An Unexpected call

Overwhelming. Indescribable. Terrifying. Those three words clawed through her mind, as she tried to make sense of what she was looking at. The young girl's breath hung in front of her like puffs of smoke, hearts beating madly as she couldn't help but stare ahead into the vastness of the Schism. She held her breath as her light blue eyes locked on fixated to the open rip in time, hands clenched tightly by her side, nails digging and biting into the skin. Not that she noticed anyway, she was far too busy having her mind opened to everything, too big, too vast to understand completely, as it allowed her to be what she needed to be. A single tear rolled down her cheek, her body shaking in light tremors as the painful experience kept going on and on, her hearts stuttering wishing that it would end. Instead she continued to stare into the vortex, her conscience screaming at her to run, and finally that's what she did.

-X-

She woke up screaming, before clamping her hand tightly over her mouth, sweat on her forehead as she sat up, cold and clammy, hearts beating madly in her chest. Even with the short amount of time she needed to sleep, the same dream flashed behind her eyes, over and over. Though of cause she knew how that memory had ended, it still sent spikes of fear running through her, always ending up the same, awake, scared, and alone. She wiped the tear from her cheek that had fallen as she had slept, and looked around the alleyway in which she was hiding in, her stomach growled unhealthily as she wearily got to her feet. She really needed to start looking after herself better, 150 years of this, most years she had done well, found accommodation, eaten well, lived happy…well almost. However eventually peoples kindness turned to ignorance, and she had been forced to fend for herself, she had gotten to know things about Earth as it was called, found the best places to sleep outside, the best places for free food, and all whilst staying hidden in the shadows. She was scared if anyone knew what she was, they'd test her and put her in some zoo to be stared at, and so this had been her life for the last 50 years, away from anyone and only herself for company. She was surprised at how long she had gone, and she hadn't even gone mad, but there was still time. She'd even died…or what had felt like dying twice over….once when she had got here, and another time only a couple of months ago. She had remembered the bright burst of energy that radiated from her body, as her weak starving body had given up, regenerating, that's what her people had called it…But that had been so long ago, and they had never come back like they had promised. She know knew that that had been a lie, never trust a Time Lord...wasn't that what was said.. She shook her light brown matted hair confused unable to remember, before looking at the hands she was still getting used, though they were covered in dried dirt. Her other hand reached up to her locket clasped round her neck, the only thing she had from home and she opened it and studied the pictures hidden inside, letting herself a small sad smile. If only things had been different, not the way it was now, a girl on her own, fighting to survive in a world she didn't understand, not even knowing what she looked like, only knowing that she had to keep going. After all, that's what he would have done.

-X-

The Doctor span around the console, arms flailing about madly as he pressed buttons at random, tongue poking out in concentration as he danced around. His petite brunette friend, Clara stood behind him holding onto the railings with a raised eyebrow and a soft smile on her lips.

"Doctor…..did you hear what I said…?" She bit her lip trying to hold in the laugh from escaping as her bowtie madman looked up, a face mixed with confusion and surprise as if he'd completely forgotten she was there.

"….Sorry….what did you say Clara….tiny bit busy with the helmic regulator here" He paused for a moment an impish smile on his lips as he stared his green eyes softly into her brown ones.

"I said….where exactly are you taking me?" She rolled her eyes lightly crossing her arms over her chest, as she almost skipped to his side, poking his violet bowtie.

"Ooh you know, bit of Southern France could be nice, or we could go waaay back to Ancient Greece, haven't really decided yet" The Doctor looked to her with a boyish grin on his face, almost childish as he tapped her nose and set off again spinning round the console.

Clara paused shaking her head lightly "Umm…Doctor…we went to Southern France last week…. Well actually you managed to take us directly into the French revolution and we nearly got our heads chopped off after we nearly got mistaken for aristocrats…"

The Doctors head peered round the central column hair sticking up almost as he raised an eyebrow to her "Did we…..are you sure….I thought that was on Serveron"

Clara rolled her eyes and stared at him with a scolding look "That was Chinny….the week before"

The Doctor grinned widely and nodded "Ah yes, I remember now.. I did try to tell them that we weren't posh…don't think they believed me"

"Really…you don't say, it probably didn't help when they overhead you boasting about having dinner personally with the King and being one of his favourites" A small smile rose on Clara's lips as she shook her head, her hair lightly shaking over her shoulders.

"Well that's not fair, I mean I was talking about their King from a hundred years before… not my fault they missed most of the conversation…Plus I managed to get us out of their before…Chop chop.." The Doctor beamed lightly pulling his head back round as Clara sighed in defeat.

"Fair point… so I guess that leaves us with Greece then" She walked round slowly to where the Doctor was standing as he looked up at her.

"Oh I should think so, you know brilliant lot the Greeks, great inventors thought they took the credit for the yo-yo; I must say I was a little bit hurt by that…" His face fell into a light pout before he beamed again " And they weren't even grateful when I cleaned out the Augean Stables with Hercules" He looked down brushing some dust off his jacket cuff, as Clara looked to him unsure whether as per usual he was telling the truth or not.

"You …invented the yo-yo.." Clara smirked lightly as the Doctor looked up with a face mixed with a gawp as he stared at her.

"You ask me if I invented the yo-yo when I just told you I cleaned out the stables with Hercules…what is wrong with humans today" He shook his head lightly, before Clara laughed.

"Oh you Clever boy….I'm teasing you….so you mean all that stuff is true… you did all that?" She looked to him trying to hide the impressed look on her face as he grinned.

"Nah course not... The yo-yo yes,… slaying the minotaur with Jason on the other ha…."He winked at her cheekily before the TARDIS started flashing, and the phone started to ring. "I'll tell you later" He said as he opened the door "I really must patch this phone back to the console, maybe I'll get someone to remind me one day" He mumbled as he picked up the phone.

"Doctor….Doctor….its me Kate" Kate's voice came calmly from the other end.

"Good cause for a moment there Kate, I thought we were onto some kind of joke" The Doctor grinned turning back to Clara for a moment "What is it Kate"

"I take it you haven't been back for a while and taken an interest in the news…"

"Not really my sort of program, I prefer Spongebob Squarepants" The Doctor mouthed to Clara 'It's Kate' and Clara mouthed back 'I know'

"Doctor, I really am not in the mood for any childish remarks today…please" From the tone of Kate's voice, the Doctor could tell she was rolling her eyes, and that something serious was going on.

"Alright…sorry…I'll have a look' He walked round to the console the wire from the phone easily reaching as he turned on the scanner, searching through everything 'What exactly am I looking ….oh"

Hundreds dead in Zombie attacks

"Zombies….?" The Doctor frowned scanning through the rest of the pages

"Oh you know how papers like to exaggerate…but no, not zombies, though something is possessing these people, some of my youngest team saw up close some of these infected…"

"And….Kate what did they see "The Doctor's brows tightened as he looked at the pages of devastation from the last week on Earth.

"They say that their eyes were completely black, that they didn't really know where they were.. They would only be infected for a couple of hours, but that was long enough for them to kill anyone they could do.."

"I'll be right there Kate….what happened to these …'Zombies'.." The Doctor asked cautiously though he felt he already knew the answer.

"I'm sorry Doctor, I had no choice but to let my team shoot most of them…though it appears whatever's affecting them, kills them in the end anyway.. Those who lasted two hours, just dropped down dead beside the rest of them…"

The Doctor sighed lightly rubbing his chin. " Its not your fault Kate…and if they were dying anyway. Is anyone looking into a cure, in case anyone of them can be saved?"

Kate hesitated on the other end, The Doctor was going to ask if she was ok before she begun to speak again " It would be easier if we knew what was causing these infections, but my best team is on the case, though it'll be easier hopefully when you come to help….though there's something else"

The Doctor nodded muttering 'good' under his breath before he paused not daring to ask " What else….Kate …what else is wrong.." He heard her hesitate again, a worried feeling knotting in his stomach

"We …we managed to take a live one back to base, it took a couple of good men to get her….and so far she's far outlived the 2 hours that we mentioned but…" Kate paused as the Doctor sighed impatiently

"What Kate what…Spit it out.." The Doctor drummed his fingers against the console impatiently as he waited for Kate to talk again.

"Doctor…she has two hearts"

The Doctor blinked and shook his head, he asked her to repeat what she had said before his mind accepted the information that it was given. He tried to shrug it off, sure there were a lot of races with two hearts, even Kate knew that…so for her to mention it, meant that she must have been pretty sure that.. "I'll be on my way" He had found that he had walked back to the doors and put the phone down, before making his way back round the console brows furrowed deeply as he worked, a serious look on his face that even Clara didn't dare ask him what was wrong. It hadn't even been that long ago when he dared think that he might have saved Gallifrey, and now there was a possibility….No..He shook his head crossly as the engines hummed and the central column moved up and down, it had to be a mistake, he was the last one. However he couldn't stop those four words from echoing inside his mind over and over.

She has two hearts

Author's Notes: Ok so this story is a little different from my others, no Whoufflé and no regular adventures, but we all know The Doctor had children, and this is going to build up to what actually happens in one of them came back. it's a possibility. So please keep patient and I will get round to the next chapter soon.