Chapter Nine
Rose ran over to where Eleven was tinkering with the TARDIS and trying to receive the readings that would tell him who was pulling the TARDIS, or at least find out where they were going.
"The TARDIS herself is blocking the readings from me!" exclaimed Eleven in frustration.
"Doctor, I think you should see something," said Rose shakily.
"No time," muttered Eleven without glancing up.
"I really think you should see," she pleaded.
"I'm busy, find the other Doctor."
"He wants you to see too."
"I'm busy," he snapped.
"I'm just saying, that according to the TARDIS' screen thingy, I'm meant to be here. I need to be here."
"What do you mean?"
"There's BAD WOLF written on the screen in red paint," she said quickly, noticing Eleven's irritability. The Doctor finally looked up, stood quickly from his swing and ran to the console. He stared at the screen in disbelief like the rest of them.
"But who painted this?" he muttered.
"I have no idea. I didn't," replied Rose.
"I didn't," said Nine.
"Neither did I," said Ten.
"Ditto," said Captain Jack.
"And these two couldn't have," Rose said motioning to Sherlock and John, "They're laughing because I'm scared. I'm scared, Doctor. Every time I see this something horrible happens," lamented Rose over the first instance she had with the BAD WOLF. The only one she knew about. She would soon know the true horror of the BAD WOLF.
"You've only seen it once, how can you be afraid?" asked Eleven.
"Because I don't know what to expect this time…" she trailed off.
"Hold on, what happened the first time?" Sherlock butted in.
"Stuff you don't need to know about," snapped Ten.
"Wait, Nine, you don't even know what this is about. How can you be scared?" asked Ten.
"Because I have a feeling that whatever happened with BAD WOLF has something to do with me changing into you," replied Nine. Nine and Ten glared at each other. Rose was laughing on the inside. Two versions of the man she loved were fighting.
"Girls, break it up," Rose interjected. Nine and Ten both glared at her. John laughed.
"Remind you of anyone?" John whispered to Sherlock. Now it was Sherlock's turn to give someone a death stare.
Suddenly, a bright yellow light appeared in front of the TARDIS console. It sparkled and slowly formed a woman with red hair cascading down her back. Eleven stared in disbelief.
"Really?!" he exclaimed. The girl whipped around.
"Who are you lunatics?! Where in the hell am I?" she shouted in anger. Eleven smiled sadly at her sassy anger, but he would have to make her forget yet another piece of her life.
"You're in the TARDIS," replied Rose kindly. Eleven winced. Rose and the woman were together for the very first time, and not the last. Not in the very least.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Donna Noble," Eleven introduced her.
"You know her?!" exclaimed Ten.
"Yes. So will you." Ten just stared at Eleven disapprovingly as if to say, I'm not supposed to know that. But Eleven would make them forget. It didn't matter what they knew at this point.
"How did I get here?!" Donna exclaimed.
"Magic," replied Nine sarcastically.
"Oi, watch it!" retorted Donna.
"You watch it! I could do anything to you right now if you were to piss me off. So I suggest you shut it!" Nine yelled back.
"What are you, some kind of rapist then?!" Nine stared her down. She moved her neck in a circle sassily. Ten and Rose were laughing in the corner.
"This is the best thing I've ever seen in the TARDIS," laughed Rose.
"Who needs all time and space? We have The Doctor and Donna to sass each other into oblivion," giggled Ten.
Eleven overheard and silently whispered, "The Doctor Donna reluctantly stands in the TARDIS for the first time. Oh what wonders you'll do, Donna." He smiled sadly.
Rose stepped over to Eleven and said, "Doctor, are you saying you've met her before?"
"Yes," replied The Doctor.
"How long after me?" she asked seriously.
"She appeared right after we said goodbye. Not by choice, mind you. But she helped me cope with losing you."
"When did she leave?"
"She left for the first time the day we met, and she reappeared when the adipose came."
"When did she leave after that?" He was surprised she didn't ask what an adipose was.
"I can't tell you that." It didn't matter what she knew, but it still would hurt her more than help her.
"When did I leave?"
"I can't tell you that, either."
"Why can't you?"
"Because you can't know about the worst day of your life before it happens, you enjoy the happy moments less when you know a storm is coming." She thought about this for a moment, and walked off. She sat down against a wall to stabilize herself in the tumbling TARDIS. Nine and Donna went at sassing each other for hours while they all stood around, clinging to something, and watched.
"I told you once, I can't take you back. The ship isn't working!" shouted Nine.
"Ship?! Are you telling me that I'm on a ship?! A bloody ship! What kind of ship?!" Donna yelled back.
"A space ship," replied The Doctor simply.
"What?!"
"It's a space ship, and a time machine." Donna just stared at him. Her gaze went from incredibly angry to sad.
"Will I ever get back home?" she asked wistfully.
"I hope so. None of us can get home. The ship's gone haywire." Donna stared at the ground for a moment and started to cry. Eleven walked over to her and held her as she shook and stained his tweed jacket.
"Everything's gonna be fine, Donna," The Doctor consoled her.
A sudden rumble in the TARDIS caused them to fall over and Donna screamed. They all clung to bars and beams and each other to stay put. They were getting close…
These little notes at the end I put in are fun. Aren't they fun? Just me, talking to you. :-) I sincerely apologize for my tardiness. (get it...TARDInesS. TARDIS. Anyone? No? Okay...I am not funny.) Anywho, hop you enjoyed this one, I know I did. I have SO MUCH MORE. Post your theories in the reviews or PM me and tell me where you think the TARDIS is going to land. Go mad. :)