Triple Threat
Chapter 27
Donna looked around the TARDIS, having arrived only a few hours earlier. She heard raised voices coming from the main console room. She followed the voices to see Katti and Elizabeth having a huge argument while Bella stands there helpless.
"Donna Noble, is by far the best companion out of all of them. She is smart, kind, humble, she takes to being the Doctor's conscience and compass for right and wrong a lot better and a lot faster than anyone else did… and they have fun, plain and simple. None of the hang-ups over romance," Elizabeth states while Katti glares at her sister.
It startles Donna to hear Elizabeth speaking like that… about her. She seems to already know her.
"No way. Rose Tyler was so much better. She was willing to push boundaries. She was willing to do anything and she trusted him beyond anything else. She was strong, and vibrant. She was the one woman who could make the original Doctor, so full of anger and blood lust, a better man. She was that tender hand he needed," Katti states.
"Donna Noble is way better," Elizabeth states. Donna turns to look at the ginger haired child from the brunette.
"Rose Tyler is," Katti states and Donna turns to look at the woman.
"Donna Noble."
"Rose Tyler."
"Donna."
"Rose."
"Donna."
"Rose."
"Donna."
"Rose."
"Donna."
"Rose."
"Donna."
"Rose."
"Donna."
"Martha is," Bella cut in and they all turned to look at her slightly shocked. Bella is in the middle and Donna is slightly thankful because her neck was starting to cramp from looking back and forth so much. "I haven't seen the show. I don't know anything about these other companions. Martha is the only one I know and she needs someone to defend her. So Martha Jones is the best Companion of the Doctor."
The other two look at each other before laughing. Donna looks at those three wondering if they are bonkers or something. There is no way they are completely sane.
"What are you?" Donna finds herself asking.
"Time Ladies, from an alternate reality where this is a TV Show. We are currently living season four which is the season where you come in. We are triplets," Elizabeth states.
"Elizabeth is the oldest but she is the youngest in appearance. Bella is the middle child and I am the youngest," Katti states. "You'll find I'm very into technology. I can work on anything and make it better."
"Except the TARDIS. Never again are we letting you work on the TARDIS," Elizabeth states with a shiver.
"It wasn't that bad," Katti states and they hear a masculine scoff. They turn to see the Doctor in the doorway.
"You caught the TARDIS on fire, Katherine. You fly her better than anyone else I know. However, you are not allowed to work on her," the Doctor states and Donna sees the young woman glare her eyes at the Doctor.
"I'm the one who knows all about Medicine, Biology, and Chemistry. I've even been studying up on future and alien medicines as well as poisons to learn all I can about it. If anyone stays behind it is almost always me since I'm not that into Adventure. I'm more about the science. I'm more about the discovery," Bella states.
"What does that make you?" Donna asks Elizabeth who doesn't respond verbally. Instead she just shrugs.
"She's pretty much a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none," Katti states and Elizabeth rolls her eyes but doesn't speak. However, she lays down and slides into a crevice beneath the console.
"What's she doing?" Donna asks.
"Working on the TARDIS. The old girl has been acting up again so she's doing a quick fix," the Doctor states and Donna looks at him before looking at all of these figures.
As she does she suddenly understands the Rag-Tag Group comment Elizabeth made earlier. She can't help but smile before looking at them. They all go there separate ways – Bella heading to the infirmary for more research, Katti is heading off towards one of the labs the Doctor apparently set aside for her use, the Doctor announces he's going to the Library, and Elizabeth is still working on the TARDIS.
Donna wonders where she'll fit in and hopes she'll find a place.
