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Rose woke up late that morning, momentarily freed from the memory of last night's discovery. And then it all came flooding back to her. If only there was some way to create a hole without putting the universe, if not all universes, in danger. Perhaps, if she could go back in time to when the void was opened between both dimensions. She could go back to 2007 and jump through the void using the Dimension Cannon! It could work! Would Torchwood had any Time Travel technology? No, they couldn't have. If they did, they would have used it before it was disbanded for their advantage.

Rose groaned. Would she ever make it back to the Doctor? It seemed like a lost cause. Everything they tried kept getting shot down. No. She stuffed those thoughts deep down inside of her and locked them away. She was getting back to the Doctor and nothing was going to stop her.

Satisfied with her daily pep talk, she flipped over in her bed and looked at her alarm clock to see the red numbers glaring back at her. 9:17 am She slumped back down in her bed covers. Suddenly, she came to her senses and exclaimed, "What?! I'm going to be late!"

Rose jumped out of her bed and ran to her closet. Seeing a blue gray skirt suit and some matching heels she threw them on. Once changed, she rushed to her mirror and looked over herself. "Could use a shower. Make-up! No, no time! Hair!" She brushed through her hair with a vengeance and then dropped it on the vanity before grabbing her purse and keys.

Rose ran down the stairs instead of taking the lift. With all the training they gave her at Torchwood and her experience with the Doctor, she was faster than the lift anyway.

As soon as she got to her car she flung the door open and jumped in. Rose was supposed to be high profile, being the Vitex heiress (although she had no intentions whatsoever to stay in this universe long enough to inherit a company), but she sped all the way to Canary Wharf, nearly causing a collision more than a few times.

Rose ran to the entrance, but didn't immediately go in. She figured that the best way to do this was to sneak in like she'd been there on time after all. She slinked through the door, just barely opening it. She crawled on her hands and knees to the big, potted plant and hid behind it.

She waited until the coast was clear and crept to the stairs. While climbing, she couldn't help but go back to days when she traveled with the Doctor. The Rose before never would've imagined herself working in an office building. Much less Torchwood. But she and Pete had changed it. For the better, you might say. That didn't mean she wasn't stuck on leaving this world as soon as possible, however.

Once she made it to her floor, she opened the door out of the staircase and ran right smack dab into Pete. Yeah, suppose there it was no use trying to sneak in, but it felt pretty good to do it anyway.

A rather undignified noise of surprise made its way out of her mouth and Pete looked at her like the tired (sorta) father he was. "Rose, where've you been? We've all been looking for you. Have you got your ringer on?"

She sighed as she slipped a hand in her purse, feeling for said mobile. When she didn't find it she patted herself down and remembered that she'd left it on the nightstand by her bed in her hurry to get to work.

"Yeah, I was just…gettin'…coffee." Mentally slapping herself for giving a lousy excuse. "Thirsty, you know?"

Pete narrowed his eyes. "Getting coffee, yeah? And, uh, where is that coffee."

Oops. "Thirsty. Remember? Anyway," She changed the subject. "Do I have going on today?"

Pete still didn't seem to quite believe her, but apparently decided to let it go. "Yes, actually. While you were out 'getting coffee,' you had a visitor. He's here to sign off on some new tech. He's in your office right now. But be careful with him. He seems…shy."

"Gotcha," She moved past him toward the direction of her office. Torchwood often had people coming in to get some of the latest technology. And unfortunately, they all got sent to her. She was scheduled an intern sometime soon, though. So it wouldn't be long until she could dump that duty on someone else.

She opened the door to her office and was met with the back of a dark-haired man's head. She spoke as he turned around to see her. "Hello. I'm assuming that you're the one I'm supposed to-"

She gasped as she recognized the man. "Jack?" It was Jack! He was sitting there in front of her. How did he get here? How did he find her? She took a look at him. He looked just as he always had, but had black, broad-rimmed specs sitting on his nose and there was no World War II coat on his shoulders. "Jack? Jack, it's me. It's Rose." Then she actually looked at him. His eyes, His eyes were opened wide and totally void of recognition. He didn't know her. "Jack?"

He opened his mouth and looked about to speak, but ended up giving a little squeak. "I-I-I don't understand. I think that, uh, maybe I'm not who you think." He stood and held his hand out to her awkwardly. "I'm John. Harbor! John, uh, Harbor."

Rose was still in too much shock to move. "John" pulled his hand back and wiped it on the side of his leg. "I, uh, I'm here for some tech?"

So, clearly this wasn't the same Jack. Her Jack was still across the void. John Harbor was nothing like him, Rose knew. And she hadn't even known him for over a minute! For one, his personality was totally flipped! His name wasn't the same and he looked like a nerd! This man was probably a techy for whoever he worked for.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah. You just…remind me of someone." She shook herself out and went around her desk to grab the paperwork for him. "'Kay. I just need to know a few things." She logged onto her computer and opened up what she needed. "What is the tech you are procuring?"

She looked at the screen, ready to type and waiting for an answer, but none came. She looked up to see John messing with an interesting device she'd snatched from the special archives. He looked to be disassembling it. Which was something she didn't really want happening to an item that she wasn't even sure she could reassemble.

She cleared her throat, but he didn't notice. What she wouldn't give for her Jack right now. "John!" He spun around and dropped the device which then shattered on impact with the ground. She groaned.

John dropped to his hands and knees, picking up pieces and trying to put it back together. Rose left her chair and went over to him. She placed a hand on his shoulder and he shot up. "I'm so, so sorry! I was just looking at it! I didn't mean to drop it! I can pay fo-"

"It doesn't matter," she interrupted him, trying her best not to laugh despite how annoying Jack's clumsy counterpart was. She couldn't wait until she could get back to her world and tell the Doctor about this. "Didn't even know what it was. I'll clean it up later. How 'bout you come back over here and sit down. I need you to answer a few questions for me, okay?"

John nodded. "Okay." They both take their seats and Rose repeats the question. "Yeah. I'm actually here to sign off for our shipment of Gravity Globes,Hymetusite, Jethrik, and Jacenite."

She nodded as she typed it out. "Okay. And what purpose will you be using these for?" When she and Pete revived Torchwood anew, they decided to do it the way the Doctor would be proud of. Everything they do is for good. Not some psychopathic alien bent on taking over the Earth.

John answered and they continued with more questions just to ensure that everything was clear. Once they were finished with all the questions, Rose glanced through to make sure. She noticed that they had skipped one.

"Hold on. I missed one. What is your corporation?" That was actually pretty important and she missed it. She was really not with it today.

"Oh! Uh, the Time Agency." He answered, rubbing his hands together as what Rose guessed was a nervous habit of his.

"Okay." She started typing it out, but paused mid-word when she realized just what he'd said. Did he say…? "Sorry, the, um, what?"

He looked unsure of himself now. "Time Agency?"

She smiled sweetly at him. "Would you mind waiting here? I'll be right back." Rose stood and quietly left the room. Immediately she ran down to the lab where Mickey would likely be. Her plan could work!

So did I do the characters justice? I always worry whether I've got them in character or not. How do you think Rose's plan will go? Tell me what you think in reviews.