The Doctor was frozen, locked between his natural urge to get as far away as possible to prevent a deadly paradox happening, and his other natural urge to help her.

Susan.

A range of emotions crossed his ancient eyes, and all he knew was he was running. But for once he wasn't running away. He was running to his granddaughter. He heard Amy call after him, her footsteps following him, Rory's footsteps following him as well.

Susan was oblivious to the commotion around her. She had kneeled down, David's head resting on her lap. Tears in her eyes, she checked for a pulse, and her worst fears became real when she found no pulse in his neck. She let out a small whimper, sadness and fear settling in her heart like a cold stone. She felt again like she was alone.

The Doctor had made it to her side, instantly falling to his knees beside her, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. He knew he was mumbling something to her, something about being sorry about this, apologizing over and over for leaving her, for leaving her on a planet, and most of all for David's death. Susan pulled her gaze from David, looking up at the man who was comforting her. She didn't recognize him at first. She pulled away, looking at him as a complete stranger… until it sunk in.

She knew those eyes. She knew them better than she knew David's, but she was completely stunned for the moment. It was him. Her eyes widened, a similar range of emotions flicking past her eyes as she stared at him for a moment before diving into his arms, hugging him like she would never let go, crying in a confused mix of unbearable sadness and uncontrollable joy.

Amy looked at the pair, not understanding who this girl was. She had never before seen the Doctor react so strongly to someone she hadn't met. She stood a few feet away. She didn't know what to say, and quickly decided maybe it was best for her not to speak… yet. She glanced away, looking over at Rory. Rory was slowly making his way around the Doctor and the girl. He crouched beside David to check for a pulse. Amy smiled weakly. Rory was following his nursing instincts to make sure there was nothing that could be done to help David. He glanced up, meeting Amy's gaze and shaking his head slowly. The man was dead. He stood back up, walking back over to Amy. She gripped his hand again, looking at the Doctor again, who had stood up.

The Doctor helped up the girl, gently helping her to her feet, finally glancing at Amy and Rory watching them.

"Doctor, who is she?" Amy asked the moment she saw his attention was directed to her.

The Doctor looked at Amy and Rory carefully for a moment, his arms still around Susan, who was crying profusely still. He was trying to work out the words. He honestly never thought he was going to ever say them again.

"Amelia, this is Susan. She's my granddaughter."

Amy's jaw dropped slightly, her eyes widening in shock. Rory's expression was very much similar to his wife's.

She had always suspected the Doctor had kids. He avoided the topic completely whenever it came up, and the way he had avoided it… she assumed that his children were dead.
She thought for a moment, remembering his reaction when they had landed. Maybe they really weren't supposed to be here for this.

Suddenly, there was another blast from behind them, and the Doctor whirled around, seeing another dalek coming toward them. "Everyone! Back to the TARDIS! Quickly!" he called voice clear and nearly back to normal. Susan looked in a slight state of shock, but she followed the Doctor all the same, straight into the TARDIS. Amy and Rory exchanged a glanced before they ran after the Doctor and his granddaughter. A shot from the dalek nearly hit Amy, flashing past her head by a few inches. She flinched, getting a bit closer to Rory before, her hand locked with his as they ran for their lives.

Rory ran through the TARDIS door first, Amy following. For some reason, she found herself pausing in the doorway, looking back. She suddenly heard a voice, a voice so faint that she would have completely missed it if she hadn't stopped.

"Doctor…"

It was like the wind itself had spoken. It was a female voice, she knew. It sounded vaguely familiar, but not enough for her to tell what it was. She was knocked out of her trance when Rory pulled her backward, shutting the door and locking it. There was the sound of a dalek blaster hitting the door which had been open only a second before.

Amy took a deep breath, glancing back at Rory. "Did you hear that?"

Rory looked dumb-founded. "What do you mean? The dalek death ray thing?"

She shook her head," No, not that. A voice. Female, calling for the Doctor from far away," she said. Rory gave her a worried look, the kind of look when he was about to give Amy a medical checkup.

"I'm not crazy, Williams," she said, before giving him a quick kiss as an end to the conversation, before turning to the Doctor again.

He was in a quick conversation with Susan, who was looking at the TARDIS nervously. She said the first thing that Amy had actually heard other than her screaming David.

"Well, you've certainly redecorated. I'm not too keen on the new design either," she said, sitting the chair behind the console. Her eyes were still red from crying, but she seemed to have gotten past the shock of everything that had happened. Amy watched the girl with curiosity. Was there some type of timelord-y code that prevented timelords from mourning for more than a day or two? She had never seen the Doctor stay in a depressed shell for more than an hour or two after whatever event had happened. She shrugged the thought of before she glanced over at the Doctor when he spoke.

"Yes… I have redecorated, haven't I? And I like this design better than the one we had when we just started. It's much more interesting. More spaceship, less white box with holes," he said, smiling at her earnestly. Susan frowned slightly at the Doctor.

"What regeneration are you on, Grandfather?"

"11"

"That explains a lot."

The Doctor pouted childishly," What do you mean?" he asked.

"You are a lot more…. Cheerful since I last saw you," she responded, smirking.

Amy watched the two talking, until the Doctor and his granddaughter talking with interest until he turned back to Amy and Rory, grinning. "Are you two just going to stand by and watch or join in the conversation?" he said jokingly, walking around the console, flicking switches effortlessly as he always did, sending them into the Time Vortex. He seemed very, very jovial, more than usual, even.

"Of course I am!" Amy said back smirking slightly. She walked forward to Susan, reaching out her hand to shake Susan's. Susan took her hand, gently shaking it. "I'm Amy Pond, so you know. The nurse behind me is my husband, Rory Williams," she said. Susan nodded, smiling.

Rory leaned against the railing, waving in a friendly way at Susan when she glanced over. He was still watching his wife, silently planning to give her check-up later.

The Doctor twirled around, pulling lever. "Alrighty, everywhere in the universe… where to next, Ponds, Susan?" he said, flicking a few switches. Susan gave him a surprised look. "You can actually get to where you want to land?" she asked. The Doctor again pouted childishly. "Of course I can! I haven't had problems like that since my 4th regeneration," he said proudly, flicking a few switches.

Susan smiled. There was still a hint of sadness in her eyes. David would have loved this…
She shook the thought out of her head, waiting for the others to decide what their first adventure together would be.