Rose held the small bundle as she absentmindedly rocked the chair. The normalness of lulling her daughter to sleep in a rocking chair was almost ludicrous because the situation she was in was so far from normal.

She was still trying to come to terms with everything that'd happened. Not with the fact that she was being held prisoner by an insane Time Lord who wanted to kill the man she loved. It was the fact that the Master was going to make her torture innocent people so she could learn how to control her abilities. That was something she couldn't come to terms with. How could she ever look in the mirror again after he forced her to do that?

She was able to talk him into one more day. One more day before he changed her. She knew all she was doing was putting off the inevitable, but something told her that it was important. One more day would matter.

Her daughter shifted in her arms. She pushed her stray thoughts aside as she gazed into her baby girl's hazel eyes. She didn't have much time and she knew she shouldn't waste it worrying.

"It's alright, sweetheart," she cooed. "Everything will be fine."

It was a lie. She knew it was a lie, but she couldn't admit the truth, not even to herself because the truth was, for the first time in her life, Rose felt completely hopeless. There wasn't anything she could do and no one was going to help. No one would save her this time.

The Master would be coming soon and she'd have no choice, but to do what he wanted. She either tortured innocent people or he killed them. She forced the tears back. The last thing she'd do is give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry.

If only there was some way to save her baby. Some way to get her away from him, but Rose knew how useless hoping was. It hadn't gotten her anywhere in all the time she'd been there.

Just then there was a flash of light and a man appeared. A man she never thought she'd see again. She froze, completely afraid that she'd finally lost her mind. That if she moved at all he'd disappear. He couldn't be there. It wasn't possible.

"Rosie," he said, giving her his famous smile and for the first time in six months she was glad to hear the name.

"J-Jack?" she asked, barely above a whisper.

"The one and only," he beamed.

She jumped to her feet and ran to him, pulling him into a hug with her free arm. Tears trailed down her cheeks.

"How?" she asked. "I thought…the Doctor said crossing the Void was impossible."

"What can I say? I guess I'm just better than him," he teased.

"No, really, how'd you manage it?"

"Let's just say I had some help. There isn't time for me to explain everything. This jump only lasts for a couple minutes then I'll be pulled back through." He looked around. "Where are we anyway?"

Jack came to save her, but how did he know she was there? He was back in her universe. How could he possibly know what was happening to her?

"Why are you here?"

"I need a reason to see my Rosie?"

"Jack," she insisted.

"Your dad managed to get a message to me. He was actually trying to contact the Doctor, but the TARDIS redirected the message to Torchwood and, long story short, here I am, but…" His eyes fell on the baby. "…who's that? That's not…?"

"My daughter, yeah," Rose said, smiling down at her baby.

"Oh, this is…" Jack looked at Rose sadly. "He didn't say anything about you having a baby."

Of course he hadn't said anything. Her parents didn't even know. She planned on telling them, but she was abducted before she was able to. Why was Jack so concerned about it?

"So, what? Does having a baby change things?"

"Well, not like that. I mean, I love you. You're still my Rosie. It's just…" he looked at the baby again. "I can only take one of you with me."

One? Why could he only take one of them? Maybe it was because of the way he traveled. If there was one person she knew would never lie to her it was Jack.

"Can you come back?"

"No, I've…it took a long time to get everything right. We had to find a crack through to this universe, which was unbelievably difficult, and the power this is taking. You couldn't even imagine. I…I'm sorry, Rosie. This is the only trip I'm going to be able to manage. I mean, maybe I could come back, try again, but I don't know how long that's going to take."

Rose didn't even have to think about it. There was only one choice. She kissed her daughter's forehead, whispered I love you, then handed her to Jack.

"You have to take her." When he began to protest she locked her eyes with his. "Please, Jack, she's not safe here. Find her…find her a safe home. If you can come back for me later then we'll get her back. If not…" she looked at the small bundle in Jack's arms, "…at least I'll know she's safe."

"I'll make sure she's safe Rosie. You know I will, but I don't like leaving you here," Jack said.

His eyes misted over as he accepted the small bundle.

"I'm fine. Really, I'll be fine," she said using the Doctor's patented lie.

Jack looked down at the now sleeping baby.

"So, you and the meta-crisis?"

Alarms began to go off outside the room. Rose knew they were coming.

"Her name's Violet. Violet Jane Tyler." There were so many things he needed to know, but not enough time. "Don't take her to a doctor, Jack. Promise me you won't."

"I…I…"

"Promise me, Jack!"

"I won't. I…I promise."

She could see the confusion in his eyes, but there wasn't time. She knew if she told him he'd be too stunned to leave and he had to get out of there. "No medicine either. Don't give her anything, ever!" She could hear footsteps so she gave him a shove. "Go Jack. You have to go now!" Rose insisted.

Jack gave her one last confused, tearful look then vanished in a flash. A moment later the door opened and the Master stepped into the room, looking around.

"What's going on?" he demanded.

"Nothing," Rose said.

He stepped around the room as if searching for something. He lifted up the bedcovers, looked in the crib, then under the crib, and then stepped into the bathroom. When he finished his search he turned on her.

"Where is she?" he insisted.

"Somewhere you'll never find her," she replied, giving him a smile.

He grabbed her shoulders and shook her.

"Tell me where she is!"

"No!"

He locked his eyes with hers, but she wasn't going to back down. She didn't care what he did to her or anyone else. He wasn't going to find out where her daughter was.

"If you don't tell me you're going to regret it."

"Kill me if you want. I'm not telling you anything!"

He softened his hold on her arms. A smile playing at the corners of his lips.

"Kill you?" He pulled her closer and then tightened his hold again when she started to struggle. "Rosie, don't you know how important you are to me?"

"I'm sure," she scoffed.

He held her gaze for another minute before releasing her.

"If you won't tell me I suppose I'll have to find out for myself," he said, taking her wrist. "Come on."

"Where?" she asked, stunned that he wanted her to come with him.

In the six months she'd been held there the only time she left the room was for tests and when they kept her strapped down in the medical bay.

"To take a look at the camera feed," he replied, as if she should already know that.

"Camera feed?"

She glanced around the room.

"Oh, you wouldn't see it. Perception filter." He led her out of the room and then stopped, as if he suddenly thought of something. "And trying to escape would just be a waste of both our time. Especially when you're wearing this." He lifted her wrist, the one he'd been holding, so she could see a device similar to the one he wore.

"What is that?"

"Telepathic barrier. You're abilities won't work while you're wearing it and don't try to take it off…unless you like electric shocks shooting through your body."

The Master smiled as her eyes widened. She didn't even notice when he clamped it on her wrist, but then she was distracted, trying to be all defiant. Even with everything she'd gone through that spark was still there. Brilliant!

He pulled her down the hall toward the security room. He wasn't sure how she'd gotten her daughter out of that room. Someone must have helped her. He'd find out who it was a deal with them.

He threw the door open and pulled Rose in the room behind him. He eyed the only other person in the room, a kid who couldn't be much more than twenty.

"Bring up the last twenty minutes of the security feed for room thirty-four," he ordered.

The kid jumped at the sound of his voice and began typing furiously on the keyboard. The Master would've done it himself, but he didn't want to let go of Rose. He couldn't be sure she wouldn't try to escape and the last thing he wanted to do was chase her down the hall.

He waited impatiently and a few moments later the feed began to play on the monitor. Rose was rocking her baby and then there was a flash and…

"Jack," he growled. "How the hell did he get here?" He eyed Rose. "How did he even know where you were?" She stared back at him and he knew she wasn't going to tell him. He could make her, but he didn't have time for that right now. "Bring up the sound."

"There's…there's no sound, sir," the kid stammered.

"What?"

The kid winced in fear as the outraged Time Lord glared at him.

"Something…something went wrong with the…with the sound. I…I told Captain Grant, but-"

He reached for his sonic intent on killing the stupid kid when he felt a hand on his. He glanced up, startled. Rose was staring into his eyes.

"It-it was my dad, yeah? He told Jack where I was."

"How did he get here?"

"I don't know." He searched her eyes, trying to determine if she was lying or not. "Really, he didn't tell me. He just said he only had a few minutes and then he'd be pulled back. He didn't say how he got here."

He'd be pulled back? He crossed the Void, but whatever allowed him to cross pulled him back. What could he have used that would do that? A few things came to mind, but nothing Jack would have access to unless…then he realized Jack knew where he was. Jack knew the Doctor. If he told the Doctor where the Master was and that he had Rose…

He pulled his hand away from hers and tightened his other one on her wrist before shooting down the hall, dragging her behind.

"Where are we going?" she asked, but he ignored her question.

He had to get them out of there. He couldn't let the Doctor find Rose…not before he finished training her. When she was ready then he could find her, but not now. No, definitely not now.

He pulled her into a room at the end of the hall and over to a wardrobe. He fumbled for the key with his free hand and then pulled it out to unlock the door.

"Is that?" she asked, glancing from the key to the wardrobe.

"The chameleon circuit works on mine," he said, unlocking the door and dragging her inside.

He noticed the look on her face and realized she must be taking in the differences between his TARDIS and the one she traveled in with the Doctor.

"It's a bit different from the one you're used to."

"Actually, I was thinking how similar it is."

He was halfway to the console, but her statement stopped him dead in his tracks. Similar? What was she talking about? There wasn't any coral. Everything was completely different.

"It looks nothing like the Doctor's TARDIS," he insisted.

"Oh, right. You wouldn't have seen the TARDIS after he regenerated."

"Regenerated?"

He couldn't have regenerated. The meta-crisis wouldn't look the same if he had. He was about to question her further when the TARDIS made a strange noise, which reminded him why he was there in the first place. He continued to the console and flipped a lever to start the time rotor.

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