Disclaimer: As per previous chapters.

Sanctuary for all...

The card is normal. And she is surprised by it. What had she expected, black card, bats maybe, at least a sign that this 'private research company' wasn't what it appeared to be. Yet the card is normal, and so was the policeman whose desk she'd swiped it from.

The card is blissfully normal, yet she can't help but feel disappointed. Correct address and everything.

The mansion however, is NOT what she considerers 'normal'- a tag that never seemed to fit anything- What was normal? White picket fence, Square lawn. 2.5 kids

Fixed postal address?

She is none of these things, and has a feeling deep down in her stomach that she will never be 'normal'- and she doesn't care.

The mansion however, is still not normal. It belonged in an old medieval story book with knights and surly peasants. It looks like a church, but holds an air of mystery and safety that escapes most churches.

It feels of Sanctuary.

True, Honest-to-God safety. And she loves it.

She enters, without alarms going off (-all it took was a polite 'can I come in' to the EM field, curtesy of her wonderful Sonic screwdriver) and walks up the front door.

And she knocks.

The door opens.

If the Bigfoot is shocked by her, he doesn't show it. Instead he opens the door and steps back, allowing her to enter, and does nothing but nod when she requests to see whomever is in charge.

He takes her to a library, and the Sanctuary is already making her feel at peace.

Bigfoot knocks, pauses, and then enters when she calls out an answer to their unspoken question.

The woman sits with a book and a cup of tea, looking serene and surprised at her sudden appearance. Yet she closes the book and nurses the cup in her hands, changing her body posture to make her feel less threatened.

"Sit."

Rose Tyler sits down in one of the couches and pulls her legs up so she sits cross-legged. She smiles and speaks amazingly calm.

"Rose Tyler."

The woman tilts her head slightly to the side, as she examines her. A young blonde woman wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt proudly displaying the Union jack doesn't exactly look threatening. But this woman has the look on her face like she knows that even a monster the size and shape of a 'cute widdle bunny' could be deadly.

"Dr. Helen Magnus."

She can't help but smile at this brunette woman, who helped the creatures who went bump in the night, protected them, and cared about them. Helen was like a younger, female version of the Doctor.

"This place is fantastic." She suddently explodes, before she realises that perhaps the Great Bad Wolf should have acted more mature, still Dr Magnus smiles.

"Thank you," she says with some traces of amusement before shifting into a more serious mood "May I ask why you have come here?"

"Sanctuary for all...," She clears her voice and then looks up at the Doctor. Confusion visible on her face. "Such a noble, honest cause. I came to ask Why? Why do you do it?"

For a few moments Dr Helen Magnus looks slightly angry, before she composes herself.

"They deserve every right we have."

"I never said otherwise," Rose counters, "everything you do here, is Fantastic! Brilliant!" she pauses again, "Molto bene!"

Helen frowned at the girl, "I'm not following your question."

"Why do YOU do it." Rose looks at her with such accusation that she doesn't have time to respond before Rose starts talking again.

"I mean. Normal, Usual, Typical, Ignorant, Stupid, Wonderful, Humans. When they believe in something, they twitter, sign a petition, wear funny t-shirts, hold up a banner. They don't do this!" Rose gestured up and all around. "Why do you do this?"

There was silence for a few moments, before Helen replied.

"Perhaps I'm not human,"

Rose scoffs and waves her hand in a 'yeah, whatever' gesture, then sighs, before responding.

"Join the club."

Rose toys with her laces of her converse, then frowns.

"Besides. You're human, partly. Maybe 97.5- no 97.6 % human. Just a smidgen of vampire blood, eh, happens to the best of us."

"Who are you?"

The blonde girl bites the inside of her cheek and looks incredibly crestfallen.

"Rose Tyler- I thought we'd already established that?"

"Perhaps that wasn't the correct question." Helen looks into her eyes, and seems to see her very soul "What are you?"

Her eyes glow gold and Rose looks away, at the huge library stacked high with books that contained treasure troves of information.

"I am Bad Wolf." She says simply. "I protect my children."

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