For a year, he wandered through countless dimensions, each stranger and more dangerous than the last. In some, time flowed backward; in others, physics obeyed no laws. He faced alien monsters, encountered civilizations that defied comprehension, and was forced to rely on sheer willpower to survive. With each leap between worlds, Rogue grew more battered, his once-pristine weapons barely functional. Yet, it wasn’t the physical toll that haunted him—it was the loneliness. The endless isolation of dimensions with no familiar stars, no home to return to.

When Rogue finally found a way back, he emerged as a changed man. Hardened by survival yet softened by the weight of his experiences, he carried the memories of countless lives and losses. His usual confidence was now shadowed by vulnerability.

Then, one day, as he walked a few distances away from his ship after landing it somewhere close by, he saw it. The TARDIS. That impossible blue box standing amidst the ruins of an abandoned alien city. At first, Rogue thought it was a trick—an illusion conjured by his exhausted mind. But as he approached, he felt it. The hum of time energy, the unmistakable aura of a ship that had once been his rival and, in some unspoken way, his beacon.

He froze, staring at the TARDIS with a mix of awe and emotion that he hadn’t allowed himself to feel in years. The memories came flooding back: The first time he met The Doctor and how he was going to put him under arrest thinking he was the threat he came to find. The Chuldurs,Dancing with The Doctor, And then of course sacrificing himself to save The Doctors friend Ruby and the entire universe.The TARDIS wasn’t just a ship; it was a symbol of everything he’d lost and everything he still longed for—connection, purpose, and a place in the vast, chaotic universe.

For the first time in years, Rogue felt his composure crack. His hand trembled as he reached out, brushing against the TARDIS’s cool, wooden exterior. A single tear slipped down his face as he whispered, barely audible

“You’re here...”