Disclaimer: The hit man came after me today. I guess he wasn't prepared for Jack's Compact Laser Deluxe. I really probably should send flowers.

Ch. 25:

The group stood outside the ATMOS factory as the UNIT personal gathered. Everyone was wearing gas masks, so the Doctor shrugged and put his on, motioning for Lily to do the same. At the same time, Mace was trying to show him a gun.

"Latest firing stock." Mace was saying. "What do you think, Doctor?"

"Are you my mummy?" the Doctor asked, tilting his head.

Lily reached up and smacked him across the back of the head.

"If you two could concentrate." Mace said. "Bullets with a rad-steel coating, no copper surface should overcome the Cordolaine signal."

"Small problem." Lily pointed out. "Humans-bullets. Sontarans-lasers. I'm sensing a slight power discrepancy."

"That and you can't even see in this fog and the night vision doesn't work." The Doctor pointed out.

"Thank you Doctor, Lily. Thank you for your lack of faith." Mace shot back. "But this time, I'm not listening."

"Oh and you've listened so closely up to this point." Lily replied sarcastically.

Mace ignored her as he took off his mask and addressed the soldiers.

"Attention, all troops!" he called. "Sontarans might think of us as primitive. As does every passing species with an axe to grind. They make a mockery of our weapons, our soldiers, our ideals. But no more! From this point on, it stops. From this point on, the people of Earth fight back and we show them! We show the warriors of Sontar what the human race can do! Trap One to Hawk Major! Go, go, go!"

Everyone looked up as a loud sound came from the sky. The fog began to clear and a ship appeared.

"It's working!" Mace yelled. "The area's clearing. Engines to maximum!"

"The Valiant." Lily whispered, horrified.

She quickly ripped off her mask, her breathing quick and shallow.

"Lily?" the Doctor asked her, also removing his mask.

"UNIT Carrier Ship Valiant reporting for du-" Mace broke off, noticing Lily's distress. "Is she alright?" he asked.

"Lily?" the Doctor asked again.

"I'm fine." Lily said, looking anywhere but the giant ship. "I just haven't seen it since…since him."

"The Master." The Doctor finished.

"I'll be fine." Lily repeated. "Just don't make me go aboard."

"That won't be necessary, Miss Lily." Mace assured her.

"I will give you Colonel, that is an inspired idea." Lily told him, recovering slightly.

The Doctor nodded his agreement.

"Getting a taste for it?" Mace asked.

"No, not at all." The Doctor replied quickly. "Not me."

"I'm always up for a good fight I can win." Lily disagreed. "I just don't particularly like lost causes."

"Well, what do you think of our chances now?" Mace asked.

"You're getting there." Lily told him.

"Valiant, fire at will!" Mace ordered.

The Valiant opened fire on the factory and at the same moment, the soldiers attacked on the ground. This time, the Sontarans were the ones being cut down.

"East and north secure." Mace reported. "Doctor?"

The Doctor nodded and Mace rushed away.

Lily reached over and took the phone that was still in the Doctor's hand.

"Donna, hold on." She told the other woman. "We're coming."

The clone appeared at their side.

"Shouldn't we follow the Colonel?" she asked.

"Nah, you, Lily, and me, Martha Jones." The Doctor replied. "Just like old times!"

She quickly pushed a button on the PDA again as the Doctor used the sonic screwdriver to find their way.

"Alien technology, this way!" he announced, leading them away.

The Doctor led them down into the basement.

"Kinda quite, no?" Lily asked.

"Sontarans aren't capable of resisting a battle." The Doctor replied. "Here we go."

He opened the door and Lily stepped back to allow the clone to go first. Inside they found the real Martha still strapped to a table, asleep. The Doctor quickly ran to her side.

"Ooh, Martha, I'm so sorry." He told her, checking her pulse. "Still alive."

The clone pulled a gun and held it on him, but he barely acknowledged it.

"Am I supposed to be impressed?" he asked.

"Wish you carried a gun now?" she shot back.

"Not at all." The Doctor replied. "But if I was you, I'd wish I'd let Lily come in first."

The clone froze as she felt Lily press the blade of her dagger against her throat.

"I've been stopping the nuclear launch all this time." She gloated, slowly lowering the gun.

"Um, yeah, we know." Lily told her.

"You were doing exactly what we wanted you to do." The Doctor told her. "I needed to stop the missiles, just as much as the Sontarans. I'm not having Earth start an interstellar war."

"I'm just not a big fan of nuclear fallout." Lily told her. "The point still stands, though, you're a triple agent!"

"When did you know?" the clone asked.

"What, you?" the Doctor asked. "Oh, right from the start. Reduced iris contraction, slight thinning of the hair follicles on the left temple. And, frankly, you smell. You might as well have worn a T-shirt saying 'clone'. Although, maybe not in front of Captain Jack. You remember him, don't you? Cause you've got all her memories. That's why the Sontarans had to protect her, to keep you inside UNIT. Martha Jones is keeping you alive."

He quickly reached down and ripped the device from Martha's head. She quickly woke up with a scream and Lily quickly backed away as the clone fell to her knees in agony. The Doctor kicked the gun away and then hugged the real Martha tightly as Lily made her way over.

"It's all right." He told her soothingly. "It's all right, I'm here. We're here. We've got you."

"There was this thing, Doctor, this alien, with this head…" Martha babbled.

The phone in Lily's pocket rang and she quickly handed it to the Doctor.

"Oh, blimey I'm busy." The Doctor complained as he answered the call. "Got it?"

"Yes." Donna told him. "Now hurry up!"

Lily quickly pulled a shaking Martha into her arms and held her tightly. Martha returned the embrace just a fiercely.

"Take off the covering." the Doctor told Donna. "All the blue switches inside, flick them up like a fuse box. And that should get the teleport working."

Martha spotted the clone over Lily's shoulder.

"Oh, my God." She gasped. "That's me."

The Doctor handed Martha his coat before wandering over to the teleport and starting to work on it, while Lily tried to comfort Martha.

"I'm so sorry." She told the other woman.

"For what?" Martha asked.

"That it took us so long to get to you." Lily told her. "That we let you get taken to begin with. Seems like we're always getting you captured."

"It's not your fault." Martha told her. "I choose to do this. Plus you two are the ones who always rescue me, so what have I got to complain about?"

She hugged her friend again before getting up and moving over to her clone.

"Don't touch me!" the clone spat as Martha kneeled next to her.

"It's not my fault." Martha told her. "The Sontarans created you. But…you had all my memories."

"You've got a brother, sister, mother, and father." The clone said.

"If you don't help me, they're going to die." Martha told her.

"You love them." The clone said.

"Yes." Martha replied. "Remember that?"

"The gas!" the Doctor shouted from the teleport pod. "Tell us about the gas!"

"Will you shut up and keep working on what you're supposed to be doing?" Lily shouted back

"He's the enemy!" the clone protested.

"Then tell me." Martha told her. "It's not just poison, what's it for? Martha, please!"

The clone hesitated.

"Caesofine concentrate." She finally told them. "It's one part of Bosteen, two parts Probic 5."

"Clonefeed!" the Doctor called. "It's clonefeed!"

"What's clonefeed?" Martha asked.

"Like amniotic fluid for Sontarans." The Doctor told her.

"That's why they're not invading." Lily said. "They're converting the atmosphere, changing the planet into a clone world."

"Yep, Earth becomes a great big hatchery." The Doctor said. "Cause the Sontarans are clones, that's how they reproduce. Give 'em a planet this big, they'll create billions of new soldiers. That gas isn't poison, it's food!"

He turned back to the teleport.

"My heart…" the clone said weakly. "It's getting slower."

Martha looked at Lily, who shook her head.

"There's nothing I can do." Martha told her clone.

"In your mind, you've got so many plans." The clone whispered. "There's so much that you wanna do."

"And I will." Martha replied. "Never do tomorrow what you can do today, my mum says. Cause…"

"Cause you never know how long you've got." The clone finished. "Martha Jones…all that life."

She closed her eyes and she was gone. Martha slowly reached over and removed her engagement ring from the clone's finger.

"Doctor." Donna called, getting his attention again. "Blue switches done."

The door slid open and a group of Sontarans marched in.

"But they've found me!" she yelled.

"Now!" the Doctor called.

He pointed the screwdriver at the teleport pod and it activated. A second later, Donna appeared. She quickly ran to the Doctor and hugged him before letting go and hugging Lily.

"Have I ever told you how much I hate you two?" she asked, holding Lily tight.

"What are you talking about?" Lily asked, sounding offended. "We're awesome!"

"Hold on, hold on." The Doctor called. "Gotta bring the TARDIS down."

"Oh yeah." Lily said as she felt the time ship reappear in the alley. "You have so much groveling to do." She winced. "Okay so you're not the only one."

"Right, now." The Doctor said. "Martha, you coming?"

"What about this nuclear launch thing?" Martha asked, holding up the PDA.

"No is a really good thing in this case." Lily told her. "Nuclear holocaust, not so much."

"Good point." Martha agreed, pressing the button.

Donna finally caught sight of the clone on the ground.

"But there's…two of them." She sputtered.

"Yeah, long story." The Doctor told her, leading them into the teleport pod. "Here we go. The old team, back together. Well, the new team."

"We're not going back to that ship!" Donna protested.

"No, no, no, no." the Doctor told her. "I needed to get the teleport working so that we could get to…"

He pressed the button and they were teleported away.

"…here!" he said as they appeared. "The Rattigan Academy, owned by…"

"The maniac holding a gun on us." Lily said, pointing. "This just keeps getting better and better."

A/N: So I am horribly, horribly disappointed in all of you! Not one review on the last chapter? Seriously? That was enough to send me spiraling into a deep black pit of despair! And when we're so close to a hundred? Seriously, you guys were a serious let down. I think I may disown you all.

Now, because you all failed me, I am requiring at least 8 reviews before I even think of posting a new chapter. That's right, I am holding Savin' Me hostage. Eight reviews or the cute, perky Time Lord/Human gets it. Don't test me.

Abbey