Chapter 3

(A/N: Do you have any idea how hard it is to write a Doctor Who fanfic while listening to Justin Timberlake's 'SexyBack'? XD)

"It started a few months ago, during a job as a temp." Donna explained. "I hadn't been there too long, just a short time. And then, one day, this man came over to my desk and gave me a coffee. He was higher up in the staff- much higher. I couldn't believe he would even bother thinking about me.

"Then every day after that he brought me a coffee. Every day, without fail. And after a while he would stop to chat a little, then a little more, until we would have full conversations.

The Doctor knelt down and placed his hands on her temples, but she made no move to stop him. She just continued with her story.

"Then one day he asked me to marry him. I refused several times, of course, but he just kept asking me!"

Reading her thoughts as she said this, the Doctor couldn't help but laugh. This earned him a kick to the side from his companion, but he ignored it and focused on the picture of Donna chasing a man down some stairs.

"Finally I relented and we decided to get married on Christmas."

"Why Christmas?" Rose asked her.

She shrugged. "To make it more special. This way Christmas isn't just a holiday to us."

The Doctor removed his hands and stared into her eyes. "But I don't get it- how did you appear on my ship? There is nothing special about you- Oof!" He held his side in pain, as Rose had just kicked him again. "I meant she is just an ordinary human!" He shook his head and turned back to Donna. "But still, how?" He pulled out his sonic screwdriver and started scanning her.

"What's that?" She asked him.

He ignored her and instead stared at the screwdriver in confusion. "Yeah, you are human… but there is something else… what is it?" He stood up. "Where do you work?"

"I'll have my, well… I guess he is still my fiancé, huh? I'll have him drive us there." She made her way back inside.

Rose moved over by the Doctor's side. They were silent for a moment, then asked: "So, when we were back at the earth being created, what was that ship?"

"That was a Racnoss ship." He responded.

"What's that? I haven't heard of them before."

"That's because they were all destroyed. They are an old race, almost as old as the Time Lords. They were terrifying, and they were also supposed to be extinct."

"But we saw a ship. It's underneath us."

"That means they are not all gone. We have to get rid of them before they wake up though. If not… well, lets not think about that. Look, here comes Donna."

As he said this, Donna and a darker man came out of the building. Donna beamed as she came closer. "Honey, this is…" She broke off, as she realized she had not yet asked for their names.

"I'm the Doctor." he smiled and took the hand of Donna's fiancé. "And this is Rose."

"Nice to meet you, Doctor. Rose." He smiled and nodded at them both. "You wanted to see where we work, huh?"

"Yes." The Doctor told him. "Donna here told us you could give us a lift?"

"Of course! Follow me!" He led them out to the parking lot.

"There doesn't seem to be anything weird here…" Rose whispered to the Doctor as he scanned yet another computer. "What are you looking for?"

"This place was owned by Torchwood. I don't trust it." He pulled up a file on the screen, and on clicking it found blueprints. "Ah! Here we go!" He looked at them for one moment, then ran off towards the elevator. "Coming, Rose?"

"Uh, where are you going?" The fiancé asked.

"Coming, Doctor!" Rose said, taking off after him. She followed him into the lift, and they were soon joined by Donna and her future husband.

"I can't let you snoop-"

He was cut off by the Doctor. "Did you realize there is a whole secret level down there?"

It was silent.

"Well?" He asked the couple again. "Did you?"

"No…" Donna admitted.

"There can't be, I would know-"

He was again cut off. "See, the thing is, Torchwood owned this company and built this building. So underneath that created a secret… base of sorts. Probably for experimenting and storage. So… lets go have a look, huh?" He pointed the sonic screwdriver at the button panel and turned it on, making the whole lift go down.

"Uh… what is the point of this?" Rose whispered to him.

"Maybe Torchwood knew about the ship somehow. Maybe they built a room, intending to dig it out. If we find that room, we can destroy the Racnoss once and for all." He whispered back.

They hit the bottom and the doors opened into a dimly lit hallway. The Doctor stepped out and looked from side to side, then turned to the others. "Well, you coming?"