Unexpected Girl by Lumendea Chapter Five: His Mother's Son

Disclaimer: I don't know Doctor Who and I don't get paid for this. Trust me it would be a very different canon if I was in charge.

AN: Sorry for the delay. I've got finals now and I've terribly busy, but I'll try to update as often s possible.

Luke Smith regarded the unruly haired man and red-haired woman in front of him with interest and a touch of worry and concern. The man was fairly young, probably the same age as Maria's dad, and rocking on his feet nervously with a spark of interest in his eyes. "Who are you?" he repeated stepping deeper into the attic. The man grinned and relaxed,
"I'm the Doctor," he said holding out a hand, "An old fried of your mothers."

Shaking his head Luke stepped back and watched the Doctor frown in concern, "You don't look like my mother's pictures." The Doctor sighed,
"Blimey didn't your Mum explain this. I regenerated, changed all my cells to save my life, but I'm still the Doctor"
"You can do that!?" Donna asked sharply from behind him, "Didn't it occur to you that I might need to know that kind of information?" Luke smiled slightly as the Doctor flinched at her high pitch,
"It's not a subject Time Lords like to discuss Donna, nothing personal." He turned back to his companion and sighed, "Look I didn't even tell Rose in advance." That calmed Donna down and she turned back to Luke,
"I know he's a bit weird kid, but he is the Doctor"
"Indeed he is Luke," Mister Smith said suddenly from behind them and the TARDIS, "I have been running a biological scan and he is indeed what the UNIT files described." The Doctor frowned and glared at the computer,
"How detailed are those files?!"

Luke shook his head in amazement at the odd alien, but stepped forward and offered his hand to the Doctor, "How do you do Doctor? I'm Luke Smith"
"Oh I'm brilliant," the Doctor said excitedly as he looked over Sarah Jane's son. Donna stepped forward with a smile,
"I'm Donna Noble. Sorry about dropping in unannounced." The Doctor couldn't stop smiling,
"So when did Sarah Jane adopt you. I saw her oh maybe two years back in her time line"
"Just after I was created by the Bane to help them take over the world," Luke said perfectly calm, "That was about seven months ago."

The Doctor couldn't help the grin that took over his face, "That is brilliant! Just brilliant!" he stepped back from Luke and looked around, "Your mother has certainly been busy"
"Yes we had to stop the Slitheen family about a month ago. They wanted revenge on Mum for stopping them earlier this year." The Doctor blinked at Luke with wide eyes,
"Really, they causing problems," he frowned, "You know that K-9 has a signal to me if you need help." Luke nodded, but pointed at a safe on the other side of the room.
"K-9 is sealing up a black hole," he turned back to the Doctor, "Besides Mum's got me, Maria and Clyde. We've stopped all kinds of aliens and helped a few get off Earth"
"Sounds like she's got things in hand, Doctor," Donna said with a smirk as she crossed her arms. The Doctor chuckled and inspected a few of the alien tools, "That I never doubted Donna. Sarah Jane always was intelligent with a good mind for getting herself out of tight spots."

"Glad you approve Doctor." He spun around to see a smiling Sarah Jane Smith in the doorway. She set her coat down on a sofa and stepped closer to him, "Although I'm surprised to see you so soon. Twice in two years. It's a nice change, but still a surprise." After another moment she stepped forward and hugged him. He returned the hug happily for a moment before releasing her,
"Well to be honest this isn't a social call." Sarah Jane laughed and sat down in one of the chairs,
"I figured that Doctor. You very rarely do social calls"
"I do sometimes," the Doctor defended, "Just not often."

Donna rolled her eyes and stepped forward into Sarah Jane's view, "Hi I'm Donna Noble. It's nice to meet someone else who traveled with him." Sarah Jane blinked at Donna for a moment before smiling shaking her hand,
"And it is nice to meet you Donna," she looked back at the Doctor and swallowed, "I'm almost afraid to ask Doctor but what happened to Rose"
"Actually Sarah Jane that's why I'm here," he paused, "She's trapped in another universe and I need an Eserthian molecule reorganizer to get her out. Well it's a part I need to get her out to be more correct."

Sarah Jane nodded and smiled before standing up, "Well I think I have one of those. A ship crashed down here about a week ago and had to learn the cargo behind." She opened a large trunk and leaned over to look inside. The Doctor dashed over and looked over her shoulder. Grinning, he reached into the box and pulled out a large metal egg shaped device with odd markings on it. "Sarah Jane you never stop amazing me." She glowed at the praise and looked back at the TARDIS and then returned to gaze to the Doctor,
"It's yours on one condition," The Doctor blinked at her nervously and she chuckled, "You and Rose stop by for tea when you bring her back." Nodding, The Doctor handed the Eserthian molecule reorganizer to Donna and hugged Sarah Jane again. Pulling back he softly said,
"Thank you." Sarah gaped at him for a moment, surprised at so much open emotion before smiling and nodding,
"Take care Doctor." As the Doctor and Donna vanished into the TARDIS, Sarah Jane stepped back with Luke and smiled softly as the ship dematerialized.
"He's not what I expected," Luke said after a moment. Sarah Jane smiled and shook her head,
"He's changed a bit for me too Luke," she hugged her son with one arm, "Come on, I think this calls for a nice cuppa."

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