A few questions I wanted to address from the last chapter. I had River call the TARDIS mother because River is a child of the TARDIS and I thought it was in character with something she'd do, sorry if I confused anyone with that. Next, I refer to the creepy, grey skinned, suit wearing aliens as Silents because that's the name I came across, I was under the impression that the Silence was a "religious order," but the creatures themselves were called Silent (singular) and Silents (plural). If I'm wrong, please let me know. I really don't like making mistakes like that. :)

Okay, this chapter has lots of different people - Pete, Jackie, Jack, The Master, Kovarian, and Rose. Hope you enjoy it!

Three months had passed since Pete found out Rose was being held at the compound. It wasn't easy, but eventually Walter found proof. It wasn't definitive proof, not anything they could take to the authorities. Just the initials R.M.T. with an entrance date that matched the date she was abducted.

It wasn't like they could go to the authorities even if they found proof. Not with the Vice President in on it. So, instead, they focused on the employees. Trying to find someone they could use to help them get her out. That's when they came across the name Dr. John Chambers. He was new. Had been put in charge recently, at least, according to what Walter dug up.

When they started digging around for an address must have been when Chambers caught on, although, again, they couldn't prove that he had anything to do with Jacks' accident, which happened a week after Walter started digging into the doctor's past, but he was there right after it happened.

Pete could clearly remember that night. Jacks was coming home from a fundraiser, not anything big, just something small to keep up appearances. He didn't attend because he was working with Walter, running down a lead they found on Dr. Chambers.

Since it was a small affair she'd driven her own car and on her way back one of her tires blew out. It wouldn't have been so bad if she wasn't on a winding part of the road. If it wasn't for the guardrail she would've went over the edge and plunged a hundred feet to the icy water below.

As it was, she hit her head hard enough to cause a concussion, but she couldn't use her mobile because there wasn't any service in the area, which was why she was so glad that a doctor happened by about fifteen minutes later. He insisted on driving her to the hospital, but by the time Pete showed up he was gone. When he asked Jacks the doctor's name so he could thank him the name she gave him stabbed fear into his heart. Dr. John Chambers.

After checking her car out and the area where the accident happened he found something that told him it wasn't an accident. A bullet. His wife was nearly killed as a warning. Telling him to back off. That's when he decided to snuck her and Tony out of the country.

She didn't want to go. Not with Rose still being held in that compound so he promised to find a way to help her, though he had no idea how he was going to do that.

Jacks stepped into his office, bringing him out of his thoughts. He'd been waiting for her to finish packing. As soon as she was ready he'd call Walter so they could meet at an undisclosed location. Then Walter would get her and Tony out of the country and after Pete found a way to help Rose he'd meet up with them.

He was about to ask if she was ready when that strange whirring noise came again. He was sure it was coming from the crack that appeared in the wall of his office a few days ago. The strange noise wasn't there all the time and every time it happened he was alone, which started to make him think he was losing his mind. That wouldn't surprise him. Not after everything that'd happened.

Jacks didn't come in the office very often because most of the time he spent in there was with his team trying to find a way to rescue Rose and she didn't want to disturb him from that. When the noise started she froze.

"Where's that coming from?" she asked, looking around.

"You can hear it?" he inquired, stunned.

"Course I can. Where's it coming from?"

"The…the crack. I think it's coming from there."

"Crack? What crack?"

He led her over to a picture he'd put up to hide it because looking at it unsettled him. He wasn't sure why. It just did.

"From there?" she asked, looking at the crack after he uncovered it.

"Yeah."

"But…that's just a crack?"

"I think it's something else. If you lean close you can hear it better."

She pressed her ear to the crack. Her eyes widened and she stepped away quickly.

"But…but that's…that's the TARDIS."

"The TARDIS?"

"The Doctor's TARDIS."

He leaned his ear against it. The noise wasn't familiar to him, but then he'd never been next to the TARDIS when it appeared or disappeared. He knew how it moved because Rose and Jacks both told him, but he'd never heard it.

"Are you sure?"

"I spent years listening for that noise when Rose traveled with him. Trust me. I know what it is. There's nothing else sounds like that." Suddenly her eyes lit up. "If we can hear it maybe he can hear us." She leaned close to the crack. "Doctor! Doctor! It's Jackie! Doctor, can you hear me?"

He grabbed her shoulders and tried to pull her away.

"Jacks," he said, but she resisted him. "Jacks! He can't hear you."

"You don't know that…Doctor!"

"That's his…police box we're hearing. Not him. I don't think he can hear you over it anyway."

She gave in and started to cry.

"I was just…I was just hoping. If he knew, he could help her. He could save her. I know he could. He'd never leave her in a place like that," she sobbed.

"I know-"

"Her phone," Jacks suddenly said, pulling away from him.

"What?" he asked, confused.

"Wait here. I'll be right back."

He watched her run out of the room, wondering what had gotten into her. Phone? What phone? He didn't have long to wait. A few minutes later she ran back in the room holding Rose's phone.

"I stopped by their flat last week," she started, but noticed the look he gave her. "I know I said I wouldn't go over there again, but it's a good thing I did. I saw this on the stand by the door and brought it home."

"I don't understand," he said, eyeing her warily. She was talking fast and he was starting to think that maybe his wife had finally lost it. She'd been grieving over Rose for months. Hardly sleeping.

"It's the phone the Doctor fixed for her. Don't you see?" When he didn't answer she continued. "It's got his number in it. We can hear his TARDIS, but he can't hear us because either that sound is too loud or maybe the crack's outside, but maybe we can call him."

He stared at her completely stunned. She was right, or she might be right. If they could call him, but then what if he couldn't get through? He'd sealed the walls of reality. Then again there were cracks. That's how he'd gotten there in the first place with Mickey and Rose. They fell through a crack. It was worth a try. Then a thought struck him.

"But we don't know his number."

"It's programmed," she said, bringing up Rose's phone book. "See…there…The Doctor."

He saw the hope in her eyes and he wasn't going to dash it. He took the phone and pressed send.

Jack sat in his office at Torchwood going over the latest scans of a small crack that had been detected in a small town called Leadworth. It seemed to be a crack in the skin of the universe. He tried to call the Doc, but for some reason the Time Lord wouldn't answer. Actually, it'd been Rosie who answered when he called and she was gone.

The Doc left her in that parallel universe with the Meta-Crisis and Jack could've strangled him for that. No matter what the Doc said he couldn't believe she'd be happy. Not after everything she went through to get back to the Time Lord.

Jack's phone began to ring, bringing him out of his thoughts. He dug the mobile out of his pocket and looked at the ID. What? How? It was Rosie. His Rosie. But…but that wasn't… He almost dropped it as he quickly pressed the talk button.

"Rosie?" he asked, tentatively.

"No, this is Pete. Rose's father. I need to talk to the Doctor. Is he there?" a man said.

Pete? Jack remembered Rosie telling him that she found her dad in the parallel universe when she fought the Cybermen with Mickey and the Doc. Was this that Pete? But how could he be calling?

"No, the Doc's not here, but I'm a friend of your daughter."

"Who is this?"

"This is Jack. Jack Harkness. I work at Torchwood."

"Torchwood?"

"Yeah. Are you Pete Tyler from the parallel universe?"

"Yes."

"Did you find a way back? Is Rosie with you?"

"No, it's…I work at Torchwood here, well, I did, but I still have some friends and we…well, there's a crack. It's only a small one, but I'm…I was able to get through with Rose's phone, but I was trying to call the Doctor."

"The TARDIS must have redirected the call to me."

He remembered Rosie telling him that the TARDIS could do that, but he wasn't sure why she was doing it now.

"Listen…Jack, right?"

"Yeah."

"Listen. I don't have a lot of time. It's…it's Rose. She's being held-"

His chest tightened in fear. Rosie was in trouble. Where the hell was that Meta-Crisis? He was supposed to be looking after her.

"Held? Why? What happened?"

"She's being held at a government base."

"A government base? Why would they do that? Can't you get to her?"

So many emotions were swirling around inside of him. How could Pete let that happen? Why would the government take her? What the hell was going on?

"I've been denied access to Torchwood. I've tried to get to her, but there isn't anything I can do. I thought…I hoped the Doctor-"

The Doc wouldn't even answer the phone for her? Is that why the TARDIS redirected the call? Next time he saw that Time Lord he'd… He pushed his anger aside. Rosie was in trouble. She needed help and if he had to do it alone he'd save her.

"Do you have the coordinates of where she's being held?"

"Yes."

Jack grabbed his scratchpad and a pen.

"What are they?"

Pete rattled off the location and he wrote it down.

"Can you get them to the Doctor?" Pete asked.

"Don't worry I'll take care of it."

"I-" But Jack never learned what Pete was going to say because the line was cut off. The crack that allowed him to call through the Void must have sealed.

He knew it was late, but he wanted to get his team started. He picked up the phone to call Gwen first with one idea in his mind. If Pete could call across the Void through a small crack then maybe if they found a larger one he could cross into their universe. He wasn't sure exactly how he was going to do it or if he'd be able to get back, but none of that mattered. What mattered was helping Rosie and if it was the last thing he did he'd find a way to save her.

Rose stared up at the white ceiling. Kovarian just finished running another scan on her baby. They scans had become a daily occurrence after Rose collapsed two months ago. With the pregnancy the added stress was too much for her.

The Master actually became concerned, but she knew his concern for her well being had more to do with him wanting to use her as a weapon, a weapon he wouldn't have if something happened to her, than because he actually cared. The only person the Master truly cared about was himself.

She wasn't in her room anymore. She'd been moved to another room in the medical bay where they kept her strapped down to a table for her own good as the Master put it. It probably wouldn't have happened if she hadn't tried to escape when Kovarian left her alone with the nurse, but she had to try.

She heard the door slide open and rolled her eyes, knowing what was coming next. He was coming to check on her like he did every day.

"How's my beautiful girl doing today?" The Master asked nearly skipping into the room.

She'd prefer his sour mood to his happy, playful mood. At least she'd know what to expect.

"I'm not your girl," she snapped.

"Oh, feisty." He stepped over to the bed, or table was probably a more accurate description, she amended. "That's good. Means you're getting stronger."

"Why don't you take the restraints off my wrists and we'll see how strong I am, yeah?"

He smiled down at her and all she wanted to do was smack that grin off of his face.

"As much fun as that sounds I'm afraid I have to decline. You were put on strict bed rest, remember? Wouldn't want anything to happen to our little girl," he said, resting his hand on the rounded part of her stomach as he gazed down almost lovingly, making her want to kick him.

"Don't touch me!" she yelled.

He smiled and then leaned down, resting his ear against her stomach because he knew how much she hated it. She struggled in her restraints.

"I can hear her hearts beating. Oh, that is marvelous!"

"Get off of me!"

He stood up and caught her eye.

"Now, now, you really must calm down. All that fussing is going to stress you out and you wouldn't want to do anything to hurt our little girl, would you?"

She loathed him. He was always touching her stomach and calling her daughter their little girl. He'd even been there when Kovarian did the ultrasound.

"She's not yours!"

"She could be…she will be and so will you."

It would be a cold day in hell before that happened.

"Never!"

"Never say never…or was it never say never ever?"

How did he know what the Doctor said to her? She pulled a stone mask over her face. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing he shocked her.

Instead she laughed.

"You really think throwing his words back at me is going to…what? Upset me?"

"No. No, no, no, I'm not trying to upset you, my sweet," he said, reaching down and sliding a lock of hair behind her ear. She jerked her head away from him, making him smile. He put one hand on either side of the table and leaned down until his face was inches from hers. "You and me, Rosie," he bent down closer, so he could whisper the last bit in her ear, "we're going to be a family."

Then he jumped back, which was probably a good idea on his part since she was seriously considering biting him, but then he might've liked that. The thought almost made her laugh, but more of a manic laugh, then an actual one.

"That's never going to happen," she hissed.

"Oh, it'll happen," he laughed, spinning around. "And it's going to be fantastic!"

"So, what? You want to be a family now? I thought you wanted to kill the Doctor."

"Oh, I do and I will or you will."

"Not likely."

"But it is, very likely. No, not likely because likely means it's probably going to happen, but killing the Doctor is going to happen. Definitely going to happen. And you," he stepped closer to the table again, "my beautiful girl are the one who's going to do it."

"Never!"

"Never, never, never, never," he mock pouted. "I'm never going to kill the Doctor because I love him."

"Stop it!"

"When are you going to realize that he doesn't love you? He didn't just drop you off on a street corner like he did to Sarah Jane. Oh, no he wanted to make sure you didn't follow him. Couldn't follow him. He brought you back here. To a parallel universe and pawned a copy of himself off on you. To keep you here. Make sure you didn't look for a way back."

"That's not true!"

"But it is," he said, leaning on the table and catching her eye. "I know it's hard to hear, but I'm trying to be honest with you, like the Doctor never was because…well, we've spent a lot of time together. You and me. And we've developed a kind of relationship-"

"Captor, captive," she laughed. "Great relationship we have."

"Don't be so negative. I stopped your visits with the Silent, didn't I?"

"What visits? What's a Silent?"

"Oh, yes, I forgot you wouldn't remember. My point is that I've taken care of you…you and our little girl. The Doctor might have left you, but don't you worry. I'll never leave you. Never ever." He stepped back and spun around, excitedly. "It's you and me Rosie. He loved us, both of us at one point. His best friend and his former lover." He stepped closer to her and leaned down, gazing in her eyes. "We were made for each other, Rosie, and I'll make sure we stay together forever."

The Master strode down the hall toward the lab. He needed to check the latest reports on the cracks that were appearing. He was the only one who knew what they really were. Two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together. He wasn't sure where they came from or how they could've occurred in the first place. Kovarian rounded the corner.

"Ah, Kovarian. Coming to tell me about the reports?" he asked, smiling at her.

"I saw that little exchange," she snapped.

"What little exchange?"

"Between you and that girl."

The smile slid from his face. She'd been listening in on his conversation? He wouldn't have someone checking up on him. Did she forget her place? He'd have to remind her.

"What the hell were you doing listening to my conversation?"

"Making sure you didn't go back on your word."

Back on his word? What the hell gave her the right to question his motives?

"And what would make you think I was going to?"

"Oh, please," she mocked. "I've seen the way you look at her."

What the hell was she talking about? The way he looked at her. Her who? Rose? He almost laughed at the idea. He was using her. That's all. Toying with her emotions.

"The way I-"

"Don't play dumb. You said we were going to use her as a weapon and I'm not about to let you get all sentimental."

Dumb? Me? That was enough to make him strangle her. No, have the Silents kill her. Yes, that would be more entertaining. He narrowed his eyes.

"Need I remind you who's in charge? That Eye Drive might protect you from having your mind altered, but it doesn't protect you from being killed."

Her eye widened and she took a step back.

"I…only meant that-" she faltered.

Fear. Yes, that was much better. She needed to understand her place.

"She is going to kill the Doctor. I haven't changed my mind about that. We're keeping her child safe because I might have to use her daughter to get Rose to do what I want…what we want."

She recovered from her shock and eyed him, though a bit warily.

"I still think we should be using the Silents on her."

Had she forgotten what happened?

"It's too dangerous. She already collapsed once I'm not going to let that happen again. If we lose her we lose our most powerful weapon against him."

"We could take precautions-"

He had enough. He wasn't going to use the Silents on her. After her baby was born he'd consider it again, but for now it was far too dangerous. Rose was too…important, but not in the way Kovarian thought. No, she was important because of what she could do. The power inside of her. Not because he felt anything for her, well, anything beyond what he might feel for any weapon that would help him kill the man who'd plagued his life since childhood. Yes, that's all it was.

"I said no!" he snapped and then softened a moment later. "Oh, Kovarian, don't ever forget who's in charge here. I'm the Master and I've already told you she's mine. Her and the baby. She'll kill the Doctor. I'll make sure of it, but we're doing this my way if you can't handle that…well, there's always death. Do you understand?"

"Y-yes," she stammered.

"Good," he smiled, clapping his hands together. "Now, let's go see about those reports."

He started down the hall and heard her fall into step behind him. Humans could be so annoying. They always had to push the boundaries, but it was easy enough to put them back in their place.

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