Here's the third chapter, i would like some reviews but i guess it's too much to ask for. oh well...agian this is to Lady Nightlord, may your quill never run out of ink.
Disclaimer: i do not own Doctor Who, Torchwood or anything else besides Catharine and the plotline.
Chapter Three Forgive Me
Catharine looked around; she was startled at how beautiful Cardiff was. Sure she had seen it when she was a child but she could barely remember it after all the death and destruction she had seen. She walked in circles looking up at the sky. The Doctor smiled at her while she moved in small circles.
"I see you have a new companion Doctor." Jack said walking up to them. Catharine tilted her head back down and saw Jack. "No, Doctor…"
Ianto walked up holding three containers. "What is it Jack? Oh hello Doctor, what a pleasant surprise that you came."
"Hello Ianto, Jack," Catharine said with a soft smile.
Ianto looked at her exceedingly confused. "Do I know you?"
"Ianto," Jack said looking at Ianto slightly worried. "That's Catharine…in…16 years I would say."
Catharine nodded her head and looked at her older cousin slightly frightened. "Ian, it's me…your nick-name for me is Kitten, we play in the park as often as we can, and my personal favorite game that we play is called—"
"Stop," Ianto nearly screamed at her. She stopped talking by snapping her mouth shut. "You can't be my cousin,"
"Ian," Catharine whispered while taking a step closer to him, "Ianto, it's me…my nick name for you was Paladin, please…don't do this."
Ianto blinked at her. She was so thin, pale and almost looked as if she had seen too much death. She almost looked like his aunt, but it was impossible. She stared up at him with her dimmed blue-green eyes. There was no way that she was his baby cousin, his baby cousin had bright, vibrant youthful blue-green eyes.
"Ianto, I'm sorry to say but this is your cousin." Jack whispered. "Although why she came I do not venture to know." He seemed to almost glare at Catharine but she returned the glare almost tenfold.
Catharine then turned her glare on her cousin. "I can see that I am no longer loved by the only family I have left. I pray that you burn in hell!" She started to run back to the Tardis but Ianto tackled her to the ground. She let out a quick and abrupt breath as the air was knocked out of her lungs. "Get off of me!"
"Catharine," Ianto said helping her to her feet. His baby blue eyes showed confusion and sadness. "The only reason why you would come back is to say good-bye. I know I reacted badly but think about it…you promised me when you turned 11 that you would only come back in time if it was to say good-bye." Ianto pulled her into a hug. She stood still but slowly wrapped her arms around him.
"Ianto…I'm scared." She whispered while resting her head against his shoulder. "You die…I don't want you to…"
"A universe destroying time paradox will ensue if I do not die." He said with a grin. "You're too young to understand how dangerous our line of work is."
Catharine slipped out from his arms and looked up at him. Tears were starting to form in her eyes but she wiped them away with a quick movement of her arm. This was the first time she had cried about someone dying. "Ian, you write a letter to me, all right?"
Ianto nodded his head then looked back at Jack who was holding the three containers. "I have hot chocolate to deliver to your birthday party." He bent forward and kissed her forehead. She could sense he was conflicted by the slow but abrupt movements he was making, "But there is something that your mother and father left you, it's in a safe, the password is your name." Ianto walked away with Jack but turned around, "Good bye my dear little cousin."
Catharine bit down on her lower lip as she watched them walk away. Pain struck at her heart and threatened to tear it to shreds. 'If there is a god up there, take him into your arms with swift and painless ease.' She prayed silently.
"Catharine?" The Doctor walked up to her and looked at her tear stained face. "You've been crying."
"Yeah," She walked away and towards a small pub. "Are you coming Doctor?"
He followed her without a word as they walked into the pub. She ordered something to eat then put a small card on the table. It was a credit card. They ate fish and chips then walked around the city for a while. He let her talk about her family and what she could remember from her childhood. As soon as she mentioned a pocket watch the Doctor's attention was drawn in. she described the circles and lines that formed the cover design. "Did it ever open?"
"Yeah, my mum always used it to check the time." Catharine said with a sigh. "I kind of wonder what is in the safe now…but then again it's meant for another time." She took another drink of the iced tea.
They walked back to the Tardis and the Doctor lead her back to her room. "Go ahead and sleep, we've had an eventful day." The Doctor watched her slip under the covers of the bed then, as he was leaving her, turned off the lights and closed the door. He thought back to when Donna had been with him, he feared for this young woman becoming like Rose and Donna. Rose was trapped in a parallel dimension and Donna was back to her normal life without any knowledge of how brilliant a person she had become. He felt the pain of their departure and how it had come.
Catharine curled up and shivered herself to sleep. It wasn't that she was cold; it was that she was sad. Seeing Ianto and Jack again made her think of when they left and when her parents had died defending her from the Daleks.
A little girl with rosy red cheeks and bright youthful eyes hid in her parents' closet. Her mother stood guard while her father ran outside to fight the Daleks with whatever he could get his hands on. All of a sudden the screaming of 'EXTERMINATE' rang throughout the house. Catharine flinched visibly inside the hideout. Her mother grabbed her pistol and started shooting at the Daleks, even though it did nothing it helped calm Catharine down. There was a loud sound, similar to thunder and her mother screamed then…nothing. The Daleks left and Catharine slowly climbed out of her hiding spot. She crawled towards her mother's dead body and shook it violently.
"Mummy," She screamed, "Mummy wake up, I need you!"
Her mother turned to look at her with sorrow clear in her eyes. 'You have the Doctor now; it's time for you to move on.' She seemed to say.
"Mummy, don't leave me!"
"Wake up Catharine wake up." Her mother whispered then her voice started to morph into the Doctor's. "Wake up Catharine."
Catharine bolted up right with a scream. "Mummy!" She looked to see the Doctor holding onto her shoulder. She struggled to keep from sobbing but finally gave in and wrapped her arms around the Doctor.
"It was only a nightmare, you'll be fine." He said softly while stroking her hair. "Everything will be fine."
"Forgive me mother," She whispered through the blinding tears. "I couldn't save you…I couldn't save anyone."
A/N: not my longest but not my shortest either...meh...please r&r.