The Poison Sky Part 2
Rose and Donna had slowly and quietly moved back into the TARDIS. The pair of them leaning against the wooden doors of the time ship, the door which was blocking them from view of the Sontaran which was standing outside.
"There's a Sonterrun... Sontaran." Donna whispered, corrected herself suddenly. Her figure was pressed against the door, her palms resting on the wood while Rose looked over at her, her fringe falling from her face slightly, her hair hanging over her shoulder as she looked over at Donna, her coat lying loosely over one of the beams leaving her jumper present on show.
"Do you think he saw us?" Rose asked Donna, the pair of them shaking slightly with adrenaline and fear, their chest heaving as they took in the air they needed.
"No, he's got his back to us." Donna voiced suddenly, looking down at the remarkable woman she called her best friend.
"Ok then, if my intelligence serves me right, on the back of his neck there should be a sort of plug like hole on his collar. That's the Probic Vent. If we hit him there it should knock 'im out" Rose informed quickly, her words coming out swiftly, her head moving as she spoke while Donna simply looked at her with her mouth wide open, her eyebrows in a frown
"Should" Donna voiced sarcastically, Rose simply moved away from the door slightly and looked over at Donna with one of her eyebrows raised
"It's the best we've got... we have to try" Rose argued, she locked her eyes with Donna's and she looked intensively into them. Donna simply nodded before walking up to the TARDIS console once again and picked up the mallet that the Doctor used so happily when he was piloting the TARDIS. Rose smiled over at her, liking her style of thinking before the pair of them peeled their eyes around the TARDIS door once again, taking in the small blue form of the Sontaran. They slipped out of the door once again and up to the alien before Donna raised the mallet and forced it to the probic vent, causing the Sontaran to stumble and fall to the floor unconscious.
"Back of the neck!" Donna smiled triumphantly, her body moving slightly. Rose beamed over at her, both of them trying to stifle laughs as they whacked their hands together in a high five before engulfing each other into a hug. When they pulled away Rose grasped Donna's hand before leading her down the corridor, her form bent over slightly, her eyes looking attentively for the device she needed.
"Now then we've gotta find the external junction feed to the teleport." She voiced, looking over her shoulder over to Donna who was nodding over at her. When the Doctor arrived back on the scene with the little Adipose babies Donna knew her life was complete. She knew she had the man she wanted to travel with and she couldn't wait for all the fantastic adventures she would have. But when she saw Rose something in her faltered. She was worried that she wouldn't be able to talk to the Doctor like she did last time that he would be more wrapped up in his wife. But during the first words she said to her those thoughts evaporated. Rose was a beautiful young woman, who had a brilliant and the most caring of souls. She fought for what she believed in, worked through the toughest things and never let anyone put her down. She would bag up her emotions and just get on with life. But the kindness shown towards Donna was mesmerising. Rose would comfort her, talk to her or listen to what she had to say when adventures got tough. She would simply give her a hug or clasp hold of her hand when she knew she needed comfort.
"What... what's it look like?" Donna whispered over to Rose, leaning closer towards her friend as they snuck down one of the corridors which were lined with triangular columns, a pattered floor and purple lights.
"It's a circular panel on the wall. Big symbol on the front, like a, like a letter T with a horizontal line through it. Or, or two Fs back to back." Rose said to her with a frown on her face. She was searching her mind for the information, thinking back to the lesson she had with her husband while his two companions took small a quite steps forward. The pair of them looking at the walls, both looking for the switch Rose had described
"Well, there's a door." Donna said motioning towards the door with her spare hand
"There should be a switch by the side." Rose said to her, looking at her while Donna continued to move forward. She looked at the purple switch with a hand print embedded on the plastic. She looked up at Rose and nodded slightly
"Yeah there is. But it's Sontaran-shaped, you need three fingers." Donna said over to Rose who was standing in front of her with her mouth pursed open slightly, her mouth lifting in a small smile, her eyes gentle
"You've got three fingers." Rose breathed
"Oh, yeah!" Donna chimed before she placed her hand in the Star Trek salute of the Vulcan's 'Live long and Prosper' the door slid open revealing the room inside. Rose and Donna smiled over at each other before Rose placed her mobile back to her ear. She took a few steps into the room, Donna walking behind her while she spoke to her husband who had heard the whole conversation
"We're through." Rose said with a smile. Rose could just picture her husband's eyebrows moving into a raised position, his mouth moving into a pout of a smile as he brought the phone to his mouth
"Oh, you are brilliant, you are." The Doctor chimed over the phone kissing it slightly, Rose simply rolled her eyes, a huge smile of comfort on her face as she spoke to her husband, her eyes still littering the walls as she searched for the device and her movements slow and cautious as she kept an eye out for Sontaran's.
"Shut up." Rose said with a smile which caused the Doctor to laugh and Donna to smile as she watched her friends interact with such love and friendship it made her want what they had "Right. T with a line through it." Rose said into the phone and over to Donna. But something must have happened, someone must have walked into the room because the Doctor was suddenly talking to her very quickly and in a hush whisper
"Got to go. Keep the line open!" He whispered before he was gone, the phone in his suit jacket. Rose simply nodded before moving the phone from her ear, looking over at Donna, smiling at her gently and then motioning for the pair of them to go left.
The Doctor watched through the glass window as Colonel Mace came back through the door of the temporary UNIT base shouting out orders of the counter attack. All the while the Doctor's frustration and anger at the man was begging to bubble, he moved the phone he had been talking to Rose and Donna in his pocket before he bolted from the room, jumping down the stairs and bounding over to Mace
"I said you don't stand a chance!" The Doctor yelled, his face scrunched up in anger as his aggravation rose.
"Positions. That means everyone!" Mace snapped again, this time eyeballing the Doctor while he threw a black gas mask to the Doctor, who caught it neatly. The Doctor then looked down at it, moved it into one of his hands and looked right at it, his mouth hanging open, his eyebrows now in a frown as his curiosity got the better of him. The Doctor looked up before following the Colonel all the while he was looking over at his surroundings
"You're not going without me!" Martha voiced as the Doctor slipped on his coat, the gas mask in the hand which wasn't pulling his coat onto his shoulders.
"Wouldn't dream of it." He muttered, knowing that he needed this Martha close to him.
On the spaceship both Rose and Donna were still quietly walking down the corridors. They were coming up to one of the corners when Rose stopped slightly, her eyebrows moving into a frown, her mouth hanging open as she tried to intensify her hearing. She could hear the door at the end of the corridor glide open, revealing the sound of Sontaran's marching. Rose suddenly muttered something in gallifreyan before pulling Donna back behind one of the pillars sitting on her knees as she spoke over to her passing the phone towards her
"Donna listen to me, your going to have to finish this by yourself" Rose said to her gently, pressing the phone into her friends hands who was looking at her with her mouth hanging open, her eyes wide with shock as she looked up at her friend
"You can't! I need you here" Donna panicked, Rose simply smiled before placing her hand gently to her shoulder
"The Doctor is on the other end of the line. If you need him he can help you. But you need to tell him something" Rose voiced to her before looking around the column and at the impending platoon of soldiers marching towards them. "I analysed the gas in the TARDIS. I need you to tell the Doctor that its Clone feed. He needs to make a machine that will ignite the compound and free the atmosphere" Rose said to her with a frown, all the while Donna frowned at her as she listened to the simplified version of her information. Donna simply nodded quickly while Rose beamed over at her.
"Where are you going?" Donna whispered over to her friend
"I'm giving the pair of you more time!" She said, her face falling at the implications of her last sentence, and before Donna could say anything else, to stop her she stood and moved in front of the Sontaran's
"Oh hello... I was wondering if you could guide me in the right direction of the Toilets" Rose said smiling over at them
"You are an intruder, you will be imprisoned and taken to General Staal" the robotic voice sounded. Rose simply smiled over at them, her eyes shining with humour
"Oh, well then, if you put it that way" Rose chimed before winking over at them and then bolting from her spot, sprinting down the corridors away from Donna, the Aliens chasing over at them. Donna simply shielded away from them, her heart beat beating in her chest as she realised she was now alone, her best friend was running for her life while her home planet chocked to death.
The Doctor was standing outside of the ATMOS factory, a gas mask placed onto his face as the smoke began to thicken. He wished Rose could be with him to share a joke of a previous adventure with dashing Captain Jack and the blitz. But he continued to look around at the gathering people, each one of them wearing gas masks while Colonel Mace was showing him a gun
"Latest firing stock, what do you think, Doctor?" Mace asked as he cradled the gun
"Are you my mummy?" The Doctor said, his voice muffled by the mask
"If you could concentrate." Mace snapped before handing the gun towards a soldier before going to the crate which was in front of him "Bullets with a rad-steel coating, no copper surface. Should overcome the Cordolaine signal." Mace stated as he passed a single bullet towards the Doctor who took it and looked over at it. His hair in a complete mess and sticking in every and any direction due to the mask. He knew his wife liked it like that. But once again, it pained him to know that she wasn't standing at his side.
"But the Sontarans have got lasers! You can't even see in this fog, the night-vision doesn't work." The Doctor informed, his hand waving the bullet on front of his face before turning around in a full circle, his arms out at the sides before he plonked the bullet back into the case while Martha watched them
"Thank you Doctor, thank you for your lack of faith. But this time, I'm not listening." Mace snapped before pulling of his gas mask and addressed his soldiers. He took a few steps away from the Doctor, placed his arms behind his back and yelled encouragements to his men.
"Attention, all troops! Sontarans might think of us as primitive. As does every passing species with an axe to grind. They make a mockery of our weapons, our soldiers, our ideals. But no more! From this point on, it stops. From this point on, the people of Earth fight back and we show them! We show the warriors of Sontar what the human race can do! Trap One to Hawk Major! Go, go, go!" He shouted, the last par yelled into his radio just so everyone could look up as a loud sound came from the sky. The fog suddenly started to dissipate and clear just so they could see the large engines of the Valiant flying high above their heads.
"It's working! The area's clearing. Engines to maximum!" Mace voiced, his head looking right into the sky, the Doctor doing the same, his hand slightly raised as he tried to get a better view
"It's the Valiant!" The Doctor yelled as it completely cleared the chocking smoke away from their forms.
"UNIT Carrier Ship Valiant reporting for duty, Doctor! With engines strong enough to clear away the fog." Colonel Mace yelled as he spoke over to the Doctor who was removing his gas mask
"Woah, that's brilliant!" The Doctor smiled, his voice holding admiration and excitement. His hand going to his hair as he whipped it back and itching the back of it. Mace simply looked at him with a small smile playing on his lips
"Getting a taste for it, Doctor?" Mace chimed as he took in the messy hair, eyebrows raised and eyes wide expression the Doctor held
"No, not at all. Not me." The Doctor chimed, stalking away slightly back over to Martha's side which caused Mace to smile before he pulled his radio towards his mouth and yelled to the inhabitants of the ship which the Doctor held so many unwanted memories of.
"Valiant, fire at will!" Mace implored which caused a bunch of green beams to unite and the Valiant fired upon the ATMOS factory. At the same time the Doctor noticed UNIT soldiers moving in and attacking on the ground too. This time, it's the Sontaran's who are overpowered.
"East and north secure. Doctor?" Mace shouted as they moved into the factory. The Doctor running after Mace who was rushing away with his soldiers just for the Doctor to pull out his phone and talk to his companions who were still on board the Sontaran's ship.
"Donna, hold on. We're coming." He whispered before Martha appeared behind him. He dropped the phone into his pocket before he pulled out the Sonic Screwdriver and went in the opposite direction to Mace and his men. Martha was frowning slightly, looking over to the soldiers before she looked back over to The Doctor.
"Shouldn't we follow the Colonel?" Martha implored while the Doctor scrunched up his face as he continued to set up the screwdriver.
"Nah, you and me, Martha Jones. Just like old times!" The Doctor chimed while he cradled the screwdriver in his hands, his mouth in a sharp line as he followed the bleeping noise using it to find their way "Alien technology, this way!"
Rose was being dragged into the main room of the ship. Her hands were tied behind her back by some handcuffs which emitted a high energy ring which clasped her hands together; if she moved her hands at all she would receive an electric shock. She found that out the hard way. A current shot up her arm and she immediately withdrew, biting back a whimper as her mind was fogged with images of the time she was captured by the Daleks. She was dragged into the presence of Staal, the Sontaran she recognised as the general who had spoken to her husband. The two small soldier's either side of her grabbed hold of her arms so she wouldn't move while she flung her head back so her long fringe wasn't in the way. She looked at the dome head of the alien while she tried to keep her wrists as still as possible. Her wrist still scared and scabbed from the last hand cuffs she wore the same time last week.
"So this is the intruder" Staal scoffed as his whole body moved as he looked over at Rose. The cane gentle placed in the palm of his hand
"If it isn't the alien hanging above the planet" Rose retorted in reply, a small smile shot in his direction.
"Ha, this one had passion. Something us Sontaran's pride. A good thing if you're fighting in a war" Staal mocked as he took a few steps towards the time lady. Rose simply looked away somewhat. Staal still smiling at her as he moved right in front of her. She moved her head so she was looking down at him. His soldiers littered around the room as they continued to work, each one of their heads still unseen due to their helmets. "But don't you see... we are winning this war. Your planet is chocking. The atmosphere almost converted. Millions of metric tones of material placed into your atmosphere making it un breathable. And your only chance of surviving is the Doctor who is stuck on the planet as we have his TARDIS. He is useless as he is stupid. He can't save you now" Staal ridiculed which caused Rose to look at him. Her body completely still as she tried to keep her emotions in check.
"If the shadow proclamation knew you were here they would destroy you. Earth is a protected planet and you cannot interfere" Rose said to the back of the Sontaran as he walked away from her. He simply snapped his body back around to face her, his eyebrows raised, eyes twinkling
"Oh look at you with your long and stolen words. You have nothing to do with the proclamation, you cannot command the intensive forces of the Jadoon, you cannot even save your planet" He bellowed happily.
"I may not be a lot of things, and I may not be able to do such impressive things than the Doctor but I can do one thing. I can stand by him, encourage him, guide him. And he was right about you. You're losing your honour by skulking away up here. You say I have passion... now where is yours. Where is your passion, honour and dedication?" Rose snapped, her voice dark and menacing as she faced and stood up for her planet. A look of shock and anger flared in Staal's cheeks and he turned his body completely to the woman who was standing in front of him. His eyes held so much confusion as he tried to place her. She was unlike any human he had ever met. She was unlike anyone he had ever met from other planets. He took a single step towards her before stopping
"Who are you?" He implored. Rose's lips lifted into a small smile
"Rose Smith, The Doctors wife, defender of the earth. Time Lady" Rose stated passionately, her form moving slightly away from her captives, her handcuffs still on her wrists as they burned at her skin.
"Oh but this is perfect" Staal laughed which caused Rose's smile to falter and her face moved into one of confusion. "You are the 1st time being to ever be caught by a Sontaran. I will have great pleasure in killing you" Rose could do nothing more than stare at him.
The Doctor noticed he was heading into the basement. The corridors were deserted, the lights dim and all is help was a small door at the end of the hallway.
"No Sontarans down here. They can't resist a battle." The Doctor said quietly as he waited for the lights to flicker to existence, the sonic still blinking while he moved towards the noise, his tongue poking up towards his teeth, eyebrows raised as he followed the noise "Here we go." He voiced before the pair of them walked down the corridor. He moved to the left and the right, pointing the screwdriver down the walkways as he continued to read his directions. One of his eyebrows moving into a raised position while the other stayed neutral. He adjusted his stance and placed the screwdriver in one had as he prepared to open the door. The door slid open and the Doctor adjusted the plastic flaps and emerged into the door. They entered the lab for the Doctor to see the real Martha lying on a table bed, in a hospital gown, a device on her head which kept her in a hypnotic sleep. The Doctor took one look at her before rushing to her side, the flaps of his coat flying around him.
"Ooh, Martha, I'm so sorry." The Doctor voiced as he looked down at her and placed his hands to her neck checking her pulse " Still alive." He muttered slightly to himself for him to hear the cocking of a gun behind him as the Martha clone pointed it at his back. His eyes never leaving the Martha in front of him.
"Am I supposed to be impressed?" The Doctor said quietly as he continued to check Martha over
"Wish you carried a gun now?" The Clone voiced, her face not showing any emotions as she continued to point the gun at the Doctor's head.
"Not at all." The Doctor said with his eyebrows raised
"I've been stopping the nuclear launch all this time." Martha's clone voiced with a smile on her face
"Doing exactly what I wanted." The Doctor breathed as he turned to look at her "I needed to stop the missiles, just as much as the Sontarans. I'm not having Earth start an interstellar war. You're a triple agent!" The Doctor explained quickly, both his eyebrows raised which caused his forehead to crease while she pointed the gun right in his face, his finger moving to point towards her slightly.
"When did you know?" The clone asked with a frown as she moved with the Doctor as he circled her.
"What, you? Oh, right from the start. Reduced iris contraction, slight thinning of the hair follicles on the left temple." The Doctor said quickly, one of his hands in his pockets while the other was pointed towards the descriptions he was giving "And, frankly, you smell." The Doctor complained, his eyebrows raised as his face continued to grimace as he walked away from her "You might as well have worn a T-shirt saying "clone". Although, maybe not in front of Captain Jack." The Doctor continued as he walked over to Martha's head, placing his hands on the metal work and looking over at her, his lips in a hard line while his eyebrows were still in their raised position as he stared intently over at her. "You remember him, don't you? Cos you've got all her memories. That's why the Sontarans had to protect her, to keep you inside UNIT. Martha Jones is keeping you alive." The Doctor finished just as he pulled the device from the real Martha's head. She awoke with a scream just at the same time as the clone grasped her chest and fell to the ground in agony. The Doctor kicked away the gun which had fallen from the clones hand then went to Martha's side as she grasped hold of his suit jacket while he hugged her.
"It's all right. It's all right, I'm here, I'm here. I've got you, got you."
"There was this thing, Doctor, this alien, with this head..."
"Oh blimey I'm busy" The Doctor chimed as he jumped away and grasped hold of the ringing phone inside of his pocket and placed it to his ear "Got it?" He asked just for Donna to snap down the phone.
"Yes. Now hurry up!" Donna voiced via gritted teeth, the Doctor frowning when he realised Rose wasn't talking to him over the phone.
"Take off the covering. All the blue switches inside, flick them up like a fusebox. And that should get the teleport working." The Doctor cried over the phone before he looked over at Martha, chucked her over his coat as she walked over to talk to the Clone. He rolled his eyes slightly as he moved to work on the Teleport to help Donna and Rose.
"The gas! Tell us about the gas." The Doctor shouted via the teleportation pod which was slowly being taken apart, the Doctor's form running from the machine as he grabbed other parts while Martha continued to talk to the clone
"He's the enemy!" The Clone managed to say, the Doctor simply rolled his eyes, the screwdriver placed into his mouth.
"Then tell me. It's not just poison, what's it for? Martha, please!" Martha begged, her eyebrows raised
"Caesofine concentrate. It's one part of Bosteen, two parts Probic 5." She managed to say. The Doctor looking right over at her, his eyebrows in a frown, mouth hanging open as he continued to work on the wiring that was hanging over his neck as he used the Sonic Screwdriver on it. But realisation hit him and he hit himself in the forehead
"Clonefeed! It's clonefeed!" He bellowed loudly which caused Martha to pivot slightly on her feet as she moved to looked over at him, a frown present on her face
"What's clonefeed?"
"Like amniotic fluid for Sontarans. That's why they're not invading, they're converting the atmosphere. Changing the planet into a clone world. Earth becomes a great big hatchery. Cos the Sontarans are clones, that's how they reproduce. Give 'em a planet this big, they'll create billions of new soldiers. That gas isn't poison, it's food!" The Doctor ranted, his eyebrows raised, his face holding so much recognition, his hands moving to show Martha his gestures as he spoke over to her, his eyes wide before he bolted back to work on the teleport, his hearts beating quicker in his chest as he knew then and there how bad things had suddenly got. The Doctor hadn't been working long on the teleportation device before he heard his name being called via the phone. He snapped his head towards the phone before quickly rushing it too his ear
"DOCTOR!" Donna whispered to him while he pressed it harshly to his ear. "Blue switches done. But they've found me!" Donna said with a pause, her fear seeping quickly into her voice as she came face to face with the army of Sontaran's.
"Now!" The Doctor said as he pointed the Sonic Screwdriver to the teleport pod, activating it. Donna who was standing inside the pod of the Sontaran ship disappeared and reappeared in the clone lab. She suddenly flung herself into a hug on the Doctor.
"Have I ever told you how much I hate you?" Donna managed to say as she breathed in relief.
"Hold on, hold on. Get off me, get off me! Gotta bring the TARDIS down." The Doctor chimed loudly, his eyebrows raised, mouth moving in large movements as he walked into the device sonicking the teleport beaming the TARDIS back to earth. He smiled over at her as he walked from the pod
"Right, now." The Doctor said loudly as he placed the screwdriver back into his pocket "Where's Rose?" The Doctor stated suddenly as his face moved into a frown, worry and panic settling in his eyes while Martha moved over to them, her arms folded across her chest as she wore the Doctor coat.
"She was taken by the Sontaran's she told me to tell you that the stuff in the air was this sort of feed" Donna stated, her eyebrows in a frown as she shook her head in confusion
"Clone feed" The Doctor voiced
"That's the one" Donna chimed, clicking her fingers over to him "But she said something else what did she say... you need to make something that will set the gas on fire or sumin" Donna said over to him, her words not making sense to her but realisation hit the Doctor and his face as he realised what it was she was talking about. An Atmospheric Converter.
"Oh she's brilliant she is..." The Doctor said proudly before he was interrupted mid sentence.
Rose didn't know what to do. Alarms were blearing. Staal was shouting orders and most of the Sontaran's were running around. Rose was backing away slightly. The guards who had been standing with her were occupied and she slowly tried to sneak away towards the device which was now activated. She was almost their when someone shouted causing all the Sontran's to turn towards her and advance. She simply rolled her eyes before lifting her leg and shoving the closest one away from her. She turned and ran, her hands still clasped behind her back. She shunted one of them with her shoulder which sent him stumbling. She ducked so one was flung over her back and she kicked and moved and ducked avoided the fire from their guns before she snapped her body to the teleportation button, crouched and rolled as she was teleported from the pod.
The Doctor had finished mid sentence as the pod activated. Pure joy and happiness exploded over his features as he recognised the blonde figure that was rolling from the device. Her hands were clasped behind her back as they were cuffed and her breathing was heavy as if she was running.
"Well for an escape... that's wasn't too bad" She chimed with a smile on her face as she smiled over at her friends who were beaming over at her.
"Oh brilliant" Donna voiced
"Come here hun, lets get those cuffs off you" The Doctor said with a smile as he took out the screwdriver and walked over to her. She smiled over at him again before turning around and holding out her wrist slightly, her head looking over her shoulder as he worked on them. The buzz of the screwdriver filled her ears before her hands fell loosely to her sides. She let out the air in her lungs and smiled to herself as the pressure on her wrists were gone. She moved her hand to massage one of her wrists and turned to smile up at the Doctor who was smiling down at her. He cupped her cheek and moved the hair from her face as he smiled down at her.
"I'm glad your ok" He said to her softly so Donna or Martha's couldn't here them
"You know me... I'm always looking after myself" Rose beamed with a smile before rising on her tip toes and placing a soft kiss to his lips. They pulled apart and they smiled over at their friends "Well then, shall we get going?" The Doctor smiled which caused Rose to smile up at him
"What about this nuclear launch thing?" Martha asked while the Doctor continued to work on the device, reconfiguring it
"Just keep pressing N, we want to keep those missiles on the ground." Rose smiled over at her while Donna caught sight of the dead clone
"But there's... two of them." Donna questioned pointing towards Martha and the clone. Martha simply smiled over at her gently, the Doctor looking at her with her mouth hanging open slightly, pursed mid sentence.
"Yeah, long story." He stated just as Martha and Rose walked into the pod, Donna following suit as the Doctor pressed buttons of the location they wanted to be in "Here we go. The old team, back together! Well, the new team." The Doctor cried happily which caused Rose to smile to herself slightly
"We're not going back on that ship!" Donna cried in nervousness, Rose simply grasped hold of her hand out of comfort once again which was received greatly as Donna clung onto her hand.
"No, no, no. No. I needed to get the teleport working so that we could get to..." The Doctor said quickly before they teleported to a sister pod "...here! The Rattigan Academy, owned by..." The Doctor continued just as Luke walked over to them, holding out a gun in front of them.
"Don't tell anyone what I did! It wasn't my fault, the Sontaran's lied to me, they..." Luke cried as he walked over to them, the Doctor simply strode over to him, grasped hold of his gun and threw it away
"If I see one more gun..." The Doctor muttered and hurried away quickly. Rose simply looked over at luke and smiled slightly before swerving away from him. Martha and Donna walked after the Doctor and Rose slowly while they talked to each other.
"You know, that coat, sort of works."
"Feel like a kid in my dad's clothes."
"Oh, well if you're calling him dad you're definitely getting over him."
The Doctor and Rose were once again working together to get something built. Their large and intelligent minds were showing them schematics in their mind as they pieced it together. Each one of them communicating to one another via their link as they united to create what Rose had come up with. They were assembling the device from things found in Luke's laboratory, all the while they were explaining themselves.
"That's why the Sontarans had to stop the missiles, they were holding back. Because, caesofine gas is volatile" The Doctor started as he placed a large plastic tube over a large funnel like material, his eyebrows raised talking quickly as they hurried along with they work.
"That's why they had to use you to stop the nuclear attack. Ground-to-air engagement could've sparked off the whole thing." Rose informed once again, this time sorting out the wired and circuits of the things, causing it to work.
"So that's were setting the atmosphere on fire comes into effect?" Martha asked, her phone still in her hand. The Doctor simply nodded before going over to Donna, taking the mallet and whacking the device which caused Rose to move back slightly. The Doctor then moved another piece of the device and attached it together.
"Exactly. They need all the gas intact to breed their clone army. And all the time we had Luke here in his dream factory." Rose continued while she looked over at Luke who was rubbing his neck, broken hearted
"Planning a little trip, were we?" The Doctor chimed
"They promised me a new world." Luke stated sadly.
"You were building equipment, ready to terraform El Mondo Luko so that humans could live there and breathe the air with this!" The Doctor ranted before both the Doctor and Rose moved away from the thing they had just made.
"An atmospheric converter." Rose said with a smile as she grasped hold of the Doctor's hand who was looking down at her with a large smile
"You may have just saved the world Rose" He said to her which just caused her too look down with embarrassment. The Doctor than grabbed the base, rested it on his shoulder before following Rose out side, the rest of their companions following suit as they set up on the patio out in the front lawn of the mansion.
"That's London. You can't even see it. My family's in there." Donna muttered slightly to herself while Rose and her husband were on their knees, their eyebrows in frowns as they listened to the machine so they could tune it
"If we can get this on the right setting..." Rose muttered to herself while the Doctor sorted out the wiring.
"Doctor, hold on, you said the atmosphere would ignite." Martha voiced as she looked down at her friends
"Yeah, we did, didn't we?" He stated as the pair of them moved away, the Doctor holding the control panel in his hands. He pressed a button and a flame shot up into the sky and the sky ignited. The Doctor and Rose crossed their fingers as they watched as their machine did what it was suppose to. The sky moving as if on fire. The sky suddenly moved into one of a recognisable glorious sunlight, the sky blue and the world was saved.
"Both of them. Genius!" Luke cried, his hand to his head
"Just brilliant." Martha smiled as she took in the sun while Donna was laughing and jumping around
"Now we're in trouble!" Rose muttered to herself while her husband picked up the converter and rushed back into the building. All of them following the Doctor until he reached and stepped into the teleport pod with the atmospheric converter
"Right, so... Donna, thank you. For everything. Martha, you too. Oh... so many times. Luke, do something clever with your life." The Doctor said quickly, his eyes flicking towards each one of them, his eyes never going to Rose, his true emotions flowing freely between them via their link as they all looked at him with large sad eyes.
"You're saying goodbye." Donna said quietly, her face not moving as she watched him alter the buttons on the device
"Sontarans are never defeated. They'll be getting ready for war. And, well, you know, I've recalibrated this for Sontaran air, so..." The Doctor said as he looked up at Donna with large sad eyes.
"You're gonna ignite them." Martha nodded as she looked at them
"You'll kill yourself." Rose said barely above a whisper. She looked up at the Doctor who now moved to look over at her. The pair of them staring at each other as they prepared themselves for what was about to happen. There true feelings and emotions running freely between them once again.
"Just send that thing up, on it's own. I don't know... put it on a delay." Martha said as she shook her head towards him
"I can't." He said to her. One of his eyebrows raised as he looked right at her. Knowing that this is what Rose changed him into.
"Why not?" Donna asked with a frown
"I've got to give them a choice." He said before he looked over to Rose who was struggling with her own emotions. The pair of them feeling the same thing. Hurt and loss. Fear of being left alone. The Doctor simply placed the converter to the floor before taking a few steps towards Rose. He cupped her cheek and he was delighted when she closed her eyes and moved into his touch before she opened her eyes and placed her hand over the top of his. The pair of them smiling weakly and comfortingly over at each other. "There is nothing else I can do" HE said in defeat
"I know... But after everything we have been through, why does it have to end like this?" She implored sadly up to him. He just nodded before leaning forward over to her so he could get a good look at her
"Rose listen to me" He said as she looked up at him "You have given me another chance at life. When you found me I was broken, my life was not worth living but your love and friendship changed me. You make me want to be a better man. Your love has gotten me though even the toughest situations. Love is too weak a word for what I feel for you. The greatest thing I have learnt is not about the universe or the complexities of Time but I have learnt to love and the greatest thing about it is you love me in return. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and I wouldn't change it for the world, you are remarkable and I wish you'd never think otherwise. Your need to help others is astounding and I just wish you would be recognized by your brilliance. The Universe needs a Time Lady. Someone to watch over the comings and goings. So take the TARDIS. Live the life we have been striving for for so long. Live the life I want you to have. Because I love you. With all my heart. " He said to her passionate, his eyes shining with love and devotion, a tear was falling from her eyes as she smiled up at him before she placed a very delicate and loving kiss to his lips before they pulled away. Martha and Donna's hearts breaking as they looked upon the couple. Luke watching as the young lovers parted, knowing full well what was going to happen. The Doctor picked up the converter once again before locking his eyes to Rose's and teleported onto the ship. Donna just looked on with deep sadness, placing her hands to her head. Martha looked over at the teleport before she looked over at the broken form of Rose who was sitting on the ground, staring into nothing as she was once again left alone.
The Doctor suddenly appeared on the Sontaran ship, happily perched on the teleportation pad while the Sontaran's took in his form, the detonation device firmly placed in his cupped hands as he looked over at them.
"Oh, excellent!" Staal chimed with a smile on his lips
"General Staal, you know what this is. But there's one more option. You can go. Just leave. Sontaran High Command need never know what happened here." The Doctor said, one of his eyebrows raised, his breathing rapid as he spoke quickly and his voice full of authority.
"Your stratagem would be wise if Sontarans feared death. But we do not. At arms!" Staal shouted again, this time his soldiers pointed their weapons at the time lord which was cladded in his blue suit.
"I'll do it, Staal. If it saves the Earth, I'll do it." The Doctor shouted over at him, his finger still firmly pressed to the button.
"A warrior doesn't talk, he acts!"
"I am giving you the chance to leave."
"And miss the glory of this moment?"
"All weapons targeting Earth, sir. Firing in 20." A voice sounded over the speakers
"I'm warning you!"
"And I salute you! Take aim!"
"Shoot me, I'm still gonna press this! You'll die, Staal."
"Knowing that you die, too."
"Firing in 15." The voice started again
"For the glory of Sontar!" Stall yelled as he started chanting "Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha!"
"Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha!" The Sontarans joined
"I'll do it!" The Doctor yelled once again
"Then do it!"
"Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha!"
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3..." But suddenly the Doctor's vision blurred and everything went still as he realised he was being teleported back towards Earth.
The Doctor suddenly appeared in the teleport pod at Rattigan Academy, looking confused as he was sprawled on the ground of the pad. He slowly climbed forward as he sat on the edge of the pod, still dazed and confused. But suddenly Martha rushed over to him smiling as she nestled by his side. Donna following suit but gave the Doctor a large thwack for worrying them so much but slowly grasped at his arm relieved that he was alive. But the Doctor suddenly moved his eyes up to Rose. She was looking down at him, her eyes full of pure raw emotion that he didn't know what to feel. He climbed to his feet and within a few strides he was clinging onto Rose so close to him he was worried that she couldn't breath. But he didn't care. He was once again so close to loosing his wife that he never wanted to put her through that again. Rose let out a small sound which sounded almost like a sob but she simply clutched him closer to her. Her arms completely wrapped around his neck while her head was pressed into the crock of his neck, his cheek resting on the side of her head as they both drank each other in once again. Donna and Martha smiling as they took in the closeness and pure emotions of belonging, comfort and being reunited engulfed the young couple as they both stood there. Neither one needing to say anything, not having to do anything, because right now, all they needed was each other.
"How were they?" Martha asked as Donna walked back into the TARDIS, her eyes slightly puffy from the teary goodbye she had had with her grandfather. Rose and the Doctor were simply smiling at her gently as they stood next to each other. Rose had her hand resting on the panel of the TARDIS while the Doctor had his arm wrapped around Rose.
"Oh, same old stuff." She said gently as she wiped off a tear and tried to sound casual "They're fine. So! You gonna come with us? We're not exactly short of space." She voiced which caused all of the inhabitants to smile
"Oh, I have missed all this, but, you know. I'm good here. Back at home. And I'm better for having been away. Besides," She said as she held up her hand and showed her engagement ring "someone needs me. Never mind the universe, I've got a great big world of my own now!" She said as she walked towards the door but suddenly it shut in her face and the TARDIS shook wildly as it set into flight. Each one of them clinging onto different objects to hold their balance. Under the console, the hand in the jar was bubbling wildly while Rose and the Doctor snapped their bodies towards the console, getting readings and trying to get her out of flight.
"What? What!" The Doctor shouted with a frown as he looked at the reading on the screen
"Doctor, don't you dare!" Martha yelled over at him
"No, no, no! I didn't touch anything! We're in flight, it's not me!" The Doctor defended while Rose and the Doctor worked together, flicking switches and dials as they tried to understand what the Doctor was doing
"Where are we going?" Donna asked from the place she was clinging onto the TARDIS
"I don't know, it's out of control!"
"Doctor, just listen to me! You take me home, take me home right now!"
TO BE CONTINUED