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Chapter 25 - Rushing With All the Time in the World

River stepped into the TARDIS with a smile on her face, her parents were safely home and she and the Doctor were alone once more. She moved up the steps to the main console, the Doctor grinned at her and pulled a lever, and together they sent the TARDIS into the Vortex.

"Right, were to now? We could go anywhere, oh let's go to Lullam Celasphere, the entire planet is one big celebration of new life, pregnant women are treated like queens, and their partners, well we're treated like the pets, to be perfectly honest, which is better than the men who haven't partnered up yet, I promise you."

River laughed, "Sweetie, as much as I'd love being treated like a queen with you at my feet… Don't you think we should talk about Rory's suggestion?"

The Doctor straightened up, sniffing slightly and adjusting his bowtie, "Yes, well. Do you want to get married?"

"No,"

"Right." The Doctor busied himself with the console, "Well, there we go then. Good talk." He started to type in the coordinates for Lullam Celasphere.

River moved forward and placed one of her hands over his, "Sweetie, I don't want to get married because I already consider us married. It may have been an aborted time stream, but we both remember, my parents remember it. To me we are married."

"Me too." The Doctor raised is hand, showing off his new wedding ring with a grin,

River returned his smile happily and stepped closer, leaning in to kiss her husband, but before their lips could meet, the TARDIS jolted, sending them both forwards, into the console.

"Where are we going?" River yelled to the machine as it jolted again and she had to cling to the controls to avoid flying to the floor,

The Doctor grabbed the scanner, "I don't know, she's flying herself, I don't know,"

"She doesn't have to rush; she's a bloody time machine! Why can't she fly smoothly?" River punctuated this by leaning forward as far as she could and slamming her hand against the blue stabilisers.

The ship stopped shaking immediately and River sighed in relief. "Right, now we can help," she ran a comforting hand along the central column and flicked off the brakes.

They landed silently and together River and the Doctor moved to the doors, rushing outside quickly to find themselves in a street. 21st century England, London by the looks of it.

River frowned and looked around, "Why has she taken us here, I wonder." She spoke, not to anyone in particular,

"Earth," the Doctor said, tapping his watch, "London, England."

"Chiswick," River added, her communicator in hand, "What are we doing in Chiswick?"

The Doctor racked his brain, trying to think what could possibly have happened here and now that needed his or River's assistance. "What year is it," he asked,

"What happened to the Doctor that can tell the year by smell?" River asked with a raised eyebrow,

The Doctor straightened his jacket with a sniff, "I just wanted to double check, but if you really want to know, it's Saturday, June 11th, 2016. 3:07pm."

River laughed, "You think you're so hot when you-" She stopped, frozen, her words lost on the way to her mouth.

The Doctor stared, wide eyed and pivoted on the spot before he turned to his wife, "Can you feel it?" he asked, his voice barely a whisper, his eyes searching hers.

"Zeta?" River murmured, her eyes closed as she felt a familiar ripping pain so close yet so distant,

"No, no, it's too early for her, 2016, far too early." The Doctor paced, thinking hard, trying to pull his mind away from the screams that were not his own. He looked through time and space, calculating, "Unless we're too early, but…"

"It's not her." River whispered, "I can feel it better now, it's not her."

The Doctor stopped once more and opened his mind, "Doctor!" he shivered at the yells echoing loudly in his head, and saw River wincing in pain,

"Whoever it is, they're calling for me," he murmured, and he started down the street, not quite knowing where he was going, but he knew he'd know when he came to it.

"Doctor!" River called, running after him, "Doctor, I don't understand, if it's not us and it's not Zeta, then who are they and why are they calling you,"

"I don't know, River, I do not know. However I do know I will find out very soon. Very soon indeed."

"Doct-"

"This is Chiswick, River! Who do we know from Chiswick? Think. Someone- someone out there is regenerating, and they called me to Chiswick to find them!" He was yelling angrily and he marched the street, River following desperately behind him, "Who do you think it could be River? I'll give you one guess." He continued to walk purposefully down the street, until suddenly veering left, through a gate and up to the front door of a house.

River watched him, frozen to the spot, as an old man answered the door, and the Doctor pushed his way in.

"Oh my God," River whispered, finally realising who's voice she heard yelling in her mind, "Donna."

tbc

I'm really quite desperate for some ideas, and if I don't get any soon this fic is quickly going to come to a close, which sucks. But if it does (and maybe even if it doesn't) I'm considering writing one shots of things this fic hasn't explored, like the Doctor finding Melody in New York for example. Let me know what you think, and let me know if you have any requests for this fic!