Again there is some sex in this chapter, please take note.
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Donna stood by his side, "Where are we going?"
The Doctor had rushed out of the kitchen with her right on his heels; he hadn't said a word to her since she had explained her dream, and he came to the understanding that somehow Rose Tyler had found a way back into this universe.
"Doctor?"
"We're going to Earth, Donna; I want to see if anything is suspicious going on. Alright hold on." He grasped the lever and pulled it towards him.
She clasped her hands onto the rim of the console, hoping against hope that everything was fine, that her family was fine.
The TARDIS landed with a gentle bump, and the two of them ran down the ramp and through the doors.
"It's fine." The Doctor said, almost confused and flabbergasted, "Everything's fine."
"Well, don't complain." She muttered, "So what is this Bad Wolf thing? Why did it freak you out?"
He sighed, how could he explain, "Rose, it's Rose."
"Wha? What the hell are you talking…"
"Donna," The Doctor turned to her and grasped her shoulders, "Not now." He gave one last look to the sky before whirling around and reentered the TARDIS.
She touched his arm lightly, "Doctor, why does 'Bad Wolf' frighten you so much? I can tell it can so don't it doesn't."
He closed his eyes before looking at her, "Donna, it's not good, the last time when I met Bad Wolf it was—uh the end of the universe."
"But you said that Bad Wolf was Rose, I don't understand."
The Doctor sighed roughly, "She absorbed the time vortex and became the Bad Wolf, and she's warning me that something's coming."
Donna swallowed taking a step towards him, not liking the look in his eyes, "What, Doctor? What's coming?"
He shrugged his shoulder, "Trouble. And a lot of it."
She rolled her eyes, "Great, just what I wanted."
They were thrown violently into each other, as the TARDIS shook forcefully.
"What the hell?" Donna commented as she righted herself off of him, "What did you do?"
The Doctor held onto her, looking up at the center column of his ship, wondering what had caused the sudden disturbance; "No, it came from outside."
They both ran down the ramp and opened the doors, and there was nothing staring at them, but the vastness and silence of space.
"Where'd the Earth go?" Donna whispered, her eyes searching for the blue and green planet she called home.
The Doctor closed the doors before her and turned back to the controls, "Remember when I said trouble? Well, it's here."
Donna continued to stare at the wooden doors, her head filling with all sorts of bad images, which most of them were that of her family; dead.
She slowly turned on the spot, wishing that she could go back and not tell him what she had envisioned during the night. It probably wouldn't change anything, but let him know that Rose was coming back. She felt happy for him, he had been looking for the young woman for so long.
"The Earth has moved, not us." The Doctor ran his hand through his hair, "This is really…really powerful technology."
Donna crept up the ramp, her eyes looking down at the floor and her head spinning faster than before, "Who would move a planet? What for?"
He looked up at her, her tone catching him in the chest, she was helpless and alone. She was experiencing what he had gone through, the loss of her planet had certainly taken its toll on her.
"Donna?" He walked over to her his hands on her arms, "I promise you, I'm going to fix this, okay? I'm sure that the Earth has just been moved somewhere, your family is probably shaken, but fine."
"But, they've the sun, how will they…."
He kissed her softly on the lips, bringing his hands up to frame her face, pulling away he stared into her eyes, "Just believe that I'm going to bring it back. Yes?"
She smiled and nodded, "I have faith in you."
"That's my girl."
The Doctor went back over to the console with Donna by his side.
"We have to get help Donna." He said as he began setting the controls.
She looked at him, "Who? Who would know how to help us?"
"It's called the Shadow Proclamation, it's like the intergalactic police, they maybe the only ones that can do something." He said, taking her hand and giving it a gentle squeeze, "We'll figure this out."
Donna nodded again, "Well, then let's go."
Donna had always hated feeling useless.
The 'Shadow Proclamation' had been all for naught. Sure they had found that the Earth was part of something bigger than she had ever expected and yes that the disappearance of the bees had played their part, if not subtly, and managed to give them a lead.
Now the Doctor had completely shut down, staring into space. He had done the last thing she had least expected from him, he had given up. Given up on ever finding the Earth, given up saving the universe, given up on her.
"Doctor, please."
"Please what, Donna?" He asked looking at her, "We've come to the end of the signal. Nothing I can do."
She marched up to him and grabbed him by his lapels, and forcing him to look at her, "Now you listen to me, Spaceman, I have listened to you prattle on and on about how you never give up, that nothing is impossible, just unlikely. So you don't stand there and tell me that this is it, you understand me?"
The man in brown pinstripes gazed down at her, "I'm sorry, Donna."
She breathed slowly out her anger before grasping the sides of his face and harshly crushed her lips to his, she could tell by the Doctor stiffening body that she had taken him fully by surprise, which she had meant.
His hands gripped her upper arms and pushed her at arms length, "What are you doing?" He gasped, his chocolate brown eyes gapping down at her.
She shrugged out of his hold on her and wrapped her arms around his slender waist, "If there is the end, I don't want to go out like this. I don't know exactly what is happening, but I do know that I love you, and if there is one thing that I want to do right now it is I want to go out loving you."
The Doctor was silent, not from her words but what had happened in the last minute and a half; she had gone from relentless to throwing in the towel. He wanted to tell her that she was wrong, that he could do anything, but he couldn't. There was no possible way to get out of this one and if this was the way he was going to have to go, then so be it.
"I love you." He whispered as his own hands went to secure her to him.
Donna smiled and stepped more into the embrace, "I know."
She moaned softly as his head dipped down to kiss her neck, his tongue caressing her heated flesh in long drawn out strokes.
His arousal could be felt through the layers that the each of them wore and she stole her hand down to touch him, fondle him until he groaned in return.
Hands went to work as they both tried to remove the clothes they wore, unsure that this is what they should be doing, but found no reason not to.
The Doctor ground into her, matching her thrusts with perfect unity. His kept both of his hands on the metal grating, feeling the gaps dig into his palms with each plunge. Feeling her legs engulf his body, holding him to her, making sure that he wouldn't leave until she had been satisfied as well.
It was amazing how easily she could bring the tears to his eyes, she had this overwhelming power that could just unleash the tremendous amount of grief and angst he kept bottled up inside him, aching to be released.
With all that emotion came the fear, knowing that with the Earth gone and Donna's family along with it, it was very possible that she would fall over the edge. He was truly afraid that she would be lost to him; he could not picture his life without her. He needed her more than anything in the entire universe. Life would not be the same if she was not there by his side.
He managed to produce one last intense shove into her as he felt his climax release and her own encase him.
His head fell to her chest as his body covered hers, the sound of her heart soothing him and allowing his senses return to normal.
"I'm sorry, Donna, that I couldn't…"
She stopped him with a gentle shush as she began to stroke his hair, "Don't Doctor, not right now."
Nodding he closed his eyes and rolled off of her and onto his coat he had spread out for her. Maneuvering his arms, he drew her onto his chest, wrapping his arms around her when he felt her shiver.
They lay there and waited, not really sure of what, but knowing that something was bound to happen, something always did.
"I wish that I could have…"
"What, Donna? What do you wish?"
"I wish that I could have told my family that I loved them."
It was a simple statement, one that anyone could have said at a time like this. But, it struck a chord with the Doctor, it was a reminder to him how he was so wonderful at splitting families up. With very little effort he comes in and changes lives in ways he couldn't even imagine. He never means for things to happen, but they always tended to. He wonders how simpler it could have been if he just traveled by himself, no distractions, no illusions of things going the way he wants. It could have just been him up here, drifting, with no possible means of getting out of this dead end, and Donna would have been on Earth, with her family; at the end of everything.
He holds her tighter without thinking about it and says, "I'm very glad you're with me, Donna."
She sighs against his chest, "Me too."
They both jump as a ringing catches their attention.
"Is that your phone?" She questions him.
The Doctor scrambles off of the floor and moves Donna to the side as he reaches up to find the mobile, "Martha?" He asks, hoping his previous companion is on the other end.
"Is it her?" Donna inquires as she is pulling her clothes back on at a breakneck speed.
He shakes his head as he gropes for his coat, "It's a signal, and we can follow it, hopefully." He finds his stethoscope in one of his pockets and presses it to the communication device.
She is holding the phone while he struggles with his clothes and the stethoscope at the same time.
Fully dressed and attention set on the signal only, the Doctor holds down one of the buttons and flips a switch, which sends the both of them crashing to their knees.
Donna groans as the TARDIS is still once more, she looks up at him as a smile appears on his face, "What is it?"
"27 planets." He breathes, "27 planets!"
She is in his arms as their laughter fills the TARDIS.
"Whoever did this, they are extremely talented; they've managed to take the Cascade out of time with the rest of the universe, one second precisely." He explains to her, as he points to the scanner before them, "And there's the Earth."
Donna's heart fills with hope once more as she stares at her planet, praying that her family is still alive and deep down she knows they are.
She plants a kiss on his cheek, "And you doubted yourself."
His blush reaches the tips of his ears, "Thanks to Martha, I'm so glad she thought to give me that mobile before she left, must thank her later."
"If we can find her." Donna comments.
"She found us, I'm sure she could do it again…ooo, hold on. I'm getting something." The Doctor said as he reaches for the knobs to lock onto to what's trying to appear on the screen.
"What is it?"
"Another signal, video; someone is trying to…"
Three sets of pictures appear on the monitor, all smiling and happy to him, and he delighted to see that they are alive and from what he can see, unhurt.
"Well, well, Martha Jones and Mrs. Jones. Captain. And Sarah Jane Smith. Seems that you have managed to get yourselves in a spot of trouble, haven't' you?" He asked, trying to keep the atmosphere positive.
They are all talking at once and Donna can only pick up certain things, but what they all have in common is the word; 'dalek'. She'll have to ask him what that means later, cause she's sure without a doubt that she'll meet up with it before the day is out.
"This is Donna Noble."
She is taken from her thoughts at the sound of her name and looks at the Doctor.
"Donna, this is Captain Jack Harkness."
She looks at the screen where a man is smiling at her.
"Hello, Ms. Noble." He says in a swaggering voice and gives her a pretentious wink.
"Stop it." The Doctor warns, his tone protective.
Jack only shrugs.
Donna then looks to the upper right side of the screen, "Hello Martha."
The young Doctor smiles at her and for a moment it feels as if everything is going to be alright.
"It's sort of like an outer space Facebook." She observes.
The Doctor shakes his head, "Everyone except Rose."
She can tell from his voice that he had been hoping that the young blonde woman would be smiling back at him, and his disappointment makes her confused. She hates the thoughts and feelings that rush through her in that moment, knowing that her priorities should be in better order than they are. The Earth has been taken with another 26 planets and she can't help but feel jealous.
The screen becomes blank in an instant, all their friends and reminders that the Earth is safe at the moment disappear from view and a voice enters her ears.
"Rose."
She wished it hadn't hurt as much as it did, but her silly human heart wasn't built for another break. She wasn't ready to lose him.
"Your voice is different and yet its arrogance is unchanged.'
Donna stares at the monitor as the gnarled voice answers the Doctor, that certainly wasn't Rose.
She can feel the air in the room change as she watches the Doctor become panic stricken on the spot, she listens as his speech is nearly forced from his body. She had never seen him like this and for good reason, he was scaring her.
The Doctor exclaims a snappy "Goodbye" and they are once again flying through the Cascade and towards Earth, knowing that those Daleks will be on their trail in no time. She shudders just thinking about them, out of all the things she had witnessed so far with the Doctor, those will no doubt haunt her.
Stepping out into a deserted street, Donna takes in her surroundings, it's dark and cold, surely from the lack of sun above them. She sees the abandoned cars, doors still opened and lights turned on. Everywhere around her is silence and it's frightening.
"Sarah Jane said they were taking the people." The Doctor said quietly, explaining the cause of the deafening quiet.
"Why would those…trash bins need the people?" She asked.
He shook his head, "I don't know, but whatever it is—it can't be good."
The Doctor turned and looked at her, "The darkness and the stars going out, Rose only told you that, yes?"
She nodded, noticing that a blue light had flashed behind him, and her heart sinks a bit.
"What is it?" He asks as he turns quickly, shielding her with his body from whatever it is that caught her attention.
She hears his breath catch in his throat at the sight of Rose Tyler, and she takes his hand in hers.
"Go to her." She commands gently.
The Doctor looks back and tilts his head with uncertainty.
Donna can feel her chest tighten, wondering if he is looking at her like that because he really doesn't know what to do or out of pity for her, knowing that he had confessed something he truly didn't mean.
But, she cannot deny him this, he had been hoping and dreaming of this ever since she had met him. and she nodded her head releasing his hand.
"You go to her, Doctor, don't make me slap you."
The tears are threatening to spill over and she doesn't want him to see her like this, crumbling on the spot.
He walks away from her, slow at first and then running towards Rose at a breathtaking pace, and she wonders if he is smiling as much as Rose is smile at him.
Unable to watch any longer, Donna's eyes drift to the sight above her, if it hadn't been for the fact that there was a terrible reason behind it, the view of the planets in the sky was an awesome sight to behold. So much better than that of the man she loved running to anther woman.
A scream, one that struck Donna to the core, tore through the still air, she looked away from the heavens and watched horrorstruck as the Doctor was shot with a beam of light, causing him to crash to the asphalt.
Her heart pounded in her ears as she pushed the bile down in her throat. He wasn't moving, she observed, Rose was bending over him and he wasn't moving.
She couldn't help but have the dreadful thought that he was dead enter her mind.
As she arrived next to him, she automatically reached for his arm and pulled it over her neck. The man she had informally met as Jack was instructing them to get him back to the TARDIS as quickly as possible, the sight of a flaming Dalek went past them as she and Rose pounded the road, dragging the Doctor with them.
Donna stood away from the Doctor as they laid him upon the metal grating, the same spot they had made love on not an hour before.
She could lose him, not now; not when there was so much left for them to do. And even if he wanted Rose again and she had to return back to her normal life, that would be fine with her, just as long as he kept on living.
Tears were flowing freely down her face as she watched him begin to stand, Jack had told Rose that he was regenerating and she tried desperately to find out what that was, what that meant, but she was left in the dark.
And it wasn't long until the Doctor was consumed with brilliant light that Donna knew that she had lost him forever.
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