When you die of the age of 126, not many go to your funeral. Most of your family and friends are dead. It's usually just a couple of nurses that took care of you and a distant relative that's inheriting everything.
When Martha Jones died the only people that went to her funeral was two nurses, her great, great grandson, two strange young men and a young girl.
One man was tall and skinny, dressed in a stripy suit and his hair stuck everywhere. He was the Doctor; he was Martha's secret crush. It took a long time for her to get over him. for her to move on. But she did it. And he stayed as her friend till the very end.
The other man was Captain Jack Harkness, dressed in 1940 era clothing and despite how he looked he was older than Martha. He was charming and loyal. He looked after Martha from the day he met her to the day she died.
The young girl looked roughly seventeen. She had pale skin and ebony black hair. Her eyes were the bluest of blue. Like sparkly gems. She had known Martha since the day she was born; she had considered Martha as family. Her name was Elizabeth Williams and Martha was one of the very few that knew her true parentage.
And she took it to her grave.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" the Priest said finishing off the service.
The nurses and great, great grandson went away. But the three stayed. They watched in silence as Martha Jones was buried. The last of their friends.
The moment the coffin was buried Jack and the Doctor walked away to visit the many other graves. Sarah Jane Smith, Mickey Smith, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones. Jack pulled Elizabeth away, not that he needed to. She always visited Gwen's grave when given the chance.
She lost Jack and the Doctor at some point. Maybe the Doctor dragged Jack away to another grave. She didn't care; she wanted to be on her own. She wanted to be by the woman that protected her to her last breath. The woman that she looks exactly like apart from the eyes.
Elizabeth Williams will always hold her parentage a secret but she still likes to mourn her family properly.
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"What is it Doctor?" Jack asked tiredly as the Doctor pulled him among the graves. Today Jack felt his age, today Jack wished nothing but the comfort of his bed and a whiskey bottle. Maybe a couple of suicides as well. He lost nearly everyone he loves apart from the Doctor and Elizabeth.
"I'm getting a strange signal" the Doctor muttered holding out his beeping sonic screwdriver. "something's not right"
"Nothing ever is" Jack muttered darkly.
"I got this feeling Jack" the Doctor said softly "I got this feeling that someone…or some people…are waiting for me…I feel…it's hard to explain. It's like when you're alone at home but you feel someone is watching you"
Jack rolled his eyes "Doc, you're grieving for Martha. Lets just go back to the TARDIS and get a nice cup of tea, yeah?" he looked round and noticed that Elizabeth wasn't there. "where's Elizabeth?"
"Hmm….not sure? Why?" the Doctor saw the over-protective look in Jack's eye "oh Jack, the girl's seventeen, she's a descendent of Gwen Cooper and if you think that she can't handle a walk in a grave yard then you shouldn't have hired her in the first place"
"I promised her mother that I would keep her safe" Jack said stiffly "like you promised Francine that you would keep Martha save, like you promised Jackie that you would keep Rose save"
"Sorry Jack" the Doctor mumbled "let's go and find her then"
The two friends walked back calling out Elizabeth's name.
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She decided to wait by Martha's grave; it was the most likely place Jack would look for her. She walked round the corner in time to see a…a girl? A girl dressed in black, hood covering her head. Laying down a bouquet of red flowers.
"ELIZABETH!"
She could hear the Doctor's and Jack's shouts and so could the girl. The girl looked up briefly and ran. Ran as fast as she could.
Elizabeth walked up to the grave. And examined the bouquet the girl dropped. Blood red roses tied together with a black silk ribbon; with a card tucked in. she pulled out the card and read it. Her eyes going wide.
"There you are Elizabeth" Jack said "what are you holding?"
"A…a girl in black dropped it" Elizabeth said
"Did you see her face?"
"No, she had a hood on that covered it"
"What does the card say?" the Doctor asked interestedly
"May you rest in peace, we never forgot you. The Bad Wolf Corporation"Elizabeth read out"thing is why would the Bad Wolf Corporation send Martha flowers?"
The Doctor looked white as a sheet, as if he had seen billions of ghosts parading in front of him in their underwear. Jack shrugged as if it was nothing.
"B-B-Bad Wolf" the Doctor stuttered
"A company that owns a nightclub, a hotel, several little businesses and a dock" Jack said "nothing special at all"
"Jack it's Bad Wolf" the Doctor said
"And if I remember correctly time goes faster in Pete's world so Rose should be dead and buried beside your human self. It's nothing Doctor, absolutely nothing"
"Jack the strange signal, the creepy feeling, the girl in black and this company could all be connected we should investigate this" the Doctor said bouncing on his feet.
"If I didn't know you any better I would say you're enjoying this" Jack said through narrow eyes.
"Oh but I am. A little mystery, you and me Jack, two thirds of the old team. We could take Elizabeth with us to investigate. Starting with this hotel, what is the hotel called?"
"The Noble Rose" Elizabeth said "and don't make me stay out of this Jack, I'm curious and it seems harmless"
"Ha! The Noble Rose owned by Bad Wolf if that doesn't scream look at me Doctor I'm a dangerous alien plot hiding then I don't know what does" the Doctor said
Jack sighed, he knew he was out numbered, he knew the Doctor was going stir crazy and he knew Elizabeth wants to test her boundaries. "Doctor Rose could have jumped up and down naked wearing a sign saying 'take me now Doctor' and you still wouldn't notice. Subtle hints isn't your game and I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. But I'll help only because if I don't Elizabeth will and she'll do something that'll get her kidnapped"
Both Elizabeth and the Doctor glared at Jack. Neither of them nor Jack saw the hooded girl watching them from behind the tree.