Partners in Crime

After dropping my family off at the their correct point in time, The Doctor and I headed out. We saw all sorts of wonderful things, saved humanity a couple of times, and on my 195th birthday, Jack and I got engaged! It was so romantic. We went to this very nice restaurant in Cardiff then after dinner we walked back to Roald Dahl Plass. Then, right there in front of the water tower, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. The really great part… He and The Doctor arranged to have my adopted family there as well. He told me that he even called my Dad and The Doctor and asked them for my hand in marriage. I haven't taken my engagement ring off since.

About six months after dropping off my parents off, The Doctor and I were in the console room. We were currently just relaxing in the Time Vortex, when the phone on the console started to ring, I picked it up and said, "Hello, This is the TARDIS, Teddy Duncan, the future Mrs. Harkness, speaking how may I help you?… Oh hey Mom… No… The Doctor and I are just hanging out. Taking a small break, What's up?… No, but we haven't spent that much time on Earth. What about it?… Oh… Really… OK… Yeah we could check it out… OK… Thanks, for the tip Mom, bye…"

I hung up the phone and started to enter some coordinates into the controls, "What's up?" asked The Doctor.

"Well, Mom was telling me that there is this company in England called Adipose Industries. They are selling diet pills. Apparently, if you take these pills don't have to exercise or diet to lose weight."

"What so strange about that? People have been selling snake oil like diet cures for centuries all across the universe."

"The pills work…"

After The Doctor and I did some research of our own. We decided we need to check this place out for ourselves. I changed out of my usual clothes and put on a gray women's business suit with a TARDIS blue blouse under my blazer. The skirt reached to just above my knees and I put on a pair of black pumps. Then I put my hair up into a loose bun. We parked the TARDIS a few blocks away from the headquarters of Adipose Industries. The Doctor and I reached the building and went around to a back alley. The Doctor opened a fire exit with his sonic and we headed inside. We walked down a deserted corridor, as we walked a security guard was walking down the other direction.

The Doctor show the guard his psychic paper, "John Smith, Health and Safety."

I showed the guard my own psychic paper, a present from The Doctor for my 195th birthday, "Teddy Harkness, Health and Safety."

The Doctor looked at me, "You and Jack aren't married yet…"

"So," I said, "I just want to hear how it sounded, Teddy Harkness…" I smiled. He rolled his eyes and I laughed.

We found out during our research that Adipose Industries was having a press conference. So we made our way to a lecture room, we figured it was best to stay out of sight for now so we made our way to the projection booth. We looked as a few dozen people were sitting in the lecture room listing to Miss Foster, the CEO of Adipose Industries, address the group. Miss Foster had short blond hair, wore a pair of black square glasses, and had a rather intimidating stature about her as she stood in front of the room, "Adipose Industries. The 21st century way to lose weight," exercise, no diet, no pain. Just lifelong freedom from fat. The Holy Grail of the modern age. And here it is," she held up the tiny red and white pill, "You just take one capsule, one capsule, once a day, for three weeks. And the fat, as they say…"

"The fat just walks away," said a male voice.

"Excuse me, Miss Foster, if I could?" asked a young black woman from the audience, "I'm Penny Carter, science correspondent for The Observer. There are a thousand diet pills on the market, a thousand con men stealing people's money. How do we know the fat isn't going straight into your bank account?"

"Oh Penny, if cynicism burnt up calories, we'd all be as thin as rakes. But if you want the science, I oblige."

"Adipose Industries," said the male voice, "The Adipose capsule is composed of a synthesised mobilising lipase, bound to a large protein molecule. The mobilising lipase breaks up the trigycerides stored in the adipose cells, which then enter…"

Just then the projectionist walked in, The Doctor and I showed him our psychic paper, "Health and Safety." said The Doctor.

"Film department," I said.

"100 percent legal, 100 percent effective." said Mrs. Foster as the film came to an end.

"But, can I just ask, how many people have taken the pills to date?" asked Penny.

"We've already got one million customers within the Greater London area alone. But from next week, we start rolling out nationwide. The future starts here. And Britain will be thin."

After the press conference ended we made our way to call center of Adipose Industries. We walked into a cubicle of a young woman named Clare.

"We deliver within three working days," said Claire.

"John Smith, Teddy Duncan, Health and Safety," whispered The Doctor as he showed her his psychic paper, "Don't mind us."

"Do you have any samples of the products you're sending out?" I whispered.

She nodded and handed me a box inside was a gold pendant that looked like a golden pill.

"The box comes with 21 days' worth of pills, a full information pack, and our special free gift, an Adipose Industries pendant," said Clare, as she continued talking to the person she was on the phone with, "It is made of 18 carat gold, and it's yours for free. No, we don't give away pens, sorry. No, I can't make an exception, no."

"We'll just need to keep this for testing," I said, in my best British accent, as I put the pendant back in my pocket, "And we just need a list of your customers. Can you print it off?"

"Sure," said Claire.

"Where's the printer?" asked The Doctor.

"Just over there, by the plant," she said.

The Doctor stood up, "That's the printer there?"

"By the plant, yeah."

"Brilliant," then he sat back down. Claire brought up the list and then he stood up again, "Has it got paper?"

"Yeah, Jimbo keeps it stocked." said Claire.

Just then we heard the voice of Miss Foster, "Excuse me, everyone, if I could have your attention." All of the workers stood up, The Doctor and I decided to remain seated to keep from being notice, "On average, you're each selling forty Adipose packs per day. It's not enough. I want one hundred sales per person per day. And if not, you'll be replaced. Cos if anyone is good in trimming the fat, it's me. Now. Back to it."

Once Claire sat back down, The Doctor said, "Anyway, if you could print that off. Thanks." Claire sent the list to the printer, "Thanks, then." Then she handed him a piece of paper, " Oh, what's that?"

"My telephone number."

"What for?" asked The Doctor, confused.

"Health and Safety. You be health, I'll be safety." said Claire.

I suppressed a laugh. Claire gave me a look and then she looked at my uncle as he struggled to come up an excuse, "Aah. Aah. But. That contravenes ah, paragraph five, subsection C. Sorry."

We stood up and went to the printer but there was nothing there. He went back to Claire and smiled at her, "Me again. Do you think you could print that again? Thanks."

Once we got the list we headed back to the TARDIS and headed for the first male name on the list. I presumed that he didn't want to deal with an another amorous female that I could tease him about. "Mr. Roger Davey, We're calling on behalf of Adipose Industries, " he showed Roger his psychic paper, "just need to ask you a few questions."

"Of course," said Roger as he took us to his sitting room.

We sat down, and I asked in my best accent, "How long have you been on the pills."

"I've been on the pills two weeks now, I've lost fourteen kilos." he said.

"That's the same amount every day?" asked The Doctor.

"One kilo exactly. You wake up, and it's disappeared overnight. Well, technically speaking, it's gone by ten past one in the morning."

"What makes you say that?" I asked.

"That's when I get woken up. Might as well weigh myself at the same time. It is driving me mad. Ten minutes past one, every night, bang on the dot without fail, the burglar alarm goes off." Then, Roger took us outside an showed us the burglar alarm box over his front door, "I've had experts in, I've had it replaced, I've even phoned Watchdog. But no, ten past one in the morning, off it goes."

"But with no burglars?"

"Nothing. I've given up looking."

"Tell me Roger, have you got a cat flap?" asked The Doctor.

Roger took us to his back door and we all kelt by the cat flap. "It was there when I bought the house. Never bothered with it. I'm not a cat person."

"No, I've met cat people. You are nothing like them."

"It's that what it is then? Cats getting inside the house?"

"Well, thing about cat flaps is that they don't just let things in, they let things out as well," I said.

"Like what?" asked Roger.

"The fat just walks away," said The Doctor.

Roger showed us to the front door and I said, "Well, thanks for your help."

"Tell you what, maybe you could lay off the pills for a week or so," said The Doctor, just then a beeping came from his coat. He took out the device he created to detect alien technology in use on Earth, it was beeping and the red lights were lit up, "Ooh, gotta go, sorry."

Then he started to run and chased after him. The Doctor ran along the street holding up the device in front of him. He stopped for a moment, looks at the device, banged it, blew on it, then held it out in front of him again and we ran off again. After going a few more blocks he stopped again, waved the device around, looking for a signal. Then, after a moment it dinged and we were off again. The Doctor ran out into the street and almost got hit by a van. But the driver saw him and honked his horn. He stepped back. The device in the Doctor's hand started to ding as the van drove by. We started to run after it but it turned a corner and disappeared and the beep kept getting fainter and fainter. Then they stopped and the red lights went out. I sighed, "Come on…" I said in my normal voice, "Let's get back to the TARDIS and see what we can figure out about the pendant."

We analyzed the gold capsule and found that it was a bio-flip digital stitch specifically designed for parthenogenesis. For some reason, Adipose Industries was turning peoples fat into alien beings know as Adipose. The Adipose were generally a pretty peaceful race, it didn't make sense that they were doing this… The Doctor and I had to go back and find out for sure what was going on.

The next day, I had changed back into my usual outfit and we landed the TARDIS in an alleyway near Adipose Industries. I opened the fire exit door and we went inside. We walked along the deserted corridor and found a storage closet. We went inside and I used my sonic to lock the door. At about 6:10 we decided the coast would be clear. So, I unlocked the door and we headed out. We knew that Adipose Industries was hiding something. We couldn't go through the front door. So, we decided to try going in though one of the windows. We went up to the roof, got a window washer's scaffolding, and started to descended down the side of the building to the floor Adipose Industries had their offices. We reached one of the main offices and were about to go inside when the door open. We ducked down and heard a woman shout, "You've got no right to do this. Let me go!" I recognized the voice as Penny, the reporter from the press conference.

The Doctor got out his stethoscope, 'Listen in' he said telepathically. I nodded. He put the stethoscope in his ears and put it up to the window. Normally, the telepathic link The Doctor and I shared would only allow us to talk to each other but in special occasions we could use it to share what we were hearing.

"This is ridiculous," said Penny.

"Sit there," said Miss Foster.

"I'm phoning my editor."

"I said sit."

"You can't tie me up. What sort of a country do you think this is?"

"Oh, it's a beautifully fat country. And believe me, I've traveled a long way to find obesity on this scale."

"So come on then, Miss Foster, those pills. What are they?"

"Well, you might just as well have a scoop, since you'll never see it printed. This is the spark of life."

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"Officially, the capsule attracts all the fat cells and flushes them away. Well, it certainly attracts them, that part's true. But it binds the fat together and galvanizes it to form a body."

"Well, what d'you mean 'a body'?"

"I am surprised you never asked about my name. I chose it well. Foster, as in foster mother. And these are my children." we could hear the sounds of the young Adipose as she brought it out.

"You're kidding me. What the hell is that?" asked Penny.

The Doctor started to rise and he motioned for me to join him.

"Adipose. It's called an Adipose. Made out of living fat. Stripped from ordinary human…" said Miss Foster, we couldn't hear what she was saying anymore because The Doctor took his stethoscope off. I closed the sharing part of our link, then I happed to glance at the main door that led into the office and I got the shock of my life. There looking through the window of the door was Donna Noble!

"Donna?" I said telepathically.

"What?" said The Doctor as he looked in the direction I was looking and at that moment. Donna saw us. Her jaw dropped at the sight of us.

"Donna?" said mouthed The Doctor after several seconds.

"DOCTOR! TEDDY!" mouthed Donna.

Both of our Time Lord minds just couldn't comprehend that Donna was there, I couldn't think of any thing to say all my uncle could mouth was, "But... what? Wha... What?!"

"OH MY GOD!"

"But... How?" I finally got out

"It's me!" she mouthed.

"Well, I can see that!"

"Oh this is brilliant!"

"What the hell are you doing there?" asked The Doctor.

"I was looking for you two!" she mouthed.

"What for?!"

Donna started to mime as well as mouth what she was saying, "I, came here, trouble, read about it on the internet, I thought, trouble = you two! And this place is weird! Pills! So I hid. Back there. Crept along. Heard this lot. Looked. You! Cos they…" Then Donna froze.

I looked in the direction that Donna was looking and I saw Miss Foster looking at us, "Are we interrupting you?

"Run!" mouthed the Doctor and I together.

"Get her," said Miss Foster. The Doctor locks the office door with his sonic screwdriver, "and them." I pointed my sonic up at the mechanism that controlled the scaffolding and we started going up. Once we got back to the room we ran inside and headed down the stairwell. We only went down about one floor when we reached Donna. We shared a big group hug,

"Oh my God!" said Donna, "I don't believe it! You've even got the same suit! Don't you ever change?"

"Yeah thanks Donna, not right now." said The Doctor.

Just then we herd a noise coming from below us, we looked down and saw the guards and Miss Foster coming for us. "Just like old times!" I shouted. Then we ran back up to the roof.

Once we got on the roof, I locked the door with my sonic and we headed for the scaffold controls with Donna talking the whole time, "Cos I thought, how do I find The Doctor and Teddy? And then I just thought, look for trouble and then they'll turn up! So I looked everywhere, you name it - UFOs, sightings, crop circles, sea monsters. I looked, I found them all. Like that stuff about the bees disappearing, I thought, I bet they're connected. Cos the thing is, Doctor, I believe it all now. You opened my eyes. All those amazing things out there, I believe them all. Well, apart from that replica of the Titanic flying over Buckingham Palace on Christmas Day, I mean that's gotta be a hoax!"

While Donna talked The Doctor worked on the controls with his sonic, "What d'you mean, the bees are disappearing?" he asked.

"I don't know. That's what it says on the internet." said Donna. The Doctor and I got in the scaffolding while Donna just stood at the bottom of the stairs. "Well on the same site, there was all the conspiracy theories about Adipose Industries, I thought let's take a look!

"In you get!" said The Doctor.

"What in that thing?"

"Yes in this thing!" I said.

"But if we go down in that, they'll just call us back up again." said Donna as she climbed the steps.

"No no no, cos I've locked the controls with a sonic cage. I'm the only one who can control it. Not unless she's got a sonic device of her own. Which is very unlikely."

I gave him a look as we helped Donna in, "You shouldn't say things like that…" Then we started down. A few moments later the scaffold started to descend a lot faster than it should have. The Doctor stopped it with his sonic screwdriver. We were thrown to the floor of the scaffold and then we got up. I got out my sonic and tried to open the nearest window, "Hold on. Hold on, we can get in through the window." After severa moments it wouldn't open, "Can't get it open!"

Then Donna picked up a wrench said, "Well smash it then!" she said, But, the glass wouldn't break. Then Donna said, "She's cutting the cable!"

The cable broke. The Doctor and I managed to stay inside the scaffold but Donna was knocked out.

"Donna!" shouted The Doctor and I.

"Doctor! Teddy!" shouted Donna. We looked and saw Donna holding onto a piece of metal attached to the end of the broken cable she was hanging in mid air.

"Hold on!" said The Doctor.

"I AM!" shouted Donna. The Doctor and I tried to pull her up by the cable but we couldn't do it. "Teddy! Doctor!"

I looked up and saw Miss Foster trying to cut the other cable. I pointed my sonic at her hand and knocked the sonic out of her hand. The Doctor caught it and used it to open a window just above us.

"I'm going to fall!" shouted Donna, "This is all your fault. I should've stayed at home!"

"I won't be a minute!" said the Doctor as he climbed in the building.

"Hang on!" I said as I followed him in.

We ran down the stairs and into Miss Foster's office. When we got there we saw Penny still tied up and Donna's legs dangling outside. We rushed over to the window to get it open. "Is anyone gonna tell me what's going on?" asked Penny.

"What, you're a journalist?" asked The Doctor.

"Yes."

"Well, make it up!"

We tried to grab Donna's legs but she keep kicking at us, "Get off!" she shouted.

"We've got you! We've got you!" said The Doctor.

"Stop kicking!" I shouted.

We pulled her inside and once she was on solid footing. She took a breath and said, "I was right. It's always like this with you two, innit?"

"OH YES!" said The Doctor, with a huge grin.

"And off we go!" I said with a grin just a big. Then, we ran out the door.

"OI!" shouted Penny.

I ran back in, "Sorry!" I said as I used my sonic to break the ropes surrounding her.

Then The Doctor came back in, "Now do yourself a favor, get out."

We ran down the hallway and across the call center but we stopped when we met Miss Foster and her guards.

"Well then," She took off her glasses, "at last."

"Hello." said Donna.

"Nice to meet you, I'm the Doctor." said my uncle.

"I'm his niece, Teddy," I said.

"And I'm Donna." she said.

"Partners in crime," said Miss Foster, "And evidently off-worlders, judging by your sonic technology."

:Oh yes, I've still got your sonic pen," said The Doctor, "Nice, I like it. Sleek, it's kinda sleek."

He showed it to Donna and me.

"Oh it's definitely sleek," said Donna.

"Very sleek," I said. Then I looked at Miss Foster, "And if you were to sign your real name that would be...?"

"Matron Cofelia of the Five-Straighten Classabindi Nursery Fleet. Intergalactic Class." said Miss Foster.

"A wet nurse, using humans as surrogates," said The Doctor.

"I've been employed by the Adiposian First Family to foster a new generation after their breeding planet was lost."

"What do you mean lost?" I asked, "How do you lose a planet?"

"Oh, politics are none of my concern. I'm just here to take care of the children on behalf of the parents."

"What, like an outer space super-nanny?" asked Donna.

"Yes, if you like," said Miss Foster.

"So... so those little things they're, they're made out of fat yeah, but that woman, Stacy Campbell, there was nothing left of her."

"Oh, in a crisis the Adipose can convert bone and hair and internal organs. Makes them a little bit sick, poor things."

"What about poor Stacy?"

"Seeding a level 5 planet is against galactic law," I said.

"Are you threatening me?" asked Miss Foster.

"We're trying to help you, Matron," said The Doctor, "This is your one chance; cos if you don't call this off, then we'll have to stop you."

"I hardly think you can stop bullets." then the guards aimed their guns at us.

"No, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, one more thing, before... dying. Do you know what happens if you hold two identical sonic devices against each other?"

Miss Foster thought for a moment, "No."

"Nor me, lets find out!" He pointed his sonic screwdriver and the sonic pen at each other. It created an awful noise that

The Doctor pointed hid sonic screwdriver and the sonic pen at each other. It created an awful noise that made Miss Foster and her guards squirm in agony and shattered the glass around us.

Donna pushed The Doctor until he stopped, "Come on!" Then, we ran off. We ran back down stairs to the storage closet we hid in earlier. The Doctor and I started throwing the supplies out.

"Well, that's one solution. Hide in a cupboard. I like it," said Donna.

"We're not hiding," I said.

The Doctor opens the back of the closet to reveal a big green machine built into the wall.

"We've been hacking in to this thing all day," said The Doctor, "Because the matron's got a computer core running through the center of the building. Triple deadlocked. And now I've got this," he held up the sonic pen, "I can get into it. She's wired up the whole building. We need a bit of privacy," He held up two sparking plugs together, "Just enough to stop them. Why's she wired up the tower block? What's it all for?" He started fiddling with cables.

"Inducer online," announced the Computer.

"You look older," said Donna as she watched the Doctor work on the inducer.

"Thanks," said The Doctor.

"You two still on your own?"

"Yup. Well no, We had this friend, Martha she was called. Martha Jones. She was brilliant... and I destroyed half her life. But she's fine. She's good. She's gone."

"What about Rose?"

"Still lost."

There was pause then I asked Donna, "I thought you were going to travel the world?"

"Easier said then done," she said, "It's like I had that one day with you two and I was gonna change. I was gonna do so much. Then I woke up next morning, same old life. It's like you were never there. And I tried. I did try, I went to Egypt. I was gonna go barefoot and everything. And then it's all bus trips and guidebooks and don't drink the water and two weeks later you're back home. It's nothing like being with you two. I must have been mad turning down that offer."

"What offer?" I asked

"To come with you."

"You'd come with us?" asked The Doctor.

"Oh yes, please!"

"Right."

"Inducer activated," said the computer.

"What's it doing now?" asked Donna.

"She's started the program," I said.

"Inducer transmitting," said the computer.

"So far they're just losing weight," I said, "but the Matron has gone up to emergency pathogenesis."

"That's when they convert…" said Donna.

"Skeletons, organs, everything," said The Doctor, "A million people are gonna die! Gotta cancel the signal! Teddy, capsule!"

I took the pendant out of my pocket and handed it to him. He took one end off to reveal a chip, "This contains the primary signal. If I can switch it off the fat goes back to being just fat." Then he hooked the capsule up to the machine.

A few moments later the computer announced, "Inducer increasing,"

"No no no no no, she's doubled it," shouted The Doctor, "I need... Haven't got time! It's too far, I can't override it! They're all gonna die!"

"Is there anything I can do?" asked Donna.

"I'm sorry, Donna," said my uncle as he started flipping switches, "But, this is way beyond you! We got to double the base pulse, I can't…"

"Doctor, tell me what do you need," said Donna sternly.

"We need a second capsule to boost the override," I said, "But we've only got the one. We can't save them!" He continued flipping switches and I watched as Donna took a gold capsule out of her pocket. The Doctor looked at her in shock. Then the three of us busted out laughing. He took the capsule and plugged it in the machine and the green lights turned off.

Then, a few moments later we heard a loud horn, "What the hell was that?"

"That must be the nursery," I said.

"Wait a minute, when you say nursery you don't mean a crèche in Notting Hill," said Domna.

"Nursery ship," said the Doctor.

Then the inducer lit up again, and the computer announced, "Incoming signal." then an alien language started to be broadcasted.

"Hadn't we better go and stop them?" asked Donna.

"Hang on, instructions from the Adiposian First Family," said The Doctor, "She's wired up the tower block to convert it into a levitation post."

We continued listening, "Oh," I said, "Ooh. We're not the ones in trouble now. SHE is!" Then we ran out of room and headed up to the roof.

Once we got there, we saw the Adipose babies flying up toward the nursery ship, "What you gonna do then? Blow them up?" asked Donna.

"They're just children," said The Doctor, "They can't help where they come from."

"Oh, that makes a change from last time. That Martha must've done you good."

I smiled when I thought of Martha. Then, The Doctor said, "Ah, she did, yeah. Yeah, she did."

As we watched the Adipose float upwards one of them waved at us, and we waved back, "I'm waving at fat."

"Actually, as a diet plan, it sort of works." I said

Then we saw Miss Foster floating upward, "There she is!" shouted The Doctor. We ran to the edge of the building. She stopped moving and The Doctor said, "Matron Cofelia, listen to me!"

"Oh, I don't think so, Doctor," she said, "And if I never see you again, it will be too soon."

"Oh, why does no one ever listen?" said The Doctor.

"We're trying to help!" I shouted, "Just get across to the roof. Can you shift the levitation beam?"

"What, so that you can arrest me?" asked Miss Foster.

"Just listen. We saw the Adiposian instructions - they know it's a crime, breeding on Earth."

"So what's the one thing they want to get rid of? Their accomplice!" said The Doctor.

"I'm far more than that. I'm nanny to all these children," she replied.

"Exactly! Mum and Dad have got the kids now, they don't need the nanny anymore!"

Then the levitation beam went away. Miss Foster looked down, bewildered for a moment, then she fell with a scream. Donna and I both hid our faces in the Doctor's shoulders before we heard a thud. We looked up again and saw the Adipose babies waving goodbye. Then the ship took off for home.

We got down to the street. We heard sirens. Saw an ambulance and police tape. The Doctor threw the sonic pen into a trash can. Then, we heard a voice yell at us from behind, "Oi, you three!" We turned and saw Penny, as she crept out of the building, still tied to a chair, "You're just mad. Do you hear me? Mad! And I'm gonna report you... for madness!" She crept away.

"Hey!" I shouted back, "We told you to leave… You have no one to blame but yourself!"

"You see," said Donna, "some people just can't take it."

"No," said The Doctor.

"But some people can. So, then - TARDIS! Come on!" said Donna as she grabed his hand and pulled him away. We lead Donna to the alley where we parked the TARDIS. We walked past a blue car and Donna shouted, "That's my car! That is like destiny! And I've been ready for this." She opened the back of her car and it was full of suitcases, "I packed ages ago, just in case. Cos I thought, hot weather, cold weather, no weather…" She started to load her luggage into the arms of my stunned uncle, "...he goes anywhere, I've gotta be prepared." Then she threw a striped hatbox on top of the rest.

"You've got a... a... hatbox?!" asked my uncle.

"Planet of the Hats, I'm ready!" said Donna.

The Doctor and I looked at each other and I bit my lip. We moved the suitcases over in front of the TARDIS and Donna asked, "Do I need injections though, do I? Like when you go to Cambodia, is there any of that? Cos my friend Veena went to Bahrain, and…" She noticed that The Doctor and I didn't look happy. "You two aren't saying much. "

"No, it's just…" I said,

"It's a funny old life, in the TARDIS." continued The Doctor.

"You don't want me," said Donna.

"We're not saying that." I said.

"But you asked me. Would you two rather be on your own?"

"No. Actually, no. But…" said The Doctor as he set the bags he was carrying on the ground, "The last time, with Martha, like I said it... it got complicated. And that was all my fault." I took my uncle's hand and he continued "We just want a mate."

"You just want TO MATE?" said Donna in shock and disgust.

I let go of my uncle's hand so I could cover my mouth, I started to laugh, "I just want a mate!" said The Doctor.

"You're not mating with me, sunshine!" said Donna, as she hid partially behind the TARDIS doors.

I turned toward the wall and started to laugh harder, The Doctor looked at me and then back at Donna, "A mate, I want a mate!"

"Well just as well," said Donna as she stepped out from behind the door, "Because I'm not having any of that nonsense. I mean you're just a long streak of... nothing. You know, alien nothing."

"There we are, then. OK." said The Doctor.

"I can come?" asked Donna.

"Yeah. Course you can, yeah," The Doctor smiled, "I'd love it."

"Me too," I said as I stopped laughing

"Ohh, that's just…" said Donna. She ran up to give us a hug but then she stopped, "Car keys!"

"What?" said The Doctor.

"I've still got my mum's car keys! I won't be a minute!" Then, she ran down the alleyway.

The Doctor and I started to carry her luggage inside. I started laughing again, "I can't believe she thought you wanted to Mate with her…"

A short time later, Donna entered the TARDIS, her luggage was piled near the side that faced the doors. "Off we go, then!" She said.

"Here it is, the TARDIS. It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside…" started The Doctor.

"Oh, I know that bit," said Donna as she cut him off, "Although frankly, you could turn the heat up."

I pressed a couple buttons on the console to turn up the heat. Then I asked, "So, whole wide universe, where do you want to go?"

"Oh, I know exactly the place."

"Which is?" asked The Doctor.

"Two and a half miles, that way." she nodded her head in the direction she wanted to go. She explained to us that her grandfather loved to watch the sky hoping to see an alien spaceship. She told him the night before that he ever saw a blue box flying through the sky to call for her. We got into position and stopped the TARDIS from spinning.

Donna opened the door and we hear a voice call out from below, "Ah! Donna! It's... it's the flying blue box!" Donna started to wave at her grandfather below us, "Huh - what?! That's Donna! Yeah, that's Donna." The Doctor and I stood behind Donna and waved as well. Then we closed the doors and started on our way.

"All right, Donna, let's get you settled in," I said, as I picked up one of her bags, "Bedrooms are this way."

"Hold on a tic…" said Donna, "Is that an engagement ring?"

I smiled, "Yep…"

"How can you be engaged traveling with him?"

"It's a long story…"

A/N: I'm surprised I got this episode up so fast. I hope you all are enjoying this story.

To the guest reviewer who suggested that Debby Ryan play Teddy's 2nd incarnation, that's exactly who I was thinking of! But, I'm not sure if I want Teddy to regenerate or not, it could be an interesting twist to Teddy and Jack's relationship though.

For the rest of you, let me know what you think about Teddy possibly regenerating. I have an idea of when I would do it, if I decide to do it.