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I stood at the bar flirting with the bartender so I could get another drink. The boy blushed and his eyes darted towards my chest and back to the eyes as he handed me my drink. I winked in thank you and sighed. I was worried about Donna, one minute she is about to get married then there is a golden glow and she's gone. I was getting annoyed at everyone who was enjoying the reception, not even caring that Donna was gone. I sipped on my drink and walked over to my mum when Donna ran in with a man in a long brown trench coat. He was really good looking. I smirked and ran over
"Donna!" I yelled and hugged her tight and she returned it
"You had the reception without me?" she asked hurt I sipped on my drink and glared at everyone in the room
"Donna, what happened to you?" Lance walked forward
"You had the reception without me" she repeated
"Hello, I'm the Doctor" the hansom man grinned and waved
"I'm Bella" I smiled at him and he retuned it "I'm Donna's sister" a look of realisation crossed his face
"Oh! She mentioned you! Your the one that can predict the future!" he grinned excitedly and I grinned back"They had the reception without me" said Donna irritated
"Yes, I gathered"
"Well, it was all paid for...why not?" asked Nerys snootily, I glared at her
"Shut up, Nerys!" I exclaimed, I really hated her sometimes.
"Well, what were we supposed to do?" mum approached us "I got your silly little message in the end. 'I'm on Earth?' Very funny. What the hell happened? How did you do it? I mean, what's the trick, because I'd love to know."
suddenly the whole room was talking at once, some shouting at her and others expressing their concern until Donna burst into tears. I smirked behind my drink knowing the were fake tears, but I glared when Lance hugged her close letting her cry on his shoulder. I don't know what it was, but something was right about him. I've been having the same dream for a few days. In the dream I saw Lance standing with a large spider looking thing and they were laughing together and Donna looked heartbroken...now that I thought about it, That 'Doctor' was in my dream as well. Everyone started to applaud and Donna glanced at the Doctor and I and winked making us grin.
Donna and Lance are sharing a dance and I walked up to the Doctor
"Hello, thanks for bringing Donna back. It must have been Huon particles that brought her into your Tardis." my eyes glazed over as I said this. His eyes snapped to mine and he pulled me into a corner
"How do you know I have a Tardis? Huon Particles?" he questioned, I shrugged
"I dunno. Sometimes I just know things without seeing it. I thought you said that Donna told you about my ability"
"She did but she never mentioned you could see things in present time" I nodded and gave him my phone, he took it and looked at me confused "To look up H.C Clements " I stated before walking away to flirt with that cute barman again. I was in the middle of making out with the barman when I pulled away and looked at the Santas outside. I ran to Donna just as The Doctor got there
"Donna!" he shouted "Donna they've found you"
"But you said I was safe!" she gasped frightened so I took her hand
"The bio-damper doesn't work. We've got to get everyone out"
Donna and I looked around "Oh my god...its all my family..."
"Out the back door" the Doctor tried to guide us to the back doors, but we were cut off by 2 Santas
"Or not" I remarked taking a few steps back, I looked through another widow to see more of them "We're trapped" I grasped Donna's hand in fear
The Doctor squinted looking at the remote control in one of the Santas hands which they raised. I gasped in fear making them look at me, but I was staring at the tree in fear, I didn't know what it would do, but I knew it was bad news
"Christmas trees..." I trailed off looking at the Doctor knowing he would understand
"What about them?" Donna asked pulling me to her so she could protect me
"They kill."The Doctor and I said simultaneously looking at the tree grimly
"Get away from the tree" I ran over to the kid pulling them away from it while Doctor and Donna told the others not to touch it
"Oh, for gods sakes, they're idiots!" mum rolled her eyes, I ignored the stabbing feeling of hurt for that comment and continued to stare at the tree as the baubles started to float around the room making me whimper. Donna; who heard me, rushed over to me and wrapped an arm around me. I blinked before yelling
"GET DOWN!" I pulled Donna and kids down with me as the baubles started to explode.
Everyone started screaming and running for cover, Donna pulled Lance under a table for cover while I ran up to the Doctor
"Use the sound system!" I shouted at him, looking pointedly at his hand where he was holding a silver object, he winked at me in thanks and ran up to the sound system with me on his heels
"Oi! Santa! Word of advice. If you're attacking a man with a sonic screwdriver" He grabbed the microphone "don't let him near the sound system."
"Cover your ears!" I shouted covering mine, He jammed the screwdriver into the deck, making a high pitched screeching noise making the robots fall to pieces. I gasped as something flash through my mind
..."Racnoss? But that's impossible. You're one of the Racnoss?" asked the Doctor looking up at the large spider insect...
…."Empress of the Racnoss." the thing cackled...
...Lance climbed the ladder, then ran...
...Lance stood on a balcony above the Empress. He made the shush gesture...
...Lance was sneaking up behind the giant Empress with a fire axe...
...Lance stared to swing the axe. The Empress turned and hissed at him. Lance laughed, and the Empress joins in...
...Every day, I made you coffee...
...He was poisoning me...
I broke out of my visions, I looked for Donna and saw her leaving with the Doctor and Lance. I glared and ran to my car and drove to H.C Clements. I entered the building and took the lift to where Donna was, I entered to see that Lance had already left
"Donna!" I yelled, she turned quickly as did the doctor, both looking shocked that I was there.
"Bella! What you doing here?" Donna ran to me
"We need to leave right now" I tried to pull her to the lift when the Racnoss spoke to me
"Such a sharp mind! You've seen this haven't you?" I glared at it then at Lance when he appeared holding the axe. I hugged Donna to me
"No matter what he says you are perfect Donna!" I whispered to her, she looked at me confused but focused on the conversion when they were talking about Huon particles
"But that's what I've got inside me, that Huon energy thing. Oi! Look at me, lady, I'm talking. Where do I fit in? How comes I get all stacked up with these Huon particles?" Lance descended from the stairs, axe in hand "Look at me, you! Look me in the eye and tell me."
"The bride is so feisty!" the Racnoss cackled
"Yes, I am!" The doctor and I watched as Lance approached the Racnoss "And I don't know what you are, you big thing, but a spider's just a spider and an axe is an axe! Now, do it!"
"I'm so sorry Donna!" I cried hugging her, she looked at me confused, but The Doctor glared at Lance obviously realising what I meant.
Lance swung the axe, the empress turned and hissed at him making him stop and they both started laughing. I felt deep loathing for Lance right now. Its no secret in our family that Donna is very self-conscious, about herself, it doesn't help that mum belittles her whenever she can. Sensing my anger, the Doctor grabbed my hand and gave it a little squeeze and I returned it
"That was a good one!" Lance pointed at the Empress "Your face!"
"Lance is funny" the Racnoss replied
"Lance is dead!" I growled quietly so Donna didn't hear me
"What?" Donna shook her head
"I'm sorry" The Doctor told her quietly squeezing my hand
"Sorry for what?" Donna looked at our sorrow filled faces then back to Lance "Lance, don't be stupid, get her!"
"God she's thick!" he shook his head looking at her pityingly, Donna looked at him confused while I was pretty sure I was giving off anger from my body. Wrapped my free hand around Donna's shoulders "Months I've had to put up with her. Months. A woman who can't even point to Germany on a map."
"I don't understand"
"How did you meet him?" asked the Doctor
"In this office"
"He made you coffee" I said quietly looking at her knowing this would kill her
"What?"
"Everyday I made you coffee!" Lance called like he was talking to an idiot
"You had to be dosed with liquid particles over six months" I said softy glaring at Lance who smirked at me, though his eyes betrayed him by showing shock of how I knew that
"He was poisoning me?" she asked me, nodded
"That's why I came...I had a vision just before you left" I said sadly
"It was all there in the job title." The Doctor said also glaring at Lance "The Head of Human Resources."
"This time, it's personnel." Lance smirked as he and the Racnoss laughed
"But..." Donna shook her head not wanting to believe it "We're getting married"
"Well I couldn't risk you running off," Lance sneered "I had to say yes. And then I was stuck with a woman who thinks the height of excitement is a new flavour Pringle. Oh, I had to sit there and listen to all that yap yap yap. 'Oh, Brad and Angelina. Is Posh pregnant?' X Factor, Atkins Diet, Feng Shui, split ends, text me, text me, text me. Dear God, the never ending fountain of fat, stupid trivia. I deserve a medal."
I glared hatefully "I'll fucking kill you, you bastard!" I spat as I lunged forward, but the Doctor caught me by my waist pulling me to his chest
"Oh, is that what she's offered you? The Empress of the Racnoss? What are you, her consort?" asked The Doctor keeping me close, gagged at the thought of being that thing's consort
"It's better than a night with her"
"But I love you" Donna's voice wavered and her eyes glistened with tears
"That's what made it easy" he shot back meanly, the Doctor let me go so I could comfort my sister "What's the point of it all if the human race is nothing? That's what the Empress can give me. The chance to go out there. To see it. The size of it all. I think you understand that, don't you, Doctor?"
"Who is this little physician?" asked the Empress "And his Woman"
"I'm not his woman!" I shouted, but them mumbled "Not that I would mind"
"What she said...Martian"
"Oh, I'm sort of homeless." the doctor shook off the fact that he sort of liked the sound of me being his woman "But the point is, what's down here? The Racnoss are extinct. What's going to help you four thousand miles down? That's just the molten core of the Earth, isn't it?"
"I think he wants us to talk" Lance commented
"I think so too" agreed the Racnoss
"Well tough! All we need is Donna"
"Kill this chattering little doctor-man and his woman."
I stepped in front of him with Donna
"Don't you hurt him!" I shouted
"No, No it's alright" The Doctor tried to calm us
"No I wont let them!" Donna had me wrapped in a hug to protect me
"At arms!" the Empress shouted as the robots aimed their guns at the Doctor and I
"Ah, now," the Doctor began "Except..."
"Take aim!"
"Well, I just want to point out the obvious..."
"They won't hit the bride. They're such very good shots"
"Just... just... just... Hold on... just a tick... Just a tiny little... just a little... tick. If you think about it, the particles activated in Donna and drew her inside my spaceship. So reverse it, and the spaceship comes to her." the doctor turned the thing in his hand, the particles in both the container and Donna started to glow
"Fire!"
The robots fired too late as the Tardis materialised around us
"Off we go!" the Doctor called as he ran to the console. I looked around in awe
"My key!" we could hear the Empress' cry from outside as we disappeared "My Key!"
"She's beautiful" I told him stroking the walls feeling I slight hum back which I took as thank you, I missed the Doctor smiling at me
"Oh, do you know what I said before about time machines?" The doctor said quietly "Well, I lied. And now we're going to use it. We need to find out what the Empress of the Racnoss is digging up. If something's buried at the planet's core, it must've been there since the beginning. That's just brilliant. Molto bene. I've always wanted to see this. Donna, Bella we're going further back than I've ever been before." he looked over at us and saw me with my arm around Donna
"It's not true Donna! Your perfect and one day a man will realise that and you guys will get married and have lots of ginger babies" I giggled when she let out a laugh "Remember when Ross, called me a whore because I had guy friends? And I punched him so hard he had to go to A and E because I broke his jaw" we laughed at the memory "Then there was that time were David called me a fugly ginger bitch. What did you say to me? When I came to you crying?" Donna sniffed before replying
"I said 'Don't waste your time on boys. Find yourself a man, who will love you for you and who will treat you the like the princess you are! Also YOU are stunning! Never let anyone tell you otherwise'" I smiled at her
"Take your own advise Donna, we're sisters. We look alike, so if i'm stunning... so are you" I finished kissing her cheek
"We've arrived. Want to see?"
"I suppose." Donna sighed while I nodded
"Oh, that scanner's a bit small." he said, he walked to the doors "Maybe your way's best. Come on. No humans ever seen this. You'll be the first."
"All I want to see is my bed." she muttered
"Donna and Bella Noble, welcome to the creation of the Earth." he threw the doors open, revealing an amazing sight. The sun shined brightly through the dust, gas and rocks
"We've gone back 4.6 billion years. There's no solar system, not yet. Only dust and rocks and gas. That's the Sun, over there. Brand new. Just beginning to burn."
"It's beautiful" I gasped, I grabbed the Doctor's hand and squeezed it gently, I blushed slightly when I felt his thumb rub the back of my hand
"Where's the earth?" asked Donna
"All around us...in the dust" I told her
"Puts the wedding in perspective. Lance was right. We're just... tiny"
"No, but that's what you do." The Doctor beamed "The human race makes sense out of chaos. Marking it out with weddings and Christmas and calendars. This whole process is beautiful, but only if it's being observed."
"So, we came out of all of this?" Donna asked starting to smile
"Isn't that brilliant!" he laughed, as a massive rock floated past the Tardis
"I think that's the Isle of Wight." Donna remarked making us all laugh
"Eventually, gravity takes hold. Say, one big rock, heavier than the others, starts to pull other rocks towards it. All the dust and gas and elements get pulled in. Everything, piling in until you get-"
"The Earth" we finished
"But the question is... what was that first rock?" the Doctor asked
Just then, a large star shaped rock emerged through the clouds
"The Racnoss..." I trailed off
The Doctor rushed to the console and turned the while franticly "Hold on... The Racnoss are hiding from the war" What's it doing?"
The rocks, gas and dust began to zoom towards the star as though they were being drawn it by a magnetic force
"Exactly what you said!" I called back
"Oh, they didn't just bury something at the centre of the Earth... They became the centre of the Earth. The first rock." he said
The Tardis started to shake violently nearly knocking us off our feet
"What was that?" Donna gasped
"Trouble" I answered
"What the hells it doing?" Donna called trying to walk over to us without falling
"Remember that little trick of mine, particles pulling particles. Well, it works in reverse-" I cut him off
"They're pulling us back!" I called
The Doctor desperately tried to pilot the Tardis, but it was beyond his control
"Well, can't you stop it?" Donna called "Hasn't it got a handbrake? Can't you reverse or warp or beam or something?"
"Backseat driver." he muttered making me giggle and slap him lightly "Oh! Wait a minute!" he pulled out what looked like a small surfboard from under the console The extrapolator! It can't stop us, but it should give us a good bump!" he pulled out a mallet and whacked the extrapolator "Now!" he shouted as the Tardis dematerialised from the Pit Chamber to one of the corridors of the base.
We dashed out of the Tardis,
"Come on!" He called as we ran, stopping at the door that lead up to the Thames Flood Barrier
"But what do we do?"Donna gasped, out of breath and scared while I took a few deep breaths.
The doctor used a stethoscope against the door, listening intently behind it "I don't know. I make it up as I go along. But trust me, I've got a history."
"But I still don't understand... I'm full of particles, but what for?" Donna asked
"There's a Racnoss web at the centre of the Earth, but my people unravelled their power source. The Huon particles ceased to exist but the Racnoss were stuck." Two robots grabbed Donna and I and covered our mouths I thrashed about, but I couldn't get loose.
"I hate you!" Donna spat at Lance as we joined him on the web
"Yeah, I think we've gone a bit beyond that now, sweetheart." Lance bit back
"My golden couple, together at last. Your awful wedded life. Tell me, do you want to be released?" asked the Empress
"Yes!" they both exclaimed
"Your supposed to say 'I do'!" she cackled
"Ha" Lance sneered "Not a chance"
"Say it!"
Lance glanced at Donna "I do"
"I do" Donna said quickly
"I don't!" She cackled again "Activate the particles. Purge every last one."
Donna and Lance both started to glow brightly
"Awww, why don't I get to glow?" I pouted looking at the pretty gold colour coming from them. Lance turned to me and smirked,
"You know...I wished it was you that I was poisoning... though it would be a shame to waste something so hot"
I gagged at the thought of him
"You leave her alone! You never would have touched her!" Donna yelled at him
"And Release !" the Empress shouted, the particles extracted themselves from Donna and Lance and fell down the hole "The secret heart unlocks, and they will waken from their Sleep of Ages."
"Who will? What's down there?"
"Her children" I answered, my eye glazing over for a second
"My children, the long lost Racnoss, now reborn to feast on flesh! The web star shall come to me. My babies will be hungry. They need sustenance. Perish the web." she turned to Lance who started to struggle
"Use her! Not me! Use her!"
"Oh, my funny little Lance! But you are quite impolite to your lady friend. The Empress does not approve." she dropped Lance into the pit, we could hear him screaming all the way down
"Lance!" Donna screamed
"Harvest the humans! Reduce them to meat." she commanded "My children are climbing towards me and none shall stop them."
A robot walked up the stairs
"So you might as well unmask, my clever little doctor man."
The robot took off the mask and cloak to reveal the doctor underneath "Oh well. Nice try. I've got you, Bella, Donna!" he pointed his sonic screwdriver at the web which held us. The web snapped and I grabbed it at the last minute and swung, luckily for me, the Doctor caught me, but Donna... not so much, she hit the wall below and now lay sprawled on the floor
"Thanks for nothing!" she called
"The doctor man amuses me." said the Empress
"Empress of the Racnoss, I give you one last chance. I can find you a planet. I can find you and your children a place in the universe to co-exist. Take that offer and end this now." Doctor said, his arm still wrapped around me, not that I'm complaining
"This man is so funny"
"Whats your answer?"
"Oh... I'm afraid I have to decline" she laughed
"What happens next is your own doing"
"I'll show you what happens next. At arms!" they raised their guns "Take aim!" they aimed "And..."
"Relax" the Doctor said calmly making the robots go limp
"What did you do?" Donna called up to us
"Guess what I've got Donna?" he smirked down at her, pulling the remote control for the robots from his pocket "Pockets!"
"How did that fit in there?" I asked still holding on to him
"There bigger on the inside" he smiled at me
"Roboforms are not necessary. My children may feast on Martian flesh." The Empress said
"Oh, but I'm not from Mars." he said smirking
"Then where?"
My home planet is far away and long since gone. But its name lives on. Gallifrey." he said
"They murdered the Racnoss!" she screeched
"I warned you. You did this..." he said pulling out a few of the baubles from the reception
"No! No! Don't! No!" she screamed now panicking, the Doctor threw the baubles into the air. They exploded causing water from the Thames to flood into the room and for fire to start at the Empresses feet
"No! No! My children!" the Empress cried grief-stricken
The Doctor stood in silence watching the chaos that surrounded us and the river swirled down the hole like a plug hole
"No! My children! My children!" she continued to cry in pain
I grabbed the Doctor's arm and whispered to him
"You can stop now, Doctor" he looked at me for a few seconds before nodding. He gripped my hand and pulled me down the stairs and towards Donna
"Transport me!" the Racnoss cried, but we ignored her still running
"But what about the Empress?" Donna asked
"She's used up all her Huon energy. She's defenceless!" we continued cimbing up the ladder.
We watched as the Star was shot down, the Racnoss dead
"There's just one problem..." Donna said
"What's that?" The Doctor looked at her
"We've drained the Thames" we laughed
The Tardis appeared cross the road from our house, the three of us stepped out into the night
"There we go. Told you she'd be all right. She can survive anything." He grinned
"More than I've done" Donna commented
The Doctor quickly pulled out his Sonic and scanned her "No, all the Huon particles have gone. No damage, you're fine."
"Yeah, but apart from that... I missed my wedding... lost my job and became a widow on the same day... Sort of."
"I couldn't save him" the Doctor remarked
"He deserved it... No, he didn't. We'd better get inside. They'll be worried." she said to me, I nodded sadly and started to walk towards the house but stopped. I ran back and kissed the Doctor's cheek making him flush slightly
"Thanks... for saving my sister and for the adventure." I went to walk away, but he grabbed my wrist stopping me
"Come with me... both of you" I bit my lip looked at Donna
"No." she said
"Okay." The Doctor said
"I can't..."
"No, that's fine."
"No, but really. Everything we did today. Do you live your life like that?"
"Not all the time."
"I think you do. And I couldn't... but I know someone who could" she said looking at me
"But you've seen it out there. It's beautiful." he said looking at her
"And it's terrible. That place was flooding and burning and they were dying, and you were stood there like, I don't know, a stranger. And then you made it snow. I mean, you scare me to death." she said
"Right"
"You don't scare me..." I said quietly, he turned to me "I'll come with you... if you want me" he grinned and hugged me before turning back to Donna and hugged her too. I ran into the house and to my room. I packed a bag and ran down the stairs. I kissed my mum and dad and ran out before they could say anything I hugged Donna
"I'll miss you" I said, she pulled back
"i'll miss you too" she said back "I'm only a phone call away... remember that" she kissed my cheek before waving good bye as the Doctor and I left to begin our adventure together.