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Chapter 2: New Earth
The next morning, The Doctor, Rose, Jack and Mickey ate breakfast of toast in silence. The Doctor and Rose had tea, Mickey had coffee and Jack had juice.
The Doctor was trying hard not to laugh which made Jack and Mickey look curiously at him. Rose just rolled her eyes.
"Rose?" Mickey turned to Rose slowly on his chair, trying not to wince.
"Mmm?" Rose fixed her eyes on Mickey slowly over the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, the book she was reading.
"Do you know why the Doctor is about to piss himself laughing?" Mickey asked, eyeing the Doctor cautiously.
Rose contemplated on telling them for a minute before answering.
"We heard you and Jack have sex in Jack's room last night." Rose replied calmly before taking a swing of her tea, one eye gazing at Mickey and Jack to see their reactions.
Rose and the Doctor snorted when Mickey turned a bright shade of red. Jack just eyed the pair with a smug smile.
"And why the hell do you look like you've just swallowed a bird?" The Doctor asked with a raised eyebrow, silently hoping they would get a reaction out of Jack that looked something like Mickey's.
"It's worm and besides, we heard you two going on like rabbits last night. Speak for yourself." Jack replied with a smug smile.
Jack was surprised when Rose and the Doctor just smiled softly before the Doctor leaned over to give Rose a kiss on the cheek.
"The Doctor and I are mates for life and last night's activities strengthened and united us. We can communicate with each other where ever we are." Rose explained softly as she gazed at the Doctor with loving eyes and he returned the gaze with a soft smile.
Mickey and Jack just gaped for a few minutes before understanding sank into brains. They knew the Doctor and Rose needed this kind of thing to happen as they knew nothing would split those two apart.
"So, where are we going to go today?" Mickey asked, changing the subject lightly. He didn't feel all that comfortable in knowing his ex-girlfriend was now an alien and bonded to the Doctor.
The Doctor just smiled mysteriously which made everyone, including Rose, to wonder what the hell they got themselves into.
"Further than we've ever been before." The Doctor replied after a minute or two of silence and Rose glaring suspiciously at him.
They all finished their breakfast quickly, partly because Rose was in one of silent rages which everyone was very wary about. Her regeneration had made her extremely dangerous and very deadly. It was like playing with a bomb. You never know when it will explode and how deadly it would be.
The Doctor walked to the controls and punched in a few buttons, unfazed that his mate was shooting glares that were fully qualified to kill.
"You know that looks like that won't get you back into the sheets." The Doctor pointed out lightly which made Rose sigh before she removed her rage.
Rose slinked seductively over to the Doctor, watching with glee as she saw him swallow hard, his eyes and hands doing their best to resist the temptation.
"But you like that, don't you?" Rose asked huskily, a seductive smile growing larger as she relished in his obvious discomfort.
Mickey and Jack were watching this exchange curiously but enjoying every second of it. It was like watching a movie for them. All that was missing was a huge bag of popcorn, a couple of drinks and a larger crowd.
Rose surveyed the controls with a smile. Since her regeneration, she had understood a vast many things and she especially liked how she could understand the controls of the TARDIS and what every single button could do. It meant that she didn't have to ask the Doctor what every button did anymore which annoyed her more than it could ever annoy the Doctor.
She frowned when she deciphered what the main screen read. It was in Gallifreyan but in addition to her regeneration, she could fully understand Gallifreyan.
No, that wasn't a problem anymore but what was written on the screen was a bit confusing to her so she deciphered repeatedly, hoping she was wrong.
"No Rose. You aren't going mad. We are going to New Earth." The Doctor nodded, noticing his mate's confusion. He sensed her confusion easily. He didn't need Gallifreyan emotion sensors to tell him that.
Rose's head shot up, a few strands of her burgundy brown hair framing her face.
"New Earth?" Jack and Mickey echoed. They were as clueless as Rose was.
The Doctor strode over to the door and swung it wide open before looking expectantly at them.
Rose, Jack and Mickey hesitantly walked out the door before their jaws dropped to the floor when they took in their surroundings.
"It's the year five billion and twenty-three, we're in the galaxy M87 and this... this is New Earth." The Doctor grinned wide, wrapping an around Rose's waist.
Jack and Mickey grinned wide as they started to take in their surroundings whilst Rose and the Doctor walked behind them, Rose with wide eyes and the Doctor with a smile.
Rose closed her eyes and sniffed deeply in before a smile erupted on her face.
"It's apple grass! I love this stuff!" Rose squealed happily, her jade green eyes shining brightly with happiness for something she recognized.
The Doctor beamed at his mate's happiness. Rose shone like a goddess when she was happy now that she was a time lady. Her hips swung from side to side as she walked, reminding the Doctor of a gold pendulum on a grandfather clock.
"I'm glad that you like it. This can be like our first date." The Doctor grinned as Rose spun around, a content smile on her face.
"A date when we're mated forever. I find that weird but ok." Rose shrugged her shoulder before she rushed into the Doctor's arms and hugged him fiercely, silently promising him that she would never let him go.
The Doctor inhaled the scent of her hair, loving the smell of lavender that lingered in Rose's hair. Rose started to use lavender shampoo which she had found on the TARDIS. She liked the smell and smiled even wider when she found that the Doctor loved the smell of lavender as well.
"You love that smell, don't you?" Rose asked softly as turned around so that the Doctor could wrap his arms around her chest and could also bury his nose in her hair to smell the scent he was addicted to.
"Yes. It smells so nice and it suits you." The Doctor replied softly, a smile on his lips as the four of them walked down to a beautiful spot that overlooked the city in all its glory and brightness.
"What is that city called, Doctor?" Jack asked as he gazed onto the city with a puzzled frown. He though it was beautiful.
"New New York. I know. It sounds so weird but that's what it's called. New New York." The Doctor replied before explaining himself when he got odd looks from the other three.
Unknown the four, someone was watching them via a spidery robot.
"Closer! Closer!" A man or more like a weird thing with even weirder patterns urged the robot from the main controls.
The spider spotted the TARDIS and a gasp was uttered from behind the man.
"It's a TARDIS! The Doctor must be here!" The voice, definitely a female, hissed low, anger evident in her voice.
The spider got to the place where the Doctor, Jack, Mickey and Rose were relaxing under the sun's warm rays, all of them peaceful and happy.
"The Doctor has abandoned the girl, Rose, and has obtained another girl who loves him and he can freely love without fear. She has beautiful burgundy brown hair and jade green eyes. I wonder if she is a time lady… No matter. I must obtain her stunning body!" The female voice pondered softly.
"Doctor, you never told us why we're here." Mickey frowned softly as he started to think rationally. They always had a reason for their time travels.
"We're here because someone in that building, a hospital, has contacted me via psychic paper." The Doctor replied as he slowly ran his hand through Rose's hair.
The four of them walked to the hospital, arriving at their destination faster than they expected to get there.
"This is so different to the place back at home." Rose tilted her head back to gaze up at the room and all the furnishings.
Jack and Mickey simply nodded in agreement. They were too awestruck at the furnishings to be of any use.
"They should put a shop somewhere there. It would make a nice change and people could just walk in and shop to their heart's content." The Doctor commented lightly as they watched the people walk past.
Rose just took in the hospital with wide-eyed wonder, knowing this was just one of the many exciting adventures she had with the Doctor but this one was special. This one was her first official date with him so this was special.
"Shopping for the sick? Isn't it a bit strange?" Jack asked, his arms crossed but
"No, the sick are people too, you know. And besides, presents are always welcome when you're sick." Rose replied, her jade green eyes dazzling brightly with happiness.
"Exactly right. God, I love you." The Doctor beamed wide as he kissed the top of Rose's head affectionately. He felt at ease saying those three simple words to the one he could not lose.
"Wow. That would be the first time you've said that to anyone, isn't it?" Rose gazed at the Doctor with a smile dancing on her lips.
"Yeah, actually. I'm glad that the TARDIS changed your DNA to become a time lady. You're the light of my entire life." The Doctor sighed happily before kissing Rose passionately, not at all caring who saw.
Everything, for the couple, disappeared and they were the only ones there as they relished the kiss for as long as they could.
The thing that stopped them from proceeding was the sound of Mickey and Jack simultaneously coughing loudly.
"I though that you got a message via psychic paper." Jack rose an eyebrow as the couple ceased kissing, making no apologies whatsoever.
"That I did…So, we'd better get cracking and get this over and done with." The Doctor smiled as he kissed Rose's burgundy hair once more.
The Doctor and Jack boarded the elevator to the left. Unfortunately, the doors closed before Mickey and Rose got a chance to board it.
"What do we do now?" Mickey moaned as they watched the elevator rise up, out of their reach.
"Easy. We take the next one… Here we are." Rose replied with a grin, an elevator appears on the right as soon as she said those words.
"Chip! Activate the controls now!" The mysterious voice hissed low, the man with weird patters obeying her every word readily.
"Oh, and mind the chemical shower!" The Doctor shouted over the intercom happily, making Rose, Mickey and Jack frown.
"The what…?" Rose asked, not sure if she heard the Doctor correctly.
"The chemical shower!"
"The WHAT?!"
"The chem…Oh, never mind. You'll find out." The Doctor replied jubilantly. He loved playing around, especially with Rose, his love.
Rose swore loudly in Gallifreyan before growling low and darkly.
"Damn you, Theta!" Rose screamed, flushing bright red when she remembered Mickey was with her. Currently, he was gazing at her with some concern.
"That's the Doctor's real name. Mine's Theria. It's more like a nickname of a much longer name." Rose explained softly, making Mickey nod slowly.
As soon as the doors closed, Rose, the Doctor, Jack and Mickey got sprayed with various chemicals. The only person who knew it was coming and enjoyed it was the Doctor.
"Chemical shower! Fantastic, isn't it, Theria?" The Doctor shouted happily over the intercom, making Rose glare again.
"Just fan-freaking-tastic, Theta. You're going to have to pay for this!" Rose shouted back dryly but she knew she couldn't resist his childish exuberance.
Neither Rose or Mickey realised that someone had tampered with the controls of their elevator so, was the Doctor and Jack went progressively up, Mickey and Rose were going down all the way down to the basement.
When Mickey and Rose reached the basement, the both stepped out, cautiously surveying their surroundings.
"Rose, I don't think that this is it…" Mickey spoke warily, gazing at the boilers and the cobwebs.
"Well obviously. Someone's tampered with the controls. If you're so scared, go to level 9. I'm a big girl, Mickey. I have a sonic screwdriver and I know how to use it so go." Rose rolled her eyes, gesturing for Mickey to go.
Mickey sighed before he ran back to the elevator, gazing at Rose as he punched in the number and as the door closed.
Rose walked towards where a bright glow caught her gaze, pulling out her sonic screwdriver in case she needed it.
When she entered the room, her vision was caught by a film playing where a beautiful woman was surrounded by various male admirers, laughing and genuinely enjoying her life.
"Cassandra." Rose breathed softly.
"Exactly! How did you know my name? Who are you?" Cassandra behind Rose, making her turn around sharply.
"Rose Tyler. I thought I killed you, Cassandra." Rose gazed at Cassandra with a frown.
At Rose's words, Cassandra's eyes narrowed.
"Impossible! Your genetic make up screams Gallifreyan and time lady! Rose Tyler was an ordinary human!" Cassandra hissed back, her gaze unfaltering.
"With extraordinary love for the Doctor. Amazing what love can do for you. Pity you never experienced it, Cassandra." Rose countered with a smile, her jade green eyes sparkling.
"You are not allowed to mock my mistress!" Chip shouted angrily as he appeared behind Cassandra, holding a water spray.
"I can mock her all I like. Is he one of yours, Cassandra?" Rose started pointedly at Chip with raised eyebrows.
"Yes, I made him. He's so devoted. He tends to my every physical need." Cassandra replied, her gaze softening as Chip moisturised her.
"I sure hope that means food only 'cause that sounded so wrong. What are you doing here, Cassandra? A hospital's sorta the last place I see you fit in." Rose spoke again, walking around as she observed her surroundings.
"There were suspicious activities mulling around here. I decided to check it out but I don't have a suitable body. I'm just a large piece of skin with a mouth. But, now I have you." Cassandra smirked at Rose.
"How? You don't have a mind-body molecular transmit system!" Rose laughed mirthlessly. She liked her body the way it was.
"Oh, but I do! Chip! Activate the controls now!" Cassandra smiled maliciously at Rose, eyeing her with a devilish gleam.
Rose started to scream as a strong electrical current jolted up and down her body, making her languidly imagine that she had died and was regenerating once more. But, that didn't seem right.
"Out with being a stretchy piece of skin and in with being a gorgeous time lady!" Cassandra yelled happily.
5 minutes passed before the electrical current stopped, as did Cassandra's brain which was housed in a grubby jar.
"…Mistress?" Chip spoke hesitantly to Rose's body.
"Chip. That feels odd. I have to get used to that. How do I look?" Rose/Cassandra asked devilishly, bounding towards the mirror.
Chip watched as Rose/Cassandra observed herself in the mirror, clearly enjoying and appreciating what she saw.
"I love this hair! So bouncy and full of life! Ooh! Two hearts for each breast! Such a curvy body should never go to waste! …What's this?…It's the Doctor! But oh how he's changed! That evil man! I must get the number of his surgeon! Chip! Come along but mind that none of the party sees you!" Rose/Cassandra hissed low, walking towards the elevator once more.
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Jack had reached floor 9, the floor that the Doctor's psychic paper had indicated.
"This seems to be it…Where's Mickey and Rose?" The Doctor smiled before he remembered his mate and his other companion with a twinge of guilt.
Just as he said those words, Mickey ran out of the other elevator, eyes wide as he saw the Doctor and Jack.
"Where's Rose, Mickey?" Jack asked Mickey in a low voice.
"The elevator went down rather than up. Rose went to explore because it was all suspicious and all. I'm sorry!" Mickey explained quickly, his eyes wide and sorrowful as he looked at the Doctor and Jack.
"Don't worry, Mickey. You haven't done anything wrong. Besides, Rose is a big girl and she has a sonic screwdriver." The Doctor smiled warmly. He was worried about Rose, he always would since she was his mate. But, he knew that she way always going to come back to her, just as he would do the same.
"What ward is it?" Mickey asked, slightly calmer now that he knew the Doctor wouldn't kill him for abandoning Rose.
"Ward 26." The Doctor replied, glancing once more at his psychic paper to confirm his memory.
"Do you need assistance to go to ward 26?" A cat like nun approached them with a smile.
"Yes, actually. I'm looking for someone there." The Doctor smiled back at the humanoid feline nun.
"I will show you around. I am Sister Jatt, one of those who serve at this hospital. We are called the Sisters of Plentitude." Sister Jatt smiled again as she led the Doctor, Jack and Mickey to Ward 26.
Once they got inside Ward 26, the Doctor instantly spotted something out the corner of his eyes, something unusual.
"Excuse me! Members of the public may only gaze upon the Duke of Manhattan with written permission from the senate of New New York." A severe looking woman snapped as she spotted the Doctor gazing at the Duke.
"That's petrifold regression, right? You can't cure that!" The Doctor frowned as he gazed at the Duke of Manhattan with concern.
"I'm dying, sir. A lifetime of charity and abstinence. And it ends like this." The Duke of Manhattan spoke sadly.
"Any statements make by the Duke of Manhattan may not be made public without official notice." The severe looking woman informed the Doctor.
"What do you put in those bags?" The Doctor asked Sister Jatt with a smile, indicating to the various coloured solutions.
"That is a secret." Sister Jatt replied, no smiles.
"Doctor…" A voice spoke gravely inside the Doctor's mind.
The Doctor spun around to face the Face of Boe.
"Who's that?" Jack asked, gazing at the Face of Boe with curiosity.
"That, Jack, is the Face of Boe. He's a good friend of mine." The Doctor smiled, bounding towards the Face of Boe.
"You know the Face of Boe personally?" Another nun, much younger than Sister Jatt, asked curiously, skilfully adjusting the cords that were connected to the Face of Boe.
"Of course! I met him at the end of the original Earth. He's mysterious but he's good fun! What's he in here for anyway?" The Doctor smiled as he gazed brightly at the Face of Boe, clearly remembering his last encounter.
"He is dying of old age. I'm sorry." The nun replied, clearly remorseful.
The Doctor's smiled fell off his face, making Jack and Mickey wince. When the old Doctor didn't smile, it didn't matter. When the new Doctor didn't smile, that usually meant something terrible was going to happen, i.e. the universe was going to implode or something had happened to Rose.
"My name is Novice Hame and I have been looking after the Face of Boe for a week now. Legend has it that he's lived for thousands of years, even millions. It also says that he will give his final message to a man with no home, the Lonely God." Novice Hame spoke gently, gazing at the Face of Boe sadly.
"Does he have any family?" The Doctor asked, ignoring Jack and Mickey's knowing looks that they shot each other.
"Yes, actually. The Face of Belle. She's his life mate. The last of their kind. She causes all kinds of chaos evert time she comes to visit him. I've gotten used to it." Novice Hame smiled pleasantly back, making the Doctor raise his eyebrows.
"Do you know where she is now?" The Doctor gazed at the Face of Boe curiously, as did Jack and Mickey, all of them thinking roughly the same thing. Well, maybe not Jack, him being sex obsessed and all.
"No one knows. Their existence is a mystery. They travel from place to place, helping wherever they can." Novice Hame shook her head just as Rose/ Cassandra appeared with a sly smile on her face.
"Rose! There you are…" The Doctor started to say but Rose/Cassandra snogged him passionately, much to the amusement of those around them.
"T-T-Terminal's this way." Rose/Cassandra gasped as she pulled away, the sly smile still on her lips.
Jack and Mickey gave each other an amused look as they watched the Doctor try hard to regain his former self, so full of control.
"Yup, still got it!" The Doctor's voice broke into a falsetto, making Jack and Mickey muffle their laughter in their hands.
The Doctor, Rose/Cassandra, Jack and Mickey made their way down to the main corridor, only to have a voice call out to them.
"It's that man again! He's my good luck charm! Come in, don't be shy!" The Duke of Manhattan smiled wide when he spotted the Doctor as champagne was being served, something that everyone in the group took, even the Doctor.
"Any friendship expressed by the Duke of Manhattan does not constitute a form of legal contract." The Duke's secretary informed with a smile.
"Oh! Well…it was nothing, really. But, I must be going, good Duke. Duty calls." The Doctor smiled, draining his champagne before he and the group left.
"I heard the sisters talk about someone escaping out of the Intensive Care ward. It might be related to what is going on around here." Rose/Cassandra offered softly as they ran, semi-aimlessly around the hallways.
"It might be it! I love you, Rose Tyler!" The Doctor beamed before crushing her to him. He was being extremely cautious about physical contact. He knew it was indeed Rose's body but he was unsure about who was controlling her mind. He was 100 certain that Rose was not doing the kissing before. As passionate as Rose was, her kisses were never forceful, like this one. Her kisses were passionate but extremely loving and caring.
The Doctor, Rose/Cassandra, Jack and Mickey ran to the control room where they were confronted by the hospital's main computer.
The Doctor and Rose/Cassandra instantly observed the massive computer, both wondering how they could get inside the Intensive Care ward.
"It says here that we're in the Incurables ward. Now, if do this, we might be able to get inside the Intensive care ward." Rose/Cassandra spoke as she punched a few buttons, gazing at the screen to see what they did.
The Doctor nodded. He was confident now that Rose wasn't controlling her own body. Trouble was, now he had to find out who was controlling Rose's body.
Within seconds, the computer shifted aside and revealed a dark passageway, enough room for the group to go inside.
They walked down the corridor when they suddenly saw millions of individual pods, each containing an individual human being in them.
"Oh…my…god! What is this place?" Micked stared at the pods, horrified as the rest of the group save Rose/Cassandra, something both the Doctor and Jack noticed but not Mickey.
"This is the Intensive care ward. Each one of those pods contain artificially grown human beings, every single one of them infected with a thousand different diseases, a human farm to breed cures. If they grow healthy enough to speak or move, we kill them." Novice Hame spoke, appearing out of the shadows with another nun, one who was obviously a much higher rank that that of Novice Hame.
"How could you do this? They are people, alive just as much as we are! Who are you to decide who lives or not?" The Doctor fumed darkly at the two nuns.
"They are flesh. We created them so it's only fair that we use them for our purposes. They were created because it is necessary to cope with the influx of patients and diseases." Novice Hame argued, her voice only slightly rose.
"I am the Doctor. And if you don't like it, if you want to take it to a higher authority, there isn't one. It stops with me." The Doctor fumed angrily, glaring at the two nuns for their cruelty.
"Just to confirm, none of the humans in the city actually know about this?" Rose/Cassandra asked as she gazed at the millions of pods.
"We thought it better if…" Novice Hame began to say but the Doctor abruptly cut her off.
"Okay, okay. I can understand the bodies, I can understand your vows. One thing I can't understand…What have you done to Rose?" The Doctor spoke, his voice low as Jack nodded but Mickey was completely confused.
"I…don't know what you mean." Novice Hame frowned, clearly taken aback, as was the nun behind her, the tag on her outfit clearly visible to everyone with the name "Matron Casp".
"I'm being very, very calm. You want to be aware of that. Very, very calm. And the only reason I'm being calm so very, very calm is that the brain is a delicate thing. Whatever you've done to Rose's head, I want it reversed!" The Doctor growled dangerously. He was not at all rational right now.
"We haven't done anything." Novice Hame's voice was now bordering on dangerous territory.
"I'm perfectly fine." Rose/Cassandra shot the Doctor a dazzling smile to charm and ease him, making him even more suspicious.
"These people are dying, and Rose would care. Her kisses, as passionate as they may be, they're never forceful. She loves me and I love her." The Doctor hissed darkly at the two nuns.
"Oh, all right clever clogs. Smarty pants. And here I was, thinking the little tart was lying." Rose/Cassandra spat back, clearly jealous of the tender and loving relationship between Rose and the Doctor.
"What happened to you?" The Doctor asked, completely bewildered as to who was controlling Rose's mind.
"I knew the sisters were up to something, but I needed this body and your mind, to work it all out. And, now I have. She has such an amazing body, by the way." Rose/Cassandra smiled maliciously, making Mickey widen his eyes.
"Who are you?" Jack demanded, his question echoed in the Doctor's bewildered eyes as he racked his brains to come up with a name.
Rose/Cassandra leaned in to whisper into the question echoed into the Doctor's ear, making Jack and Mickey to step in closer to hear the message.
"The last human." Rose/Cassandra muttered.
"Cassandra?" The Doctor gazed at Rose/Cassandra with confusion and something more which was on the lines of anger.
"Wake up and smell the perfume." Rose/Cassandra sprayed the Doctor, Jack and Mickey with a bottle concealed between her breasts, knocking them all out.
The Doctor woke up, groaning as he felt the tiny bruise on the back of his head from hitting the ground.
"Jack? Mickey?" The Doctor called out, his vision completely obscured by something that felt soft like the flesh of other people.
"Right here. She's strong, isn't she? Who is she?" Jack replied, moving over so that the Doctor could see the two men clearly with his own two eyes, observing that Rose/Cassandra had somehow managed to shove all three of them in one tiny, dank and overall unpleasant pod.
Meanwhile, Rose/Cassandra was sorting out exactly what she wanted from the sisters, which was obviously money.
"Anything we can do to help?" Matron Casp asked, her voice calm.
"Straight to the point, whiskers. I want money." Rose/Cassandra demanded equally calmly. That was always her plan.
"The Sisterhood is a charity, we don't give money, we only…accept." Matron Casp was clearly unfazed. She was the head for a reason.
"The humans across the water pay you a fortune, and that's exactly what I need; a one off payment. That's all I want…and perhaps a yacht. I return for which I will tell the city nothing of your unconstitutional murder. Is that a deal?" Rose/Cassandra smiled, thinking that the deal was reasonable.
"I'm afraid not." Matron Casp replied with a smile.
"I'd really advise you to think about this." Rose/Cassandra almost pleaded.
"But there is no need. I have to decline." Matron Casp was still smiling. She was confident that no one would actually object to them keeping force grown clones as a testing farm for all their treatments, all which were universally sought after because they cured everything.
"I'll tell them! And there's no way of stopping me! You're not exactly nuns with guns, you're not even armed." Rose/Cassandra was getting extremely desperate.
"Who needs arms when we have claws!" Matron Casp extended her claws and hissed at Rose/Cassandra threateningly.
"Well, nice try. Chip! Plan B!" Rose/Cassandra yelled to Chip who threw down a switch, releasing that Doctor, Jack and Mickey as well as some of the carriers.
They all watched, the most prominent emotion being horror, as the released carriers zombied their way to the switches, releasing every one of the carriers.
"Umm… I know this sounds absolutely stupid but, what the hell do we do now?" Mickey panicked as he saw the carriers lurch towards them.
"We run!" The Doctor ordered brightly as he hurried down a nearby staircase, quickly followed by Jack, Mickey, Rose/Cassandra and Chip.
"This is Matron Casp. The hospital is to be quarantined. No one is allowed to exit or enter this building. I repeat, this building is to be quarantined." Matron Casp spoke over the intercom as the plague carriers walked around the hospital, killing people by merely touching them. The first to go was Sister Jatt.
Meanwhile, the Doctor, Jack, Mickey, Rose/Cassandra and Chip entered the basement of the hospital, in the room where Cassandra and Chip had set up base after narrowly avoiding several plague carriers.
"We're trapped! What are we going to do?" Rose/Cassandra spoke anxiously, looking for places to escape.
"Well, for starters, you're going to leave that body. That psychograft is banned on every civilised planet! You're compressing Rose to death." The Doctor rounded on Rose/Cassandra with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"It's more like every planet…" Jack chipping in but all he got was a withering look from the Doctor for all his helpful information.
"Thank you, Jack!" The Doctor growled low. He wasn't at all rational right now. It broke his hearts to see Rose possessed by Cassandra like this.
"But, I have nowhere to go. My original skin's dead." Rose/Cassandra pleaded. She really liked Rose's body.
"Not my problem. You can float as atoms in the air. Now, get out. Give her back to me. You can take anyone else but her. She's all I have left and I love her." The Doctor spoke levelly, pointing his sonic screwdriver at Rose/Cassandra.
"You asked for it." Rose/Cassandra shrugged before she left Rose's body for the Doctor's own.
Jack and Mickey caught Rose and gently woke her up from a not so pleasant mind invasion. But, truthfully, since when was mind invasion ever pleasant?
"Blimey, my head! Where did she go?" Rose frowned as she looked around, trying to identify the person who gave her an almighty headache.
"Oooh my. This is…different." The Doctor/Cassandra spoke, clearly satisfied with her new body, especially the gender.
"Cassandra?" Rose balked as she recognised who was inside the Doctor's mind.
"Goodness me, I'm a man! Yum! So many parts! And hardly used. Ungh…Oh! Two hearts! Oh, baby, I'm beating out a samba!" The Doctor/Cassandra growled low, dancing to the rhythm of her new set of 2 hearts, enjoying the moment.
"Get out of him! Cassandra, what I do next to you will not be my own rational thought! I love him!" Rose's eyes began to tear up, her fists clenched at her sides, barely containing her anger.
"Oooh, he's slim. And a little bit foxy," The Doctor/Cassandra spoke before moving and speaking seductively towards Rose ,"You thought so too. I've been inside your head. You've been looking…you like it!"
The room echoed with the sound of a smack as Rose's palm collided with the Doctor's face, tears streaming down her face.
"Get out him RIGHT NOW! Can't you see that he's the only one truly left? He's so lonely! Now, he has me and I will never ever let him be controlled by you! And besides, we made love yesterday. It was beautiful and amazing and there is no way I'm letting you take him away from me!" Rose growled through her tears of pain and frustration.
Just then, the plague carriers burst into the room, making the Doctor/Cassandra, Rose, Jack and Mickey scramble towards and into the lift shaft, closely followed by Matron Casp.
"You'll never get away with this! I'll never let you!" Matron Casp hissed maliciously at the group.
Just then, one of the plague carriers grasped Matron's Casp's ankle, infected with thousands of diseases, making her lose her grip on the bars and falling to her death, screaming, as everyone else watched.
"Ooh nasty! That's one way that I don't every see myself dying, ever!" Jack winced at the sight before continuing to climb.
The group eventually encountered a locked door, the door to Ward 26. There was still the slight problem that Cassandra was still controlling the Doctor's mind and body, however.
"Get out!" Rose yelled angrily at the Doctor/Cassandra, wielding her screwdriver.
"Fussy! You guys really love each other, huh? Alright then." The Doctor/Cassandra raised an eyebrow at Rose before transferring back.
As soon as the Doctor was confident that he was in control of his own body, he glared at Rose/Cassandra because he knew that's where she would go.
"What?! She told me to leave you and you tell me to leave her. Where am I supposed to go?" Rose/Cassandra snapped back before transferring to Jack's body after deciding quickly between him and Mickey.
"Not there!" Rose, Mickey and the Doctor yelled angrily as Jack/Cassandra explored her new body with fascination.
"Wow! He has a beautiful body! No wonder he's omnisexual. Have you tried this guy out? Yummy! Used parts!" Jack/Cassandra growled low, not impressing the rest of the group.
"Get the hell out of him before you get blown up by the force of 2 sonic screwdrivers!" Rose flared as she and the Doctor pointed their sonic screwdrivers at Jack/Cassandra.
"Oh, alright!" Jack/Cassandra huffed before changing to a plague carrier.
"Oooh sweet lord! I look disgusting!" Cassandra voiced her disgust at her body.
The Doctor swiftly kissed Rose on the lips before opening the locked lift door open to enter Ward 26.
"What was that for?" Rose asked before she pulled the Doctor in for a loving, gentle yet passionate kiss, her kiss.
"That's because I love you." The Doctor replied with a relived smile as Jack and Mickey made their way through the open doors.
It was then that Cassandra thought it best to transfer back to Rose's body, much to the displeasure of everyone else.
"Those people, those lonely, poor people! All their lives, they have never been touches and they have never touched." Rose/Cassandra spoke hauntingly, making the Doctor clench his hands into fists.
"Then, this is your chance to do something about it." Mickey spoke gently, offering a hand for Rose/Cassandra to take.
Rose/Cassandra smiled at Mickey as she took his hand as he helped her up from the spot she had sunk down in.
The Doctor, Rose/Cassandra, Jack and Mickey ran towards Ward 26 where Novice Hame, the Face of Boe, the Duke of Manhattan and his assistant were dragging various heavy objects to barricade the doorway in which hundreds of plague carriers were attempting to break inside.
"Doctor! Oh, thank god you're here!" Novice Hame ran towards the Doctor.
"Novice Hame. What's the situation?" The Doctor asked, still extremely distrustful of the junior nun.
"Ward 26 is the only place that has been untouched by the plague carriers but I don't know how long we can last." Novice Hame explained, her eyes' pleading with those of the Doctor's that she had nothing to do with the human farm.
"I see…" The Doctor began to say but she spotted the intravenous solutions that were lying on the IV rack nearby.
"What is it, Doctor?" Jack asked as he stepped closer to the Doctor, intrigued to what made the Doctor speechless.
"Those IV solutions…Those will heal those plague carriers and make them feel human, by being able to touch people, touch things." The Doctor replied, snatching the bags of solutions and started to strap them onto himself, startling everyone around him.
"If it stops the plague dudes, I'll help you." Mickey was the first to help the Doctor strap the solutions onto his body.
Within fifteen minutes and after Jack agreed to help strap the solutions, the Doctor was looking vaguely like a multicoloured lolly.
"You two are going to stay here. The wards needs help defending and I trust you two to do that." The Doctor ordered Jack and Mickey as he reopened the doors.
"I'm going with your." Rose/Cassandra demanded, pushing Jack and Mickey aside.
"You'd better climb on." The Doctor grinned, holding a makeshift slider firmly in both hands.
As soon as Rose/Cassandra awkwardly hopped onto the Doctor's back, the Doctor let go of the slider's brake and the pair rapidly made their way down to the elevator at the bottom.
"You're completely mad! I can see why she likes you!" Rose/Cassandra shrieked as the pair rapidly descended.
"She loves me! And I will always love her." The Doctor grinned wildly as they landed on the top of the elevator.
The Doctor fumbled with his sonic screwdriver on the disinfectant box, opened it and poured all the IV solutions inside before slamming it shut with a self satisfied grin.
"Can you pull this lever when I saw 'now'?" The Doctor asked Rose/Cassandra as he gazed at her levelly.
Rose/Cassandra nodded as the Doctor opened the hatch of the elevator and jumped inside, smiling as he did so.
As soon as the Doctor jumped inside, he used the sonic screwdriver to permanently open the elevator doors, making the plague carriers spot him and move towards him.
"Now!" The Doctor yelled, making Rose/Cassandra pull the lever and release the healing shower.
The plague carriers who got inside the elevator were immediately drenched with the cure, making them cured from every single disease that they were designed to cure.
"Pass it on! Pass it on!" The Doctor smiled wide, hugging and encouraging one of the newly plague carriers.
"Pass what on?" Rose/Cassandra shouted from her place above the elevator, clearly confused about the events unfolding.
The cured carriers walked towards the others, touching each other's hands to pass on the cure and healing each other.
Eventually, the whole situation was cleared up when the NNYPD arrested the surviving Sisters and the cured humans were taken into care.
"I think we can safely call them 'New Humans'." The Doctor smiled as Jack, Mickey and Rose/Cassandra stared at him oddly.
"Aren't you going to call them 'New New Humans' to distinguish them from the old 'New Humans'?" Jack asked, mind boggling everyone else.
The Doctor and Mickey shook their heads and laughed.
Suddenly, the Doctor remembered the Face of Boe and he ran towards Ward 26, hastily followed by Jack, Mickey and Rose/Cassandra.
When they reached Ward 26, they found both the Face of Boe and the Face of Belle, both perfectly healthy considering.
"Hello." The Doctor nodded to the Face of Belle, who was much prettier than the Face of Boe, evidently female.
"I am the Face of Belle, the Face of Boe's life mate. It is a pleasure to meet you, Doctor." The Face of Belle spoke softly and musically, something in her tone indicating that this was not her first meeting with the Doctor, something he took in curious consideration.
"Likewise. Rose is my life mate but she is being possessed right now. You were supposed to be dying." The Doctor nodded at the Face of Belle before turning to face the Face of Boe.
"There are better things to do today. Dying can wait." The Face of Boe replied, making the Doctor grin.
"Novice Hame mentioned that you have a message for me." The Doctor spoke again, gazing levelly at the two faces.
"You, Doctor, have made me look anew at the universe that I was growing tired of. Saving this world has been enough for you today so you don't need another excitement. That message can wait for out third and final meeting." The Face of Boe smiled before he and the Face of Belle transported away.
As soon as the Faces' disappeared, the Doctor, Jack and Mickey rounded on Rose/Cassandra with dangerous looks.
"Enough's enough, Cassandra. Get out of her body right now." Jack growled. He felt a strong brotherliness towards Rose and he knew Mickey felt the same way towards his ex girlfriend.
"You guys are so touchy feely about her, aren't you? Fine, I'll get out of her body but where am I to go? I still have life in me yet to not stay around in the air as atom particles." Rose/Cassandra spat viciously, obviously upset at the 3 men.
As the trio pondered at her words, Chip appeared to support Cassandra.
"Mistress has given me life. She can take my body, my gift to her." Chip announced proudly and selflessly.
"A willing host! I really can't deny this opportunity!" Rose/Cassandra smiled as she transferred herself into Chip.
As soon as Cassandra moved out of Rose into Chip, the Doctor caught Rose in his arms as she fell so she wouldn't fall onto the ground.
"Hello…" The Doctor smiled gently at Rose as her eyes fluttered open.
"Hi. It's nice to be in control of my own body, let me tell you!" Rose smiled wide at the Doctor, gently caressing his cheek.
"Oooh, sweet lord! I'm a walking doodle!" Chip/Cassandra expressed her criticism of her new body, making everyone glare at her, especially Rose and the Doctor.
Just then, Chip's body began to fail, making Chip/Cassandra to sink slowly down onto the floor with a semi-peaceful look on her face.
"So, this is death. It's…peaceful." Chip/Cassandra accepted her impeding death, much to the concern of Rose and the Doctor.
"You don't have to die this way, you know. This is a hospital and we can help you." Rose crouched down to softly gaze at Chip/Cassandra. She felt extremely sympathetic towards Cassandra after she had a chance to access her memories.
"There is no place for Chip and me. It's better this way. Dying is a part of life, Rose. Never forget that." Chip/Cassandra smiled at Rose.
"I won't. Come with us, Cassandra. We'll take you somewhere nice." Rose helped Chip/Cassandra up with the help of Jack and Mickey.
Minutes later, they arrived at the very party which Cassandra had made a movie about purely out of her personal memories.
"My last gift to you." The Doctor explained as he saw Chip/Cassandra frown.
There, they saw the younger Cassandra being admired by various male suitors, laughing and smiling at them. Something about her demeanour vibrated that she was not entirely happy.
Chip/Cassandra walked up to the younger Cassandra, getting nasty looks and comments by onlookers, especially the male suitors.
"You look beautiful." Chip/Cassandra spoke with awe.
"Me? Never!" Cassandra spoke, her facial expressions happy but uncertain.
"You are. You're so beautiful!" Chip/Cassandra breathed with an awed smile.
The Doctor, Rose, Jack and Mickey watched Cassandra beam with happiness and acceptance just as Chip/Cassandra collapsed in her arms out of exhaustion.
"Oh! Someone call a doctor! This man's sick! You'll be alright. The doctor will be here soon, I promise you." Cassandra comforted Chip/Cassandra in her lap, people, ignoring the scene between the two people.
The Doctor, Rose, Jack and Mickey silently left the party, the TARDIS humming in their wake.
Later that night, when the Doctor and Rose were together and alone at last in their privacy of their own room.
"She was so lovely." Rose spoke sadly, stroking the Doctor's naked back idly, his head on her lap.
"I know she was. That's why I took her back to the one place she was happy…Hey, hey. There's no need to cry!" The Doctor replied before he noticed the tears welling in Rose's jade green eyes.
"I know there isn't…She was never loved like I am loved by everyone on board and especially by you. She deserved more." Rose sniffed as the Doctor enveloped her into a tight hug.
"Shh. I know she did. I know she did, Theria." The Doctor soothed, holding Rose tightly like he would never let go before they went to sleep and even then.
Another adventure to bring more pain. Goodbye Cassandra. The Doctor and Rose though before falling asleep in each other's arms.