Summary. "All this madness for a cat." Split up and alone. The Doctor searches for Martha. Ten Martha

A/N: A new technique that just come to me over night. Love this one so promise to finish. Reviews are what I live for so please umm keep me alive. The Italic writing is Martha where as the normal is the Doctor. If the writing is just bold then it's the Doctor remembering something. If it's in italic and bold it's Martha remembering something. If you read it, it will all make sense. Honest.

Copyright: None intended oh and I don't own Doctor who do I now. If I did then there would be a proper series in 2009 not just 3 feeble excuses. Sorry rambling but you get my drift.

Great minds think alike Stuck in freedom

Silence.

A noisy silence swept across a barren wasteland. The silence was deafening. Nothing dared breathe or move except a lone figure walking slowly and silently through this hell. A lone tumbleweed finally blew across the desert as if being given permission to finally move. It blew a few metres before giving up as if that was as far as it was allowed to go. This would have been a perfect setting for an Earth Western movie the man thought as he stared at the beautiful nothingness. But there were no cowboys here and he was along way from Earth.

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Noise.

A silent noise lay across a concrete cell. The noise was as quite as a mouse. Every living thing was and moving except a lone figure that sat slowly weeping in this hell. A police officer stopped outside her door as if finally given permission to stop. He stopped for a few seconds then gave up on his rest as if that was as long as he was allowed to have. This would have been a perfect setting for a police soap opera back home the woman thought as she stared, teary eyed, around the Crowded ugliness. But there were no human police here and she was along way from home.

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The man who looked like he was in his mid thirties walked the barren landscape alone. He wasn't meant to be alone, no, he had arrived with a companion, a friend, a miss Martha Jones. A small smile came to his face as he though about the woman. He hadn't realized how much he actually missed her. Until now. A tear rolled down his cheek and he quickly brushed it away. "Plenty of time to cry after" he thought.

As he walked he remembered the conversation in the TARDIS that seemed to have happened a lifetime ago.

"You left it."

"Martha it was only a cat."

"You're only a time lord. So how dare you leave a poor defenceless creature alone!"

"Was it in any danger?"

"No bu-"

The Doctor raised his hands in protest.

"Did it look defenceless?"

"No. Bu-"

"Then I rest my case."

The doctor looked satisfied as he folded his arms and lent against the controls closing his eyes.

"That is beside the point! That animal has to live alone. Fend for itself. No one to take care of it. Just alone!"

This made the Doctor open his eyes.

"Like me." He muttered under his breath and looked down to the floor. Martha had must of not heard it or refused to hear as she was giving him a determined and piercing look. The Doctor continued looking down.

After waiting but finding no reaction, Martha stormed of to her room.

Now the man thought about it he realized how stupid he had been. The cat that had caused so much chaos was alone, just like him. He made a note to go back and find that damn cat right after he found Martha and the TARDIS of course.

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The woman who was in her early twenties sat in the miserable prison alone. She wasn't meant to be alone, no, she had arrived as a companion, a friend, to a Doctor. The Doctor. A small smile appeared across her face as she thought about the man. She never knew she would miss him this much. More tears run down her face but she let them run. "This is the only place I can do it," she thought.

As she cried she remembered the last adventure they had that seemed to happen to a different person.

"So they'll be fine once the Queen wakes up?"

"Well should be. I mean they still have the clean up to do, shouldn't take more than three thousand years."

"Three thousand years!"

"Oh well actually only three Earth years. Ahh here we go."

They had arrived outside the TARDIS, the Doctor was just about to open the door when Martha saw it.

"Well who are you then?"

There in front of her was a cat like creature. Its fur was a thick auburn colour, it's eyes shone like sapphires and his claws looked as sharp as Diamonds. On its face it wore the most helpless look the Doctor had seen, yet he could see that the cats eyes gleamed with countless stories of battles and catching mice.

"You're lost aren't you? Yes you are, yes you are!"

Martha's voice turned into a language the Doctor had never heard as she knelt down to stroke the animal.

"Oh Doctor can we keep him?"

"Well-" The Doctor was cut off as the cat furiously hissed at him. "No."

"Why not!?"

"Because I said so."

"But look he's so cute"

The cat shot another look at the Doctor and flexed his claws.

"No Martha and that's the end of it." The Doctor did his "don't ask me again" look and held the door open for Martha. She let go of the cat and gave the Doctor a hideous look and walked in. The Doctor looked back and heard the cat meow pitifully. He almost turned back but shook his head and walked into the TARDIS.

Now the Woman thought about it she realized how stupid she had been. The cat that had caused so much trouble didn't look all that helpless. She made a note to go and apologise to the Doctor right after she escaped and found him of course.