Sorry that it has been so long since I've last updated. Well it's been that way for all of my stories. I always seem to go through long droughts of creativity.

Do not own Dr. who, but think that David is very wonderful, even if he doesn't like astrology.

Chapter 1

Martha sat at her desk, staring at the computer, bored out of her mind. Even though several things were under surveillance, it was fairly quiet. The past 6 months, since the Dalek invasion, had flown by. She was frustrated with her pet project, and still grieved for Doctor. She would not admit that to any of them of course, but he lost Donna not to long after losing Jenny. It hurt to know that he would lose people so soon after forming bonds, and wished there was more she could do than what she did now. Even though she had come to realization that he was not going to come around, she wasn't Rose after all, and she had gotten over the initial infatuation. He still loved the brilliant man with all her heart. Tom had even noticed. As she continued thinking Donna walked into the office and paced around a bit.

"I need some more medication." Donna stopped and started to wring her hands. "I got interested in that formula you've been working on last night, and had to use what I had."

"You were supposed to be sleeping last night Donna." Martha sighed and shook her head. "You promised Jack and I that you would be careful with this."

"I know, I know." Donna threw her arms up in the air and rolled her eyes. "Don't think that I'm not grateful to you guys for not turning me in when everything came back, but Gawd, sometimes the compulsions aren't ignorable."

"We don't think that, we both understand how important the memories are, and how strong the pull is to keep helping..."

Both women looked to the office ceiling, startled as the sound of T.A.R.D.I.S. engines filled the area.

"Uh oh, I better hide I don't want to be caught by space boy. The argument will be more than I can handle right now." Donna ran to the cabinet where Martha pointed, Grabbed a vial and ran towards the file room on the bottom floor of Torchwood.

Martha for her part ran about throwing various objects into cabinets, then proceeded to the main room of the hub. Jack was already jumping around all of the screens as excited as a little boy.

"I don't see it yet" he looked up at Martha with a big grin. "It should be materializing already though."

"Well let's go take a look, maybe he finally fixed it." Martha Smiled as jack looked around the hub and raised an eyebrow. "Donna went to hide already."

Jack smiled and shook his head while taking one last look at the monitors. "Hey where did those guys come from?"

Martha peered over his shoulder and saw six people standing near the fountain. They both stood watching the groups stare at their surroundings in awe.

"Hey, doesn't that one look like Lucy Saxon?" Jack jabbed the screen as he spoke, Martha looked closer and indeed standing next to a man who looked to be in his nineties was Lucy Saxon.

"Yeah, I think that's her alright." Martha began to walk towards the concealed lift. "I think we should go and say high to the new neighbors."

"Dr. Jones, I agree with you whole heartedly." Jack ran to catch up with Martha.

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"Where are we now?" Shipe asked as the group looked around in wonder.

"We are on a planet called Earth." The old man began. "Crazy place with crazy beings, but good tea." He looked up at the sky and made an irritated noise. "We didn't even land where I told the blasted thing to." He turned to Lucy with an apology in his look. "I'm not sure if you are going to be able to find what we need here."

"It's ok honey." Lucy smiled reassuringly and put arm in his. "I know where we are. We can still find everything here in Cardiff."

"Why doesn't that blasted thing work right anyway?" Tristine stomped her foot. "It's a ship after all, aren't they supposed to fallow the orders you put in the controls?"

The old man made another noise of irritation as he rolled his eyes, Opening his mouth to respond, only to be interrupted by an unknown male voice.

"Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, may we be of assistance?"

The group turned around to see a pair walking towards them. Lucy immediately jumped in-between the old man and the pair making Tristine jump in front of Shipe.

"NO YOU can't, just go back to where ever it is you came from, you two are unwanted." Lucy shook her finger at the pair who looked at each other, then back at the group.

Jack put his hands up in a placating manner, as Martha smiled and laughed.

"Hey now, Lucy relax, we just thought we would say high and see if you needed any help."

Martha smiled and shook her head. "We saw you up here and realized we hadn't seen you for a while. Also, we got kind of curious seeing you all up here after hearing a T.A.R.D.I.S."

Lucy scowled at them. Jack kept smiling as he stood taller and crossed his arms. Martha also smiled as she stood with her arms to her side. The old man was looking them over as well; the mention of his ship caught his interest.

"Thought we were him I bet." Lucy looked back at the old man and then the rest of the group. "We all travel with my husband." As she calmed and changed her domineer, the rest of the group followed. She turned to the old man and tilted her head, then turned back to Jack and Martha. "We're not staying for long. Just stopping for a short bit."

"Ah, refueling." Jack turned and began to walk away. Only to look beside him and see that Martha was not following. "Aren't you coming back inside? They seem alright." He continued to his destination.

"Well we are right in this area. So if you change your mind and need something just catch our attention." Martha smiled and turned to follow Jack. The group watched her go only to find that Jack was already gone.

Tristine looked at Lucy as she waved and smirked with an annoyed smile. "Who were those guys? The guy was kind of cute." Shipe scoffed and stomped his foot.

"Just some travelers from here, I know." She turned to the group and took the old man's arm. "The ship will be fine, let's go look around and find what we need."

The group began to walk south to the road. Lucy slowed her pace to place she and the old man a few feet behind the others. "Maybe when we come back, I'll talk to Martha Jones and see if we can get a bit of help."

"No." The old man retorted curtly, Causing Lucy to look at him with wide eyes. "I have no desire to deal with that annoying, no good, know it all renegade." He harrumphed, and then sighed. "I remember him well enough, my dearest. I'm old and near the end of all my existence. I haven't the patience to deal with him."

"Well, what if it were only me or... Lucy sighed and rolled her eyes as he put his hand over her mouth.

"I would rather make sure that the five of you can carry on when I'm gone." He looked ahead and chuckled as he saw the others trying to decide what to do at a street corner.

OOOOO

"Who do you think she meant by husband?" Jack scowled at the screen. "Seriously she can't mean that decrypted old guy. Look at him, he can barely walk."

"Be nice! I'm sure he is the one after all they did come in a T.A.R.D.I.S., and she stays by him." Martha changed cameras to keep viewing the group.

"Who came in a what?" Gwen put her purse down on the desk and looked at the pair. "Did the two of you stay here all night again?"

Martha smiled in Gwen's general direction and stared at the screen. "I should probably go down to the records room and tell Donna she doesn't need to hide anymore."

"It's ok, I'll go." Gwen turned to go. " I need to get some files out of there anyway."

Jack turned away from the screen and leaned against the desk. "This is big Martha we need to find him. This guy is seriously old, but if he is a Time Lord he'll probably regenerate."

Martha sighed. "What about Donna, he's going to be royally pissed when he finds out. He wiped her memories for crying out loud."

"We're a family Martha Jones. He may not see it, but we all do." Jack smiled and winked. "We'll band together and deal with it when the time comes."

"Fine, I'll go see if I can call him." Martha turned to go to her office not looking forward to the possible fight, but getting excited at the thought him coming.

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Well I know that I've already apologized for not updating any of my stories. I always fell guilty when I can't write anything.

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