Again, I don't own Doctor Who. Also, big thanks to Tumblr user Dreams-to-Screens.

Events before he arrives

Dave Oswald wouldn't arrive at that little home in Chiswick until around midnight. By that time, George had sent Artie and Angie up to Bed, with a grounding for blackmailing the Doctor and Clara. It was originally going to be a grounding until the next Monday, but the Doctor, feeling sympathetic to the children, had it reduced to being just for Thursday and Saturday ("How often do you find out that your nanny is traveling time and space with an Alien?" he pointed out). George had also accepted Vastra and Jenny's offer to be temporary nannies, with Strax helping them as needed. They would live on the TARDIS however.

Meeting Mr. Oswald

"George, are you there? I would like to know what has happened with my daughter" Dave asked in a loud voice. He's a shorter man, around five and a half feet tall, and with prematurely grey hair.

"Yes, just come up to Clara's room." George responded. While the response didn't throw him off, its apparent location did. I sounded like it was coming from outside the 3rd floor. Somewhat worried, he headed up the stairs.

Inside, he soon became shocked beyond belief. Next to the bed stood a large blue police box, like ones he saw when he was younger. The doors were open however, showing another story.

"George, what exactly is happening?" Dave asked with an unsteady voice.

"Come in, everything will be explained." George replied

Wearily, Dave stepped into the TARDIS. Following a corridor off of the control room, he quickly ended up in the sick bay. Inside sat George, along with the Doctor, Vastra, Jenny, and Strax. Clara, still comatose, lay on the bed as still as a statue. Dave and this point ran into the huddle of people, with them making way for him. He made his way to his daughter, and when he got there, and held her hand for a moment. A look of anger started to appear on his face, and he turned to the others. He looked about ready to yell until he remembered the presence of his daughter in the room. He turned to the others. At this point be the Doctor stated "She's not dying. She's comatose, and I don't know what will happen, but right now, she is stable."

"What the hell happened to my daughter?" Dave hissed at the Doctor "Wait a second, I recognize you. You were there in the past. You were there when Ellie and I met, when Clara was a little girl, and there even at the funeral for my wife. Who are you?" Dave at this point was positively seething, and had turned more than a little red.

"I do owe you an explanation. As you can already probably surmise, I am not quite human. I am the Doctor, and I am an alien. I travel through time and space your daughter, Clara, has recently become my companion."

The color drained from Dave's face. "A Companion?! What do you mean by that?"

The Doctor stammered, realizing that he spoke in a way that could imply improper relations. "A traveling companion. Someone to see space and time with, a friend, so to speak." Was that really true though, the Doctor thought? At the beginning, that was certainly true, even though he was very caught up in the mystery of the woman twice dead. But over the past several weeks, he had started to feel differently about her. He supposed that his feeling on Clara had changed gradually, starting around the time of their dealing with an alternate dimension at Caliburn House. The Doctor snapped back to attention as Dave continued his line of questioning.

"And how exactly did you come across her? I can't imagine you take anybody on board."

"You are right on that Mr. Oswald. However, the way she ended up as my companion is a bit strange. Namely, I had met her before in another incarnation," The Doctor confirmed to Dave.

"Another Incarnation? You mean there are other forms of my daughter? What exactly is going on here Doctor?!" Dave walked up and stood toe-to-toe with the Doctor, face beet-red, and teeth clenched. However, his attempt at physically intimidating the Doctor failed on account that he was a foot shorter than the Time Lord. However, Dave being a very upset parent did throw the Doctor off.

"Well, well, yes," the Doctor stammered, looking very downcast "Clara, she threw herself into my time stream and scattered herself across time and space when I nearly got killed."

Dave looked ready to blow a gasket, when Jenny stepped in "Sir, while I do understand that you are very worried about your daughter, I don't think having a screaming match at her bedside is a good or respectful action to take"

"Also, Mr. Oswald," Vastra interjected "I was there. The Doctor told her multiple times not to do it, and she chose to do it anyway."

Dave, deflated by the statements of Jenny and Vastra, stepped back from the Doctor and sat down. At this point, drained from the stress of the day, Vastra, Jenny, and Strax retired for the night rooms on the TARDIS that she had made for them, anticipating them having an extended stay after Trenzalore. These rooms were modeled after their respective rooms back at Pasternoster Row. George went to bed in his own bedroom. This left Dave and the Doctor at Clara's bedside.

Dave started to get angry again, and asked the Doctor, "Well, what are you doing?"

The Doctor replied "I would like to stay with my friend. I am very worried about her."

Dave did not like this answer "I have already lost my wife, and now my daughter? I don't trust you around my daughter. Please leave."

The Doctor, heeding the wishes of the distraught parent, left the Sick Bay, going to the TARDIS Console Room. There, he sat dejected on the stairs to the Console. His thoughts centered on Clara. What will happen when Clara wakes up? Will she be the same person? Would he have to do what he did to Donna again? And what effect would the Time Energy have on Clara? This lasted for about half an hour when he heard footsteps coming into the Control Room. The Doctor looked up, and saw Dave walking in.

Reconciliation and an Awakening

"I am sorry for my attitude earlier Doctor. While I may not trust you, Clara has always been a sensible young lady, and if she trusts you, then I can give you a chance. So, you can come back to the sick bay." Dave stated.

The Doctor got up and started back to the sick bay. Once he and Dave got back in and sat down opposite to one another, he asked Dave a question. "Your wife was in London when she died right right?"

"Yes. She went down to London for the day, and she was going towards a local tube station, to take her to Euston Station, which would get her back to Blackpool. From what we heard, she was walking past a clothing store when the attack started. As the shooting started, she was near a family. The…thing aimed at a child. My wife, she threw herself in front of that child. The Metropolitan Police Service said it was quick, but I lost the love of my life that day. And the Government never explained why. Who did the attack? Some of the media said that it was the work of terrorists, but talking to some survivors, they said the attackers were plastic mannequin dummies. What kind of terrorist group could do that, I ask you? It is very hard to trust the government after they don't give me an explanation for what happened."

"How many people died?" the Doctor asked.

"163 people, why are you asking?"

The Doctor answered, his head hanging very low, "Because it is my fault she and the others died. I had come to Earth after detecting a signal from a sentient lifeform not from Earth. I found out that they were the Autons, extensions of the Nestene Consciousness. Unfortunately, I didn't act fast enough in stopping it, and it not only took me prisoner, it started the attack. A girl named Rose Tyler, that I had taken along, is the only reason I got free, and the attack stopped. I am sorry I couldn't save your wife."

Dave quickly responded, "Don't beat yourself up, Doctor. You tried, and your actions ended up working in the end because you had the other person with you. So, it was an alien attack all along. Some people said that it was right after. Why couldn't the government tell us?"

"That I don't know. I think they have been afraid of panic resulting from an announcement that it was extraterrestrials. Not to mention a very human reaction of rationalising the unexplainable." The Doctor hypothesized.

"After Ellie died, I did my best to keep raising Clara. But we grew distant as time went on. I see her roughly once a year nowadays. She got tired of my ranting on the government all the time, and I simply became numb emotionally, so she looked elsewhere for support." Dave replied, tears coming into his eyes.

"I know the feeling. I used to be a grandfather. I have had two families. I have lost both, one very recently. I didn't cope well. The only reason I am here is because one of Clara's echoes met me."

"Speaking of which Doctor, what exactly occurred that more forms Clara were created?" Dave asked.

"Well, that's a rather complicated story, but-" The Doctor was interrupted by a sound from the bed. A sound from Clara. Dave's and the Doctor's faces lit up. They walked up to her Doctor in front of Dave, and the Doctor was the first to speak "Clara?"

After shifting for a few moments on the bed, she turned her head to the Doctor. "Where am I?" she asked in a slightly panicked voice.

"Clara, you are in the TARDIS sick bay. You fainted after you jumped into my timestream. You remember?"

"Yes, I remember." Clara stated, beginning to sit up. "My head hurts like hell though, and I am having a very hard time focusing. But it looks like I succeeded. I saved your lives!" As she finished a wide smile appeared.

The Doctor replied with a very wide grin, while a Dave looked relieved and confused at the same time. "Doctor, what did she mean by your lives?"

"Ah yes," the Doctor started to reply, turning towards Dave "my sub-species developed a way to cheat death. If I take a fatal injury of some sort, my body will regenerate. I will have a new face, new body, and usually a new way of thinking, but I retain the same basic personality, and my memories. Unless something interferes."

"Wait, Dad's here?" Clara asked after hearing his voice.

"Yes, he is. I had George call him after explaining what had happened to you. In case anything went bad, I did not want to leave your loved ones wondering what had happened to you. After the last time I lost someone, I don't want to leave loved ones wondering what happened." The Doctor explained to Clara.

Clara gave the Doctor the same look as the one she gave him after getting her ring back after the Adventure where they defeated a parasite planet. She added to it by giving him a hug, and thanking him for it.

She then turned her attention to her father. "Thank you for coming down here Dad. I haven't seen you in a long time. " She stepped down from the Hospital Bed and took a few wobbly steps to her Dad, and gave him a hug.

It was at this point the Doctor had bolted out of the room. He needed Vastra (and by extension, Jenny) & Strax. He was concerned after seeing her that unsteady on her feet while seeing her walk to her father.

I am so, so sorry this took so long. The whole conversation between the Doctor and Dave took a very long time to write, as I couldn't make it sound right in my head. However, Tumblr user dreams-to-screens helped out immensely, once I told her the direction I wanted to go in. I bounced ideas around with this individual, and eventually hammered it out. Overall, I do like it.

I get the impression from the show that Dave is not that close to his daughter. I can't imagine that he took his wife's death well (Look at how gray his hair was after her death in Rings of Akhaten. And he wasn't that old mid 40s, maybe?). He is someone who really lost a spark after that horrific event. He's going to be around for a bit. I have the feeling that Dave is a man who is somewhat paranoid, but with a good heart. Hopefully, that came through in this. He is also someone who trusts his daughter.

In addition, yes, something will happen to Clara as a result of her jump into the timestream. That is what the next chapter will cover, but will take a number of chapters.

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