Previously:
Suddenly the doors slammed shut and the TARDIS engines started.
"LET ME OUT!" Martha shrieked "DOCTOR WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"I'm not doing anything!" the Doctor protested attempting to stop the TARDIS only to be flung back on to the floor as the TARDIS began to rock side to side harshly. By the console he could see his hand in its jar bubbling away…
The TARDIS continued to throw them round the console as she flew through the vortex quickly. Rose pulled herself up and held tightly to the console only to fall back down when Donna stumbled into her. The TARDIS finally slowed down a stop, the engines were now still and quiet and the hand no longer bubbled. It was then the foursome dared to stand up.
"Last time something like this happened" Martha said quietly "we were at the end of the universe. Where have you taken us now? What horrors will we face?"
"Well we won't know if we just stand around will we?" the Doctor said running down the ramp, throwing the doors open. The three women followed after sharing an uneasy glance.
They found themselves in a dark looking alley, rubbish filled the sides and there standing before them was a blue and silver machine with a slot that seemed to fit a hand beside it. Before they could even speak or move two men came out holding guns.
"FREEZE" one of them shouted
"Show us your hands, are they clean?" the other one yelled
The four of them held their hands up in the air showing both palm and backs. "They're clean" the Doctor assured them.
One man grabbed hold of the Doctor's hand and examined it carefully "not a single cut…you'll do" the man dragged the Doctor to the hand slot and slipped the Doctor's hand in.
The Doctor winced "ouch" he muttered "don't worry" he said looking back at his companions "it's just taking a sample of my DNA – OUCH! A lot of my DNA"
The Doctor's hand was finally released from the slot and he stumbled back, Rose grabbed hold of his shoulder and pulled him to her tightly while Martha was looking at the damage on his hand. The doors on the machine opened slowly and smoke flew out blocking their vision of what was behind the doors.
The smoke cleared quickly and there stepping out slowly, looking round in wonder was a girl. She was small, smaller than Rose. She had golden blonde hair smoothed over in a ponytail and big brown eyes. One of the men passed her a gun and she held it like a soldier.
"Who is she?" Donna asked
"She's…well…she's my daughter" the Doctor said
"Hello Dad" the girl said clicking her gun. Her eyes landed on Rose and she nodded "Mum"
"Apparently she's my daughter as well" Rose said weakly
Suddenly they were attacked by fish looking creatures called 'Haths' the men and the Doctor's daughter began to retaliate. Someone shot up in the air causing a cave in. separating Martha from the others.
Rose and Donna started working on moving the rumble. "Martha can you hear me?" Rose shouted
"Yes" Martha called out a reply "one of these Hath things are injured, I'm trying to help it"
"We're going to get you out" Rose promised
"Oh no, you're not" said one of the men "Haths are on the other side and we just lost a soldier. We're going to go to General Cobb"
"Sorry who are you?" Donna asked
"Cline my names Cline"
"Well Cline…" SMACK! Cline staggered back clutching his cheek where Donna just slapped him. "Our friend is trapped over there and we're going to help her"
"No go with them" Martha shouted "the Haths are gathering round and they're most likely going to take me to their base. I'll find my way back to you later"
The Doctor and Rose exchanged uneasy looks before following Cline and their…daughter. Donna strolled confidently beside the small blonde girl.
"So" she said "what's your name dear?"
"I…I don't have a name" the girl replied looking a bit lost
"We usually receive our names from a higher authority" Cline said
"Well then, I guess I shall be that higher authority" Donna said "Rose, what's your mother's name?"
"Oh no, no, no, no, no" the Doctor said stepping between Rose and Donna "no child of mine will have the name of Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler. I am not having that she witch's name blemish her innocence (assuming she has some)"
"OI! That's my mother you're insulting" Rose snapped "just remember the Tyler slap is genetic"
The Doctor gulped
"Well she needs a name we can't call her the whatever she is" Donna said hands on her hips
"A genetic anomaly" the Doctor said sighing
"Hmm…genetic anomaly…Jenny, how about Jenny?" Donna said
"I like that" Jenny said smiling up at Donna
"Jenny Tyler" Rose added "now you have a full name"
Jenny looked pleased "no one else has ever had a full name before" she said gleefully
"Well you are my daughter" Rose said uncomfortably. She couldn't get used to the idea, a fully grown daughter made within seconds. Yet when she looks at the small blonde girl with her big brown eyes (obviously inherited from her father) she thinks 'yes that's my little girl'.
"No she isn't" the Doctor said flatly "she hasn't got any of your DNA. She isn't your daughter"
"Oh so then why did she call me Mum then?" Rose asked crossly folding her arms over her chest.
"Knowledge" Jenny said "us anomalies have things programmed into our minds while being made. It's been programmed in me to know how to fight; to know the history of my home Messaline…Dad just added a few other things. I know you're my mother because he said so…he programmed me to know…"
"Well that takes the sweetness and magic out of it all" Donna muttered under her breath.
General Cobb was an old man with bright blue eyes. He told them the tale of Messaline, how the Haths betrayed them and how they are fighting for the gift of creation that's hidden somewhere. The Doctor examined the electronic map and used his sonic screwdriver to show the missing part. General Cobb was preparing for war and the Doctor tried to stop them…only to get himself, Donna, Rose and Jenny arrested.
Donna looked up in the cell and noticed the same little plaque of numbers that was in the main hall. She squinted at them for a while, memorising them. The Doctor was trying to work out a way to escape when the sonic screwdriver proved useless for the deadlocked lock.
"So what do you do anyway?" Jenny asked "if you're not soldiers"
"We're travellers" Rose said "we keep peace…well we try to. Sometimes we get in some gruesome battles"
"So you are soldiers" Jenny said
"No we're not" the Doctor snapped
"It's nothing to be ashamed off" Jenny said "I'm proud to know that my parents fought for what they believed in"
"We're not your parents" the Doctor snarled "you're not mine nor Rose's daughter. You're not a Time Lord and you have no idea about anything. You're just a shadow"
Jenny looked down at her feet; Rose let an angry hiss at the Doctor before wrapping her arms round Jenny. "How dare you say that to her. She is our daughter and I'll prove it to you. Pass me your stethoscope."
The Doctor slowly handed it to her. Rose pulled it on and then listened to Jenny's heartbeats, a serene smile forming on her face as she handed the stethoscope back to the Doctor. "Go on, listen"
The Doctor did as he was told and he listened to the heartbeat on one side and the to the one on the other. He eyes flickered open and he looked down to the chocolate brown eyes that matched his own. The nervous smile on her face was similar to Rose's when Rose was so young and naive. He was looking into the face of his daughter.
"You…you are my daughter" he whispered
"Told you so" Donna, Rose and Jenny muttered under their breath.
"Now how are we going to get out of here?" Donna asked "I mean Martha's out there on the Hath side of things and we got to stop the Haths and Humans from killing each other"
"Leave that to me" Jenny said grinning. The Doctor, Rose and Donna stood pressed up against the wall watching Jenny swagger up to the metal bars and start talking to the guard. They watched in shock as she snogged the guard, pulled out his gun and held it to his head.
"I would like to see you do that" Donna hissed to the Doctor
"She is so grounded when this is over. No daughter of mine should go round snogging men like Jack" the Doctor muttered
"Oh and how do you suggest we ground her when we live in a time machine?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow "she's not exactly a little girl"
"She's my little girl"
"Come on then" Jenny said unlocking the door to their cell, completely oblivious to what Rose and the Doctor had just been discussing.
The four of them were about to go round a corner when they spotted another guard on the stairs. Jenny was about to walk up to him, probably to do the same thing to poor old Cline when both Rose and the Doctor grabbed hold of her shoulders and held her back.
"My turn" Donna said pushing her hair back
"No" the Doctor said "that might cause an accident"
"Rose could do it" Donna said with a gleam in her eyes
"Not in this universe" the Doctor growled possessively "let me do it"
Ignoring the strange looks on Donna's, Rose's and Jenny's face the Doctor pulled out a toy mouse with a remote control.
"I thought I told you to get rid off that" Rose hissed
"Well knowing our luck with cats I wasn't going to risk it" the Doctor murmured back.
They knocked the guard out and got ahead of the Messaline troops, only to be blocked by a set of laser beams. Rose pulled out her sonic pen and began to disarm them, when the sounds of the troops catching up could be heard. Jenny went back to distract them when Rose got rid of them, the three of them ran ahead, shouting for Jenny to hurry up. When Jenny ran round the corner the laser beams come back.
"Stay there!" the Doctor shouted "I'll sort it out, just stay there"
"It's ok Dad" Jenny said grinning "I'm going to show you just how Mum won that bronze medal in the under sevens competition"
To the Doctor's and Donna's shock, Jenny did multiple flips and cartwheels through the laser beams. Rose was cheering and the moment Jenny stepped away from the laser beams, Rose pulled her into a huge hug.
"That was fantastic, you're definitely my daughter" Rose said pulling away
"I have a lot more tricks up my sleeve" Jenny said panting slighting "could show you later…if I get the time"
"Plenty time in a time machine" the Doctor said "plenty of adventures and dangerous situations to get into"
"You mean…I can come with you"
"Well I can't leave you here can I?" the Doctor said shrugging
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you" Jenny squealed throwing her arms round the Doctor before running off in excitement.
"You have that look on your face" Donna said smirking
"What look?" the Doctor asked
"Dad Shock, all men round my area have that look on them"
"I do not have Dad Shock!" the Doctor argued
"Actually you do have that look that the blokes on the estate have" Rose said smirking just as much as Donna was.
"Rose you're supposed to be on my side!"
"Since when?"
"Err…"
Donna figured everything out. She figured out that the little numbers on the plaques were dates. Dates on when that certain part of the building was built. They found out that Messaline was only a week old and the thing the Haths and Humans were fighting over was a glass ball filled with gases that could grow life. The Doctor broke it in front of everyone and everyone watched in awe as the gases flew round growing life. The Humans and Haths dropped their guns to stop fighting.
Everyone but General Cobb, he held his gun up at the Doctor and fired it
"DAD!"
Jenny pushed the Doctor out of the way and the bullet hit her directly in her left heart. She gasped and fell on to her knees. The Doctor caught her and laid her gently on the floor.
Rose ran to Jenny's side and held her hand "it's all right sweetheart, you just got to regenerate"
Jenny's breaths were coming out in small gasps
"I don't think she can" the Doctor said softly, stroking Jenny's hair
"But she has two hearts, she's our daughter" Rose cried out, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"So beautiful" Jenny whispered looking up at her surroundings "wish I could have travelled with you…"
"Shh" the Doctor whispered "rest, you need to rest"
Jenny's eyes fluttered shut and the Doctor pressed a kiss on her forehead. Rose let out a sob before leaning over and kissing Jenny on her cheeks. The Doctor let out a furious snarl and picked up a stray gun and held to General Cobb's head.
"Give me one good reason to not shoot you" he snarled
The General gulped and looked up at the Doctor with his beady eyes, not saying a word. Rose walked up to the Doctor and pulled the gun out of his hand gently.
"Because it's not who you are" she whispered in his ear
He looked down to see Rose's tear filled hazel eyes pleading him. He let out a frustrated snarl before grabbing Rose's hand and storming off to find the TARDIS.
Donna and Martha merely followed without saying a word.
The Doctor landed them in the Torchwood Hub and the moment Rose exited she ran into Gwen's arms sobbing. Telling them exactly what happened while Martha introduced Donna to the rest of the team.
"It's not always happiness and lightness round those two" Martha muttered to Donna "sure you want to stay?"
"Definitely, I'm going to stay with them forever" Donna said smiling sadly
Gold gas floated out of her lips and there was a sudden gasp as she woke up. Hovering above her was a Hath and Cline.
"Hello boys" she said grinning
They helped her into the spaceship and helped get it ready for setting off.
"Where are you going?" Cline asked down the radio
"No idea, I'm going to see new worlds, save civilizations and do a hell lot a running"
"But you can't just leave!"
"What are you going to do about it? Tell my parents?" she let out a little laugh before sitting back as the spaceship shot out into the sky.