Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with the Doctor Who family of shows (Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Doctor who). They belong to the great people at the BBC. I only own the plot and my own characters.

Author's note: You may need tissues for this chapter, its about to get a bit teary.

Luna's Prophecy

Outside Doctor Granger's, the rest of the team had finally gathered together by the TARDIS. Martha pulled out her key and unlocked and opened the door as quickly as she could. Some of the Daleks had detected them and were chasing after them

"Martha! Hurry up and open the door!" James shouted.

James and Gwen were shooting at the Daleks, trying to keep Martha and Sarah Jane safe.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" Martha shouted back.

Finally the door sprang open just as the Daleks around them started exploding. The sky echoed with the high pitched screams of the tentacle creatures inside the metal exteriors. The team stood watching stunned.

Back inside the mansion, Jack, The Doctor and Luna were running as fast as possible. They could hear the screams of the Daleks and feel the vibrations of the explosions. One Daleks exploded in a doorway as they ran past. The force of the blast nearly knocked Luna off her feet. The Doctor managed to grab her arm before she could hit the floor. She regained her composure and ran after the two men. Jack was leading the way.

"Where are we going, Jack?" The Doctor shouted.

"We're almost there," Jack called back, "The others are waiting for us."

"What others?"

"Martha, Sarah Jane, Gwen and James," Luna called, "They came with us to rescue you."

"Are you serious? Why?"

"Because we didn't want to see you dead. The universe needs you, we need you. Also you've saved all of us many times over, now we can call it even."

Even though they were running for their lives, the Doctor couldn't hide his smile. Once again, his friends had come to his aid. But it wasn't over just yet.

Finally, Jack led the Doctor and Luna out of the building to see the TARDIS stood waiting for its master to step in. The Doctor's hearts nearly leapt with joy at the sight of his precious ship and home.

"Oh, I can't tell you how much I've missed her." He grinned.

"Well, let's get inside." Jack suggested.

The doors of the TARDIS opened and Martha and the others looked out to see them running. But as they jogged to the blue box, out of the undergrowth a dark metal shape glided across the ground. As they got closer to the TARDIS, Luna spotted the blue light of an eye-stalk through the darkness. Its gun aimed directly at the man in front of her. Suddenly the words of the fortune teller rang through her head.

"Death, a tragic and awful death. There is a choice to be made, but death, only death."

Luna realised what the woman mean the whole time.

'The choice, it has been mine all along,' she thought, 'I can let this last Dalek kill him or I can stop it. But that means…'

She looked back at the Doctor, still ahead of her. She knew what to do.

'No need to choose!'

Then it happened. It was almost in slow motion. The Dalek called out its infamous battle cry. As the Doctor turned to see the Dalek, he felt himself be pushed to the ground. The whine of the Dalek's gun echoed as it hit. There was a scream from the TARDIS doors.

"Take that you freak!" James roared.

He aimed his gun at the Dalek and shot it. It was a direct hit, exploding the metal creature open. The Doctor pushed himself off the ground and looked around. The sight that greeted him shattered his hearts. Lying, motionless just beside him, was Luna. He crawled to her side and gently turned her on to her back and cradled her in his arms.

"Luna," He whimpered, "Speak to me."

To his surprise, Luna's blue eyes opened and looked up at him. She smiled but the light in her eyes was fading.

"Hello," She said, weakly.

"Oh Luna, what did you do that for?"

"I told you. The universe needs you."

"But I need you. Luna, don't you dare leave me."

For the first time since she had met him, the Doctor started to cry. His big brown eyes filled with tears that spilt on to his soft cheeks.

"I was told this would happen. Back on Satista, a fortune teller saw that I would die saving you. I'm sorry...Doctor. I love…"

The sentence was never finished. Luna's eyes closed and her body went limb in the Doctor's arms.

"No," He gasped, "Luna, no. Don't go."

It was too late. Luna Edwards was gone. Jack and the others stood back as the heartbroken Time Lord held his lost companion in his arms, close to his body, and allowed him self to cry against her soft brown hair.

Then a tiny glimmer of hope crossed the Doctor's mind. Surely, it wasn't all over. He looked up at Jack.

"Regeneration," He said simply, "Luna's like me. Surely, she'll regenerate if we wait long enough."

Jack looked at Martha who looked back. There was nothing to signify the start of regeneration. They could see that the Doctor was trying to find anything to stop the pain. But it was clear that Luna wasn't coming back.

A few hours later, everyone was back in Torchwood. Luna's body lay in the morgue with the Doctor guarding her. He hadn't left her side since the Dalek shot her. He was determined that she would still regenerate. In the main base, Martha and the others were all sat watching the CCTV. They could see what was happening in the morgue.

"He still thinks she'll regenerate," Ianto said, "Surely she would've done so by now."

"She's not going to," James sniffed, "Is she?"

Martha heard the sniffle from James and gave him a hug. He was heartbroken too, just not as badly as the Doctor was.

Down in the morgue, Jack stepped in to the room to see the Doctor stood, leant against the wall, looking straight at Luna. There were no more tears but the hurt and heartbreak was written all over his features. Jack sighed and stepped closer.

"She's not going to do it, you know," He said, "Doctor, if she was going to regenerate, she would've done so by now."

"I know," The Doctor replied, his voice just audible, "But I can't leave her. She wouldn't leave me if it was the other way round."

"Doctor, let her go. She's gone."

The Doctor lowered his gaze to the floor and swallowed back the tears that threatened to surface again. Then an important thought came to him.

"We need to tell Victoria Edwards," He stated, "She'll be wondering where her daughter is. She should be here for Luna."

Jack nodded.

"I'll send Gwen and Sarah Jane to bring her here." He replied.

The Doctor didn't reply to that except for a gentle nod. Jack then slowly turned around and walked back to the main Hub to send Gwen and Sarah Jane to London to get Victoria. Once left alone, the Doctor stepped closer to Luna's body. He very gently touched her cheek. Her skin was now cold but still felt as soft as it did when she was alive. Then he leant in and kissed her lips ever so softly.

"Goodbye, Luna Edwards."

Then he stood up, put his hands in his pockets and started walking out of the room. Just as he got to the door, he stopped and looked back.

"I love you."

With that, he walked out of the room, finally letting his tears flow.