During the next week, a few things changed. The Doctor was released from the medi-bay as a patient though he still spent his nights in their caring for their daughters. Cerys was still holding her own and Martha was planning on releasing her within another week as long as she continued to do well. Kui'la, on the other hand, continued to struggle. She wasn't gaining weight as quickly as her sister and still required to have her meal supplemented by the tube. Though the babies were only a week apart in conception and born the same day, the Doctor came to the conclusion that it was Cerys human side that allowed her to be born early while Kui'la being a full Time Lord struggled with the shorter time period. Still, everyone involved in her care was hopeful that she would go on to live a completely normal life, despite her difficult beginning.

During that week, Mickey also signed on as the newest member of Torchwood. When Jack first started Torchwood three, he never imagined having a team larger than three or four members. Now he had five, plus the Doctor, even if he really didn't count. He did his own projects around the hub and Jack was under no illusion that he was the Doctor's boss or had any say in the projects. Then there was Martha who was talking about switching over full time in order to help with the care of the twins and to take over the medical side of the Torchwood staff so that Owen could focus on the lab work. Jack didn't tell the Doctor that one of the reasons she was eager to leave UNIT was so that she could be closer to Mickey and that he had already found them in a closet together. Not that he was looking, nor did he offer to join in and get slapped.

Both Martha and Owen took time out of their days to speak with Rose for an hour at a time in the morning and the evening. They both took notes, comparing the information that they received. It quickly became obvious that Rose was lying to them and playing games. She would tell Owen a story about her childhood, then turn around and tell Martha a story that contradicted the first. In the course of the week, she had claimed to have broken both her legs, her arms, and her wrist before she was ten to Owen, while telling Martha she had never broken a bone in her life but had sprained her ankle when she was eleven. During one memorable session, she spoke of all the times and places that Jack had forced himself upon her when they traveled together on the TARDIS and kept the story up for the next session.

"Now apparently I slept with her also," Jack seethed as he watched her lying on the CCTV to Owen. He looked over at the Doctor who was taking a rare break from tending their daughters. He had been working hard on the rift manipulator but had turned his attention to the CCTV at Rose's words.

"He drug me to the Doctor's room and made me lay on his bed. I tried to fight him, but he told me that if I kept it up, he told me he would kill me," Rose sobbed, her voice cracking as she spoke. There were no tears in her eyes even if she kept trying to wipe them away. The Doctor raised an eyebrow at Jack as he moved closer to the monitor.

"She might not be lying after all," The Doctor whispered to himself finally.

"So you believe that I raped her," Jack questioned him.

"No, but I believe that something did happen to her when she was jumping between the universes. She isn't the same woman that I left on that beach three years ago, she is older and almost seems separated from her emotions. It is possible that she is telling us the only way that she knows how. By making it sound like a lie so that she doesn't have to relive what happened to her," The Doctor explained to Jack. He stared at the screen as Rose went quiet.

"Are you ever going to let me out of here?" Rose questioned Owen.

"Not until we are ready to transport you back to the other universe," Owen replied. Rose stormed over to the glass that separated her from Owen. She raised her fist as if she were going to hit it, then changed her mind.

"I still don't understand why you are keeping me prisoner. I came here to talk to the Doctor and then Jack lied to have me locked away. I can't believe you would even listen to him after everything he has done. He is a con artist and it is only a matter of time before you lose your life defending him. I can help you stop him, you just have to let me out," Rose begged Owen. Owen didn't move to open the cell door. He had heard this from her every single session from the beginning. He had even discussed it with Jack. Jack didn't deny that he had once been a conman, but Owen trusted Jack with his life and nothing Rose had told him had changed his mind. "Please, he is going to kill me if you don't."

"Rose, we've already discussed this. You are in this cell because you tried to kidnap a child and the Doctor and Jack are only trying to help you. Now if you don't have anything else to say that isn't regarding Jack, I am going to inform Ianto that it is time for your supper," Owen told her as he looked at his watch. They had gone over their usual hour as she spoke about Jack.

"Please, listen to me," Rose cried out as Owen stood. She yelled for him to listen as he headed up the stairs. As soon as he was out of sight, though, she stopped. Looking at the camera, she blew it a kiss before skipping over to her bed.

"How soon can we move her?" Jack questioned as he clenched his fist.

"I am not taking the babies between the universes. I will set up a place in the lab next to the autopsy room, that can be used as a temporary neonatal unit for Kui'la. Once that is done, we will take Rose back to the second universe," The Doctor answered. Standing up he headed to the door.

-DW-

It took the Doctor only two days to set up the room, as he worked long hours and moved stuff off of the TARDIS. Martha agreed to stay behind and care for the babies while their fathers dealt with Rose. The Doctor was reluctant to leave even for a short time. He was going to have to be very careful not to skip time for more than and even that seemed to long to him. He actually found himself despising Rose for making him leave his babies, regardless of how short of a time it was.

"Ready?" Jack questioned as he entered the lab. The Doctor looked up from where he was sitting cuddling both babies close to his chest.

"I don't want to go," He whispered. Jack moved over to the chair, kneeling down next to the Doctor.

"I don't want to either Doc. We can leave Rose locked in the cells until she dies of old age, if that is what you want. I think we should take her back and let her get the help she needs, though. What do you think?" Jack questioned. The Doctor sighed. Jack was right, even if he didn't want him to be. Reluctantly, he put their daughters down, then headed to the TARDIS. Slowly, he walked around the controls setting the coordinates. As he did, Jack came on with Ianto and Rose. She was standing between the two of them, with her hands cuffed behind her back and her ankles shackled together. Mickey followed with Jackie. Tosh and Owen were staying behind in the hub to help Martha out if she needed it.

"Ready?" Jack asked as he held tightly to Rose's arm.

"Let's get this over with," The Doctor replied without his usual enthusiasm. Glaring at Rose, he threw the handbrake and braced himself. Jack saw the movement and managed to grab the railing just in time as everyone else was thrown to the floor.