"Doctor?" Victoria called out as she walked into the console room. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, the Doctor flashed strands of loose wires sticking out of the floor with his sonic screwdriver.

"Victoria," he glanced up in surprise. He placed his sonic screwdriver alongside an arrangement of other tools and stood up. "Everything alright?" She walked up a ramp and met him at the console.

"Yeah, everything's great", she replied, somewhat scrunching her eyebrows in confusion. "Thank you for letting me stay for the night. I really appreciate it, Doctor. But I need to head home now," she said.

"Where to?" he said, looking up at her from his spot by the monitor.

"Cardiff, October 2026, please," she said, gripping the railing in preparation for the flight.

"Not saying goodbye to Rose and Jack?" he questioned as he walked around the console, hitting buttons.

"I don't want to wake them up," she said, shaking her head "Just tell them that I said bye, would you?" He hummed in response, pulling a lever down before turning around to face her.

She reached out, prepared to hug him in thanks, before deciding against it. Instead, she smiled at him while sticking her hands in her pockets. "Thank you for everything. Take Rose and Jack somewhere amazing."

She walked to the doors, but just before opening the door, she looked over her shoulder and sent him one last smile "Goodbye, Doctor".

Once she walked out, she patted the door of the TARDIS before walking into the first alley she was able to find. She listened for the wheeze of the TARDIS, and once she was sure it was gone, she took off her bag and pulled out her vortex manipulator, and strapped it to her arm.

Victoria looked at the date stamp on the screen and couldn't help but gape. He had left her in Cardiff alright, but it was May 2036. She knew she shouldn't be surprised, but a girl can hope, can't she? Perhaps one day he'll learn how to properly fly the ship.

Victoria shook her head, putting the correct date into the screen. She glanced around briefly before hitting the button on the vortex manipulator, preparing myself for the intense feeling of moving through the time vortex. The jump hadn't lasted long, but she was relieved to see her dad sitting at the kitchen table, watching with an amused smile as she stumbled into existence.

"Dad!" she smiled, pulling him into a tight hug. "I can't believe you forced me to stay on your ship. It was so boring!"

"I'm proud of you," he said, looking her over to make sure that she was okay.

"I missed you, and I missed my Doctor and Rose. It just… it wasn't the same," she told him, pulling back to look up at him.

"Well, I'm here now. And I can have the Doctor here for you as soon as you want," he said, but she shook her head.

"Not quite yet. Why not have a nice, calming day together, just the two of us?" she asked, looking at him with a grin.

"What did you have in mind?" he countered.

"How about somewhere nearby?" she suggested.

Victoria sighed contently as she looked out at the sun as it set in front of them. They had hailed a taxi and went to Sully Bay, a nearby beach, to have a picnic. They had gotten to the beach an hour before sunset, and Victoria ate while Jack told her of his more recent work.

"I really needed this," she said, taking a sip of her wine.

"I'm hoping that I can visit more soon. It's just… Rose doesn't know you're still alive, so it makes it hard to get me here without question." she said, looking at her dad with a frown.

"It's fine, sweetheart," Jack said, placing his hand on her shoulder as he took a sip of his drink.

"But, there is something I need to talk to you about," she said before finishing off the rest of her wine. "I've been thinking, quite a lot actually, and I think I'm ready. I'm going to open the watch soon, and I wanted you to be the first to know my decision. I didn't want you to be surprised when I come back and I'm different."

Jack reached out and gripped her free hand tightly in his. "No matter how different you may be,

I'll always love you, and you'll always be my daughter."

They sat in silence after that, tears welling quietly in Victoria's eyes as they watched the sunset illuminate the sky. "I love you so much," she whispered.

"I love you too," Jack smiled, kissing her temple.

"And someone else does too," Jack said, looking over her shoulder.

She looked back to see the TARDIS sitting on a cliff about one hundred feet away. They watched as the Doctor peaked through the doors before meeting her gaze. He grinned and stepped out, sticking his hands in his overcoat's pocket. "I didn't know you had called him," she said, looking between at Jack with a small grin.

"I needed to talk to him about a few things. I also wasn't expecting him to get here on time," Jack said, looking down at his watch. She let out a snicker while standing up.

"I guess that is my cue. I promise I'll stop by soon," She told him, pulling him into a tight hug.

"Bye, love you!" she waved to them while moving to meet the Doctor.

"Doctor!" Victoria called out with a grin. Once she was in arm's reach, he picked her up and spun her around in a tight hug.

"Vie, I've missed you," He whispered in her ear, making her smile.

"I've missed you too, Theta," she told him, setting her head on his shoulder, relishing in his grip.

After a few moments, she pulled back just enough to look him in the eyes. "How long have I been gone?"

"Only a few days," he said, setting her down on the ground.

"You go on ahead, I need to go talk to your dad really quickly. I'll just be a mo," he said before walking off towards Jack. She walked through the door and up to the console to see Rose sitting on the jump seat waiting for her.

"Victoria!" Rose smiled up at her, holding her arms out to ask for a hug.

"Rose, I'm glad to see you!" she grinned, sitting down next to her and pulling her into a hug.

"Oh, I missed you! Boy, do I have a lot to tell you. While you were gone, mum got mixed up with an alien!" Rose exclaimed, and Victoria looked at her in surprise.

"You're mum? Jackie Tyler, the self-proclaimed hater of aliens?"

"Yeah, yeah," Rose rolled her eyes jokingly. "There was this guy, Elton Pope, and he was working with this group, LINDA I think it was called, and they were looking for the Doctor. One way or another, he was tasked with getting close to my mum because I knew him. Luckily, we made it just in time to stop this alien that was tricking the group. We couldn't stop it from absorbing most of the group, but the Doctor was able to bring out the girl that Elton was in love with. So it ended somewhat nicely for the man."

She shook her head in shock. "Of course I'd miss that. Is your mum okay?"

Rose nodded. "Oh yeah, she's doing fine. After everything was said and done, we got to spend the day together while the Doctor did some repairs around the TARDIS."

"It's always nice getting to spend time with family," Victoria said, causing Rose to grin. "Which reminds me. How the hell did you end up in the London Blitz?"

Victoria blinked a few times as she thought about her sentence. Spending time with her dad had taken her mind off of the last month, and was surprised by the reminder. There was no way she could tell her the truth, and she swallowed roughly as she tried to think of a lie.

"Well, off we go!"

Victoria could barely contain the relief that she felt when the Doctor came back into the TARDIS. As she looked back at him, she grinned while he winked, showing that he had arrived to see her floundering.

"Before we go, I've been meaning to give this to you," he said, looking around the console for something. When he found what he was looking for, he let out a cheer and walked up to her.

"Is that my sonic screwdriver?" she asked, becoming giddy. He nodded his head and held out his hand. "Ta-da!"

She grabbed the sonic out of his hand with a grin and inspected the device. He had let her help him with some of the wiring inside but had told her that he had a few secret things he needed to add to it before she could use it. He had put the workings inside of a thin black tube with two buttons, a small light on top, and a slider between the buttons, much like his own.

"Try it out," he nudged her, nodding to one of the screens on the console. She moved the slider up and down, looking for the right setting. When she found it, she pressed one of the buttons, turning the device on. With a whirring noise similar to the Doctor's and the tip glowing, she pointed it at the screen, causing it to turn on.

"It works!" Victoria grinned, waving it at him.

"You made a sonic?" Rose asked, walking up to her. Victoria held it out for her to hold, and smiled as she gripped it lightly. "That's so cool," she grinned.

"Alright, Vie has a sonic and I'm feeling adventurous today. What do you guys think, let's go random? Why not let the TARDIS choose?

"What do you mean you're feeling adventurous today? When aren't you feeling adventurous?" Victoria teased, poking him in the chest with her sonic as she moved around him.

"Oh, hush you," he said, flashing her a bright grin as he flew around the console, hitting buttons and flipping switches. "Hold on!"

She reached forward and grabbed onto the railing as the TARDIS shifted drastically to one side. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the Doctor frowning slightly at the monitor.

Upon materializing, he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the ship, Rose close behind. "I dunno what's wrong with her, she's sort of... queasy. Indigestion, like she didn't wanna land," he answered, checking the box over from the outside.

"Oh, if you think there's gonna be trouble, we could always get back inside and go somewhere else…" Rose trailed off, looking seriously between the Doctor and Victoria before they all laughed. There was no way in hell that they'd miss out on an adventure.