Covent Gardens

London, England

11:32 a.m.

The TARDIS landed rather loudly in the Covent Garden Piazza. Emily and the Doctor emerged somewhat bruised with the Doctor muttering that the TARDIS was not to be used for flying. Emily grabbed her father's arm as they looked around.

"No one is here," whispered Emily as they cautiously looked around. "I've been to Covent Gardens many times and it is always full."

"Come on," said the Doctor. "Let's go find Martha and Donna."

"Where is New Hope Hospital?" asked Emily as they began leaving the Piazza.

"A few blocks west," said the Doctor. "Martha and Donna were working on something for me when the Daleks attacked."

"What were they working on?" asked Emily.

For a moment, the Doctor looked uneasy. "Just something," he muttered so quietly that Emily had to strain just to hear him.

"Anyway," said the Doctor changing the subject, "how long were you married to Captain Jack?"

"Four years," replied Emily with her voice breaking. "I thought we were so happy, then after the Maggie died, he left."

"How did your baby die?" asked the Doctor quietly.

"SIDS," said Emily. "We put her to sleep in her nursery and she was fine." Emily stopped and looked out at the Thames River. London was eerily quiet, which worried the Doctor who grabbed his daughter's arm to get her moving. "Jack went into the room the next morning to wake her up." Emily shook her head. "She was gone."

"I'm sorry" said the Doctor squeezing Emily's arm affectionately. "Then what happened?"

"After the funeral," said Emily, "Jack was not the same." Emily's body was shivering at the memory and the Doctor took off his coat and put it around her shoulders. "He spent hours at Torchwood going over Maggie's case." Emily pulled the coat around her shoulders tighter. "Then one night, I received a phone call from Torchwood—Jack was dead." Tears began to spill from her eyes. "I can not believe that it was all a lie."

"Well," began the Doctor, "he was trying to protect you."

Emily stopped and glared at her father. "You know," she snapped, "I am tired of people trying to protect me."

The Doctor opened his mouth to reply, but the look on Emily's face warned the Doctor that his opinion was not wanted. For the next two blocks, father and daughter walked along in silence before Emily spoke up.

"Who are these Daleks?" she asked.

"My greatest enemy," said the Doctor. "There was a war." "The last great timewar." The Doctor sighed. "My home, my planet were all destroyed."

"Did you have a family?" asked Emily.

"Yes," said the Doctor. "A wife and a daughter." The Doctor's voice went cold. "They both died."

"I'm sorry," said Emily. "When did you meet my mother?"

"A few years afterwards" said the Doctor with a smile. "She was so alive; she brought me back to life."

"Why did you leave her?" demanded Emily, who stopped walking and glared at her father.

"Because of them!" whispered the Doctor savagely, grabbing Emily and pulling her to the nearest building.

Hiding in the doorway, Emily and the Doctor looked at several machines fly by. The machines were about five feet tall and had a periscope that appeared to be the eye of the machine. The machines appeared to be scanning for something. The Doctor was gripping Emily so tightly that she winced under the pain of it.

"They always win," snapped the Doctor, "while I lose everything."

Emily looked at her father's determined face and felt some of her anger at him deflate. Although she had lost a great deal, he had lost even more—his family, his friends, and his planet.

"I'm sorry," said Emily.

The Doctor looked down at his daughter and smiled. "I'm sorry too." Then he turned and looked out. "It looks like they are gone; we'd better run for the hospital.

Holding hands, father and daughter ran for the hospital.