Author's Notes: I do not own Doctor Who or anything owned by Disney. Two things: the formatting is a bit wonky, I don't know how to fix it, so, sorry. Second, I don't know if you have fire escapes on apartment buildings in England, so if there's not, forgive me and pretend there is. I mean, you must get out in a fire somehow. Thanks for the reads and reviews and follows. I'm so glad you like it. Anyway, let me know what you think and happy reading!

The next evening the Doctor sat with Zoe in her room. He scanned her with the sonic screwdriver.

"What is that thing, Daddy?"

"It's just a thing. A silly Daddy thing." He put it back in his pocket. "How do you feel?"

"Tired."

"Right, the treatment has that effect."

"Can't I go with you?"

"You ought to stay in bed, Your Great Grampy is coming to sit with you."

"Charlotte's going to sing, though."

The Doctor nodded. "Yes, I know."

"Aren't you excited?"

"Of course I am."

"You don't look excited."

"Oh, my perceptive little Zoe."

"Will Mummy kiss me before you go?"

"Of course she will. I'll go see to it," said the Doctor.

The Doctor walked back over to the bedroom where Donna was getting ready. She was sitting on the bed, talking on the phone.

"I see. What happens now?"

The Doctor waited behind the door.

"Well, can't I get a second opinion?"

The Doctor listened as Donna groaned.

"Well, than you, you've been a lot of bloody help. You must be so glad you spent all those years in medical school to say you don't bloody know."

Donna hung up the phone. The Doctor walked in. "Donna? What's going on?"

Donna looked up. She seemed as if she had been crying. "Uh, nothing."

"It sounded like you were talking to a doctor. Was it about your dad?"

"Well..."

Things finally started clicking for the Doctor. "Donna, what's going on?"

"I'm pregnant," she said.

"Pregnant? That's impossible." Human? Time Lord? Pregnant? Impossible. Well, he had been told it was impossible, though he had asked it an awfully long ago and that particular teacher at the Academy had never liked him. There were other sources, but he supposed dormitory discussions were probably not reliable.

He was snapped out of his flashback as Donna narrowed her eyes at him. "How is that impossible?"

"I, uh..." He decided to change tracks. "What's going on?"

"I went to the doctor to be sure and she heard a double heartbeat. Well, they say it's a double heartbeat or every piece of equipment in Greater London is suddenly malfunctioning. They don't know what it means. I went to see a specialist and he wants to refer it to some colleague in America."

She kept going on. She had been worried sick. It was sending the Doctor on one massive guilt trip.

"Why didn't you tell me before?," the Doctor asked interrupting. her.

Donna shook her head. "It's just been so awful with my dad and all. I didn't want to worry anyone."

"You could have worried me."

She smiled ruefully. He took a deep breath.

The jig was up. He would have to come clean. He couldn't worry Donna. He would have to tell her who and what he was. On the bright side, he could break it to her that their baby was fine and they would have the first Time Lord Human hybrid in all of recorded history. On the not so bright side, she was going to scream at him.

And slap him.

"Donna, I have something to tell you," said the Doctor.

"Yes?"

The doorbell rang.

"Great Grampy is here!," shouted Jamie,

"We better go," said Donna. "Charlotte has to be there early. It'll be easier to talk after the kids are asleep anyway."

The Doctor nodded. He only had a few hours until it was all over. Until his ordinary human life came to an end.

"What time do you call this?," Jackie asked Rose.

Rose groaned and dropped her bag on the floor. She flopped down on the chair.

"They've got you working all hours there," said Jackie. "I don't like you on the tube early in the morning and late at night when the crazies are out."

Rose groaned again. "Mum, I fought the Daleks, I can ride the tube by myself."

"Well, the Doctor's not going to come save you from some serial rapist."

Rose rolled her eyes again. She heard footsteps outside the flat.

"What's that?," asked Jackie.

"Enid's probably just having another party."

"I ought to file a formal complaint to the council. That's three times just this week!"

There was a banging on the door. Jackie was about to get it when a gang of scarecrows burst in, taking it off its' hinges.

Jackie screamed. "Get out! I'll call the police!"

Rose started thinking. The park. The weird energy, whatever Mickey was doing there and these scarecrows! They had to be the same.

"Mum, they can't hear you. They're scarecrows. Proper scarecrows!"

"Don't be daft!," said Jackie as she and Rose backed up.

Rose grabbed a broom, set on the wall. She stabbed at the lead scarecrow with it and it went straight through. Jackie shrieked.

"Out the fire escape!"

They hurried outside onto the fire escape. Rose slammed the window shut catching one of the scarecrow's hands in it.

She turned to her mother. "We have to find the Doctor."

Jackie just shook her head.

"Mum! I know! I know Mickey knows where he is, I bet you know something as well! Those things were by his house, so I bet they're coming for him! We have to help him!"

Wilf woke up to a banging on the door. "Alright, alright, keep your shirt on-"

The door burst open. A woman in running clothes entered followed by a line of scarecrows. She knocked Wilf down and she fell to the ground.

Greta began barking. Zoe looked out her window to see the awful scarecrows filing in the front door. She heard footsteps on the stairs. She took the locket from under her pillow and grabbed Greta. She looked around and saw no option but to hide in the wardrobe. She grabbed Greta and shut the door behind them.

"It's okay, girl," Zoe whispered. She put the locket over the dog's neck. "There. Jamie says that protects you."

Zoe trembled. What had they done to Great Grampy? Mummy and Daddy were still at the talent show. How long would they be there? She wished she had thought to get the phone, but it was all the way in Mummy and Daddy's bedroom.

The wardrobe door flung open. Zoe screamed as she saw the scarecrows. They grabbed her and Greta tried to bite at their legs, but she only got straw. Zoe freed one of her arms to shut the door on Greta so the scarecrows wouldn't hurt her for attacking them, They turned her to face a teenage girl with pale makeup and blacklips. She had one of those nose rings Gran hated something awful and wore all black.

She closed her eyes and spoke. "Family of Mine, I have John Smith's daughter."

Sarah Jane walked in to the school auditorium and saw Jack had already saved her a seat. The auditorium was filling with excited parents and some of the dads had set up their cameras in the back.

"Well, I'm surprised you got away," she remarked. "What with that falling object in the park."

Jack scoffed. "More like falling goose chase. I had a close call when John saw me there."

"And the missing people?," asked Sarah Jane. "The Brigadier told me. One mum who was out running, an old man bird watching and a teenage girl?"

Jack shook his head. "The woman is the most likely to actually be missing. The family of the elderly gentleman says he's been having trouble remembering where he is lately. The teenage girl runs away once a week according to her mother. We still haven't found anything."

"Oh, look who it is!," said Sarah Jane as the Doctor entered with Donna and the boys.

They all exchanged greetings.

"Are you alright, John?," asked Sarah Jane with a quizzical look.

"I'm always alright," said the Doctor, taking his seat.

Sarah Jane and Jack exchanged concerned looks then sat. The show began with a speech from the headmistress and the first acts. The first was some sort of magic show, another girl attempted a tumbling routine. Then came Lola's group. They blew everyone out of the water and got a standing ovation for their Spice Girls Kylie Minogue medley.

Donna looked at the Doctor. "I hate that bloody Lola and her mum. We never should have let Charlotte spend time with her."

The Doctor nodded.

"John, are you alright?"

He nodded. "Yeah."

She put his hand over his. "I know. I'm worried as well, but we have to make this a nice night for Charlotte since, well, you know. You've heard her."

The Doctor nodded. Not much time left now.

"This one's his!," said Rose, running up the path of the Smith house.

Jackie's jaw droped. "Where did he get the money? Must be half a million quid at least!"

Rose knocked frantically on the door. "Hello! Open up! Doctor! Please! I'm sorry! Just open up!"

Jackie looked in the window. "Oh, my God! There's an old man laying on the floor!"

Rose tried the handle and found it was unlocked. She and Jackie rushed in.

"Hello?," said Rose, rushing to Wilf's side. "Are you okay?"

Wilf groaned. Jackie looked at Rose. They heard barking.

"They have a dog," said Rose.

"How do you know they have a dog?," asked Jackie. "Have you been stalking him?!"

"Not now, Mum," said Rose. "Just help him!"

She jumped up and made for the stairs.

"And where do you think you're going?," asked Jackie.

"They've got kids!"

Rose ran upstairs and followed the barking to a cupboard in a kids' room on the second floor. She opened it and found Greta. The dog ran out with a locket around her neck.

Rose looked around. The room had been ransacked. The beds overturned, the stuffed animals laying in heaps on the floor.

"They took her," said Rose. She looked at Greta. "They took her, yeah? Oh, my God, I'm talking to a dog. I've got to get out more."

Greta barked with contempt.

After an interminable parade of little girls dancing to "Crazy In Love" the headmistress finally came on the stage to introduce the act that Doctor was most interested in. "Our next performance is from another of our Year Four Girls, performing solo, Miss Charlotte Smith!'

Donna and the boys cheered. Jack even added in a whistle among the audience's light applause. Charlotte came on stage.

The Doctor remembered when she was born. How tiny she seemed. How taken aback John had been, he had been. Donna reached over and grabbed his hand, interlacing her fingers with his as she held her breath.

"Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the girl The girl who has everything?"

It was perfect. It was actually perfect. Donna looked at him in shock.

"Look at this trove, treasures untold, How many wonders can one cavern hold? Looking around here you'd think... Sure, she's got everything..."

"I've got gadgets and gizmos a plenty, I've got whozits and whatzits galore. You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty. But who cares? no big deal..."

It wasn't merely a good cover, though. It was pitch perfect. She was actually singing it the way Ariel had sung it in the film as she had watched probably a thousand times when she was little. It wasn't lip syncing- though that would have been clever and he could hardly blame her if she had- he couldn't hear any electronic interference.

"I want more, I wanna be where the people are, I wanna see wanna see 'em dancing.
Walking around on those, what do you call 'em? Oh, feet.

"Flipping your fins you don't get too far. Legs are required for jumping, dancing, strolling along down a- What's that word again? Street."

"Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun, wandering free, wish I could be part of that world."

The Doctor finally zeroed in on something.

When had Charlotte gotten that locket?

"What would I give if I could live out of these waters? What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?"

He took the brainy specs out of his jacket and looked.

That wasn't just a locket. That was a Time Lord locket. How had she gotten that?

"Bet ya on land, they understand, bet they don't reprimand their daughters, bright young women, sick of swimming, ready to stand and ready to know what the people know."

The Doctor's question was answered when he turned to see Jamie, absentmindedly turning a fob watch over in his hands. Jamie looked up to meet his father's eyes and had the look of someone that had been completely found out.

"Ask 'em my questions, And get some answers,What's a fire and why does it- what's the word? Burn, when's it my turn? Wouldn't I love love, To explore that shore up above? Out of the sea. Wish I could be part of that world."

The audience erupted into thunderous applause. Donna grinned excitedly at the Doctor.

The Doctor leaned down to Jamie. "We need to talk."

"About what?"

"Don't do that, Jamie." The Doctor looked over at Jack, who had been watching his father and brother's interaction. "Do you know about this as well?"

"I needed it for school," Jack the younger answered with complete justification.

Charlotte grinned. She waved at her parents and then her expression turned frightened. An old man with binoculars headed towards her followed by a gang of scarecrows and Hector. He shot into the roof with a space aged gun causing everyone to scream and scatter. The dads' video cameras clattered into a broken heap in the rush to leave.

The Doctor was frozen as the men walked up to Charlotte whose eyes were wide with terror.

"Very good, Doctor!," said Hector.

"Oh, my God," said Sarah Jane.

Hector grabbed Charlotte by the neck. Donna screamed and tried to head forward as the Doctor held her back. He shoved Jack the younger and Jamie into her arms. "Keep the watches on you," he whispered.

"Have you enjoyed being human? Has it taught you wonderful things? Has it made you richer, wiser? What it's like to have the love of family?"

Jack stepped forward. "Look, guys, there's been some kind of mix up. I don't know who this Doctor is-"

"No, there hasn't," said the Doctor.

Jack turned. "What?"

The Doctor looked at Donna. "I'm sorry."

Donna shook her head. "What do you mean you're sorry?"

The Doctor turned back to Hector. "What do you want?"

"The life of a Time Lord!"

"And her? You'll let her go?"

"Daddy..." Charlotte sobbed.

"It's alright," said the Doctor, pushing past Jack, who was still stunned. "There were four of you."

"Mother of Mine and Sister of Mine followed your scent elsewhere."

The Doctor's hearts sank, but he tried not to show it. "How did you find me here? How are you still living?"

"Our vortex manipulator malfunctioned. We've only been looking for you a day, but you were busy breeding," he said with a sickly smile aimed at Donna and the children.

"They can't help you," said the Doctor."They're just human. She's just a little girl. Let her go with her mother."

"And you'll come with us?"

"You let the others go." He stepped forward. "Do we have a deal?"

"Doctor, what are you doing?," asked Jack.

"Just get everyone out, Jack. Get Donna out."

The rest of the room started rushing out at the opportunity. Jack the elder looked to Sarah Jane who moved to grab Donna.

"I'm not leaving her!," said Donna.

"We have to go now," said Sarah Jane. She dragged Donna out with the boys' help. Donna was a match for Sarah Jane, but she wasn't going to turn on her own children. Once they were gone, the Doctor looked back at Jack who still had his gun pointed at Hector. The Doctor jumped on the stage.

"So, have we got a deal?," asked the Doctor. He shook his head. "You don't want her. She's just human."

He caught Charlotte's hurt expression and tried to ignore it.

"Take her," said Hector, shoving her forward by the chain of the locket. The chain snapped and the locket fell to the floor.

"You lied to us," said Hector.

"There are more Time Lords, Son of Mine," said the old man.

The Doctor moved to quickly shove Charlotte to the side. He grabbed at the locket as Jack shot at Hector and the old man. The Doctor took Charlotte's hand and they jumped off the stage, running out of the auditorium with Jack a little behind.

"How long have you known?!," Jack yelled as they ran through the halls.

"The summer," said the Doctor.

"Known what?!," asked Charlotte. "And what did he mean Time Lords?!"

"Oh, I am sorry, Charlotte," said the Doctor.

"How long have they been Time Lords?!," Jack asked.

"I don't know. Somehow the fob watches have been protecting them."

"A watch?!," Jack spat. "What the hell does a watch have to do with it?"

The Doctor groaned. "I really wish you all would have watched the video!"

There was no time to explain more as they arrived at the car park. UNIT had scrambled along with police and ambulances. The Doctor and Jack ran outside. Donna and Sarah Jane had the boys packed in the Land Rover. The Doctor put Charlotte in.

"What the hell is going on?!," said Donna.

"We don't have time for this, Donna," said the Doctor. "There are two more of them out there. We have to go home. Now."

"I'm not shifting until you give me an explanation!"

"I am a Time Lord, Donna! They want my life force to keep them living for thousands of years so they can reign bloodshed upon the universe and we have to go home to make sure they haven't taken Zoe!"

Donna froze.

"Get in the damn car," said Jack, shoving them both towards the door. He took the keys from the Doctor. "I'll drive!"

"What do you mean you're a Time Lord?! What is that?!," screamed Charlotte. She looked up at Sarah Jane. "What is that?"

Sarah Jane sighed. "He's an alien."

"An alien? Oh, my God, I knew it all along." She looked back at Jack and Sarah Jane. "Are you aliens. too?"

"No, but I used to travel with your father."

"And you?," Donna said accusingly at Jack.

"I'm just immortal," said Jack. "And from the future and by the way, Doc, thanks for leaving me stranded in the year 200,000!"

"You left Cousin Jack?," asked Jamie.

"It's a long story!," said the Doctor.

"Oh, I think we had better start hearing some long stories, sunshine!," shouted Donna.

"Yes," said Sarah Jane, "like who were those creatures?"

"The Family of Blood. They're energy beings. They only live for three months, they need a Time Lord to extend their life span, otherwise they'll just die, like Mayflies, which is good actually because all they do is kill. I ran into them when I was on my own and had to turn human in order to hide from them."

"What?!," spat Donna.

The Doctor turned back to look at her. "I left instructions. After three months, Sarah Jane was supposed to open the watch to bring me back and it ended up being over ten years."

"What watch?," asked Sarah Jane. "You didn't mention a watch!"

"It was in the video!," growled the Doctor.

"There was no video!," Sarah Jane shouted back.

Jamie pulled his out of his pocket. "Like this, Auntie."

The Doctor's eyes narrowed. "Yes, how did you get that?"

"The TARDIS gave it to me."

He looked at the children. "Oh, did she? Of course she did! I could have sworn I left the Chameleon Arch on the sterile setting, I thought it was my mistake, but now I see! She is unbelievable!"

Jack grinned. "Glad to see the Old Girl is bossing you around." He lost the grin. "Wait! We have the TARDIS at UNIT!"

"No, you have a blue box that looks like the TARDIS at UNIT."

"What the hell are you all talking about?!," Donna screamed.

The Doctor turned back to Donna. "The reason your doctor can't make anything of your sonogram is because that baby is not entirely human."

"Oh, my God," said Donna, taking her head in her hands. "So, what? You just flew down from your space ship and picked me to populate your species or something?"

"No! I thought I was John Smith! I fell in love with you! As it turns out, I'm still in love with you!"

"Am I part alien?!," shrieked Charlotte.

"Apparently," the Doctor muttered, wishing she couldn't hear.

"Isn't it cool?!," asked Jack the younger. "Why do you think I gave you the locket?"

"I thought it was a lucky charm not some weird alien jewelry that would transform me!" She looked at Donna plaintively. "Mum?"

"We'll sort it out," said Donna, completely unsure of what to say.

They pulled onto Lionel Road and found the front door to the house open. They rushed inside to find Wilf being helped by Jackie and...

"Rose!," said Jack the younger.

"Hi," Rose said sheepishly.

"Oh, this just gets better," muttered the Doctor as he shut the door behind Jack the elder.

"What are you doing here?," asked Jack the elder.

"I'll tell you what! Scarecrows! In my flat! That's the fourth time I'll have to get the door replaced thanks to him!," said Jackie, motioning at the Doctor.

"Mum, just save it," said Rose.

"Well, I've never seen a check for damages, but look at him living all high and mighty!"

"Shut up!," Donna screamed at Jackie. She turned to Wilf. "Are you alright, Gramps?"

"She's as rude as him," Jackie muttered.

"Those scarecrows took Zoe. I'm sorry, love," said Wilf.

Donna covered her mouth. The Doctor looked at Greta who had the locket around her neck.

He knelt down next to her and took it off her. He cringed. "She wanted to protect you. Sweet, sweet Zoe."

He held the locket up and looked at Jamie. "Has she opened this?"

"No," said Jamie. "She's too scared."

The Doctor looked at Donna. "She's still human. They don't want her. They just want me."

"And these three! And I'm assuming the other child I happen to be carrying!," said Donna. "So, yeah, I don't feel real safe right now!"

"It'll be fine. Let's just get you all in the TARDIS and I'll go after Zoe."

"Uh, Dad," said Jack as he stared out the front window.

"Not now, Jack!"

"What's going on?," asked Wilf.

"Doctor!," a female voice called. "Doctor!"

The Doctor moved to the window. The TARDIS was parked in the middle of the road, guarded by a woman in running clothes and a teenage girl in Goth mode.

"Well, we found all our missing persons at least," said Jack the elder.

"That's the other two of the family," said the Doctor. "Where's their ship? Is it in the park? They'll have taken Zoe there."

"I'm not letting you go alone," said Jack.

"Neither am I," said Rose.

"Sorry, what the hell is her problem?," asked Donna, pointing at Rose.

"No, you are going to stay here and look after Donna and the children."

Sarah Jane stepped forward. "And what are you going to do about them? If you had to hide from them before, what can you do now?"

The Doctor took a breath. "I was being kind then."

"And what the hell does that mean?," asked Donna.

The Doctor turned back to Donna. "You may be mad at me and you have every right to be, but trust me, I am bringing Zoe back."

Author's Notes: Yes, I know. I promise there's an update tomorrow.