A/N: Okay, I know it's been a while and all, but I finally got this chapter finished. I'm not too big a fan of it, but I needed some sort of way for Sophie to meet her parents. I hope you enjoy it!

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"What is it, Rose?" the Doctor said, grabbing her gently by her elbow.

Rose's mouth hung agape, but she said nothing. She was still jarred by the shock of what she'd just heard. She'd met her daughter. She'd met Sophie, she knew where she was.

"Rose," the Doctor said again, this time gripping her by her shoulder and forcing her to look up at him.

"Doctor, when I was at the school, I met this girl, and I felt like I knew her, and I had no idea how, but she felt familiar," said Rose, her voice shaking. "And she said her name was Isabella Mason."

Sophie hurried along the pavement, now starting to regret not further thinking out her plan. Sure, she had escaped, but now it was a matter of making sure Madame Kovarian didn't capture her again. She needed to stay hidden, but she also needed things like food, clothes, and a warm bed. She glanced back, noticing two men in dark coats following her from a distance. Fear shot through her belly, and she sped up, trying to find somewhere she could be safe.

"So what are we gonna do?" Rose asked as she hurried with the Doctor to the console room, clumsily pulling on her sweater.

The Doctor sped to the console, flipping a few switches and pulling a lever. "We're going back to your time period, and we're going to search for any clues as to where she may be."

Rose felt her heart pumping wildly in her chest with excitement. She was still trapped in a whirlwind of emotions, trying to sort them out. The moment she'd told the Doctor about Sophie, he'd suddenly become a whirlwind of activity, yanking on his clothes and running towards the console room. She wasn't sure if she'd ever seen him so ecstatic.

"Where will we search first?" she asked.

"We're going to try and scan for her DNA," he replied, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned in a smile.

Rose couldn't help but smile at the thought of finding her daughter, and she gently touched the Doctor's arm.

"What is it, Rose?" he asked hurriedly.

"We're gonna find her, we're gonna find our daughter," Rose said quietly, her voice coming out sounding much smaller than she'd wanted it to. "That's good, yeah?"

The Doctor stared at her, his mouth slightly agape, as if he wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. Then the corners of his lips began to curl up until he was grinning broadly. "Oh, Rose, it's brilliant."

He pulled her into a tight hug, so tight she swore he was trying to merge them into one being. Rose felt her heart speed up in her chest and buried her face in the concave where his shoulder met his neck, feeling the soft fabric of his suit rub against her cheek.

Finally, he pulled away, and turned back to the console, flipping a few switches and turning a dial.

A loud beeping noise suddenly rang through the room, and the Doctor hurried to the screen on the console. He turned to Rose and smiled. "We've picked up a signal. She's close by."

Sophie ran as fast as her legs could carry her, panting heavily. Her lungs burned, her chest ached, her legs felt like they were about to collapse, yet still she pressed on. She would not let Madame Kovarian recapture her. She couldn't. She couldn't live like that anymore. She couldn't spend her whole life being trained to kill a man she'd never met, only heard about in stories, and even if he was as evil as the stories they told her, she would kill him by herself, not in the name of Madame Kovarian and her organization. She had even brought the weapons she needed to kill him with her, in case she did ever come across him.

She turned a corner, into an alleyway, when suddenly, the strangest and most beautiful sound she had ever heard filled the air.

It was a steady rise and fall, a strange combination of mechanical and yet somehow alive. The wind began to pick up, leaves swirled through the air, and something big and blue began to materialize in the alleyway. A light flashed on top of it, pulsing in time with the slow materialization of the box.

Finally, it stood in front of her, a big blue box.

She froze, unsure what to make of the situation. Never in her life had she seen anything even remotely like what she was gazing upon now. It didn't make sense, not one bit, but that made her even more curious as to how it worked, whose it was.

One of the doors swung open, and a man and a woman stepped out.

Immediately, Sophie recognized the woman as the lunchlady who'd spoken to her while she was still hiding at Deffry Vale. The pretty blonde woman, the one who was nicer than all the other lunchladies.

She recognized the man, too. He was the one who she'd bumped into in the street not too long ago.

"It's you," she said, her voice shaking.

She pointed a trembling finger at them, stumbling backwards slightly. "I've met you two, both of you. I-I-I... W-what is that... Thing?"

"We'll explain it to you, but you need to come with us," the man said, gesturing to the blue box. "We're here to help, we promise."

The blonde woman stepped forward, and she looked equally shocked. "What's your name?" her voice quivered, as if she couldn't believe that the moment was real.

"Isabella, Isabella Mason," she said automatically, using the name she'd been given to hide her true identity.

The woman shook her head. "No, that's... That's not it, your real name. The one... The one your parents gave you."

Sophie heard a small sob escape from the woman when she said the word parents. "It's Sophie Tyler."

"S-Sophie Tyler?" the woman said, inhaling sharply. "Listen, we can help you, but you need to come with us."

"But that thing, it's tiny, and I don't even know you people," she stuttered, shaking her head. "I have no idea who you are, how can I trust you?"

"Just please, we don't have a lot of time," the woman said. "We'll tell you everything."

Sophie heard footsteps rapidly approaching, and she glanced back, knowing that if she didn't do something soon she'd be captured once more. She took a deep breath, and nodded. "Okay, I'll come with you."

Then she followed them into the blue box.

So? What do you think? I love reviews! I'll try to get the next chapter up soon.