A/N: In my head, this is set between 'Christmas Carol' and 'Impossible Astronaut' for the Doctor ( mainly because I'm not the biggest fan of Amy), and 'the End of Time' and 'Miracle Day' (mainly because it's only just started, and I haven't watched it fully, at time of writing, so I don't know where Jack would emotionally be now)
Thank you to Romana-II, badwolf907 and MissSwissish for reviewing the last chapter!

' What the-' breathed the Doctor.

The woman whipped round. She had shoulder-length wavy blond hair, matted with blood. Her eyes were red-rimmed and had dried blood caked all over her. The look of fear in her eyes was unmistakable.

He melted towards stepped towards the glass, putting his hand to the glass. She remained still.

' Who are you? What is your name?'

She paused, breathed in and drew herself up to her full height. ' My name is Romanadvoratrelundar.'

He gaped. 'Romana?'

' Excuse me?' She sniffed.

' Romana, it's me.' He pleaded.

She glared into him eyes, and slowly, as the realization began to dawn on her, the fear melted from her face. ' Doctor, is that you?'

' Yes, Romana, it's me!' the Doctor beamed.

Her eyes darkened. ' Prove it'

He faltered. ' What?'

' Prove who you say you are.' She glared.

The Doctor was about to reply when Jack intervened. ' Alright that's enough!' He turned to the Doctor. ' Is she one of the good ones?'

' Yeah, she is' the Doctor replied, still staring at Romana. ' you can let her go.'

' wait a second, Doc-'

the Doctor rounded on Jack. ' I said let her go!' he thundered.

' of course' Jack muttered. He tapped a sequence of buttons on his Vortex Manipulator.

' Didn't I disable that?' the Doctor looked down at the device.

' Yeah. Don't worry, it doesn't do jumps.'

' Good.'

The door opened.

' Why did you lock her up like that?'

' When I scanned her, I realised what she was, I put her down here. She slept through the night well enough. The last Time Lord that turned up was a sadistic megalomaniac. I thought 'better safe than sorry'.' He looked at the Doctor. ' Can you blame me?'

' Yeah, well, she's good. She's the best' he grinned, turning to her.

' Romana?' He offered her his hand. She didn't move. ' Well, I'm not calling you Fred!' the Doctor smirked.

' Doctor!' she took his hand, and hugged him tightly. Their embrace felt like a lifetime, although probably only lasted a few minutes.

' A question?' Jack interrupted. ' How did you get here?' Staring pointedly at Romana.

' Yes, how did you get here?' the Doctor looking enquiring at Romana, holding her at arms length.

She shuddered. ' I was in the Time War. It was horrible, we were losing. I was in the Citadel, and the building I was in collapsed.' She was shaking. ' I was lying under the rubble, knowing I wouldn't be able to regenerate properly, thinking it was the end. Then I saw a white light appear in front of me, and it consumed and I passed out. I woke here. I have no idea what happened.' By that point she was crying so hard, it was difficult to understand what she was saying.

The Doctor just held her close. He knew what it was like. He had already had his grieving process. What she needed now more than anything was someone to be close to her, to hold her, to help her through.

' Umm, I'll go put the kettle on...' Jack muttered, leaving them alone.

Minutes later, Romana quietened down. Composing herself, she remarked, ' and what of my people?' the Doctor gave her a look that explained. ' I see.'

' Well, I-' trying to stand, she collapsed to the floor.