The Runaway Bride
I must say that after losing Rose the last thing I wanted was to go on another adventure. And, I had a feeling that if you asked The Doctor he would have told you the same thing. Honestly, I wanted to go home and see my family for a few days. But, my plans would be put on hold for just a little while, while The Doctor and I dealt with our unexpected visitor.
The Doctor was looking around for some explanation of how this woman somehow appeared inside the TARDIS. "You can't do that. I wasn't… We're in flight! That is- that is physically impossible! How did-?"
"Tell me where I am," said the bride in a commanding tone, "I demand you tell me right now- where am I?"
"Inside the TARDIS." I said. Then, I turned back to the console to start to figure out how this woman got in.
"The what?" asked the bride.
"The TARDIS." said The Doctor.
"The what?"
"The TARDIS!" said The Doctor and I together. The Doctor joined me at the console.
"The what?"
I sighed, "It's called the TARDIS."
"That's not even a proper word," said the Bride, "You're just saying things."
I rolled my eyes and put up my hands. I shook my head and went back to work trying to figure out how she got in. "How did you get in here?" asked my uncle.
"Well, obviously, when you kidnapped me," said the bride, "Who was it? Who's paying you? Is it Nerys? Oh my God, she's finally got me back. This has got Nerys written all over it.
"Who the hell is Nerys?"
"Your best friend."
"Hold on, wait a minute. What are you dressed like that for?" asked The Doctor. I looked at my uncle. For a 900 year old Time Lord, he could be a real idiot sometimes. I shook my head at him.
"I'm going ten pin bowling," said the Bride, I laughed a little at that, "Why do you think, Dumbo? I was halfway up the aisle!" The Doctor and I fiddled with the controls while the bride walked around continuing to rant at us, "I've been waiting all my life for this. I was just seconds away, and then you two- I don't know, you lot drugged me or something!"
"We haven't done anything!" said The Doctor.
"I'm having the police on you two! Me and my husband- as soon as he is my husband- we're going to sue the living backside off ya!" said the bride. The Doctor and I didn't reply we were too engrossed in trying to figure out how the bride got in the TARDIS. I looked up from what I was doing and saw her running toward the doors. "No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Don't-!" I said as I chased after her, my uncle was close behind me.
The Bride threw the doors open and thankfully stopped before she stepped outside. Because, we were still orbiting the super nova we were useings to power the transmistion to Pete's World. The Doctor stepped next to her on her right while I stood on her left, "You're in space. Outer space. This is our… space ship. It's called the TARDIS."
"How am I breathing?" asked the Bride.
"The TARDIS is protecting us," I said.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"I'm the Doctor and this is my niece, Teddy. You?" asked my uncle.
"Donna."
"Human?"
"Yeah. Is that optional?"
"Well, it is for us," I said.
"You're aliens."
I nodded and the Doctor said, "Yeah."
Donna paused for a moment, "It's freezing with these doors open."
The Doctor slammed the doors shut and the two of us ran back to the console. "I don't understand it and I understand everything!" he said. I rolled my eyes and he continued, "This- this can't happen! There is no way a human being can lock itself onto the TARDIS and transport itself inside. It must be…" I continued to check the TARDIS' systems while the doctor grabbed an ophthalmoscope, walked up to Donna and started to look in here eyes. "Impossible. Some sort of subatomic connection? Something in the temporal field? Maybe something pulling you into alignment with the Chronon shell. Maybe something macro mining your DNA within the interior matrix. Maybe a genetic…" Then, Donna slapped my uncle across the face. I winced a little. Then he said, "What was that for?" I rolled my eyes.
"Get me to the church!" yelled Donna.
"Right! Fine! I don't want you here anyway! Where is this wedding?"
"Saint Mary's, Hayden Road, Chiswick, London, England, Earth, the Solar System!" We started to set the controls. When Donna noticed one of Rose's blouses slung over the railings. "I knew it, acting all innocent." She picked it up and walked over to us, "I'm not the first, am I? How many women have you two abducted?"
"That's our friend's." said my uncle, quietly.
"Where is she, then? Popped out for a space walk?" said Donna, sarcastically.
I took a deep breath. I wanted to yell at her and tell her all about what happened to Rose. But, I didn't I looked at Donna and said, "She's gone."
"Gone where?" asked Donna.
The Doctor and I looked at each other unsure of what to tell her, "We lost her." said The Doctor.
"Well, you can hurry up and lose me!" said Donna, "How do you mean, lost?"
The Doctor didn't say anything he just walked up to Donna, took Rose's blouse from her, threw it toward the doorway that lead to the rest of the ship and said, "Right, Chiswick."
When we landed, Donna opened the door and we walked outside, "I said, 'Saint Mary's.'" said Donna, "What sort of Martians are you? Where's this?"
I looked around, "I'm assuming London."
My uncle stoked the doorframe, "Something's wrong with her… It's like she's… Recalibrating!" The Doctor and I went back inside. He walked up to the console, "She's digesting." He put one and on the rotor, "What have you eaten? What's wrong?"
"Donna?" I called to her I continued to think of reasons for Donna to just appear in the TARDIS, "You've really got to think. Is there anything that might've caused this?"
"Anything you might've done?" asked The Doctor.
"Any sort of alien contacts?"
"Have you seen lights in the sky?"
"Did you touch something strange?"
"Who're you getting married to? Are you sure he's human? He's not a bit overweight with a zip around his forehead, is he?" asked my uncle.
I looked at my uncle, "What?"
He was going to answer my question but he looked outside and saw Donna starting to run, "Donna!" He called out and started to run out of the TARDIS.
We caught up to her a short ways away from the TARDIS, "Donna."
"Leave me alone. I just want to get married," she said.
"Come back to the TARDIS."
"No way. That box is too weird."
"It's… bigger on the inside, that's all," said my uncle.
"Oh! That's all?" said Donna, as she looked at her watch, "Ten past three. I'm going to miss it." I could tell she was holding back the tears.
"You can phone them. Tell them where you are."
"How do I do that?"
The Doctor looked at me and I checked my pockets, "I must have left my phone it in my room…"
Then he looked at Donna "Do you have a mobile?"
Donna stopped and stared at him, "I'm in my wedding dress. It doesn't have pockets. Who has pockets? Have you ever seen a bride with pockets? When I went to my fitting, do you think I said, 'Alison, the one thing I forgot to say is give me pockets'?!"
"…This man you're marrying. What's his name?"
"Lance," said Donna with love.
"Good luck, Lance." said the Doctor and then I smacked him on his shoulder.
"Oi! No stupid Martians are going to stop me from getting married. To hell with you two!" said Donna. Then she started to run off again.
"We're- We're not… We're not… We're not from Mars…" said The Doctor. Then we took off after her.
We saw Donna trying to hail a cab, "Taxi!" we caught up to her, and the taxi just drove past, "Why's his light on?"
"There's another one!" said The Doctor.
"Taxi!" she called but it just drove past us again, "Oi!"
"There's one!" I said. I waved to the driver to get his attention but he just drove by.
"Oi!"
"Do you have this effect on everyone?" asked my uncle. Which prompted me to smack him on the shoulder. "What have I told you about doing that?"
I looked at him right in the eyes, "As soon as you stop being rude… I'll stop hitting you…" Then I turned my attention back to the task at hand, "Why aren't they stopping?
"They think I'm in fancy dress," said Donna.
Just then another taxi drove past blowing its horn, "Stay off the scotch, darlin'!" called the driver.
"They think I'm drunk." said Donna.
Then two guys drove past and yelled out the window, "You're fooling no one, mate!"
"They think I'm in drag!" said Donna.
"Hold on, hold on." said my uncle, he put his fingers between his lips and whistled. It was very piercing. Donna and I had to cover our ears. But, it attracted the attention of a taxi, that ground to a halt in front of us.
The three of us climbed in the back, "Saint Mary's in Chiswick, just off Hayden Road," Said Donna, "It's an emergency. I'm getting married. Just… hurry up!"
"You know it'll cost you, sweetheart? Double rates today." said the driver.
"Oh, my God!" said Donna, "Have you either of you got any money?"
I shook and The Doctor said, "um… no. Haven't you?"
"Pockets!" said Donna, as she violently gestured to her dress.
And just as fast as we were in the taxi we were back on the curb, "And that goes double for your mother!" said Donna, as it drove off, "I'll have him. I've got his number. I'll have him. Talk about the Christmas spirit."
"Is it Christmas?" asked the Doctor as he looked around. I was surprised as well when I looked around and saw all the Christmas decorations. I made a mental note to wish my family a Merry Christmas before we left this time again.
"Well, duh," said Donna, "Maybe not on Mars, but here it's Christmas Eve!" She looked over his shoulder, " Phone box! We can reverse the charges!" We ran over to the box.
"How come you're getting married on Christmas Eve?" I asked.
"Can't bear it. I hate Christmas. Honeymoon, Morocco. Sunshine, lovely…" We reached the phone booth and The Doctor held the door open for Donna, "What's the operator? I've not done this in years. What do you dial? 100?"
The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the phone, "Just call the direct."
"What did you do?" demanded Donna.
"Something- Martian. Now phone. We'll get money!" said The Doctor, as he took my hand and pulled me over to an ATM. There was a man all ready using it. I rolled my eyes as my uncle hopped from foot to foot as we waited. Once the man finished, the two of us walked up to the machine.
"Now what?" I asked, "You don't have a ATM Card?"
"I don't need an ATM Card," he said with a smirk. He took out his sonic screwdriver and pointed at the machine and some money came on. "You only use that in case of emergency…"
"Of course." I said. He took the money and stopped, "What is it?" I looked in the direction he was looking and saw a three piece brass band playing, "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." The musicians were dressed as Santa with creepy Santa masks on. Something about them didn't seem right.
Then, we heard Donna call out, "Taxi!" We turned and saw a taxi pull up next to Donna. She talked to the driver, then looked at us and said. "Thanks for nothing, Spaceman! I'll see you two in Court!" She got in the taxi and we saw the driver wearing a creepy Santa mask like the musicians.
"Donna!" called The Doctor.
We looked aback at the brass band of Santas. They started to lower their instruments ominously and held them like weapons. I looked at my uncle, "Doctor… What's going on?"
He didn't say anything he pointed his sonic at the ATM and money started flying out. People ran in-between us and the Santas, "Come on…" he said as grabbed my arm and we started to run down the street.
"What's going on?" I asked as we ran back to the TARDIS.
"The Santas are Roboforms… They want Donna for some reason…" We ran inside and started up the TARDIS. "Scan for Roboforms. Let's see if we can find her." Then he hit the console with a hammer and the rotor started to rise and fall.
I shook my head as I started my scans. "Found them… they are traveling on a motorway… What are we going to do? We can't materialize inside a taxi let alone a moving taxi."
The Doctor looked at me and smiled, "How are your TARDIS flying skills?"
I smiled, "Passed my test first time… Unlike some people I know…"
"Hey…" He said.
We dropped out of the sky and bounced off the motorway shaking the whole console room. "You leave the driving to me… Go get Donna…" I watched on the monitor at the traffic carefully weaving in and out of traffic.
We pulled up next to the taxi flying just inches off the pavement. My uncle went over to the doors and opened them, "Open the door!" he yelled at Donna.
"Do what?" yelled Donna.
"Open the door!"
"I can't, it's locked!" The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the door. Donna pushed the window down, "Santa's a robot."
"Donna, open the door."
"What for?"
"You've got to jump!"
"I'm not bleedin' flip jumping, I'm supposed to be getting married!"
Then, the taxi started picking up speed. "Oh, no you don't…" I said. I pushed a lever forward. And the whole control panel sparked. I looked at the rotor, "Hey! What was that for?!" We lifted over a car in front of us but I didn't get us high enough so we bounced off the roof of the car before we pulled up back in line with the taxi. We bounced off the pavement a few times before I got it stabilized. Believe me, flying a TARDIS isn't like riding a bicycle.
The Doctor pointed his sonic at the Roboform driver to disable it. Then, he turned to Donna, "Listen to me. You've got to jump!"
"I'm not jumping on a motorway!" said Donna.
"Whatever that thing is, it needs you. And whatever it needs you for, it's not good! Now, come on!"
"I'm in my wedding dress!"
I rolled my eyes and my uncle said, "Yes, you look lovely! Come on!"
"I can't do it," said Donna, fearfully.
"Trust me." said the Doctor calmly.
"Is that what you said to her? Your friend? The one you lost? Did she trust you?"
"Yes, she did. And she is not dead. She is so alive. Now, jump!"
With a scream Donna launched herself out of the taxi and lands on top of The Doctor. "All right!" I said as I threw the lever to close the doors of the TARDIS. Then, I threw another lever and we zoomed back up into the sky.
A short time later, I had landed the TARDIS on top of a skyscraper in Central London. Donna and I watched The Doctor emptied a fire extinguisher into the TARDIS. Donna looked down at her watch and I had my arms crossed across my chest, "The funny thing is, for a spaceship, she doesn't really do that much flying," I said.
The Doctor walked up to us and said, "We'd better give her a couple of hours. You all right?"
"Doesn't matter," said Donna.
"Did we miss it?" I asked.
"Yeah." said Donna.
"Well, you can book another date…" said my uncle.
"Course we can."
"You've still got the honeymoon…" I said.
"It's just a holiday now."
"Yeah… Yeah… Sorry." said my uncle.
"It's not your fault," said Donna.
"Oh! That's a change," said the Doctor with a smile.
"Wish you had a time machine, then we could go back and get it right."
"Yeah… yeah…." I said, "But… even if we did. We couldn't go back on someone's personal timeline… I'm assuming…"
Donna gave me a a suspicious glance before going to sit on the edge of the room. The Doctor and I sat down next to her. He took off his jacket and draped it over her shoulders. "God, you're skinny. This wouldn't fit a rat," said Donna.
I laughed a little and said, "Oh and you'd better put this on." I reached into the pocket of my cardigan and took out a gold ring that looks like a wedding ring.
"Oh, do you have to rub it in?"
"Those robots can trace you. This is a bio-damper. It should keep you hidden." said The Doctor. I handed him the ring and he slipped the ring on her finger, "With this ring, I thee bio-damp."
"For better or for worse," she said. The Doctor smiled and she continued, "So, come on then. Robot Santas- what are they for?"
"Ah, your basic robo-scavenger. The Father Christmas stuff is just a disguise. They're trying to blend in. I met them last Christmas."
"Why, what happened then?"
Even though I didn't know the Doctor then I heard about what happened on the news, "Great big spaceship? Hovering over London? You didn't notice?" I asked.
"I had a bit of a hangover," said Donna.
My uncle gave her a look and then he said, "I spent Christmas Day just over there, the Powell Estate. With this… family. My friend, she had this family. Well, they were…" He paused for a moment, "Still… gone now."
"Your friend, who was she?"
"Question is, what do camouflaged robot mercenaries want with you? And how did you get inside the Tardis? I don't know…" He took out his sonic screwdriver, "What's your job?"
"I'm a secretary."
He started scanning her, "It's weird. I mean- you're not special, you're not powerful, you're not connected, you're not clever, you're not important…"
I rolled my eyes and Donna said, "This friend of yours… Just before she left, did she punch you in the face?" She whacked the screwdriver out of her face, "Stop bleeping me!"
"What kind of secretary are you?" I asked.
"I'm at HC Clements. It's where I met Lance. I was temping. I mean, it was all a bit posh really. I'd spent the last two years at a double glazing firm. Well, I thought I'm never going to fit in here. And then he made me a coffee. I mean, that just doesn't happen. Nobody gets the secretaries a coffee. And Lance, he's the head of HR! He don't need to bother with me. But he was nice, he was funny.: And it turns out he thought everyone else was really snotty too. So that's how it started, me and him. One cup of coffee. That was it."
"When was this?" asked my uncle.
"Six months ago."
"A bit soon to get married isn't it?" I said.
"Well… he insisted. And he nagged… and he nagged me… And he just wore me down. And then finally, I just gave in."
"What does HC Clements do?"
"Oh, security systems. You know… entry codes, ID cards- that sort of thing. If you ask me, it's a posh name for locksmiths."
I looked at my uncle and I could tell by the look in his eyes he was thinking, "Keys." he said.
"Anyway, enough of my CV. Come on, it's time to face the consequences. Oh, this is going to be so shaming. You can do the explaining, Martian boy."
"Yeah. We're not from Mars."
Donna nodded. Then, my uncle stood and lent her a hand to help her up then followed suit with me. Then, Donna said, "Oh, I had this great big reception all planned. Everyone's going to be heartbroken."
But when we arrived at the reception hall, we saw the party was in full swing. Everyone was dancing, drinking, eating and laughing. That is until they saw Donna. Once everyone laid eyes on her the room fell silent. "You had the reception without me?"
A black gentleman with a shaved head, that I learned later that it was Donna's fiancé, Lance, asked, "Donna, what happened to you?"
"You had the reception without me?" said Donna, raising he voice a little.
No one said anything for a moment or two so my uncle decided to break the ice, "Hello! 'm the Doctor and this is my niece, Teddy."
I smiled and gave the group a small wave, "Hi…"
Donna turned to us and said, "They had the reception without me…"
"We can see that…" I said.
"Well, it was all paid for. Why not?" said a blond haired woman a little younger than Donna.
"Thank you, Nerys."
'So that's the infamous Nerys…' I thought to myself.
Then an older woman came up to us. It was Donna's mother, "Well, what were we supposed to do? I got your silly little message in the end- 'I'm on Earth?' Very funny. What the hell happened? How did you do it? I mean, what's the trick, because I'd love to know.-"
Everyone started talking at once, apparently it was all to much to Donna because she burst into tears. All of their anger turned to pity as they watched her cry. Lance hugged her and she cried into his shoulder. Everyone applauded, I could feel a tear forming in my eye. Then, Donna looked up at us and gave us a wink. I smiled and shook my head. I was starting to like Donna.
A short time later, the party was back in full swing. The Doctor and I were standing near the bar watching Donna enjoying herself. I couldn't help but think about Donna and her situation. It was impossible for her to just materialize in the TARIDS. Especially, considering how far away from Earth we were.
I needed more information. I saw a man with a cell phone. I walked up to him, "Excuse me… Could I borrow your phone for a moment?"
"Sure," He said as he handed it to me. I put on my glasses and started to do a search for 'H.C. Clements.' I did a quick scan of the room before I took out my sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the phone to speed up the processes. When the search was done, on the screen was 'H.C. Clements Sole Prop. TORCHWOOD.' A chill ran down my spine.
I went up to my uncle, "Uncle…" he turned to me, "Look at this…" He put on his glasses, looked at the phone, and looked at me. We knew that if Torchwood was involved it couldn't be good.
I gave the phone back to the man I borrowed it from. I turned back to my uncle and saw him watching a woman dancing who looked a little like Rose. I could tell he was thinking about her. I walked up to him and gave him a little hug, "You OK?"
"Yeah…" He said with a smile. "I'll be fine… It's just hard… Rose was… is quite a woman…"
I nodded, then I saw a man with a video camera, recording the reception. A moment later we were standing next to him. We asked him if he recorded what was supposed to be the wedding ceremony itself. Lucky for us he did, "Oh, I taped the whole thing," he said, "They've all had a look. They said 'sell it to You've Been Framed.' I said, 'more like the News'. Here we are…"
We watched in the small viewfinder screen on the side of the camera as Donna was walking down the aisle. The camera was zoomed in on her face, as she was walking she seemingly disintegrated into golden particles with a scream. My eyes went big. What I saw was impossible. "Can't be. Play it again?" said my uncle.
"Clever, mind! Good trick, I'll give her that. I was clapping."
We watched again, and The Doctor said, "But that looks like… Huon Particles!"
"What's that then?" asked the cameraman.
I ignored the cameraman's question and looked right at my uncle, "That's impossible. Huon energy doesn't exist anymore, not for billions of years! It so old that…" I turned and looked at Donna and I saw the ring that I gave her, "it can't be hidden by a biodamper!
We ran out of the room and looked out of a window and saw two of the creepy Santa robots walking toward the building. Then we headed back inside to find Donna, "Donna! Donna, they've found you!" called my uncle.
"But you said I was safe." she said.
"The bio-damper doesn't work," I said, "We've got to get everyone out."
Donna looked around, "Oh, My God- it's all my family…"
"Out the back door!" said The Doctor. We ran to the back door, only to find two more Santas, "Maybe not."
We ran back inside and went over to set of French doors and saw two more Santas. One of them was holding a remote control.
"We're trapped," said Donna.
The Santa holding the remote raised it up. My uncle turned around and looked at the Christmas tree in the middle of the room and said, "Christmas trees…"
"What about them?"
"They kill."
Obviously, the Santas did something with Christmas trees last year. So, I didn't hesitate to rush into the crowd, "Get away from the tree!" I shouted.
"Don't touch the trees!" said Donna, as she ushered a group of little girls away from the tree.
"Get away from the Christmas trees!" said The Doctor, "Everyone get away from them! Everyone stay away from the trees!"
"Oh, for God's sakes," said Donna's Mother, "The man's an idiot! Why? What harm's a Christmas tree going to… Oh!"
We watched as the baubles floated off the tree in some weird dance. It was very lovely, utill they started to dive bomb around the room, exploding. The Doctor and I got separated from Donna and we ended up at the DJ stand. We peeked over the edge of the table and saw the Santas were now inside and all six of them were facing us. I stood up, "Hey! Santa! Word of advice. If you're attacking a girl with a sonic screwdriver…" I picked up the microphone and spoke into it, "…don't let her near the sound system." I jammed my sonic screwdriver into the deck. It made a horrible, high-pitched screeched that thankfully didn't affect The Doctor or me but all the humans in the room covered their ears. The Santas started to shake and vibrate violently until they just fell apart.
Once the Santas were destroyed, My uncle and I ran up to them and started to examine them with our sonic screwdrivers. "Look at that. Remote control for the decorations," said The Doctor as he picked it up and showed it to Donna.
I examined one of the heads, "There's a second remote control for the robots. They're not scavengers anymore. I think someone's taken possession."
"Never mind all that," said Donna, she turned to my uncle, "You're a doctor. People have been hurt."
"Nah, they wanted you alive. Look." he tossed her a bauble, "They're not active now."
"All I'm saying, you could help."
I handed him the head I was examining and he put it to ear, "Got to think of the bigger picture… There's still a signal!" Then The Doctor and I ran out of the room.
We went outside and The Doctor was still scanning the head, when Donna joined us again, "There's someone behind this, directing the roboforms."
"But why is it me? What have I done?" asked Donna.
"If we find the controller, we'll find that out." I said.
"Oh!" said The Doctor, as he raised his sonic screwdriver into the air, "It's up there. Something in the sky."
I took out my sonic and started to scan for the signal as well. After several moments the signal disappeared, "I've lost the signal…" I said.
"Me too," said The Doctor, "Donna, we've got to get to your office. H.C. Clements. I think that's where it all started." Then, Lance joined us. The Doctor looked at him and said, "Lance! Is it Lance? Lance, can you give us a lift?"
A short time later we arrived at H.C. Clements. We ran into the office building and headed to the floor were Donna worked. The Doctor and I went up to a computer and started to work while he explained, "This might just be a locksmiths, but H C Clements was bought up twenty three years ago by the Torchwood Institute."
"Who are they?" asked Donna.
"They were behind the battle of Canary Wharf."
Donna just looked at us in silence.
"…Cyberman invasion." I said.
Still no response from Donna.
"Skies over London full of Daleks?" said my uncle.
"Oh, I was in Spain." said Donna.
"They had Cybermen in Spain…" I said.
"Scuba diving."
I rolled my eyes and The Doctor said, "That big picture, Donna. You keep on missing it." I stayed at the computer I was working on while he moved to another computer, "Torchwood was destroyed, but HC Clements stayed in business. I think… someone else came in and took over," He whacked the monitor, "the operation."
"But what do they want with me?" asked Donna.
I got up and walked over to Donna and Lance, "Somehow you've been dosed with Huon energy. And that's a problem, because Huon energy hasn't existed since the Dark Times. The only place you'd find a Huon particle now is a remnant in the heart of the TARDIS. Here let me show you what I think happened today." I picked up a mug off a desk, "Say, this is the TARDIS." Then I picked up a pencil off the desk. "And this is you. The particles inside you activated." I wiggled the pencil between my fingers, "The two sets of particles magnetized and…" I threw the pencil into mug, "pulled inside the TARDIS."
"I'm a pencil inside a mug?"
"Yes, you are. 4H. Sums you up," said The Doctor. Then he looked at Lance, "Lance? What was HC Clements working on? Anything top secret? Special operations? Do not enter?"
"I don't know," said Lance defensively, "I'm in charge of personnel. I wasn't project manager." The Doctor pointed his sonic screwdriver to the screen of the computer he was working on. Lance continued, "Why am I even explaining myself? What the hell are we talking about?
"They make keys, that's the point. And look at this…" we looked at the screen my uncle was working on. On the screen was a 3D model of the building, "…. we're on the third floor." He took us back to the elevators and continued his explanation, "Underneath reception, there's a basement, yes?" The elevator doors opened and The Doctor and I went inside. "Then how come when you look on the lift, there's a button marked lower basement? There's a whole floor which doesn't exist on the official plans. So what's down there, then?"
"Are you telling me this building's got a secret floor?" asked Lance.
"No, I'm showing you this building's got a secret floor."
"It needs a key," said Donna.
"I don't," I took out my sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the lock for the 'Lower Basement' button.
"Right then," said The Doctor, "Thanks, you two. We can handle this. See you later."
"No chance, Martians," said Donna, "You two keep saving my life. I ain't letting you out of my sight." She walked into the elevator.
"Going down."
"Lance?"
"Maybe I should go to the police."
"Inside."
Lance walked into the elevator.
"To honor and obey?" said The Doctor.
"Tell me about it, mate." said Lance
"Oi!" said Donna. I shook my head, as the doors closed and we started down.
When the doors opened again we walked into a long, dark, dank corridor, dimly lit with an eerie green light. "Where are we? Well, what goes on down here?"
"Let's find out…" I said.
"Do you think Mr. Clements knows about this place?"
"The mysterious HC Clements?" said The Doctor, "I think he's part of it. Oh, look. Transport."
What my uncle saw was a group of Segway scooters. We each got on one and started down the corridor. Donna started laughing. I looked at the others and started to laugh as well. We did look pretty fun. The Doctor joined in but not Lance. He just didn't get it. Soon we reached a door marked, 'Torchwood- Authorized personnel only.' We got off our scooters and The Doctor walked up to the door. He turned the wheel on the door to opened it and inside was a ladder. He looked up and back down at us, "Wait here." said my uncle, "Just need to get my bearings. Don't…" he pointed to Donna and Lance, "…do anything."
I nodded. Donna said, "You'd better come back."
The Doctor started up the ladder, "I couldn't get rid of you if I tried."
Donna smiled and we watched my uncle climb the ladder. Then, Lance said, "Donna, have you thought about this? Properly? I mean, this is serious! What the hell are we going to do?"
"Oh, I thought July," said Donna, as she smiled and looked up the ladder. I shook my head obiouly Donna was listening.
After reaching the top he came back down, jumped off the last rung and said, "Thames flood barrier! Right on top of us. Torchwood snuck in and built this place underneath."
"What, there's like a secret base hidden underneath a major London landmark?" asked Donna.
"I know! Unheard of," said my uncle. I rolled my eyes and we walked into some kind of laboratory, full of massive test tubs bubbling away and chemistry equipment., "Oh, look at this! Stunning!"
"What does it do?" asked Donna.
"Particle extrusion. Hold on…" The Doctor ran over to one of the tubes and tapped it, "Brilliant. They've been manufacturing Huon particles. Course, my people got rid of Huons. They unravel the atomic structure."
"Your people?" asked Lance, "Who are they? What company do you represent?"
"Oh, We're freelancers." I said.
"But this lot are rebuilding them," said The Doctor, "They've been using the river. Extruding them through a flat hydrogen base so they've got the end result…" He picked up a small test tube full of Huon particles, "Huon particles in liquid form."
"And that's what's inside me?" asked Donna. The Doctor turned a knob on the tube and the contents started to glow gold and so did Donna. "Oh, my God!" she said.
"Genius," he said as he turned the knob again "Because the particles are inert, they need something living to catalyze inside and that's you. Saturate the body and then… HA!" We all jumped as The Doctor screamed, "The wedding! Yes, you're getting married, that's it! Best day of your life, walking down the aisle. Oh, your body's a battleground! There's a chemical war inside! Adrenaline, acetylcholine. WHAM! Go the endorphins. Oh, you're cooking! Yeah, you're like a walking oven. A pressure cooker, a microwave, all churning away. The particles reach boiling point. Shazam!" Then Donna slapped him, "What did I do this time?"
"Are you enjoying this?" asked Donna. She took a couple of deep breaths before she continued, "Right, just tell me. These particles, are they dangerous? Am I safe?"
"Yes," said my uncle, unconvincingly.
"Doctor, if your lot got rid of Huon particles, why did they do that?"
"Because they were deadly."
"Oh, my God…"
I walked over to Donna and took her hand, "We'll sort it out, Donna. Whatever's been done to you, We'll reverse it. We are not about to lose someone else."
Just then there were crashes and bangs all around us. A female voice soon filled the lab, "Oh, she is long since lost." Then one of the walls slid upwards to reveal a secret chamber with an enormous round hole in the floor. "I have waited so long, hibernating at the edge of the universe until the secret heart was uncovered and called out to waken!"
All around the chamber were robots with black hoods holding guns, pointed at us. The Doctor and I walked up to the hole and looked down, "Someone's been digging. Oh, very Torchwood. Drilled by laser. How far down does it go?"
"Down and down, all the way to the center of the Earth!"
"What for?" I asked.
"Dinosaurs," said Donna as she stepped forward.
"What?" asked the Doctor.
"Dinosaurs?"
"What are you on about, dinosaurs?"
"That film, Under the Earth, with dinosaurs. Trying to help."
"That's not helping."
"Such a sweet couple." said the woman.
"Only a madman talks to thin air and trust me, you don't want to make me mad. Where are you?" asked The Doctor.
"High in the sky. Floating so high on Christmas night."
"We didn't come all this way to talk on the intercom. Come on, let's have a look at you!"
"Who are you with such command?"
"I'm the Doctor."
"Prepare your best medicines, doctor man, for you will be sick at heart."
Then in front of us on a platform on the other side of a hole a large red spider like creature teleported in. A spider's body, a woman's torso, snarling and growling at us.
"Racnoss? But that's impossible. You're one of the Racnoss?" I asked.
"Empress of the Racnoss." said the spider woman.
"If you're the Empress, where's the rest of the Racnoss? Or, are you the only one?" asked The Doctor.
"Such a sharp mind." said the Empress.
"That's it, the last of your kind." I said, then I looked at Donna, "The Racnoss come from the Dark Times, billions of years ago. They were omnivores. They devoured whole planets."
"Racnoss are born starving. Is that our fault?" said the Empress.
Donna looked at me and asked, "They eat people?"
"HC Clements, did he wear those, those- erm, black and white shoes?"
"He did. We used to laugh. We used to call him the fat cat in spats." I pointed up and in a web that covered the ceiling were a pair of feet wearing a pair of black and white shoes were poking out, "Oh, my God!" she said.
"Mmm. My Christmas dinner." said the Empress.
"You shouldn't even exist," said The Doctor, "Way back in history, the fledgling Empires went to war against the Racnoss- they were wiped out."
I looked behind the Empress and was surprised to see Lance. He made a motion for us to stay quiet, "Except for me." said the Empress.
"But that's what I've got inside me, that Huon energy thing," said Donna, "Oi! Look at me, lady, I'm talking. Where do I fit in? How comes I get all stacked up with these Huon particles?" Lance quietly walked down the stairs, carrying a fire axe. Donna continued, "Look at me, you! Look me in the eye and tell me."
"The bride is so feisty," said the Empress.
"Yes, I am! And I don't know what you are, you big thing, but a spider's just a spider and an axe is an axe! Now, do it!"
Lance started to swing the axe. The Empress turned and hisses at him. But, then he stopped. He turned to Donna and started to laugh and the Empress joins in. My hearts sank. In those few moments everything clicked into place. I felt so sorry for my new friend.
"That was a good one. Your face." said Lance.
"Lance is funny." said the Empress.
"What?" said Donna.
"I'm sorry." I said, quietly.
"Sorry for what? Lance, don't be so stupid! Get her!"
"God, she's thick," said Lance. Donna just stared at him, she was confused. She still didn't know what was going on. I looked at my uncle. I could tell by the look on his face that even he pieced together what was going on, Lance continued, "Months I've had to put up with her. Months. A woman who can't even point to Germany on a map."
"I don't understand." said Donna.
"How did you meet him?" I asked.
"In the office."
"He made you coffee."
"What?"
"Every day, I made you coffee," said Lance.
"You had to be dosed with liquid particles over six months," I said.
"He was poisoning me?"
"It was all there in the job title- The Head of Human Resources."
"This time, it's personnel." said Lance. Then, him and the Empress laughed.
"But, we were getting married."
"Well, I couldn't risk you running off. I had to say yes. And then I was stuck with a woman who thinks the height of excitement is a new flavor Pringle. Oh, I had to sit there and listen to all that yap yap yap- 'Oh, Brad and Angelina. Is Posh pregnant?' X Factor, Atkins Diet, Feng Shui, split ends, text me, text me, text me. Dear God, the never ending fountain of fat, stupid trivia. I deserve a medal."
I clenched my hands. I wanted to kill Lance for what he did to Donna. He played with her emotions I looked at my new friend and saw the look on her face. She was hurt and confused. I could tell that Donna loved Lance. Like any other woman, I'm sure she had the rest of her life with Lance planned out. A nice home, maybe a kid or two. Now, that was all gone.
"Oh, is that what she's offered you?" said The Doctor, "The Empress of the Racnoss? What are you, her consort?"
"It's better than a night with her," said Lance.
"But I love you." said Donna.
"That's what made it easy. It's like you said, Doctor- The big picture- What's the point of it all if the human race is nothing? That's what the Empress can give me. The chance to… go out there. To see it. The size of it all. I think you understand that, don't you, Doctor?"
"Who is this little physician and his friend?" asked the Empress.
"She said Martian," replied Lance.
"Oh, We're sort of… homeless. My niece and I. But the point is, what's down here?" said my uncle as he walked over to the hole, "The Racnoss are extinct. What's going to help you four thousand miles down? That's just the molten core of the Earth, isn't it?"
"I think he wants us to talk." said Lance.
"I think so, too," said the Empress.
"Well, tough! All we need is Donna!"
"Kill this chattering little doctor man and his niece!"
"Don't you hurt them!" said Donna, as she moved in front of The Doctor and I.
"No, no, Donna. It's all right," said my uncle.
"No, I won't let them."
"At arms!" said the Empress. The Robots pointed their guns at us.
"Ah, now. Except." said The Doctor.
"Take aim!"
"Well, I just want to point out the obvious-"
"They won't hit the bride. They're such very good shots."
"Just- just- just- hold on. just a tick, Just a tiny- just a little- tick. If you think about it, the particles activated in Donna and drew her inside my spaceship. So reverse it… and the spaceship comes to her." Then, The Doctor turned the knob on the tube of Huon particles. The particles in the tube and Donna started to glow gold.
"Fire!" said The Empress. But, by the time the robots started to fire, the TARDIS was already materialized around us.
"Off we go," said The Doctor as the two of us ran to the console. Donna walked over to the jump seat and sat down.
"Remember what I said before about time machines?" I said, "Well, I lied. And now we're going to use it."
"We need to find out what the Empress of the Racnoss is digging up," said my uncle. "If something's buried at the planet's core, it must've been there since the beginning. That's just brilliant. Molto bene! I've always wanted to see this. Donna, we're going further back than I've ever been before."
I turned and looked at Donna. Her shoulders were shuttering. I walked over to her and saw tears running down her face, "Donna… Are you OK?"
"Yeah…" she said, as he wiped her eyes, "It's just hard because… I loved him so much… I thought he was the one…"
I sat down next to her, "Yeah… I know how you feel… A couple of years ago, I was dating a guy and I thought he was the one. Until, I found him cheating on me with another girl. He told me the girl was his cousin. But, eventually the girl and I figured out what was going on… He told her the same thing…"
"That's horrible… What happened when he found out that you two knew?"
I smiled, "She dumped a blender full of raspberry smoothies on his head and I shoved a piece of pie in his face…"
Donna laughed and I joined in. It was good to see Donna happy again. Just then, The Doctor spoke up, "We've arrived. Want to see?"
Donna sighed, "I suppose."
He looked in the monitor, "Oh, that scanner's a bit small. Maybe your way's best." He walked over to the door. Then he turned and looked at us, "Come on. No human's ever seen this. You'll be the first."
Donna and I stood and walked to the doors, "All I want to see is my bed…" said Donna.
"Donna Noble, welcome to the creation of the Earth." Then, The Doctor opened the doors of the TARDIS to reveal the Sun shining through a cloud of dust and gasses. There were also enormous rocks floating around us. Donna just stood there with her jaw dropped.
"We've gone back 4.6 billion years," I said, "There's no solar system yet. Only dust, rocks and gas." I pointed at the sun, "That's the Sun, over there. Brand new. Just beginning to burn."
"Where's the Earth?" asked Donna.
"All around us… in the dust." said The Doctor.
"Puts the wedding in perspective. Lance was right. We're just… tiny."
"No, but that's what you do. The human race makes sense out of chaos. Marking it out with weddings and Christmas and calendars. This whole process is beautiful, but only if it's being observed."
"So I came out of all this?"
"Isn't that brilliant?"
Just then a big chunk of rock floated past us and Donna said, "I think that's the Isle of Wight."
We all laughed. Then I said, "Eventually, gravity takes hold. Say, one big rock, heavier than the others, starts to pull other rocks towards it. All the dust and gas and elements get pulled in. Everything, piling in until you get the…"
"The Earth."
"But the question is, what was that first rock?" asked the Doctor. Then through the cloud of dust, a star shaped spaceship appeared.
"Look," said Donna.
"The Racnoss." Then, The Doctor ran to the console and started to turn the wheel. "Hold on. The Racnoss are hiding from the war…" He was a speeding up time with out going into the Vortex so we could see what was going on, "What's it doing?"
The Racnoss ship did nothing, but the rocks, dusts, and gas, were being pulled to the ship like a magnet. "Exactly what you said." said Donna.
The Doctor rejoined us at the door and said, "Oh, they didn't just bury something at the center of the Earth… They became the center of the Earth. The first rock."
Just then the TARDIS shuddered and almost knocked us off our fee, "What was that?" asked Donna.
"Trouble," I said. The Doctor slamed the doors shut and we ran to the console.
"What the hell's it doing?" asked Donna, as we struggled to maintain our balance as the TARDIS shuddered and tipped.
"Remember that little trick I pulled," said The Doctor, "particles pulling particles. Well, it works in reverse- They're pulling us back!" The Doctor and I tried everything we could but it wasn't working. The controls just weren't responding.
"Well, can't you stop it?" asked Donna, "Hasn't it got a handbrake? Can't you reverse or warp or beam or something?"
"Backseat driver," said The Doctor, "Oh! Wait a minute! The extrapolator!" He pulled a large surfboard like device from out of under the console, "It can't stop us, but it should give us a good bump!" I looked on the monintor and saw we were materializing back inside the lab. Then, He hit the extrapolator and we left the lab and materialized in the corridor.
We got out of the TARDIS and my uncle said, "We're about 200 yards to the right. Come on!"
We ran down the corridor and reached the door that lead to the Thames Flood Barrier, Donna was out of breath, "But what do we do?"
"I don't know!" said The Doctor, as he took out his stethoscope and started listening to the door, "I make it up as I go along. But trust me, I've got a history."
"But I still don't understand. I'm full of particles, but what for?"
I stood there and watched The Doctor as I talked, "There's a Racnoss web at the center of the Earth, but our people unraveled their power source. The Huon particles ceased to exist but the Racnoss are stuck They've been hibernation for billions of years. So you're the new key. They need the living particles in you to open it and you have never been so quiet." We turned around and saw Donna was gone.
"Great!" I said. My uncle opened the door with this sonic screwdriver and saw two armed robots on the other side. We quickly disabled them with our sonic screwdrivers and then my uncle went to work on trying to remove the face plate of one of the robots, "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well, we are going to try to sneak back into the drilling chamber. Get the face place off the other Roboform…"
I got the face plate off, then we put it on over our heads like a mask and then put the black robes on and then we made our way back into the drilling chamber. We snuck in a back way and started climbing a set of stairs running up the side of the chamber. We did our best to imitated the walk of the Roboforms. We stopped at a landing over looking the chamber. Donna was in ensnared in the web over top of the hole but Lance was no where around. We later found out later that the Empress made Lance the appetizer for her children. "My children are climbing towards me and none shall stop them!" said the Empress. Then she hissed and turned to us, "So you might as well unmask, my clever little doctor man and his niece."
We removed our disguises and The Doctor said, "Oh well. Nice try. I've got you, Donna!" He then took out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at Donna. The web around her started to give way.
"I'm going to fall!" screamed Donna.
"You're going to swing!" I said.
Donna grabbed onto a piece of webbing and swung over the hole past the Emprees and right toward us, "I've got you!"
Unfortunately, the strand was too long and she went under the landing where we were standing and crashed into the wall below us, "Good one, Doctor.."
We looked down and saw Donna sprawled out on her back on the floor below us, and my uncle said "… oh. Sorry."
"Thanks for nothing." said Donna, then she got up.
"The doctor man amuses me," said the Empress.
"Empress of the Racnoss, We give you one last chance," said my uncle.
"We can find you a planet. We can find you and your children a place in the universe to co-exist." I said.
"Take that offer and end this now."
"These people are so funny," said the Empress.
"What's your answer?" I asked.
"Oh I'm afraid I have to decline," she said with a laugh.
"What happens next is your own doing," said my uncle.
"I'll show you what happens next," she said, "At arms!" The robots raised their guns, "Take aim!" They aimed at us, "And…"
"Relax," he said and the robots went lip.
Donna looked up at us, "What did you do?"
We looked down at her and The Doctor said, "Guess what I've got, Donna?" then he removed the remote control for the robots out of his jacket, "Pockets."
"How did that fit in there?"
"They're bigger on the inside," he said. I rolled my eyes.
"Roboforms are not necessary," said Empress, "My children may feast on Martian flesh."
"Oh, but we're not from Mars." I said.
"Then where?"
"Our home planet is far away and long since gone," said The Doctor.
"But its name lives on," I said.
"Gallifrey," we said together.
The Empress roared with anger, "They murdered the Racnoss!"
"I warned you. You did this." said my uncle, then he pulled out a handful of baubles.
"No! No! Don't! No!" said the Empress, panicking.
He threw several handfuls of baubles into the air. My uncle used the remote to control them. Some of them surrounded the Empress. Some of them flew down the corridor and smashed into the walls, destroying them and letting the water from the Thames in. Some of the baubles exploded in front the Empress causing a fire to break out at her feet. Then manhole covers around the chamber busted open and water came flooding in and down the hole.
The Empress sounded grief-stricken as she screamed "My children!"
The Doctor and I just stood there in silence. Water pouring on us. We didn't care what happened to us. The Empress was threatening Earth. It was our job to protect it. We might have stayed there and drowned if Donna hadn't spoken up, "Doctor! Teddy!" We looked down at her, "You can stop now!"
We stood there and watched the Empress writhe and wail in agony and then my uncle said, "Come on! Time I got you out!" Donna climbed up the stairs and we went down a little to clear out the debris so she could join us. Once she was with us we headed up the stairs.
As we left the chamber we heard the Empress call out, "Transport me!"
We reached a ladder and started to climb. Water continued to pour on us as Donna asked, "But what about the Empress?"
"She's used up all her Huon energy," I said, "She's defenseless!"
We reached the top of the ladder and The Doctor opened door at the top of the ladder and we saw a very bright light fill the sky. By the time we got outside we looked up and saw what was left of the Empress' ship fall to the ground. We laughed and cheered in delight that we successfully saved Earth. Donna looked down, "Just… there's one problem."
"What's that?" asked my uncle.
"We've drained the Thames."
We looked down and sure enough, the Thames was completely empty. The three of us collapses into laughter again as we stood there on top of the flood gate.
A short time later, we landed the TARDIS across the street from Donna's house. Then, the three of us stepped outside, "There we go," said my uncle, "Told you she'd be all right. She can survive anything."
"More than I've done." said Donna.
I took out my sonic and did a quick scan, "Nope! All the Huon particles have gone. No damage, you're fine."
"Yeah, but apart from that, I missed my wedding, lost my job and became a widow on the same day. Sort of."
"I couldn't save him." said my uncle.
"He deserved it." said Donna, unfeelingly. Then, her face softened, "No, he didn't." Then, she looked around at the house, "I'd better get inside. They'll be worried."
"Best Christmas present they could have," I said. We looked through the window of the house and saw Donna's parents hugging, "Oh, no, I forgot you hate Christmas."
"Yes, I do." she said.
"Even if it snows?" asked my uncle. He reached up above the door frame and flipped a switch. A ball of light shot out from the lamp on top. It went up in the sky and exploded like a firework. Then, snow started to slowly fall.
Donna laughed with delight, " I can't believe you did that!"
"Oh, basic atmospheric excitation," he said.
"Merry Christmas." said Donna.
"And A Merry Christmas to you to," I said, "So, what will you do now?"
"Not getting married, for starters." said Donna, "And I'm not going to temp anymore. I dunno... Travel… See a bit more of planet Earth… Walk in the dust… Just… go out there and do something."
My uncle nodded "Well, you could always…"
"What?"
"…Come with us…"
"No."
"Okay."
"I can't…."
"No, that's fine."
"No, but really… Everything we did today… Do you two live your life like that?"
"Not all the time." he said. I didn't say anything I rolled my eyes at his lie.
"I think you do. And I couldn't.'
I spoke up, "But you've seen it out there. It's beautiful."
"And it's terrible. That place was flooding and burning and they were dying, and you two stood there like… I don't know… strangers. And then you made it snow. I mean, you two scare me to death."
"Well then…" said The Doctor after a short silence.
"Tell you what I will do, though. Christmas dinner. Oh, come on."
"I don't do that sort of thing."
"You did it last year. You said so. And you might as well, because Mum always cooks enough for twenty."
My uncle oo-ed and ah-ed then he said, "Oh, all right then. But you go first, better warn them. And… don't say we're Martians. We just have to park her properly. She might drift off to the Middle Ages. We'll see you in a minute."
We went inside the TARDIS and I closed the door, "We aren't staying are we?"
"Nope… We've got a prior commitment…" He said as he started the TARDIS.
I was a bit disappointed that we couldn't stay and I was about to asked him what it was when we heard Donna call from outside, "Doctor! Teddy!"
The Doctor stopped the engines, walked over to the doors opened them and said, "Blimey, you can shout." he said.
"Am I ever going to see you two again?"
"If we're lucky." I said, with a smile.
"Just… promise me one thing. Find someone."
"We don't need anyone," said my uncle.
"Yes, you do. Because sometimes, I think you need someone to stop you. "
"Yeah." he said, quietly. Then he said, "Thanks then, Donna. Good luck."
"And just be magnificent," I added.
Donna smiled, "I think I will, yeah." We retreated back into the TARDIS when Donna called out again, "Doctor?"
"Oh, what is it now?" said The Doctor with mock exasperation.
I lightly hit him on the shoulder, "Be nice…"
"That friend of yours. What was her name?" she asked.
"Her name was Rose." he said. Then, we went inside and he closed the doors.
We walked up to the control panel and he started up the TARDIS, "So… What is our prior commitment." I asked.
He looked over at me and smiled, "Well… I figure that since it was Christmas… We could go to Denver and spend some quality with your family…"
"Really?" I said with a big smile.
"Yeah…" He said as he started to set the coordinates. "The great thing is since it's only around 9 PM here in London… It's only 2 PM in Denver… So we don't have to cross our timeline…"
"Perfect," I said… "Let's go!"
We parked the TARDIS a little way from the house because I wanted to surprise my mom. It was about 5 PM when we arrived, the Doctor and I were carrying a load of presents for my family. "You ready?" I asked.
"You bet." he said.
I rang the doorbell and my mom answered, her jaw dropped when she saw us, "Merry Christmas, Mom!" I said with a smile.
"TEDDY!" She called out, "Come in! Come in!" I smiled as I walked in and saw my whole family. Gabe, P.J., Charlie, Toby, and my Dad. I set my presents down and hugged them. It had been several months since I'd seen them. But, I did keep in touch thanks to the TARDIS. We talked for awhile and caught up, while we talked my uncle slipped back to the TARIDS and moved it downstairs to the basement. It was one of the best Christmases ever. I spent it with all the people I loved… It would have been better if Rose was with us…
We stayed through the New Year. I was surprised that The Doctor wanted to stay so long. In the time that we traveled together we very rarely stayed in the same place for more than a day or two. That included the times we just stayed in the Time Vortex and just relaxed. He told me that after everything that happened with Rose and Donna, he needed a little break from traveling. It made sense to me. It felt good to stay in one place for awhile.
But after New Years Day, the two of us got the itch to travel again. So, we said our goodbyes to everyone and headed down to the basement to get in the TARDIS. My mom followed us down, to see us off, "Well, It's been really good having you with us." she said.
"It's been a pleasure, Amy." said The Doctor, "The best week off I've ever had…Well… the only week off I've ever had…"
I laughed and gave my adoptive mom a hug, "It's been great being here. And, I promise that we will visit again soon."
"About that… I was wondering… If it would be possible…. For me to come with you two…"
To Be Continued…
A/N: I hope everyone is still enjoying this story. As you can see by the ending, Series 3 is going to be different than the show. Martha is going to be in this version. But, there will be some changes. Teddy's mom, Amy, is going to travel with The Doctor and Teddy, but she won't be a permanent companion but she will travel on and off with the two of them during Series 3 and maybe in other Series as well. As always, please read and review. There have been some people who have mentioned original stories involving The Doctor and Teddy. I don't have any ideas for any but if anyone would like to write them feel free.