More thanks for reviews! I don't know about brilliant but I do try to be somewhat clever. :P But we don't want to hear about me. We want to know what in the multiverse Jane Ryder is going to do! Please continue. (R&R)

I walk into the control room as Donna asks the Doctor about the device he's building.

"So what is this thing?"

"It's our only hope. A Z-neutrino biological inversion catalyser."

"Yeah. Earth girl, remember?"

"Davros said he built those Daleks out of himself. His genetic code runs through the entire race. If I can use this to lock the Crucible's transmission onto Davros himself..."

"It destroys the Daleks?"

"Biggest backfire in history."

I laugh with glee.

"Done! Ready? Maximum power!"

He goes to the control and flies us into the middle of the crucible. With his gun looking gizmo in hand he runs to the doors and flings them open. I watch him run out and then I hear the other Doctor shout.

"Don't!"

I hear the painful cry of the Doctor...okay...from now in it's Doctor and Meta. I need to keep them straight in my head. Donna hears him too and moves to go out to him. But I grab her wrists and take out the thing the TARDIS gave me. A pair of handcuffs. I slip them on her wrist and then secure her to the rail.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

"It's for your own good."

I know she's shouting at me, but my attention is on what's happening outside.

"Activate holding cell."

At that, I take a deep breath and run out. I pick up the thing and try to bring attention to myself. I need to get shot.

"Doctor! I've got it."

Davros shoots me and hot pain rushes through me. But compared to everything else, this is easy. I hear Rose in the background, calling my name. I drop the gun thing and I'm relieved to see I landed behind the panel like I was supposed to. And then a pain shots behind my eyes. When it subsides, I smile. I have the knowledge needed to do what must be done. I start listening again as Davros speaks.

"...Stand witness, Time Lord. Stand witness, humans. Your strategies have failed, your weapons are useless, and, Oh. The end of the universe has come."

"Nine, eight, seven..."

I use my knowledge to look at the controls in front of me and smile as I locate the right button.

"...five, four, three, two, one."

I press it, an alarm sounds, and I stand up. The knowledge burned into my brain gives me all my lines. Show time!

"Mmm, closing all Z-neutrino relay loops using an internalised synchronous backfeed reversal loop. That button there."

"System in shutdown...Detonation negative...Explain. Explain. Explain!"

The Doctor laughs. "I knew you'd be brilliant."

"Rose could have told you that."

"She's right," she nods at him.

"You'll suffer for this."

I pull a lever and Davros' electric power reverses up his own arm. He shouts in pain.

"Oh, bioelectric dampening field with a retrograde field arc inversion."

Davros Is furious, "Exterminate her!"

"Exterminate. Exterminate. Exterminate."

I rapidly type in commands to the computer. But I'm not as fast as Donna. Not a super temp am I?

"Weapons non-functional."

"What? Macro Transmission of a K-filter wavelength blocking Dalek weaponry in a self-replicating energy blindfold matrix."

The Doctor looks bewildered. "How did you work that out? You're.."

Meta just beams. "Genius. With a few choice memories from me. Part time lord."

"And human. Yep. That was a two-way biological metacrisis. Half Doctor, half Donna. And then I just sort of got caught in the middle of it."

The Doctor comes to a realization and he might not show it, but I know his wheels are turning.

"The Doctor Donna. Just like the Ood said, remember? They saw it coming. The Doctor Donna."

I continue working. "Holding cells deactivated. And seal the Vault. Well, don't just stand there, you raggedy men in pinstripes. Get to work."

Even though they're not raggedy yet, I can't help myself. The Doctor is the Doctor, no matter which face he wears. And he will always be raggedy to me. Even though I never picked a favorite Doctor. My favorite was always the one in the moment.

They rush over as Davros shouts. "Stop them! Get them away from the controls."

I grin. I always wanted to do this part. "And spin."

They all start spinning and crying,"Help me. Help me!"

I'm so glad I got to do this part. I laugh maniacally. "And the other way."

"What did you do?"

"Trip switch circuit-breaker in the psychokinetic threshold manipulator."

The Doctor is shocked. "But that's brilliant! Why did we never think of that?" He turns to Meta.

"Because you two are just Time Lords, missing that thing from humanity. That gut instinct that comes hand in hand with Planet Earth. Jack, be a dear and go get Donna out of the TARDIS."

He gives me a sloppy salute and runs off.

"Now, let's send that trip switch all over the ship."

Jack comes out with a very angry Donna and before she can kill me I explain what I need her to type and why. She puts her anger aside for now, but I have a feeling that I'll be hearing about it later. She heads over and stretches out her hands.

Meta asks, "Donna, what are you doing?"

"Did I never tell you? Best temp in Chiswick? Hundred words per minute." I start giving her protocols as she types.

The Doctor and Meta laugh.

"System malfunction...Motor casing interference...What is happening? Explain!

Jack runs back into the Tardis. Donna gets in on the action.

"Come on then, boys and girl. We've got twenty seven planets to send home."

I smile and say, "Activate magnetron."

"Stop this at once!"

Jack comes back with a couple of giant guns. He passes one to Mickey.

"You will desist!" Mickey points his gun at Davros.

"Just stay where you are, mister."

Jack pushes a Dalek out of the way. Rose and Sarah Jane take care of another and say something I can't hear.

"Ready?" Donna asks. I answer, "And reverse"

The Doctor pulls a switch. "Off you go, Clom."

Meta pulls another. "Back home, Adipose Three."

I pull a couple. "Shallacatop and Pyrovillia on their way."

I have Donna do the last one. "And the Lost Moon of Poosh. Sorted. Ha!"

"Ha!" The Doctor shouts, "We need more power!"

Rose speaks up. "Is anyone going to tell us what's going on?"

Donna can't since she doesn't know so I explain.

"He poured all his regeneration energy into his spare hand. Donna touched the hand, and he grew out of that but that fed back into her. But its dormant inside her head unless there's a synapsis catalyst like Davros' lightning. Part human, part Time Lord. Except it would be bad if she remembered because then It would burn her mind, so the Human Doctor gave me the necessary knowledge to save the day and bam! I got the best bit of the Doctor. I got his mind. Well, part of it anyway."

Sarah Jane looks thoughtful. "So there's four of you?"

Rose is equally confused. "Four Doctors?"

Donna is stunned. "That's bonkers! And a bit wizard."

Meta cuts in, "Well, three and a half-ish."

"I can't tell you what I'm thinking right now."

I roll my eyes. "Shut it Jack."

The Doctor looks at Donna in awe. "You're so unique the timelines were converging on you. Human being with a dormant Time Lord brain."

Davros is not happy. "But you promised me, Dalek Caan. Why did you not foresee this?"

"Oh, I think he did. Something's been manipulating the timelines for ages, getting Donna Noble to the right place at the right time."

"This would always have happened. I only helped, Doctor."

Davros ragges, "You betrayed the Daleks."

"I saw the Daleks. What we have done, throughout time and space, I saw the truth of us, Creator, and I decreed, no more!"

Jack gives a shout of warning. "Heads up!"

The red Dalek shows up in fury. "Davros, you have betrayed us."

"It was Dalek Caan."

"The Vault will be purged. You will all be exterminated."

The red Dalek zaps the control panel.

Jack hoists up his weapon and says, "Like I was saying, feel this!" Then he blasts him and the red Dalek explodes.

"Oh, we've lost the magnetron. And there's only one planet left. Oh, guess which one. But we can use the Tardis."

The Doctor runs into his ship.

Meta continues working. "Holding Earth stability. Maintaining atmospheric shell."

Caan's childlike voice rings out. "The prophecy must complete."

"Don't listen to him," Davros says desperately.

"I have seen the end of everything Dalek, and you must make it happen, Doctor."

"He's right. Because with or without a Reality bomb, this Dalek Empire's big enough to slaughter the cosmos. They've got to be stopped."

"Just, just wait for the Doctor," Donna pleads.

"He is the Doctor," I insist.

He nods at me gratefully. "Maximising Dalekanium power feeds. Blasting them back!"

Everything goes pear shaped as the Daleks explode around us. If I didn't stop this genocide knowing it would happen, does that make me just as guilty? Maybe it does, but I can't regret it. Besides, I know that we'll run into them again. The Doctor returns and is not happy.

"What are you doing!?"

Meta stands up straighter. "Fulfilling the prophecy."

"Do you know what you've done? Now get in the Tardis! Everyone! All of you, inside! Run!"

We all get ushered into the ship. I narrow my eyes. I'm going to have a long conversation with the Doctor. I go over the points in my head. Rose's non-humanness, where I come from, where Jenny is and the fact that she is alive, Donna's memory, and Meta. I sigh. It's gonna be a long hard talk.

DW DW DW DW DW DW DW DW DW DW

The Doctor stands in the crucible with flames all around. He can't do it again. He can't condemn an entire species to death again.

"Davros? Come with me. I promise I can save you."

"Never forget, Doctor, you did this. I name you. Forever, you are the Destroyer of the World's!"

Davros screams as flames consume him and the Doctor sags in defeat. He turns to go back to the TARDIS but Caan's chilling words give him pause.

"One will still die. Their song will end."

With that, the Doctor closes the doors and shuts out the Daleks screams.

DW DW DW DW DW DW DW DW DW DW

The Doctor runs in and gets us out of there. I stand back and watch as things progress. I still have a bit of a headache.I smile at the exchange with Torchwood concerning Gwen. Everything is worked out with two rope except one little thing. I giggle when K9 enters to help save the Earth. I always loved K9. His robotic voice is somehow adorable.

"The process is simple."

The Doctor smiles and his giddiness spreads.

"Now then, you lot. Donna, spin this clockwise. Sarah, hold that down. Mickey, you hold that. Because you know why this Tardis is always rattling about the place? Rose? That, there. It's designed to have six pilots, and I have to do it single handed. Martha, keep that level. But not any more. Jack, there you go. Steady that. Now we can fly this thing..."

He falters in front of me. He doesn't know me. I don't expect him to trust me in flying the TARDIS. I smile at him and mouth the words, "no. It's theirs." He nods as he continues.

"...like it's meant to be flown. We've got the Torchwood Rift looped around the Tardis by Mister Smith, and we're going to fly Planet Earth back home. Right then. Off we go."

I shake my head when Donna flirts.

"That's really good, Jack. I think you're the best."

They fly the TARDIS and everyone is beaming. We finally get the Earth back in place right by the moon. Which is really an egg but I decide to keep that filed away. Everyone cheers and I give a shout.

"Good job everyone! You're a right proper TARDIS crew."

I get assaulted by Rose and Mickey who pull me into a group hug and we laugh. The universe is safe for now, and I can breathe easy knowing that in this moment, I feel loved again. I can't help smiling at them and hugging the back. Rose's double heartbeat is a comfort, but also a reminder. I still have a lot of work to do.

The TARDIS lands on Earth and we all move outside. Time for some goodbyes. But hopefully not for good this time. I smile as Sarah Jane talks to the Doctor.

"You know, you act like such a lonely man. But look at you. You've got the biggest family on Earth."

They hug warmly.

"Oh! Gotta go. He's only fourteen. It's a long story. And thank you!"

Donna is off to the side phoning home. I can't hear what she's saying this time. But that's fine. This is more real. Meta leans against the TARDIS with me and we watch the Doctor sonic Jack's teleport.

"I told you, no teleport. And, Martha, get rid of that Osterhagen thing, eh? Save the world one more time."

"Consider it done."

They both salute the Doctor, and he returns it. Jack throws me a wink, which I return before they walk away. Mickey gives one last hug to Rose and nods at me before starting to walk away. He knows I already knew he'd do this. No explanation owed.

"Oi, where are you going?"

"Well, I'm not stupid. I can work out what happens next. And hey, I had a good time in that parallel world, but my gran passed away. Nice and peaceful. She spent her last years living in a mansion. There's nothing there for me now, certainly not Rose. You better do right by her"

"Always. What will you do?"

"Anything. Brand new life. Just you watch. See you, boss. Take care Lieutenant. Hey, you two!"

He rushes off to Jack and Martha and I grin.

"What are you smiling about?"

I turn to look at Meta.

"Smith and Jones. The perfect happy ending to hard journey."

He looks at them bewildered before a grin breaks out on his face.

"Way to go Mickey."

Then he sobers. He looks at the three in front of us. Donna is wrapping up her call. The Doctor looks like he's sagging into what he believes has to happen. Rose is breathing the air of her own universe, eyes closed. The itch for her is gone. But not for me, even though I welcome it. It reminds me this is real. Meta speaks again softly.

"Let's just hope the rest of us get that kind of ending too."

I gesture to Donna and the Doctor.

"Which one do you want to explain to?"

"I guess it's too much to hope that you'd do both." He pauses. "I better do Donna. It would be harder for her to trust you than him."

"Why do you say that?"

He gives me a small smile.

"Because I trust you. Maybe I shouldn't. But you saved Donna. At least to a point. And Rose...you brought Rose back. And I was in your head. There was one thought you didn't feel a need to protect."

I cock my head at him.

"Two hearts."

I try to show him I understand. It's flipped for him. Now he's the one with a short life span. He heads to Donna and drags her over to Rose and then drags them both into the TARDIS to give me time with the Time Lord. I take a deep breath and dive in head first.