Aggie tried to keep up with the Doctor but he was running very very fast. Then suddenly he stopped and she almost ran into him, "Well there you are. Did you know all of this? Forget it. I don't want to know."
The doctor opened the doors of the TARDIS and dragged Aggie inside before closing them again. Without saying a word he pushed a few buttons and pulled a few levers. It was only then he spoke.
"This may not work. She might not really be a Timelord." The Doctor paused, "She might really be dead. There are a few ways she could have developed two hearts. She could still be dead."
"Ok. Where are we going again?" Aggie asked.
"We can't just steal your mother from time. She'll be missed. By you for one. We have one chance at this. One chance but she might really be dead."
"Ok." Aggie said still not understanding but trusting the Doctor who was apparently her biological father, "Lets go see mum."
The Doctor smiled, "Lets."
He pulled a lever and the TARDIS shook and shook some more but this time Aggie was ready and she didn't topple over like the last time. When the TARDIS finally stopped she was actually upright. Aggie was quite proud of herself. She waited for the Doctor to press a few buttons and then followed him outside of the TARDIS.
"You know next time you're taking me somewhere that is not Earth."
The Doctor smiled, "How about Felspoon. The planet has mountains that sway in the breeze. Your mother wanted to see it beforeā¦."
"It sounds like fun." Aggie paused, "So why here and now?"
"You're mother's funeral is just ending." The Doctor paused and pointed to a group of people standing nearby in a graveyard. Aggie looked on as a younger version of herself cried in her father's arms as her mother's casket was laid in the ground. "That's your father?"
"Yes." Aggie nodded.
The Doctor said nothing and the two waited for the group to leave. When they were gone the Doctor and Aggie went back into the TARDIS and Aggie watched as the Doctor pushed a few buttons. "You don't have to stay for this. This might not work and you might not want to be here for this."
"She's my mum. Whatever happens, I'm staying."
The Doctor nodded and pushed a few more buttons and then pulled a lever and suddenly the casket that Donna Noble had been buried in appeared inside the TARDIS. Both the Doctor and Aggie stared at it for a long moment. Finally the Doctor walked toward it, took a long look at Aggie and said a quick prayer to every God he knew of and opened the casket.
At first nothing happened. The Doctor checked for a heartbeat on both sides of her chest but there was none. He was about to give up when he felt it. A slight beat on her right side. Then he saw it. The light coming out of her mouth.
She was regenerating.
She was alive.
He quickly grabbed her out of the casket and laid her against himself. Her back to his front while Aggie looked on. After a few moments he gave Aggie a few orders but mostly he just held Donna for dear life. Like he hold both their lives in his arms as their daughter looked on.
Minutes turned into hours but the Doctor didn't let go of Donna and Aggie didn't ask him to. She just handed him whatever he asked for. No other words were spoken. Just hand me this. Get me that.
Finally Donna opened her eyes and smiled, "Doctor."
"Hi Donna." The Doctor smiled.
"I knew you'd come back for me."
"Aggie's here too."
Donna smiled, "She always was a smart one."
"Takes after her mother." The Doctor smiled, "Sleep now. Everything will be better when you wake up."
