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She is Returning

Summary - Rose Tyler returns home and is reunited with The Doctor but first she has to gather together his former companions to join him for the final battle.

Ch 8 - Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Sarah Jane stepped backwards "No… no" she said softly her hand covering her mouth "It can't be!" She thought to herself. Rose could see the fear in her eyes. "You know Davros?" she asked walking over to her.

"Yes" Sarah Jane whispered her reply.

"If someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives…could you then kill that child?" He asked her "We're talking about the Daleks. The most evil creatures ever invented. You must destroy them. You must complete your mission for the Time Lords!" She answered him strongly, on one level she knew it was wrong but she'd seen what that being was capable of and he needed to be destroyed. "Do I have that right? Simply touch one wire against the other and that's it. The Daleks cease to exisit. Hundreds of millions of people, thousands of generations can live without fear…in peace, and never even know the work Dalek" He said out loud mostly to himself thinking about over and over again. "Then why wait? If it was a disease or some sort of bacteria you were destroying, you wouldn't hesitate." She said to him. "But if I kill. Wipe out a whole intelligent life form, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks."

She remembered that day vividly, she remembered the Doctor's agony about killing off an entire race. She remembered the guilt he felt about destroying him, he even tried to save him. But she had thought that at least he had been destroyed and now she heard Rose Tyler utter that name, that awful name. She kept her hands over and mouth and tried to control her breathing. Rose and Jackie walked over to her and placed their hands on her shoulders and then Rose pulled her into a hug. Now it was her turn to lay her head on Rose's shoulder.

"So this Davros, he created the Daleks?" Jack asked

"Yes, he was a scientist a mad scientist. He believes he is the ruler of the universe, all universes" Rose answered.

"He destroyed his own race, he killed the ones that opposed him and turned the rest into emotionless soldiers" Sarah Jane continued. "He…the Doctor…was asked by the Time Lords to go back in time and kill Davros before he had the chance to make the Daleks." She paused and closed her eyes "He did, the ship was destroyed…I was there…"

Rose looked into the older women's eyes, she knew the fear she felt. When Davros came to parallel earth so many lives were lost and she would not let that happen here. The rest of them were looking around at each other. Wilf looked at Donna with worry in his eyes. "That woman Sarah Jane she fears him just by his name and the Doctor…he's hurt…" his sentence trailed off.

"This Director Tyler to Metis, do you have my position?" Rose spoke into her comm.

"Metis to Director Tyler, Yes Ma'am" was the reply.

"Take us up with the Tardis"

They all looked around at each other as they heard a loud popping sound. "Welcome aboard the Metis" Rose said walking out of the Doctor's bedroom, they all followed.

"Wisdom and thought" Wilf said.

"What?" Donna asked.

"The name Metis, she was the goddess of wisdom and thought" He answered.

Rose turned around smiled and nodded her head at him. "This is our tech ship, our brain behind the curtain" She said walking out the Tardis doors. They all looked around the ship; they saw they were in a bright room with light blue paneling and a white floor. They looked and saw on one wall the letters TWI Infirmary. Then they saw Doctors in lab coats and soldiers dressed in uniform standing at attention with their arms at their sides. "At ease" Rose told them and then they relaxed. She walked over to the Doctors and they followed her back into the Tardis.

Luke and Maria ran into the room and into the arms of Sarah Jane. She held on to them tightly as they started talking excitedly. "I think dad's in love with this ship" Maria told her "He was so amazed with all the technology; he was standing there with his mouth hanging open for ages"

"I'm sure it is quite impressive" Sarah Jane replied to her.

"It is mum; you should see what they can do!" Luke said excitedly "Why don't we have any of these things? The inter-transference device quite simple to make, all you have to is take the calibration and reset the zero moment point to the CPG then connect the control module to quasi-cortex molecular ion pump...and the transfer functions."

Sarah Jane just smiled at Luke as he went silent thinking about how to make the rest of the technology.

"Daddy, daddy" Screamed two more children that entered the room and jumped on top of Mickey.

Jack looked over surprised because the boy looked to be about seven years old and Rose was only gone for four years. But that thought was pushed to the back of his mind when he looked up at the next person that entered. He heard Donna gasp from behind him.

She walked over to Mickey and he stood up and kissed her. The girl let go of Mickey and clung to the women's leg. Mickey looked at the two of them, he knew how they felt but it was much more shocking coming face to face with, yourself. "Well it appears you two know a Martha Jones as well" he said "This would be an alternate version and my wife"

"Thank you for that lovely introduction, Mickey" She said playfully hitting him on the arm. "I know this is probably strange for you…it is for me too. I'm Martha Smith"

"Captain Jack Harkness" He said looking into the brown eyes of another Martha Jones, her voice was exactly the same and was wearing her hair the same way Martha did when he last saw her, up in a tight bun. She was wearing a military uniform with many medals and he saw the patch on her sleeve marking her Captain. He was talking to Captain Martha Smith instead of a Doctor Martha Jones.

"Captain Jack, I've heard of you Rose mentioned you quite a few times in her stories.

"Wilfred Mott" He said saluting her "And this is Donna Noble" he said pointing to her.

Donna was still shocked at seeing another Martha. "He said parallel world. I didn't really know what he meant, but he meant….parallel word…a world parallel to our own…with the same…people" she said still amazed. "Is there another…me here?" She asked.

"Yes" Rose answered walking out of the Tardis. "The other Donna Noble is a professor of Alien studies for the Torchwood Academy."

"I'm…she's a professor?" Donna asked shocked, she remembered wanting to be a teacher when she was little mostly to boss the other children around.

"Yes, she was working at MU but her knowledge is put to far better use saving the world, so Torchwood recruited her" Rose said.

"MU?" Donna asked with her eye brows raised.

"Mars University" Mickey replied

"MARS!" she shouted "I…she worked on Mars?" She asked.

"Yes" Rose replied.

"Do…does she have children?" Donna asked looking at Mickey's children who were now speaking to each other in weird language.

"Yes, a daughter named Emma, she's a Doctor" Rose answered and started talking to Mickey's children in the same language.

"They're speaking Martian" Mickey told her.

"Doctor Noble" Wilf said still taking everything in.

"Actually Doctor Jones" Mickey replied "She's married to Ianto Jones a Computer Specialist.

Jack was surprised to hear that name, he figured he should get too used to hearing familiar names. "Is he, Ianto on the ship with my Ianto?" he asked Rose.

"No, Ianto doesn't work for Torchwood" Was all she said.

He nodded and then smiled at the fact that there was a Doctor Jones after all. "How many ships did you bring with you?" he asked her.

"I brought a few fleets with me; your planet is categorized as level five"

"Level five?" Donna asked.

"Mostly harmless" Mickey answered.

Donna nodded her head in agreement that description seemed to fit.

"This planet is not equipped to handle the Daleks" Rose said, she'd been looking back towards the Tardis every few minutes.

"How is he, sweetheart?" Jackie asked walking over towards her daughter.

"They don't know, they are using every piece of tech we have to try and find out. He somehow has his hand that he lost in a jar, so that might be able to help" She said trying to convince her self to be hopeful.

"You know about his hand?" Donna asked her.

"Yes, I was there when lost it…on Christmas" Rose replied smiling thinking back to that Christmas it was one of her happiest. "He had just regenerated into the form all of you know and he could re-grow body parts if he loses them within twenty-four hours."

"You saw him grow a new hand?"

"I saw him grow a new body" Rose said with a smile "So the hand was strange, but I went through a lot that day. The hand didn't mean much in the end."

Donna nodded her head back and forth trying to imagine that.

"Alright then, we should go get your Martha Jones and get U.N.I.T's help." Rose said "Jack you should come with us to get Martha while Sarah Jane and I talk to the U.N.I.T leaders and the Brig." She said "Mickey take Donna and prepare the teams for battle, Wilf I would like you to go with Lt. Shepherd and my mum, they will take you down to the task force"

"What will I do there?" He asked.

"You have Military knowledge, share what you know"

"How can I help, my training was…."

"Every little thing helps, trust me. Your knowledge is just as good as everyone else on any of my ships"

Rose pressed a few buttons on her wrist band and she was covered in a green light, when it disappeared she was wearing the same black uniform as Alt-Martha. Jack was shocked at seeing Rose in full military uniform, she looked so different but it suited her. The main jacket had a TWI written on each lapel. The right side had Tyler stitched into it and the left had a full square of badges and metals ranking her as General. The thing Jack noticed right away was on the right sleeve of her uniform was a picture of two pointed ears and two yellow eyes. He still wanted to know what it meant.

"Jack, Sarah Jane, let's go" Rose said.

Tbc...