The Sontaran Stratagem- Part 1

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There was a knock at my bedroom door. "Who is it?" I called.

"It's Jack." Came the call." The Doctor picked me up a while ago as a surprise. Can I come in?"

"Yeah!"

Jack entered the room and looked around at the mess. Cloths where on the floor, books spread out on my desk, my closet was open, revealing more of a mess. "Susan, Martha just called. She asked The Doctor to come back to Earth."

I nodded. "Let me get dressed." I stopped as Jack just stared. I raised an eyebrow. "Turn." I told him, smirking. Jack rolled his eyes and turned around.

I walked into the console room with jeans, flats and a blue blouse on. My hair was tied up and ready for running. Donna walked over to me and asked "Susan, how are you?"

I looked at her and said "Fine. Meeting Sarah Jane helped some." I lied.

The Doctor cleared his throat. "We'll be arriving soon Susan." The Doctor said.

I nodded and went to stand by Jack. Jack put an arm around me. My head fell and rested on his arm. The Tardis stopped making the materialization noise. I looked at The Doctor and nodded at the door, a signal for him to go out first.

The Doctor opened the Tardis door and stepped out. Jack, Donna and I walked to the open door but didn't go out. "Martha Jones." The Doctor said.

"Doctor."

After a few tense seconds I heard, "Ah, yeah! You haven't changed a bit!"

"Neither have you!" Martha replied.

"How's the family?" The Doctor asked.

"You know. Not so bad. Recovering."

Donna stepped out of the Tardis followed by myself and Jack. I was holding Jacks hand. The Doctor doesn't see us but Martha did. "What about you?" The Doctor asked.

"Right. I should have known. Didn't take you long to replace me." Martha said.

"Now don't start a fight." The Doctor said. I thought back to Sarah Jane Smith and Rose. "Donna. Martha. Please don't fight. I can't bear fighting."

Donna stepped forward. "You wish. I've heard all about you." Donna shaked Martha's hand. "He talks about you all the time."

"I dread to think." Martha said.

"No, no, no. He says nice things. Good things. Nice things. Really nice things." Donna said in a rush.

"Oh my God. He's told you everything."

"Didn't take you long to get over it though. Who's the lucky man?"

"What man? Lucky what?" The Doctor asked, confused, looking back and forth between Donna and Martha.

"She's engaged you prawn." Donna said.

Martha wiggled her fingers of her left hand. "Really? Who to?" The Doctor asked.

"Tom. That Tom Milligan. He's in pediatrics working out in Africa right now. And yes, I know, I've got a doctor who disappears off to distant places - tell me about it."

"Is he skinny?" Donna asked.

"No, he's sort of... strong." Martha replied making Donna giggle.

"He is too skinny for words. You give him a hug, you get a paper cut." Donna said.

Martha chuckled."I'd rather you were fighting." The Doctor complained.

Martha looked over Donna's shoulder and said "Susan, Jack."

I smiled. "Martha Jones." I ran to her and gave her a hug.

Then Martha's radio buzzed and a woman's voice emitted out of it. "Dr. Jones, report to base please."

"Speaking of fighting." Martha said as she let go of me and held the radio up to her mouth. "This is Dr Jones. Operation Blue Sky is go, go, go." Martha turns and walks away. "I repeat, this is a go."

We follow Martha to the street edge and we stopped as we took in the scene before us. Soldiers, trucks and jeeps wiz past us on the way to a factory.

A soldier yells "Unified Intelligence Taskforce, raise that barrier now!" The soldiers and vehicles enter a large industrial factory. "Leave your safeties on, lads, it's non-hostiles!"

Another soldier yells in a bullhorn, "All workers lay down your tools and surrender!"

Martha yells, "Greyhound Six to Trap One. B Section, go, go, go! Search the ground floor, grid pattern Delta."

"What are you searching for?" The Doctor asked Martha.

"Illegal aliens."

The second soldier with the bullhorn, "This is a UNIT operation! All workers lay down your tools and surrender immediately!" The UNIT soldiers force the workers to their knees, hands over their heads.

"B Section mobilized! E Section, F Section, on my command!" Martha runs off, still giving directions.

"Is that what you did to her, turned her into a soldier?" Donna asked The Doctor. I looked down and Jack squeezed my hand.

After a while Martha comes back over to us. The Doctor speaks up. "You're qualified now? You're a proper doctor."

"UNIT rushed it through, given my experience in the field. Here we go." Martha leads us across the grounds. "We're establishing a field base on site. They're dying to meet you."

"Wish I could say the same." The Doctor said without emotion.

We entered into the lorry from the rear. The room is already set up with computers and a big screen on the far wall. All the computers look top line. Martha walks up to a senior officer and says "Operation Blue Sky complete, sir. Thanks for letting me take the lead. And this... this is The Doctor. Doctor, Colonel Mace."

Colonel Mace salutes and says "Sir."

"First mistake." I commented.

"Oh, don't salute." The Doctor said.

"But it's an honor, sir. I've read all the files on you. Technically speaking, you're still on staff. You never resigned."

"What? You used to work for them?" Donna asked, shocked that The Doctor would willingly work for some sort of a military.

The Doctor looked at her and said, "Yeah a long time ago, back in the 70's, or was it the 80's? It was all a bit more homespun back then."

"Times have changed Sir." Colonel Mace stated dryly.

"Come on though, Doctor. You've seen it. You've been on board the Valiant. We've got massive funding from the United Nations, all in the name of Home World Security." Martha said. I tensed when she said Valiant.

"A modern UNIT for the modern world." Mace says.

"What, and that means arresting ordinary workers? In the streets? In broad daylight? It's more like Guantanamo Bay out there. Donna, by the way. Donna Noble, since you didn't ask. I'll have a salute."

Colonel Mace looks at The Doctor who gives a slight nod.

"Ma'am." Mace said and saluted.

"Thank you." Donna said.

Then he turned to Jack. "Captain Jack. It's a pleasure to meet you. How are things at TORCHWOOD?"

"Just fine colonel." Jack says dryly.

Then Mace turns to me. "And you are?"

"Susan Jane Anderson." I replied.

Mace's eyes widened. "Don't you mean Captain? It's an honor to meet you. I've also read about you as well. Most impressive work." The Doctor glanced at me, confused.

"No, just…" I paused digesting his words. Then I grinned and said, "Careful Mace. Spoilers." I said in a River Song way.

Mace chuckled and groaned. "I've always hated that word." I heard him mumble.

Tell me." The Doctor started. "What's going on in that factory?"

Colonel Mace looked back at The Doctor. "Yesterday, fifty-two people died in identical circumstances right across the world, in 11 different time zones. 5am in the UK, 6am in France, 8am in Moscow, 1pm in China-"

"You mean they all died simultaneously." I said.

"Exactly. 52 deaths at the exact moment world wide."