CHAPTER 11

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Donna entered Rose's TARDIS and met Ileana, Victoria, and Michelle for the first time.

"Hello, my name's Donna Noble. I'm going to be the leader of this team. I'm really looking forward to getting to know all of you. I hope that you'll love working with me. I'm really a nice person once you get to know me," Donna said as she smiled at the others.

"I'm Ileana. Did they tell you that I'm a vampire?" Ileana said honestly. She wanted to get the truth out first thing with her new boss.

"Yes, I heard about that. Rose assures me that you're a nice one though. Rose never lies so I'm going to take her word for it. Just don't try to suck on my neck, and we'll be the best of friends I'm sure," Donna said with a grin.

"Not a problem. I only feed on other vampires," Ileana said as she smiled back.

"Really? I can't say that I envy you your diet, Fang Girl," Donna said with a slight grimace.

"You get used to it when you've done it as long as I have," Ileana admitted with a shrug of her shoulders.

"I'm Victoria Collins. I'm a werewolf," Victoria said nervously.

Donna could sense her discomfort; and she said gently, "It's okay, Vicky. We'll get along just fine I promise."

"That's not what I'm worried about. You see I have no control over my transformations. I can feel the wolf wanting to come out earlier and earlier now. It had been waiting until sundown but not anymore. I don't know what to do about it," Victoria explained.

"Oi! Why didn't you tell me that this girl needed help? She's over here scared to death, Martha. I don't know how to handle werewolves. Do you?" Donna said angrily.

"Not exactly, no. We were hoping to just keep her locked up whenever she changed. She's not as much on the team as one of our projects. We're going to keep a watch on her and make sure that she doesn't hurt anyone until we find a way of helping her," Martha said.

"Oh, that's just wonderful! So now I'm a glorified babysitter for werewolves. This job isn't looking so hot right now," Donna said with an eye roll.

"I'm sorry for being so much trouble," Victoria said with a sad voice.

"Oh, no, you're not the trouble here. Don't get upset about what I said. I'm not saying anything against you, sweetheart. I know it's not your fault. I'm mad at Martha here for expecting me to keep watch over you when I don't know anything about your condition. That wasn't explained to me before I took the job," Donna said in a gentler tone.

Victoria smiled at her and nodded. Maybe Donna wouldn't be so bad.

"I didn't exactly know what to tell you. I did explain that she was a werewolf," Martha said defensively.

"You didn't say that she couldn't control herself. That's a whole different thing. It doesn't mean that I don't still want the job though. I'd just appreciate it if you told me everything that I need to know in the future, Martha. No more surprises, got it?" Donna said.

"I promise. Nothing but complete honesty from now on," Martha said.

"You'd better keep that promise. Trust me you don't want me to tell you where you can put your job if you don't," Donna warned.

She smiled at Martha as she said this though to show her that she wasn't really as angry as she sounded.

Martha couldn't help but laugh at her. Same old Donna!

"I'm Michelle. I used to be called Sister of Mine, but I prefer Michelle Jones now. I'm not from this planet. I've got various abilities, but my most useful one is to be able to go in and out of any reflected surface, mainly mirrors. I can travel into a dimension that links all mirrors and reflective surfaces together," Michelle said.

"It's very nice to meet you, Michelle. I heard that you fought the Doctor and Martha once. I trust that you've realized that you were in the wrong. I don't want to have to worry about watching my back around you," Donna said.

"She's not going to be a problem, Donna. I can vouch for her," Rose reassured her.

She had spoken for the first time since they had all entered her TARDIS. She had decided to stay out of things as much as possible. This was really Martha and Donna's business not hers.

Donna nodded and said to Michelle, "Okay, you've got good credentials then. I've give you a fair shot."

"You won't regret it. I swear," Michelle said with enthusiasm.

"I'm sure I won't, Mirror Girl. You seem like you're alright," Donna said with a warm smile.

"Where are we going to meet at then? Are we going to have a cool secret headquarters?" Michelle asked eagerly.

"I don't know. I just got here. What do you say, Martha? Are we going to have a secret headquarters or what?" Donna asked with curiosity of her own.

"I don't have anything lined up just yet. Maybe sometime in the future I'll have something though. Couldn't they kind of just meet with you on your TARDIS for now?" Martha asked as she braced herself for one of Donna's tirades.

"You have some operation going here, Martha. Not only do you not have any plans to help Vicky, but you also have no idea of where we're going to meet. I don't even have a TARDIS. I was traveling with Donny. He's not here right now though," Donna said as she referred to the Metacrisis Doctor.

"He's probably going to be busy for a while with Joan Redfern. How about I get you a TARDIS, Donna? I'd say it's way past time that you got one," Rose offered.

"I like that. I finally get a TARDIS. How soon can it get here? I've been waiting for one of those for a while now," Donna said eagerly.

"How about I get you one right now?" Rose said with a wide grin.

She glowed with golden energy all over for a moment and snapped her fingers. Everyone could hear the sound of a TARDIS materializing outside with its brakes left on.

Donna rushed out to see a nondescript wooden box like form. It wasn't exactly what she had been expecting.

"What is this, Flower Girl? I expected something cool looking at least. Not a reject from a high school wood shop," Donna complained with a snort.

"This is the default form for this particular TARDIS. You can change it to whatever you like, Donna," Rose said.

"Good because I definitely don't like this. Well, come on girls. Let's go see our new HQ and my new home," Donna said happily.

"Wait a minute. I haven't given you your first mission yet, Donna," Martha said.

"Well, what is it?" Donna asked impatiently. She was dying to explore her new TARDIS.

"There have been reports of demons being seen running around downtown London. We want you to investigate them, Donna," Martha said.

"Demons? You sure know how to start things off with a bang. Well, let's go meet these little devils of yours," Donna said with a smile on her face.

She was looking forward to this. In one day; she had gotten a new TARDIS, a new team, and a bunch of strange new creatures to investigate. What more could she ask for? This job was turning out to be a pretty good deal after all.

Next: Donna's new team meets an old foe of the Doctor's for their trial by fire.