Snooker Planet
Hey guys, I am so sorry for the over waited chapter :S I was involved in a car accident a few weeks ago and the Doctor literally had to rebuild my hand. So due to the fact my hand was in a case I couldn't type. Lets just hope this one does not cramp up my hand as I write. Thanks for waiting and PLEASE REVIEW... Suttling.
"Mercury in the side pocket" Announced the Doctor with confidence causing Rose to laugh at him, her snooker cue in her hand
"You can't! - You can't get near Mercury without going through Jupiter" Rose chimed causing the Doctor to grin and wiggle his eyebrows at her before approaching the snooker table to take his shot. Holding the cue behind his back- inn his best showman style- he took careful aim. THWACK! The cue slid forward and kissed the cue ball, which shot off in the opposite directions, flying away from the ball the Doctor had called.
As Rose watched, open mouthed, the white ball bounced off one cushion, then another, before heading directly towards the brown 'Mercury' ball. It completely missed the yellow ball that represented Jupiter. After a display like that, Rose wasn't surprised when the Mercury ball responded by rolling, ever so gently, into the side pocket that the Doctor had nominated.
"Right, just the Earth, then you'll have to concede" said the Doctor, smiling, and took aim again. Rose was smiling over at him and shaking her head in amusement as she watched her husband once again lean over the table, her cue resting on the floor her body leaning on the wood, her head still pounding with a headache from the concussion she received 3 days ago. Donna had immediately left the two of them for the night as soon as they had parked the TARDIS. After the day the Doctor had had, she knew he wanted nothing more than to be in the company of his wife. But as per usual the pair of them had attempted to repair the TARDIS due to a few faulty systems, but she needed recalibrating which in turn meant the Doctor and Rose had to find other ways to keep them entertained.
The blue-green ball representing Earth was actually a perfect model of the planet. Rose had held it up to the light and seen all the landmasses in miniature
"If I just hit it round about California..." The Doctor muttered to himself as he leant over the table and lined up his shot. CLICK! The Earth ball went spinning into the pocket "Game Over! I thought you were meant to be good at this?" The Doctor chimed happily as he rightened his posture and smiled over at Rose who was looking at the empty table.
"I am!" Rose retorted "But where I come from we play snooker with reds and colours, not planets" The Doctor grinned the most enthusiastic grin and Rose found it difficult to be cross about losing. They were still waiting for the navigation systems to right themselves after an accidental comet chase, and to pass the time, the Doctor had produced this fold-out snooker set from somewhere.
"Picked this up in the far future" He had explained as he placed the small-suitcase- sized box on the floor of the console room "Retro gaming was huge" He chimed
"Yeah, very fifty-first century" Rose replied sarcastically causing the Doctor to look up at her with a frown on his features knowing her best friend came from the Fifty first century, but his features softened when he took in the large smile on Rose's face showing him that she was joking.
"Best out of three?" Rose asked over to her husband who simply shook his head
"The TARDIS should have had time to recalibrate by now" The Doctor answered back in all seriousness with a large smile on his face before his hand curled around Rose's and he pulled her along with him, heading back towards the condole to try and repair the TARDIS.
To say Rose wasn't worried about her husband was an understatement; she worried about him all the time, but today was different. The Doctor was possessed by a creature the pair of them knew nothing about. The pair of them went on a shuttle craft to the planet Midnight to help Rose recover from her concussion but in the end it simply made it worst. One of the occupants had become infected with this being and because the Doctor being the Doctor jumped to help her. However he too was taken over by its power leaving Rose to calm down the frightened passengers and to find a way to save her husband. Only for her to almost lose him when the occupants tried to throw him out of the shuttle. But with the help of Jethro, a young man who reminds her awfully of a man named Colin Morgan they managed to save her, and the Doctor was back. She had given him the biggest hug he didn't know if it was Christmas or not.
Hours past until the navigational systems of the TARDIS were working again. Sparks, burns and angry yells from the Doctor later and the TARDIS was fixed and operational. Rose had collapsed onto the captain's chair due to the throbbing pain in her head and she smiled contently as she watched her husband flick switches, rotate parts of the consol as he gently walked around the console. He made his way back to Rose's side and he flopped down next to her, moved his arm around the back of the chair and around Rose with his hand holding onto the top of her shoulder. Rose moved her head so it was resting on his shoulder and closed her eyes as the pain in her head began to increase
The Doctor frowned concerned as he moved his head to look down at Rose when he too felt the throbbing pain in his head. He rubbed his Wife's shoulders up and down with his hand in comfort as he looked at her.
"How's your head?" He asked her gently and noticed she moved her head to look up at him, the back of her head still resting peacefully on his shoulder, her eyes a little unfocused as she tiredly looked up at him
"The headache still hasn't got any better" She said to him causing the Doctor to nod his head down at her
"Maybe you should get some sleep. It's been a very taxing day for you today" He said and watched as she nodded her head and then looked back up at him
"So should you" Rose stated with a smile which caused the Doctor to smile down at her at the same time. "When was the last time you slept?" Rose asked him gently, knowing the Doctor hated sleeping in fear of nightmares of his past. But Rose knew that the pair of them slept better if they slept together
"Since we were staying with Jack a couple of weeks ago" he said a little embarrassed just for Rose to smile a small gently smile.
"Maybe we should both get some sleep" Rose smiled at him, just for him to nod his head and plant a delicate kiss to her lips.
"Come on hun" he said to her as he got to his feet and held out his hand to her. She looked up at him and then placed her hand in his and they walked towards the door of the room. Just as they arrived at the door the console started to beep at them, the Doctor frowned before looking over at Rose who was looking at him
"Go get yourself ready, I'll be right in" The Doctor reassured, urging Rose towards their bedroom, but when she gave him a sceptical look his lips held a smile "I promise I'll be in once I've sorted out the TARDIS" He smiled and watched as she nodded her head before being engulfed by the labyrinth of changing corridors as she made her way towards the bedroom they shared.
The Doctor moved over to the bleeping console and over towards the monitor which was showing him the intricate and many gallifreyan symbols which were in front of him, his face slowly moving into a frown.
"Now why are you beeping at me?" The Doctor asked his faithful companion "Your not supposed to be beeping" The Doctor stated again, just for the TARDIS to hum loudly and angrily at the Time Lord "Oh alright, keep your hair on" The Doctor said to the TARDIS again just as realisation clouded his features "Someone's ringing me! I never get phone calls, this is brilliant!" He smiled just as he clocked the side of the monitor and an image of the Parallel Universe bleeped into life
"Well if it isn't the parallel universe" The Doctor chimed happily when he took in the smiling faces of Rose's father Pete and childhood friend Mickey.
"Hello Doctor" Pete smiled, his arms folded across his chest, his ginger hair balding from the top of his head as he spoke to the Time Lord- his son in law.
"What do I owe the pleasure?" The Doctor asked with a smile, his hands moving and clasping behind his back as he rocked onto the balls of his feet. His blue suit clinging to his sides.
"We wanted to inform you that the device you asked us to build has been completed" Mickey informed, typing away on one of the keyboards in front of him as he continued to monitor the frequencies and the signal the Parallel Universe was emitting for the TARDIS to pick it up.
"Seriously?" The Doctor asked in shock, moving closer towards the monitor to talk to his friends "Blimey that was quick"
"We had every engineer, every genius, and every metal worker you name it working on this project" Pete smiled, and watched as the Doctor's own smile widened.
"Oh well then, I stand corrected" The Doctor laughed "When do you want us?"
"Do you have anything planned for tomorrow?"
"We do now" The Doctor cried happily before he punched digits and codes into the monitor of his machine. "Looks like the TARDIS will materialise on a beach of Norway. Co-ordinates of 220-414" The Doctor finished, his eyes focusing on the numbers as he spoke to the others.
"Brilliant. We can turn the machine on at about 11 am, so we will need you ready and prepared to go by them" Pete started "You'll get a symbol pop up on the screen of the console showing you that the device had been activated and then you can come through" Pete explained and the Doctor nodded his head in understanding.
"Well then, I'll see you tomorrow" The Doctor finished
"See you Doctor" Mickey voiced and the connection was cut. The Doctor was over joyed that his wife was about to see her family again and a huge smile was pressed to his features as he strode down the corridors of his ship and towards the direction of his wife.
When he emerged into the room he could see that the bed side table lamps were on but the rest of the room was dimly lit, the stars in the ceiling were twinkling and Rose was underneath the covers, propped up by the headboard, a book in her hand. When the light reached her she looked up at her husband and smiled.
"All better?" She asked him as she moved the book to her bedside table
"All better" The Doctor replied as he moved over to his side of the bed, sat down on the bed to pull off his converses. "Do you have anything planned for tomorrow?" He asked her gently as he once again got to his feet and started to remove his clothing and press them to the laundry basket for the TARDIS to clean.
"Not that I know of" She smiled "Why?"
"I've got something planned. A little surprise" He smiled and he watched as Rose's eyes started to twinkle with excitement in the prospect of going somewhere she hadn't before.
"I look forward to it" Rose cooed as she snuggled closer to her husband who was settling in beside her. She moved her head so it was resting on his shoulder and one of her hands were resting gently on his chest while his arms moved around her.
The next morning Donna emerged from her bedroom at 10'oclock, grabbed herself some breakfast in the beautiful kitchen before finding Rose and the Doctor messing around in the console room. They looked like they were finishing repairing the TARDIS, but the ancient machine wasn't co-operating, causing equipment to disappear, to suddenly shift her position causing Rose and the Doctor to fall off their feet, meaning the two time beings had fallen on top of each other in a pile on the floor. The pair looking a little flustered and over whelmed by the whole thing.
"Something vexed is it?" Donna stated evenly as she watched the Doctor help Rose back to her feet who was rubbing the back of her head.
"DONNA!" The Doctor cried happily as he took in the site of his friend
"It's nothing we can't handle" Rose smiled as she pulled her friend in to a hug. So for the rest of the hour Rose and the Doctor attempted to fix the TARDIS. They had only just about finished when the Doctor noticed the small device in the corner of the screen. He looked at his watched and curses under his breath as he they were already 15 minutes late.
"Right, shall we be off?" The Doctor smiled and his smile broadened as he took in the expressions of his companions. He pulled of the handbrake, put in the co-ordinated and they all shoved their hands to the console as they had to try and hold onto something, the trip wasn't exactly the smoothest.
The Doctor and Rose snapped around the console, ignoring the sparks, and smoke, ignoring the groans and agonising humms of the machine as she forced herself through the small door which had been created. Rose and the Doctor had to work fast but the Console suddenly exploded causing the Doctor to snap his body around Rose to shield her from the blast.
"Doctor where the hell are we going?" Donna snapped loudly as she clung on harder to the railings
"It's a surprise!" The Doctor retorted and watched as Rose struggled to get to the monitor
"Well wherever we're going, the TARDIS can't take much more of this" Rose breathed, her body rocking against the movements, her lungs being filled with smoke as the console continued to spark and burn. But suddenly the movements stop completely, the central column stopped moving... the TARDIS had parked. However the smoke was beginning to choke them
"Everybody out quickly!" The Doctor instructed, rushing over to the column, picking up both his and his wife's coat as the trio rushed from the door and out on to the sand.
Pete found it a little humorous as he took in the scene in front of him. Jackie's mouth was hanging open as she watched the TARDIS materialise on the beach in front of her. Her eyes watering with anticipation as she waited for the reunion with her daughter. But it looked like it had been a rough journey for the TARDIS and her crew. A middle aged ginger woman was out first followed by both Rose and the Doctor, the pair falling out of the door, a trail of smoke being emitted from the TARDIS, all of the spluttering.
"Well, that could have gone better" Donna explained as she turned to face away from the TARDIS, finally noticing the people waiting for them
"She's going to need a couple of hours to recuperate" Rose said as she frowned at the brightness of the sun, looking around at the cliffs and the sea "Where are we?" She asked again, turning to face her husband who was smiling at something in front of him
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" He smiled, cocking his head in the direction of the jeep which was directly 30 meters in front of them. Rose just frowned at him before snapping her head in the direction he was talking. The Doctor watched as Rose's frown deepened as she tried to focus her eyes on the people who were in front of her, but his happiness grew when realisation hit her features and her eyes began to water with so much emotion that hit her with such intensity he couldn't help but love her for it. She moved her face up towards him with a huge smile on her lips before she looked back towards her mother.
"Mum" She breathed before bolting from her spot and towards her mother who was also running towards her. The Doctor and Donna started to walk forward along with Pete and Mickey.
Rose could not believe her eyes. Her mother was here, she was standing right in front of her mother and the Doctor had taken her here. Her heart was exploding with so many different emotions she could localise one of them and determine just which one it was. Her mother was here and that was all that mattered. She found herself running towards her and she wanted nothing more than hold her in her arms. She had missed her mother so much and seeing her here now just laid her hearts to rest. The Doctor must have known how much she wanted to see her Mum, to tell her just what has happened to her, to share her memories and adventures, to tell her her secrets and desires she wants from life. She wanted to talk to her mother about things she couldn't tell the Doctor or Jack. She needed her mother more than she would ever tell anyone and the Doctor had found a way to communicate to the parallel Universe so she could see her family again.
Rose met her Mother half way and the pair of them crashed together in an embrace. Jackie was whispering words of disbelief and crying at the same time. Her arms were squeezing the life out of her daughter who was clinging onto her just as much. When the pair of them pulled away Jackie had tears streaming down her face and a single tear was flowing down Rose's cheek as she looked at her mother who had her hands pressed to her daughter's cheek.
"I don't believe it" Jackie breathed causing Rose to let out a laugh and sniff before the pair of them wrapped their arms around each other again.
The Doctor and Donna were gaining on the embracing pair for Donna's confusion and curiosity to peak to its max before she turned her face to look up at the Doctor.
"Who is she? The woman I mean?" Donna asked causing the Doctor to look down at her, his hands still pressed to his pockets
"Humm, Oh, that's Jackie Tyler, Rose's Mother" The Doctor said with a smile "We travelled through to a Parallel Universe just to get here and no one's really meant to do that" The Doctor finished smiling.
A few seconds later the rest of the parties had arrived and Rose and Jackie were pulling away. The pair of them beaming away and the Doctor could see that Rose was struggling not to cry over the reunion of her Mother. Jackie noticed the Doctor smiling at the pair of them and excused herself from Rose before walking towards the Doctor.
"Come here you big brute" Jackie laughed, causing the Doctor smile as the pair of them moved into a hug.
"Hello Jackie" He stated into her ear as he rested his chin onto her shoulders.
"Thank you" Jackie implored, so much emotion being emitted via those two words "Thank you for bringing her back and keeping her safe" She finished as the pair of them breathed.
"She needs you Jackie, I only brought her back to her family" The Doctor said again causing Jackie to look up at him with a smile
"Your part of this family just as much as she is" Jackie said to him again causing the Doctor to smile down at her. The pair of them watching as Rose embraced her father and then Mickey. The Doctor was over joyed that Rose's face was holding the largest smiled he had seen from her in months. After everything that had happened to the pair of them. From their separation, to their capture, to Rose's rape, everything that they had been through had been stressful and heart breaking and the Doctor was so relieved to know that Rose could at last speak to her mother about it.
Less than an hour later they were pulling up the driveway to a large beach house that had been decked out with exspensive furnishings. The house was placed delicately on the side of the cliff, the house looking out over the sight of the ocean that rose and fell gently, the waves breaking on the sand in an even tone. The sun shining brightly in the sky, the clouds a fluffy white, the sea gulls singing, the wind blowing gently which in turn ruffled the Doctor's wild hair, and blew the lapels of his coat from his form made the Doctor feel alarmingly at home and majorly relaxed.
Rose's mouth fell open when she took in the front room. Long netted curtains hung from the large windows, which dominated the front of the house, the material blowing gently in the wind. The walls painted a gentle pale blue littered with large framed pictures, sculptures and other ordainments lining the light furniture tables, which were nestled closely to the seats and sofas. To her left was the door that lead to the kitchen and to her right was the door to the lounge, a large sweeping stairway lead to the second story of the house and to the bedroom. The house was beautiful and Rose was over the moon that her mother could live in such luxury.
"Wow Mum, this house is brilliant" Rose chimed happily as she looked at her surroundings with her mouth hanging open, moving her body around in circles as she tried to really study where she was standing.
"A little different to the TARDIS I guess" Jackie replied with a smile pressed to her lips that caused her daughter to look at her with a small smirk on her face as she looked down at her mother
"Just a little yeah" Rose smiled cheekily
"This is only our holiday home, we have another in London and I think Pete is thinking of buying on in Florida. We want Tony to see the world, what a better way than doing it in luxury" Jackie explained happily as she moved the group into the kitchen, Rose couldn't believe her ears that her mother would talk so freely about how many houses she owned. For once in her life Rose found herself not worrying about her mother, she seemed happy, well cared for and Rose knew then that the parallel universe had done her mother good.
By 2 in the afternoon they had had lunch, they had told stories of adventures to Seeker and to Earth, they had told stories of Tony's first birthday and his first day at school. They were all laughing, joking around and smiling like nothing had happened between the two groups. They looked like a normal happy family, and the Doctor never thought he would ever see himself as part of it. But Jackie knew Rose and the Doctor weren't telling them something, something big and life altering and Jackie couldn't help but notice how health and just how young Rose looked.
The large group had once again made their way towards the sitting room. Jackie was sitting next to her husband so she could keep an eye out for her son who was playing quite happily on the floor in front of her while Rose was sitting next to her husband who had adjusted his arm so it moved around her and rested on the back of the sofa, a contented expression on his features.
"So Rose how did you spend your 26th birthday?" Jackie asked casually "It was only 2 months ago you celebrated it" Jackie finished as she pulled her mug of tea to her mouth and smile a small smile into her mug as she watched her daughter and Son-in-law take a long awkward look at each other before Rose turned to face her mother again, nerves floating around her features.
"Ah, it wasn't actually my 26th, more like my 35th birthday" Rose managed to say, her voice quite and stuttering. Jackie's eyebrows moved into a frown as she watched the Doctor move his hand to the back of his neck as he scratched it, a move that had become familiar for whenever Theta was nervous. In this carnation anyway.
"I don't understand" Pete stated as he leant forward. Rose pulled in a huge lungful of air before looking up towards her parents.
"When you were pulled into the void and over to the Parallel Universe I stayed to help the Doctor. We managed to defeat both the Daleks and the Cybermen but we were pulled apart" Rose started, her hand clasped in the Doctor's as he provided her with the strength she needed to tell her mother her testimony. "I was used as the Dalek's computer for about three years, tied to a huge superstructure as they used my energy, my life to help run their computers" She said as she pulled up the side of the top she was wearing to show the huge scars that littered her sides, Jackie and Pete looking on in interest, looking on in wonder and astonishment as their daughter told her everything that had happened to her "However I managed to call out to the Doctor telepathically and he saved me from the Dalek's. But the universe still prevented us from being with each other. I was travelling my path at a different stage to the Doctor. He wasn't the Doctor from my time stream; he had found me to early. I still had to leave him. IN the end I was looking for him for about 10 years. Wondering the universe, saving planet after planet, hoping and praying that I would find him." Rose informed before looking up at her husband.
"I was only looking for Rose for 5 of those years, an unfair deal you would say but that's what you get for being a time traveller. I arrived back on Earth after looking for a man named the Master, a man I used to know back on my home planet of Gallifray, and someone I believed to be dead. However he as the prime minister of Great Britain and holding Rose captive. She was sick and wounded, she was mentally exhausted from spending hours of forcing the Master out of her head and memories as the Master tried to find my weakness, finding out that Rose was my weakness. Events lead to another for me to be turned into a 900 year old man, Rose being raped by the Master and almost dying from Tuberculosis" The Doctor informed and he smiled a little inside as he took in the open mouthed expressions of his family and the horror and disgust at the story as they realised just what the couple had been through and what they had to do to get back to each other. " I managed to link myself up to the archangel network changing back to how you see me now but Rose's body was too badly damaged and she slipped into a very short coma, I had to many thing to worry about I had to leave her with Martha, a proper Doctor. The Master was shot and refused to regenerate, leaving me as the last of the time lords again. Or so I thought." The Doctor said with a cheeky smile before squeezing Rose's hand and urging her forward once again.
"Do you remember that time when you got that large yellow truck for me to open the heart of the TARDIS?" Rose asked her mother and smiled when she watched her nod her head "Well the TARDIS did a lot more to me than just create the BAD WOLF. That entity changed my anatomy, as the years past I found myself retaining information more easily, understanding things better, running for longer, my senses more alert and more refined. When I slipped into the coma that was when my body grew another heart. I wasn't human anymore. BAD WOLF had changed me into a Time Lord. The forever I had promised the Doctor was finally becoming a reality. I was no longer human but a gallifreyan. The reason I look so much younger than I really am is because I'm no longer human." Rose informed, she took in the confused expression of her family but was relieved to watch as they relaxed, as smiles grew on their lips and such happiness exploded in their forms as they realised just how happy, and just how better her life had become.