Martha was always proud of her intellect. She also couldn't describe how she felt when the Doctor would say that she was brilliant or clever. But this, this couldn't be so. It was though. When the young woman passed her son, she knew. She knew and she was angry.
"How could he? That whole time I was with Tom and I was happy. He thought I was gloating. He thought I was trying to pawn off my bastard child for his!" she shouted.
"Bastard? Is that what you think of me, mum?" he asked, looking deflated.
"Julius, you had to know how I would feel with you showing up like this. Look at you; you're so big and..."
"Normal," he added, cutting her off.
"You were always normal to me. None of that mattered. You were the only thing I ever wanted, next to becoming a doctor." She was about to ask something. She had so many questions, but she noticed that he was holding his infant self. How could he do that without causing a paradox? Then there was the matter that the younger him looked like Jamie, but this him...
"Julius?" she questioned.
"You know the answer already," he told her, finally handing her the baby, "You don't want the details. Jamie needs you. Take me and go to him."
"You regenerated! Oh my god, what version are you? Am I still alive? Who was that woman?" she asked as she touched his cheek.
"I'm fine. I'm here about Jamie. You can't blame him for any of this. He doesn't know."
"Really? He doesn't remember shagging me? Come to think of it, neither do I. The only time I even saw him was...in that kiss! He snogs me and I'm pregnant. When I get my hands on him so help me, he ruined my marriage!"
"Were you really in love? You and I shouldn't even be having this conversation. There's so much I wish I could tell you but I can't. You have to get to his flat and you have to take me!"
"What's going on?" she asked, feeling chilled to the bone.
"He just lost the daughter he thought was dead all over again. The only friend that he has he treated like dirt. He has just returned to his body, and he has a heart condition," Julius told her.
"I better go," she began, looking around her apartment, gathering things.
"Go, we'll let ourselves out," he told her as Amy came out of the TARDIS.
Julius watched as his mother ran off. He tried to think about this day from the other perspective. He could barely remember anything from back then.
"You didn't tell her," Amy announced, nudging his shoulder.
"Spoilers! Besides, it slipped my mind, you using my real name and totally letting the charade of me being The Doctor go."
"I'm sorry, but much better than Mels calling her mum. She just can't help herself."
"No, we don't know that for sure. She and I can be friends, like how the three of you are friends."
"Oh now, you said so yourself you feel at home with her. She is so your wife," Amy giggled. "Are your folks going to be okay?" she asked.
"You already know the answer to that," he sighed as they entered the ship.
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"So, where to?" Jeremy asked Lily.
"I really don't know. A part of me wants to go back to the flat, but something tells me that I am not welcome there right now."
"It has to be hard. I mean, a child…losing her again. Martha told me how he craves to be a dad again."
"So he's it? There are no other Time Lords out there?" she asked, leaning in closer.
"No. Well, you do know that he is human right?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah, I found that out the first day I met him. He went on and on about being an alien and nearly dies from a peanut allergy. I often wonder what kind of alien his mother slept with. Or was it the other way around?"
Jeremy looked at her confused for a minute, and then it clicked in his head. She truly was out of the loop, and now he would tell her.
"He is a metacrisis. He is a sort of clone of the Doctor."
"You're shitting me!" she shouted.
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Jamie had been working for hours to get Jenny hooked up to his baby TARDIS. It wasn't a cure but she could stay there.
"Are you with me?" he asked, waiting for her to open her eyes.
"Oh, she is singing to me, Dad," Jenny smiled.
"She will keep you safe. She is not as big her mother, but we will get there."
"You use a watch," she said, pointing at the gadget around his wrist.
"Yep." he said, popping the 'p.'
"Did you tell Martha? What if something-"
"Let me worry about you for a minute. How are you feeling?"
"I feel fine, it's just..oh that is so sad. Is that you? Oh, God, dad. What are you afraid of? I'm here. Daddy, I'm here!" she said, rising from the bed.
"It's not me. What do you feel? It's not me."
"He wants...he wants..."
"He wants to be held by his daddy," Martha said as she entered with Julius.
"Oh, he's new!" Jamie said in awe.
"You've got some explaining to do, mister."
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Jeremy really did not know what to make of Lily. Ever since he had told her about Jamie not being a Time Lord she had gotten quiet. Very quiet.
"So he's not the one who moved the earth or all that stuff that happens in the UK? None of that is him, he told me it was," she said.
"Well, that's what's so fantastic about it. It was him at that time, but something huge happened when the earth moved. It did something to him and he split in two."
"Wow! That's so cool!" she gasped.
"So, you want me to take you back to your place, or if you want maybe we could-"
"Take me back to the hospital," she told him, cutting off his thoughts.
"You sure?"
"Yeah. I can help out with the patients. Do a little damage control for Jamie."
"Ok," he sighed, driving back towards her hospital.
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Jamie didn't like the look in Martha's eyes. Then there was the boy. No matter how he tried to look at Martha, his eyes kept going back to the child.
"Daddy?" he croaked.
"Someone in a blue box came and told me this was your son."
Jamie reached out a shaky hand to the boy. Just one touch was all it took, and it all came rushing back. The Valiant, everything The Master had done with their DNA. How he had done everything to make Lucy's egg bring life. He had an ace in the whole: the bond with Martha in 1969.
"I'm so sorry," he told her as one tear went down his cheek.
"Sorry? You ruined my marriage! I'm thrilled that I'm having a baby with my husband. He comes back from Africa and I'm five months along. I kept it a secret. Just telling him I had a big surprise. You should have seen his face. He was thrilled and he cared for my every need. And then, when Julius comes, Tom immediately says he is not his. He tells everyone I was a cheat! You made a fool outta me!"
"That's not what happened!" Jenny shouted, finally getting to her feet.
"Jenny, don't!" he told her.
"If you two are going to make it work you have to tell her everything," she told him as she took Julius from his arms.
"Jamie, what is she talking about?" she asked as he turned away. "Doctor, talk to me!"
When Jamie turned around to face Martha again, the look on his face nearly broke her heart. Then he told her everything. How the Master de-aged him and went into his mind. How he made him relive the birth of all his children and also their deaths. How had to relive the Time War and any other memory that he tried to forget. How even though the physical torture, the whippings, the most tenderness of caressing and touches when he knew he needed comforting only to turn on him and hurt him. Or how he would make him think he was being rescued by Rose or even her and then when he would share his feelings and offer his body they would take it, only for him to return to reality with a very satisfied Lucy in his cage with him.
Then there was the story of the baby. He was practically shaking when he started the tale. The Master had decided that they would start a new Gallifrey, one in the Doctor's honor. The human/Time Lords would be powerful. The Master performed the dangerous and painful medical procedures in order to get his DNA and hormonal background for the loom. He knew this would break the Doctor. He would let the Doctor watch one of his children grow and then he would let it call Lucy mother and he father. Then together he and the Doctor's son would rule with an iron fist while the doctor watched on. He knew that would hurt more than any physical or mental rape.
He dropped to his knees and even though Martha was angry, she had to go to him. She loved Tom dearly, but this man owned her very soul.
"It's okay Doctor. I'm here. It's alright. You can stop now," she begged.
"No, Jenny's right, I have to tell you." He took a few deep breaths trying to pull himself together. "Well, I of course did not believe he'd do it. Time Lords and humans. He thought of you all as stupid apes. He didn't see that spark in you all like I did, but he was still taking my hormones and then Tish came."
"Tish? What does she have to do with it?" Martha asked, confused.
"He knew she fancied me. He knew what I felt for you. He made her my caretaker. After every beating or treatment it was her job to clean me up or bathe me and try to get me to eat. She was brilliant even though sometimes I would lash out, still trapped in a memory or traumatized. Sometimes I hurt her."
Martha felt Jamie's body tense when he said this. As if he was ready for some kind of attack from her. "It's fine. You had no control of that. I assure you, Tish is still president of your fan club," she told him as she rubbed his back soothingly.
"What about you? You still in the club?"
"I don't have to be, sweetheart. I've got you."
Jamie relaxed into her touch and continued the story. "Tish came into the room with a full spread. Then she said, 'Congratulations, it's a boy.' Then I knew he'd done it, and then I found the loom. I had to take it. I couldn't let him have it! It was mine! I knew that I had to take it away and I remembered our little 1969 bond. I licked Tish and zapped to you in the future."
"You licked Tish?" Martha shrieked in disgust, causing both Julius and Jenny to giggle.
"Out of all that, that's what you shriek about? It was just a simple genetic transfer for trace."
"Not on my street! Are you going to be constantly licking things? That's when you came to be looking all battered and bruised. Just one kiss and I was pregnant."
"Yes. If we decide to do it again we will go the human route I promise. I want to be here. I've missed so much. I can't wait to take him to the park, and his first day of school. Oh, Martha, I'm going to be in tears that day. Might have another heart attack," he beamed.
Martha was happy to see his smile return. Then she thought about Julius and the fact he was over one year old, and he had yet to take his first step or even talk. What would a Time Lord want with a childlike that?
"Doctor, I told you Julius had development problems. I'm sorry," she sighed, looking down, unable to look him in the eye.
"Nonsense, Martha! Julius is right where he should be," he smiled, getting to his feet. He took Julius from Jenny and approached Martha slowly. "Now, Julius, who is that?" Jamie asked, pointing toward Martha.
"Mommy," Julius shouted in a little voice that brought tears to Martha's eyes.
Jenny watched on as her dad hugged his new family. With his mind and Julius, not to mention the ship, her energy was returning. She would still have to remain there for a while, but things were looking up. She could not believe what her father had gone through while he was still a full Time lord. She could see the love in Martha's eyes. Would it still remain when she found out the truth? How long was he going to pretend to be the metacrisis?
Her eyes went to his watch. Before it was at 30%, but now it was at 7. She knew telling Martha things he could no longer remember had taken their toll. He had to pull them from across time. She was about to say something, but her eyes met his. He was happy with his family. Martha was a doctor. Everything had to be alright. He deserved it to be.
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Lily Ambrose was tired. She had stayed at the hospital a long time, hoping Jamie would show up, but he didn't. Now she just needed a drink and a warm bed. She heard the footsteps and slowed her pace. She barely had a chance to scream before she was pulled into the van.
"Brody, you nearly gave me a heart attack!" She nudged the young redhead.
"You've been ignoring your phone, what's your report?"
"We have a bit of a problem. He is not the Doctor."
"What? The files we stole from UNIT say this is his current incarnation. You said he even told you he was him."
"Yeah, but Brody he found Martha Jones and I spent the day saving the world. These beings the Lokni were taking people and it was amazing-"
"Have you forgotten your mission?" Brody asked, cutting off her dialogue.
"No, I haven't, but I helped save the world today. Sure, I did it playing the role of the dumbest chick on the planet, but I did."
"Well, don't forget why you are here."
"I know they want him alive, but don't you see? If we play our cards right, we can have two aliens for Project Delta," she smiled, thinking of that prospect.
