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It was late in the evening in Cardiff bay when they got out of the Tardis. Which was a bit confusing since Rose had breakfast with the Doctors a few minutes ago. As soon as they were out of the Tardis, they heard Jack calling for them. Rose laughed as she saw him run. "Jack!!" She jumped, filled with giddiness.

"Rosie!" He caught her in his arms and made her twirl. "You're already back? I thought we wouldn't see you for a while; you in that blue box with a whole new Doctor to play with."

"Well," the Time Lord put an arm around his Rose and smiled at her, "we left quite in a hurry yesterday, Rose wanted to catch up."

"Yeah. Up until yesterday, I thought you were dead or lost somewhere. I never thought I'd got to see you again." She frowned at the Doctor who let go of her.

"Ah! Mickey!" He was happy for the chance to change the subject.

Rose was glad for Jack's smile. "You're alright, Rosie?" Jack asked, grabbing her shoulders with his arm and pulling her closer. "The Doctors been treating you right?"

"Yeah... yeah." She looked at him, face illuminated with a wide smile at the thought of her two Doctors by her side. "Two Doctors, Jack, how is that suppose to go?"

He laughed and started walking them toward Roald Dahl Plass. The two Doctors were in a deep conversation with Mickey up ahead. It sounded quite animated and Rose wondered what they were on about. "You do whatever you want to do, Rose. There are no rules, there are only your rules, and by 'your', I mean both the Doctors and you." Jack winked at her. "I've been in a lot of poly-amorous relationships with a lot of different dynamics. You create the one that fits all of you. And if you want a fourth member from time to time, you know who to ring."

"Yeah," Rose laughed, poking him with her elbow. "'M gonna try and figure out this three way relationship before adding a fourth."

"Rose, wait up!" She heard a woman's voice calling from behind her. It was Martha. She was stunning, running toward them in a small, black, glittering dress and matching high heels. Her hairdo left strings of hair loosely flying around her face and shoulders. She was gorgeous. "I didn't know you'd be coming with us. The Doctor ain't exactly the clubbing type."

"You are all going clubbing?"

"Yeah. A new pub just opened up. We wanted to try it out. Where's Donna? I wanted to give her my phone number in case she wanted to get together sometime?" Rose frowned. She was not sure how she was supposed to tell them about Donna. Should she tell them?

"Tell the Doctors we are off to chase some aliens." Jack whispered in her ear.

"Wha?" Rose was deep in thoughts and not ready for the non sequitur.

"If they don't want to go clubbing," he said louder, "tell them we are infiltrating an alien gang."

"We are not!" Martha shushed him, "stop starting rumors. We need a night out, that's all. And I am certain Rose and the Doctors need one too."

*

Rose was at the bar waiting for her drink and enjoying being tipsy. Both Doctors agreed for the night out as soon as Rose asked and it really surprised her. Had her Doctor changed that much since they got separated? Still sweaty from the dancing, she smiled. She couldn't say she'd ever seen the Doctor so happy to be doing domestics. They have been laughing and dancing and drinking with everyone and it was so great to be out with friends. They were all having such a good time. When was the last time she had such a good time?

She couldn't remember. So long ago. Once upon a time. Before she lost him... A hand on her back got her out of her memories. It was the Doctor in blue. She smiled at him as her heart filled with love for the man behind her. His arms came around her, his nose in her hair. "'M so glad you're back."

"Is this man bothering you, Miss?" The other Doctor sat beside them and took a sip of his drink. Rose turned around in the Doctor's arms.

"He actually is," she took the hand from the Doctor beside her, "and I hope he'll never stop." He kissed her knuckles with a saucy smile that made her inside melt. Did they agree to this night out only to woo her? She grinned at the thought. Both her Doctors hadn't taken their eyes.. and hands off her since they got into this club, sending salacious smiles and lewd comments filled with suggestive meanings. Oh, this was definitely a date. The Doctor in blue didn't hesitate to push her further onto the bar with his own body.

This left Rose with no choice but to sit on one of the stools, the short skirt of her navy blue dress rising up above her thighs as he positioned himself between them. She squealed when, with a hand on her lower back, he pulled her tighter against him and groaned in her neck, hiding his nose in her loose hair. "What did they put in your drink?" She asked, a bit breathless. His snort rumbled deep in his chest and made her lose all control when he started nibbling her ear. She was glad for the loud music covering her gasps and whimpers.

Rose jumped when she remembered another Doctor was beside her, still holding her hand. She felt him slowly pull her hand up and put her whole little finger in his mouth. Twirling around it with his tongue and suckling, that finger was now as wet as her knickers. The moment was broken when the bartender placed a drink behind her. "Here you go, mam, that'll be £4.56." She didn't want this to stop. She wanted to bring them both to the Tardis, right now, and have her way with them. When they were back on the dance floor things didn't slow down.

Both Doctors stayed by her side, swaying, making her twirl, until she couldn't tell which Doctor she was dancing with. "Do you think it would be rude if we ditched this place?" One of them asked her as the other splayed his hand on her stomach, pulling her against him. She couldn't resist grinding against him and arching her body against the other. Fuck, she wanted them so badly and the Tardis was so far away.

"Rose, what do you want?"

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Rose was in this new club’s restroom with Martha. They were washing their hands. “They both look so in love with you, it’s crazy. I’ve never seen so much love in a man’s eyes.. and you have two.” Martha was in awe.

Rose laughed. “Maybe.”

“You gonna do something about it?”

Rose only cleared her throat as an answer. “Yeah well. ’M ready to go and dance again, you coming?” Martha laughed at her reaction. “I’ll follow you in a sec. M just gonna freshen up.” Martha was still laughing when she left the restroom. Rose put on a bit of make up. She was pretty sloshed maybe she shouldn't have drank so much if she was gonna have sex with her Doctors. There was no doubt about that. They both have been pretty explicit about it and Rose knew none of the three of them would still last long before jumping on each other.

She felt so giddy she could fly. She walked to the door. Maybe she should start by trying to walk straight before flying. “Hey, lovely!” She heard when she got out the doors. There were four young persons, three boys and a girl, trying to get her attention. They weren’t giving out a good vibe. They looked as sloshed as she was.

“Hey.” She answered before trying to walk past them. A guy stood in front of her, blocking the small passageway to the dance floor.

“Hey, don’t leave so soon, would you like to drink with us?” He was holding a golden flask he must’ve stolen from his father.

“No thanks. My friends are waiting for me.” Rose answered as flatly as she could. He didn’t scare her in the least, but this situation was a bit frustrating. She was drunk and she felt like throwing up which she wouldn’t mind doing all over the boy’s posh vest. The girl beside her laughed.

“Shit, Josh, it’s that girl with the two dudes.”

“Ew! The girl fucking the brothers? What is that all about? You have a kink for twins?” The guy in front of her asked, never letting her pass when she tried for a third time. This was getting ridiculous. None of this was any of their business and Rose just wanted to get back to her Doctors. She was getting quite exasperated and in the state she was in, her patience wasn’t as lenient as it should be. Especially with a bunch of prat that didn’t understand the history and the love she was sharing with her Doctors.

She couldn’t help but smile as she remembered what would happen as soon as she got back to them. “That’s disgusting don’t touch her, Josh, you’ll get aids or something.” The girl added. Rose didn’t care about other people's opinions. She was just a bit sad that people of her century didn’t know more about polyamorous relationship and hoped it would get more and more accepted in the future. Humanity, and all the boundaries they needed to overcome. Rose tried to pass but the guy stopped her.

“Come on, let me go. Don’t make me hurt you.”

“Oh wait! She likes it with more than one guy at a time,” Another skinny guy behind her stated. “There’s only two of them over there, we could fill you up faster than they could. I bet she likes it rough.” The moment he touched her shoulder, Rose had him face against the wall with an arm twisted painfully behind his back. She talked slow and loud, to be sure all four of them understood her message.

“I actually do. I like it very rough.” She twisted further and the boy screamed in pain. “I sleep with two real men because they can handle it. The three of you can not. I would break you and you’d go back crying to your mothers.” Rose growled, golden sparks in her eyes. You do not disrespect the love between a Bad Wolf and her Doctors. “I am leaving now and you won’t follow me or cause me or my friends further prejudice. Is that understood?” The boy’s face was still contorted with pain as he nodded and Rose let him go and left without a word.

Damn some people could be dumb. She really hoped humanity would evolve already, and let people be and love who they wished. When she got to the Doctors, the first thing she did was kiss them both languorously. “You’re ready to leave?” She asked them, voice filled with promises. They both smiled, but while they were saying their goodbyes, everything started to shake. There usually were no earthquakes in London and if this was an earthquake, it was a big one. Chairs and tables were toppling, glasses filled with drinks were shattering, people were screaming.

When everything calmed down, Jack and Mickey tried to gather everyone on the dance floor and assess the damage. The Doctors and Rose did a full round up of the place and when they opened the front doors, they couldn’t believe their eyes. They weren’t in London anymore. They were in some kind of city. Something was very weird with this place, though. As if it was made with different buildings from different worlds and times. The Doctor recognized some of them. Not the buildings themselves, but the style.

That house in front of them has been built in the style of the Vervisuen’s civilization during the reign of king Sämoth III. Nothing to do with Earth, and far from the 21st century. They were definitely not on Earth anymore. Something else felt very weird. Something about gravity. It wasn’t natural. But there wasn’t anything that indicated they were on a spaceship either. No roaring of motor or clanking sounds of metal and machinery. The sky was dark, just dark, just.. nothing. “Where do you think we are?” Rose asked them.

“Dunno. It doesn’t make much sense.” The Doctor in blue answered. “I think we’ll have to postpone our plans for a while.”

“Bummer.” Rose added and the Time Lord held her closer to him with a kiss on the head. “There are movements in the other houses.” Rose pointed to the house in front of them. “And no one outside. What do you think it means? Do you think they’ve been here long?”

“It’s hard to say. We’ll have to determine how they are bringing us here and who we have to deal with.” The part-human Doctor answered.

“And what they want from us.” The other Doctor added.

“Yeah” Rose took another peek outside before they closed the doors. “We should post someone here, keeping watch outside to tell us when there is movement. I just hope they don’t expect us to fight each other.” Rose rubbed her forehead with the back of her hand, trying to think straight through all the alcohol coursing in her system. She’d seen this scenario one time to many, on telly and in real life. People of different species locked up together and meant to fight each other to death for the entertainment of their captors.

Rose frowned and felt sick to her stomach. “Hey.” The Time Lord held her closer. “Don’t worry, Rose. We don’t know what’s going on. Let’s not speculate. It wouldn’t be a good idea to prepare a mob of drunk youngsters to fight if this is a peaceful act.”

“Yeah. I'm still trying to figure out in which circumstances kidnapping a bunch of people could be considered peaceful.” Rose said but she still agreed with the Doctor. Especially when she remembered what happened outside the restroom a few minutes ago, imagining those four preppies with weapons and violent ideas in their mind could be a bad thing. When they got back in the main room, Jack joined them and asked for a briefing. The Doctor in blue explained in hushed tones what they saw and the more he heard, the more Jack straightened, getting a plan of attack ready in his head.

Rose smiled. She was so happy both her Doctors, Jack, Mickey, and Martha were here with her. She was finally not alone anymore to face the vicissitudes of life. No more dimension hopping all by herself, no more getting out of the worst situation on her own. No more pretending to be tough and strong for the sake of being trusted upon. Well.. at least not if she didn’t feel like it. She finally had the support she needed to appreciate these little adventures for what they were.. an opportunity to help others and bring more hope in this universe.

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Jack was staring down into the nothingness below. They seemed to be surrounded by it. This little makeshift village, two rows of eclectic houses taken from different places through time and space, was surrounded by an endless pit of darkness. As dark as the sky -or roof- above them. It's as though they were on a platform floating in the void. Jack was startled by a cracking sound, then a spark of fire beside him. The Doctor just produced a safety flare from the pocket of his brown coat and ignited it.

He cleared his throat before letting it fall from his hand, into the nothingness below.. and it just fell, without a sound, and without shedding light over anything, until it grew out of sight and faded into the darkness. They were not getting out that way. Rose made a scuffing, disapproving sound before scratching her nose with a resolute sigh. "Should we get a very long rope, then?" She mocked. Jack was frowning. He looked around, taking a step back from the edge. They've been searching for a way out for at least half an hour now and still haven't met anyone out in the open yet.

He did see movements in the houses, though. Maybe he should try and ask their new neighbors what was going on. A strange atmosphere filled with fear was permeating the whole place. That was why he wanted out as soon as possible. This didn't augur well at all and he didn't want to stick around until whoever brought them here came to get what they were after. He then noticed one of the houses near them had its front door open. A short, chubby, green woman with three eyes, two pointy ears, and a straight antler over her head was waving frantically at them.

Jack didn't recognize the species and thought it looked as if it was taken straight out of a 1950's children's comic book. "Time to question the witnesses." Jack said out loud and everyone turned to see what he was talking about.

"Yeah," the Doctor in brown rubbed the palms of his hands over his face. "Let's hope they have more answers than we do." They were all walking toward the opened door when the floor beneath their feet started shaking frantically. The alien in front of them was waving, hurrying them inside her house to hide. She closed the door behind them. "What's going on?" the Time Lord asked, holding Rose close to him as another quake made the Earth tremble. The scared woman grabbed him by his shirt, falling to her knees, she started wailing and praying.

The foreign language made of guttural clicks and growls was not one they understood. Rose laid a hand on the woman's shoulder in sympathy, hoping to calm the alien's sobs and gasps and sniffles. "The Tardis isn't translating." Rose stated the obvious and watched as the Doctor's throat bobbed with anxiety. "We'll find our way back to her, yeah?" She tried to comfort him. He looked at her with a tight smile. "We always do." There was another tremor and a thundering sound, as though a house just exploded near them.

The Doctor held Rose close to him and the woman wailed some more. "Shit, Doctor, you need to come and see this." Jack called for him from the next room. He was looking by the window and they ran to it. Rose gasped when she saw what was happening. The roof from the third house to their left had been ripped open, as if it was a treasure chest and huge hands coming from the sky were holding an elderly man with dark red skin.

"What the..'' the Doctor didn't finish his question as the hands holding the man flew by the window and made the man walk awkwardly in the space between the houses. Booming screeching noises could be heard coming from the space above. Another language Rose couldn't understand and when another set of hands laid upon the roof of the pub they arrived in, she couldn't help to start running toward the door. She wouldn't be waiting here while those giant aliens in the sky played god over her friends.

"Rose, what are you..?" The Doctor asked at the same time Jack said. "Those are very big hands."

"We need to help them." Rose opened the door but the woman stopped her, closing it right back and screaming at her. Rose didn't need a translator to know the green alien wasn't approving of her playing the hero of the story. The Doctor pulled her softly by the hand, away from the door.

"They just grabbed a guy and a girl from the pub." Jack described what he was seeing and Rose's stomach twisted.

"Doctor.."

"It's like they're playing with them, as if they were toy dolls." Jack continued. "I wish we had a translator to understand what those aliens up there are saying."

Rose looked at the Doctor with pleading eyes. "We need to get back to the pub and save them."

"Jenna! Look! Look! I have it! My father found it for me" The whole world trembled once more around them and they all gasped as they saw one of the huge hands setting the Tardis down right in the middle of the road.

"They'll kill us all!!" The green alien pulling on Rose's arm said. No more clicks and hisses. Rose understood what she said plain and clear.

"No. The Tardis is right there. We can get to it and save you." Rose went for the door once more as the women looked at her befuddled, but she was cut short when the roof of the house they were hiding in pried open and she was lifted off from the ground so fast that the motion left her dizzy and nauseous.

"And he got me the whole collection too!" The booming voice from the sky added. "I have my favorite companions Rose Tyler and Captain Jack, and the Tenth Doctor. He is the best of them all." The giant hands all laid them around the Tardis.

"You are so lucky, Lorie. I wanna be Rose!" Rose's heart was pounding hard in her ears as she sat back up, looking around frantically at the sky to see the faces to whom those hands belonged. She couldn't see anything until a gigantic finger pressed on her chest to lay her back down. The hard shove knocked her breath away, she couldn't move, and the Tardis was so close.

"No! I'm Rose." The voice from the sky boomed at the same time Rose was lifted up anew. "You can be Martha and Mickey."

"Doctor!" Rose screamed when she saw him pass by her side, lifted by another set of fingers.

"Oh yes!" Said the other voice from the sky. "Let's fight aliens and then make the Doctor and Rose kiss. They are so in love with each other." That's when they were squished together, the Doctor and Rose bumping foreheads hard.

"Doctor!" Rose hugged him tight and he hugged her back. She hid her aching forehead against his shoulder as the giant fingers pushed them further together, rubbing their body awkwardly.

"They think we're dolls." The Doctor never let go of her, even when they were pulled apart, he held on to Rose's hand. "We need to get to Tardis!" He told her before dropping her fingers.

"Girls!" This voice was stronger than the two others and made the air around them shift. "I told you to finish your homework before playing." Rose was released at once and tumbled to the ground. Luckily, the fall wasn't from a great height and she found her bearings quickly. The Doctor was right beside her, trying to get back up despite the shaking ground.

"This is insane." Jack yelled at them, crawling toward the Tardis until everything calmed down and the world around fell silent.

"Let's go!" The Doctor grabbed Rose and pulled her up. They ran to the safety of the blue police box and were greeted with a wave of desperate fear. The Tardis didn't like any of this either. Her inner lights shone deep green and red. "We are in another universe. How did we get here?" The Doctor glared at the screen. "We need to get everyone out of here."

*

It took them less than an hour to regroup everyone in the village into the Tardis but more than a few days to bring every species back to their respectful planet and time frame. At least, with the genius of both Doctors, they were able to shut the window from where they were pulled in so something like this wouldn't happen anymore. Cardiff never got his new pub back and this hole where the building once was became famous for many unexplained myths and legends, especially since everyone that were in the pub that night mysteriously appeared in their homes a few days later with no recollection of what happened.

And finally, both Doctors and Rose were back in their Tardis, ready to travel through time and space.