This chapter features Eleven and a former companion of Ten (guess who!) and it takes place around the time Eleven was travelling with the Ponds. There are couple of mentions of other (Tenth Doctor) companions. Hope you like it! Send me your reviews.

The Unit Headquarters were empty. There were no soldiers, no scientists, no one running around, yelling commands, absolutely no one.

It had been a good ten minutes that he was wondering around offices and empty corridors, opening doors, peering inside and closing them again.

He had been invited by Kate Stewart, Brigadier's daughter, for what sounded like a life and death matter and he had been polite enough to not decline the invitation, even though he was enjoying his time on the beach with Amy and Rory.

The way Kate presented the matter it sounded very urgent and he couldn't understand why on God's green earth no one was around to show him where to go and find her.

The Doctor opened what seemed like the thousand door since he came and cautiously stepped inside. He didn't like the silence. It creeped him out.

The room was filled with scientific and medical equipement, white medical robes and a girl lying on the ground with her face down.

The Doctor quickly took his screwdriver out of his pocket and scanned the girl for any life signs. Fortunately the screwdriver showed that she was alive and she wasn't hurt.

He noticed a badge next to her and was about to pick it up when the girl stirred and turned around.

Her face was pale, her eyes were bloodshot red, she had a hard time to adjust to her surroundings but he couldn't mistake her face for anyone in the universe.

It was Martha Jones.

"Martha?" The Doctor instictively mumbled. "Martha! You're alive and you...look at you...you look...amazing"

He swiftly helped her get up and brought her towards him, hugging her dearly.

"I'm sorry do i know you?"

"Oh yes, of course...Martha it's me...the.." But he quickly stopped himself, Martha didn't know who he was and maybe she shouldn't know that he regenerated. She would ask questions and he would have to answer and he couldn't properly explain to her what happened. "We worked together, it's me, John, don't you remember? Oh well i guess you don't!"

He casted his eyes away and took a step behind, releasing Martha from his embrace.

"No, sorry. Hey where's everyone?" Martha massaged her head and checked her body and her face for any injures. "I was talking to Kate and then i...think that i blacked out...I don't remember what happened. Have you seen her?"

"No, no, i am sorry. She called me but i can't seem to find her anywhere. So Martha, Martha Jones, look at you." He took Martha's hand and twirled her around, examining her features.

Her hair had grown, it was past her shoulders and slightly wavy now and something about the way she carried herself was different but she looked great and he was happy about it.

"John you said? Ok John, did you find anyone else. Carter? Natalie? I really need to show them something, i got these samples..." Martha stopped and glanced at him. "Are you alright? You keep staring at me..."

The Doctor blushed, casting his eyes away. He hadn't realized that he was staring at her.

"Yeah i am fine, i just well it's been a while...I haven't seen anyone...the corridors were all empty."

"Ok then, come, we'll search for them."

...

They were walking for over twenty minutes, with no sign of life around. Martha's cell phone wouldn't work, all computers were shut down. They were trapped.

The Doctor was itching to take his screwdriver out and check for any life sign or anything useful but he didn't want Martha to know his real identity so he walked behind her pretending that he understood what she was talking about.

Something about an alien they found, green blood and some blood samples she took.

The Doctor was confused, he knew that Martha worked for Unit but he also knew that the last time he checked upon her she was fighting aliens alonside Mickey Smith and they were married. He didn't know why she was back at Unit. He asked her about it but her answers were vague and too professional.

Something about working for Unit part-time.

They chatted casually, a few questions and a few polite words. Nothing that showed that he knew her or that she recognized him.

"So John, i still don't get it, why did Kate call you? I haven't seen you around the headquarters before."

"Um well you know me...No wait. I mean, well" The Doctor stumpled on his words, his cheeks tomato red and his eyes wondering around. "She wanted to talk about something, alien. I came as fast as i could, i guess i came too late. I always seem to do that."

"Alright." Martha glanced at him, her eyes scanning him from head to toes.

"Yes, of course, alright, well i should be going by now. But i can't. We're trapped. Well, yes, yes Martha Jones. We seem to be trapped."

Martha looked even more suspiciously at him, but he quickly changed his behavior, he explained to her what Kate told him on the phone and they chatted for a while.

...

Martha was searching the office next to the one he was standing in.

The Doctor sighed, at last he had the chance to take his screwdriver out and scan the place. He reached to his pockets, searched around and took his favorite object out.

He scanned the room, from left to right. There was no sign of aliens or anyone. He was about to scan the computer when the door loudly shut down behind him.

"Hah, i knew it" Martha shouted. "It's you, Doctor! But you...changed..your face...it's different. It's you, isn't it?"

The Doctor hid his screwdriver behind the computer and pretended to not understand what she was talking about but Martha was quick, she side stepped him and grabbed the screwdriver out of it's hiding place.

"A screwdriver, it's you! Why did you lie?" She was looking at him now, her eyes questioning and a bit sad. His own eyes were apologetic, he fumbled with words but he came up with none.

"I changed." He motioned towards his body and his face. "It was hard for me to explain."

"The last time i saw you and you saved us from that Sontaran, i knew that something was wrong. Mickey wouldn't believe me but i knew that you wouldn't just disappear without talking to us."

"I was dying, no, regenerating, obviously i didn't die. I am here."

"You changed, look at you." Martha motioned towards him, circling around him and examining his features. "You never even called to say hi."

"I..."the Doctor fumbled again.

"I get it, you move on." Martha smiled sadly, lowering her eyes on the ground. But she quickly cheered up.

"Where is she? Where's Donna? I thought of searching for her address and saying hi, but then i thought that she would be somewhere out there, saving the universe, by your side. So." Martha asked, looking around her. "Where is she?"

The Doctor swallowed loudly, his expression sullen, his eyes apologetic.
"I am...i am not travelling. She well. We stopped. I couldn't"

He was searching for words to explain what happened but he couldn't properly explain no matter how much he tried to.

Martha hugged him. Her hands came around his back and pushed him towards her, her fingers patting his back.

She took a step back. A sad knowing smile growing on her face.
"Is she alright though?"

The Doctor smiled. "Yes, yes she is fine. The last time i checked on her, she was having Christmas dinner with her grandfather and her husband. She is married now."

"That's great." Martha added, patting his bow-tie with her fingertips. "Interesting choice of clothing. So you're travelling with her aren't you? Rose! She came back for you. Did she pick this up?" Her fingers tugged at his bow-tie. "It's a weird choice, but suits you."

The Doctor fixed his beloved bow-tie, he took Martha's hands inside his own. He never realized how delicate they were. He traced the lines on her hands, avoiding her eyes on all costs.
"Rose is gone, another universe to save. Business to do. You know, usual stuff."

"I see." She placed her hands on his coat's panels, smoothing them out. "So you are travelling by yourself?"

"Oh no, no." The Doctor quickly chirped. "I am travelling with two friends of mine, the Ponds. Amy and Rory Pond. Well it's Rory Williams but now that they are married he is mister Pond. Can't have it any other way."

Martha laughed, throwing her head back. "You haven't changed a bit. Still the same guy."

"How about you, Martha Jones? Still saving the world? How's Rickey, Micky, Mickey?"

"Mickey is fine. He is fighting aliens, you know, usual stuff, he works by himself though. We were working together but then Kate called me and there was this interesting case and i agreed to help Unit out. Occasionally. It feels good doing medical stuff again."

Martha laughed again, her eyes lit up and her face brightened up.

"I must be annoying you right now. Too many details."

The Doctor grabbed Martha by her midsection and twirled her around.

"How could you ever annoy me miss Jones? Or is it Smith now?"

"Jones, still Jones. Can't have it any other way." She laughed, playfully hitting his shoulders and swatting him away. "Put me down, Doctor. It isn't funny. Oh God, you're being childish."

The Doctor smirked, pulling her up in the air so that she couldn't touch the ground.

"No reason to be serious all the time."

"Oh yes, there is. Everybody's gone, remember?"

The Doctor put her down, his face all scrunched up like someone took his favorite toy away.

"Oh yes, grown up stuff. We must investigate." He took Martha's hand in his own, with his other hand holding his screwdriver. "Like the old days."

"Yes, like the old days." Martha repeated, increasing the pressure her hand applied on his hand. "Smith and Jones, just like the old days."

...

It was after four long hours that the case was solved, and everyone was back at the headquarters, praising the Doctor and Martha Jones for bringing them back from the spaceship they were taken to.

The Doctor and Martha were seating on a bench outside Unit's building, each holding a cup of tea in their hands.

The air was warm and cozy to sit outside. Their tea was hot and flavored with mint. They were chatting casually, Martha's head on his shoulder.

"This version of you is cuddly." Martha said, taking a sip and staring at the moonlight.

"This version of me hasn't seen you for ages." The Doctor added.

"How long has it been? Couple years, hundreds of them?"

"I lost count." The Doctor said, smoothing her hair and placing a kiss on her head. "Don't let me do that again, ok?"

Martha smiled. "I could always call you and you could always come and see me but that's not how you work Doctor. You move on. And to be honest i moved on too. I have a life now." She took her cell phone out of her medical robe and showed him a picture of her and Mickey smiling broadly infront of a Pyramid.

"I never thought that we would match so nicely, but we do. I don't have to hide things from him. He knows what i am doing" She pointed at Unit's building and her uniform. "I know what he's doing. We're fighting aliens. We are good at it. He gets me. Never pushes me to do anything i don't want. He is just great."

Martha showed him a few more pictures of them laughing infront of a fireplace, among friends and family.

"Life brings you things you never even imagined. And here we are once again." She took his hand inside her own. "Smith and Jones. Saving the world."

"Like we should be" The Doctor added.

They chatted a few more hours, stories of Martha's journey's around the earth, fighting aliens, her family and her new friends. His adventures and Amy and Rory. They chatted and chatted. The Doctor enjoyed those few moments he had with his old friend. But the time was coming that he had to leave.

"I never quite realized it you know, not before i had to stay an entire year inside that place, not knowing if you were alive or dead. The year that never was."

"You never realized what?" Martha questioned.

"How great you are miss Jones. How absolutely amazing you are."

It's been a while now that i wanted to write a Martha centered chapter and here it is. I mention Ten's other companions as well since Martha knew them. As a disclaimer i have no idea what made RTD have Martha and Mickey all married and happy but i followed canon so they are married here as well.

P.S I am not shipping Martha and Eleven, i just wanted Martha to get the appreciation she deserved and never quite got. That's why i made them "cuddlier"

Let me know what you think.