Old Enemy, New Friends

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Chapter Four

"Who are you?" asked Adam.

"I'm the Doctor," said the Doctor then looked at Alan. "And this is my brother, Alan."

"What are you doing here?"

"Ah, now there's the thing, where, exactly, are we?"

"You're in my house! Why do you two look like Adam?!" demanded Adam's Pete.

"Well, that's easy enough to explain. You see, Alan and I come from a different dimension," said the Doctor and Alan nodded.

"So that makes you're his clone, right?" asked Adam's Pete, looking at Alan.

"Yeah," said Alan, glaring at him.

"Um, this is going to sound odd but is there a…me in there?" asked Adam's Rose.

"Yeah, there is. Hold on, I'll go get her," said Alan, walking toward the TARDIS when River got off the chair, walked to him and tugged on his arm, making him look down at her. "My, aren't you a cutie. What's your name, Kiddo?"

"My name is River Donna Storm."

'Donna?' thought Alan, blinking.

'What?' thought Donna.

'I wasn't talking to you.'

'Then who were you talking to?' thought Donna and he set up a mental block to talk with her in private.

'There is another me out here. Rose, too, and they have kids. The little girl has ginger hair like you do and her middle name is "Donna"

'You're joking! This I have to see!'

'No, Donna, wait…'

"What is going on out here?!" said Donna, coming out of the TARDIS and Adam's eyes went wide.

"Donna!" said Adam, as he walked to her, hugging her, and she looked at him.

"Back off, Skinny!" said Donna, pushing him off of her and Alan laughed.

"Maybe it would be better to explain things if we went inside," said the Doctor as they stood back and Adam's Jackie, Adam's Pete and Adam's Tony, Jamie got up, walking to Adam's Rose and Adam. Walking inside the TARDIS, they gasped when they saw the others and the Doctor closed the doors.

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Adam's Doctor opened his eyes as he looked at the ceiling when the door opened and Lucy walked inside the room. Walking to the bed, Lucy checked the plastic IV bag when she felt his hand on her arm and she looked at him.

"Lucy?" asked Adam's Doctor.

"Yes, Sweetie?" asked Lucy with that motherly tone she had when she talked to him.

"Can I have something to eat?"

"Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure! I'll have cook make you something!" said Lucy, walking to the door and left the room. Closing his eyes, he reached out with his mind, trying to get in contact with his TARDIS, when a bolt of searing pain filled his mind and he screamed. Lucy ran into the room when she ran to the bed and stroked his hair. "Ohhhhhhh, did you try to call your TARDIS?! Naughty boy! There are psychic dampers in the walls so you can't do that."

"Why are you doing this?!" asked Adam's Doctor and she moved closer until the tip of their noses touched.

"That would be telling," said Lucy, standing up, and ruffled his hair. "Now, since you were bad, there will be no supper for you!"

Watching her leave the room, Adam's Doctor sighed, closed his eyes and slowly drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

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Lucy walked into the room when she looked at Bryan and blinked. He looked at the screen as she walked closer and draped her arms around his shoulders.

"How is he doing?" asked Lucy while Bryan typed on the keyboard and she tapped the back of his head. "Hey, I'm talking to you!"

"He is fine," said Bryan with an almost mechanical sound to his voice and Lucy stood up. Walking to the container, she looked at him and tapped on the glass. His eyes opened as he sighed and she smiled at him.

"Can you hear me?" asked Lucy and he slowly nodded. "Do you know who I am?"

"Lucy," said the voice and her eyes went wide.

"Yes, I'm Lucy! Oh, it is so good to hear your voice!"

"Lucy?"

"Yes?!" asked Lucy, placing her hands on the glass.

"When I get out of here, I am going to kill you."

Lucy looked at him when she pushed a button on the container and his eyes went wide due to the fact that she turned the oxygen off. Coughing, he looked at her and she smiled, pushing the button. She moved closer until her face was against the glass and he saw a crazy light in her eyes.

"Threaten me again and I'll turn it off for good. Nod if you understand," purred Lucy and he slowly nodded. Smiling, she walked away and he watched her leave the room. He blinked several times as he looked at the door then shiver and closed his eyes.

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"Uncle, watch what I can do!" shouted three year old River as she stood on her hands, walking along the sand, and he smiled at her.

"That's very clever!" said Adam's Doctor, nodding. Due to a rift in the seal that separated their worlds, they were able to visit for short periods of time, from a few minutes to a couple of hours, without damaging their universes and he enjoyed spending time with Adam and his family. There were times that he wanted to just stay but knew that his universe still needed him so he was thankful for whatever time he had. He felt Adam's hand on his shoulder as he looked at him and Adam handed him one of the sandwiches that Adam's Rose had made for their picnic.

"Oh, look, Jamie smiled!" said Adam's Rose as they looked at the two month old baby on the blanket and everyone cooed over him.

"Hey?!" shouted River as she ran to the blanket and started kicking sand at Jamie.

"River Donna Storm, you stop that right now!" shouted Adam and she growled.

"I'll handle this!" said Adam's Doctor.

Picking her up, he carried her to the TARDIS and they went inside. Heading for the console, he sat on the jump seat and held her.

"Ok, Starshine, what was that all about?"

"They love Jamie more than me!" said River.

"They do not!"

"Then why do they fuss over him all the time?!"

"Well, that's because he a baby. Blimey, you should have seen the fuss we made over you when you were that tiny."

"You did?!"

"Yep, in fact, your daddy's favorite thing was to dress you up all girly and take you to work."

"Really?!" asked River and he nodded. Holding her close, he started rocking her as she placed her head against his chest and closed her eyes. In a few minutes she was sound asleep and he placed his feet up on top of the console.

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Adam's Doctor opened his eyes as the tears trickled down his cheeks and he wiped his eyes. He wanted so badly to feel River in his arms again and to hear Jamie's laugh. He wanted to see Adam's Rose's smile and listen to Adam talk about some planet they had just gotten back from. Cursing himself for not fully bonding with them, the Doctor sighed and looked at the ceiling. Suddenly the door opened while a nurse Lucy had hired to take care of him walked in with a tray of food in her hands and he looked at her.

"GET OUT!" shouted Adam's Doctor as the tray flew into the air and the food splattered to the floor. He watched her leave the room then closed his eyes and new tears trickled down his cheeks.