The Sontaran Stratagem Part 2
Well this is like the first authors note I have written in a while and I like to thank a lot of you for keeping with this story, I know it seems to be very long winded but I do like writing this and I hope you enjoy reading it! If so can you PLEASE REVIEW because I don't have that many and for the last couple of chapters I haven't seen the point of writing it. I promise you in the next couple of chapters time it is all going to start coming together so PLEASE STICK WITH IT, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW !
Rose was feeling more confident in herself since she and her husband had left UNIT. Something in that place made her feel on edge, made her feel like she wasn't worth thinking about and she had to constantly fight for her position next to the Doctor. Donna was alright. Donna could simply snap at people, demand answers, she had the spunk and the fire to act like that, not caring what people thought of her.
But Rose she was a lot more quiet and withdrawn than Donna. She knew that when she spoke, when she voiced her opinions and when she showed the knowledge she posses people were shocked that she would know of such matters. She knew that people just expected the wife of the famous Time Lord to be a simple minded human who knew very little, because once upon a time she did. She had barely scraped through GCSE, had no A-Levels and she had no chance of gaining a brilliant job.
But the Doctor had stormed into her life with so much adventure and wonders. Bringing the Autons and the Daleks into her life, showing her so many wonders of the universe how could she possibly go back to the life she had before. So much had happened, Rose had grown and changed into the woman she was today. She had lost her mother and her best friend, she had grown distant from all her friends from the life she had before. She had a different life now. She had started another chapter of her life, she had grown and matured into an amazing and brilliant woman, and people from her past just reminded her of who she used to be.
But before she was separated from her husband, before everything that happened with the Daleks and the Master her life was perfect. She loved her husband more than life itself, she had an amazing understanding mother, who even though hated the idea of not seeing her daughter a lot she liked the tenth incarnation of the Doctor.
The pair of them got on, and even though they never showed it to each other they held a deep respect for each other. Rose was just delighted that Jackie didn't kill her or The Doctor when they told her they were dating and in fact when she got an invitation to Cardiff for their wedding. But the Doctor helped her, comforted her and prepared her for the life she was going to live.
The transformation from Human to Time Lady was difficult and very painful. Things happened to Rose the pair of them never knew would happen, each on of them struggling to help her. The Doctor working tiresome hours to try and help his wife. To ease the pain she was in. Making sure her fever was kept down, that she had his shoulder to lean on when things got to tough for her to handle, making sure that she knew he was always there, that the love he had for her was so strong he would never even consider leaving her or living a life away from her.
Whenever he had some information she needed to know she knew it almost immediately. The 5 years being away from each other had tortured the pair of them. The Doctor's hearts breaking when he saw her connected, bleeding and dying because of the Daleks as she acted as their computer. His soul being crushed as he watched the man he used to call his best friend raping and causing catastrophic effect on his wife's body and mental well being as he raped her in front of him. But now they were together again things started to look up. Knowing that he could feel her inside his head comforted him, knowing that she wasn't going to leave him without a fight. Knowing that she knew just as much as he did, knowing that he wasn't the last of his kind anymore comforted him. The couple sharing in the most glorious and most remarkable connection.
The pair joined together with love and friendship for all eternity. Rose and the Doctor totally loyal, devoted, and faithful to each other. Nothing could ever split them up.
But the Doctor worried for his wife. She had hardly spoken about the appalling events of the Valiant. Her body still aching by the horrific beatings she endured. Her skin forever hidden as she shied away from the scars that littered her sides, her arms and every inch of her skin. Her body never running smoothly from the broken bones she had endured unhealed. But the pair of them never spoke of the mental impact from her rape. The Doctor knew Rose was strong.
She showed him that nearly everyday, hiding her true feelings with her knowledge, proving to the universe that she was brilliant. That she was compassionate and kind, her soul reaching out and wanting to help so many people. She was protector of time and of thousands of planets who praised the young time lady. During her 10 years of travel she had made many friends who counted on her and relied on her. The Doctor loved her.
He took every flaw, he took every perfection, he took every thought and feeling and loved her for it. He stood by her during every bad decision and was proud of her for every right decision. He never asked questions unless she was ready.
He made sure she was ok, made sure that she was happy, because her well fair meant so much to him. Hoping that she was happy in life, that she never regretted living her life with him. But deep down the Doctor knew she was hurting. He knew that things were starting to get on top of her and she was struggling to cope. He just wished she wouldn't keep everything locked up so it started hurting her.
He knew that she needed to talk about the situation on the Valiant, they both did because it involved the pair of them. And the Doctor made sure that when the time came he was going to stand by her, to protect her and comfort her till the end of time.
The Doctor had grabbed Rose's hand when they had emerged from the car. He smiled down at her while she smiled up at him. The Doctor noticed she looked more relaxed and he was happy because of it. He wanted Rose to be happy, to know that she was useful because to be honest, he knew that she was far more brilliant than he was. They were walking along the cobbled path of the Rattigan mansion, the grass green, box bushes lining the brick red walls, students in red sweat suits were running past them, puffing and red cheeked while the Doctor noticed Luke standing in a pair of jeans, a burgundy red t-shirt looking out over his grounds.
"Is it PE? I wouldn't mind a kick-around. Got me daps on." The Doctor chimed happily as he spoke to the back of the young lad. His eyebrows in a frown, his eyes squinting slightly at the harsh light of the sun. Rose simply smiled from her position next to her lover, one of her hands present in the pocket of her coat while Ross simply stood to attention. Luke simply turned around blinking over at the trio
"I suppose you're the Doctor." Luke sighed before walking over to them, his hands clasped behind his back
"Hello." The Time Lord smiled
"Your commanding officer phoned ahead." Luke finished now standing right in front of them
"Oh, I haven't got a commanding officer." The Doctor informed, one of his eyebrows raised the other in neutral, his fringe falling over his forehead slightly as he looked at the younger man "Have you?" He said quietly, his forehead holding creases as he looked questioningly at Rattigan who was simply staring up at him. The Doctor's tall form towering over him "Oh, this is my wife Rose and Ross. Say hello, guys." The Doctor said suddenly breaking the atmosphere, snapping the conversation into another direction as the Doctor shoved his body away from them, his hands moving to his pockets as he stepped around them and up some steps so he was walking towards the door.
"Afternoon, sir."Ross said, squinting slightly
"Hey" Rose smiled before moving her collar closer around her neck, smiling over at her husband who was jumping up towards the main doors, excitement twinkling in his eyes
"Let's have a look, then! I can smell genius... in a good way." The Doctor chimed, moving his body to face them slightly, Rose smiling a smile which caused her tongue to poke between her teeth the Doctor smiling the smile she loved oh so much. Luke simply rolled his eyes slightly before following his guests into his house.
When they arrived at the lab they each had to duck through a doorway which had pieces of plastic material hanging from the entry. The Doctor was the first one to arrive, sticking his head and torso in to the room, his mouth hanging open in excitement before emerging fully. Ross and Rose were next with Rattigan falling in behind them. Many of the students were working on projects which Rose noticed as highly advanced. The Doctor walked towards his left while Rose was walking to her right. Different projects catching both their eyes. Excitement and delight evident in both of their features.
"Oh, now..." The Doctor exclaimed excitedly before waving Rose towards him, his mouth holding a huge smile. Rose bounded towards him, feeding her arm through his as he pulled on his thick rimmed glasses onto his nose and leaning down towards a piece of technology "that's clever! Look!" He squealed slightly and pointed towards the contraption so Rose could lean in and get a better look, her eyes twinkling slightly.
"Single-molecule fabric. How thin is that? You could pack a tent in a thimble." The Doctor said admiringly before straightening up bringing Rose with him. She smiled up at him as he spoke towards her. His hand moving over the one which was thread through his arm, clasping her cold hand.
"Oh! Gravity simulators!" Rose voiced happily as she pointed towards another invention, The Doctor moving closer to her level as he tried to look at what she was pointing at "Terraforming, biospheres, nano-tech steel construction!" She said so everyone could hear as she pointed at each one, The Doctor and Rose smiling with excitement, Ross smiling as he took in the happiness of the couple.
"Ha-ha, this is brilliant!" The Doctor beamed, turning into a child at his first science fair before turning over to Luke who was simply looking at them, slightly fed up that they knew about everything in the room. "But y'know with equipment like this, you could, oh, I dunno... move to another planet or something." The Doctor said as he continued to walk around the room looking at different object, still dragging Rose around with him.
"If only that was possible." Luke voiced with a small smile, looking down at the ground slightly. Rose and the Doctor simply narrowed their eyes towards him as they studied his features.
"If only that were possible." The Doctor said, dragging out his statement, removing his glasses slightly and placing them in the inside pocket of his blue suit. "Conditional clause."
"I think you'd better come with me." Luke snapped unhappily which caused the Doctor to follow him with his eyes, Rose looking up at her husband while Ross was following the young man with his whole body.
"You're smarter than the usual UNIT grunts, I'll give you that." Luke stated as he lead them into his personal quarters. Rose looked around at her surroundings. Walls littered with expensive paintings, an indoor pool to her left with chairs and towels littering the side.
"He called you a grunt. Don't call Ross a grunt, he's nice. We like Ross." The Doctor chimed with a frown as he looked over at Ross who was simply looking over at him. Rose smiling slightly before she pulled away from the Doctor and looked at the detail in the place "Look at this place..." The Doctor muttered as he cocked his head towards the ceiling, his mouth hanging open.
"What exactly do you want?" Luke asked slightly aggravated
"We was just thinking, what a responsible 18 year old. Inventing zero-carbon cars, saving the world..." Rose said, her arms folded across her chest as the Doctor placed his hands in his pockets and walked over towards a large purple objects, taking in his surroundings once again
"It takes a man with vision." Luke simply stated
"Mm, blinkered vision. 'Cause ATMOS means more people driving, more cars, more petrol, end result: the oil's gonna run out faster than ever. The ATMOS system could make things worse." The Doctor said quickly as he made his way back over to Luke and his companions as he spoke. All the while Luke was looking right at him, Rose and Ross following him from their positions next to each other
"Yeah, well, that's a tautology. You can't say ATMOS "system" 'cause it stands for Atmospheric Emission System. So you're saying "Atmospheric Emission System System". Do you see, Mr Conditional Clause?" Luke said quickly, aggravated like a little boy, eyes wide, and movements jiggered. Making little quotation marks at the end of his sentence. The three of them simply looked at him.
"It's been a long time since anyone's said no to you, isn't it?" Rose said to him gently and mothering. Luke simply faltered slightly, looking down at the ground a little.
"I'm still right, though." He muttered stubbornly.
"Not easy, is it, being clever?" The Doctor said over to him. One of his eyebrows raised, his eyes studying the young chap extensively. "You look at the world and you connect things" The Doctor said as he took a large step towards him "- random things - and think, "why can't anyone else see it? The rest of the world is so slow"." The Doctor voiced passionately, his eyebrows moving into a frown, his head moving slightly as he said his argument, looking down at Luke while he looked up at the Doctor.
"Yeah." Luke breathed which caused Rose to smile sadly over to him as she took a step over to her husband and grasped hold of his hand. Luke watching the two of them interact
"And you're on your own." Rose said kindly.
"I know."
"But not with this." The Doctor said suddenly, reaching into his coat pocket and pulling out the ATMOS device. Rose smiled gently to herself, watching as her husband moved away from her "'Cause there's no way you invented this single-handed. It might be Earth technology, but that's like finding a mobile phone in the Middle Ages." The Doctor rambled quickly, looking at the devices before tossing it towards Ross, who stumbled to catch it. The Doctor simply backed away again, back towards a large cube like dome which had a circular place in the middle Rose noticed almost immediately as a Teleport. "No, no, I'll tell you what it's like! It's like finding this in someone's front room. Albeit, a very big front room." The Doctor said cocking his thumb towards it again
"Why? What is it?" Ross questioned
"To be honest it just looks like a thing in my opinion. People don't question things. They just think, "Oh, it's a thing"." Rose said looking right at her husband, picking up on his trail of though smiling over at the Doctor who was beaming at her.
"Leave it alone!" Luke shouted slightly, moving his hand toward it
"Me, I make these connections" The Doctor continued, moving into the compartment, moving his fingers in circular motions by his ears "and this to me looks like..." He continued before pressing the buttons "...a teleport pod." He smiled before disappearing into a beam of white light. Ross taking a few steps forward, before he snapped his head towards Rose, shocked to find her smiling slightly to herself. Ross simply frowned before looking back at the teleport.
The Doctor didn't know where he would end up until he found himself in a very badly lit ship. Purple lights being the only source of light. Little forms heavily armoured were littering the floor of the spaceship. The Doctor snapped his head in the direction of the voices, his lips in a harsh line while his eyebrows in a frown as he realised just what he was getting himself into.
"Orbit now holding at 556.3, sector 270."
"Oh." The Doctor said quietly, his eyebrows raised eyes wide, his hand still present on the teleport button. But suddenly the Sontaran's noticed him and a little man called Staal raised his staff, all of his soldiers beginning to turn and notice the Doctor.
"We have an intruder!"
"How did he get in? In-tru-da window?" The Doctor joked, his lips forming a smile as he taunted the aliens which were advancing on him "Bye-bye!" He chimed before pushing a buttons and disappearing on the run. The Doctor suddenly reappeared running out of the teleport grabbing Rose by the waist in the process dragging her with him "Rose, Ross get out! Luke, you'd better come with me!" The Doctor yelled, his mouth in a pout, eyebrows raised but before any of them could asses the situation Staal appeared in the teleport, the Doctor grabbing hold of his sonic screwdriver pointing it towards the pod and shorting out the controls, Rose simply looking around the Doctor's form as her husband tried to protect her slightly
"OH, Hello" Rose said with a smile, the hooded figure simply emerged from the pod
"Sontaran! That's your name, isn't it? You're a Sontaran" The Doctor said while the alien pointed his staff towards the Doctor who was shielding Rose's body. The Doctor's eyebrows were raised while his head moved slightly as he spoke to the armoured being "How did I know that, eh?" The Doctor finished as he placed his screwdriver back into his pocket "Fascinating, isn't it? Isn't that worth keeping me alive?"
"I order you to surrender in the name of the Unified Intelligence Taskforce." Ross commanded as he pointed his gun towards Staal. The Doctor and Rose simply staring down at the gun
"That's not gonna work." The Doctor muttered to the soldier before turning his attention back to the Sontaran, his hands clasped behind his back "Cordalaine signal, am I right?" The Doctor asked, his attention placed back to Staal
"Copper excitation stopping the bullets." Rose said as she leaned over to Ross, Luke looking over at her in shock, Staal watching the two time beings as they voiced their thoughts and their knowledge.
"How do you know so much?" Staal asked, his voice robotic like as he spoke through his helmet
"Well..." The Doctor said dragging out his word as he began to wander around the room, hands firmly pressed in his pocket. Rose simply looked over at the Sontaran. Knowing everything the Doctor knew about them, but this was her first time of meeting one.
"Who is he?" Staal asked over at Luke who simply shook his head
"He didn't give his name."
"This isn't typical Sontaran behaviour, is it?" The Doctor voiced as he leant up against the desk, his legs stretched, his feet folded over one another, his face scrunched up in confusion "Hiding? Using teenagers? Stopping bullets? A Sontaran should face bullets with dignity! Shame on you!" The Doctor yelled, taunting him.
"You dishonour me!"
"Then show yourself."
"I will look into my enemy's eyes." Staal said as he removed his helmet for him to reveal a brown dome-shaped head, large beady eyes but with no visible neck.
"Oh, my God." Ross muttered to himself
"And your name?" Rose voiced, looking over at him, her hands moving to her pockets of her trench coat
"General Staal of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet. Staal the Undefeated."
"That's not a very good nickname. What if you do get defeated?" The Doctor tutted slightly, his head poised upwards, eyebrows raised, mouth hanging open showing his teeth ""Staal-The-Not-Quite-So- Undefeated-Anymore-But-Never-Mind"?" The Doctor said quickly, causing Rose to smile to herself, Ross letting out a small laugh.
"Looks like a potato, a baked potato. A talking baked potato." Ross scoffed, causing Staal to glare over at him
"Now, Ross, don't be rude. You look like a pink weasel to him."The Doctor stated before leaning over slightly, moving forward slightly and picking up a tennis racket and bouncing a ball onto it
"The Sontarans are the finest soldiers in the galaxy." Rose said as she walked over to Ross, her hands in her pockets, her head facing the ground as she walked over to him, smiling over at the Doctor who was leaning on her shoulder, his focus on bouncing the ball on the tennis racket "Dedicated to a life of warfare." She continued as she looked up at him just for her husband to twirl the racket "A clone race grown in batches of millions with only one weakness—" She said while smirking slightly, Ross listening with a great intensity.
"Sontarans have no weakness!" Staal snapped
"No, it's a good weakness." The Doctor chimed happily, his voice holding a high pitch, his eyebrows raised
"Aren't you meant to be clever? Only an idiot would provoke him." Luke said over to him
"But the Sontarans are fed by a probic vent in the back of the neck." The Doctor said over to Ross who was looking up at him, the tennis racket bashing the back of his neck slightly. Rose listening to her husband as he explained "That's their weak spot, which means they always have to face their enemy in battle. Isn't that brilliant?" The Doctor explain, his face moving into a large smile causing Rose's face to lift slightly. The last part of the sentence spoken in a high pitch voice spoken more quietly "They can never turn their backs!"
"We stare into the face of death!"
"Yeah? Well, stare at this!" The Doctor muttered before flinging the ball into the air and hitting it with the racket. It bounced off the teleport pod and hit Staal right in his probic vent. Staal staggered while the Doctor grabbed hold of Rose and pushed his wife and Ross towards the door.
"Out! Out! Out!" He bellowed the three of them rushing out of the room while Luke went over to Staal
"What have you done? What have you done?" He said from his crouched position on the floor. The Doctor had grabbed hold of Rose's hand as they pegged it down the pathway. Ross was right next to them as they started too bound down the concrete steps and towards the Jeep. The Doctor had his eyebrows in a frown; his teeth bared slightly, Rose watching her feet while Ross simply ran as fast as his feet could carry him. The Doctor skidded to the door of the Jeep, grasping hold of Rose's waist and pushing her into the car before he got in himself. Ross driving them quickly back towards London.
"Greyhound Forty to Trap One. Repeat: can you hear me? Over." Rose said in to the radio, her chest heaving from the running she had just done, the Doctor looking at her with a frown, worry seeping into his features, Ross frowning at the same time
"Why is it not working?" He panicked slightly
"Must be the Sontarans. If they can trace that, they can isolate the ATMOS." The Doctor sighed before running his hand through his hair and looking out of the window. Rose simply grabbing his hand and squeezing it in comfort
"Turn left." The ATMOS voiced which caused the Doctor and Rose to frown at it, giving Rose an idea
"Try going right." Rose voiced
"It says left."Ross snapped taking a quick glance at the young woman before turning his attention back to his driving
"We know. So go right." The Doctor argued, his face looking right at the Soldier. But suddenly Ross removed his hands from the wheel looking down at the now out of control vehicle
"I've got no control. It's driving itself. It won't stop." Ross panicked slightly before he tried the door "The doors are locked!" The Doctor suddenly pulled out his sonic screwdriver and used it against the ATMOS, his eyebrows raised, teeth bared slightly
"Argh! It's deadlocked! I can't stop it!" The Doctor yelled in frustration before he and everyone else in the car snapped their heads back through the windscreen.
"Turn left." The ATMOS said again which caused the Jeep to swerve left.
"The sat-nav's just a box, wired through the whole car." The Doctor said quickly, his voice ragged slightly, Rose simply stuck in between not being able to do anything. The tires screeched as the Jeep turned off the road. Rose looked out of the window to see them heading towards the river
"We're heading for the river!" Ross exclaimed. Rose had had enough. She raked her mind for ideas, of previous Sontaran strategies, her mind thinking back to the information provided by UNIT for something to pop into her mind. She adjusted her seat before looking right at the ATMOS, her husband and Ross looking at her with a frown on her face. The Jeep bouncing around on the rough terrain
"ATMOS, are you programmed to contradict my orders?" She asked it, her voice loud, her body snapping in harsh movements as the Jeeps suspension couldn't reduce the vibrations to Zero
"Confirmed."
"Anything I say, you'll ignore it?"Rose shouted again, her eyes flickering towards the river
"Confirmed."
"Then drive into the river!" Rose snapped which caused her companions to stare at her "I order you to drive into the river! Do it! Drive into the river!" They continued to travel, each one of them grimacing slightly as they flattered shrubs, the river coming ever closer. The Doctors thought going back to the time where Rose had been lost to the Thames. Taken by the water creatures which had been brought back from the North Sea from the HMS Ascendant. Looking at the image of the disfigured and broken form of his wife made his memory fling back to the horrible memory
Rose was standing there. Large as life, picked out in a pale colour. She looked scared half to death and dripping wet
"Oh Doctor! You've got to help me" She said, her lips moving but out of sync with the words "Say you'll help me" She gave them an encouraging smile before a trickle of water escaped from her lips "Help me before the feast"
The Doctor suddenly snapped his head from his thoughts. He looked down at Rose who moved so she was looking at him. She gave him a very sad smiled before the Doctor moved his arm around her and brought her closer to him, the pair of them preparing themselves for the impact, Ross and his friends shrieking back slightly just for the Jeep's breaks to squeal to a halt right at the river's edge. The Doctor suddenly flung his body from the car, grasping hold of Rose's hand for them to bolt away from the car, Ross following closely behind them. The Doctor eyebrows in a frown, his mouth open, while Rose was looking worriedly behind her.
"Turn right. Left. Left. Right." The ATMOS sounded
"Get down!" The Doctor yelled in fear of what was about to happen, both him and Ross dived to the ground, The Doctor shielding Rose's body. The ATMOS was becoming increasingly High Pitched
"Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right."And suddenly the panel was sparking and smoking. The Doctor lifted his head, his eyebrows in a frown, his mouth hanging open as he looked at the car
"Oh is that it?" The Doctor voiced sounding surprised and a bit disappointed, Rose simply looked over at him, leaning her body on her arm and smiled over at her husband.
"A bit let down are we" Rose smiled which caused the Doctor smiled
"Oh of course, I wanted big explosions, and fire everywhere" He sighed dramatically causing the pair of them to smile huge smiles. Rose laughed at him before leaning forward and planting a kiss onto his lips before the pair of them got onto their feet and got back into the vehicle, satisfied that ATMOS had been destroyed.
The Doctor rung the front doorbell of Donna's face, turning to look away slightly and down at Rose who was looking at her feet behind them. Donna walked towards the door and answered it. Her face showing a mixture of shock and surprise.
"You would not believe the day we're having." The Doctor muttered towards her, shaking his head slightly before Donna simply rolled her eyes. She moved away and let him in before he moved out of the way and let Rose in first.
The Doctor and Rose were rushing to examine the Noble's car. The Doctor ducked and leant on his knees as he tapped the ATMOS device which was present underneath their car. Rose however was looking at the inside of the car, the bonnet raised and her head looking at the intricacies of the wiring of ATMOS. Donna was walking from her house with her mobile pressed to her ear as she tried to get hold of Martha.
"I'll requisition us a vehicle." Ross said from his position next to the Doctor who was swiftly walking to the front of the car to see Rose's legs lifted from the ground, his wife's torso was disappearing in the car.
"Anything without ATMOS. And don't point your gun at people." The Doctor exclaimed walking around the car looking at him before he turned his attention to his wife, one of his eyebrows rose.
"Rose, I know you are a good mechanic but what do you expect to find all the way in there?" The Doctor asked sceptically, Donna was simply looking at Rose open mouthed who was smiling at the pair of them
"You're a mechanic too?" Donna asked in misbelieve, Rose simply nodded
"Another thing I picked up from travelling the universe" She chimed happily
"Man, there seriously is nothing you can't do" Donna muttered before going back to her phone.
"Is it him?" Wilf yelled over to Donna "Is it him? Is it the Doctor?" He continued, rushing over to the car, Rose still checking under the bonnet while The Doctor was watching his wife with a frown on his face, mouth hanging open as he leant in slightly to look at her "Ah, it's you!" Wilf cried in surprise
"Who?" The Doctor asked snapping his head in the direction of the new voice looking at the finger being pointed in his direction, his eyebrows in a frown as he slowly recognized Wilf "Oh... it's you!" He said gently as he stood to his full height. He was now standing next to Donna while the Doctor looked over at them. Rose was beginning to stand but as she looked up and removed herself from the car she banged her head slightly, yelping in the process. The Doctor looked at her concerned but as she rubbed her head she waved him away before going back to the car, her hands slowly being covered with grease.
"What, have you met before?" Donna exclaimed looking between the two men in front of her.
"Yeah, Christmas Eve. He disappeared right in front of me." Wilf said, his hands motioning to the Time Lord
"And you never said?" Donna snapped
"Well, you never said." He argued before turning back to the Doctor "Wilf, sir. Wilfred Mott. You must be one of them aliens."
"Well, yeah, but don't shout it out." The Doctor chimed happily before smiling over at him and shaking his hand "Nice to meet you properly, Wilf. The young lady under the bonnet is Rose. She's my wife" He started before leaning in towards him, still holding his hand "She's alien too" He smiled before pulling away. Wilf looked over at her to see her smiling kindly over at him, a small wave being given to him.
"Ah, an alien hand." Wilf muttered before looking at his hand, Donna smiling over at him slightly.
"Donna, anything?" The Doctor asked over at Donna
"She's not answering." Donna said, shaking her head, phone still at her ear "What's it, "Sontiruns"?
"Sontarans." Rose said as she got out of the car, she walked over at her husband who was reaching into his pocket and pulled out a spare cloth passing it over to her with a smile on his face. She thanked him before she whipped her hands on it, causing large greasy stains to be placed onto the material. "But there's got to be more to it. They can't be just remote-controlling cars. That's not enough." Rose continued "Is anyone answering?"
"Hold on."Donna stated as the call connected "Martha, hold on, he's here." Donna voiced before handing the phone over
"Martha, tell Col Mace it's the Sontarans. They're in the file, Code Red Sontarans. But if they're inside the factory, tell him not to start shooting, UNIT will get massacred. I'll get back as soon as I can. You got that?" The Doctor stated over the phone, Rose having gone back to the car, she was now moving herself underneath the car. The Doctor however had his feet either side of Rose's feet as the pair of them worked on the car. The Doctor was cradling the Sonic Screwdriver in his hands as he looked underneath the bonnet, Rose working underneath the bonnet. Wilf and Donna were simply looking on
"You've tried sonicking it before. You didn't find anything." Donna asked as she looked at the frown on the Doctor's face, the spectacles helping the man see.
"Yeah, but now I know it's Sontaran, I know what I'm looking for."
"The thing is, Doctor, that Donna is my only grandchild. You gotta promise me you're gonna take care of her." Wilf said, leaning on the side of the car slightly
"She takes care of us."Rose voiced as she came out from under the car slightly, the Doctor giving her his sonic screwdriver. Wilf simply smiled over at them
"Oh, yeah, that's my Donna. She was always bossing us around even when she was tiny. "The Little General" we used to call her."
"Yeah. Don't start." Donna muttered slightly embarrassed as she watched the Doctor joining his wife under the car. Rose concentrating on the specific part with holes as a grid pattern.
"And some of the boys she used to turn up with - a different one every week. Yeah, who was that one with the nail varnish?" Wilf asked
"Matthew Richards. He lives in Kilburn now - with a man." Donna said just for the Doctor and Rose to fling their bodies from the car slightly. Spikes shooting out of the holes in the device. Under the bonnet and in the bonnet. Rose and the Doctor standing to look at the device above the car
"Whoa! It's a temporal pocket! I knew there was something else in there. It's hidden just a second out of sync with real time." Rose exclaimed loudly before she turned her attention back to the device, leaning closer for a better look.
"But what's it hiding?" Donna asked just as her mother Sylvia walked up too see them with their heads together under the bonnet
"I dunno, men and their cars! Sometimes I think if I was a car..." Donna mother continued to ramble before she stopped when she saw the Doctor "Oh, it's you! Doctor-what was it?"
"Yeah, that's me." The Doctor muttered, waving his hand but not looking away, more concerned with the device as him and his wife worked on it.
"Have you met him as well?" Wilf asked
"Dad, it's the man from the wedding! When you were laid up with Spanish flu. I'm warning you, last time that man turned up, it was a disaster!" She argued before gas shot out from the device.
"Get back!" The Doctor yelled as he grabbed Rose from the car.
"Oops, sorry. That was me" Rose said while she smiled slightly. Sylvia simply looked at her in shock.
"How could you do that?" She bellowed.
"Don't worry mum she's kinda like a mechanic" Donna stated. Rose simply smiled over at her. The pair of them going back to the car, the Doctor armed with the sonic screwdriver, using it on the car.
"That'll stop it." The Doctor said; the car simply sparking but the gas did stop.
"I told you! He's blown up the car! Who is he anyway? What sort of doctor blows up cars?" Sylvia yelled.
"Oh, not now, Mum!" Donna voiced as Rose and the Doctor tried to wave away the gas
"Oh, should I make an appointment?"She snapped before stalking off
"That wasn't just exhaust fumes. Some sort of gas. Artificial gas." The Doctor expressed quietly a frown on his face.
"And it's aliens, is it? Aliens?" Wilf asked, pointing down at his car.
"But if it's poisonous... Then they've got poisonous gas in every car on Earth." Rose spoke as she looked over at her husband. The Doctor simply looked at her worried expression and smiled at her slightly before looking around at the cars parked on the street and seeing the ATMOS stickers in the windows of all of them.
"It's not safe. I'm gonna get it off the street." Wilf stated as he got into the car, but immediately at that moments the door shut behind him, the locks automatically locked behind him
"No, don't!" Donna shouted frantic, the car's ignition starting causing Rose to look down at it, the Doctor having a frown on his face as he noticed a thick exhaust coming out of the tailpipe
"Turn it off!" Donna yelled through the drivers window, Wilf was simply shaking his head, not able too "Granddad, get out of there!" Donna finished as she tried to open the door, Wilf trying the same thing
"I can't! It's locked!" He shrieked as he held up the key of his car "It's the aliens again!" He stated as he started to bang on the window, Rose and the Doctor having already jumped to try and stop the car.
"What's he doing? What's he done?" Sylvia snapped from her front door. The Doctor still having his glasses on his nose, Rose working with her hands on the car while the Doctor was frowning and pointing his screwdriver to the car
"I've isolated it!" The Doctor shouted just for all the cars in the car park to be emitting the gas. People rushing around coughing, car alarms blearing.
"There's gas inside the car! He's gonna choke! Doctor!" Donna panicked.
"Rose keep working!" The Doctor yelled
"Well what else am I going to do? Strip and play poker!" She retorted over at her husband before flinging her hands back to the car as the Doctor joined Donna at the door, trying to open the lock with the Sonic Screwdriver.
"It won't open!" The Doctor snapped, still hearing the car alarms and seeing all the other cars emitting the gas "It's the whole world."
"Help me!" Wilf said weakly before the Doctor rushed back to the car to check the engine working around Rose. Wilf was coughing; Donna was looking on helplessly, the Doctor yanking on some wires which didn't help. Rose noticed all these things going on around her as she frantically tried to stop the car from emitting the gases. The Doctor had moved into the middle of the road. His figure being seen as a dark silhouette from the mist, his form standing in the middle of the road powerless as the smoke billowed around him.
"Doctor!" Donna yelled which caused the Doctor to turn around and look as Wilf succumbed to the smoke
TO BE CONTINUED