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Summary: Everything has its time Doctor, and my time with the other you right outside those doors is just getting started. I will return, whether it is as your companion, lover, wife, or merely just your friend. I will be here to ensure you will never have to be alone again.

AN: This story shows how Rose will marry and have children with the Metacrisis Doctor, who I am going to be naming Jamie Carlisle. Pairings: 10.5/Rose, brief Ten/Rose, Jackie/Pete, Alt Owen/Tosh, Alt Jack/Donna, Alt Ianto/Lisa, Alt Martha/Tom Milligan, Alt Gwen/Rhys, Jake/OMC, OMC/OFC.

Everything has Its Time

Rose placed her hand on the console of the TARDIS as the original full Time Lord Doctor said his goodbyes to Jack, Martha, Sara-Jane, and Mickey. The Metacrisis Doctor was off speaking with Donna, which would keep him occupied long enough for the other Doctor to finish saying his goodbyes. Jackie was just looking around the interior of the spaceship, clearly overwhelmed by the sheer alien magnitude of it, (it was an entire other world shoved inside of a small blue box) regardless of the fact she had stepped inside of the TARDIS more than once before today.

'Rose?' she suddenly heard a female voice saying, which caused Rose to gasp silently and look around for who had spoken. It was not until the voice called out to her again, that Rose realised neither her mom, nor Donna and The Metacrisis had said anything to her. She quickly looked around one last time as it occurred to her that the voice and the song had come from inside of her head.

She did not want to alert the others to the fact she heard music and a voice speaking from inside of her head. However, now she thought about it she realised exactly who or what was calling out to her. The sound of the hunting song, in fact, it was the very same one she had heard when she had taken the Time Vortex into herself back on The Game Station.

The TARDIS was who was calling out to her, but she had never spoken to Rose directly until then, yet she knew on a subconscious level that it was in fact The TARDIS. Ever since The Game Station, she had been more aware of the sentient ship's presence surrounding her when she had travelled with The Doctor. However, this was something different entirely and went beyond being extra ordinarily aware, no she was actually communicating with her.

She wondered why The TARDIS was choosing now to speak with her and how was she doing it? What was so different and had happened that The TARDIS was willing of her own accord to communicate with Rose. Rose had figured The TARDIS could only communicate with The Doctor; after all, he was the one who shared both a telepathic and empathic bond with the ship and not Rose.

'Rose Tyler I do not have long so listen very carefully and closely to all I am about to tell you.' Rose thought back, 'Why do you not have long it is not like I am going anywhere once we drop mum off.' Rose heard The TARDIS let out what sounded very much like a weary sigh as she replied, 'Oh, but on the contrary my dear Bad Wolf you cannot stay here nor can the Metacrisis Doctor either.' Rose went rigid as she gritted out, 'Why the hell can I not stay when I have been through so much trying to get back to him?'

The TARDIS replied, 'You will return to him one day, but now is not your time to be with him. He has to experience other adventures and meet many people before he regenerates again.' She continued, 'No your time for the next seven decades will be occupied loving and marrying the other Doctor. You are going to love him so very much, will have several beautiful children with him, as you grow old together. You will make such beautiful memories, memories that will see you though the next several centuries that will follow once you return to this reality.'

Rose frowned as she asked, 'Centuries, but how I am only human, and if I have to grow old with a man who is not The Doctor then why should I have to settle for second best?' The TARDIS sounded more than a little exasperated and disappointed as she replied, 'He is by no means second best Rose Tyler, this I strongly advise you to take heed of and remember. He is what The Doctor of this reality cannot give to you yet, and that man will become your world, who I promise you are going to cherish beyond reason.'

She added, 'You cannot stay with The Doctor yet, you have to live and mature, to experience the kind of human life he has always wanted for you. You have to experience marriage and the joys of motherhood. You have to choose and have yourself a career worth being proud of, worthy of him being proud of you.' She continued, 'The Doctor needs a companion and not a lover, at least not yet. This regeneration is far too fickle as he currently is, hardly knows what he wants most days.'

She paused knowing the valid examples she was about to point out, the second example especially, was still a very sore sticking point for Rose. She said, 'Rose as you have already experienced for yourself firsthand, he is too prone to acting before he thinks of how his actions will affect you, for example your first adventure to Platform One, where you watched your planet burn. Finally, of course Reinette, a second example of the point I am trying to make, and I know to be still a very sore issue for you.'

The TARDIS paused once more before she continued, 'His actions have consequences that unintentionally end up hurting you in the process, though he never means to do it, never to you Rose Tyler. That is another one of the reasons you have to leave or else he will push you too far and you will leave him, I have seen it happen it is one of the possible outcomes if the situation is left to continue as it is right now.'

She continued as she felt Rose's shock, 'You and he need to grow up, and he needs a grown woman who has lived and experienced love, joy and pain to the fullest. He needs a woman who can keep up intellectually, who he cannot fob off. He needs someone who can be an equal and keep him in line, who is not afraid to stand up to him to tell him no, to say stop when necessary when he is out of control.'

She added after a brief pause, 'He does not have long left in this body, soon, so very soon, a prophecy is going to be made foretelling of The Doctor's death in this current regeneration. He needs to face it alone; it is how it always meant to be. I have foreseen this happening ever since Satellite Five as had you, but do not remember having done so.'

She went on, 'Plus he is not going to want to be around others after what he is about to do to Donna, what he has to do to her to save her life. He is not going to be in a very good place and will not get better until after he regenerates. His beliefs, what he stands for and his very sanity is going to be tested. Unfortunately no one can help him, but I promise I will do all that I can for him but in the end it is up to him.'

She paused to allow Rose to gather her thoughts, knowing what she has revealed and said had left the poor woman reeling. What she is about to reveal next had the potential to send her over the edge. This was a very delicate situation more ways than one, and she mentally braced herself for what she is about to reveal knowing Rose would not have the same option.

She hoped The Metacrisis would be along soon to join in, she knew this was going to be very painful for Rose, both mentally and physically, she was going to need him to help start the whole process and help Rose. She knew deep down if anyone could withstand what was about to happen then it was Rose Marion Tyler.

She finally said, 'You also have to develop and grow into the gift and curse I am about to bestow upon you. Oh and believe me my dear child it will indeed be both a gift and a curse in more ways than you can begin to imagine.' Rose asked, 'What gift and curse?' The TARDIS replied, 'There is still a spark of the vortex left inside of you Rose, and he thinks he got it all but he is ever so wrong. I left a spark inside large enough to not harm you, but to in fact slowly develop and mature for the eventual purpose of what I am about to do.'

Rose asked, 'Which is?' The TARDIS'S reply shocked Rose as she said, 'I am going to make you part Time Lord and rearrange your DNA, and make more advanced adjustments to your brain, which will enable you to handle having a Time Lord conscious so that you do not burn out from within.'

Rose was clearly stunned as she asked, 'Wait Donna has a Time Lord mind so do you mean if The Doctor is unable to help Donna that will happen to her, she'll burn?' Rose was greatly saddened, she really did like Donna, whose inner fire and passion was a force to reckon with, who did not allow The Doctor to get away with all kinds of crap.

The TARDS answered, 'Donna Noble sadly will not be with The Doctor for much longer due to the fact her head will start to burn from within very soon. There was never supposed to be a human Time Lord Metacrisis. He is going to have to take away all of her memories of all she has ever done with him, and of ever knowing how truly glorious and most definitely useless she is not.'

She added allowing Rose to know just how dire the whole situation had become, 'Worst of all every memory of ever knowing he existed in her life is going to be suppressed, along with the Time Lord conscious currently raging within her. No one will ever be able to mention neither him nor anyone else she had met through him or anything she has done with him in her presence ever again, or else she will burnout from within.'

Rose gasped inwardly as she asked in a panicked tone, 'Wait a minute, if you are saying Donna cannot handle being part Time Lord, then how are you expecting me to do the same?' She added sounding genuinely worried, 'What about the other Doctor, isn't he like Donna and won't he burn like her. What would the point be of promising me he will be mine for the next seventy years if he has no chance of surviving?.'

The TARDIS replied, 'No, he has just received some of her personality and her DNA, her human DNA, which means he has one heart and one life, it enables him to age like a human instead of regenerating. The aging process and one heart, along with the ability to think as a human and feel human instincts is all that is human, while the rest is Time Lord, The Doctor.'

She paused before adding reassuringly, 'Rose he is just like the original Doctor, same memories and thought process, likes and dislikes all the same.' She paused before adding, 'His temper will be shorter and his voice slightly rougher due to her influence, and he will gain some of her likes and dislikes and few of her personality quirks, and finally her human gut instincts.'

She paused once again before saying, 'However, he will not burn due to the fact he has a direct link to the original Doctor though the hand cut off during Christmas after he regenerated. The only way anything could happen is if the original Doctor dies to the point he does not regenerate the link between them would be broken.' She continued after a brief pause, 'Another possibility is current times lines somehow disrupted, which in turn means certain events have not taken place the way they should have. That is the only reason something could happen to him outside of him dying in an accident or by natural means.'

She paused for the final time allowing Rose to process what she had just revealed about The Metacrisis before she finally added, 'You will not burn because you are the Bad Wolf, who looked into the vortex, into my heart taking it into yourself, that along with my influence will protect you, a protection Donna sadly does not have. The vortex will spark the transformation with my help and The Metacrisis's.'

Rose noticed out of the corner of her eye how the other Doctor's shoulders tensed before she heard him telling Donna quietly to go and keep Jackie occupied. Donna frowned but for once did not argue with him and made her way over to Jackie, while The Doctor made his way over to the console where Rose stood and watched him approach.

He waved off whatever she had been planning to say when she opened her mouth to speak. He whispered, "I already know what is going on seeing as I have been following yours and The TARDIS'S conversation due to the link I still share with her." He added in a cool tone, "Second best am I, Rose Tyler?" He snorted as he concluded, "Huh, thanks for that I do so enjoy being enlightened at every single opportunity, amazing isn't it what one learns about one self when they're not supposed to?"

Rose visibly blanched in embarrassment and remorse, while The Doctor waved her off and said, "The only reason I am not going to hold that against you, no matter how much that hurts, because The TARDIS has already shown me what's to come, something you won't be seeing as you have to live it and experience it for yourself."

Rose inwardly cringed at his tone and genuinely wished she had not said that, knowing she had said it in the heat of the moment and before The TARDIS had informed her he was The Doctor with just a few Donna and human add-ons. She knew he did not deserve her slighting him like that, and wondered why he was being so forgiving so quickly. She knew if it been her she would not be quick to forgive nor forget, and suspected he forgave but had not forgotten. She knew if he truly was anything like his counter-part, and she was starting believe that was the case, then he never forgot once slighted.

She had her answer when he murmured quietly, "Because I know you did not mean it, and if it had been anyone else but you, then yes, I would have been less than forgiving." He paused and narrowed his dark eyes as he added, "And no, I have not forgotten, I do not forget, having an eidetic memory makes that impossible. Though trust me if I could I would love to forget those words ever slipped pass your lips Rose Tyler."

She inwardly cringed at his words, feeling truly like a bitch, yet at the same time instantly noticed the rougher tone he used when he had spoken. The rough quality reminded her of Donna, something which The TARDIS had already mentioned to her. Something about the rough edge combined with The Doctors voice made something shiver and spark to life inside of her in a way she refused to examine too closely.

The Doctor linked to The TARDIS and asked her, 'Old girl do me a favour and place a perception filter around the console, Rose and myself please, as the last thing we need is Jackie bloody Tyler trying to stick her nose in this.' He added irritably, 'We cannot afford for this to not go off without a hitch due to it being a fixed point in time. I sure as hell am not going to have a hole the size of Belgium three times over punched into the skin of the universe thanks to her meddling.'

Rose any other time would have reprimanded him for slighting her mother like that, but let it go this time knowing that he was only telling the truth after all. She knew unfortunately her mother would indeed try to interfere, knew her mother would not care about fixed points in time nor paradoxes or holes three times the size of Belgium being punched into the skin of the universe as long as Rose remained completely human.

Rose sighed and said, 'Okay let's do this now as he is not going to be outside saying goodbye for much longer. If he is going to dump me back on that god forsaken beach again, then I want to make sure that when those seven decades are up that I have a way back.' She paused looking truly weary as she added, 'Everyone I know and love is going to be gone in another seven decades, I refuse to be left behind to constantly be haunted by memories and endure never-ending loneliness.'

The Doctor let out a sigh and replied, 'Our children won't Rose you will still have them. All of them will be born with one heart, but when they mature and regenerate for the first time they will gain their second heart.' He added, 'I am still Time Lord enough and you will also be Time Lord enough once we are done here, that the Gallifreyan DNA will dominate the human DNA they will surely have.'

He continued, 'Their regeneration cycle will not be like his due to fact neither I nor you will regenerate like he does. They will regenerate a total of thirteen times, including their first body. The regeneration process will be less harsh, meaning only minor changes will take place each time.' He added, 'Although, any children had with him in the future will share a regeneration cycle like his own, in other words each time they regenerate they will change completely like he does not just minor changes like any children of mine.'

Rose asked, 'What do you mean when you say only minor changes?' He replied, 'Their main facial features will always remain the same, but when I say changes, I mean the colour of their skin, eye colour, hair colour and style, that will change.' He shrugged and said, 'For example one could be blonde with long shoulder length curly hair and almond shaped blue eyes and pale skin, whilst another could be ginger with short spiky hair and round green eyes with tanned skin or freckles or no freckles.'

He added, 'Their body build, such as height and weight will shift each time they regenerate. For example, one could be petite or tall, heavy set or slim. Another could be tall and bulking with heavy-set muscles. Even lanky and slim like me and him are, which is not a bad thing.' Rose had a knowing smirk curving her lips at that last part.

He continued at her nod and said, 'How old or young they appear will shift also, they could look as if in their twenties but regenerate next to appear as if they are some body's grandparent.' He continued to add, 'Their voice and accent will also shift, such as one could end up with a soft soprano voice and a Scottish accent, while another could be Irish with a strong and husky tone. Hell, one could even be a baritone and end up with a northern accent like my ninth self had. It all depends on when or where they are when they regenerate as outside influences can be major factors in what they will end up with.'

He continued speaking in an all knowing tone, 'Their likes and dislikes will change when they do, for example, one could like ballet and adore the colour pink in all shades, but not be much of a fan of the dance in their next regeneration and detest the colour pink in all shades with a passion.' He continued to point out other possible examples. 'Another could be a caffeine addict, liking their coffee black or white with milk or sugar or no milk or sugar, but then they could regenerate and end up taking it differently or even as drastic as being unable to stomach the stuff in their next body and prefer drinking tea instead.'

He laughed as he said, 'Christ, one might even love bananas, but curse their very existence in their next regeneration. On the other hand, like scrambled eggs with cheese but then like them fried or poached the next time around or not like them at all. It varies trust me it varied a lot for his past regenerations something he might show you one day when you return here.'

He shot her a knowing smirk as he said, 'Another example of likes and dislikes, such as my ninth self liking leather, jumpers and Doc Martins, whereas my current self likes pinstripe suits, ties and converse. However the one thing that remained the same is that we both like bananas, in fact my love of them grew when I regenerated as you full well know Rose.'

He continued after a pausing and allowing Rose to take what he said in, before he explained to her. 'Personality traits will also change as well, for example, one could be all dark and broody and prone to having a short fuse, but when they regenerate they could be lighter and less prone to losing their temper. They could be a joker or a misfit or less compassionate, but be more reserved and the most compassionate person you have ever met in their next regeneration.'

He let out a sigh as he concluded his long and very typical rambling explanation Rose noted in amusement. 'In short both mine and your features will always remain very dominate and present in our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so forth. Those features like I said are never going to shift they are going to be around for a very long time to come.'

Rose rapidly tried to process all of the information she had just been given before asking, 'But won't they stay behind due to being married and having children of their own?' He shook his head and said, 'No, because neither I nor the TARDIS have seen them finding anyone in that reality meaning they will find their spouses in this reality. They were a part of every possible timeline that I and the TARDIS saw, which is safe to say they are going to come back alongside you when you eventually do.'

He continued to inform her of as much as he possibly and safely could, 'They will return with you when you return to this reality due to they still being far too young by Gallifreyan standards to be left alone, least of all in an alternative reality without the influence of another Gallifreyan present. Gallifreyan's are not considered to have reached their full majority until they pass their one hundred and fifty year mark and regenerate for the first time.'

He added at her surprised glance and said, 'Think about it Rose, Gallifreyan's live for so long, that it is hardly surprising that we are not truly considered an adult until we reach a century and a half. Sure, we marry and have children before we reach one hundred, but not considered true adults in the eyes of the law until passing that century and a half mark. It's like with humans on earth you can legally drink and get married at eighteen, but no one really considers you a true adult until you turn twenty one.'

He continued to add and saying, 'Our Children are still going to need the presence of at least one parent until regeneration for the first time comes around, which would have not been the case if the Time Academy and Gallifrey still existed. You are going to need my full Time Lord self to help you finish schooling and disciplining them, otherwise you're going to have one hell of a riot on your hands let me tell you that.'

He let out a tiered sigh before explaining in more detail, 'As for you Rose, not only are you going to have a Time Lord mind, mine and his Time Lord mind to be more precise. You also are going to have a time sense, will sense the planets around you as well as being able to feel them rotating. You will also be able to see all that was, is, and ever will be. Even being able to feel when a planet, star or solar system is being born or is about to die out, which can seem like a curse when you feel them burn their last.'

He continued at Rose's stunned silence, 'All of your senses will be enhanced, such as hearing, sight, taste and touch. You will be able to tell where and when you are by just smell, taste and touch alone. Being able to detect poisons by scent alone will also be one of the many things you will find you are capable of, taste and touch will be unnecessary.'

He grinned slightly and told her, 'Hearing and sight will be enhanced like never before and can sometimes be overwhelming due to being drastically keener then any human senses. I can grantee no human can or will ever be able to match to a degree that a Time Lord's senses can reach.' Rose rolled her eyes at him in exasperated amusement as he snorted and commented somewhat mockingly, 'Ha, I do not honestly think they would know what to do with such an advanced range added onto their limited human senses.'

He paused before adding, 'I have a feeling you will also enjoy the fact you will have an impeccable memory, meaning remembering things you would have trouble with in great detail as you are now will be made much easier. When I say easier, I mean to the point it would seem to others as impossible, though not to you, me and the other Doctor.'

He added at Rose's look of interest, 'You will be able to concentrate on something else or other detail, will even be able to listen and pick up on what is going on and being said around you. Most people will think you won't have been listening that you have been ignoring them, although you will have been more alert then they could ever imagine possible.'

He paused once more before revealing another new aspect of what Rose would be able to do once the transformation was completed. 'You and I should be able to communicate with each other and our children telepathically and they with each other. A Time Lord conscious will mean that you, our children and I will be able to sense each other's presence. His presence once you return here will be even more glaringly obvious to you, due to him being a full blooded and seasoned Time Lord.'

Rose's eyes widened as something he had said gave her pause and she asked, 'Wait a minute, you say I will be able to communicate telepathically with you once the transformation is completed, but it is not yet, so how am I currently speaking to you inside of my head?' The Doctor grinned and said, 'Ah, I wondered when you would pick up on that.' He pauses before he tells her, 'Simple really, The TARDIS has tapped slightly into the piece of her that is still inside of you, the Time Vortex that is. Plus everyone has the potential for telepathy or to be slightly psychic, yet not many can or know how to tap into that potential.'

He added saying, 'Gallifreyan's are a telepathic race who can read the thoughts and emotions of whoever's mind they have entered, though touch is unnecessary with a mentally compatible spouse and their children. Also you will have the ability to erase as well as block and suppress memories and place someone in a healing coma all with your mind if you are within physical contact with them.'

He concluded, 'You will not have two hearts nor will you regenerate, meaning that if you end up harmed badly enough to cause your death then you will die, but will revive completely unharmed, such as injuries healing quicker. The only way to explain it would be to compare it to Jack who dies but does not stay dead and heals quicker than your typical brand of human.'

Rose asked, 'What kind of life span can I expect and will I age at all?' He replied, 'For as long as he out there and is going to live, which could be centuries, who knows. It all depends on how careful he is with those remaining regenerations he has left, who honestly knows with the way he tends to go through them.'

He added, 'As for aging, yes you will age back in the other reality but once I die my essence and all of my memories will be transferred to you, in turn restoring you back to how you look now. After that you will never age a day over most likely thirty, though I suspect you may look close to how old you're going to be when you do die for the final time.'

Rose frowned and asked, 'Won't you have a grave back in the other reality eventually?' He shook his head and replied, 'Most likely, yet it will be empty, purely for show and to keep up with appearances. There will be no body to bury, seeing as it will become pure Artron energy, energy which will be absorbed by you, kicking starting a one off regeneration that will return your youth to you with a few minor one time changes that I will leave as a surprise.'

He paused before concluding, 'In short it means I will always be with you.' Rose looked surprised as she asked, 'Will I be able to talk with you once you're gone?' He shook his head and replied, 'No, but you will always be able to feel my presence and essence within you, particularly when you will access my memories or are thinking of me.'

He let out a sigh and said, 'Alright we need to get on with this before he comes back, plus Donna can only entertain your mother for so long and talk about Rassilon knows what. Donna does not know your mum that well, so she can only take any conversation so far before Jackie starts to become suspicious and wonder where you are and what you are doing or why you and I have been silently standing here for so long.' He grimaced as he told her, 'In my opinion they have far too much in common for my peace of mind.' Rose smirked knowingly, he of course was correct.

He cleared his throat and said, 'Okay, now I need you to brace yourself, this I am sorry to say will hurt something fierce. You need to be in direct contact with me for this process to work due to my Time Lord mind and the vortex from The TARDIS being what will spark the vortex energy inside of you.' He concluded, 'A very large part of your DNA is about to be completely rewritten and your brain and mind are about to be expanded by a hundred times your current capacity. That takes a real lot of pure raw energy and power the kind that is unfortunately really going to hurt like hell.'

Rose asked in a worried tone, 'Will mum and Donna be able to see and hear what is happening to me?' He shook his head and replied, 'Donna will be able to see and hear, and will have more than a small inkling as to what is happening.' He concluded, 'But because a perception filter has been placed around the console only Donna will be able to see through it. Your mother on the other hand won't be any the wiser, won't be able to see through the filter, which means she won't even think to look in the direction of the console.'

Rose nodded and braced herself at Donna's discreet nod to both Rose and The Doctor, whilst increasing her efforts to keep Jackie occupied and keep a look out for the other Doctor, knowing he would try to interfere in whatever was about to happen. Something deep down was telling her she had to let this happen and could not allow The Doctor and Jackie Tyler to interfere in anyway. She nodded discreetly to the two of them as they made eye contact with her briefly.

The Doctor placed his fingertips on either side of Rose's temples as both closed their eyes as The TARDIS Time Rotor started to glow golden moving up and down. At first that was all that happened, only for Rose to start screaming at the top of her lungs in a blood curdling and chilling way seconds later. What seemed like liquid fire had ignited inside of her head and throughout her whole being.

All that was, is, and ever could be instantly flooded into her head at a rapid rate, sight more rapidly than Rose could process or knew what to do with. It felt like she could almost feel her brain expanding in size and it was all she could do at this point was to keep up due to the pain being so mind-numbingly horrific. It was like nothing she could ever imagine or had experienced quite like it ever since she took the Time Vortex into herself.

Donna who could see and hear what was happening had to resist the urge to not reveal the look of horror that threatened to appear across her face in less alert Jackie to the fact that all was not as it appeared to be. Perception filters only worked if the ones on the receiving end do not have even the smallest of clues as to what was happening right underneath their nose.

Donna watched and quickly turned away from the sight of Rose's eyes shot open wide and completely overflowing with golden time vortex energy. She turned back to face Jackie, who was currently going on about how her son Tony was back in the other reality with his father, Pete. Donna hoped the process would hurry along as she spotted the other Doctor, who was making his way back inside of The TARDIS.

Just as he entered the console room, the process was complete and Rose fell forwards into the waiting arms of the other Doctor, who carefully lifted her into his arms and carried her to the captain's chair. The Doctor stopped dead, as he took in the sight of his Metacrisis self carefully and gently lowering an unconscious Rose onto the captain's chair. Jackie let out a gasp and quickly ran over to her daughter and started to fuss over her seeing as the perception filter no longer worked as Rose and the other Doctor had moved from the console.

The Doctor demanded, "What is going on here and what has happened to Rose?" He quickly made his way over to Rose and reaches out with two fingers of his left hand to place them on the side of her neck checking for her pulse, and is relieved to discover she has one; even if it were running little faster then was considered normal.

The Metacrisis replied, "Relax her pulse will even out in a moment or two, it's perfectly normal considering what she has just endured. Oh, and before you start panicking, do check the timelines and you will know exactly what has happened as well as the fact it was a fixed point and was meant to happen like this. Seriously, you don't want or need a hole three times the size of Belgium punched into the skin of the universe anymore then I do."

The Doctor kept his fingertips on Rose's pulse as it slowly started to regulate much to his relief, yet that relief did not last as he closed his eyes, concentrating on her timeline every possible timeline. His eyes snapped open after a moment or two and a sigh of the deepest bone weary defeat escaped passed barely parted lips. He had seen it all, all being her career, her marriage and children she would have with the man standing beside him. Deep down he knew she would return to this reality as soon as his Metacrisis self died. Knew this because her timeline had just increased an unknown amount due to the fact her lifespan now matched his, he realised with dawning disbelief.

He cringed abruptly snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of one Jackie Tyler screeching, "What the bloody hell happened to my daughter? She was standing talking to him and then the next he was picking her up and lowering her onto that chair after she passed out." she pointed almost violently in the direction of The Doctor in the blue suit, who merely raised a brow at her as if daring her to get in his face.

The Doctor in the brown suit inwardly growled in sheer annoyance, Rassilon he could hardly wait to get rid of the hell that was Jackie Tyler for good this time. He sure as hell did not pity his Metacrisis self one little bit, a thought which caused The TARDIS to inwardly snort at the direction her Time Lords thoughts had taken him in regards to one Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler.

The Doctor thought of the fact his Metacrisis would have the consolation of having Rose to love and marry as well as have children and getting to grow old with her he would have all of that even though he would eventually die and not Rose. However, damn it was the whole damned lousy principle of it all thank you very much as far as The Doctor was concerned.

The Doctor also realised he had seen the raised brow and the look his counter-part had shot Jackie, almost as if he was daring the older Tyler woman to get up in his face. Oh yes, that was definitely Donna's influence, her fiery take no prisoners or back down attitude. It had to be, as he himself would never put himself in the direct path of Jackie Tyler's wrath if he could help it or had any say in the matter.

Ha, he almost wished to be around to bear witness to the explosive spats that he was damn certain would happen between Jackie and his Metacrisis in the future. He did not envy Rose or Pete, not one damn iota. He knew it would take both of them, and no doubt be caught up in the middle of that riot just waiting to happen, peacekeepers between the fiery pair.

He is struck suddenly with the thought that he too would also get the chance to have children and marry Rose for much, much longer, only not in this body or lifetime. That in his opinion was not bloody fare, but he knew it would do no good. He was too fickle in this body and wanted a companion and not a lover or wife, and he knew it to, sweet Rassilon was he very much aware of it.

Rose currently was too naïve and trusting to truly be able to handle and stand up to him as he was right then at least not without him repeatedly and unwillingly shattering her heart and soul over and over again. He would sooner give her up for a brief time until he regenerated if it meant sparing her as much pain and grief inflicted by him then so be it.

He knew deep down that it would take a lot for both Rose and the next him truly to reconnect once she returned, especially because he knew that he would not be dealing with the typical Rose Tyler. Oh no, he was going to get something much more thrilling, a whole brand new and shockingly gorgeous and a dangerous breed of Rose Marion Tyler. But also he knew he would be dealing with a grieving widower, that sort grief once experienced changed a person and truly never went away just become more manageable is all.

This was something that he deeply envied about his future and Metacrisis selves, both were going to end up marrying her and fathering her children, which was something he was not going to get the chance to do. Fate and time she was a cruel and trying Mistress only giving when she saw fit to do so, but always, always taking, constant and never ending taking it would seem to The Doctor in this regeneration.

He snapped rather rudely out of his musings again by a forever more screeching Jackie. "What happened to my daughter god damn it, tell me right this blasted instant you good for nothing infernal alien of a man? I demand to know what could have been done without me seeing or being any the wiser, I am in the same room for Christ sake, so how the hell is it possible for something like that to get passed me?"

They all turned when they heard a truly pained and exasperated moan, causing both Doctors and Donna to snort inwardly and out aloud as Rose grumbled, "Stop your bloody screeching mom you are hurting my head even more so then it already is. You screeching abuse at The Doctors it is not going to solve everything that is bothering and worrying you mom, ever so sorry to tell you that, but seriously."

She continued as she pinched the bridge of her nose as her mother spluttered indignantly, "As for the fact what just happened to me was able to without you being any the wiser is because there was a perception filter around The TARDIS console. It stops people you don't want being any the wiser from seeing what you do not want them to see, in short it is used as a distraction tactic and sometimes for security reasons."

She concluded in a slightly slurred tone as she shakily and drowsily tried to sit up right on the captain's chair. "Oh, and hello planet Earth do stop moving around so much you are making me feel sick. Honestly Doctor, how do you stand it, it is bloody disorienting beyond belief." Both Doctors could not help but roar with laughter at her last remark, hello planet Earth indeed, that was just bloody precious, beyond precious to both Doctors.

Rose shot them a disgruntled glance before glancing at her clearly fuming mother and inwardly groaned in sheer bloody annoyance. This was going to get extremely messy beyond belief, but it had to be done, her mother needed to be told something, even if it was going to be an extremely edited and a wholly sugar coated watered down version of what had happened to her.

"Mom, I promise I will try to explain what has happened to me as best as I can as soon as we return home and dad is around to hear as well." She added looking in the blue suited Doctor's direction, "Oh and believe me it will be me who is going to tell as you will just ramble on and on, eventually end up getting yourself bloody slapped by mom for your troubles."

The Doctor in question shot her a wounded glance and gave her mock puppy eyes, making Rose snort and resist the urge to not childishly stick her tongue out at him and flip him off in the process. The Doctor must have sensed this as he shook his head and raised a single brow as he shot her an amused and knowing glance.

The brown suited Doctor's thoughts suddenly turned less sour and more gleefully devious as thought with not the least bit of sympathy, 'Oh, that poor bastard is going to have Jackie Tyler as a mother in law. Hell that is the only consolation I can think of in this whole situation as far as my part of this whole mess is concerned. Ha, good luck with that, rather you and than me. On the plus side at least he will have Donna's influence to aid him against her.'

He inwardly sniggered when he saw the honest to Rassilon filthiest look possible the blue suited him shot in his direction, realising The Metacrisis could hear what he was thinking. He supposed that was due to the connection they shared though their Time Lord DNA and with The TARDIS. He figured it was a real pity he would not have the chance to wound his counter-part up again after that day.

The Metacrisis's sour reply almost had the brown suited Doctor laughing his ass off out aloud, 'Christ, that woman is a bloody menace and it would not be so bad if she was not all happy to go all out with the slapping and did not screech like a god awful harpy. You are one lucky bastard as Jackie will be long gone before Rose is yours again.'

Just as The Doctor was about to retort both he and The Metacrisis noticed Rose suddenly sober completely and sighed as they heard her say, "Damn it, it is time to go I can sense that the walls surrounding the void separating both realties will be closing themselves off within the next thirty minutes until I will return. Any form of scarring that will be left behind after closing will need to heal for the next seven decades or so, so that when I do return eventually they can safely be reopened and reclosed once again."

The brown suited Doctor looked truly pained as he walked over to the console and Rose followed him. She linked her mind to his hoping he would accept her inside of his head and asked him. 'Do you mind if I and your other self, along with Donna join you in flying the TARDIS for the final time?' She added, 'I do not honestly doubt that I will eventually fly the old girl again once I return, but he and she won't this will truly be their last time and chance piloting her.'

She continued as tears started to fill her eyes from part relief that he had accepted her into his head and part grief for what she planned to say next. 'This will be the last time I will be able to pilot her with this you being with me, which hurts deeply it really does, but is still a matter of fact that cannot be changed.' She paused appearing even more pained as she thought to herself, 'In fact, whatever is going to make him regenerate sounds as if it is going to bad from the tone The TARDIS used earlier on. Regeneration might be a mercy over what state he will be in by the time he does regenerate.'

The Doctor's jaw clenched with the deep soul searing emotional pain he was currently feeling, knowing she was right no matter how he and she wished she were not. He nodded and gestured for the other Doctor and Donna to join them, whole heartedly agreeing with Rose that they should rightfully be given the last chance to pilot the old girl.

The blue suited Doctor had heard everything and sighed sadly, as he gestured for a sullen looking Donna to join him. He was glad Donna had not been able to hear what they discussed; it would only raise questions that were not his place to answer, an unfortunate task, which did belong to the other Doctor. Damn was fate and time beyond cruel he truly hated this but knew this was how it had to be.

He knew that Donna would not survive in less his counterpart did what he would once he and Rose had left and it was just Donna left. He wanted her to survive so badly that he knew she had to forget. She was good as his sister and his sister must live to marry and have children in short have a fantastic life worthy of her sheer brilliance.

He and Donna made their way up to the other two situating themselves on the other side of the console allowing Rose and the brown suited Doctor to have the other side. Rose called out to her mother and said, "Mom, sit down on the captain's chair and hold on tight and don't loosen your grip no matter what." Jackie reluctantly nodded and did as told. They instantly started to work, each slowly making their way around the console in perfect timing and formation.

The journey was by far much smoother than usual due to there being four pilots instead of just the one running like a lunatic around the console. The journey seemed to move on quicker than either pilot would have truly liked, meaning in no time at all they had landed the old girl in the other reality. The only one who was relieved to have landed was Jackie, who was eager to return to Pete and their son Tony.

There was a heavy lingering silence, which everyone had trouble making direct eye contact with each other as a deep sense of grief emitted throughout the entire TARDIS. Jackie could even feel it, causing her to shift uncomfortably from her seat on the Captains chair. A deep and almost suffocating feeling that gripped everyone within its icy unflinching and uncaring grip. The Doctor in blue cleared his throat breaking the silence as he said, "How about we head out and give these two a moment to say goodbye."

Jackie opened her mouth to protest, honestly thinking they would up and leave them behind as soon as the doors closed behind them. What she did not realise was that Donna would be joining them outside and The Doctor dare not leave Donna behind. For one this was not her reality, but above all and worse yet, he would be good as leaving her to burnout from within, which was a most painful and horrific death that most would not wish on their worst enemy.

Rose if sensing what currently went though her mother's mind spoke up, "Please mom we both need this, I promise I am not going anywhere, at least not yet. You and Dad along with The Doctor will be long gone before I come back to this reality to the other Doctor here, along with any children I have." She looked at her mother pleadingly and repeated, "Please mom." She let out a deep and pained sigh as she added, "I just need to say goodbye as this will be the last time I will see The Doctor as he is now, next time I meet him he will be on the verge of becoming a new man. We both need this closure that we won't be able to have once I leave this TARDIS for the next seven decades."

Jackie nodded reluctantly; suddenly realising that Rose would be coming back with her, but would return to him after she was long gone. She just wondered as the Doctor in blue and Donna were about to lead her out of the TARDIS onto the familiar and much hated beach in Norway, how exactly Rose would come back after she was long gone?

Before The Metacrisis could get all the way outside The Doctor called out to him, "Wait, I have something for you, something that both I and The TARDIS want and feel that you should have." The Metacrisis turned to face his counterpart and asked, "Like what?" The Doctor replied as he reached behind him and took something that resembled a small piece of rock, which had been resting nearby one of the levers.

The Doctor held out his hand as his Metacrisis came towards him and took what the other he handed to him. He felt his breath catch in his throat as he realised he was holding a piece of The TARDIS'S coral, which would give him the chance to grow his very own TARDIS. He smiled in disbelief and shook his head before thinking so only his other self could hear, 'Thank you, this means more to me than anything in the universe, in any universe, besides Rose.'

The Doctor nodded knowingly before The Metacrisis turned to Rose and said, "I'll see you outside." Rose nodded in silent agreement and watched as he led both Donna and her mother out of the TARDIS. She smiled sadly as she realised this was the last time he would enter the TARDIS, well, at least this one that is. She knew that was a piece of The TARDIS coral that the Metacrisis now held in his hand.

Once the doors closed behind them Rose quickly closed the distance between herself and The Doctor and held onto him tightly and him to her, just as tightly as tears started to flow down her cheeks rapidly. The Doctor was surprised Rose was not fighting him over the fact he was leaving her behind again, in fact he could clearly see she was already aware before he had even revealed what he had been about to do. She had after all helped bring the TARDIS to where they currently were without him having to say where they had been heading.

Rose pulled back enough that she could see his face, and lifted her hands to his face, before gently cupping is cheeks. She whispered fiercely to him, "Everything has its time Doctor and my time with the other you right outside those doors is just getting started. I will return, whether it is as your companion, lover, wife, or merely just your friend. I will be here to ensure you will never have to be alone again."

She added, "But first I must live and have the fantastic life you have always wanted for me and told me to go and have that one moment before I saw you regenerate for the first time." She paused to get a firmer grip on her emotions, knowing she needs to say this to him. She adds in a pleading tone, "Please try to not destroy yourself along with the universe before I can get back to keep you in check. I know you are not going to have nor want a companion after what you are about to do to save Donna from burning out from within."

She visibly grimaces as she tells him in a fierce and grave whisper, "That is what terrifies me knowing there is going to be no one around to stop you, telling you it is not an option, telling you to stop, to pull you back from the inevitable brink when you go too far." She sighs wearily, a deep sense of fear colouring her words, "And it is going to happen Doctor you will go too far, I have seen it. Every possible timeline and every one ends up very similarly, that being you deeply regretting it. I won't nor can I tell you what you'll end up doing, I can only see it because it is not my own timeline."

She let out a loud sigh and said, "I will give you a name and only that then I need you to think of that name and only that name when it is your time to meet her, and not before. That name Doctor is Captain Adelaide Brooke. Please Doctor do not look into her timeline until you have met her, please." She added mentally to herself in deep exasperation, 'We don't need you changing another fixed point, bad enough you are going to have an arrogant I am an all high and mighty Time Lord and I can change whatever I damn well please moment and end up changing the fixed point that you do eventually.'

The Doctor is looking at her with a fierce and desperate glint in his dark and troubled eyes. He squeezes his eye shut tightly, before surprising her as he captures her mouth with his own hungrily and grips the side of her face as he deepens the kiss. He can feel the hot sensation that is tears prickling behind his closed lids. After what seems like forever, but is not nearly long enough for either Rose or The Doctor, is in fact only a moment or two, Rose breaks the kiss. They rest their foreheads against each other's breathing deeply against each other's mouths, their lips occasionally brushing against the others.

The Doctor knows this will be the last chance he will get to tell her how he truly feels. He has a terrifying feeling that his next regeneration is not going to be in love with Rose and she not with him, at least not at first, or in the way it practically flowed between them right then. He knows that love is mostly likely going to have to grow and develop slowly between them just like it had in the beginning with his ninth self then eventually with him as he was now.

No matter how much those three words truly terrify him he knows he has to say them, knowing he has far too many and will have many more regrets coming his way, that he has no such doubt of. However, he point blank refuses to have this one regret with Rose, refuses to allow that other him outside those doors be the first to kiss and tell her he loves her. No damn way is he going to let that happen, it is more than he can honestly bear or tolerate.

He murmurs against her lips, "This will be the last time I will truly get the chance to tell you how I feel at least whilst looking as I do right now. You will have to forgive me if I do not wish for that man outside on that beach to be the first to kiss you and tell you how he loves you. Because Rose Tyler, I do love you, so very much, that it is killing me to have to let you go, at least for the time being."

He pressed a brief but desperate kiss against her trembling lips before adding, "I envy both him out there and my future self, I envy the fact one if not both of them are going to marry you, make love to you and to father your children as well as eventually grow old with you. They are going to experience what I never can with you, no matter how much I truly and desperately want it."

Rose stifled a sob against his lips before kissing him desperately and then whispering against his lips, "We have twenty minutes before you have to leave, imagine this Doctor, what we can get done within that time." The Doctor's eyes widened before he grabbed her and spun them around briefly before he sat her upon the edge of the console. They then proceeded to kiss fiercely and rip each other's clothes off in a frenzy born of love and desperation.

Outside the TARDIS the blue suited Doctor knew what was happening, had sensed the slight shift in the timeline. He let out a sigh and smiled bitterly to himself, though he would not hold it against either of them. He knew it was a desperate act to be with each other before they had to separate. He would not hold it against the other him, not when he knew he was going to get to experience a life with Rose.

He was going to marry her and father her children, also getting the chance to spend years making love and making memories with Rose. That was something his counter-part would not get to experience, at least not in that body. Before he even had a chance of experiencing even half of what he was going to have, he would have to regenerate again.

He had feeling that The Doctor inside currently making love to Rose would also get the chance to father a child with Rose, but he would never get to watch him or her being born or growing up, at least not with those eyes. No, that honour would be his, which is why he was not holding anything against his counter-part. Besides, he was not married to Rose yet, had no claim over her yet, yet being the operative word. He hoped she was having a moment she could take with her and cherish for always, he genuinely did.

He went over to Donna as he watched Jackie walk over to the other side of the beach nearby most likely trying to get a signal so that she could ring Pete, letting him know that they were going to need transport to get them back to London. He wondered what Pete's reaction would be to him and to the transformation that Rose had undergone.

Donna asked, "What do you suppose is happening in there between them?" He replied, "Donna, what would you be doing if you had twenty minutes to say goodbye to the one you love, twenty minutes, imagine what they could accomplish and say in that amount of time?" Donna fell her eyes widen as he raised an eyebrow shooting her a knowing and suggestive look. She gasped and exclaimed in a loud whisper, "What you think they are seriously getting it on in there?" He replied, "Yeah I do and I don't hold it against either one of them."

Meanwhile back inside of the TARDIS, Rose moaned out aloud as he thrust into her harder and faster and let out a loud grunt before capturing her mouth hungrily with his. He continued to hold her to him as she wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her over to the captain's chair still buried deeply inside of her. He sat down with her straddling his thighs and then took hold of her hips and guided her up and down his length as she bounced up and down, watching as her breasts swayed and bounced with her rapid movements.

He rapidly devoted this moment to his memory for later on when he was alone and all he had was his memories of how she looked, smelt, tasted and felt like in his arms and her hot wet heat surrounding his length. The sound that was her cries and whimpers of passion, forever imprinted upon his mind and in his memory as she rode him faster and harder.

The only sound in the TARDIS was the echoing sound of lips meeting and parting hungrily and passionately. The sound of sweat soaked skin hitting against sweat soaked skin repeatedly. Whimpering, moaning, gasping, grunting, growling and constant whispers consisting of I love you and goodbye. Soon Rose and The Doctor sped up their thrusts, her downwards onto him and him upwards into her. They wanted it to last forever, but unfortunately, they could both sense that their time was growing very short. They could sense the walls of the void would be closing soon and that they needed to finish quickly.

The Doctor adjusted their position so that Rose was lying on her back on the captain's chair. He balanced himself by placing one knee on the chair beside her hip and placing his foot of his other side down firmly on the floor as he lifted her hips up off the chair, and spread her legs wide and held them up as he proceeded to pound into her.

Rose had to muffle a scream into her hand, not wanting her mother, Donna, or the other Doctor outside in particular to hear her, not wishing to rub what was happening inside of The TARDIS in his face. He did not deserve that, but she and The Doctor could not help themselves, it was almost as if some driving force was urging them to imprint the smell, taste and touch of the other into their minds.

That was her last thought of the other Doctor as the original pounded into her harder and faster, clearly concentrating his thrusts at a certain angle and speed working towards making her come faster. She moaned out aloud as he reached forward with his left hand to pinch her clit between his thumb and finger as he thrust even deeper. It was with one last pinch and extra hard thrust that sent her over the edge. She could not stifle the scream of pleasure that emitted from her as her orgasm racked throughout her body.

The squeezing of her inner muscles around his length as she continued to come caused him to go over the edge and letting out a loud yell of pleasure. He held her to him as he continued thrusting into her rapidly emptying himself deeply inside of her with each hard jerk of his hips. With one last jerk of his hips against hers he slumped forwards and rested his forehead against hers, kissing her gently as he panted heavily.

It was with heavy hearts that he slipped out of her less than a minute later. Rose felt tears fill her eyes as she feels him leave her, it felt like he had taken something important and comforting when he left her body. She slowly sat up and searched for her clothing as he stood up and searched for his own. Five minutes later, he was just putting back on his tie and she was putting on her leather jacket. She straightened her hair as best as she could whilst he tried to flatten his own hair as best as he could, but it was far too obvious as to what they had been doing, both look flushed and are sweating.

Rose and he exchanged a lingering kiss before Rose said, "Stay in here you don't have to come out and say goodbye again, I will send Donna in after me. The walls will be closing in a few minutes and you have to get out of here before you cannot leave. The last thing you need or want is to be trapped here, particularly with the condition Donna will soon be in."

He leaned forwards and kissed her one last time before he pulled away and said, his voice cracked with grief, "I love you always remember that, and I will wait for you to come back to me even if I won't be as I am right now, even if I don't love you like I do now to begin with." He felt the tears start rapidly filling his eyes again, and knew he would wait until he was alone to let his grief have full rein.

Rose sobbed as she grabbed him by the lapels of his jacket and pulled him towards her and kisses him hard before pulling back. She says, "I love you to and I will be back in no time at all, just a blink of your eye please remember that." She then ran for the doors not looking back or else she was terrified she would not be able to leave him when she knew she had to.

As she reaches outside, she instantly sees the familiar and much loathed beach. She called out to Donna, "Quickly get in there before it is too late and you both end up trapped here you cannot afford for that to happen." Donna nodded before giving The Doctor a quick hug before running up to Rose and doing the same with her and as she pulled away and ran for the TARDIS she called back over her shoulder, "Take care of and love each other." She then opened the door to the TARDIS, looking over her shoulder one last time to give them a smile of pure sadness before she closes the door behind her.

Seconds later they witness the sound and sight of the TARDIS materializing slowly before disappearing completely out of view, he for the final time and her for the next seventy years. Rose could not prevent the sob that escaped her and The Doctor took her into his arms and held her tightly as she burrowed her face into his chest and continued to weep silently. She was far too overwhelmed with grief to make a single sound that her tears were completely silent.