A/N: Okay, this is another joint fanfic from me and Carol and just like Rage Against the Dying of the Light, it's going to get pretty dark because this will have both the Master and the Valeyard as the villains. This takes place when all the children born in Rage are five years old. We hope you enjoy this and I'm going to start off and just as before we'll write alternate chapters.

Chapter One

Alan sighed as he crawled out of the bed he shared with his wife, Rose. It was another lovely day on New Gallifrey and both of them had decided to take a nap to replenish their energy. He leaned over and gazed lovingly at Rose who was still asleep. While he stared, he thanked the universe that Imiko had been able to transform her into a Time Lady and allow her to be with him these past two hundred and thirty years. She looked as gorgeous as the day he first saw her on the Crucible and he was happy that her beauty would never diminish and she would stay the way she was until she regenerated. Which he hoped was still far off in the future.

"Not polite to stare, ya know."

Rose grinned and opened one eye after she said that. She reached up and stroked his cheek.

"Did I wake you?" Alan said.

"Yeah, since you were breathin' heavy and droolin' on me," Rose replied.

She giggled when Alan gave her a skeptical look and then squealed when he flung the duvet down and tickled her armpits briefly.

"Oi," she said, slapping his arm. "Quit that. You'll wake up Chris and he'll be in here pesterin' us."

"Eh, let him pester us. I enjoy the terrific little tyke," he replied before giving her a soft kiss on the lips. "And on that note, I s'pose it's time to rise and shine and get ready for our day with the other Doctors and clones and children, oh my!"

Rose giggled and gave him one more kiss before they both sat up on their respective sides of the bed. Alan let out a melodramatic groan as he got to his feet.

"Ugh! Must we attend this dinner?" he said just as melodramatically.

"Now, now, this is John and Rosie's wedding anniversary. All the Doctors and their clones and their wives and children are attending. You know we're splitting up the celebrations and you're in the first wave," Rose replied as she got up.

"Can I talk to the others and be in the twenty fifth wave instead?" he asked.

"Alan," Rose said, eyeing him.

Alan sighed.

"Oh, I s'pose I'll go and get this over with," he said/

"Oh, like you don't enjoy spending time with Adam and John," Rose said, rolling her eyes.

He let out another melodramatic sigh.

"Yup, poor put-upon me, attending all these fancy dinner parties and banquets, it just never ends," he said. "Well, I s'pose it's time the little Frog was up and bouncin' about so we can be on our way."

He got up from the bed, stretched briefly and walked out the door.

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"Yoo-hoooooo!"

The triplets looked over at the door when the Doctor peeked into their room.

"Are you awake and ready to go?" he asked.

"Yes!" they said in unison.

"Good!" he yelled just as loudly. "Then I want you three up and at em and ship shape and ready to move out. We will be on our best behavior at this dinner and that means all of you and…"

He trailed off and looked down when he felt Namid tap her cane against his left shin. She tapped it a couple more times then put her hand out. The Doctor watched in a puzzled silence as she ran her hand up his leg and found his butt.

"Namid, love, don't put your hand…"

His eyes widened when Namid smacked his butt hard and all three children ran out of the room giggling.

"Oi!" he yelled out as his children ran giggling down the hallway towards the stairs.

Rain looked up when her three children came flying down the stairs.

"Okay, what are you doing to your poor daddy?" she said, coming towards them as they ran to her side.

"They're trying to turn my hair white is what they're doing," the Doctor said to her as he came down the stairs. "Especially little Namid there."

Rain grinned and placed her hand on Namid's head when she giggled at that. Suddenly they heard a soft melody outside. The familiar high-pitched strains of Turkey in the Straw.

"ICE CREAM!" the triplets screamed.

The music belonged to a lorry driven by Remar. A kindly old man from Andelusian Seven who had relocated to New Gallifrey twenty years ago. In addition to owning his own craft shop, he also drove an ice cream lorry. His best friend and partner, Sora, was a Time Lord who took him to Earth and other planets to get his ice cream treats he then sold to the people of New Gallifrey. He was one of the most popular people in Kasterbourous City. The children clustered around the Doctor and begged for an ice cream.

"You do realize we're about to go out to eat at a restaurant, right?" he said to them as he and Rain led them out the door.

Remar stopped the lorry the moment he saw them and several other children streaming out of their houses. He parked his lorry at the curb and headed into the back where he slid open a large window and prepared to give out ice creams. While they were waiting, the Doctor saw Alan walk up with Rose and Christopher.

"Morning, Brother," the Doctor said.

"Hidley ho, old man," Alan replied. "Kids pester you for ice creams as well?"

"Of course," he said.

"John gave me a tinkle just now. Said he'll go get Tara and Jenny and Emi and head on over to the restaurant," Alan said.

"I bet. I bet my spouse is just going over there to nick my daughter, knock Jenny and Emi out and make off with Tara before I can track him down," the Doctor said while Alan chuckled.

"Well, since he's doing that, that just leaves Dex and Tia to fetch then," Alan replied.

The Doctor nodded and glanced down at Namid who was by his side.

"What do you want? Your usual crunch bar?" he asked.

Namid thought for a moment.

"What are you getting, Daddy?"

"I'm getting a rocket pop."

"What's that?"

"It's this red, white and blue ice lolly that's shaped like a rocket."

"Ooo, I wanna try that."

"Okey-doke, two rocket pops and what do you lot want?"

"I want a Mickey Mouse head," Chaska said.

"I want a Spongebob ice cream, Daddy," Sokanon added.

"Okey-doke, and you, my wife?"

"I want you."

The Doctor feigned surprise as his children giggled.

"But I'm not made of ice cream," he said to her.

Rain leaned into his ear.

"I could buy some ice cream and put it all over you and eat it up," she whispered.

Alan raised his eyebrow when the Doctor's eyes bulged and he coughed nervously as he checked his crotch for any suspicious bulges. It was the Doctor's turn and he walked up to the window. Remar had dark grey skin and a large bulbous head with a small hooked nose and a pencil thin mouth that stretched into a warm smile. Wide black eyes looked fondly at the Doctor.

"Good morning, Doctor."

"Morning, Remar. I'd like the usuals except Rain isn't getting one today and Namid wants a rocket pop like mine."

Remar feigned surprise.

"Little Missy doesn't want her crunch bar today?" he said as they laughed.

"No, I wanna try Daddy's favorite thing," Namid replied.

"Okay, two rocket pops, a Mickey Mouse and a Spongebob coming right up!" Remar said, turning to the freezer behind him.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA? SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!
ABSORBANT AND YELLOW AND POUROUS IS HE, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

The Doctor and everyone else looked at Alan who was blushing deeply.

"Um, sorry all, it's my mobile's ringtone," he said, pulling it out of his pocket.

The Doctor sighed and shook his head while Rain chuckled.

"I can't believe you're shocked he has that on his phone, Love," she said as she give Remar her credit stick and took the ice creams and lollies from him and passed them out to her children and the Doctor.

"No, I don't have Prince Albert in a can. Sorry, Old Chap, try again another time," Alan said before he ended the call.

"Who was that?" Rain said.

"Who d'ya think?" Rose said as Rain took her credit stick back and moved aside so they could order their ice creams. "Adam does this all the time now. He thinks it's cute. And now they text each other almost nonstop. And I'm gonna rip that mobile out of his hands and smash it to bits if he doesn't stop it!"

Alan coughed nervously. Rose went in front of him and ordered an orange ice lolly for Christopher. While she was ordering, another song suddenly blared out of Alan's pocket.

OH, I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE; I'VE GOT TO BOOGIE, ON THE DISCO RA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND, OOO, YEAH!

Alan turned beet faced again and Rose sighed as he pulled the mobile out.

"And that is what plays when Adam texts him," Rose said while Remar went to get the ice lolly. "And he texts him a lot about stupid things that could wait to be said when they're face to face. I'm about to bop Adam right in the nose if he doesn't stop it."

Alan finished texting something back and quickly put the mobile back in his pocket. Remar handed Christopher his ice lolly while Rose handed him her credit stick.

OH, I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE; I'VE GOT TO BOOGIE, ON THE DISCO RA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND, OOO, YEAH!

Rose sighed as Alan fumbled in his pocket for his mobile and hurriedly brought it out. The Doctor chuckled as he inched over to his brother's shoulder and noticed Alan was texting Adam to stop texting him before Rose went batshit and killed him. He closed his phone and put it back in his pocket. They walked away from the lorry and headed back to the Doctor's house.

"Okay," the Doctor said, "you lot finish up your ice creams before we go over to…"

OH, I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE; I'VE GOT TO BOOGIE, ON THE DISCO RA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND, OOO, YEAH!

"Alan! Turn that sodding thing off!" Rose yelled as everyone waiting for ice creams laughed.

"Sorry, Dearest, I thought I explained to Adam about not texting me anymore," Alan said, pulling his mobile out.

The Doctor opened the door to his house and heard someone calling his name. He glanced over and smiled when he saw Donna running down the street towards them.

"Doctor! Wait!" she panted as she ran to him.

"Children, go inside and finish your treats so you can wash your hands and get ready to go," he instructed them.

Rain, Rose and Alan ushered them inside while the Doctor hugged Donna.

"Te'lesu, it's so good to see you again," he said. "I missed you ever since you and Lee moved to Sirius. Are you both alright?"

"Yeah, we're fine. Lee found some construction jobs over in Stardust and I told him I'd come over here for a few days and visit you lot so I wouldn't get bored. I've missed all of you."

"We've missed you too, Te'lesu. It's not the same without you around," the Doctor said.

OH, I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE; I'VE GOT TO BOOGIE, ON THE DISCO RA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND, OOO, YEAH!

"ALAN! TURN THAT THING OFF!"

Donna frowned when the Doctor snickered.

"What was that?"

"Alan's mobile, Adam apparently texts him from morn until night and that was the signal saying he had a new message. I think Alan better turn it off now before Alan ends up with no head."

"I think you're right," Donna said.

She noticed the rocket pop in his hand and glanced over at the ice cream lorry that was now driving off.

"Remar was here, I see," she said to him

"Yeah, the children just had to have some ice cream even though we're about to go eat with John and Rosie."

"Just the children?" Donna said with an amused grin as she pointed to the rocket pop.

"Well, I gotta have my ice lolly too," he said as she chuckled.

Donna looked down when Namid came outside.

"Hi, Aunt Donna," she said.

"Hi, Sweetie. I was telling your dad that I wanted to come and eat with you lot and maybe spend a few days here."

"Can she, Daddy?" Namid said, excited.

"No, it's forbidden."

He chuckled when Donna swatted his arm.

"Yes, she can stay and come and eat with us," he said.

"Yay!" Namid said.

"What are you yaying about?" Alan said, coming out behind her.

"Aunt Donna's coming with us and going to stay for awhile," Namid said.

"OH! Ah, brill, I'm glad you are, Donna!" he said, giving her a hug.

"Yeah, well I can't be away from my boys for long," she said.

They looked down at the Doctor's pocket when they heard the tinny strains of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

"Now that is the music that comes on when someone texts me," he said, reaching into his pocket.

"Ick, how boring can you get?" Alan said.

"May be, but at least the misses isn't threatening to beat my head in with a cricket bat because it's driving her to destraction. Besides, I don't text incessantly about trivial things like you do," he said as he pulled his mobile out.

He read the message.

"It's John. Wants to know if we're coming. He and Adam and Theta and their families are already there with Jenny, Tara and Emi. So all we need to do is go get the rest of our lot and meet him at Julians," he said, putting it back in his pocket.

He turned and walked into the house with everyone else, urging them to hurry up so they wouldn't be late.