"Well this is fun," Rose muttered as she and the Doctor stood at the bar, watching everybody else dance. The Doctor had just soniced her phone, finding out that the place where Donna worked, was with Torchwood.

"Could be worse," the Doctor commented and put his drink down, "Now, would you accompany me to the dance floor Miss Tyler?" he asked.

"Oh, I would love to." She smiled and took his hand, "Let's see if this body is any better than the other." She grinned and dragged him on the dance floor.

X

"I've lost the signal!" the Doctor yelled as he held the control of the Santa's and he turned to Donna, "I'm gonna need you car. I need to see where you work."

"Can't we just take the TARDIS?" Rose suggested.

"Best not, just in case. We don't know what's there."

X

"What do they want with me?" Donna asked as the Doctor simply rambled on.

"You've been dosed with huon particles," the Doctor began to explain, "I don't know how, but you were pulled in to the TARDIS, the heart of the TARDIS contains the same huon particles, which pulled you in. Right! Now, what is HC Clements working on at the moment?"

"I don't know, "Lance stuttered, "I'm personnel, not project manager!"

"So you have no idea?" Rose asked, something about this bloke didnt seem right to her, he seemed a bit odd and suspicious.

"No."

"Alright, so what do we need to do Doctor?" she asked.

"They make keys," he stated, "And look at this." He pointed towards the computer screen, "We are the third floor right?" he asked and Rose nodded as he ran over to the lifts, "The how come there's a lower basement? There is a whole floor that doesn't exist on the official plans."

"So, we're talking, secret floor? Secret base underneath?" Rose guessed.

"Yeah."

"Ooh, we haven't had a secret base in a while." She smiled.

"I know, now thanks you two, me and Rose can handle this from here."

"No chance, Martian. You're the man who keeps saving my life; I ain't letting you out of my sight." Donna said and joined the Doctor and Rose in the lift, dragging Lance with her.

X

"Your people? Who are they? What company do you represent?" Lance asked and the Doctor and Rose glanced at each other.

"You can answer this." Rose smiled, passing it over to the Doctor.

"Oh, we're freelancers. Anyway, Huon particles in liquid form." He picked up a small test tube.

"That's inside Donna?" Rose asked as if to answer, the Doctor turned the test tube, making the contents and Donna to glow.

"Because the particles are inert - they need something living to catalyse inside and that's you. Saturate the body and then... HA! The wedding! Yes, you're getting married, that's it! Best day of your life, walking down the aisle - oh, your body's a battleground! There's a chemical war inside! Adrenaline, acetylcholine, WHAM go the endorphins, oh you're cooking! Yeah, you're like a walking oven! A pressure cooker, a microwave, all churning away, the particles reach boiling point, SHAZAM!" the Doctor yelled.

"I have waited so long, hibernating at the edge of the universe..." the Empress announced over the speakers, "... until the secret heart was uncovered and called out to waken!" she yelled and teleported in to the chamber, snarling and growling.

"The Racnoss... but that's impossible, you're one of the Racnoss!"

"What's a Racnoss?" Rose asked, not recognising it.

"The Racnoss come from the Dark Times, billions of years ago, billions. They were carnivores, omnivores, they devoured whole planets. "You shouldn't even exist! Way back in history, the Fledgling Empires went to war against the Racnoss - they were wiped out."

"Except for me." She cackled and the trio watched as Lance approached her behind, with an axe and went to swing for the Racnoss, but stopped as she turned round and began to laugh.

"That was a good one. Your face!" he yelled.

"What?" Donna asked.

"Im sorry Donna." Rose whispered.

"Months I had to put up with her. Months. A woman who can't even point to Germany on a map."

"I don't understand." Donna shook her head.

"How did you meet him again?" Rose asked softly, feeling for Donna.

"In the office."

"He made you coffee." The Doctor pointed out, joining Rose and Donna. "You had to be dosed with liquid particles over six months. It was all there in the job title - the Head of Human Resources."

"It's like you said, Doctor - the big picture - what's the point of it all if the Human Race is nothing? That's what the Empress can give me. The chance to... go out there. To see it. The size of it all. I think you understand that, don't you, Doctor?"

"Who is this little physician?"

"What she said - Martian."

"Oh, I'm sort of, well, we're sort of... homeless. But the point is, what's down here? The Racnoss are extinct. What's gonna help you four thousand miles down? That's just the molten core of the Earth, isn't it?"

"Kill this chattering little doctor-man and his companion!"

"Dont hurt them!"

"Ah, now. Except." The Doctor tried to interrupt.

"You better have a plan." Rose muttered.

"Well, I just want to point out the obvious—Just- just- just- hold on, just a tick, just a tiny- just a little- tick. If you think about it, the particles activated in Donna and drew her inside my spaceship. So, reverse it... the spaceship comes to her." He explained the Donna began to glow as the TARDIS materialized around them.

X

"My children are climbing towards me and none shall stop them!" the Racnoss yelled at the Doctor and Rose.

"Donna! I've got you, Donna!" the Doctor yelled as he loosened the webs.

"I'm gonna fall!" she screamed.

"You're gonna swing!"

"She's not Tarzan. This isn't going to work." Rose commented, thinking this plan was going to fail slightly as Donna swung, only to go underneath them, going in to the wall. "Told ya."

"She's alive isn't she?" he asked and Rose didnt reply, "Now, Empress of the Racnoss - I give you one last chance. I can find you a planet. I can find you a place in the universe to coexist. Take that offer and end this now. "What's your answer?" he asked and the Racnoss declined. "What happens next is your own doing." He muttered.

"At arms!" the Racnoss ordered her soldiers.

"Relax."

"Robo-forms are not necessary. My children may feast on Martian flesh." She commented and the Doctor produced a handful of baubles.

"Doctor, what are you doing?" Rose asked, slightly panicking as he the them in the air letting all the water from the Thames in. "Doctor!" Rose yelled as he stood there in silence for a moment. "We need to get out of here!"

"Come on! Time I got you both out!" he yelled and quickly grabbed Rose's hand, leading her and Donna out.

X

"There we go. Told you she'd be all right. She can survive anything." The Doctor smiled as he stroked the TARDIS outside Donna's house.

"Invincible."

"Yep!" the Doctor nodded, popping the 'p'.

"I missed my wedding, lost my job and became a widow on the same day. Sort of. I'd better get inside. They'll be worried." Donna explained.

"Best Christmas present they could wish for." Rose smiled. "Even though you hate Christmas?"

"Yes."

"Even if it snows?" the Doctor asked and hit a switch on the TARDIS, light shooting out of the top, causing it to snow.

"Woah!" Rose smiled, "Since when could she do that?"

"Since always, just never done it before. Never needed to."

"See, you must be something special." Rose nodded to Donna and smiled. "Merry Christmas." She smiled at Donna.

"Merry Christmas."

"So, what are you gonna do now?" The Doctor asked.

"Not getting married for starters."

"Good plan."

" And I'm not gonna temp anymore. I dunno... travel... see a bit more of planet Earth... walk in the dust. Just... go out there and do something."

"You could come with us?" Rose suggested, "Plenty of room."

"Do I get a say?" the Doctor asked.

"No."

"I can't..." Donna smiled. "Everything we did today... do you live your lives like that?"

"Not all the time.."The Doctor smiled looking at Rose, "Do we?"

"Yeah, we do."

"But you've seen it out there, it's beautiful."

" And it's terrible. That place was flooding and burning and they were dying and you were stood there like... I don't know... a stranger. And then you made it snow - I mean, you scare me to death! You could come in for Christmas dinner though?" she suggested and the Doctor and Rose both shook their heads.

"I don't think so." The Doctor shook his head. "Not really our type of thing. Not anymore, just the two of us."

"Okay." Donna nodded. "So what are you two gonna do?"

"Same life, travelling everywhere."

"Am I ever gonna see you both again?" Donna asked.

"Hopefully." Rose smiled and hugged Donna goodbye. "See you soon." She whispered and the pair left in the TARDIS and the Doctor materialized the TARDIS in to the vortex and Rose sat on the Captains chair.

"What do you wanna do now then? I was thinking Barcelona? Sound good?" he asked, trying to cheer her up. So much had happened today, she hadn't even have time to register the fact that her family was gone forever.

"Yeah," she gave a weak smile, "perfect."

"Come here." He whispered and hugged her, "We can still say goodbye, if you want?"

"No," she answered quickly and shook her head, "No, like I said before, Mum knew I would pick you in the end, goodbyes are too final. You know that." She sniffed, "Now, we going or what?"

Sorry it's been SO LONG! Anyway, this chapters a bit bad, sorry :S, let me know what you think, if anyone is still reading lol.

Amy xx

P.S. Any ideas on how to make the next ep different? 3