The beginnings of the next adventure

The Doctor and his companions had not been travelling for the last couple of days. Their major concern was sorting out and helping out at TORCHWOOD 3. The employees had dealt with a heavy blow, loosing two members of their team. Two people who had saved the planet on numerous times, two people had given their lives for what they believed in. The duo spending so much effort and passion on what they were doing. The pair of them having such an effect on their crew members it broke their hearts to think they were never coming back to the TORCHWOOD hub. Never hearing their voices or their laughs, never seeing their smiles or watching their excitement as something happened in their lives.

At this point in time Rose was standing with a bunch of paper work littering the piece of floor she had occupied. Her legs were bent over the top of each other at her side, her hair falling messily and wavy over her shoulder, the pencil she had placed in her hair earlier that week was now present in her mouth as she frowned down at the information in front of her. Ianto having to catch up on the numerous amounts of paper work, Rose through she would lend a hand. Donna had gone to Ianto and Jacks apartment and stayed the night while The Doctor and Rose were once again staying up, neither of them tired. So this was how Rose found herself on her own. Her husband having run out excitedly from the hub and towards his faithful companion, his time ship. Rose finally pulled her thoughts when she could hear the groan of ancient engines; a flashing light filled the dim room, the air around the materialising object started to whirl around in a small tornado causing Rose to flinch her eyes slightly as the wind dried out her eyes, the paper being flung all over the place causing Rose to sigh in frustration as her organised pattern of paper work was flung out of the window.

The door suddenly squeaked open and The Doctor suddenly leant his head out of the door. His hair in disarray, her face looking right up at her with a large smile on his face, his hand holding the door the other held the other door. The Doctor noticed Rose having too look around her and the hundreds of papers that was floating around her form as she tried to pile it high again.

"Rose?" The Doctor asked sweetly causing Rose to look up at him slightly; her shoulders slightly slouched as she clutched at the pieces of paper.

"What?"

"Can I borrow you for a second?" He asked her cheekily. Rose simply looked at him sceptically before looking back down at the paper, finally having enough. She sighed slightly before getting to her feet

"I don't see why not" Rose smiled over to him which caused her husband to beam over at her, his hand being held out towards her. She took it and the warmth warmed hers as the pair of them walked back into the now parked TARDIS. The Doctor let go of Rose hands before pressing a few buttons on the console, his posture excited and bouncy, while Rose continued to look at him sceptically. Rose walked up the slight incline of grating over to her husband who was still jumping around the console a look of scepticism on her face.

"What are you up to Doctor?" Rose asked him before stopping a little way from the coral panel. The Doctor simply looked up at her with a huge smile on his face as he continued to press buttons on the console.

"Well you know what you were saying about being able to feel something in the disruption of time or something" The Doctor said quickly while Rose tried to listen to him. She simply nodded her head over at him

"Yeah, but you could feel it too" Rose said to him confused slightly

"Exactly, that's where it got me stumped, but while I was studying the equipment at TORCHWOOD a thought came to me" The Doctor said as he stopped what he was doing having finally finished what he was doing and then walked over to the console screen, looking down at the screen. Rose frowned to herself slightly before walking over to her husband. She walked to his side and he angled himself slightly so he was facing her but so she could see the screen. Rose placed her hand on his side as the pair of them looked at the screen. Rose read the gallifreyan symbols which were spinning in front of her and a frown moved on to her features, the Doctor smiling down at her slightly, his fringe falling over his forehead.

"Well that can't be right" Rose said as she looked up at her husband.

"Well, that's exactly what I thought but I triple checked the results and that's what I got every time" The Doctor said while smiling at her, he moved his hand so it was resting on the side of the console, his body angled out slightly as he lent down further to the screen.

"So you're saying Jack is slightly telepathic" Rose asked as she looked up at the Doctor. The Doctor simply smiled slightly before shaking his head gently

"Your close but don't forget he used to travel on the TARDIS and he also lives on the rift" The Doctor said to her, not giving her the exact answer to see if she could work it out on her own.

"So he could be slightly connected to the TARDIS causing that link to travel to us, and due to the fact he lives on the rift makes that connection slightly stronger as it travels through those signals?" Rose asked again and that's when the Doctor smiled and pressed a kiss to her forehead

"Exactly" The Doctor voiced.

"But Doctor, what I still don't get is why Jack is connected to the TARDIS. I didn't know people without telepathy could connect to her in that way, and how he became that close with her" Rose said to him. The Doctor simply smiled at her before explaining to her what was going on.

"Well, it's pretty simply really, while Jack was travelling with us all those years ago he didn't really have a connection with the ship but he was very close to the pair of us. Specially you." The Doctor smiled "But while you were looking for me you grew even closer so you love him like a brother. The TARDIS picked up on that and in a comfort sort of way this small connection was made between the two of them so if anything happened you could pick up on it" The Doctor finished. Rose was listening intently on what he was saying and her features clouded with understanding.

"Now that makes sense" Rose smiled.

"See, I knew you would get it" The Doctor smiled before grasping hold of Rose's hand and bolting towards the door. "Come on then, let's give TORCHWOOD's equipment some Time Lord spunk" He smiled before the pair of them laughed as they bolted through the squeaky doors of their home and into the TORCHWOOD layer.

Donna had woken up to find Ianto and Jack drinking a hot cup of coffee, a steaming mug still on the tray as she walked over to them. Jack was smiling over to her while he pulled out the seat next to him and patted her to sit next to him. Donna whipped her eyes with her hands as she tried to remove the sleep from her eyes while she yawned slightly.

"Sleep well?" Jack asked with a smile as he lifted his mug of coffee to his lips. Donna simply smiled at him again, nodding her head as she moved her hand through her thick mob of fiery red hair

"Very well thanks" She chimed happily, before clasping her hand over her mouth as another yawn emerged over her form. "I wonder if spaceman got any sleep" Donna chimed during her yawn. Ianto and Jack simply chuckled slightly

"I doubt it... The Doctor never slept while we were travelling" Jack smiled, for Donna to simply look at him open mouthed

"You used to travel with the Doctor?" Donna asked him. Jack simply laughed

"Of course, how else would I know him" Jack smiled. Donna simply smirked slightly and nodded her head

"Fair point, it's just I never though he would leave you behind" Donna voiced.

"It wasn't his choice, he had too" Jack smiled just for Donna to give him a confused look, Jack chuckled "Some sort of timey whimey things" Jack voiced before he looked at his watch. His eyes bulged before he chugged down his coffee down his throat "And we better get going, after all I have no idea how much mess the pair of them have made" He smiled before picking up his keys and the three of the strode from the apartment and towards the TORCHWOOD black jeep. It was only a 10 minute drive back to the hub and they arrived in no time. Jack pressed the button Donna had seen Rose press earlier the day before and walked through the door after them. They arrived at the hub to see the Doctor and Rose tinkering with the equipment. Both of them laughing and smiling as if they had been up all night. Donna looked around to see the TARDIS had been parked in the centre of the room, the door slightly ajar due to a rather thick wire travelling from the ancient time ship to the computers of TORCHWOOD.

Rose was currently lying on her back underneath a computer terminal. Her hair was flattened around her as she had the sonic screwdriver present in her mouth, her hands twisting and fiddling with different wires underneath the console. While the Doctor had his thick rimmed glasses present on the edge of his nose as he leaned towards the computer screen, writing loads of new computer codes as he adjusted to capacity and efficiency of the computer.

"You nearly done Rose?" The Doctor asked, his face looking down at the jean cladded legs of his wife. Her feet still in a pair of black converses. One of her legs were bent as her foot was flat on the floor, the other was lying loosely on the floor.

"Only a few more wires need to be plugged in hun" Rose voiced before the Doctor snapped his head towards Donna who was talking to the two of them

"Don't you ever sleep?" She snapped, her hands out to the side while Jack and Ianto smiled

"What's the point of sleeping when there are things to do" The Doctor chimed happily while Rose moved her head and looked over at them, her eyes not able to retrieve all the information so their figures were upside down.

"Did you sleep well Donna?" She asked, her hands still holding the wires to the computer

"Yeah, thanks" Donna chimed while Jack walked over to the Doctor's side and looked at what he was doing.

"Please don't tell me you're doing what I think your doing" Jack said to him with a smile

"Ok" The Doctor chimed before going back to what he was doing.

"Ok what Doctor?"Jack asked with a frown on his face, his world war two coat still present on his figure

"Well you told me not to tell you" The Doctor said causing Donna and Rose to laugh slightly. Rose rolled her eyes before pulling herself clear of the console and then sitting up. She got to her feet and pulled a cloth from her husbands coat and whipped her greasy hands on the towel.

"Don't worry; we've not done anything drastic. Your computer systems have been improved, we have installed some gallifreyan technology to this terminal so Rift activity will be easier to measure and you can estimate obscure activity more easily than before" Rose smiled

"Your computers capacity and efficiency has also increased dramatically, and you can pick up alien technology and activity" The Doctor chimed while pulling of his glasses and standing to his full height.

"You did this all for us?" Jack asked in misbelieve

"Your family Jack, and considering their is now only 3 of you, you need all the help you can get" Rose smiled while pressing her hand to his arm, a smile spreading across his face in pure happiness

"Thank you" He said to them quietly and engulfed the pair of them into a large embrace. So that's how Donna and her friends stayed for the next couple of days. They remained at TORCHWOOD to help them get on their feet. Helping to clear out desks, offices and repair or enhance different technology. But Rose was still a little disappointed she hadn't seen Gwen of yet, but she was going to give her some space and she knew she was in good hands as she was with her fiancée Rhys. But one day Rose and the Doctor was looking at different things on the computer when something flashed up at the Doctor

"Oh... what's that then?" The Doctor cried happily as he looked down at the computer. One of his eyebrows was raised while his mouth was pursed into an O shape. Rose simply smiled to herself as she looked at her husband and then moved over to his side slightly. Ianto and the rest of them had heard the Doctor's outcry and they all walked over to the two Time Beings in curiosity. Rose and the Doctor along with the rest of them looked at the information being shown on the screen and Rose and the Doctor leaned in further with frowns on their faces as they looked at it

"Oh, now that is interesting" Rose voiced

"What is? What's going on?" Donna chimed. But before anyone could say anything a ringing noise was picked up. Everyone looked over at Rose who was pulling a mobile phone from her pocket and looked at who was ringing her. The Doctor was still deeply engrossed in the information being shown to him. Rose smiled to herself slightly when she realised Martha was calling her. She clicked the green phone button on her mobile before lifting it too her ear.

"Hello" Rose voiced with a smile on her face slightly

"Rose, hey... oh I'm so glad I caught hold of you" Martha said over the phone

"It's not a problem, how can I help?" Rose asked.

"Ah, well, I actually need the Doctor... sorry" Martha voiced. Rose suspected something that even though Martha and Rose had cleared the air between the pair of them, Rose knew Martha was still jealous of her. Rose was ok with it, she was used to things like that, the feeling of being second best compared to the Doctor, she was used to it, she knew the Doctor didn't see her like that but she was constantly trying to prove her worth to the universe but deep down it still hurt when she was over looked.

"It's ok, I'll just pass you over" Rose said into the phone before moving it from her ear and holding it out to the Doctor who immediately lifted his head and looked at the phone and then to Rose. He straightened his posture and looked back at the phone "It's for you" Rose said with a smile again and the Doctor took the phone.

"Hello?" The Doctor voiced in confusion

"Doctor. It's Martha... and I need you"