The Doctor ran to the roof and took the fire escape down the side of the building. The angels were not expecting him to do so. He ran to his TARDIS humming a little tune.
"May 7th 2012 9:30 PM" He said to himself.
The TARDIS made it normal screeching noises as it disappeared and reappeared in a sandbox for a children's playground. Opening the door he saw it was still raining. Placing his hat on his head he ventured out into the storm. It took him a little time to get oriented but soon he saw what he wanted.
A Woman was sitting on a swing crying. The Rain streaked down her face as the tears mingled together. The Doctor was concerned as he sat down on the swing next to her.
"Terrible place to have a cry" the Doctor said "Katherine Beckett."
Kate now noticed the man with a Hat and bowtie plus an English accent? Kate thought her mind must be playing tricks on her or else this is dream.
The Doctor studied her for a moment. Then he came to a conclusion.
"No, this is not a dream I am really here Katherine." The Doctor said.
Kate could not believe it. The Doctor was sitting in the swing next to her? She knew she should not have watched all those Doctor Who shows in a row.
"I knew your mother" the Doctor continued "She was a fine brave woman!"
Kate knew this was not happening the Doctor knowing her mother preposterous.
"I can see your skepticism" The Doctor said. "But I will prove it to you. Come with me."
He held out his hand and Kate grasped it and rose from the swing. Kate figured it is a nice hallucination might as well go with the flow.
Getting to the door of the British Police Box the Doctor pulled out a key and opened the door. Kate knowing the reactions of many of his companions was still surprised to see it being bigger on the inside.
The Doctor was waiting for her response but he was sorely disappointed when she just accepted it as fact and stepped in.
The door automatically closed as the doctor busied himself with setting the time and date.
"January 9th 1999 at 11:30 PM" The Doctor said then looked over to Kate who had a frown on her face.
"Oh right Daylight savings! I never really understood why these people choose to extend the daylight hours. In an Agricultural society I guess it would matter but these days with electric lights they can make their own daylight." The Doctor said as he corrected the time. "9:30 PM"
Kate stood in wonder looking all about the TARDIS. The Screeching noise of the engines being engaged was heard by Kate.
"So why are you going to show me this?" Kate asked as if the Doctor was the ghost of Christmas Past.
"We are going to show you what a courageous woman your Mum was. I was not lying that I knew her. Katherine. We can not interfere with what is happening. It is a fix point in Time and Space we can only observe." The Doctor stated.
"Why is it a fixed point?" Kate asked shyly.
"Why? Well there are so many possibilities which radiate from this event. That is why it is fixed. You can not second guess yourself on it. This will happen and will always happen. There is no way to change it." The Doctor said as the screeching noise ended. The door opened.
Kate saw her mother standing in the alleyway behind the once popular Palermo Club.
Kate wanted to shout out a warning when she saw the Man who she knew to be Dick Coonan slip up behind her.
Kate heedlessly ran at the door. Only to be bounced off. Kate landed on the floor of the TARDIS.
"I said you could not interfere. That was the TARDIS's protecting us all. She is like that." The Doctor said as he helped her up.
"You have come see it is important." The Doctor said pushing Kate to the doorway.
Kate opened her eyes and saw Coonan completing the job then standing up and wiping the blood off his dagger with his gloves. It was a storming night Kate forgot about that detail. She could not tear her eyes off her dead mother.
"Oh so brave…She knew this was her fate and accepted it as you should too." The Doctor said.
Kate noticed that Coonan having wiped the blood on his gloves wrapped his dagger which had just killed her mother in them.
The dagger was pointing downward and Rivulet of blood, her Mother's blood was slowly tracing down the blade and collecting at the tip.
"Wait for it" The Doctor said. "Wait for it…"
Kate watched transfixed as another man approached. The blood at the tip was getting bigger and bigger as the man stood in front of him.
"Wait for it and Now!" The Doctor said with glee.
What the Doctor wanted Kate to witness was the single blood drop splashing on the shoelace of a very expensive pair of shoes. The Lightning flashed the man's face appeared. It was Senator Bracken.
The doctor satisfied closed the door and started the TARDIS back to the playground.
They both got out. Kate's head was spinning. The Dragon is Senator Bracken? No way.
Kate sat back down on the swing.
The doctor sat again next to her.
"Katherine You can not disappoint your mother she was so proud of you. You can only disappoint her if you do not have a good life. The Past is fixed! There is no changing that. But what you do in the future now that is what is important." The Doctor stated arising from the swing. "I bid you adieu Katherine Beckett. Have a good life."
The doctor walked back to the sandbox and entered the TARDIS then disappeared.