Chapter 2

The Doctor went through his mental to-do list. Get Rory, check. Take them on a date, check. Ruin date with alien stuff, check. Fix Amy, check… it ended there.

I really need to add more to that to-do list. Thought the Doctor. He really didn't like it when he let his thoughts wander. That led to remembering, and remembering was bad. So he made really long to-do lists that he had to keep up with.

He flipped a few more levers on the console. At the moment they were just floating around in the vortex.

There was a big band and the TARDIS shook. Rory fell forward and hit the railing on one if the ramps. "Sorry!" The Doctor called. He pulled the screen in front of him and studied it. Oh that was bad, really not good.

"Doctor, what was that?" Amy asked, walking into the console room. She was holding two cups filled with tea.

The TARDIS hit another bump and Amy's tea went everywhere. "Doctor!"

"Quiet Amelia, I'm working." He said, racing to the other side of the console to flip some more levers.

He ran back over to the screen and checked the coordinates. Oh, very not good. They were changing. They shouldn't be changing. He hadn't started the TARDIS.

"Doctor, you look worried." Amy stood next to him. "Is everything alright?"

"Everything's fine, Pond." He waved his hand in her face. The TARDIS hit another bump and the console sparked.

"It doesn't look fine." Said Amy, taking hold of the railing.

The TARDIS hit another bump and the console started sparking. "Hold on!" The Doctor yelled.

"Yeah, I think we get that!" Rory yelled.

Then all heck broke loose. The TARDIS started shaking violently and the console erupted in a shower of sparks.

The Doctor gripped the console with his left hand and piloted with his right. He looked at the screen and realized that the TARDIS was spinning around at violent speeds. He flipped one last lever and the TARDIS landed with a bang.

The sparks stopped. The Doctor studied the screen and his jaw dropped. It was October 11th, 2015 in London.

But this wasn't their London. The Doctor threw open the TARDIS doors and stepped outside, closely followed by Amy and Rory.

"Oh, thank goodness. It's just London." Said Rory.

"Look at the sky." Whispered the Doctor. The trio looked up to see that the sky was filled with hundreds of gray zeppelins.

"Are we in the future?" Asked Amy.

"Yes. It's October 11th, 2015. But this isn't our London." The Doctor replied.

"What do you mean?" Rory asked.

"I mean that this is an alternate universe." Said the Doctor.

"As in… another universe? Like, the one we don't live in?" Rory asked him. The Doctor nodded.

But this wasn't any alternate universe. This was her alternate universe. He looked back in the TARDIS and saw that it was out of power. They were going to be stuck here for a while.

Half of the Doctor was telling him that they should just sit here and wait for the TARDIS to recharge. The other half was screaming at him to go find her. Just to see her again, maybe make tings right.

Oh, what to do?

Rose secretary, Joanne, ran into her office. "Ma'am, Mr. Tyler would like to see you." She said.

Rose sighed and stood up. He walked past Joanne and made her way to the lift. She walked in and pressed the button that would take her to the top floor.

The lift dinged and the doors opened. Rose stepped into Pete's floor and walked to his desk. "Yes?" She asked.

"You didn't have to come to work today, you know. I know sad this day is to you, to all of us, but especially to you." Said Pete.

"I need something to do. I'll go visit his grave tonight. So, Joanne said you needed me." Rose said.

"Oh, yes! There was a spike of radiation and alien technology just outside of London. I was wondering if you could put a team together to check it out." Said Pete.

Rose nodded. She made to leave but Pete stopped her. "Oh, and Rose. This is for you." Pete handed her a little box wrapped in TARDIS blue velvet. She smiled at him and took the lift back to her office.

She sat down at her desk and un-wrapped the velvet. Inside were a key and a locked box. Rose inserted the key into the lock and opened the box. What she saw made her let out a sob. On the top was a little picture of her and John (the meta-crisis) at a theme park, each of them holding cotton candy. They both looked so happy.

Happy. Rose hadn't exactly felt happy in a long time. She removed the picture and looked inside.

There was a note. Rose picked it up. It read:

Rose, if you're reading this than that means Pete kept his promise and gave this to you exactly a year after I passed. I really hope you don't have to read this any time soon, but hey, I'm pretty jeopardy friendly. But if I know you, and I'm pretty sure I do, I know you are still upset over the fact that I'm dead. Don't be sad, I want you to be happy and live a good life. In this box are things that I've collected over the years that I think you'd like to have. Enjoy. –John

Rose set the letter down and rummaged through the box. Inside were key chains, prizes from amusement parks, and pictures. Rose put all of the stuff back into the box, closed it, and locked it. She re-wrapped it in the velvet and stuck the key onto her key ring. She put the box in her desk drawer.

She wiped the tears out of her eyes and called in a few people through her desk phone. When they were in the room she told them what they had to do.

"It may be dangerous. Pete said there was radiation, enough to make a big difference on our scanners, so I don't want you going out until tomorrow. It won't spread out into London, but if you guys get close enough it will harm you. So we'll let it clear out and you can go check it out. I'm telling you ahead of time so that you can get ready." Rose looked at each of them. "That's about it. Dismissed." They left her office.

Rose looked down at the chain around her neck. She played with the key that hung on the chain. She may have been good friends with John, she definitely cared about him, but she never loved him. She would always love the Doctor.

Her Doctor.

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Over and Out ~Greek-Whovian