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ATTENTION ALL READERS: Until further notice, the Doctors will be referred to as such:

Lily's Original Doctor: Nine
Our Doctor: The Doctor

Names will be added as needed.

Ch. 53:

The Doctor ran out of the TARDIS and on to a normal suburban street. Donna and Lily ran out after him.

"It's fine…" he said, looking around. "Everything's fine."

A milk cart trundled down the road and stopped a short distance away.

"Nothing's wrong." Lily breathed, relived. "It's all fine."

"Excuse me?" the Doctor called to the milkman. "What day is it?"

"Saturday." The man replied.

"Saturday!" the Doctor repeated. "Good!"

He turned to the girls.

"Good, I like Saturdays!" he told them.

"So…I just met Rose Tyler and Lily's Doctor?" Donna asked.

"Yeah." The Doctor replied, still looking around uneasily.

"But they're locked away in parallel worlds." Donna said. "Two different parallel worlds."

"Exactly." The Doctor said, speaking quickly. "If they can cross from their parallel worlds into each other's and then into your parallel world, then that means the walls of the universe are breaking down, which puts everything in danger. Everything."

"But how?" Lily asked. "How can the walls be breaking down?"

The Doctor hurried back into the TARDIS and the girls followed. He ran straight to the console and Donna made Lily sit down.

"The thing is, they're coming back." Donna said. "Rose and the other Doctor are coming back. What does that mean for you two? Cause I can't imagine they're going to be too happy to find that you two are mates."

The Doctor and Lily exchanged a look.

"Loving the Doctor means learning to share him." Lily said finally. "I know he loves me, but I know he loves Rose too. That's the problem with having two hearts. There's room for everyone. We'll just have to figure it out as we go."

The Doctor smiled softly at her.

"Seriously, you're okay with that?" Donna asked.

Lily looked somber.

"I'm dying." She said softly. "There's no way we can get around it. At least with Rose here, I know he won't be alone."

"But what about your Doctor?" Donna asked.

"He's my Doctor." Lily said, pointing to the man in front of her. "I mourned the other Doctor already. Now he's alive. I don't think I have enough time left to figure out where that leaves us."

Donna opened her mouth to say something, but the TARDIS gave an almighty crash and they were all thrown to the floor.

"Ow." Lily said.

"What the hell was that?" Donna demanded.

"It came from outside!" the Doctor said.

He ran to the door as Donna helped Lily up. He threw open the doors and found nothing by space. Lumps of rock floating lazily in the vacuum of space.

The Doctor stood there in shock as the girls joined him.

"Correct me if I'm wrong," Lily said, " but didn't there used to be a planet there?"

"We're in space…" Donna marveled. "How did that happen?"

She looked at the Doctor.

"What did you do?" she demanded.

The Doctor ran back to the console and checked the reading, which only served to confuse him more.

"We haven't moved." He told them. "We're fixed."

He paused for a moment.

"It can't have…" he murmured. "No."

He ran back to the door, staring out where Earth used to be.

"The TARDIS is still in the same place, but the Earth is gone." He said. "The entire planet…it's gone!"


New York

Martha Jones lay on the floor, unconscious, among broken and smoking wires, sparks, and the shouts of frightened people. All around her, alarms and chaos reigned.

Martha opened her eyes slowly and lifted her head.

"Confirm all stations online." A man yelled. "Can anyone hear me?"

"What was that?" Martha asked.

"Emergency systems online." A woman called.

"Was there some sort of earthquake, or…?" she asked, standing up.

All around her, the UNIT headquarters she was in had been thrown into disarray.

"Jalandra, are you all right?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Jalandra replied.

"Is anyone hurt?" Martha asked to the room in general.

A woman crossed to the window and pulled up the blinds.

"We've lost power, someone get the lights back on." Martha continued. "DaCosta, see to it right now."

She spotted the woman at the window.

"Suzanne?" she called. "Are you okay?"

"Martha." Suzanne replied. "Look at the sky…"

"Why, what is it?" Martha asked.

"Just look at the sky!" she insisted.


Torchwood Hub, Cardiff

Like UNIT, Torchwood was in disarray.

"Whoa!" Jack said, getting to his feet. "What happened? Must be the rift…"

He ran from his office.

"Gwen?" he yelled. "Ianto? Are you okay?"

Both were in a pile on the floor amidst the mess.

"No broken bones…" Ianto replied as they got up. "Slight loss of dignity. No change there, then."

"The whole city must've felt that!" Gwen said. "The whole of South Wales!"

"I'm gonna take a look outside…" Jack told them before sprinting through the door.

Ianto went over to the computer and pressed a few buttons. He stood there in shock, not believing what he was seeing.

"Little bit bigger than South Wales." He said.


Ealing, London

Sarah Jane Smith lay on the floor of her attic, which had been trashed by the tremor.

"Luke?" she called, scrambling to her feet. "Are you alright?"

She ran to where he was crouched in the corner and pulled him to his feet, making sure he was in one piece."

"Felt like some sort of cross-dimensional spatial transference." He told her anxiously.

"It's night." Sarah Jane said, noticing the dark outside. "It wasn't night! It was eight o'clock in the morning! Mr. Smith, I need you!"

The chimney opened and a computer appeared, complete with musical cues.

"I wish you'd stop giving me that fanfare and just tell me what happened!" She told the computer.

"Sarah Jane, I think you should look outside." Mr. Smith replied. "I think you'll find the visual evidence most conclusive."

She rushed to the window.


Chiswick, London

Wilfred stood holding a bat.

"It's gone dark…" he said. "It's them aliens, I'll bet my pension. What so you want this time, you green swine?" he yelled to the sky.

"Dad…" Sylvia said, gazing at the sky with her mouth open.

"You get back inside, Sylvia." Wilf told her. "They always want the women!"

"No, Dad, just look…" Sylvia said, beginning to panic. "Oh, my God! Look at the sky!"

Wilf joined her and clutched at her hand in horror.


Sarah Jane and Luke stood outside their house, staring up at the same sky.

"That's impossible!" she said.


Jack stood outside Torchwood, staring up at the sky.

"That's just impossible…" he whispered.


Martha and the rest of the UNIT staff stood at the windows, just looking up.

"It can't be…" Martha said.


The milkman stood staring up at the sky, when, suddenly, a wind billowed around him. He heard the buzz of electricity and saw a flash of blue light. Suddenly a man in a black leather jack and a woman with a huge gun were standing there, looking up at the sky.

They didn't seem to be surprised.

"Now we're in trouble." Nine said.

Rose released the safety on her gun.

"It's only just the beginning…" she replied.

Above them, instead of the normal sky, was a sky full of planets.


Donna moved around the console in horror.

"But…if the Earth's been moved…they've lost the sun." she said slowly. "What about my mum? And granddad? They're dead? Aren't they? Are they dead?"

"We don't know." Lily told her helplessly as the Doctor continued messing with the computer. "We just don't know. I'm so sorry."

"That's my family." Donna said, horrified. "My whole world."

"There's not readings, nothing." The Doctor said, mystified. "Not a trace. Not even a whisper. Oh, that is…" He straightened, scratching the back of his neck, looking for the right words. "Fearsome technology."

"So what do we do?" Donna asked, her voice trembling.

"We've got to get help." He replied, staring blankly forward.

"No." Lily said.

"From where?" Donna asked.

"It's the only way." The Doctor told Lily.

"Those people are nuts!" Lily said. "They're more likely to arrest us than help us!"

"What are you talking about?" Donna demanded.

Lily threw up her arms in surrender and stalked away.

"What is going on?" Donna shouted.

"Donna…" the Doctor told her. "I'm taking you to the Shadow Proclamation. Hold tight."

He pulled a lever and the column began to rise and fall.

In the background, Lily sat on the jumpseat, rubbing her chest.


Inside the Torchwood Hub, Ianto was flipping through stations.

"The United Nations have issued an edict asking citizens of the world not to panic. So far, there has been no explanation of the twenty six planets which have appeared in the sky."

Switch

"But it's an empirical fact: the planets didn't come to us, we came to them. Just look at the stars-we are in a completely different region of space. We've travelled."

Switch

"Do you know what, I look up and there's all these moons and things-have you seen them? Did you see them?"

Shouts of 'yes!' from the audience.

"I thought, what was I drinking last night? Furniture polish?"

Ianto burst out laughing.

Jack looked over at him from the computer he was standing at.

"Ianto!" he said, reprimanding. "There's a time and a place."

"He is funny, though." Ianto said, still laughing as he turned off the monitor.

"Gwen, come and see!" Jack called.

Gwen made her way down the stairs, talking to Rhys on her phone.

"Rhys? I have no idea, just stay indoors." She told him. "And can you phone my mother? Tell her um…oh, I don't know, just tell her to take her pills and go to sleep."

She paused.

"I'm gonna come home as soon as I can." She told him reassuringly. "I promise. I love you…you big idiot."

She smiled as she hung up.

"Someone's established an artificial atmospheric shell keeping the air and holding in the heat." Jack told them.

"Whoever's done this wants the human race alive." Ianto said. "That's a plus."

The three of them were now crowded around a computer showing a 3D diagram of the 26 planets surrounding Earth.

"Twenty seven planets." Ianto continued. "Including Earth."

A flashing red spot appeared amongst the planets.

"No, but what's that?" Gwen asked. "That's not a planet!"


Mr. Smith was showing a similar model to Sarah Jane, also with the flashing red spot.

"The reading seems to be artificial in construction." He told her.

"Some sort of space-station, sitting in the heart of the web." She said, trying to make sense of it.

"They're fine-Maria and her Dad, they're still in Cornwall." Luke said as he approached. "I told them to stay indoors. And Clyde's all right, he's with his mum."

Sarah Jane rubbed his shoulder encouragingly.

"Sarah Jane, I have detected movement." Mr. Smith announced. "Obsereve."

The red dot had expanded to become a sheet, blanketing the Earth.

"Spaceships!" Luke said.

He grinned excitedly at Sarah Jane, who returned it with a nervous one.


"Tracking two hundred objects, Earthbound trajectory." General Sanchez said as he walked in. "Geneva is calling a Code Red. Everyone to battle positions. Doctor Jones-"

He looked at Martha, who had her phone to her ear.

"If you're not too busy?" he said.

"I'm trying to phone Lily and the Doctor, Sir." She told him.

"And?" he asked.

"There's no signal." She replied. "This number calls anywhere in the universe. It never breaks down. They must be blocking it."

She looked at the screen.

"Whoever 'they' are." She added.

"We're about to find out." He told her. "They're coming into orbit."


In the streets, it was absolute anarchy. People were screaming, looting, running. Everywhere was smashed glass, alarms sounding.

Rose and Nine walked out of an alley. A man with a drink spotted Rose and threw his arms wide.

"The end of the world, darlin'!" he called, his speech slurred. "The end of the stinkin' world!"

Nine and Rose exchanged an amused glance.

"Have one on me, mate." Rose called back.

The man moved off and Rose jumped as she heard another window smash behind her and another alarm go off.

She looked at Nine before moving to the electronic store two boys had just broken into.

"Right!" she called. "You two! You can put that stuff down, or run for your lives."

They turned and looked at her as she released the safety.

"Have you guys seen her gun?" Nine asked, grinning madly.

The two boys ran for it and Rose sat down at a computer as Nine stood behind her. She called up the space telemetry and they watched, worried, as the ships approached.


Sylvia sat watching the news.

"We're now getting confirmed reports of spaceships. The Pentagon has issued an emergency report…"

"Dad." She called. "Come and see. They're saying spaceships."

Wilf entered the room, clutching his phone to his ear.

"Did you find her?" she asked.

"No." he replied, worriedly. "No, there's no reply. Oh, where are you, Donna? Where are you, sweetheart?"


"Three thousand miles and closing." Gwen said, agitated. "But who are they?"

Jack's phone rang and he checked the caller ID before flipping it open.

"Martha Jones!" he called. "Voice of a nightingale. Tell me you put something in my drink."


"No such luck." Martha replied, sitting at her desk. "Have you heard from Lily or the Doctor?"

"Not a word." Jack told her. "Where are you?"

"New York." She replied.

"Hm, nice for some." He told her.

"I've been promoted." She told him, getting up and walking across the office. "Medical Director on Project Indigo."

"Did you get that thing working?" Jack asked.

"Indigo's top secret." Martha told him, her brow furrowed. "No one's supposed to know about it."


"Oh, I met a soldier in a bar." Jack told her. "Long story."

"When was that?" Ianto interjected suspiciously.

"Strictly professional." Jack reassured him.

"Fifteen hundred miles, boys, and accelerating." Gwen said. "They're almost here."


"I'm receiving communication from the Earthbound ships." Mr. Smith announced. "A message for the human race."

"Put it through." Sarah Jane told him. "Let's hear it."

"EXTERMINATE!" came over the speakers. "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"


Jack opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he heard the transmission.

"EXTERMINATE!"


"EXTERMINATE!"

Martha froze, her eyes wide.

"EXTERMINATE!"


"No." Jack whispered.

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

"Oh, no." he said, trembling.

"What is it?" Gwen asked. "Who are they? Do you know them, Jack?"

Jack didn't answer, he just pulled Gwen and Ianto, kissing both their heads.

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"


"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

Luke watched, confused, as his mother shook with terror, silent tears streaming down her cheeks.

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

"No…" Sarah Jane whispered.


"There's nothing I can do." Jack said hopelessly, holding Ianto and Gwen tight. "I'm sorry, but we're dead."


"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

Sarah Jane pulled Luke to her, holding him tight as she cried.

"Oh, God, you're-you're so young." She said.


"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

Rose and Nine listed to the transmission. She trembled ever so slightly and he clenched his hands. Finally, Rose looked up and him and nodded.

They made their way out into the street.

A/N: First chapter of Stolen Earth. Oh. Dear. Sweet. Lord. Let me know what you think.

Abbey