Rose is in this chapter as I promised. And for those of you wondering about 11 don't worry he'll return to the story soon and Jack will be appearing in the soon too.

The doors of the lift slid open and the first thing John noticed was the rather large, stocky man with almond skin wearing a military dress uniform. Must be Captain Grant.

"Dr. Chambers," Grant said in greeting.

"Just Chambers or John or John Chambers. None of that doctor nonsense," John said.

"Chambers then."

"Fine, whatever. Where's the girl?"

"I'm going to need to see some ID."

"Very well," John said, reaching into his top pocket and pulling out a wallet. He showed Grant a paper that transformed into identification regarding one Dr. John Chambers with all the officialness that went along with it.

"Thank you, sir."

Grant saluted, making John roll his eyes. He didn't want to play along with this stupid ape. His mind was fixed on one goal. Find the girl and determine what she was and how he could use her.

"The girl?" John asked.

"Yes, sorry sir, this way," Grant said, turning around and leading John down the hall.

When he found out about the time energy his plan of taking the girl and her child then tormenting the Doctor by letting him know that John had them changed. The child was secondary. He intended to find out exactly what sort of accident caused the girl's DNA to change and what that meant. He wanted to know what sort of power she possessed and how he could use that power to achieve his ultimate end – the Doctor's death.

He hated the Doctor. Had hated him for a long time. Hated the implications of his name name. The Doctor. The one who went around fixing things. Idiot.

They stopped in front of a door that looked exactly like all the other doors in the hall. Grant typed a sequence of numbers on the keypad that John quickly memorized. When the door slid open Grant moved to step inside, but John halted him.

"I'll go in alone," John said.

"But, sir-" Grant started to protest.

"I'm in charge now, which means your orders come from me and I'm ordering you to stay out here. Do you have a problem with that?" he asked, giving Grant a penetrating stare.

"No, sir."

John could see the fear in the man's eyes. The same fear most people got when he locked eyes with them. He smiled.

"Brilliant. Now, I might be a while so if you have something else to do I suggest you take care of it."

Grant hesitated for a moment then saluted and walked back down the hall the way they came. John stepped inside the small room that looked like a cross between a hospital room and a prison cell. It was all shiny metal with every piece of furnishing either bolted to the wall or the floor. An open door at the far end of the room led into a bathroom just big enough for one person to use.

He took everything in without paying much attention. His entire being was focused on the girl in the white hospital gown lying on the bed. He could feel the energy radiating off of her. Time energy. It was so strong that he couldn't believe he hadn't felt it the moment the doors to the lift slid open. Oh, this is brilliant!

He crossed the room to stand next to her. She was still out from the medication they gave her. He'd heard the conversation in Alexis' mind. Stupid apes. He'd make sure that didn't happen again. She wouldn't be any use to him dead so it was in his best interest to keep her alive…for now.

He rubbed his hands together, steeling himself. He needed to establish a connection. Find out what was going on inside her mind. How this happened. What she was capable of. Only she was something different. Something amazingly, brilliantly different and he wasn't sure how the connection was going to work, but it was the only way and it was much better to do it while she was unconscious.

He reached out, putting one hand on either side of her head.

Rose stood next to a gently flowing river. The smell of apple grass hung in the air. New Earth. Even though Cassandra took over her body and she was chased by people infected with a plague of diseases, who had been grown by cat nuns, this place was still special to her because it was the first place her new new Doctor brought her. She gazed at the city of New New York wondering how she got there.

"You're not here. Not really," a startlingly familiar voice said.

She turned to find herself standing next to her. The only difference between the two was the slight golden glow surrounding the other Rose and the power that seemed to radiate from her eyes. Looking at her was unsettling to say the least.

"Who are you?" Rose asked.

They couldn't both be the same person. Was she a clone or some kind of duplicate like James?

"I'm not a clone or a duplicate. I'm you."

"Me?"

Yeah, she wasn't buying that.

"I'm a dormant part of you. When you took the Time Vortex inside of you our mother changed you. She formed a connection with you and as a result you started to change. Not all at once. That would've driven you mad, but from that moment on your body began to change."

Mother? She pushed the question aside for now. She could come back to that later.

"How does that make you, me?"

"I'm the part of you that changed. Is still changing."

"So, you're what? The time energy?"

"Yes and no. I'm your TARDIS self."

"My what?" Rose asked in shock.

"You're part human, part TARDIS. You're the human part and I'm the other."

"So I have a split personality?"

She almost laughed at the idea…almost. The implications killed her laugh before it had time to escape.

"If you like."

"Brilliant. I really am mad."

"You're not crazy. Eventually we'll merge into one person."

What? There was no way she was going to merge with who the hell ever that girl was. They weren't the same person.

"Wait. What? I don't want to merge into one person with you."

"You don't have a choice in that I'm afraid."

"So, I'm going to become some other person and I don't have a choice?"

The idea of becoming someone else frightened her. She'd rather face the Dalek Emperor again than become someone else.

"You won't become someone else. I'm you and you're me. I'm just you with the power of a TARDIS. Think of it in the same way the Doctor changed when he regenerated."

Tentatively, Rose walked over to her other self and looked into her eyes. This is completely odd. She pushed aside the strangeness of the situation and tried to concentrate on finding herself behind the other Rose's hazel eyes.

"I'm…still me?" Rose asked.

"You're still you," the TARDIS Rose replied, giving her a smile, which she returned.

She stepped back and looked around again, remembering what the TARDIS Rose said. Blimey, I need to think of a better name to call her or this is going to get confusing.

"You can call me Marion since it's our middle name," TARDIS Rose suggested.

"I've always hated it."

"I do too, but this is going to get confusing enough might as well cut out as much as we can."

"Marion then. You said I'm not really here. On New Earth that is. So, where am I?"

"In a room, in a compound owned by Alexis Drexler."

"Wait, but that's-"

"The Vice President, yeah."

"How do you know she owns the compound? For that matter how do you know where I…we are? I don't even know where I am."

"There's someone else in here and I got the information from him," Marion said.

"Someone else?" Rose asked.

There was someone else in her mind? Was it some third personality? Marion said him. She hoped she didn't have some male personality running around in her mind. Talk about confusing.

"He's not another part of you. He's dangerous. Very dangerous and right now he's trying to find out about you."

"Wait. He's in my mind? How can he be in my mind? I understand how you can be here because you're part of me and because you're a TARDIS. The Doctor's TARDIS got in my mind and I've seen the Doctor get into peoples' heads-"

"He can do it the same way the Doctor can because he's a Time Lord."

"But I thought the Doctor was the last Time Lord."

"In that universe. Although this one is from that universe."

"How did he get here?"

"I'm not sure exactly. That part is hidden. I could get to it, but if I did he'd know about me and that would be very dangerous. It's best if I stay concealed for now."

"So, he's dangerous, he's in my mind, and right now he's trying to find out about me?"

"Yes, he's accessing your memories. He knows about the time energy, not exactly what it means, but he can feel it and he wants to use your power. He's trying to find out how you became the way you are, but don't worry. I've hidden those memories."

"What does he want to use me for?"

"To kill the Doctor."

"But he's a Time Lord. Why would he want to kill the Doctor?"

"It's complicated and there are things you can't know. Not yet. It would be too dangerous, especially if he found out you knew. Suffice it to say he hates the Doctor and wants him dead, which is why he can't find out how you became the way you are."

"Why? What difference would it make if he found out?"

"Because it might be possible for him to change you."

"Change me into what?"

"Into a weapon."

"But I wouldn't let him do that."

"You wouldn't have a choice. There's not a lot of time left. I'm going to have to knock him out of here-"

"But I thought you said you didn't want him to know about you."

"He'll think it has to do with the power you have because of the time energy. I told you he's dangerous. He's manipulative and cunning. You can't lie to him. He'll know and then things will become dodgy. Not only for us, but for our child. So, I'm going to have to alter some things."

"Alter?"

"I'm going to have to hide some of your memories down so far that not even you can access them."

"What memories?"

"Everything related to how you became the way you are. The day you saved the Doctor from the Daleks, any conversations you had with James related to how you changed, this conversation, and thoughts you might've had."

"But…then I won't know who he is."

"It's better that way."

"What if he tricks me into trusting him?"

"You will trust him, but for another reason."

"What reason?"

"There isn't time. He's close. I can feel him. Don't worry. I won't let you fully trust him. I'll be the doubt in the back of your mind and I know you're cleaver enough to listen because I'm you."

Rose wanted to protest more, but she was cut off by a surge of energy that ripped through her mind. She would've screamed. Thought maybe she was screaming and then she opened her eyes.

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