Hey, everybody. I'd gotten quite a few pms asking me to continue it, so I have decided to finish this story, but there won't be any sequels. Sorry if this disappoints you.

I wanted to mention that the Dimension jumper device in this story is quite a lot different from the ones seen in the show, but hey, when you write the story, you can do whatever you like. So I did. Enjoy!

Rose had never used a Time Manipulator before so she hadn't known how it was going to feel. And now she knew that she didn't really care to again. It felt like she had been ripped apart, cell by cell. One part of her going this way and another part going the other way. It was agonizing and it seemed to go on forever.

Then it stopped as soon as it had begun. All of a sudden, Rose was thrown against a brick wall, panting for breath. Her head had a dull throb and her stomach was doing jumping jacks. Once she felt steady enough, she opened her eyes and took in her surroundings.

She was in an old, filthy alley in London, but that was to be expected. She figured that Mickey set the coordinates for somewhere that no one would have noticed. She walked out and onto the sidewalk, still a tad wobbly, to be sure that she was in the right time period as well. It looked to be right. There were blimps in the sky, at least.

"Rose! Rose, can you hear me?" She winced as Mickey's voice made a whining noise in her ear.

"Yeah, I can hear you. A little too well." She added.

"Sorry, 'bout that. You're in the right spot though?"

Rose nodded. Then remembered that he couldn't see her. "Yep."

"Good. How was the jump? Did everything go smoothly?"

She laughed half-heartedly. "Actually, right now, it feels like I need a toilet. I absolutely do not like the way it works. How can those Time Agents do this so frequently?" She asked as she walked down the street.

"How do you know they do? Anyway, we're prepping the Dimension Cannon to throw you through the wall. You'd be going through the Void without a capsule though, so I don't know how the field is going to hold up."

"Field?"

"Another feature of the vest you're wearing is a protective field. We had them on those other dimension hoppers we had, but we built yours into the back of the vest. This one isn't as strong as those ones though. It's not exactly a force field, because it isn't invincible, but it can put up a fight. It ought to keep up long enough at least for you to get through, but if it falls before…it might hurt. A lot."

She decided to ignore that last part for now. She didn't want to think about anything that might stop her from getting back. "Wow. This vest is more of a multi-tasker than I am." She joked.

"Right. You have two minutes before we're ready. This is gonna take a lot of power and it will definitely take its toll on the technology placed on you. You'll want to wait a bit for everything to recharge before you take the first jump to search for the Doctor."

"Gotcha." She answered. She walked over to a newspaper stand while Mickey was silent and picked up a paper. The headlines held news about the Cybermen. It said that they had begun to disappear and although it was what they all wanted, nobody knew where they were going.

Rose knew. They were appearing in her universe, disguised as ghosts. In a few short days, a younger version of herself would get pulled into this world and lose the most important part of her. She would work harder than anything not because she didn't belong here, but because she belonged somewhere else. She belonged at the Doctor's side, fighting monsters and rescuing people.

And now she was making it all come true.

"Rose, we're ready." She walked back into the alley she had been dropped in and stood silently, waiting for instructions. Everything was silent.

"Mickey?" She asked.

She heard him sigh. "Rose, I'm gonna miss you. Everyone will. But, me especially. You're my best mate and I understand that you want to get back to the Doctor, but I want to let you know that it ain't too late. You can still come back. It's your family back here. Is one man really worth leaving them behind?"

Rose ran a hand through her hair. "Mickey, I love him. You know I do. So, you know that I'll do anything to get back to 'im. So, yes, he's worth it." She replied.

There was a momentary silence. "Alright, then. If you know what you're doing. But after this jump, you can't come back. And we won't be able to talk to you anymore. We're gonna get cut off. So I want to tell ya right now, Rose-"

"Mickey-" She interrupted. She knew what he was gonna say, but she felt so guilty that she had strung him along for so long, she wasn't sure if she could handle it.

"I hope you're happy. With him." He finished. She blinked. That wasn't what she had been expecting and if anything it made her feel worse. Mickey had always been understanding. It hurt to know that he was giving up so much for her. She was going to miss him so much.

"Thanks, Micks. You know I will be."

"Alright. We're making the jump in ten… Nine… Eight… Seven... Six... Five... Four... Three... Two... One. Goodbye, Rose."

She wasn't prepared for what happened next. She was prepared for excruciating pain to come and go in the blink of an eye, but instead, it felt like she was rushing through water, everything just flying past her. Her hair was whipping behind her and she felt like she could be blown away any second. There was not a sound to be heard. It actually, surprisingly, felt peaceful.

But then that feeling was gone. Slowly, very slowly, a burning sensation crept up her body and Rose experienced the worst pain she had ever felt in her entire existence. Her skin seemed to come apart and it felt like she was on fire. The protective field was coming apart.

It felt like the torture would go on forever. And it really was torture. There was no way that she could stop it. Mickey hadn't told her how to do that.

Rose panicked at first but then the pain began to lessen and numb. She groaned as she was pushed through some sort of thick, yet jelly-like wall. There was a blinding flash of light and then she was stumbling back into the very same alley-way that she thought she'd just left.

It didn't work. She had just gone through the most agony she'd ever been put in and it was all for nothing. She held her stomach as it made her sick and wiped her mouth when she was done.

She straightened up and looked around. Everything was exactly the same except for the time of day. It was a bit darker than it had been before. She looked up at the sky. It had to be around six o'clock at night.

"Mickey. Mickey, it didn't work. Why didn't it work?" She asked him. She waited for a response, but received none. "Mickey? Mickey can you hear me?"

She took out the earpiece and examined it. It looked to be undamaged, but why couldn't she hear Mickey, then?

She put it in her pocket and assessed her situation. She was stuck in a time and place where the only help she could receive would be from the past and there was no way that she could interfere with anything going on here.

Rose walked onto the same sidewalk she'd been on not ten minutes before. There were cars heading up and down the street in front of her. She walked past the newspaper stand again and glanced at it as she walked by.

And that's when she realized what had really happened. Rose rushed over to the stand and snatched a paper up. She read the headline in utter shock. In big, bold letters it said GHOSTS DECLARED SAFE. A photo of the blurry Cybermen was right smack dab in the center. She dropped the paper and stared at the sky.

Not a zeppelin was in sight.

Then, Rose began to laugh; actually laugh. She punched the air and let out a great whoop. Rose knew that she was probably getting the oddest looks, but she couldn't care less. She was back! She was back!

She was back and now she couldn't wait to get looking for the Doctor.

I always feel so sorry for Mickey. Was his goodbye believable? Do you think that he would've said it?

Yay! She's back! Now she can start looking for the Doctor. But will it be as easy as she thought? How long will it take and when will she find him? Also, take guesses on when in his timeline she'll find him. For all you guys know, she might kill him. ;D Don't forget to review!