At some point Rose fell asleep, dreams taking her away from her reality. The Doctor still laid next to her, his arms still encircling her. She had fallen asleep curled up to him, so he held on. He used the time to allow himself to think.

He told Rose his feelings, which he knew was not a mistake. And he had orders from Jackie to keep her safe, and part of him felt that if he didn't succeed, Jackie would show up somehow and smack him around some more. Not that he needed incentive, he loved her with every beat of his hearts, and that was most definitely incentive enough.

There were two problems though. Rose was... well, Rose. She had a heart of gold and tended to get herself into trouble because of it. That, and she also was a human with a human life span. Granted, a very stubborn human, but a human none the less.

This girl beside him who had captured his hearts would only live another 60 years or so, while he had hundreds.

Frustration made him want to get up and pace, but he couldn't bare to tear away from Rose.

In all the worlds in all the universes, there had to be something out there to help... But where to start looking? And how would he do it without alerting Rose to his anxiety?

He couldn't help the hint of amusement that flickered through him at the thought of Rose's reaction to him trying to protect her from his thoughts. Annoyed, irked, frustrated - all the small things that made her her.

He just wanted to keep her for his forever. How was he supposed to give her up without a fight? That was just it, though, he wouldn't. He was just going to figure out a way to get to where he needed to go without Rose figuring out that something was going on.

Once again, his thoughts came to a halt. Where to start?

"You are thinking too loudly, Doctor." Rose's voice was slightly hoarse from the... emotional explosion earlier. She yawned as she shifted to a more comfortable position.

The Doctor was still surprised that he hadn't noticed her wake up. Usually he could sense that type of thing. Apparently, he was too distracted. "I was not! I was keeping my thoughts calm and quiet! ish!" There was no way he'd admit otherwise, but he grinned in acknowledgement of her insight.

Then he studied her, gauging her state of mind. Her eyes were still slightly puffy from the crying, and her hair was about as mussed up as the clothes she had slept in. His worry increased, but she spoke before he could say anything.

"I don't know if I want yesterday to be a dream or not..." Then she reached up to massage her temples. "by the way my head is hurting, though, I would say that it did happen."

A small smile crept onto her face as she looked up at him, though. "I am pretty sure I am glad it did happen." She glanced down at her hands resting on her lap. Her smile slowly faded. "I'll miss my mum and dad, but the rest?" She gently shook her head, "I had nothing else there for me. I think I've proved that I'd rather stay with you, forever."

She was just about to look up at him when two things happened simultaneously. The pain in her chest fired through her once again, and the TARDIS also activated herself. She gasped out a breath, curling in on herself as the pain got more intense, and at the same time less focused. It was spreading, painfully twisting through her.

The Doctor was frozen for a moment, his eyes flashing between Rose and the door, wanting to figure out what was wrong with both Rose and the TARDIS at the same time. Rose first. If something was seriously wrong, then the TARDIS would have sent him an image or warning.

Just as he was about to do... something, anything, for Rose, she spoke up. "Go take care of the TARDIS, I'll be okay." Her voice was slightly strangled, but her words were steady.

The Doctor hesitated just a moment before listening to her. "I'll be right back, Rose." Then he was running out the door.

Rose, he had to admit he was sort of clueless on how to help, but the TARDIS he knew very well. He was only in the console room for a few seconds, though, before the TARDIS materialized. He spun around, looking for nothing in particular, before talking to himself. "what is going on?!" Then he turned around again to head back to Rose's room, but she was standing in the doorway, catching him off guard once again.

"Rose!" He ran over to her, his arms resting on her shoulders as he did a quick visual examination of her, as if that would discover what was wrong.

"Doctor! I'm fine." Rose interrupted him.

"Fine. Everything is fine." Frustration drove his hand through his hair as he glanced around himself. "Blimey! Everything is going bonkers!" His hair was sticking out in every direction, looking almost as crazy as he felt. "What is going on! And where are we?" Then he spun around and strode over to the doors, missing the amused look Rose gave him.

He was cute when he was frazzled.

He flung open the doors, and froze. "What - ?" confusion and disbelief played across his face. He didn't recognize this place at all. "What?" He glanced back into the TARDIS and then back outside. "What?!"

Rose grinned and walked over to the Doctor, glancing outside to see what was causing him such distress. She was only surprised enough to raise her eyebrows. "Are those... Tin men?"

He stood frozen for a moment longer before shaking off the confusion, grinning at Rose. "They do appear to be such! You named them, Rose!" Then he pushed out of the doorway and looked around, confusion still in his face.

They appeared to be in the middle of a Central Park type of place. People were everywhere, or well, tin people were everywhere. That was literally what they were. Tin people.

Rose grinned. Traveling with the Doctor could never get old.

"Well, it seems to be a mostly Tin men planet, although there does appear to be a good amount of the human species as well. Ah! A kiosk, it looks like! Maybe we will find some answers."

As they walked over, Rose looked around and paused when she saw the one building. Something about it... "Is that a museum?"

The Doctor stopped and looked over to where she was pointing at. "It could be, I'll ask the tin... lady." He was too distracted to be confused as to why she would have asked that in the first place.

"'Ello! I'm new around here and..."

The Tin Lady then interrupted him, pointing to a list of words on the counter. The Doctor recognized them as different languages, and then clicked on English. The Tin Lady then began to speak.

"Hello, sir! Welcome to Olc Mac Tire Oilean!"

Rose's focus drowned out the Doctor's and the Tin Lady's voice.. That museum... She didn't know why she was so sure it was a museum, but she just knew it. It was as if the building was drawing her towards it. She didn't even glance over at the Doctor as she started walking over to it.

The Tin Lady continued to speak to the Doctor. "Or, in your language, it is also know as Bad Wolf Isle! We have many different attractions for you to visit, such as the park of excitement on your left, Drach Mac Tire Museam on your right, again also known as the Bad Wolf Museum, and straight ahead is the Forest of Fun! Do please take a catalogue with you on your stay here!"

Dread slowly increased within the Doctor as more Bad Wolf connections began to make itself known. He glanced back to Rose, about to say that they should just leave as Bad Wolf never boded well, and froze when he saw that she wasn't there. His mind went momentarily blank, panic quickly flashing through him at the thought of being without her went through his mind.

Once again, he ran a hand through his hair, allowing frustration to leak through before getting himself under control again. Can that girl ever stay in one place?! Then determination took root inside him. There was no way he was losing her right after he just got her back. Right after he told her how he felt.

"Excuse me, sir, " The tin woman spoke once more, interrupting his thoughts. "That woman you were with? I believe she went into the Museum." She pointed over towards the Drach Mac Tire Musaem.

"Thank you!" Then he was running towards the large building that was the Bad Wolf Museum.

Rose stepped inside and it was just like a museum back home. Employees were handing out brochures and just letting people walk around and tour the museum at their own pace. It appeared to be a one day free deal.

She walked down one of the hallways, and was shocked to see a full Cyberman's suit standing next to a... stuffed Slytheen?. It was like a supersized version of VanKuren's museum. She paused when she came upon a sign that read in different languages. Live specimen on basement level.

The last time there had been a live specimen, she had almost been killed by a Dalek. Her heart jumped into her throat for a second, and then she became determined. Whatever was down there shouldn't be there.

She paced over to the elevators, hitting the button with the arrow pointing down. If they are housing another Dalek, I am going to give them a piece of my mind...

Once she got to the bottom level, she walked over to where everyone was crowding around a wall of glass. What she saw almost made her laugh out loud.

"A bird! Hah!" Then she glanced over at the people around her and she bit her lip, remembering she wasn't with the Doctor.

Then she turned around to leave, only to come up short when she saw two very big men in armored suits standing right in front of her.

"Uhm," She glanced around, wondering if anyone else thought it was weird, and her stomach dropped when everyone was now turned towards her and the two suits of armor and taking pictures. She winced as she turned back. "Can I help you?"

"You must come with us." One of them spoke, it's voice robotic.

"Okay..." Her eyes searched the area around her, hoping that the Doctor had somehow found her. Her stomach dropped when she realized she was completely alone.

They opened up a set of doors that led to another section of the basement, and she was hesitant to go through them. Then one of the suits pushed her through the doors.

She vaguely heard a speakerphone in the main room activate as the doors closed. Dread filled her.

"Live Specimen Retrieved."

Author's Note: I have some good news! Or bad news, depending how you look at it xD I should have the story finished in 2 chapters, theres a possibility of a third, but I highly doubt that. It's coming to an end! Don't be afraid to give me some reviews! Thank you guys for reading this and motivating me to finally finish a story =D See you again in, probably under, two days' time!