Parallel: From Another World [1] (The Parallel Series) ✓

The Age of Steel - Two

"Yeah, course I will." 

"Off we go, then." The Doctor turned around to head back towards the TARDIS with Rita and Rose but then stopped.

"Er, thing is, I'm staying." Mickey told them.

"You're doing what?" The Doctor asked and Rose choked up a little.
"You can't."

"It sort of balances out, because this world lost its Ricky, but there's me. And there's work to be done with all those Cybermen still out there." He explained to them.

"But you can't stay." She told tears in her eyes.

"Rose, my gran's here. She's still alive. My old gran, remember her?" He asked and she nodded in reply.

"Yeah."

"She needs me."

"What about me? What if I need you?" She asked him.

"Yeah, but Rose, you don't. It's just you, him and Rita, isn't it. We had something a long time ago, but not anymore." He said looking over at the Doctor then Rita.

"Well, we'll come back. We can travel anywhere. Come and see you, yeah?"

"We can't do that" Rita explained. "Even I shouldn't be here, Rose like the Doctor said it's impossible to travel between parallel worlds" the brunette looked over at the Time Lord who nodded at her.

"We only got here by accident." He added. "We fell through a crack in time. When we leave, I've got to close it. We can't ever return."

"Doctor." Mickey walked over to him shaking his hand.

"Take Rose's phone. It's got the code. Get it out there. Stop those factories. And good luck, Mickey the idiot." He grinned.

"Watch it." Mickey pointed at him chuckling. The Doctor just grinned then handed Rose's phone to him and walked back into the TARDIS.

"And your other title, Mickey the tin dog" Rita laughed giving Mickey a hug. "We'll see you soon" she whispered. Mickey frowned and she winked then whispered "Secrets for next time"

"Goodbye Rita, look after him and Rose"

"Will do" she nodded walking into the TARDIS.

"Thanks. We've had a laugh though, haven't we? Seen it all, been there and back. Who would have thought, me and you off the old estate, flying through the stars."

"All those years just sitting there, imagining what we'd do one day. We never saw this, did we?" She asked smiling at him.

"Go on, don't miss your flight." He told her nodding to the TARDIS, she gave him a warm hug nodded to Jake then walked into the TARDIS.

"Jake, you want to watch this," Mickey told him

"What the hell?" He's eyes widened.

"That's the Doctor in the Tardis with Rose Tyler and Rita Stone."

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Without a single word, Rita walked over to the blonde pulling her into a hug. "It's okay, though,"  she told her rubbing her back. She saw the Doctor out of the corner of her eye and sadly smiled. The brunette smiled back continuing to comfort the blonde. She nodded at him and as if he could read her mind slowly he moved around the TARDIS which then began to travel through the vortex and then materialise.

Rose stopped hugging the blonde and walked out stopped at the door and staring at her mother.

"You're alive. Oh, mum, you're alive." She gasped running to her mum and hugging her, making sure she was there and that it wasn't all a dream.

"Well, I was the last time I looked. What is it? What's happened, sweetheart? What's wrong?" She asked then looked up at the Doctor. "Where did you go?"
"Far away. That was far away." He asked. Rita slowly walked out the TARDIS standing beside the Doctor.

"Where's Mickey?" Jackie asked then looked at Rita. "Who are you?"

"He's gone home." The Doctor said sounding in some pain.

"Rita Stone, I'm a friend" the brunette smiled softly.

And next, we have 'The Idiots Lantern' where Rita will have to make a choice whether to go with Rose or stay with the Doctor... Let's just say a thing or two is learnt. ;)