Chapter 2 because I'm ignoring my studies.
So that's from the Doctor and Rose's side. I had missed writing them.

Both shows go to their respective owners.

Enjoy!

One Strange Number

Doctor Who / Person of Interest

Rose Tyler walked happily, hand-in-hand with the man -actually, the alien- she had spent the last two years of her life with. She swayed their linked hands back and forth between them as she smiled and listened to the Doctor's rambling.

"But you know," he said. "They actually discover time travel in fifty years from now, so I may have rushed things a bit." The Time Lord smile-grimaced, amusement still in his eyes, reassuring Rose that it hadn't been a too serious mistake. "They would have discovered it at some point anyway."

"Sure, Doctor," Rose said, greatly amused. It had been one of the few of their adventures that hadn't gone badly. In fact, they hadn't even fully participated in the events, apart from the Doctor meddling with their prototype of time machine. These times were rare, when they weren't running for their lives, and Rose enjoyed every second of it. Not that she didn't enjoy running either, but quiet times were appeasing.

As the Doctor kept talking about the time machine the aliens on this planet had built, Rose felt her thoughts take a less pleasant path. She knew deep in herself that the quiet times would end, and that she probably would have to leave the Doctor. But she also knew that she would never leave the Time Lord willingly, so that only left one option; her departure would not end happily. There had been warnings after all; the Beast when they were on the platform orbiting around a black hole, had said that she would die in battle, soon. And then the Doctor had said that there was a storm coming.

Rose repressed a shiver. As much as she had been certain that nothing would separe the Doctor and herself, she had started to feel doubt rising in her mind.

"Are you alright?" the Doctor asked, looking down at her with slight concern in his eyes.

Rose immediately smiled at him and abandoned her thoughts, "'Course I am!"

Concern left the Doctor as he squeezed her hand and pointed ahead. "Look there! It's a market, how about we go take a look? I could find some pieces for the TARDIS, she's been in a bad mood lately, I could change a thing or two..."

"Maybe she's just mad at you because you tried to rearrange the wires the other day," Rose laughed. She had been in her room at the time, when she had heard the Doctor cry out. She had run into the console room, only to find the Doctor working under the grating floor of the room, where he could access the wires. He had been sucking on his fingers, and it hadn't taken long for Rose to figure out that he had received an electric shock, courtesy of the ship.

"She's just being stubborn," the Doctor pouted and Rose laughted harder. All saddening thoughts forgotten, she walked along with the Doctor towards the market place.

Once there, she left the Doctor looking through pieces of metal that could go in the TARDIS, and went to look on her own. She hadn't had time to discover the planet after all, and an alien planet is always interesting to explore. She loved new things, that was part of why she had left with the Doctor in the first place, when he was still wearing a leather jacket and had big ears.

She smiled at the memory of the previous regeneration of the Time Lord, and looked through the merchandises exposed before her. There were a lot of objects she couldn't even name, but she also found clothes and jewelry. One pendant in the form of a rose caught her attention. It was made of a material she didn't know of, as it changed colours and yet still looked translucid. It was attached to a silver chain long enough to be a necklace. Rose took the item in her hand, and was unsurprised at the cold feeling against her palm.

"You're gonna pay for t'at, right?"

Rose turned around quickly, only to find an alien, much taller than her with green skin, towering over her. This is then that she realised she didn't have any money. She opened her mouth to apologise, but she was cut by someone else's reply.

"It's alright, I'll pay."

The Doctor stood close next to Rose, and handed a couple of bills to the alien with a smile that was clearly not friendly, almost daring the alien to take a step closer. After a moment, the alien finally snatched the money from the Doctor's hand, and returned back where he had come from.

"You shouldn't have-" Rose started but once again the Doctor spoke over her.

"It's alright, I didn't know what to do with this extra money," he smiled at her, a genuine one this time. He placed one of his hands under Rose's, and used his other hand to curl his companion's fingers around the necklace. "A gift is a good excuse to spend money now, isn't it?"

Rose felt her cheeks heat up both at the Doctor's words and lingering touch on her hand. "Thank you," she said before attaching the necklace around her neck.

With a smile, the Doctor took Rose's hand in his own again before walking back to the TARDIS. He had some new equipment to install now. The pieces he had bought were rubbing against his side as he walked; the pockets of his coat were bigger on the inside, but they still had limits.

When the two travelers arrived back to the ship, the Doctor let go of his companion's hand to fish for his key in the inner pocket of his coat. Opening the doors, he let Rose step inside first, and closed the door behind himself before running to the console. Their whole adventure had only lasted a couple hours, and the Time Lord's feet were itching to run.

"Where to next?" he asked as he pushed a button and pulled a lever, starting the dematerialisation sequence of the TARDIS.

"You pick," Rose replied as she gripped the console so she wouldn't fall. The rides in the ship with the Doctor were always bumpy.

"I've got just the one, then!" The Doctor ran to the other side of the console to pull another lever, then went to where his companion was and pushed some buttons, brushing his hand against Rose's in the process. With a grin, he looked at her and the TARDIS lurched forward into the Time Vortex. Rose laughed, straightening her grip on the TARDIS console. She was used to the rides now, and she had learnt to enjoy them, even if she ended up on the grating floor by the end.

"We're going to Astrefid, oh you're going to love it!" the Doctor said, running around the console once again to drive his ship. "Three suns, the sky is beautiful at all times!"

Rose was too busy not falling to reply; she'd see the planet when they'd be there anyway. If they landed there, of course, because the Doctor's driving wasn't known to be accurate. Rose laughed inwardly at her own thoughts. She didn't mind landing somewhere else, as long as she was with the Doctor.

But she couldn't contemplate her thoughts further, as the TARDIS brutally shook; effectively making Rose lose her grip and step backwards before falling. She quickly grabbed at whatever she could find -which happened to be the base of one coral strut- so she wouldn't be even more manhandled as she tried to get back up. The Doctor had been taken aback by this sudden change, and was also thrown a few steps back.

"Rose, are you alright?" he asked, glancing at her.

"Yes! What's happening?"

The Doctor stayed silent. They were in the Time Vortex, and they shouldn't have encountered problems here. The distress signals the TARDIS usually received were when the ship was orbiting around a planet, and that made the Doctor frown.

When he realised his attempts at stabilising the TARDIS were useless, he ran around the console to grab the screen. Maybe there would be the coordinates of their destination, and he could find an explanation. Unfortunately, he wasn't that lucky; the screen flashed with names of people. Authors, he realised, but he didn't have time to further think about it, as the TARDIS came to a brutal stop. The movement made him fall on his back, but he could see Rose hugging the coral strut with both arms, so she was safe.

The Doctor allowed himself a few seconds to recover, aware of Rose running to kneel by his side. He heard her sigh in relief, and managed to prop himself up on his elbows. Also relieved that they were both still in one piece, the Doctor got up and went back to the screen, Rose following him.

"So, what happened?" Rose repeated her previous question.

"Let's see," the Doctor said, turning the screen slightly so she could see it too. The names on the screen were still there, it was a list of some sort. "No coordinates, then."

"So you have no idea of where we are?" Rose raised an eyebrow, worried, and yet curious all the same. "Or why we're here?"

"Not yet," the Time Lord replied, his tone serious. Then he broke into a wide grin. "Let's find out?"

Unsurprised, Rose smiled. Of course the Doctor wouldn't be one to back away from strange circumstances and an unknown destination. What was the fun in walking away anyway? "Let's," Rose replied, and followed the Doctor to the TARDIS doors.

With a last grin at his companion, the Doctor opened the door and slipped outside, shortly followed by Rose. Except, they couldn't go much further, as they were faced with two men, and one of them was pointing a gun at them. And let's not forget about the dog, placed in front of the second man. Although he did not look like he was going to attack them just yet, the Doctor quickly stepped to the side, so Rose would be behind him. And when Rose did notice the jeopardy situation they were in, she let out a 'oh'.

The man holding the gun aimed for the Doctor's head, and Rose unconsiously grabbed the Time Lord's sleeve. He had short hair greying at the temples, and wore a black suit. The man seemed rather skilled with firearms, his eyes showing his confusion and yet his hands were firm on the weapon, and Rose couldn't help but worry.

The Doctor however, kept a calm face, and even smiled at the other people in the room, a library he had noticed. "We're not armed," he said as he raised his arms to show. "So could you please put that down?" he tilted his head to point the gun.

The other man, who wore a three-piece suit, glasses and had short spiky hair, looked at the Doctor and Rose incredulously, as if they had appeared out of thin air. Which they actually did, Rose thought, because that's how the TARDIS moved. The man turned his body -instead of just turning his neck, Rose noticed- to look at the other. "Mr. Reese, pardon my asking, but did you put an illegal substance in my tea earlier?" They both were ignoring the Doctor's question.

The man who was still aiming the gun didn't blink as he replied. "That would be a logical explanation, but no, I didn't."

The Doctor and Rose exchanged a look, still being watched by the two men and their dog.