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Previously…Powell Mansion-Parallel Earth

"I'm Rose…Rose Tyler," she told him, smiling.

He repositioned the jug so that he could shake her hand and smiled.

"Hi, nice to meet you," he told her, shaking her hand, "I'm the Doctor."

Powell Mansion-Parallel Earth

Rose's hand went limp, and she couldn't imagine what expression her face bore. It took her a minute to come to her senses.

"What?" she whispered.

"I'm the Doctor," he reiterated, his face concerned.

"Doctor of what?" she asked, hoping he'd say 'medicine' or 'psychology'.

"Nothing, just the Doctor," he replied, smiling.

Her legs gave away, but he steadied her with his free hand. She looked into his eyes.

"Doctor?" she whispered.

He didn't look anything like the Doctor, but she figured he could have regenerated again. Then again, he didn't seem to recognize her. She also knew it was impossible for him to be here, but right now, she didn't care. She still couldn't believe it.

"Doctor?" she asked, her voice a whisper.

"Yes?" he answered.

Her eyes still fixed on his and his hand still on her arm, she hesitantly asked him,

"Don't you remember me?"

His face went blank, and Rose's heart sank.

"Umm…no, sorry, have we met before?" he asked, confused.

"Well, yeah… It's me, Rose. Remember? I used to travel with you?" she told him, pleading to him with her eyes to remember her.



After a moment, he finally replied, "No, sorry."

"…You didn't look like this, though, but I thought you might have regenerated again," she sighed.

He looked her straight in the eye, and after a moment, asked, "How do you know that I regenerate?"

"I told you. I used to travel with you, and while we were together, you regenerated," she explained.

"Well, it wasn't me you traveled with," he told her.

That statement seemed to help her brain to start working again. She was in a parallel world, one that her Doctor couldn't enter, so…what if this wasn't her Doctor?

"Do you…sorry, this is gonna sound weird, but….do you live in this universe?" she asked, her face set in stone.

"Umm," he began, confusedly, but ended with a smile, "Yes, last time I checked, I did."

Rose almost collapsed again, but again he caught her.

"Thanks…You're not my Doctor. You may be the Doctor, but you're not my Doctor," she sighed.

"But…I'm the Doctor, the only one. How did you know another one?" he asked, keenly interested.

She thought it was weird that, after all the things that had happened that day, Mickey dying to going to the store, she'd met the Doctor, but it wasn't her Doctor.

"It's him I used to travel with. He was a Time Lord, and a brilliant man. I loved him," she whispered, tears forming in her eyes.

He mouthed 'Time Lord' with a very weird expression.

"See…I was brought to this parallel universe against my will. I saved the world," she began, but paused, "but I lost him."

"I'm sorry…," he whispered, "…so, you're telling me that you traveled with a Time Lord called the Doctor in your original universe, and you were brought here against your own will, and you're stuck here, right?"

"Yeah, forever. He closed the rift between our worlds. I can never go back," she sobbed softly.

He didn't say anything, only looked down at the floor. She did, too, and neither of them said anything for some time.

"Do you have a Tardis?" Rose asked finally, not raising her eyes from the floor.

She saw, out of the corner of her eye, that he looked up.



"Yes, actually, I do," he smiled.

She raised her eyes to his and smiled back. He looked around, and asked quietly, "Are you here with anyone?"

"N--well, yes, my dad, but….." She didn't know what else to say or why he'd asked her that.

"Well, Rose Tyler, maybe you could tell your dad that you're going on a trip, if you wanna come, that is?" he proposed, still smiling.

Her entire face lit up, and she grabbed him in a huge hug.

"Thank you," she whispered.

She missed it, that whole life, saving worlds and going on adventures.

"You're welcome," he whispered back.

She released him and ran off to tell her dad. She found him still in the tea section, trying to find that special kind Jackie always bought. She ran to him and hugged him.

"I've gotta go! I found the Doctor, well, not my Doctor, but…he's got a Tardis and everything. I'll be back soon," she told him, releasing him.

"I understand. Go, go! You only get one life, Rose, so live it to the fullest," he sighed, and kissed her forehead.

"I love you, Dad," she told him, smiling.

"Love you, too, sweetheart," he smiled back.

She ran back the way she'd came, and her father laughed.

"I suppose this means I'll have to get the milk myself."

Previously….Gallifrey

She turned to the imposter, a speechless look on her face, and asked quietly, "Where are we?"

A deep voice from behind her answered, chuckling, "You're in the Great Hall, my dear."

She turned on her heel towards the man's voice.

"No way!"

Gallifrey



Martha stared at the voice's owner in complete awe. He was a rather bulky man with a honey colored beard that came up to form a mustache. He had a pleasant face, as though that of an old friend. He wore a dark but intricate robe and hat. He smiled at Martha, but she could do no more than nod back in her present state. He sat in a large chair on a raised portion of flooring. She figured he must be a king or a Time Lord emperor or something. He had that certain air about him.

Martha turned back to the Doctor's look-alike, who was eyeing her intently. He soon focused on the impressive Time Lord she'd been staring at moments before and she returned her gaze to him, as well.

"Who are you?" she hesitantly asked.

After a pause, he answered, "I am Rassilon, founder of the civilization on which you now stand, founder of the Time Lords."

Martha could not have been more surprised. Her eyebrows rose in disbelief and wonder and her mouth dropped open. She couldn't speak, so the Doctor's look-alike spoke.

"Lord Rassilon," he began, his tone respectful, though Martha heard something in it that she didn't like, " I found this human girl all alone outside the citadel."

"Hmmm…," Rassilon began, "…Well, girl, what is your name?"

"Ma--Martha Jones, sir," she stammered, then felt stupid for saying 'sir'.

He didn't seem surprised, and continued, "Well, Martha Jones, any particular reason you're here?"

Previously…Tardis

Theta, find where the gap comes out so that we can go.

"Oh, yes, right," he smiled, realizing he'd been too shocked at finding a gap in the rift to even look at where it came out.

He pinpointed the exact location, got a look at the large planet, and his hopes plummeted.

"We're not going."

Tardis

The Tardis hummed knowingly, but nudged the Doctor gently with her mind.

"I can't, Tardis. I just can't," he whispered.

Theta, I know it will be hard, but think about it. Here, you're alone. There, you'll have Rose. Doing this is a small price to pay, in my opinion.



"Tardis, you don't know what it's like to have all these emotions swimming around inside you, threatening to make you burst!" he screamed.

Yes, I do. I feel them through you.

He paused at that. She was right. His telepathic link with his ship was very strong, and she probably could feel his emotions.

"Tardis, it's…it's Gallifrey. I just can't do it," he sighed, flipping dials and setting the co-ordinates for Earth in his universe.

Wrong, Theta. It's parallel Gallifrey. You don't even have to walk outside if you don't wish to. But, don't you dare give up on Rose because you're too scared to come in contact with the past.

He froze. She was right.

'Blimey, you know me soo well,' he thought, silently.

"Alright, Tardis, let's go get our girl."

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