Chapter Seven: What's Dad Up To?

"Cassie-"

"No. I am doing this and you cannot stop me, Mum." Cassie seemed to show the Doctor's darker side in her face, that inability to give up even if for a good reason, that incessant resilience that scared Rose just a bit.

"Cassie, love, I don't see how you can possibly-"

"I'm a Time Lord now," Cassie replied stoically. "I can do anything. And I have people who can help me."

"What do you mean?" Rose raised an eyebrow at her daughter.

"I already am designing plans in my head. I just need manpower to make it work. And I have manpower, seventeen strong."

"You don't mean-"

"Torchwood Junior."

"Torchwood Junior... with your group of kids?" Rose shook her head. "Cassie, you can't do that. They could get hurt-"

"They could but they won't. I'll take care of all of the dangerous things; I can handle that. Now... I'll need a sonic screwdriver... oh, wow, this is incredible! All of these ideas, these designs! Oh, Mum, it's amazing!"

Rose felt tears in her eyes. Her little girl had just grown up lightning fast - literally. She seemed older in the way she walked and talked, and her eyes, oh, her eyes were so strong and passionate, just like her dad's.

"I can feel him," Cassie said, knowing her mother's thoughts. "Dad. I can sense him, where he is, what he's doing. He's traveling with someone named Donna, now... she knows about you. He had a companion named Martha... she fancied him, but he only ever loved you, so that's a comfort. And he and Martha stopped an evil Time Lord, the Master... oh, I know about him somehow... the only other Time Lord, apparently. Well, not now. Oh, and Jack's alive - did you know that he's immortal? And he's going to become the Face of Boe, who died. But he wasn't alone. Dad and Martha were with him-"

"Wait. Jack's alive?!" Rose's jaw dropped.

"Oh, right, he didn't tell you that part. He's alive and immortal, thanks to you and the Bad Wolf, remember that?"

"And the Face of Boe?!"

"Yeah! He set up your first date, actually." Cassie grinned. "Remember, you had chips? Platform One, my namesake, so forth and so on?"

"Yeah... Okay. So this Donna person... what's she like?" Rose was rather enjoying this inside perspective on her Doctor.

"She's sassy. A bit like Catherine, but an adult. She's like a best mate for Dad, like Jack. And she met Dad just after he lost you. Teleported into the TARDIS by accident on her wedding day... oh, Huon particles! That'll help pull the TARDIS across! Oh, brilliant! Anyway, so Donna and Dad are in Pompeii right now, saving a family on volcano day. Cool, I suppose. But enough of that! I need to design the dimension opener! Allons-y!"

Rose laughed aloud at her daughter's use of the Doctor's old catchphrase. "Allons-y, Cassandra Yvonne Tyler. My little Time Lord."


Hey everyone!

So. A short chapter, I know. But I wanted to have a little mother-daughter bonding time post-regeneration.

SO HOW COME CASSIE DOESN'T FULLY REGENERATE?

Cassie is not a full Time Lord. She now has 2 hearts but she'll never change fully. She also will only have 9 regenerations instead of 12. Anyway, she's a Time Lord and she's awesome!

Love,

Kate