Chapter Twenty-One
The warm breeze blew through the silver leaves while everyone wore white robes and gold sandals and stood near the trees. The Doctor was wearing a red velvet robe, red leather boots and red Time Lord headgear and Frankie, Jenny and Jamie walked to them, stopping in front of the Doctor.
"Where are we?" Jamie asked, looking around.
"This is Gallifrey. The Doctor's home world," Adam said.
"It's beautiful," Jenny whispered and Jamie took her hand, squeezing her fingers.
"Let us begin!" the Doctor said while the others watched and the Doctor looked at Frankie. "Francine Ellen Douglas, we have brought you here today to offer you entrance into our family. Do you wish to join us?"
"Yes, but I would like to join his family first," Frankie said as she pointed to Theta and he smiled at her. Theta walked to her when he placed his hands on the sides of her head and they closed their eyes. Frankie felt him in her head as he sent love into her mind and hugged her.
"My turn," the Doctor said when he placed his fingers on the side of her head as she felt the others sending love and joy into her head. Sliding her arm out of the sleeve of the white gown, she removed the crystal Theta had given her from her pocket then slid her arm back into the sleeve and showed it to the Doctor. Theta told her that he would wait until she was sure she wanted to become a Time Lady and she cupped her fingers around her crystal. "Do you wish to become a Time Lady?"
"Yes," Frankie said.
"Then break the crystal," the Doctor said and Frankie broke open the crystal. The golden light bathed her as she gasped, feeling her second heart beating, and the Doctor hugged her. Walking to Jenny, the Doctor saw that she was giggling and sighed. "Blimey, stop laughing, this is a serious ceremony!"
"Sorry," Jenny said and the Doctor nodded.
"Do you wish to join our family?"
"Yes, but I wish to join his family first," Jenny said, pointing to Theta. He walked to her as he placed his fingers on either side of her head and closed his eyes. She gasped when she felt him in her head and smiled. Opening his eyes, he hugged her and whispered that he loved her.
"Ok, my turn!" the Doctor said and the Doctor placed his fingers on the sides of her head, closing his eyes. Jenny smiled as she felt the others in her head and the Doctor opened his eyes. Rain handed the Doctor a crystal when he placed the crystal in Jenny's hand and she looked at it. "Do you want to be like my daughter and become a Time Lady?"
"Oh yeah!" Jenny said as she broke open the crystal and the golden light bathed her. She felt the love from the others as Theta walked to her and hugged her. Letting go, she looked at Jamie as he smiled and the Doctor walked to Jamie, who was giggling.
"Don't start," the Doctor said and Jamie looked up at the headgear the Doctor was wearing.
"I think it's the hat," Jamie said.
"Do you wish to join my family?"
"Aye, but I want tae join his family first, if that's all right," Jamie said, pointing to Theta and the Doctor nodded. Theta walked to Jamie when he placed his fingers on the side of Jamie's head and they closed their eyes. Jamie felt him in his mind as he opened his eyes and tears trickled down Theta's cheeks.
"Welcome home, dear boy," Theta whispered as they hugged and the others cheered.
"My turn," the Doctor said as Jamie turned to him and the Doctor placed his fingers on the sides of Jamie's head and they closed their eyes. Jamie gasped when he felt not only the Doctor's mind but every member of his family and smiled.
"Wow!" Jamie whispered as he laughed and the Doctor nodded. Rain handed the Doctor the crystal as he placed it in Jamie's hand and Jamie looked at it.
"Do you wish to become a Time Lord?" the Doctor asked.
Jamie broke open the crystal and the golden light bathed him. He gasped as his second heart started beating and he coughed a few times. He looked at Jenny as she placed her arms around his waist and kissed him. He moved his fingers through her hair while they kissed when the Doctor coughed and they looked at him, moving apart.
"Let it be known that these three are now members of my family and are under my protection!" the Doctor said as the others clapped and cheered.
"WAIT!" Alan said and the Doctor looked at him.
"What?"
"You remember when we first Adam asked and Rose to become a Time Lord and a Time Lady?"
"We said we wanted to wait until the kids were older," Adam said.
"We forgot that our kids were allowed to become Time Lords and Time Ladies."
"Do you think…?" Adam asked when something hit the top of his head and he reached up, taking a piece of paper off the top of his head. He opened the paper when he read what was there and smiled.
On the paper was…
Alan-san,
It is true that I told the Doctor that the children can become Time Lords and Time Ladies. His friend, Romana, has also been watching you and your Doctor and agrees with me that you and your family should become Time Lords and Time Ladies as well. Your children will age normally but will stop aging at the age of twenty and will not gain the knowledge of time and space until then. They will also have two hearts and a respiratory bypass system and the ability to regenerate. Whatever you decided, know that the offer is always open.
Love,
Imiko
Adam showed the letter to Rose as they looked at each other then at the children and Jamie and River smiled at him. Theta walked to them then reached into his coat pocket and removed a small box. Adam had placed the crystals in the box and give it to him as Theta opened the box and they looked at the crystals. Adam picked up one of the crystals when he held it in his hand and the crystal shimmered in the sunlight.
"Come on, Te'lesau, I can't stand the idea of my face getting all wrinkled and liver spotted," Alan thought after setting up a privacy block and Adam softly laughed.
"You sure they can handle the two of us?" Adam thought.
"You mean three of us. Wait until you met John."
"Who's John?" Adam thought and Alan told him about John.
'Join us!" Alan thought as his eyes bugged out and Adam laughed harder.
"What are you two up to?" Rose asked.
"Nothing!" both of them said and she sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Well?!" Alan asked while Adam handed one of the crystals to Rose, one to River then the last one to Adam's Jamie.
"This won't hurt, will it?" Jamie asked.
"Nah!" Alan said when Adam broke open the crystal and the golden light entered him. Gasping, Adam staggered a bit as Alan steadied him and Adam laughed.
"Blimey!" Adam said as he felt his second heart beating and everyone's mind in his head and they sent their love into his mind. Rose broke open the crystal when the golden light hit her and she felt her second heart beating and everyone's mind inside her head. River broke open the crystal when she felt the golden light go into her and she giggled, feeling her second heartbeat and everyone sent love into her mind. Adam's Jamie smiled as he tried to get the crystal to break when Adam knelt down and broke open the crystal for him. The golden light went inside Adam's Jamie when he felt his second heart beating and everyone sent love into his mind.
"Now that all of you are officially Time Lords and Time Ladies, you can move to Nova," the Doctor said.
"What's that?" River asked.
"It's where my family and I live when we're not traveling in the TARDIS."
"Where is it?" Adam asked.
"It's in my universe on the planet New Hope. See, it's in the future in the year 2180 and we decided to use the housing development they were building to make our own little piece of Gallifrey. I brought my friend, Grace, there to get her away from this hospital where she was being worked to death. That's another story but we liked the houses and bought the lot. We share the houses and all the houses have swimming pools, holo-televisions and three or four bedrooms."
"Sounds nice," Rose said.
"Can we go?!" River asked while Rose looked at Adam and Adam looked at Theta. He knew that Theta had been thinking about moving to their dimension but being with other Time Lords and Time Ladies sounded like something he knew his brother needed and Theta thought for a few seconds then smiled.
"All right, I'll do it," Theta said then looked at Frankie and took her hands. "I mean we'll do it."
"Are you asking me to move in with you?" Frankie teased and he blushed. Nodding, he kissed her cheek and she smiled. Theta wrapped his arms around her then looked over at Jamie and Jenny and blinked.
"What about you two?"
"Of course I want to come with you!" Jenny said.
"Count me in!" Jamie said.
"Adam?" Theta asked, looking at Adam and he looked at Rose, taking her hands.
"Please!" Adam said, giving her sad puppy dog eyes and she smiled.
"What about the TARDIS?" Rose asked.
"Bring it with you," Alan said.
"Rose, if you're worried about Jamie and River, we all take turns looking after each other's kids," the Doctor said.
"Which means we can go on wild and crazy adventures and leave the kids at home!" Adam said.
"What about my mum, Tony and Pete?" Rose asked.
"There are four bedroom houses. They could have one of the rooms and Tony could bunk with Jamie," Alan said.
"And we could visit them anytime they want or they could come see us," Adam said.
"I could come with you and talk to them about it if you want," the Doctor said as Rose thought for a few minutes then nodded.
"Yes!" Alan and Adam shouted and both Rose and Rose rolled their eyes.
"You sure about this?" Rose whispered to her when Alan came up behind her and breathed hard into her hair.
"Hey, no talking them out of it! They're coming and that's final!" Alan said and both Rose and Rose laughed.
"Go away!" Rose said as Alan sniffed then walked to Adam, placing his head on Adam's shoulder.
"They're being mean to me," Alan sighed and Adam patted his hair.
"How about we go get something to eat?" Adam asked as he pointed to the food and sodas on the table near the trees and Alan lifted his head up.
"Party!" Alan said as he did a little dance while they laughed then went to go get something to eat.
The low wheezing sound filled the air when Jackie walked outside the house, seeing the TARDIS materializing and walked to it. The doors opened as Adam, Rose and the Doctor walked outside the TARDIS and she looked at them.
"How did it go?" Jackie asked when she noticed the serious look on their faces and frowned. "What's wrong?"
"Mum, where's Dad and Tony?" Rose asked as Jackie's heart slammed in her chest and she shook.
"Where are the children!?" Jackie demanded and the Doctor walked to her.
"They're fine," the Doctor said and Jackie noticed the wedding ring on his finger.
"You're not our Doctor! Where is he?! What did you do to him?!"
"He's inside the TARDIS. He's fine. I just need to talk with you and Pete about something."
Nodding, Jackie led them inside the house and they headed down the hallway. She told one of the maids to bring Tony to Pete's den and they went inside after she knocked on the door. A few minutes later, the Doctor had explained what happened and his offer and they looked at him then at Adam and Rose.
"How could you do this?!" Jackie asked as she stormed over to Adam and glared at him.
"I did it because I wanted to be a Time Lord," Adam said.
"Well, that's all fine and dandy but did you have to make my daughter a Time Lady?!"
"She's my wife."
"I know that but couldn't you just leave her human?!"
"But, Mum, if he did that, I would have grown old and died," Rose said .
"What about the children? You've made them into…into…"
"Hold it right there! If you call them "monsters", we're leaving!" Adam growled.
"Well, what are they?" Pete demanded while Tony stood next to him, looking scared, and the Doctor felt the anger and pain coming from Adam and Rose. He telepathically told them to calm down and Jackie walked to him, locking eyes with him.
"Now I understand why HE didn't come in here! He thought I wouldn't slap you because you're not him but, seeing that you gave them the crystals…" Jackie said when she slapped him hard and his head snapped back.
"Are you all right?" Rain thought as he rubbed his cheek and sighed.
"I think we have another Sylvia on our hands," the Doctor thought.
"What happened?" Theta thought and the Doctor told him, making him sigh. "I knew I should have come with you."
"No, let me handle this," the Doctor thought when Jackie pushed him and he blinked.
"Oi, I'm talking to you! Turn them back right now!" Jackie demanded with tears in her eyes.
"I can't and I don't think they want to change back," the Doctor said.
"No, we don't. Mum, be reasonable," Rose said as tears floated down her cheeks and Adam held her.
"Get away from my daughter!" Pete shouted as he pulled Rose away from Adam and growled. "Did you forget what he did to you?! He cut you open! Who knows what he did to you!"
"He was trying to save River's life! If he hadn't built the birthing ball, neither she nor Jamie would be here!" Rose shouted, smacking his arms away and walked to Adam. She sniffed as she wrapped her arms around Adam and Adam placed her head against his chest.
"Maybe you would have been happier if I had died when my appendix went bad," Adam growled.
"Yes, we would!" Jackie shouted.
"This reminds me of the time she wanted Pete to call Torchwood because my brother said he was there for River," Adam said, glaring at them.
"Really?!" the Doctor said, arching an eyebrow.
"Yep, but what he really meant was he was there for her first birthday party."
"And she doesn't like that Adam is starting to act like Alan," Rose said.
"Which isn't a bad thing," Adam said, smiling down at her and she kissed him.
"What is it with mothers of my companions?!" the Doctor asked. "Oh, I know that Rose isn't my Rose but her mother, your counterpart, didn't act this way when she and Alan became a Time Lord and a Time Lady! Neither did Pete and Tony. In fact, they moved to Nova to be with us and became Time Lords and a Time Lady! My friend Martha became a Time Lady and her mother and sister moved to Nova and became Time Ladies, too. The only one that acted like an asshole was my friend Donna's mother. Not only does Donna not want anything to do with her but neither does her grandfather, her mother's father. Both of them are a Time Lord and a Time Lady now and never been happier!"
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Jackie shouted while Pete walked to the desk and picked up the receiver.
"Let's go before Torchwood shows up," Adam sighed as they headed for the door and Rose looked back at Jackie and Pete. Jackie pointed at the door as they headed down the hallway and the Doctor slid an arm around Rose. Tears trickled down her cheeks as she wiped her eyes and the Doctor sent love into her mind. Adam saw some of the staff watching them as they left the house and headed for the TARDIS. The wind made from the TARDIS dematerializing tore the blue rose bushes out of the ground as they flew through the air and crashed into the trees nearby.