If you had to Choose...Part 14

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Title: If you had to choose..Part 14

Author: Flydye8

Pairings: Doctor (11)/Donna; Jack/Martha Jones

Rating: R

Disclaimer: I wish I owned them but alas I don’t but I do love to play with them.

Summary: Doctor (11) and Donna are together again and living life to its fullest but unfortunately Rose is bound and determined to get the Doctor for herself. Can the Doctor (9) from another universe and Donna’s daughter, Martha save the day.

Author’s Note: Sorry I thought this was going to be the last chapter but I was mistaken. For those who like Rose I am sorry.  Banner done by thenoblethang.

Previously

Martha affirmed, “Exactly, but it is bigger than that; it is the one place in time in which many timelines will be affected because of multiple deaths. The Guardians didn’t want us to just save my families timelines but everyone else’s too. If we don’t stop Rose many different timelines will change at the same time and the universe may not be able to compensate such an enormous change.”

“So what does that mean?” Martha’s aunt inquired.

The Doctor turned toward her and answered, “If the universe cannot compensate everything that we know will cease to exist it won’t just be Earth but every other planet in this time and beyond.”

 

Jack raised his hands up in the air and stated, “Hang on Doctor, The world has had worst disasters and time compensated just fine. What is so different now?”

His niece replied, “Think about it Uncle Jack, among the guests at the wedding how many of them have helped save the Earth since then. There is you and Aunt Martha, Sarah Jane and her son, Aunt Amy and Uncle Rory, Aunt River Song, the list could go on and on. If they all died at the wedding it will have a rippling effect throughout time.”

Martha Jones put her hand up to her mouth in disbelief, “Oh my God, doesn’t Rose realize what she is about to do?”

Jack spoke up, “I don’t think she cares all she wants is the Doctor back.” Turning toward the Timelord in leather he asked, “So what do you want us to do?”

The Doctor looked at him, “You can’t do anything, you and Martha, are already there and we don’t want a paradox to take place in which I think will be a chaotic situation.”

“But little Martha is there as well.” Jack responded.

His niece spoke up, “Yes, but I think we can keep little Martha safe easy enough.”

“How do you plan to do that?” Her Uncle asked.

“I will approach Aunt River and ask her to take care of little me, she has traveled enough through time to not ask too many question.” Martha responded.

The Doctor who was silent throughout the conversation said with determination, “I cannot allow you to be there Martha it is too dangerous you could be hurt.”

Walking over to him she poked him in the chest, “Don’t you dare tell me I cannot be there, Timelord, it is my family and there is no way you are getting rid of me.”

Grabbing her shoulders he spoke pleadingly, “Martha I will not be able to keep you safe and if something happened to you…”

Placing her hands on his cheeks she smiled, “I am glad you feel that way Doctor, but there is something you don’t understand. I am not just some person who walked into your world not knowing the risks of this life. I am the daughter of a Timelord and Timelady; I have traveled through time with them all my life, I know how dangerous it can be.”

Nodding his head he accepted, “Okay luv, you can come along.” Then turning toward Jack and the other Martha he asked, “Where do you two want to be dropped off at?”

Jack looked at Martha than replied, “To our Doctor’s household if we cannot help at the wedding at least we can keep him and Donna from interfering.”

“Agreed,” The Doctor responded then continued, “We will already have two Timelords there we don’t need two more to be added to the mix.”

Walking to the console he moved the ancient ship to the time Jack requested, “Okay we are here.” The Doctor stated.

Grabbing Martha’s hand Jack stated, “Come on my nightingale let us go pay a visit to the Doctor.” As he passed his niece he requested, “Please be careful while you save the universe.”

Hugging her Uncle then her Aunt Martha she replied, “I will, I promise.”

The Doctor walked up and placed his arm around his companion, “Thank you for all your help and we will see you soon.”

The Timelord and his companion watched as the couple walked out the TARDIS doors then turning toward the time rotor they headed off to save the universe.

Hearing the sound of a TARDIS landing Donna and the Doctor ran out of the house hoping that their daughter had returned but found themselves facing Jack and Martha.

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Donna asked first, “Where is Martha, Jack.”

Walking up to the distraught Timelady he replied, “She is off saving the universe, just like her mother did many years ago.”

The Doctor spoke up, “Do they need some help? We could help.”

Shaking her head Martha stated, “No, this is something she needs to do with a different Doctor. All we can do now is wait, and not respond to any of our new memories.”

“What do you mean new memories?” Donna demanded.

“You know we cannot tell you Donna but you will find out soon,” Martha replied cryptically.

Sighing Donna hated to not be in control just as much as her husband did and when the feeling intruded into their lives they always did the same thing, “Come on you lot let us go and have some tea and wait, even though I hate waiting.” The group turned back into the house to wait.
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(19 years and six months in the past)

Donna Noble looked at herself in the mirror and smiled another wedding, another dress. But this dress was different; this dress represented a new beginning in her life with a man, not man alien that she would live with for a very long time. 

Hearing the door creak Donna looked at her visitor, “So Martha sweetheart how do I look?”

“You look like and angel mummy.” Her daughter exclaimed as she walked around her mum looking at the dress from all sides.

Donna kneeled, “Thank you, I feel like an angel.”

Hearing a knock Wilf walked in. “Are you ready luv the good Doctor is waiting for you.”

Smiling at him she replied, “Oh yes granddad I am ready.”

Martha ran to the bed and grabbed her mum’s flowers and handed them to her, “Here mummy don’t forget these.”

Taking on last look in the mirror Donna prayed that today would go without incident. Turning she walked out of the room to marry the man of her dreams.
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The Doctor and Martha arrived on the date of her parents wedding and parked the TARDIS a few blocks away so that Rose would not see it and proceeded to move toward the church.

“Doctor, where do you think Rose would put the bomb?” Martha asked fiddling with her maroon t-length dress.

“I would think she would put it at the lowest point of the building because then it would have the greatest effect on the floors above.” He replied feeling the tension build within his body.

As they got closer to the church they saw River Song standing on the side of the church as if she knew what was about to happen.

“There is Aunt River.” Martha walked up to her Aunt, but before she could speak River motioned for them to follow her to a shed that would block them from the view of the arriving a guests.

Martha and the Doctor followed her and once they were out of view Rose appeared with a large handbag dressed in pink.
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She walked up to the door as an usher asked, “Friend of the bride or the groom?”

Rose answered sweetly, “Oh I am a very good friend of the groom.”

The man gestured toward the right side of the church then asked the same question to the next person.

Rose walked down the right side, tilting her oversized hat toward the people sitting in the pews so not to be noticed. Eventually she came to the door leading to the basement taking one more look around she maneuvered her way into the darkness and descended the steps carefully.

Once she was in the basement she removed the bomb from her bag and placed it next to one of the secondary beams of the church where the bride would stand at the altar. She didn’t want the church to fall to quickly; because of course she didn’t want her Doctor dead just Donna and her family. 

Clicking on the activation button, with her password, she set the timer for 20 minutes. Turning she left the dark basement to head to the other side of the street and waited to rescue the Doctor from an unknown foe that killed his wife to be.

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 River looked at her niece and stated, “I was wondering when you were going to get here.”

Confused Martha asked, “How did you know Aunt River.”

Putting her finger to her lips she said, “Spoilers, my niece.”

The Doctor was amazed to see the woman that was the head of the Guardians standing before him. Deciding that she was right, he kept his mouth shut not wanting to give away any spoilers.

“You know Aunt River, Dad and I can’t stand it when you do that.” Martha exclaimed.

“Yes I know, so I am guessing you need me to get little Martha away from the church when things get a bit crazy?” The mysterious woman asked.

“Yeah, I would can you take care of little me?” Martha asked.

“No problem sweetie, But I think you better hurry.” River responded as she walked away from the couple.

After speaking the older version of Martha, she entered the church and sat down next to little Martha and whispered, “Sweetie I need you to stay close to me I don’t want you to get lost.”

Looking up at her Aunt, Martha smiled, “Okay Aunty but why?”

“Spoilers, sweetie, spoilers.” River stated as the music began.
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 Turning toward Martha, the Doctor clasped her hand and pulled her toward the back entrance of the church. Entering they avoided the many different people roaming the hall by hiding any way they could. Slowly they made their way to the door that led to the basement. 

As they walked down the stairs Martha asked, “Do you think you can diffuse the bomb?”

“It shouldn’t be a problem, Timelord me I am brilliant.”

“Brilliant and a bit cocky as well aren’t you.” She stated cheekily.

Pulling out his sonic screwdriver he scanned the area, “If you let me, later I will show you just how cocky I can be.”

Not to be outdone by his double innuendo, Martha responded, “Oh I will hold you to that Timelord.”

Stopping he looked at her trying to see if she was teasing or serious when his screwdriver beeped, “Oh I think we have found it.”

Leaning down he looked at the device, “Damn, this is going to be a bit more difficult.”

“What do you mean difficult?” Martha asked as she looked over his shoulder she noted a new item added to the bomb, it needed a code to access the wiring inside the device, “Yeah this is not good, not good at all and why does it always have to be twenty minute countdown.”

Grasping for a solution the Doctor started to go through their options, “We could bring it out of here but then we would not be able to dispose of it on time. Or we could try to put a force field over it, but that won’t work because the things I will need are in the TARDIS.”

Martha was thinking of her own solution we she asked, “Is it numerical or Alpha code.”

Running his sonic over it he stated, “It looks as if it is Alpha.”

“So we need to find out what she might use as the code from someone who knew her best…my dad.”

“But how are we going to get him down here and how are we going to keep everyone safe in case we don’t figure it out?” the Doctor asked.

Placing her hand on his arm she smiled, “I will get my dad down here and get everyone out of the church. But promise me that if you and my dad can’t figure out the code get out as quickly as you can.”

Placing his hand on the back of her head he pulled her down for a fierce kiss then promised, “If we can’t we will get out of here. Besides I need to show you how cocky I can be.”

Swatting his arm she exclaimed, “You are so cheeky.”

“Yes, I am.” He stated as he turn back to the device to work out the code.

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Running back up the stairs a plan started to form in Martha’s head feeling her heart beat race, she reached for the door.

Donna walked to the back doors of the sanctuary and put her hand through her granddad’s arm and as the music started to play her heart leapt with joy.  She moved down the aisle her eyes focused on her future husband dressed elegantly in a tuxedo with tails and a crisp white shirt.

On his face she saw the most loving look that reminded her of a time when he had a different face. Her heart melted at the gaze the Doctor was giving her when he suddenly stiffened, inwardly Donna groaned as she sensed that her wedding was going to take a turn for the worse. It was then a woman with red hair burst into the sanctuary.

Martha ran as fast as she could toward her Uncle Jack and reaching inside his pocket she grabbed his gun, “Hey Uncle Jack I need this for a moment.” 

Moving a few feet standing before her mum and dad she pointed the gun into the air and fired, “Everyone needs to get out of here right now!!!”

Donna exclaimed as she looked at the red haired woman, “What the hell is going on!!!”

Turning toward her mum, Martha smiled, “Hey mum you look lovely, now everyone run there is a bomb under this church”

The people in the church finally got the message and started to run for the exits, Martha noted that her Aunt River was taking care of little version of her. Her Aunt Martha and Aunt Amy were helping people as they exited. 

Martha turned toward the immortal, “Uncle Jack I need you to get mum out of her and protect her from harm there is a woman outside that wants to kill her.”

Jack quickly grabbed Donna’s arm when she shook him off and walked toward the older version of her daughter, “Young lady you better tell us what is going on!”

Ignoring her mum Martha spoke to the Doctor, “I need you to go down to the basement and help my Doctor out otherwise this whole street will be blown to kingdom come.”

“I am not going anywhere till you answer your mum’s question.” He stated stubbornly.

Shaking her head she decided that an explanation would take too long, grabbing his head she placed her fingers at his temple and closed her eyes. 

In a brief moment of time she showed him everything that had transpired once finished she opened her eyes, “Now please Dad we need to go.” Nodding his head he now knew why his daughter was here.

The Doctor walked over to Donna and kissed her passionately, “Trust me you need to go with Jack right now and know that I love you with all my hearts.”

Donna looked at his face and saw fear and worries gracing his features and nodded, “Okay spaceman but you better explain all this to me later.”

The Doctor nodded at Jack and watched as the immortal and his love left the church, turning toward his daughter he grabbed her hand, “Come on let us get to the basement.”
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Rose watched as all the people started to run outside placing as much distance between them and the church, cursing she watched as Donna emerged with Jack. She waited to see if the Doctor was going to exit but after a few minutes she didn’t see any sign of him.

She needed a secondary plan and one thing that she and the Doctor always did was make it up as they went along. Seeing Donna being protected by Jack a plan started to form. 

Walking in the crowd of people so not to be seen Rose approached Donna and Jack from behind. Pulling out her gun she fired and saw the immortal fall to the ground. Donna knelt beside him her dress becoming covered with his blood, when Rose grabbed her arm and stuck the gun into her back.

“Don’t say a word Donna Noble otherwise my gun might find your daughter, and she will not come back from her death.” Rose whispered with animosity.

Donna held her tongue fearing for her daughter’s life and knowing if her daughter died here all was lost. She took some solace in the knowledge that she saw River grabbing Martha as everyone exited the church. 

“That is good at least you know when to shut up. Now move back to the church I need to see my love and show him we are meant to be together.” Rose stated.