Uff, finally this one is finished. I had a few block outs while writing it, but somehow I managed to do it. Yay. Heh. Anyway, as always, thank you for being awesome and following this little story of mine. Here you go.

Oh. And. Disclaimer : I do not own anything which could be illegally owned. Like Doctor Who. And do I even need to write this?

With a wheezing sound the blue police box landed outside the Powell Estate. Shortly after, the TARDIS doors swung open and Rose stepped out.

As she breathed in the familiar air of her home city, she felt her heart tighten. She missed this place so much. And the last time she was here, all her thoughts were on the Doctor. So in the end, she didn't take in her surroundings all that well.

"How long I've been gone?" Rose asked as she heard him coming behind her.

"About 12 hours." The Doctor smiled at her proudly.

"You sure you didn't get a few years wrong this time?" she teased him.

"Oi! I'm sure. Go and check for yourself." He sounded a slightly bit hurt, but soon a smile returned on his face. "What're you gonna tell them?"

"Oh, you know. That I have been to 5 billions years in the future, saw the Earth explode and then I met Charles Dickens in 1869." She shrugged. The Doctor just snorted at that.

"No, I'm just gonna tell her that I spent the night at Shareen's," she ended lightly. Although, maybe telling mum the truth would have been wiser. Oh well, she is gonna learn it anyway.

"Besides, I have already left a few messages for her from the TARDIS, so she shouldn't be that worried, right?" she asked mockingly. "Unless, they didn't reach the recipient. That wouldn't be any surprise," she joked.

The Doctor frowned. "Hurry up, go on. You have been standing here for too long. Don't make your mother wait." Feeling clearly offended, he tried to dismiss the subject. He could hear Rose chuckle as she ran towards her flat.

Just outside the doors, Rose came to a stop. She gave herself a few deep breaths, mentally preparing herself for her mother's chiding. She warned her mother about possibly being away for a month and left a few messages, but they should have arrived in the few days after her departure. Thus they wouldn't be much of help. The remaining eleven months Jackie would have been left without a word from her daughter. Rose sighed. She so didn't wait for this part.

"I'm back!" she called out in the hallway.

No answer.

"Mum? Are you inside?" Okay, that was new. She was already starting to feel worried, when she spotted her mother casually drinking tea in the kitchen.

"Look who is back," Jackie said bitterly.

"Eh? Yeh, well. That's me." Rose laughed nervously. She inspected the kitchen table and saw no fliers of her Missing.

Weird. Could it be that the Doctor got the time right this time 'round?

"I thought you never would return from your travelling," she spat the last world with disgust. "You disappear one day, making me only one call and then those few messages coming throughout the months. Do you feel so little of your mother?" Jackie asked her with hurtful expression.

"Ah. Um. I don't!" Rose tried to form words. So she was gone for a year. But the messages? Of course. How could the TARDIS get them in time. They must have arrived months delayed.

Seconds later, the Doctor burst out the doors.

"It's not 12 hours. It's 12 months. You have been gone a whole year. Sorry." He laughed nervously.

"I noticed." Rose shot him a look and sighed.

"So tell me then, where were you travelling?" Jackie began her interrogation. "For days and weeks and months I have been left alone. Wondering what could have possibly had happened to make you run away from home in such a state."

"I didn't run away from home, mum. As you said, I was travelling." Rose tried to reason.

"What the hell does that mean, travelling? That's not sort of answer."

"That's what I was doing." Blimey, how did the conversation came to be the same as the last time.

"When your passport's still in the drawer? It's just one lie after another!" Jackie shouted.

"But I phoned you," Rose said innocently.

"One phone call and a few messages in a whole year?"

"Actually, it's my fault. I sort of er...employed her as my...companion." The Doctor tried to defend Rose carefully.

"Companion," Jackie repeated bitterly. "Are you using my daughter for your sexual needs?" Jackie shot an aggressive look right at him.

"No!" Rose and the Doctor both shook their heads in disbelief. Great, so one way or another, officer or her mum, it still comes to that. Is that's how they look like to them?

"Then what is it?" Jackie came forward. "You come one day at my house, make my living room a mess, and the next thing I know, my daughter somehow disappears while travelling. And how old are you? 40? 45?" she spat her words. "Who are you anyway?"

"As I said. I am the Doctor," he said nonchalantly.

"I'm asking for your name!" Jackie gave him a warning look.

"I just told you that." He looked at her in bewilderment.

"Is that right? Then stitch this, mate."

SLAP

Rose looked at her mother as shocked as the Doctor himself.

"I can't believe she still slapped you," Rose exclaimed while waving her legs on the roof.

"Still?" the Doctor asked, puzzled. As always with Rose Tyler.

"She got all those messages, but she still found fault in you." She chuckled. "You were being rude," she teased him.

"No, I was not." The Doctor defended himself. "She asked for my name, and I did tell her," he cried. "And I'm never rude. Why would you say that?"

"Not just yet," she muttered under hear breath.

"What was it?" the Doctor asked.

Rose just shook her head. "You should know, that, The Doctor, doesn't really work on humans. In the end, you kinda asked for that slap." She smiled at him, pitying.

"Asked for it? Since when do I ask for slaps!?" he exclaimed. "900 years in time and space and I have never been slapped by someone's mother," he grumbled. Pause. "What are you gonna do now?"

Wait for the next spaceship to hit the Thames.

"Well, we gonna have to come for some visits. I can't put her through that again," she only said.

"So you are still coming with me?" he asked in relief.

"Why wouldn't I? Oh. Right. I guess I do have a bit of reasons why," she teased and the Doctor frowned. "So, you are 900 years old?" she asked softly, fully well knowing the answer.

"Yeh," he answered seriously. Rose just nodded in understanding.

"A bit young, aren't you?" she mocked him.

"I'm though!" he cried. Then his face became serious. "I'm sorry. I made things difficult for you and your mother. But she can't become part of this."

"Maybe she can," Rose said softly, looking him in the eyes.

"She is not coming with us!" the Doctor shot back. "I don't do families." Then he turned his head back to facing the scenery.

"I'm gonna use those same words against you one day." She pointed at him, chuckling.

And soon enough, the spaceship engine's sound could be heard in the air. As it passed above their heads, it flew through the Big Ben, finally crashing into the Thames.

"Here comes our prey." Rose grinned at the Doctor and he laughed out loud.

They rushed towards the path the spaceship passed by seconds ago and soon found themselves trapped in a jam. All the roads were blocked, with people pacing about and military officers maintaining the order of things.

"I can't believe it! This is fantastic,"the Doctor said in a voice full of excitement.

"Yeh, but we are trapped and unable to get close enough as we are now." She smirked at him.

"What are you suggesting, Madcap-y?" he asked with expectation.

"You are still gonna use it, aren't you?" she asked him in a slightly disappointed voice.

"What?" the Doctor asked her in bewilderment.

"Madcap-y."

"'Course I will. What would be the nickname for, if only used once?" he asked her in an obvious tone.

"Alright. Well, this is not gonna work," Rose exhaled. "We gotta do this the human way. Let's go back to my mum's and watch it on telly." She grinned.

"You got the brain, Rose Tyler," he said in a scoffing manner and it made Rose laugh. "Sometimes," he ended, making her scowl.

LONDON UFO CRASH

ALIEN EMERGENCY HELPLINE

Were all over the news. It made Rose restless. She wanted herself back in the action, as she already knew all the details of the fake alien crash the world was so concerned about. On the other hand, Slitheen were something to be worried about.

"They found the body. I've been informed, that the body has been found," the voice in the telly reported.

Rose looked back at the Doctor and found his eyebrows raised with a smile making its way on his face.

The body.

The poor little creature. Rose wondered if dying was the best solution for it. If any association would have gotten hands of it, he would have suffered a great deal of fear. A lot more than what he had felt while running away from the lab. Rose hated it. Hated that even with such a great knowledge of things, she was useless in some ways. And she hated all the more to think that death could be a solution. Of course, it would be even worse if Torchwood would get hands on him.

Torchwood.

Rose felt a stab in her heart. And it hurt quite a lot. She wondered when she would get over it. At the same time she watched as the Doctor was trying to pull the TV controller from neighbour kid's grasp. He looked so adorable with the child, that Rose chuckled. And the next second was shaking her head, trying to shake her thoughts away.

When she looked up to the Doctor again, she found him looking at her with one of his you must be mental expressions. Rose frowned at once.

After sunset, the Doctor was ready to leave on his own private inspection. This time Rose wanted to come too. Hence, after informing her mother that she is going to meet Mickey, she carefully left the flat before being noticed by the Doctor. She rushed to the place where the TARDIS was parked and waited patiently for the Doctor to come.

She hid herself on one side of the TARDIS, so when the Doctor unlocked the doors, Rose was left unnoticed.

1...

2...

3...

She counted and rushed inside the TARDIS at the same time making the Doctor jump in surprise, therefore accidently pressing the last button to dematerialise the TARDIS.

"What are you doing here?" He looked at her in bewilderment.

"I knew you would be up to something. Don't think you can make me stay out of it," she chided him while pointing a finger at him.

"I'm guessing Mickey is not with you?" He frowned at her.

"Nope." She pointed the "p". "But we'll see him soon." Before the Doctor could comment, she added. "So, what's the plan?" Rose grinned, making the Doctor answer her with a grin of his own, in full excitement.

They parked the TARDIS in some kind of storage room. And it was quite cramped in there.

"Where are we exactly?" Rose whispered.

"In the hospital where the alien pilot has been taken," he whispered her back with a smile while unlocking the doors with his sonic screwdriver.

With the doors opened, they found themselves in a room full of military officers. It took them a while to react, but soon they were at arms, pointing their guns at them.

"Excellent landing," Rose whispered to the Doctor with half of her mouth, seconds later smiling innocently at the men in front.

"Ah." Was all the Doctor said while smiling at the threatening guns in front.

Then a scream echoed somewhere distant and the Doctor was once again in charge. "Defence part delta. Come on!" he commanded the men, taking Rose's hand in his and running ahead.

While running in the long hallway, hand in hand, Rose tried to hide her smile, but failed most of the time. She loved this. Running together with her Doctor. And she will make sure that he will not be able to drop her somewhere while he was out there alone in the action. When they reached the room where they heard the scream come from, they saw a woman crawling on the floor with eyes full of fear.

"It's alive!" she said with a trembling voice.

"Spread out. Tell the perimeter it's a lock down," the Doctor instructed the men behind.

"What does it look like?" the Doctor asked the woman while kneeling beside her.

Clang.

"It's still there," the Doctor exclaimed.

After hearing the sound, Rose followed it. "Rose! Come back here, we don't fully know what's out there," the Doctor warned her.

But she knew. So she didn't stop.

Clang.

The sound of some metal being dropped echoed in the room. Rose crawled on the floor, following the sound. She could feel the Doctor just behind her. She guessed he understood, that there was no way to convince her to back down, so the only thing he could do was look after her back, in case she was put in danger.

She peeked out of the corner of the table at the same time as the pig creature. As it made an oink sound, Rose greeted it. "Hello there," she greeted him softly. The Doctor stiffened at once, as he was yet to see what Rose was seeing and put his arms on her shoulders in defence.

And that action alone was enough for the pig creature to jump and start running from the possible threat.

"No!" Rose stood up at once. "Don't run away!" she cried.

Click.

The sound of the gun being loaded was heard. "Don't shoot!" the Doctor ordered.

The pig was running around the room aimlessly, when Rose quickly made a jump on it and wrapped her arms around the creature. It tried to struggle, but as Rose soothed it to calm down, it ceased to try to get away. Everyone in the room looked at her and the pig in her arms in astonishment.

When the military squad was dismissed, the Doctor, Rose and the woman scientist called Tosh made their way to the holding cell room. The pig creature was put under bars in some sort of cage and it seemed like it was starting to get nervous again. Rose tried to calm it down as much as possible while the Doctor was talking with the woman.

"I just assumed that's what alien's look like. But you're saying it's an ordinary pig? From Earth?" Tosh was still in denial.

"More like a mermaid." The Doctor's face shadowed. "It was genetically modified into a Humanoid form with an enhanced brain."

"So it's a fake," Tosh stated. "A pretend. But the technology augmenting its brain... it's like nothing on Earth. It's alien. Aliens are faking aliens...Why would they do that?" They could hear the woman's voice as the Doctor and Rose left the room.

"We got to get him out of here," Rose said in all seriousness.

"Yeh."

"Have you got a plan yet?" she asked, expectation on her face.

"Nope."

"Well, better make one soon. We don't have much time until they start some more dangerous experiments on it." Rose and the Doctor locked their eyes for a moment and rushed towards the TARDIS.

As they landed in Rose's neighbourhood, she saw her mum on the monitor with Mickey right beside her. Here it comes.

"My mum's here," Rose said simply.

When the Doctor turned around, he saw Jackie and Mickey already inside of the TARDIS. "Oh, that's just what I need," he said bitterly. "Don't you dare make this place domestic." The Doctor pointed a finger at Rose.

"You've ruined my life, Doctor," Mickey started. "I just mentioned it once, that maybe you have been sold in some kind of alien land." He pointed at Rose. "And they held me for questioning 5 times, thinking I was part of Human trafficking organisation because of you." He looked back at the Doctor.

"See what I mean? Domestic," the Doctor said bitterly.

"I bet you don't even remember my name!" Mickey came forward in a stance like he was looking for a fight.

"Rickey," the Doctor said dismissively.

"It's Mickey." Mickey frowned.

"No, it's Rickey," the Doctor said in a voice like he knew better.

"I think I know my own name." Mickey didn't budge.

"You think you know your own name. How stupid are you?" The Doctor looked down at Mickey from where he stood.

"Don't start a fight here." Rose rolled her eyes and saw how Jackie was already making a run through the TARDIS doors. Go. Call the authorities. Inform them of another alien.

Rose shook her head. "You aren't going after her?" She heard the Doctor ask.

"Not like I can stop her." She faked a sigh.

Moments later, Rose found the Doctor and Mickey already bickering with each other.

"So, what're you doing down there?" Mickey asked the Doctor as he was making some adjustments to the TARDIS under her console.

"Rhikey," the Doctor answered him with sonic screwdriver in his mouth.

"Mickey," Mickey corrected him once again.

"Rickey," the Doctor repeated as soon as he pulled the screwdriver out of his mouth. Mickey just rolled his eyes. "If I were to tell you, what I was doing to the control's of my friendly magnificent time ship...would you even begin to understand?" he ended with a sneer.

"I suppose not-"

"Then shut it." The Doctor smiled at him coldly.

Clearly losing the "fight" Mickey came to stand besides Rose. "Some friend you've got there." Pointing at the Doctor's direction.

Rose just smiled at him sadly. "I'm sorry for putting you through this." And she was. Mickey was a good guy and she wanted him happy.

"Alright." Mickey turned his gaze away.

"I am though!" Rose pleaded with her eyes for him to understand.

Mickey looked back at her. "Every day, I looked. On every street corner, wherever I went, looking for a blue box for a whole year. " His voice clearly hurt.

"I'm sorry." Was all Rose could say.

"Did you even miss me?" Mickey looked at her with eyes full of last hope.

She didn't see much of Mickey back in the parallel universe. He was always rushing about, helping people in need. And she was so proud of him.

"Yeh. I did miss you," she said fondly.

She cleared her throat while turning her eyes away on the grating. "Look, Mickey...once this is all over...can we go have a cup of tea or something?" Rose said slowly.

Mickey beamed at her words. Sigh. She hated to give him false hopes, but not like she could have that talk with him in front of the Doctor. She had to let Mickey free. And the sooner the better. Since she knew, that whether she lives a few days, a few years, or a few decades, her life will always be dedicated to her Doctor.

Mickey was already leaning in to kiss Rose when the Doctor's voice startled him. She breathed in relief and gratitude. "Got it. HAHA!" the Doctor exclaimed lively, making Rose and Mickey come closer to the monitor he was now looking all madly at.

They learnt that the spaceship originally flew into space from the Earth itself and that it was possible it has been there for a while now, waiting for the right moment.

They watched the News and the Doctor saw a few familiar faces from the UNIT, who were pointed out by Mickey in all proud manner.

"There's aliens out there and fake aliens. We want to keep this alien out of the mix," the Doctor ended, pointing at his chest. "I'm going undercover."

"Or straight in the spotlight," Rose muttered, making Doctor shot her a questioning look, which Rose just shrugged at.

"And eh, better keep the TARDIS out of site. Rickey! You've got a car - you can do some driving."

"Where to?!" Mickey asked.

"The roads are clearing. Let's go and have a look at that spaceship," the Doctor said as he left through the TARDIS door.

At that moment TARDIS was already surrounded by police and military, and lights were shot at them with loudspeaker echoing in the neighbourhood.

Mickey made a run from it, making the corner under the trash bin as his hideout.

"Take me to your leader," the Doctor exclaimed all happy with hands put in defence mode. Shortly after, they were put in the police car and, as the Doctor said, escorted to 10 Downing Street.

Giggling and laughing could be heard outside, echoing from the driving police car.

As they got out the police car, they found themselves once again in a full spotlight. All paparazzi going around, making pictures, asking questions made Rose feel a bit tired. She was not very thrilled to meet her old friends Slitheen again. Although, making a visit to 10 Downing Street once more before they blow it up was worth it. It seemed the Doctor was keen on blowing things up. And he dared to blow up Her Majesty's headquarters. She still couldn't believe it.

Once they made their way inside some kind of big waiting room, the man, Rose could remember from the previous time, came up to the Doctor and gave him his ID card.

"Here's your ID card. I'm sorry, your companion doesn't have clearance." He pointed at Rose.

"I don't go anywhere without her," the Doctor answered him like it was the obvious, while looping the ID card around his neck.

"You are the code 9, not her. I'm sorry, Doctor." He tried to reason. "She will have to stay outside."

"She's staying with me." The Doctor refused to budge. That made Rose smile. Oh, she loved to see him like that.

"It's alright, you go," Rose told him with a smile.

"Are you sure?" The Doctor was still sceptical about it.

"Yeh, I'll just wait for you to come back...or go investigate something else..." Rose added innocently.

"Don't go looking for trouble!" The Doctor gave her a warning look.

"I'll be alright, Doctor," she told him fondly.

"Okay. I'll see you then." And with a quick last glance he turned and exited the room.

The previous man was already trying to make Rose sit down and wait for the Doctor, when Harriet Jones interrupted him, telling him that she would look after her. Good ol' Harriet.

After leaving the room, Harriet introduced herself and soon after she told Rose of all the things she had seen recently - burst out in tears. After soothing the woman, she held as a dear friend, they resumed their walking through the hallway.

As they continued walking, Rose disappeared into her own world of thoughts. Vinegar. Maybe with some vinegar they could defend themselves from Slitheen Blaine. She needed to find the kitchen. Wait. Did 10 Downing Street even had a kitchen? And anyway. Could she just kill her off in cold blood? She needed a second chance. They gave it to her, by maker her an egg. Could she just take that chance from her?

"Kitchen or no kitchen." Rose didn't notice how she started muttering out loud.

"Young lady, I don't understand how could you be thinking about food in a moment like this," Harriet stated in disbelief. "How would you even be able to stomach anything!?"

"It's no-" Rose began.

"Throw those thoughts away. We got more important things at hands." Harriet Jones cut her off sharply.

"No, but really-" Rose tried to reason, but was soon pushed inside the room. Great. She was here again. Her glance quickly fell on the wardrobe at the end of the room. She was sure that the very prime minister's body was laying there at this moment, waiting until someone opens the doors, so that it could fall out. Rose winced at the scene she remembered.

She started blabbering about something alien and signals as she made her way near the wardrobe and with a deep breath opened the doors - prime minister falling out of it. Harriet gasped at that.

Soon enough, the man caught up to them and was pacing inside the room unhappily. "Harriet, you can't just take people under your control like that-" He saw the Prime Minister on the ground. "Oh, my God! It's the Prime Minister," he breathed. Rose was already looking frantically at the doors, waiting for Blaine to show up.

"Uh..." A sly voice echoed through the doors. "Has someone been naughty?" Her figure could be seen in the shadows. Rose frowned as Blaine closed the doors.

"That's impossible." The man was still trying to make some sense. "He left this afternoon. The Prime Minister left Downing Street, he was driven away!"

"And who told you that? Hmm?" Slitheen woman was slowly making her way further inside the room. "Mee," she sang as she pulled her zipper to show her true form. When she was about to grab the man in front, Rose tried to push the Slitheen away, but unsuccessfully. Blaine sharply pushed Rose away, making her fly into the wardrobe's doors, wincing at the pain on the head.

Okay, it was time she started worrying.

to be continued...

Don't know what you think about me saving the Space Pig, but I just couldn't bare to kill it off. Before I knew it, Rose was already running towards it and soothing it, and I just couldn't make it break free from her grip to be shot...it's just...just...

Anyway, please let me know what you think of all of this.