Donna POV

I gripped the rail of the TARDIS as the Doctor ran around pushing levers and hitting buttons with the mallet. Everything had been going okay up until somebody (naming no names) had decided to press something he shouldn't.

"I don't understand, we were on course for Earth!" The Doctor exclaimed

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" I yelled hanging on for dear life as the TARDIS went into a spin

Somehow the Doctor was keeping his footing and was checking the monitors, looking very confused.

"I think something hit us" He said

"What could hit us in space?" I asked puzzled.

"I don't know" He said.

Suddenly the TARDIS stopped spinning, the Doctor quickly checked the scanner and looked puzzled

"We are back on course for Earth" He said whilst shaking his head.

I walked over to the console and looked at the scanner, I didn't know what I was looking at though as it was in that funny language of his. The Doctor walked to the other side of the console and began checking things over. I turned back to the scanner but the image had changed. Instead of the mathematical readings and the circular language there was a scene. It was of an upside-down car, it looked to have crashed off the road at the top of the embankment. A golden glow was coming from the driver's side.

"What?" I whispered

I opened my mouth to alert the Doctor when suddenly the image went black and words in English appeared on the screen.

It is not time for him to know, keep this to yourself. It will help in the future. Trust me.

The TARDIS whirled warningly before the screen returned to normal.

What the heck? Did we just hit someone?

The Doctor's POV

I was confused to say the least. According to the readings we had hit something but like Donna had pointed out we were in clear space so we couldn't have.

I ran around the console a few times and started double checking all of her systems. Donna joined me though proceeded to keep staring at the screen. What was so interesting about the monitor anyway, it wasn't as if she could read anything on it. Suddenly a look of horror passed over her face before the TARDIS let out a warning sound.

"Donna are you okay?" I asked, making my way over to her.

She jumped before focusing on my face, her eyes were watery and she was very pale.

"Donna are you okay?" I repeated, looking for any visible signs of injury. There were none that I could see but I couldn't fathom a reason to her reaction.

"Say if we had hit something, how big do you say it would have been?" she asked quietly

I scratched my head and thought, it would have needed to be fairly big to have caused the spin that we went to then again it could have been going at speed and then in which case it could have been smaller.

"I'm not sure, I mean it would have had to have been of a certain size, we are not talking about a tennis ball here. Ha imagine that... the TARDIS being knocked off course by a tennis ball!" I laughed.

Donna didn't laugh with me as she usually did. She didn't even roll her eyes.

"I'm serious. How big?" She asked again

"I don't know it could have been a stray space rock about the size of shed" I answered her whilst moving to place my hands on her shoulders. She really seemed shook up about what had just happened.

"What about a car?" She whispered

I blanked, confused by her statement. A car, in space?

"Well I guess if it was travelling at about 60 mph or over then it is a possibility that it could have enough force to spin the TARDIS, but how do you propose to find a car in space?" I asked.

"I don't know, hypothetically speaking could someone in the car survive hitting the TARDIS?" She asked looking me in the eye

"With the force that hit the TARDIS I don't think anyone could have survived that Donna without being seriously injured" I answered truthfully trying to figure out where she was going with this.

"Oh my god" She whispered before promptly bursting into tears.

"Donna? What is this about? Donna please tell me" I asked

"I can't" She said before leaving the console room.

Rose's POV

Slowly the blackness started to fade and I could make out light and sounds started to fill my ears. I could hear the crackling of a fire. I could hear birds tweeting in the distance and my own shallow breathing. Slowly I opened my eyes and the world was the wrong way up.

From what I could see we were still in the car, which was currently upside down.

"Thomas, Leah!?" I croaked out. My voice sounded odd to my ears, like I had a cold. Though that could have been due to the fact that all the blood in body seemed to have rushed to my head.

"Urghhh" "Arghhh" two separate sets of grunts sounded out which let me know my team was alive, at least for the moment.

"Can either of you move?" Thomas asked. He was no longer next to me but had been thrown out of his chair into the back with Leah when we fell down the embankment. They were both in a tangled heap on the roof.

"I can't… I can't feel my legs" Leah whimpered

"Neither can I and everything else hurts" Thomas moaned. At UNIT we were trained for the eventuality that we may get severely injured in the field and to stay calm.

"We are going to have to get out of here as soon as we can, we don't know if the fuel tank has sustained injuries" I said.

"Rose can you move?" Thomas asked. I blanked for a second. It was the first time I had considered my own wellbeing since I had regained consciousness. Now that I thought about it I didn't feel any pain, well aside from the usually headache that had taken up residence in my temple. I flexed my fingers experimentally. They moved normally with no pain. Next I tried my arms, they too worked in the confines of the space I was wedged in. After wiggling my toes and moving my legs slightly from side to side I came to the conclusion that I somehow hadn't sustained any serious injuries.

"I think I can move" I answered

"What? How?" Thomas asked in surprise. "I was sat in the front with you and I can't feel my legs!" He yelled

I winced at his tone but I could understand his confusion, I too couldn't understand how I had escaped unharmed.

"Let's worry about that later and focus on getting you two out" I said, changing the subject.

I unhooked my seatbelt, which in hind sight was a mistake as I was in an upside-down car. The next second I dropped to the roof.

"Are you okay?" Leah asked

"Yeah I'm good" I answered pulling myself up and crawling towards the passenger side door.

Unfortunately, the door handle wasn't working no matter how much I pushed against the door. I was going to have to break the window.

"ROSE!" Thomas yelled

I turned around to look at them and caught sight of the flames licking at the back end of the car.

"It's getting too close to the fuel tank!" Leah whimpered.

We had to get out now!