I am soooo sorry that I left this story alone for so long! It was a rough year for me last year but I promise that I will finish this story before the end of 2009! Again, I own nothing but my own ideas and Lily. No Rose in this chapter.

As the Tardis left Rose's mind, she knew it was time to let the Doctor in on her plan. Doctor, we need to talk.

"What is it girl? Is Rose all right?" He asked anxiously. Tardis smiled at the whirlwind of emotions that he was projecting, central of all was love.

She's fine. She wanted me to tell you that she loves you, yet again. But there are serious things that we must discuss. First of all, we must go to Cardiff, to visit an old friend.

"Cardiff? There's not much in Cardiff except, oh you want to see Captain Jack? But why girl? Shouldn't we be more concerned with Rose?"

By going to Cardiff we may be able to get Rose back. The Doctor quickly ran around the control panel, setting coordinates and hitting buttons. Doctor there is something that I never told you. When Rose opened the panel and looked into my heart, I allowed the Vortex to fill her, gave her all of the power she would need.

"I know all that. It almost bloody killed her and I had to regenerate as a result. What about it?"

Would you just let me finish please! When you pulled the vortex out of her you pulled it out of her body. But the bit of the Vortex that was attached to her soul I allowed to remain.

It was silent in the control room for a good two minutes. Then the Doctor found his voice and he spoke faster than he had ever done in all his 900 years. "What! How could you do that?! I mean, I know how you could do that you just let the Vortex absorb down into the brain...But why! I mean you could have killed her! You killed me! I had to regenerate. Mind you I did get some brilliant hair and better ears, but still regeneration hurts! And Rose, does she know about this supposed gift? Do you have any idea what this is going to do to her?"

DOCTOR! Would you shut up! Gods, now I know what all of your companions mean when they feel overwhelmed. I knew perfectly well what I was doing. I am sorry that you had to regenerate, but you have to admit that you love this incarnation. I knew from the minute Rose came through my doors that she would be special. She understood you better than anyone, even me sometimes.

"But that piece of the Vortex is going to kill her" he took a sharp breath. "That's why she fainted isn't it? The Vortex has reached so far down into her brain that it has nowhere else to go. She isn't a Time Lady so she can't handle the Vortex."

But she is a Time Lady or at least she will be soon.

"What? What! What." The Doctor spluttered.

Rose loved you and you loved her and I love you both. I knew that no matter how close you got to her you would never allow yourself to just be happy because you did not want to get hurt. By letting the Vortex enter her brain I allowed her DNA to be rewritten. I gave the Vortex the instructions that if Rose was ever in danger or lost from us, it should speed up the process in order to let me track her. She is in danger as long as she is cut off from me in the alternative universe. But when, and I do say when, I will be able to oversee the last bit of recoding and Rose will be a Time Lady. She can stay with you forever. She will live as long as you do Doctor, maybe even longer.

Just then the Tardis materialized in the center of Cardiff just outside of the Torchwood hub. Again, silence filled the room. The Doctor slowly reached out a hand and touched the center of the console. Tears filled his eyes as he processed everything that the Tardis had told him.

"Thank you girl, thank you for giving me this."

Three loud raps came from the door. A muffled voice called "Doctor? Doctor are you in there?" Not one to waste time, the Doctor grabbed his coat and practically skipped to the door. Yanking it open he found Captain Jack, looking handsome as always in his long military coat.

"Hello Jack. How's life treating you? Oh and would you like to help me get Rose back?

Jack's mouth dropped open. "What?"