Rose blinks her eyes open in surprise at the sudden pressure on top of her. What she wakes to find is the Doctor's grinning face above her. His chest rests lightly on top of hers and his hands are placed on either side of her body. He presses a kiss to her lips and shifts over to his side. He slides his hand over her and rests it on her ribcage. He splays his long fingers and Rose giggles quietly and squirms underneath his touch. He loves how he can make her do that.

"Good morning Rose Tyler," he whispers seductively in her ear.

She shivers. "G'morning."

He kisses her passionately and she opens her mouth, allowing his tongue to shoot in.

"Do you want to try again?" He runs his hand up her thigh and she smacks it away.

"We'll be late for work if we do, so don't you dare!"

The Doctor pouts and slides his hand from her thigh to her back and pulls her closer. "Pleeeeaaase Roooooooose."

"No!" She rolls away from him and crawls out of bed.

He follows her but decides last minute to head into the bathroom for a shower while Rose makes breakfast. He steps out of the shower and dries his hair off with a towel, causing it to stick up in every direction. He then wraps the towel around his waist and goes into the kitchen for his own breakfast. Rose walks up behind him. She wraps her arms around him, her hands resting on his abs. He jumps at her cold hands and her quiet approach startling him. She rests her head between his shoulder blades and he relaxes.

"Got a call from Torchwood when you were showering."

"Mm?"

The low rumble of his voice feels good and she presses closer to him. "There's been a change of plans. They want us to go on that mission after all."

He side steps away from her and out of her grasp, but her hand brushes the towel as he moves and it slips. The towel drops low, revealing part of his bum and Rose smirks. He scrambles for the edge of the towel before it can fall completely. He's unsure as to why he's suddenly being modest. He faces Rose just in time to catch her smirk and he lets the towel slide lower, teasing her but not showing anything. Rose is indeed wearing her mission clothes, tight black pants and a grey formfitting shirt. Her hair has been pulled back into a pony tail but some fringe has escaped and is hanging in front of her eyes.

Her eyes twinkle but she manages to compose herself. "It could be dangerous."

He plants a chaste kiss on her lips and heads into the bedroom to get dressed. His mission clothes aren't as fancy as Rose's; a pair of black jeans and a soft, neutral colored t-shirt. When he emerges from the bedroom Rose has on a faded black leather jacket and trainers. The Doctor pulls on his trainers and then they walk hand in hand out to the car Torchwood provided to bring them to the sight.

In the car is Rose's team and gear for the mission. She sits down next to Jake and he pulls out the files on the situation while the Doctor sits across from Rose. The car is silent and the Doctor can sense the tension but has no clue as to what's causing it.

"I'm going to get straight to the point. The scouting team was killed," Jake says bluntly.

The Doctor and Rose both freeze. She didn't know the people on that team personally but had heard a lot about them. They were the best scouts and she had assigned them that mission. The Doctor reaches across the space between them and places his hand on Rose's leg, rubbing small circles over it in some form of comfort. She has to know it isn't her fault. Rose clears her head; there will be time for mourning their loss later. Right now she has to focus so she doesn't get her team killed.

"The alien spaceship seemed abandoned. The team scanned for life forms and didn't find any, so they thought it safe to search the ship. The aliens ambushed them once inside. They killed everyone instantly. We don't know how they fooled the life form scanner and we don't know what they look like. This mission is going to be extremely dangerous especially since we have virtually no information about them."

The Doctor spins his wedding band around and around on his finger, only half listening to Jake. The other half of him is worried about Rose. As the head of her team she has to lead them which means putting her life in danger. He is supposed to stay back and translate on this mission, but if Rose is in trouble, there is no way he will stand by and watch her get hurt.

"Understand?"

It takes the Doctor a moment to realize that Jake was talking to him and he nods yes even though he actually has no idea what he is supposed to have.

They reach their destination 15 minutes later. The spaceship isn't so much a spaceship as it is a giant black house that is lopsided and smoking from crashing. The team jumps out of the car and retrieves the gear from the trunk. Jake hands a computer to the Doctor and a gun just a tad smaller than a regular pistol to Rose. It is set on stun.

"What's the plan for these guys?" Rose questions Jake, "Are going to capture them or…" Rose glances over to the Doctor and then to the ground. "…or kill… them?"

Jake's eyes shift over to the Doctor also and he lower's his voice before answering. "Well… they have committed a level 5 crime. Even if we did capture them they would just be killed back at Torchwood…"

Rose grimaces. "That's what I thought."

She flicks the dial to kill instead of stun and tucks it into a holster around her waist. The Doctor busies himself setting up the computer translator program and the webcam feed attachment so he can see what's happening inside the ship.

"Ok, I think I've got this just about set up." The Doctor rubs the nape of his neck as he stares at the computer screen. "Yeah, there we go. You have the cameras right?" he addresses Jake.

"Yup." He takes a small camera out of a box and straps it to his head.

Rose laughs hard. "You look ridiculous!"

Jake glares at her. "Shut up! It's for your own safety."

At this she goes quiet and none of them know what to say. Rose is the one to break the awkward first.

"We should get in there then."

"Right." Jake straightens his holster and assembles the rest of the team.

The Doctor takes a few hesitant steps closer to Rose. Placing his hand on her cheek, he brushes his thumb across her cheek bone. "Be careful," he whispers, fear creeping into his voice.

She nods curtly once and he places a quick kiss on her lips before somberly turns and moves towards the rest of her waiting team.

"So here's the plan. Jake, you take half the team in through the side entrance there and I'll take half and go through the front. Hopefully I'll be able to draw their attention to me. When I give you the signal you fire. Got that?"

Everyone mumbles yes and Rose signals for them to follow her. She makes it to the door and throws it open, gun held out and read to fire in front of her. The Doctor grimaces again at how comfortable Rose has gotten with holding a gun. She takes a few cautious steps into the ship and her half of the team swarms in behind her. The only things in the surrounding area are 10 or so chairs, some control panels, and giant view screen of the outside.

Guns out and ready, Rose calls, "This is Torchwood team 1 and I order you to show yourselves."

Nothing happens so they inch further into the room. Jake waits patiently listening for Rose's signal and the Doctor holds his breath while staring at the screen, tense with worry. Out of the corner of her eye Rose sees something flicker.

"Perception filter!" she shouts right as all the chairs and the control panels flicker and turn into aliens.

Jake doesn't even wait for her signal; he just launches himself and the rest of the team into the chaos. The aliens are firing some sort of laser beam out of their hands and everyone, but Rose, is firing their guns. Someone manages to kill one alien but it just sends all the others into a frenzy. The aliens corner the team, but for some reason haven't killed anyone yet. One of the smaller aliens steps forward and says something Rose doesn't understand.

She brings her hand slowly up to her ear, consequently lowering her gun. "Doctor?" she speaks into her headset. "Did you get that?"

"It asked who the leader of your…" he trails off, not wanting to tell Rose that the alien called them a murder party. "…of your team is."

Rose steps forward and sets her gun on the ground. "That would be me."

The Doctor sees something, an emotion, dance across the little alien's face. He stares at the computer, trying to place why it seems so familiar. Then he places it; revenge. He practically topples over the portable desk and the computer sitting on top in his haste to get to Rose. He runs blindly towards the ship, tripping over various wires and equipment until he makes it to the door. He gets there just in time to see a streak of light shoot out and hit Rose in the stomach. Her legs buckle under her and the Doctor lurches forward to catch her as he dodges a beam from Jake's gun.