"my girls" Jackie shouted gleefully pulling Rose and Gwen into a hug, kissing their cheeks, the Doctor was trying to slip by when Jackie turned to him "you!" she snapped, the Doctor gulped trying to think of what he did wrong when Jackie pulled him into a hug and kissed him sloppy "good to see you"
"Urgh Jackie germs" the Doctor muttered wiping his face, ignoring Rose's glare.
"we got a visitor coming" Jackie said happily ignoring the gift Gwen had handed to her, Gwen looked mildly annoyed but was rather amused at her mum's good mood. "Guess who? Granddad Prentice"
Both Rose and Gwen looked pale.
"What's wrong?" the Doctor asked
"Mum has gone mental" Rose said
"Nothing new then" the Doctor said
"Doctor…Granddad Prentice died…years ago" Gwen said
The Doctor froze. And then a shadow appeared, and Jackie was beaming like mad.
"What? What did I do? Was it the Ghostbusters thing I did earlier?" the Doctor asked looking confused as Gwen and Rose were grinning insanely
"You left the estate" Gwen said
"Yeah…"
"With mum still on board"
"Yeah…WHAT!"
The Doctor turned to see an angry Jackie sitting "if we land on mars I will kill you" she snarled. Rose and Gwen were giggling like mad.
Torchwood. They were behind the 'ghost shifts'. Cybermen and daleks…they were behind everything. Rose was stuck down there and Jackie was taken away by the cybermen, and Pete Tyler has returned. The Doctor saved Rose and Mickey from the daleks and came up with a plan to save earth…he then sent Rose and Gwen away.
"He's not doing that to me again" Rose hissed pressing down on the button
"ROSE" Jackie shouted
"They're not leaving me behind again either" Gwen muttered copying Rose's actions
"GWEN" Jackie wailed "get them back, get them back they're your girls"
Pete shook his head "no they're not." He said "Gwen isn't even yours"
Jackie sobbed into Mickey's shoulder, she didn't even get to say goodbye to them.
Rose's hand was slipping from the lever.
"HOLD ON!" the Doctor screamed looking panicked
"ROSE" Gwen yelled, she shifted her hand leaning forward holding her hand out to Rose, Rose looked panicked hand struggled to give Gwen her hand. Gwen's pale hand clasped over Rose's peach coloured hand. With all her might Gwen hauled Rose over to her.
Gwen held on to Rose tightly, burying her head into her sister's shoulder. The strong pull stopped but Gwen refused to let go, she began to shake and cry.
"Can't lose you Rosie" she murmured
The Doctor walked up behind them and held the pair of them. They stayed there for hours. Gwen moved away and hacked into the computers a trick Mickey taught her when she was fifteen and bored.
"There are two more Torchwoods out there" she said "I don't have all the details just the locations…someone needs to investigate"
My name is Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice Tyler, I had lived on earth for 39 years…all right 40. I was a single mother to two girls, one adopted. It was a simple life…then my girls met the Doctor. Then Torchwood came. And then the war on earth. This is how I died.
"Mum"
I heard my Rose in my dreams. I told Pete and Mickey because they met the Doctor and they know anything is possible. In my dream it said to follow the voice
"Mum"
So we packed a car, and drove, and drove and then one day…
"Mum"
"Rose? Oh Rose sweetheart you look like a ghost" I said
Rose looked behind herself and suddenly her image grew stronger, looking like a proper live person.
"Sorry about that, we haven't got long, just two minutes"
"Where are you?"
"TARDIS, the Doctor is burning up a star so I can say goodbye properly"
"Where's Gwen honey?"
"She's on earth…doing some business; we'll be picking her up when she's finished"
"And then the three of you will keep travelling"
She nodded, a tear falling down on her cheek.
"I got a job" I said quickly "I'm working with your father in Torchwood, it's isn't much…but it keeps me busy"
"Jackie Tyler Defender of the Earth" Rose said beaming "proud of you mum"
"I'm proud of you dear, you're a true defender" I said
"How's Mickey?" Rose asked looking behind my shoulder to where the dark bloke stood.
"Good. There's four of us now, me, Mickey, Pete and the baby"
"You're?"
I nodded
"A baby brother or sister" Rose whispered "tell them about me and Gwen"
"And the Doctor" I added, a promise the baby needs to know every amazing thing it's sisters did.
"You're dead mum" Rose said "officially, we had to add your name on the list with Mickey's. So many died that day…" she looked at her watch "love you mum"
"Love you my baby girl, tell Gwen"
"I will"
And then she disappeared.
The Doctor placed a hand on Rose's shoulder; she sighed and leaned into him, a few tears falling down her cheek.
"Where to next?" she whispered
"No idea…we never did get to go to Barcelona"
The Doctor turned to see a bride
"What?"
"What?"
"What?"
"Who are you? What is this place?"