Hello everyone. I'm so sorry that it's taken me this long to post a new story. I was going through an inspiration dry spell, but I believe I have tapped into a new spring of inspiration. Hope you enjoy this new story.
All 3 of the travelers were out the door before the Tardis completely settled. The Doctor's eyes were wide as he scanned the surrounding for any kind of danger. Then his face changed to puzzled. "It's fine. Everything's fine. Nothing's wrong, everything's fine." he said partial relieved as he took in the peaceful surroundings of the Great Britain neighborhood. A clanking from an approaching milk vehicle filled the air. "Excuse me!" The Doctor called out to the milkman as he exited his vehicle. "What day is it?"
"Saturday." the milkman called back.
"Saturday, good. Good, I like Saturdays." said The Doctor, his voice lowering from a shout to softly talking to himself.
"So… I just met Rose Tyler?" said Donna. Rose Tyler. That name had sent them on a frantic trip back to Earth which wouldn't have happened if Donna never entered that fortune tellers shop. It would forever be sealed in her brain the terrified look on Donna's face when they had found her in that shop. The story she told was even worse… well, all what Donna could remember of the parallel world that a giant pincher bug had formed around her. From what Jenny could gather Donna had made a decision, which in turn created a world where The Doctor died. Jenny hadn't recognized any of the things and events Donna spoke of, since she wasn't even 'born' yet, but they had seemed horrible enough with The Doctor there. Without him the stories became unbearable… like a nightmare that had no end. Then, as they studied the bug creature that started this mess, Donna faintly remembered a lady with blond hair who had helped her. The Doctor's eyes lit up with an eagerness Jenny had never seen before from her father. Sure she had seen an eagerness that came from excitement, but this seemed to come from a longing of sorts. That longing turned to horror as Donna said the two words the lady had told her, 'Bad Wolf'. The Doctor had fled the shop leaving Jenny and Donna to run after him. As they ran back to the Tardis Jenny noticed vaguely that all the banners and signs now read 'Bad Wolf'. It wasn't until they were back in the Tardis that she knew something was terribly wrong. The Tardis' control room was bathed in a red light and a tolling of what could have been a gong was sounding through the room. Jenny had touched her father's arm as he stood in the middle of the room and asked what the words 'Bad Wolf' meant. His answer had sent chills down her spine. He told her that it was the end of the universe. After that The Doctor wasted no time in pushing the Tardis as fast as she could go towards Earth and here they stood now. Staring at what could only be recognized as a peaceful Saturday morning.
"Yeah." said The Doctor, in response to Donna's question.
"But she's locked away in a parallel world." said Donna.
"Exactly. If she can cross from her parallel world to your parallel world, then that means the walls of the universe are breaking down, which puts everything in danger… everything." said The Doctor as he once more scanned the peaceful scenery around him. "But how?" he asked in confusion as he ran back into the Tardis. Donna followed closely behind him, but Jenny stayed where she was. This was her first time on Earth and she wanted to take as much of it in as she could, before the end of the universe spoiled everything. The clanking of the milk vehicle started to grow as bottles hit against one other. Jenny assumed the vehicle was moving on down the street, but when she looked around she noticed the car was still where it had stopped. Something was making the bottles clank on their own. Roof tiles began to fall of houses and milk bottles began to shatter as they fell from the vehicle. That's when Jenny noticed the slight tremor under her feet. She must be experiencing what she read was an earthquake, but she had read that earthquakes weren't common to England. She saw the milkman staring up at the sky in confusion and awe. Jenny followed his gaze and her mouth nearly fell open. The sky seemed to be moving, like a really fast wind was blowing the morning clouds by at an incredible rate. The sunlight was also getting dimmer until it was night. The shaking continued to grow and Jenny found she was having trouble standing. She stumbled trying to keep her footing until she accidently stepped off the street curb and fell on her side. She thought about getting back up but decided not to fight the violent shaking so she stayed on the ground covering her head in case something were to fall. The shaking continued for another minute before it stopped completely and without warning… almost like someone had slammed on the brakes of a car. A cold wind began to tug on Jenny's clothes as she righted and brushed herself off. She was about to make a joke about having one to many alcoholic drinks when she caught sight of the milkman. He was still looking at the sky but it was the look on his face that turned Jenny's eyes upwards. Immediately she understood the look of confusion and fear that was on the milkman's face. Above them wasn't a moon or even stars… there were instead 26 planets. Now Jenny didn't know everything about Earth but she did know that that was not normal. She turned to run back to the Tardis and demand The Doctor and Donna see this strange sight, but she stopped in her tracks. The Tardis was not where it had been parked, it wasn't even in the surrounding area. It had vanished along with The Doctor and Donna. Several emotions ran through Jenny's head, she had never been by herself before, not unless you count trips to the bathroom, which she wasn't. She was completely alone, no Doctor, no Donna, no Tardis and she didn't have any clue as to where they had gone. One thought slowly pushed its way to the front of her brain; she might never see them again. Just as it felt that feeling would drag her into fear, a boom of electricity sounded off to her left. She turned in time to see a woman materialize out of thin air. Her outfit was normal, nothing that stood out too much, but Jenny did take note of her purple jacket that seemed to be made out of leather. There were two other things that stood out very sharply to Jenny. One, was that this woman had blond hair that fell just past her shoulders and two, a gun that was half the size of Jenny was slung over her left shoulder. The lady looked up at the sky immediately and muttered, "Right, now we're in trouble. It's only just beginning." She cocked the gun and Jenny could hear the energy building up inside of it. The woman looked at the milkman, who had also turned at the boom, and told him to get to somewhere safe. The man took off running to who knows where, Jenny really didn't care, she had a feeling she knew who this woman was. "Oi. Didn't you hear what I said? Get somewhere safe. Go home and be with your family while you can." said the lady as she began to walk off.
"You're Rose Tyler aren't you." said Jenny. The lady stopped in her tracks and turned to face Jenny her gun lifting ever so slightly. Jenny tensed at that sight, she didn't like guns any more than her dad did, but she knew when someone was preparing to use it against you. "How do you know my name?" said Rose her face completely serious.
"I know The Doctor, I travel with him."
"I thought Donna was traveling with him, well I guess The Doctor can travel with more than one companion at a time." said Rose.
"She is and I'm not exactly a companion. I mean, I am traveling and helping The Doctor when I can just like Donna, but I have a more genetic connection with him." said Jenny.
"What do you mean?" said Rose, confusion starting to enter her features.
"I'm his daughter." said Jenny. The gun went slack in Rose's hands as this news crossed her ears.
"His daughter?! The Doctor doesn't have a daughter." said Rose in shock.
"It's a long story, which I will tell later. Right now, we have more serious issues to deal with." said Jenny gesturing up to the dark, planet filled sky.
"To right." said Rose. "We best get a shift on."
"Where should we go? What should we do?" asked Jenny as the two women started walking toward the center of the city.
While all of this was going on, things aboard the Tardis had turned ugly. It had all happened a minute after The Doctor and Donna had shut the doors to the Tardis. The two of them were standing by the controls in the middle of the room. The Doctor was turning nobs and switches when he heard Donna's soft voice, which caught his attention since her voice wasn't soft very often. "The thing is Doctor," she said. "No matter what's happening and I'm… I'm sure it's bad, I get that… but Rose is coming back. Isn't that good?"
The Doctor gave her a smile as he looked over at her. "Yeah." he said. The two of them smiled at each other for a second before the Tardis gave a giant lurch throwing them off balance. Oh! What the hell was that?!" shouted Donna over the sounds of crashing and grinding sounding around the room.
"Don't know. It came from outside." yelled The Doctor. "Donna, you and Jenny stay back. I'm gonna take a look outside." he continued as he turned toward the door. Donna gave a nod and turned both directions before it dawned on her… Jenny was not in the Tardis. "Doctor…" said Donna her voice starting to portray worry. "She's not here." At that The Doctor spun around taking the whole room and saw that Donna was right.
"She must still be outside and that means…" The Doctor cut off as his eyes widened. He ran to the door and wrenched it open but stopped in his tracks. He was not met by the suburb scenery they had landed in, but wide, open space. He stared at the scene in front of him unable to understand what had happened. "But we're in space." said Donna hurrying over to stand by The Doctor. "How did that happen?" she continued as they watched chunks of rock floating by. The Doctor turned and fled back to the control panel. "What did you do?" asked Donna in shock. He did not answer; he was too busy trying to figure out what happened, but the most important thought that invaded his brain was 'what happened to Jenny'. He hit a couple of buttons and levers then slid his video/scanner computer in front of him. "We haven't moved. We're fixed." he said bewildered then his eyes grew big as a thought entered his mind. "It can't have. No." he whispered to himself as he ran back to the door and Donna. "The Tardis is still in the same place, but the earth is gone… the entire planet. It's gone." The two of them stared out at the remaining chunks of Earth for a few more seconds before The Doctor rushed back to the control panel. He began to type away furiously at the keyboard while Donna moved around the room trying to come to terms with what just happened. "But if the Earth's been moved they've lost the sun." she said coming to stand by The Doctor. "What about my mum… and grandad… and Jenny? They're dead." she continued, horror edging her voice now. The Doctor felt his hearts fall a little at the word dead. He couldn't stand even thinking about Jenny dying. It was bad enough living through that experience once. He shut the door to all those feelings; tried to distance himself from what Donna was saying and the tears pooling in her eyes. "Aren't they? Are they dead?" Donna finished. The Doctor glance up at her face ready to not give any answer, to block out what she was saying. Yet, the look in her eyes pulled the answer out of him.
"I don't know Donna. I just don't know. I'm sorry, I don't know." he said.
"That's my family… my whole world." said Donna.
"And that's my one and only daughter down there." snapped The Doctor, the fear surfacing for a second. Donna looked at him with fresh tears in her eyes and opened her mouth to say something. The Doctor, however, not wanting to let his emotions so any more at this moment quickly changed the subject. "There's no readings… nothing… not a trace… not even a whisper. Oh, that is fearsome technology." he said standing up straight and ran his hand through his hair all the while continuing to stare at the computer. He was at a complete loss; he had no idea what was going on and that terrified him. "So, what do we do now?" asked Donna.
"We've got to get help." he replied.
"From where?" she asked.
"Donna, I'm taking you to the shadow proclamation." he announced as he solemnly put in the coordinates. "Hold tight." he warned as he threw a switch causing the Tardis to toss about as they flew toward what The Doctor hoped were answers.
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