If you had to Choose...Part 11

[flydye8]

Title: If you had to Choose…Part 11

Author: Flydye8

Pairings: Doctor 11/Donna

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: I wish I owned them but alas I don’t but I play with them

Summary: The Doctor11/Donna are together once again, but Rose is out to destroy their happiness. Martha, Donna’s daughter has teamed up with the Doctor(9) from Rose’s parallel world to save her family.

 

 

Martha felt the TARDIS land while she was drinking her tea, hurrying to put her cup in the sink she left the room and headed to the main chamber.

Hearing her footsteps on the grate floor, The Doctor, turned to face his companion his leather jacket creaking with his movements, “We are here I am sorry but you will have to walk a bit otherwise your Dad might sense me.”

“What are you going to do while I am there?” Martha asked.

“I think I will just hang out in the vortex my ship needs some maintenance that is past due,” holding out his hand he continued, “Give me your phone and I will calibrate it to my TARDIS so you can call me when you are ready to go.”

Passing the phone to him Martha watched as he ran his sonic over it, “Good and you can also call me if you hear anything from Jack.” She stated as he handed it back to her.

Pocketing the phone she stepped a bit closer to him, reaching up she gave him a hug and whispered in his ear, “I will see you soon.” Before turning from him she gave him a kiss on the cheek. 

As he watched her walk to the door, he smiled, as she stroked one of the coral struts, “Take care of him old girl and keep him out of trouble.” In her mind she heard a reassuring hum in reply.

As the door closed signaling Martha’s departure the Doctor moved around consoles settling her in the vortex. Once the ship was stable, he touched his cheek where Martha kissed him and breathed in deeply smelling her lingering scent of morning dew after a storm. 

Forgoing the maintenance on his ship he decided to go to the library to do some thinking about his lovely red headed companion and the feelings that she invoked within his hearts.

 

Martha walked to her parent’s home and as each step she took brought her closer she felt the pain in her heart lifting. She was right when she told the Doctor that she needed to go home she was already feeling a bit more rejuvenated.  

Donna was sitting on the porch, worry for her daughter plainly on her face. Counting down the minuets she started to feel herself become antsy, standing she started to pace the wooden deck looking up periodically for Martha. With the last cross of her deck she looked up again and saw her daughter walking toward her.

Moving quickly down the stairs she ran to her daughter quickly enveloping her in her arms, “I have been so worry about you since your Dad woke up so abruptly the other night.”

Martha closed her eyes in her mum’s arms and breathed in the scent of apples and bananas holding on to the woman that brought her into this world, and who she was traveling through time to protect she said, “Hi, mum I have missed you.”

Pulling away Donna asked, “Missed you to as well.” Wrapping her around her daughter’s waist she started to lead her toward the house while asking, “Why do you smell like leather and lemongrass sweetheart?”

Martha started laughing, “You know mum I will never get use to that new nose of yours.” She stated successfully avoiding answering her mum’s question.

“Well, let me tell you it has come in handy when traveling with your dad especially when he gets us in some sort of trouble.” Donna then she stopped and looked into her daughters eyes asking quietly, “Are you sure you are okay luv?”

Before Martha could respond her brothers ran out the front door almost knocking her to the ground with their hugs.

Theta spoke first looking down at her because of his height, “Sis you should have come with us Aarhus V was brilliant the trees were so big you couldn’t see the top of them.”

Marcum chimed in, “The flowers were so bright they almost glowed. I asked Dad if I could bring one home to study and he told me no so I had to leave them there.”

Theta shoved his baby brother lightly, “Now don’t lie to Martha that is not what happened.” Then he turned toward his sister, “He actually smuggled one of them on the TARDIS and it went grew very rapidly resulting in the roots being stuck in some of the primary systems of the old girl. It took Dad and I almost three days to clean everything out.”

Martha just laughed feeling her spirits lift even more as she listened to her brother’s stories. Donna cut in and stated, “Okay boys enough of that I am sure Martha wants to see her Dad so why don’t you head inside and start the tea.”

Both of the young men responded, “Yes, Mum.” As they hurried inside Donna turned toward her daughter, “I really hope this little one is a girl I don’t think I could handle another teenage boy.”

Hugging her Martha stated, “Oh Mum you are doing just fine. Where is Dad?”

“He is in the TARDIS making sure that they removed all the roots from her internal workings.” Donna replied with a smile, “While you are there tell him tea will be ready in about fifteen minutes.”

“Okay mum we will see you in a bit.” Martha moved to the side of the house and into the backyard when she saw her Dad’s TARDIS came into view, tears for the father she had lost started to pool in her eyes.

Before entering the ship Martha gave is a soft caress in which the TARDIS responded, “You have been in one of my sister ship from a different world haven’t you.”

“Yes I have, please don’t tell Dad.”

“I will remain quiet but I think he will know.”

“Yea you are probably right but I will not be able to tell him.”

“Be honest with him little one and he will understand.”

“Thanks my friend I will keep that in mind.”

Martha reached for the door, moving in she leaned on the rail watching her Dad rant, his hands moving as if he was shaking something invisible.

“I swear if I ever catch that boy of mine doing something like this again he will not fly the TARDIS for a month, maybe two months, no scratch that he won’t fly her for a year.”

Ducking under the console with his sonic screwdriver in hand he continued, “How that boy came from my loins I will never know…he must have more of his mother’s genes.”

Coming out from under the console he peaked over the edge and pushed some buttons, “Ahh that should do it.” Looking up at the ceiling, “You should be okay now sweetheart.”

Moving around the instruments that circled the time rotor, he stopped as he saw his daughter watching him with tears in her brown eyes. Placing his sonic back into his tweed jacket he held his arms out to her.

Running up to him she hugged him tightly burying her face into his stripped shirt. As his arms came around her the tears she had been holding back came to the surface as all the stress and emotions of the last couple of days were released in his ancient embrace.

The Doctor held his daughter and allowed her to cry concerned as he sensed the remnants of the time vortex clinging onto her.

Pulling her away just slightly he lead her to the chair, guiding her into the seat hr grabbed her face wiping her tears away he asked, “Where in time have you been luv, that has effected you so badly.”

“I cannot tell you Dad, it is not the right time.” She replied honestly taking the TARDIS’s advice.

Nodding his head in understanding he questioned further, “Did he cause this pain you are feeling.”

Grabbing her Dad’s hand she defended, “No, he did not he has been brilliant, kind, understanding. I would even say he has been….fantastic.” imploring her father to understand what she was saying with her eyes.

“Fantastic you say, well that is good to know.” Understanding his daughter’s words but wondering why he didn’t remember any of it. Brushing her hair from her face he continued, “I am glad he is taking good care of you.”

“He is Dad, I promise.” Taking a deep breath she felt her phone go off in her pocket. Reaching in she took it out and started laughing, “It is mum she said she will kick our tail ends into next week if we let the tea get cold.”

“Then we better get going, your mum has been a bit on the hormonal swing and it would not surprise me if she did try to kick us into next week” He replied sheepishly.

“Well if you and mum didn’t go at it like rabbits she wouldn’t be all hormonal.” Martha teased.

Grabbing her hand he led her out of the TARDIS, “Don’t let your mum hear you talk like that she still thinks of you as her little girl.”

“I know Dad, I know but some day I will have to leave the roost and she will have to accept I have grown up.” Martha stated plainly as they entered the house for tea.

The TARDIS looked on as her Timelord and his daughter walked away and searched the timelines for some indication of what was going on when she noticed the shimmering of lines that at one time were fixed but now were in flux and she hoped that whatever Martha and her sister’s Doctor were doing they would be successful.

Looking a bit deeper in the timelines the old ship gave a sigh, Martha was growing up, and soon she would follow the footsteps of her mum. Unfortunately for her Doctor and Donna, Martha will become the mother of a new race of Timelord’s but in a different universe then theirs.

 

At the coffee house Doctor Martha Jones just looked at Jack in astonishment, “Are you sure it was her and not some clone or something like that.”

Jack just shook his head, “No, it was Rose and I can’t believe it either and if I didn’t see it with my own eyes….” He tailed off feeling the pain of what he witnessed again; Martha leaned over the table and gently kissed his lips.

Grabbing on to her cheek he kissed her more passionately loving the way she tasted as his lips explored hers. It always surprised him that no matter how many times he has kissed every time rocked him to the core. Breaking the kiss he whispered, “Oh how I love you Martha Jones.”

Smiling at him she replied, “Well I hope so because I love you to old man.”

With a twinkle in his eye, “Give me thirty minutes and I will show how all my years of experience can benefit you because I am old.”

“Maybe later, Jack, right now I think we should go protect our friends.” Martha stated putting a halt to his flirting.

Standing up he reached for her hand, “I think you are right my nightingale, I saw an abandoned building just over the way, that will suit our needs.” 

As they arrived Jack grabbed Martha and held her close to him, “We might as well make this enjoyable.”

With a movement of his hand on his vortex manipulator Jack and Martha were transported back in time when the Doctor was re-united with his beloved Donna Noble four years after little Martha was born.

 

Comments

[bas_math_girl]

Are you heading towards Nine/YoungMartha here? And nice to see Jack is as much a tart as ever!

[heintz57.livejournal.com]

I think it could go either way. They don't really know eachother right now but they are attracted to other that is for sure what develops will come with another muse I hope

I am preparing the readers, for what I think will be a surprise ending, or it may not be, either way it will be fun to write.

Of course Jack is a tart and I do love him for it.

[thenoblethang.livejournal.com]

“Well if you and mum didn’t go at it like rabbits she wouldn’t be all hormonal.” Martha teased LOLOLOL.

and Theta! Trigonometry seems to be stalking me wherever I go!! lol.

[heintz57.livejournal.com]

I liked that line as well. It is one of my favorites.
It reminds me of the line eleven said in the "time of angels" episode,"you humans are like rabbits, I will never stop saving you." or something like that.

I thought turn about would be fair play.

I am sorry Theta is stalking you I will put my sceintific Caculator up to protect you. It can do all sorts of cool stuff.