Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who and never will sadly. But I do own Sophie McQueen and any other characters I create.
Author's Note: And here we go with the sequel to Written in the Stars! It's been a long time coming, that's for sure! I'm ready to start the next story in the Stars series, and hopefully it's equally as good as the first one! That said, let's get started! :D
Sophie couldn't believe what she was seeing at the moment. She was staring at a woman in white, who wasn't there a couple minutes ago. How was this even possible?! They were in flight, there was no way someone could just appear in the in the TARDIS. Sophie already knew her mate was in the exact same mindset as she was, she could practically hear the gears turning in that head of his.
Her mate didn't notice she was in the room with him now, which she was grateful for. The last thing she wanted was for him to notice her, because if he did, he would tell her to go back to bed and get some rest. Sophie was stubborn so she wasn't going to do that, not if something was going on. She wasn't going to miss out on any adventures just because she was pregnant.
The Doctor spoke up, breaking Sophie out of her thoughts. "You can't do that, I wasn't…we're in flight!" he exclaimed, a bewithered look on his face as he looked around for some sort of explanation to what was going on. He wasn't going to find any, not in the TARDIS anyway. "That is – that is physically impossible! How did…?"
The redhead glared at him heatedly, interrupting him in a commanding tone, "Tell me where I am. I demand you tell me right now – where am I?!"
He just stared at her. "In the TARDIS."
"The what?!"
"The TARDIS."
"The what?!" She repeated, looking even more confused than ever.
"The TARDIS!" he exclaimed at her before he turned around to face the controls on the console. In the process, he finally took notice to Sophie standing her. Something she winced, of course, knowing what he was going to stay as a concerned look crossed his handsome face. "Sophie! What are you doing out of bed? You're supposed to be resting!" He moved over to her and placed his hand on her stomach, rubbing it lightly. "Is the baby okay?"
Sophie nodded with a slight smile. "She's fine." She tried to reassure him as she slid her hand over his. "We have more important things to worry about right now." She glanced over at the bride as her glare turned to her, probably peeved off that they weren't paying her any attention at the moment.
He frowned at her. "You should still be resting, especially after what happened." He insisted as his fingers slid through hers while still resting on her stomach.
Sophie sighed, shaking her head. "I'm fine, Theta, honestly." She told him as she squeezed his hand. "You don't have to worry about me." It was sweet how concerned he was, but she wasn't going to be forced to rest when she was just fine.
He opened his mouth to say something, but the bride cut in, now returning her glare over to him.
"Excuse me! Where the bloody hell am I?!" she yelled.
The Doctor immediately turned his attention back to the bride. "I told you, it's called the TARDIS.
"That's not even a proper word!" she snapped angrily. "You're just saying things!"
"How did you get in here?" he questioned her, ignoring her anger as he focused on trying to figure it out. At least now, he wasn't focusing his attention on his concern for Sophie anymore, probably because he knew there was no use in arguing with her.
"Well, obviously, when you kidnapped me!" She answered, rage on her face and in her glare.
Sophie decided to try now since the bride wouldn't believe any word he said, but maybe she would listen to her. "He didn't kidnap you." She tried but the bride wasn't listening as she continued to rant. Well, so much for that.
"Who was it?! Was it Nerys?!" Her eyes widened a bit. "Oh my god, she's finally got me back! This has got Nerys written all over it!"
The Doctor and Sophie stared at her in utter confusion. What was she talking about?
"Who the hell is Nerys?" The Doctor asked, voicing his confusion with his eyebrows furrowed together.
"You're best friend." The woman responded as if it was obvious.
"Hold on, wait a minute – what're you dressed like that for?" he asked, and Sophie couldn't help but laugh out loud.
However, the woman wasn't as amused as Sophie was by her mate's question, this seemed to make her angrier if that was possible. "I'm going ten pin bowling." She gritted out sarcastically before she started yelling again, "What do you think Dumbo?! I was halfway up the aisle!"
In response, the Doctor went back to the controls fiddling with them. Sophie, on the other hand, stared at the red head while she walked around the room, feeling sympathy for her. She could understand why the bride was so angry…but she was probably just scared, as anyone would be if they showed up in an unknown space with no explanation. So, anger was just her way of hiding that fear.
"I've been waiting my whole life for this! I was just seconds away! And then you – I dunno, drugged me or something!" Then she whirled around and spoke to Sophie for the first time since appearing in the TARDIS. "Did he drug and bring you here too?!"
"What?" Sophie asked, amused that the bride thought that. She crossed her arms across her chest. "No, I'm here on my own free will."
"I haven't done anything like that!" the Doctor exclaimed, insulted. Sophie patted him the shoulder as she slid up to his side.
"Well, we're still having the police called on you! Me and my husband – as soon as he is my husband – we're gonna sue the living backside off ya!"
He didn't respond, too engrossed in operating on the controls. So, Sophie was the first one to notice the woman running towards the doors of the TARDIS. Of course, since they were in flight, it wasn't a good idea to go outside those doors, so Sophie rushed after her.
"Hey, wait!" she cried out, trying to stop her. She heard her mate's shouts behind her as she ran.
"No, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Don't…"
It was too late for the both of them as she opened the doors, revealing the beautiful sight of a supernova in front of her. Her mouth fell open slightly as Sophie and the Doctor shared a look before moving to stand on either side of her.
"You're in space." The Doctor started to explain softly. "Outer Space. This is my…" He took a glance at his mate. "Well, our ship." Sophie was surprised by this, but happily surprised as she grinned brightly at him and he smiled back before he looked back over at the bride. "It's called the 'TARDIS'."
"How am I breathing?" she asked, her voice calm now, still taken aback by what she was seeing.
"The TARDIS is protecting us."
The woman said nothing for a moment. "Who are you?"
"I'm the Doctor, and this is my girlfriend, Sophie." The Doctor answered, squeezing Sophie's hand.
Sophie gave her a gentle smile as the bride looked over at her. "Hi." She greeted. "So, what's your name?"
She forced a smile. "Donna."
Her smile widened. "Nice to meet you, Donna." Sophie told her kindly. Her smile relaxed and it looked a lot more natural. It was nice change.
"Human?" The Doctor asked, looking her up and down.
Sophie nudged him in the side. 'Theta, you don't just ask someone if they're human.' She said to him in her thoughts, amused.
'What?' he protested. 'It's a perfectly logical question.'
She shook her head in response, smiling to herself. That was her Theta for you.
Donna finally spoke up. "Yeah." She answered softly. "Is that optional?"
"Well, it is me."
The redhead kept silent, but it didn't last long. "You're alien."
"Yeah."
She looked over at Sophie next. "Are you alien too?"
"No, I'm as human as you are." Sophie said, placing a hand on her stomach. Human, with a half-human, half-Gallifreyan baby, but she decided not to mention that part. Donna suffered enough surprise right now.
Donna slowly nodded and didn't say anything. Then after a moment, she spoke again. "It's freezing with these doors open."
The Doctor shut the doors and darted back over to the console with Sophie following slowly behind him. "But I don't understand it and I understand everything!"
Sophie shook her head, muttering to her stomach, "Well, I hope you don't get your daddy's big ego."
If he heard her, he didn't act like he did as he went on, his speech getting faster. Sophie was used to him talking him like that, so it wasn't hard to keep up.
"This – this can't happen! There's no way a human being can lock itself onto the TARDIS and transport inside! It must be…" Energy bursting, he pulled out an ophthalmoscope and used it to examine Donna's eyes, all the while sprouting an endless flow of techno-babble. Donna was stunned into silence. "Impossible some sort of subatomic connection? Something in the temporal field?"
"Theta." Sophie tried to interrupt. Didn't work.
"Maybe something pulling you into alignment with the Chronon shell."
"Theta." Sophie tried again, seeing Donna's face start to twitch in annoyance. If he kept going, he was for sure going to get slapped. The look on Donna's face reminded Sophie of how Jackie Tyler's face looked when she was about to give the Doctor a slap.
Again, it was no use. 'Oh well, I tried.' Sophie thought to herself with an internal shrug.
"Maybe something macro mining your DNA within the interior matrix. Maybe a genetic…" And as expected, Donna smacked him clean across the face. "What was that for?!" he cried out indignantly, rubbing his cheek.
"I tried to warn you." Sophie told him as he looked over at her before looking back at Donna, who had returned to glaring at him.
"Get me to the church!" she yelled at him.
The Doctor stopped what he was doing and headed back over to the controls. "Right! Fine! I don't want you here anyway! Where is the church?"
"Saint Mary's, Hayden Road, Chiswick, London, England, Earth, the Solar system!"
"The Solar system thing is laying it on a bit thick, Don." The nickname slipped from Sophie's lips without warning, surprising said woman, but she made no comment like she thought she would.
"Right! Chiswick." Setting the location, the Doctor pulled the lever, sending them off to their destination.
TBC...
In...
The Runaway Bride, Part 2...
Short first part, I know, but next one will be much longer! Hope this is a good start to the next instalment! Please leave reviews and let me know what you thought! Until next time then!