A/N: So here is Turn left. I had originally planned for this chapter to be chapter 21 but I changed my mind and wrote something completely orignial. I wrote in chapter 21 that Jenny was in that alternate timeline but in this one I didn't add that. I kept Jenny out of it and in my head she is out protecting the nobles and she is finding the Doctor. Hope you guys enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor who. Pretty sure it owns me.
The Doctor and Donna glanced around at the market area. Donna refrained from huffing her annoyance, of all the shopping areas he could have bought her to, it had to be this one.
"So what are we doing here spaceman? I'm not dressed for running for my life." Donna sighed turning to face the Doctor, crossing her arms.
The Doctor smiled his manic, trouble causing smile. "Oh just the normal shopping trip. No trouble, not this time anyways, well I hope not. I mean I am pretty sure there will be no trouble but then again." The Doctor trailed off as he realized Donna had wondered off. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. He might as well go look for the part he came here for. No use in trying to hunt Donna down, she would come back sooner or later.
Donna continued walking, pausing at a couple of booths to inspect some trinkets when one would catch her eye, before she continued walking.
"Might I interest you in a reading?" A women called to her. Donna eyed the women suspiciously before shaking her head.
"No thanks." Donna said continuing walking.
"But your hair gives you a free reading. Red is good." The women said.
Donna rolled her eyes and gave up. What would be the harm?
Donna was thrown off by the questioning of the lady but she didn't question it to much as the world spun and she was back in her car, arguing with her mom about her job interviews.
Donna went about her life, occasionally thinking she was missing something but it wasn't till Christmas and odd star exploded in the sky that she started to question her sanity.
She walked over to where there were a bunch of lights and a body being identified by a women with shoulder length brown hair. Donna walked closer to the line and stopped, watching as something slipped off of the stretcher. It seemed familiar to Donna but after a couple of seconds of not being able to recall why, she shook it off.
"It's him. It's the Doctor. I don't understand, he should have had time to regenerate unless he just didn't want to." The older woman said whispering sadly.
"Why wouldn't he want to? We were able to dig up the Tardis." A soldier said. The lady shook her head.
"He lost her." The woman said as she sobbed, she turned and walked away. Donna frowned and her forehead creased.
Movement caught her eye in the shadows on the other side of the ambulance and Donna saw a young blonde watching the paramedics load the body. The girl caught Donna watching her, the girl's eyes widen slightly but then she shook her head and disappeared in a purple- blueish light.
Then a man and a curly head woman tapped her on the shoulder and she forgot all about the other woman.
"Hello." The curly one said.
"Yeah sorry to bother you but who did they find?" the Dark skinned man asked anxiously glancing around the scene.
"Um a Doctor, I believe." Donna said unsteadily.
"Well then where is he sweetie?" The curly lady asked.
Donna looked at the pair with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry. He….I mean they said he was dead but they didn't say a name just the Doctor." Donna trailed off as both of the people in front of her jerked around staring at the older women that had identified the body.
They shared a wide eyed look before turning back to Donna.
"Did they find another body?" The curly lady asked grabbing Donna by her shoulders and shaking her. "Did they find a woman Donna? You have to think!"
Donna shoved the woman off of her shoulders. "Don't touch me curly or I'll slap you into next Christmas." Donna yelled before walking away.
"I thought you said she travelled with the Doc. How come she didn't know him then?" Mickey asked as he continued to scan the area. "And where is Rose?"
River shook her head. "This place is wrong. It…it feels wrong." River whispered.
"I'm just a tin dog remember? I don't have freaky time sense stuff." Mickey said with a shrug. River rolled her eyes.
"We should get to unit. See what we can find out about Rose and the Tardis." River turned and walked away. Mickey looked towards the fading figure of Donna before following.
Once they convinced the brigadier who they were, which was surprisingly easy to do, they went straight to the Tardis. The Tardis was already darker and quieter which worried River.
"I don't know how much time we have left. She is trying her hardest but without the Doctor and Rose for that matter, she is going to die. The Doctor and her share a link but Rose is her heart, without them she can't live." River said explaining the best she could.
"Wait. Your telling me the time traveling, blue box is alive? Seriously? I thought he was making it up." Mickey said staring at River, his eyes comically wide.
River laughed. "Mickey Smith, you helped save the universe with a big yellow truck, did you honestly think you would have needed that truck had the Tardis been a simple machine?" River asked as she shook her head.
"Well I just sorta figured the Doctor never taught Rose how to drive." Mickey shrugged his eyes still wide and staring at the console.
"Oh she knows how to drive. He started teaching her almost as soon as she stepped on board." River chuckled.
Mickey just nodded. "Right." He muttered.
"Come on, we need to get to work. Did you notice the thing on Donna's back?" River asked.
"Yeah. Figured it was best not to stare." Mickey said as he slipped back into his Torchwood training. River smirked slightly when she heard the calm, officer voice instead of the tin dog.
"That thing is what is messing with time. Basic time beetle but one that is going to change everything. I am very surprised I haven't started fading or erased completely, Jenny already has been erased. I wonder though." River said trailing off as she walked back towards the Tardis. She saw a flicker of gold near the console.
"YES!" River yelled startling Mickey.
"What is it?" Mickey asked stepping towards her. River turned around and smiled a face breaking grin.
"Rose is alive." River said still smiling. "That is why I am not being erased. Rose has been trying to find the Tardis through their bond which is why the Tardis is so dark. The Tardis isn't dead yet, it is still dying but we have a little longer."
"You have about ten minutes to tell me what the hell you are doing on the Tardis and how you know about me." A harsh voice demanded from behind them. Mickey and River slowly turned around where they came face to face with a blaster aimed at them. River slowly raised her hands and swallowed the large lump that formed in her throat.
"Rose?" Mickey asked quietly but Rose wouldn't even look at him.
"Hello Sweetie." River said with a smile. "I forgot that this you wouldn't have met me yes. I am a friend, a very, very, dear friend."
Rose didn't relax instead she stepped forward, the gun still raised. "Am I supposed to just take your word on that?" Rose growled. River swallowed thickly and Mickey stepped forward to intervene but River quickly shook her head no.
"I know you just got back to this world. I know that you had help escaping Torchwood. I know you went to Jack and stayed with him for a few days before finding the Doctor again despite knowing it was too early. I know about Jackie, Pete and Tony. I know all about Bad Wolf and I know you are very scared. I know you Rose Tyler, the Bad Wolf, howling for the Oncoming Storm." River spoke softly and gently sent a wave of love, truth and comfort over their bond.
Rose's eyes widen and her stance relaxed. She holster her weapon again before looking up at the console as the Tardis lite up. "I trust you." Rose said. Her voice still held the harshness of Bad Wolf but River knew it would be for a while. "I am going to assume, you know how to fix this, the timelines are wrong and the Tardis is dying and so am I but you know that already."
River nodded. "Yes. We have to find out where Donna had to make the decision that caused her to never meet the Doctor. There's a time beetle on her back." River explained and completely ignoring the looks Mickey was giving her.
"That's the red head then. I saw here after they found the Doctor's body." Rose said. "She was watching me."
"How did you escape?" River asked as Rose circled the console dragging her hand across it, stroking the Tardis softly.
"I didn't." Rose said before looking up. "The Tardis saved me." Rose went back to walking around the console, murmuring words to the Tardis. "I can help you the only way I know how but I won't be able to survive. I have to connect with the Tardis's heart fully."
"Absolutely not. We can build a time machine. The Tardis will be able to survive for a few months, now that you are here. If you bond fully with the Tardis, even if this timeline is wrong, I'm not sure you will be returned to the proper timeline. You are much more important than I think you realize and Donna is going to need a familiar face." River argued back. Rose eyes flashed dangerous but the Tardis hummed in agreement with River and Rose stared at the rotor.
"Fine. What are we going to do?" Rose growled out as she sat down on the jump seat.
River and Rose planned the next few month's events out, leaving Mickey completely out of the conversation all together. He wasn't sure why they were ignoring him, specifically River but he got the feeling it would be best to ask later when it was just him and River.
Once Rose left to begin her part of convincing Donna. Mickey walked over to River.
"Wanna tell me why we are pretending I don't exist? Why my best friend in two universes refuses to even look at me?" Mickey asked sharply.
"She believes you are dead. The Rose that is with us, is fresh from the parallel world, she hasn't had time to heal. She is convinced that she saw you die and this is your way of haunting her. She once told me she believed she had lost her mind shortly after coming back to this world. She is also full to the brim with anger, she blames herself for everything. This is the Rose we have to deal with and unfortunately it isn't the easiest version of her either. So for now, we ignore you, for now you are a ghost because that is what she needs to think." River said sternly.
Mickey wasn't sure how to argue with that so he just nodded his head in agreement.
The next few months were hard on everyone. Mickey was getting tired of being a ghost, Donna didn't want to believe Rose, Rose had the half mind to strangle the red head, and River was arguing with Unit that they had to destroy their impromptu time machine as soon as they were finished with, which of course lead to a huge mess of paperwork.
Rose had finally convinced Donna to come to unit and go to her death. Donna was standing in the circle of mirrors with the vest strapped onto her shoulders. River, Rose and Mickey all stood at the edge.
Rose stepped forward as Donna began to panic.
"Donna. Stop. You asked what was on your back and now we are showing you. That time beetle is screwing with the timelines. I explained this early, but the only way to get rid of it is by travel back. That is what the vest and mirrors are for."
Donna stopped panicking and stared dumbfounded at Rose. "You built a time machine." Donna stated.
Rose gave a manic grin and nodded. "Yep." Rose said popping the p like the Doctor but the smile faded and she grew serious once again. "And I am so sorry but you are going to die."
Donna's jaw dropped open and River turned to Rose wide eyed while Mickey open and closed his mouth while staring in shocked at Rose.
"What?" Donna asked before anyone else could speak up. "What do you mean blondie?" Donna demanded when Rose didn't answer.
Rose sighed. "I am so sorry Donna but it is the only way. You made a decision that led you away from meeting the Doctor. Think back, to the day you were headed for that job interview, you turn right instead of left. You need to go back and you need to turn left. By turning left you meet the Doctor, you save him." Rose said as she crossed her arms. She wasn't sure what this all meant for her but she could guess. She too was going to die, River had been right she was too big, too important for her to just be pulled into this timeline from the other. She wouldn't remember this, another she will go on living the original with no memory of this timeline because she had never been her. Mickey and River would be pulled back to their original timeline and all would be fixed.
Donna nodded but the tears fell. "How am I supposed to do that? Slap myself silly?" Donna asked with an eye roll.
River snorted. "Now that is something I would like to see. What you do or how you do it is up to you but you have to convince yourself to turn left. Whatever it takes you must turn left." River stated.
Donna nodded. "Right. Well lets get a move on then."
Rose nodded and step forward to activate the machine but paused to give Donna one last look. "I'm sorry." She whispered as tears slipped out of the corner of her eye and the cool, in control façade slipped."
Donna was wide eyed as she looked at Rose. The woman she had known to be collected and in command was now crying. It shocked her enough for her to speak. "For what?" Donna asked but Rose pressed the big red button and Donna was transported into time.
She groaned when she landed and looked around, spotting a street sign then gave an angry shout. "I am two blocks away blondie with less than" Donna paused to look at her watch. "Three minutes to get there!"
Donna started running, she wasn't sure how but she finally understood the urgency and the need to change this timeline. It was like something was nudging her along, encouraging her and as she rounded the last corner, she knew she was headed to her death.
Rose stared at the spot Donna disappeared from and turned to face River. "You need to leave now." Rose said coldly.
River startled at the tone and turned to face her. "Yes, WE do." River emphasized the 'we' and nodded toward her but as she spoke, Rose shook her head no.
"There is no we, just you and Mickey." Rose held up her hand as River opened her mouth. "I figured it out when he didn't disappear after the first week. I didn't tell you because there was no point. I am going to die here." Rose stated, her face and voice void of all emotions.
River and Mickey stared at her and River quickly narrowed her eyes. "No you are not. I won't let you."
Rose shook her head. "You said it yourself River. I am too important to just be pulled into a wrong timeline. The me you know won't have any memories of this because she will never had been her. I will die here." Rose said while tears welled up in River's eyes as she connected the dots.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know." River cried. Rose nodded and wrapped the other girl in hug.
"It's fine. I accepted my death a long time ago. Besides that I am hoping there is a much happier me, a better sister waiting on you in the right world." Rose cried. "I am sorry I couldn't be her but you must go. There isn't time."
Rose pushed both River and Mickey into the circle before either could say anything and activated the machine. She had transferred the coordinates in River's Vortex Manipulator into her own Vortex Manipulator and then fused her Vortex Manipulator into the machine, it was the only way she knew she could get them out in time.
With a sigh, she turned and entered the Tardis and sent her on her finally trip. Rose rushed out the Tardis and into the street where Donna laid. She quickly crouched beside the red head.
"When you see the Doctor again. Tell him two words. Just two words." Rose said as she leaned down to the women's ear. "Bad Wolf." Rose whispered.
As Donna closed her eyes, Rose stepped back and walked into the Tardis. The console was open, the Tardis's heart was exposed once more, and Rose walked closer. She let out a breath and she disappeared into golden particles back into the Tardis's heart once more.
Donna jumped off the stool and away from the woman in shed. The woman stared at Donna in fear as she scrambled out of the tent.
"You were so strong. What are you?" The woman whispered as she ran backwards out of the tent, nearly tripping into the Doctor before disappearing into the crowded market place. The Doctor raised an eyebrow but walked towards Donna with an amused expression.
"There you are. What have I said about wondering off?" The Doctor asked.
Donna didn't answer instead she launched herself at the Doctor. "You are alive. You are really here and okay."
The Doctor looked down confused. "Of course I am. What happened?"
Donna led him back into the tent and they sat down as she told him what happened in the other world.
The Doctor frowned as Donna finished and poked at the now dead beetle.
"The weird thing is, this has happened to you twice. Something keeps dragging us together." The Doctor muttered. "Almost like you are supposed to meet me, by not meeting me you almost destroyed the universe."
Donna's eyes widen as a memory surfaced. "She said something similar."
The Doctor's frowned deepened as he studied Donna. "Doesn't matter now that world is gone." The Doctor said.
Donna shook her head frantically. "No. No, they said all worlds. They said in all worlds, the stars are going out."
The Doctor stared at her. "They who? Who was it Donna? What did she look like?"
Donna squinted her eyes as she tried to remember. "One was the lady, from the library, the other one was dark skinned, male, he didn't talk much neither one of them did. They let the other woman take charge."
The Doctor quickly grew nervous and he gripped Donna's arm tightly. "What did the other woman look like Donna? Remember, what did she look like?"
Donna stared at him as her face scrunched up in concentration. The other girl was the hardest one to remember, it was like something was blocking it. "She was blonde. Young." Donna said as she shook her head. "I can't remember anything else but she said to tell you. Just two words. Said it was a warning."
The Doctor was frantic now and jumped up, gripping Donna's shoulder tightly. "What two words? What was her name Donna?" The Doctor practically yelled.
Donna's eyes widen as the Doctor became more frantic. "She said. She said Bad Wolf."
And with that the Doctor took off out the door, with Donna right on his heels. They took off towards the Tardis and set the course to Earth, ready to face the end of the universe again.