The Doctor and Nova had caught up to Rose and Tate. The street was crowded with civilians, officers, and soldiers. Nova proceeded to ask Rose about where Mickey might have gone, and Rose was able to give her an answer. "Mickey's mum just couldn't cope. His dad hung around for a while, but then he just sort of wandered off. He was brought up by his gran. She was such a great woman" Rose smiled as she reminisced about Mickey's grandmother. "God, she used to slap him! And then she died. She tripped and fell down the stairs. It's about five years ago now. I was still in school"

"I never knew" The Doctor piped in.

"Well, you never asked"

"You never said"

"That's Mickey. I suppose I, we just take him for granted. Do you think she's still alive, his gran?" Rose looked to The Doctor for an answer.

"Could be. Like I said, parallel world, gingerbread house. We need to get out of here as fast as we can"

There was a beeping sound and everyone came to a still stop, including the policemen. The Tardis team also stopped, but they stopped in confusion. "What's happening?" Tate asked.

"They've stopped" Nova stated the obvious. The one thing that was the same about everyone that stopped was the earpieces they were all wearing. The earpieces all started flashing. Nova took a closer look at one of the earpieces. "It's the earpieces. Like Bluetooth attachments, but everyone's connected together"

Rose's old phone began beeping again. She unzipped her pocket and reached in it to grab her phone. "It's on my phone. My old one, that is" She explained, staring down at it. "It's automatic, look. It's downloading" The Doctor put on his glasses and peeked at Rose's phone. "Is this what they're all getting? News, international news, sports, weather"

"They get it direct. Downloaded right into their heads" The Doctor said.

"TV schedules, lottery numbers"

"Everyone shares the same information" The Doctor took Rose's phone. "A daily download published by Cybus Industries" The next download was Joke. Everyone started laughing and then they went about on their business. "You lot, you're obsessed. You'd do anything for the latest upgrade"

"Oi, not my lot" Rose corrected The Doctor. "Different world, remember"

"It's not so far off your world. This place is only parallel" The Doctor shrugged, continuing to look through Rose's old phone.

"Wait a minute, how come my old phone gets all this stuff, but the Stark phones aren't?" Rose looked to Nova for an answer this time.

"Stark phones are protected" Nova answered. "No unauthorized networks are allowed to connect to it. If it's not approved by Tony, it won't connect. Cybus Network is unauthorized"

"Oh, look at that" Something on Rose's phone peaked The Doctor's interest. He showed the others. "Cybus Industries, owners of just about every company in Britain, including Vitex. Mister Pete Tyler's very well connected" Rose looked at The Doctor with big eyes and a sweet smile, practically pleading to go see Pete. The Doctor sighed in defeat. "Oh, okay. I give up. Let's go and see him" He tossed the phone back to Rose.

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The Doctor, Nova, Rose and Tate had found the Tyler residence. They were hiding in the bushes as they were watching a bunch of cars pull into the driveway. There was a party going on tonight. Rose knew what for. "They've got visitors" The Doctor commented.

"February the first. Mum's birthday" Rose added. "Even in a parallel universe, she still loves a party"

"Well, given Pete Tyler's guest list, I wouldn't mind a look" The Doctor pulled out his psychic paper. "And there is one guaranteed way of getting inside"

"Psychic paper!" Rose said with an excited bounce.

"Who do we all want to be?"

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The Doctor and Rose were posing as staff, while Nova and Tate were to pose as guests. The Doctor and Rose were out on the floor, holding trays of hors d'oeuvres and champagne. Nova and Tate had yet to arrive so they were keeping an eye out for them. "We could have been anyone" Rose complained.

"Got us in, didn't it?' The Doctor retorted.

"You're in charge of the psychic paper. We could've been guests. Celebrities. Sir Doctor, Dame Rose. We end up serving. Did enough of this back home" Rose politely smiled at a guest that grabbed a treat off her tray.

"If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchens" The Doctor smirked knowingly. " According to Lucy, that man over there--" He motioned towards a dark skinned man on the other side of the room.

"Who's Lucy?"

"She's carrying the salmon pinwheels" The Doctor nodded towards her.

"Oh, that's Lucy, is it?"

The Doctor ignored that comment and continued to share his information with Rose. "Lucy says, that is the President of Great Britain"

"What, there's a President, not a Prime Minister?"

"Seems so"

"Or maybe Lucy's just a bit thick" Rose began looking around the room again, hoping to catch sight of Nova or Tate. "What's taking them so long? Surely it doesn't take this long to find a dress" Rose waited for an answer from The Doctor, but it never came. She looked at him and noticed that he was staring at something. Or rather, someone. "Doctor?" Rose tried snapping her fingers in front of his eyes to get his attention. It didn't work. Instead, she followed his eyeline to see Nova wearing a beautiful sparkling blue dress.

Her hair was out of its usual style and wound up in an updo with strands of hair let loose at the front, which framed her face perfectly. Rose smirked. "Ah, now is see what's got you so distracted"

"Rose, she's beautiful" The Doctor sighed dreamily. His lips then turned upwards into a smile. Nova looked around. When she looked in The Doctor's direction, she smiled at him and gave him a wave. He waved back at her.

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Nova and Tate had finally arrived to the party. They were lucky they were able to find a shop that was still open to get a dress and a suit. Nova had picked out a beautiful blue dress, while Tate had stuck with a simple tuxedo. They linked arms as they approached the entrance to the Tyler residence. "So, who are we attending this party as?" Tate wondered.

"I'm not sure yet" Nova opened up the handbag she was holding. It contained her psychic paper and her sonic screwdriver. She pulled out the psychic paper. "But we're about to find out"

"Good evening" the security guard greeted as they approached the entrance. "May I see your invitations please?" Nova smiled politely as she handed the guard her psychic paper. The guard looked at it, his eyes widened and then suddenly he bowed to Nova. "I wasn't aware that Mr. Tyler was expecting royalty tonight"

"Royalty?" Tate whispered, only loud enough for Nova to hear, as he quirked an eyebrow.

The guard continued on. "Princess Michalina of Sokovia! It's a real honor to meet you"

"Oh, thank you" Nova began, doing a perfect imitation of Wanda's accent. "And this is my plus one. My best and favorite servant, Florian" Nova motioned towards Tate.

Tate glared at her, but proceeded to play along. "I was very happy that her highness chose me to attend this party" He also spoke in a fake accent, sounding like Pietro Maximoff, Wanda's twin brother.

"Well, please, come on in" the guard insisted. Nova and Tate went inside.

"Servant?" Tate hissed at Nova once they were far away enough from the guard. "Really? And does Sokovia even have a princess?"

Nova shrugged. "I don't even think that guard knows where Sokovia is. He just saw Princess so-and-so of insert-country-here, and went with it"

"Alright, so we're in. Now what do we do?"

"Look for The Doctor and Rose. They're posing as staff" Nova began looking around the room. She could feel the presence of someone's eyes on her. She looked over and noticed The Doctor staring at her. She waved at him, and The Doctor waved back.

"Excuse me?" a man called out, garnering everyone's attention. The man stood on the staircase. That man was Pete Tyler. Everyone began to clap. The Doctor and Rose took the opportunity to go and stand beside Nova and Tate. "Thank you very much. If I could just have your attention, please?" After the cheering and clapping came to a hush, Pete continued. "Um, I'd just like to say thank you to you all, for coming on this, this very special occasion. My wife's thirty ninth"

Everyone laughed and a man even commented, "Don't believe that one"

"Trust me on this. And so, without any further ado, here she is, the birthday girl. My lovely wife, Jackie Tyler" Everyone started clapping as Jackie walked down the stairs. She was wearing a skin tight black dress and her hair was in an updo.

"Now, I'm not giving a speech. That's what my parties are famous for. No work, no politics, just a few good mates and plenty of black market whisky" Everyone laughed at Jackie's words. "Pardon me, Mister President. So, yeah, get on with it. Enjoy, enjoy"

Rose stared at Jackie and Pete as they walked by. The Doctor leaned in to remind her. "You can't stay. Even if there was some way of telling them"

"Course I can't" Rose agreed. "I've still got Mum at home. My real mum. I couldn't just leave her, could I. It's just, they've got each other. Mum's got no one"

"She's got you. Those two haven't. All these different worlds, not one of them gets it right"

"Rose!" Jackie suddenly called out. This, of course, made Rose look at the alternate-version of her mother. But when Jackie called out to Rose, she was calling out to her dog. "There's my little girl! Come to mummy, come to mummy!" Jackie picked up the dog. "Yes, good girl! Good girl, aren't you?"

Rose looked at The Doctor, and he burst into laughter. Nova glared at him, and smacked him in the arm. "Ow!" he yelped. He looked at Nova. "What was that for?" Nova motioned towards Rose, who was looking all sorts of hurt and conflicted. The Doctor looked back at Rose and realized what he had done. He apologized. "Sorry"

Rose gave a weak smile and then parted from The Doctor, Nova and Tate. Tate tried to go and follow after her, but Nova stopped him. "Tate, just leave her to her thoughts right now" she said.

All Tate did was nod in response. He then felt a tap on his shoulder. When Tate turned around to see who was tapping on his shoulder, he went wide eyed when he saw who it was. "S-sir, can I help you?"

The Doctor and Nova watched the man curiously. They noticed a couple of things about him. One, he wasn't wearing the earpieces like everybody else was. And two, he had a similar appearance to Tate. "Tate? Is that..." the man paused. "Is that really you?"

"I...er...don't know what you're talking about sir" Tate went back to using his fake Sokovian accent. "My name is Florian, and I am a loyal servant to Princess Michalina" Tate motioned towards Nova.

The man looked at Nova and furrowed his eyebrows. "Director Galvin, I wasn't expecting to see you here. And did you dye your hair?"

"I'm sorry?" Now Nova was confused. "How do you know my last name, why did you call me Director, and what do you mean I dyed my hair?"

"You can drop the act, Director. I don't know why you're even here. I'm here on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D. At your request, might I add" the man told Nova. He then looked to Tate again. Tears started swelling in his eyes, and then he brought him into a hug. "But you... you died with your mum in that car crash, but somehow, you're here"

Tate dropped his fake accent and then wrapped his arms around the man. "It's me, dad"