A/N Okay, here's the second half of the chapter, hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Doctor Who because if I did Rose would have either not been pulled into the alternate universe or she would have stayed after Journey's End… and Matt Smith definitely wouldn't be the new Doctor... or he would but only if he was ten years older. (good actor but too young to be the Doctor)
Chapter 8: the Rescue/ the Drop-Off
One of the consoles panels opened and a beautiful song filled the air.
He knew of this particular… talent of TARDIS'. They had the ability to singing to specific people and their songs had many different effects. She had often sung to him in times of great sadness and grief.
Now he knew that she was singing the Daleks to her and they would be unable to resist her pull. Perhaps someone in their right mind would be able to but not these lowly creatures who already longed for death.
The watched as the thousands and millions of Daleks sped past him, right into the blinding light that would mean their death, and he made sure to avert his eyes.
It only took minutes but it felt like a life time to him since he knew that the others would not understand and possibly be scared. He was very much aware of the fact that Rose was curled up on the other side of the room and he wanted nothing more than to hold her as she slept and be there as she woke.
As it stopped and he watched regretfully as Davros was pulled in and the light faded as the console closed once more. He walked back outside, after checking his love was asleep and the TARDIS was okay. He saw them all huddled just outside the door and leant comically half out the TARDIS, only his head and torso emerging, hand clutching the door as he dangled slightly.
'Come on then, what are you waiting for?' he asked sarcastically with a grin in place.
They immediately ran inside to find everything as it always had been.
The Doctor slammed the TARDIS door shut and rushed over to the console near the monitor, looking around at everyone with a large grin.
'Off we go then!' He stated excitedly, pulling a lever upwards with over enthusiasm, sending those not holding on careening back a few violent steps.
He looked proudly to see everyone had stayed standing and caught Sarah-Jane's eyes, eyes twinkling at the familiarity of the moment.
'But what about the Earth?' She asked him. She couldn't keep the smile off her face at how happy he looked. Even through all the time she had travelled with him oh so long ago he had never been so full of life. Her gaze flickered to the familiar blonde on the captain's seat and her grin turned into a soft smile. She knew the reason just as well as everyone else. 'It's stuck in the wrong part of space.'
'Ah, no problem!' he responded cheerfully, looking to the monitor, 'Torchwood Hub, this is the Doctor. Are you receiving me?'
'Loud and clear,' came a young girl's voice over the monitor. 'Is Jack there?'
The Doctor glanced over at the man. 'Course, can't get rid of him… bit like a cockroach.' Jack mock glared at him for the comment. 'Jack, what's her name?' the Doctor asked curiously.
'Gwen Cooper. Why?' the Doctor ignored his question and turned back to the monitor
'Tell me Gwen Cooper-'
Before he could finish an entirely unexpected voice came from behind him. 'Are you from an old Cardiff family?' it said laughter in the tone.
The Doctor spun around on the spot and pulled the small blonde standing behind him into a massive hug, squeezing her shoulders and waist tightly and breathing deeply.
He heard her giggle and squeeze him back, nuzzling her head into his chest lightly for a minute before pulling back and looking up into his face, an identical expression of joy and relief on her face.
'Enough of that, back to savin' the Earth.' She said, grasping his hand tightly and giggling again as she realized everyone was looking at her in surprise.
'Rose, are you-'
'Yes I'm fine,' she cut him off again. She tugged him back round to face the screen again. 'So, are you?' she asked the girl again.
'Yes, back to the 1800's,' she simply answered, slightly confused as to what had just happened.
Rose and the Doctor looked at each other delightedly, obviously sharing a private joke or moment that was between them.
'Mm,' the Doctor hummed loudly. 'Thought so,' his voice was giddy as he looked back down at the beautiful blonde at his side. 'Spatial genetic multiplicity.'
'Oh yeah,' she mumbled in return appreciatively.
The other in the TARDIS watched, amused and astonished. The two of them were so in tune with the other. When one of them shifted one way the other would follow and every time one of them spoke the other looked like they were listening intently to the most important thing they'd ever heard. They all saw as their hands shifted, the Doctors fingers coming to grasp Rose's wrist, his index and middle finger on her pulse point and could see as she shifted towards him as he did it.
They knew without words what the other needed and it seemed both impressive and somehow, completely normal for them. They made it look easy.
'Funny old world sometimes,' the Doctor spoke, his voice filled with humor before going back to relative seriousness. 'Now, Torchwood. I want you to open up that Rift Manipulator and send all that power to me.
This time it was Ianto who spoke up. 'Doing it now sir,' he knew from Jack's storied that the Doctor deserved his respect, especially after what he had just done for them.
'What's that for?' Martha asked, feeling a bit left out of the loop and sure she wasn't the only one. She looked around at everyone and saw they all had the same bewildered look on their faces as her, except of course Rose Tyler. She shook her head, no wonder her never stood a chance.
'It's a tow-rope,' he explained. 'Now then, Sarah – what was your son's name?' He asked looking at the red head again.
'Luke, and the computer is Mr. Smith.'
'Calling Luke and Mr. Smith…' He waited a few seconds while nothing happened. 'Come on Luke, shake a leg!'
'Is mum there?' another young voice rang out, this time a boy's.
'Just fine and dandy, as always.' He grinned as he saw the happiness radiate off the boy. 'Now, Mr. Smith, I want you to harness the Rift power and loop it round the TARDIS, you got that?'
'I regret I will need remote access to TARDIS base code numerals.' A mechanical voice drifted through the TARDIS.
'Oh, blimey. That's gonna take a while.' The Doctor ran a hand nervously through his hair and Rose looked up at his worriedly, recognizing the gesture.
Suddenly Sarah Jane was pushing them slightly out of the way. 'No, no, no. Let me! K-9, out you come!' She called at the monitor.
Everyone heard the almost childlike 'Affirmative, Mistress!' that responded.
'Oh, good dog!' the Doctor laughed looking at his old friend and grinning again. 'K-9, give Mr Smith the base code.'
'Master. TARDIS base code now being transferred.' Rose looked up again to see the Doctor smiling in delight as K-9 again recognized him. She found herself glancing up every minute or so, unable to look away from his perfect face that she had missed so much and had lost too many times. She noticed his thumb was absent mindedly stroking the back of her hand as his fingers stayed on her pulse.
When he had moved the grip she had let him without complaint because she knew why he was doing it instantly and she needed just as much reassurance that she was actually there with him, alive, in the same universe, as he did.
'The process is simple.' K-9 continued as the code appeared on Mr. Smith.
But she wasn't listening; she was too deep in thought. Suddenly she couldn't help herself as while the Doctor was intently studying the monitor she reached up and gently ran her free hand through his hair gently, letting her hand slide down and caress his cheek for a moment before falling back to her side.
The Doctor didn't miss a beat as she did this. He kept gazing at the computer and then straightened and started talking, but she, and everyone else, saw his eyes close blissfully for just a second when he first felt her hand and noticed his next breath was deeper and just slightly shakier than the last.
As Rose did the action Martha, Donna and Sarah Jane, who where all standing beside each other, couldn't help the tiny and uncharactistic "aww's" that bubbled out of them. It was amazing to watch how they acted around each other.
Now then, you lot –' he started up again, trying the ignore the urge to grab Rose tightly in his arms and never let her go, not to mention how much he wanted to feel her hands again, running through his hair, clutched around his neck. He shuddered slightly and, embarrassed at his pause, cleared his throat before continuing.
'Sarah - hold that. And Mickey - you hold that. Because, you know why this TARDIS is always rattling about the place? Rose - that, there,' he indicated a control before regretfully letting go of her hand and wrist to move around the console. 'It was designed to have six pilots and I have to do it single handed. Martha - keep that level.' He interrupted himself, pointed at a precarious looking lever to her right. 'But not anymore!' He continued before he turned to Jack and touched a shaking orb, 'Jack - there you go, steady that. Now we can fly this thing.' He finished excitedly, reclaiming his place beside Rose, but refraining from picking up her hand as both of theirs were occupied.
He couldn't help the thought that flashed through his head at finally being able to stand side by side with her in the TARDIS, both flying her together. This was how it should have been all along.
He looked over at Jackie and cringed. 'No, Jackie. No, no. Not you.' He reached over and patted her on the shoulder gingerly, not wanting to get slapped. 'Don't touch anything, just... stand back.' Suddenly he picked up the sentence they thought he had finished about thirty seconds ago and it took almost everyone a few seconds to catch up, sending Rose into a fit of laughter. '- Like it's meant to be flown! We've got the Torchwood Rift looped around the TARDIS by Mr. Smith. We're gonna fly planet Earth back home.'
He looks around at everyone, pride again filling hi as everything was being done perfectly. 'Right, then! Off we go.' They all saw him pull up a lever before the TARDIS jerked again and they started shooting away.
Almost instantly after the jerked the TARDIS leveled out and they almost glided away, everything smooth, almost to the point that it didn't feel like they were moving at all.
'Rose,' the Doctor said calmly, indicating a button when she looked up and watched as she pushed it down, giving the console beside I a slightly caress. That was another reason he loved her. She was one of his only companions who had ever really embraced the TARDIS as a living being, even before the game station and she was given the connection to the old girl.
They looked up to the top of the centre column, smiling serenely, as they heard the beautiful ship hum even more than usual at the gentle, unrushed handling she was receiving, along with having her sister rose onboard again.
They looked back down and watched, amused as Donna watched Jack intently as he pumped a lever
'That's good Jack, I think you're the best,' she said, flirting.
Jack looks up at her and winks goodheartedly, too happy to care who it was he was flirting with as he said, 'I should think so, I've had a lot of practice.'
Everyone laughing lightly at the banter, enjoying the return to some form of normalcy. They all felt the shift in the TARDIS' weight as the Earth was detached, now back in its proper place.
The TARDIS was filled with whoops and cheers of joy and suddenly everyone was hugging each other.
Once everyone had got their hug off them the Doctor and Rose turned to each other, smiles softening as their arms closed around each other in a sweet desperation. Rose clutched at the lapels of his jacket before bringing her arms around his shoulders and hands in his hair, burying her face in his neck and letting out a sob of relief that it was all over.
She couldn't quite believe she was in his arms. He was right there in front of her, in his brown pin-striped suit and his perfect hair and somewhere deep inside her she knew she shouldn't need someone so badly. But that didn't matter. It never mattered to them what they should or shouldn't do. They always broke the rules; always made the impossible possible and she had never been so ecstatically happy about that fact.
She felt his arms slip around her waist and his face bury itself in her hair. She heard the rapid thumping of his hearts and the shakiness of his breath against her skin. Then, she heard him murmur,
'I thought I had lost you.' He couldn't stop the tiny sob that broke from him, almost identical to the one that escaped her only moments before and as he realized this he realized how incredibly in tune he was with her, even more so than before. This thought brought the worry about what had happened to her, as the TARDIS had said she'd changed… Changed into what?
He mentally shook himself and resolved to do something completely against his nature and let it go for now and just be thankful for the fact she was alive and with him.
She pulled back to look at him, staying encased in his arms. 'Nah, we'll always be okay you and me,' she grinned, imitating her words from so long ago, as if everything they had just been through only proved her point. She tilted her head slightly, 'don't you think so Doctor?' She finished slyly.
He thought back to his last response: A storm is approaching and shuddered but was happy that he could feel no such warnings in the air this time. And this time he could give her the answer she wanted and deserved. 'Of course Rose Tyler, nothing but sunshine for my sunshine,' he grinned cheesily down at her.
She rolled her eyes and groaned. 'That was so cheesy Doctor,' she said light heartedly, turning his own words around on him 'Please don't do that again, really don't.'
He just breathed a laugh and let his lips fall to hers in a gentle kiss as they let their foreheads drift to rest together as they stood with their eyes shut contentedly.
'Oi! You might have all year but do you mind if we get home now?' The slightly whiny voice of Martha filled the TARDIS in a laughing manner.
The Doctor and Rose pulled away slightly from each other to see everyone had stopped their celebration and were now watching them, smiling.
'Oh yeah, right,' he said, gaining back his bearings. It sounded horrible but he couldn't wait for it just to be them again, the old team, Shiver and Shake… plus Donna the super-temp, if she still wanted to travel with him he added mentally. He set the co-ordinates and landed the TARDIS smoothly, for a change, on Earth in London, in the middle of a park.
The Doctor and Sarah Jane emerged from the TARDIS, gazing around at the normality of their surroundings. Not far away they could hear a church bell ring and were glad to hear such a normal, common sound again when they thought it would all be lost.
'You know... you act like such a lonely man. But look at you. You've got the biggest family on Earth!' She spoke knowing she was right, especially now that he had Rose back. It was funny; when she had been just his companion when she had first met the blonde she had been jealous, worried that she had been replaced. Now that she knew for sure, even though she had suspected something back then, that they had so much more than friendship any jealousy had vanished and she found herself rather fond of the girl. She knew it was because, although they had been the best of friends, there was never anything romantic between her and the Doctor and that meant that he couldn't have replaced her because she and the blonde shared completely different relationships with the man and that meant what the Doctor thought and felt for her was unique, something all of their own that no one could ever replace.
The Doctor smiled as Sarah Jane held her arms out to him and he leant down to hug her tightly, lifting her off the ground in the same way he did last time.
'I have to go. He's only fourteen.' She saw his mouth open in the beginning of a question and hurried on. 'It's a long story. And thank you, again!' She shouted back to him as she jogged off back home to her son.
The Doctor smiled warmly again and waved to her retreating back, chuckling as he watched her run before turning back to the TARDIS.
'Yeah, I'm fine.' He heard Donna mumble into her mobile.
'Are you all right?' Jackie quietly asked Mickey, having already grabbed Rose in a vice like hug earlier.
'I'm gonna miss you more than anyone.' Mickey said in way of a reply, looked downwards as he predicted the reaction he would get.
The Doctor tuned out there, already knowing what was going to be said as they hugged tearfully.
He walked over to where Jack was standing with Donna and Rose, a small huddle of giggling and light hearted chatter. He pulled out his sonic-screwdriver and yanked the captain's wrist up near his face as he disabled the teleport.
'I told you, no teleport. And Martha, get rid of that Osterhagen thing, eh? Save the world one more time. 'He said, glancing in the dark girls direction, pleased to see her nod in confirmation.
'Consider it done.' She responded without hesitating.
Jack saluted the Doctor and Martha followed suit. He saluted back. Just this once letting them get away with it, although he seemed to be thinking that a lot lately whenever Jack was the one directing the action at him. He chuckled at his own thoughts and watched as Jack and Martha walked away, hand in hand.
Mickey emerged from the TARDIS to see the two lovebirds holding hands again as they watched Jack and Martha retreat. He wondered if they even realized that they ALWAYS had contact with each other or if they just sort of gravitated towards each other without even noticing. He walked past them and went to follow the other duo, knowing he wouldn't get that far.
'Oi!' the Doctor voiced quite rudely, earning him a light elbow in the ribs, courtesy of Rose. 'Where are you going?'
'Well, I'm not stupid - I can work out what happens next. And hey, I had a good time in that parallel world but my Gran passed away. Nice and peaceful. Spent her last years living in a mansion. There's nothing there for me, now. Certainly not Rose.' He winked at the blonde, making sure she knew there were no hard feelings.
'What will you do?' the Doctor asked.
'Anything I suppose. Brand new life. Just you watch.' He stepped forward and reached out his fist to be bumped, smiling when the Doctor reciprocated. 'See you Boss,' he spoke respectfully, running to catch up with Jack and Martha. 'Hey, you two!'
The two left walked back into the TARDIS and around to the console, Rose sighing in content as the Doctor reached down absent mindedly and gently kissed the top of her head as he reset the controls.
'There's time for one last trip. Dårlig Ulv Stranden.'
Jackie watched as they gulped simultaneously at the name, the happiness in their eyes diming slightly and she knew, not that there was ever much doubt that Rose wouldn't be returning with her.
'Better known as,' he stopped as the TARDIS stopped moving once again and they all walked outside onto the all too familiar sand.
'Bad Wolf Bay,' Rose mumbled just loud enough for everyone to hear. The Doctor simply nodded and pulled her a bit closer with his arm around her waist, noting that the beach looked just as it had that day.
'Argh, fat lot of good this is! Back of beyond, bloody Norway! I'm gonna have to phone your father. He's on the nursery run.' Jackie stated, annoyed but overdoing it a bit just to see the look on the Doctors face when he thinks he is going to get slapped.
Donna noted the expressions of the Doctor and Rose and the babble Jackie spouted about her baby, piecing things together for herself. She looked over at the slightly wary couple who looked like they'd rather be anywhere but there.
'This is where it happened isn't it?' she asked, not wanting to bring up bad memories but her curiosity getting the better of her.
She watched as the Doctor nodded and smiled sympathetically.
'So,' the Doctor said, breaking the somber mood and turning so that he and Rose were facing each other once more. 'You're back home.' HE said simply, knowing that she would know he was giving her the chance to choose to stay.
She stepped forward and this time wrapped her arms around his waist. 'This was never home. That brilliant little blue box is my home,' she spoke loud enough for everyone to hear and said it with a tone that if anyone argued there would be hell to pay.
As soon as they pulled away the Doctor reeled back from the painful sting that suddenly filled the right side of his face, looking down to see the smiling face of Jackie Tyler right in front of him.
'I'm sure you'll do something to deserve that soon enough and this is my only chance so I'm giving it to you in advance.' He just groaned, rubbing his cheek comically and watched sadly as Rose hugged her mother goodbye. 'I love you darling,' Jackie said, holding Rose by the shoulder, 'try to stay out of trouble.'
They all ignored the snort that erupted from Donna, all already realizing what a ridiculous sentiment it was with the Doctor around. 'Well fine,' she said, re wording her statement, 'just try not to get killed alright?'
'Sure mum,' Rose said smiling, no hint of hurt or sadness in her eyes. She had a long time to come to terms with the fact that once she saw him again she would never see Jackie again and they had said their goodbyes all along the way that this moment wasn't as pivotal as it might have been for others.
They simply hugged each other again and Jackie backed up a few steps, watching as her daughter was fit comfortably back underneath the Doctor's arm and they walked back into the TARDIS, disappearing with the wonderful sound one last time.
She turned, pulled out her cell and dialed a number, holding the phone to her ear and waiting.
'… Where the hell are you? I don't want to be waiting here all day.' She smiled as Pete went off in a rant about being left behind and thought about how she couldn't wait to see Tony again and tell him fantastic stories of his big sister and the love of her life, the Time Lord.
A/N So I really hope everyone liked this but I'm really not sure about it. I promise there will be some Doctor/Rose fluff in the next chapter, I won't make you wait any longer :P
Also, I think there will only be one or two more chapters to this story but I'm pretty sure I'll do a sequel about Rose, the Doctor and Donna travelling together , maybe do the same stories from season 5 but what they would have been like with those three or just completely new stuff. Tell me what you think in your reviews and if you want a sequel.
PLEASE READ: I am looking for someone with experience to make a YouTube video about the Doctor and the Master using Epica's song "Blank Infinity". Check out the song and if you think you could do it please PM me. Also, it's pretty hard to hear some of the words so also look up the lyrics. Thanks: D
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