor stood in awestruck horror. The park erupted into mass chaos; people began to bolt in every direction, their screams adding to the horrific din. The Cybermen began to grab anyone unfortunate enough to be in their grasp, and the Daleks fired randomly into the streets. A stray beam hit a branch above Amy's head, and as it crashed down right in front of her, she cried out again at the top of her lungs, "DOCTOR!" Hearing that, the Doctor noticed the nearby Cybermen and Daleks turn in his direction, pointing their merciless metal stare at him. Rose and the human Doctor, who the Doctor had been watching out of the corner of his eye, both turned their gazes on him too.
Amy and Rory watched as the Cybermen, Daleks, and Rose began to make their way towards them. "Doctor," Rory whispered loudly, "What do we do?" The Doctor paused for an instant, feeling the enormity of the gazes on him, and yelled, "RUN!"
The Doctor took off towards the direction of the city in the hopes of drawing the monsters away from the TARDIS and losing Rose's gaze in the crowds. Amy and Rory followed, with Daleks, Cybermen, and Rose Tyler on their heels. As the Doctor was weaving in and out of the hysterical crowds, he yelled to the scared and puzzled Amy and Rory, "Run faster!"
Amy replied with a frustrated, "From who?" The Doctor paused to wait for them and said, frazzled, "Everyone!" He took off again, leading Amy and Rory down what seemed to be a dark and deserted ally way.
What they encountered, though, was a dead end. The brick walls of the connected buildings rose up around them like a cage, and the stomping of metal feet grew louder as the Cybermen approached. With no apparent doors or windows or any way out, the Doctor turned helplessly towards Amy and Rory, who clutched each other tightly as if they feared to be separated. When all hope seemed lost, and the Doctor was planning on facing down a fleet of Daleks and Cybermen with a sonic screwdriver, an unnoticed sewage grate opened up in front of them and a whispered. "Get in!" accosted their ears. Quickly and quietly, Amy dropped into the dark abyss helped by the stranger, followed by Rory. The Doctor could see the approaching shadows of the Cybermen as he dropped into the dark hole and replaced the lid.
The stranger whispered, "Shhhhhh!" and the Doctor and his friends tried to muffle their labored breathing as the sound of metal feet stopped over their head. The Cybermen paused for a moment, and they could here the metallic nasal drones of the Daleks, "Is he here? Did you catch him?" A Cyberman replied, "No. He must have escaped in the TARDIS. We shall return to base and take up a search for the Doc-tor." With that the invaders turned and retreated.
The stranger grabbed Rory's arm and motioned for him to follow. The small group carefully made it through the pitch black of the underground until the stranger opened a small hatch against the side of the pipe where a faint light shown. The Doctor and his companions squeezed through the opening to find themselves in a low lit basement containing multiple alien weaponry, not native of this planet. The three looked around in wonder until they heard the grating of the hatch closing behind them. The Doctor turned to face their rescuer and thank him for the rescue, when he found himself face to face with Rose Tyler.
"Hello Doctor," Rose said quietly, apparently searching this new regeneration's face for vestiges of the man she used to know. The Doctor, to the alarm of his newlywed companions, was a dangerous shade of white, his eyes guarded and cold with bursts of emotions shining through. "Hello Rose," the Doctor replied softly.
Amy, always forward and outspoken, had had enough of the secrets and cryptic remarks. "Aren't you going to introduce us Doctor?" Amy stepped forward and held out her hand, and once Rose seemed to shake out of her shock, grasped it firmly. "I'm Amy, and this is my husband Rory. Thanks for saving us…." Rose smiled at the younger woman and said, "Rose Tyler. And you're welcome."
That's when the Doctor realized how much more mature Rose had become. Motherhood and maturity had settled on Rose beautifully, enhancing her beauty instead of detracting from it. He realized he probably looked much younger than her now, and seeing this confident and established Rose unsettled him a bit.
Before Amy could assault Rose with a deluge of questions, Rose had already turned her attention back to the Doctor.
"I see you regenerated. You look so young." Rose drew closer to the Doctor and moved a stray piece of hair out of his face. "Except your eyes. Your eyes never change; both young and old at the same time." Rose studied his face for a moment, unable to decipher what she was feeling. Yes, this was the real Doctor. 100% Gallifreyan. But it wasn't HER Doctor. Her Doctor was back at Torchwood headquarters with their daughter, Ellie. But to know that this man was the one that first took her from her own world and showed her the wonders of the Universe; this man that was the reason she crossed time and space; this man who was so familiar but looked and sounded so foreign to her; confused her. It was the Doctor, all right, but other than that, she knew nothing about this man in front of her with the silly bow tie.
The Doctor tried to speak, "Rose, I…." but Rory, as always, interjected at the wrong moment with, "And how do you two know each other?" Rose really looked at the couple standing behind the Doctor and felt a twinge of jealousy. She had gone on her own fair share of adventures, on their world and this one, but remembering the utter joy and wonder she felt while traveling with the stranger in front of her made her for a second nostalgic of the old days back on their Earth.
She would never for a second give up the life she had with the Doctor or their daughter, but seeing the new companions, Rose wondered for an instant what her life would have been like if she had stayed with the Doctor in his TARDIS. Maybe he would not have regenerated and she would still have her old Doctor, but what if's and could have been's are best forgotten by time travelers, and she replied, "I used to travel with the Doctor on your world. Of course, he had a different face back then…"
Rory, still somewhat ignorant to the finer points of Time Lord anatomy tried to question Rose's statement, but Amy cut in, "Wait. So this is the first time you've seen him since his regeneration? Isn't that weird? He's, like, a different person to you almost." Rose laughed at that and said, "Yes, it is very weird but what's weirder is that I can show you what his old face used to look like.
At that the Doctor turned towards Rose in all seriousness and said, "Rose, I don't think that's such a good idea. This world isn't…" Rose placed a finger on his lips to silence him and said, "Still got quite the gab on this one. I guess some things never do change. Doctor, we are being attacked by Daleks and Cybermen, who seem to be working together, and I'm guessing because this isn't your universe, your TARDIS is out of commission until it can recharge. From the looks of things, you need our help as much as we need yours. The Doctor and I have been working for Torchwood for many years now, and I'm sure headquarters upstairs is in an upheaval trying to look for a solution. With two of you, we are bound to find some way of stopping them."
With that, Rose turned towards a small panel on the wall and placed her hand on it. An unseen door opened, and Rose said, "If you'll follow me," with more than a little laughter in her eyes and walked through the opening. Amy and Rory, still not quite comprehending the gravity and nature of the situation shrugged their shoulders and followed Rose. The Doctor was left standing on his own staring at the door. His emotions were in turmoil, and he didn't know yet how he felt about the whole situation, but seeing Rose's attitude with Amy's boldness and Rory's dopiness brought a smile to his lips. Just like old times, he thought, and followed his friends through the door.