FIC: Behind The Darkness: Part 3: In The Dark With You
This one may be a bit boring, but I thinks it's an essential part of the story line...
Title: Behind The Darkness
Part: 3: In The Darkness With You
Author: anyagotr
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Ten, Donna Noble
Rating: PG
Prompt: Flowing curtains (from bas_math_girl)
Summary: Donna wakes to find she doesn't remember what she should.
Disclaimer: I do not own, have any affiliation, nor know anyone that can claim to own or work for Doctor Who. I did this for fun, and because I was "asked" to by bas_math_girl. ;)
A/N: You can thank bas_math_girl for this story. It's because of her I started writing this. I wasn't intending on writing any fanfiction again, but she convinced me. Much love to you, bas_math_girl!
A/N 2: Please be kind. I haven't written anything for a good... oh.... 13-14 years. It's my first Doctor Who fic. Be kind.... please. ;)
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Part 3: In The Darkness With You
The TARDIS landed with a thud. Donna Noble lost her balance and ended up crashing into the Doctor, who was holding onto the console to keep his own balance. He wrapped one arm around her waist to keep her up right and help her stand again.
"You all right?" The Doctor asked.
"Yeah. Sorry." Donna felt a little bit of heat start to hit her cheeks.
"You're going to love this," The Doctor said, helping Donna get her feet under her again. "It only happens once every 4000 years. Well, like this anyway."
Donna couldn't help but smile at the daft alien. He had on his, 'I'm going to show you something so brilliant' face. She loved seeing him like this. Happy, no stress, and at ease.
"Once in a life time experience Donna Noble," He walked over towards the TARDIS door and
started to pull on his coat. "Well," he amended, "Actually it's about a once in 47 human life times event. I haven't even seen this. We get to experience this for the first time, together. Isn't that brilliant?" His grin was contagious. Donna couldn't help the giggle that escaped her throat.
"So," she said walking towards him, "what is it?"
"The best meteor shower in the universe. And I have front row tickets for you and me. Come on." He grabbed her hand, opened the TARDIS door, and stepped out with Donna following close behind him.
The first thing Donna saw was Darkness. Complete Darkness. There was no moon light, no city lights, in fact, she couldn't even see any star light.
"Close your eyes, let them adjust to the darkness." The Doctor told her. Doing as he said, she closed her eyes for about a minute, then reopened them. She could barely make out the trees around then, but could tell the shapes. She turned around and saw the TARDIS. Her blue was just a bit lighter than the dark blue of the sky.
"Ready?" The Doctor asked her.
"Yeah," Donna couldn't help the excitement building up inside her. They started walking in comfortable silence. After about 5 minutes of walking, they started up a pretty steep hill. The Doctor helped Donna as she struggled to walk up the hill in her jeweled sandals.
"If I had known we were going to be hiking it in the dark, I would have worn better shoes," she puffed out.
"Nah," The Doctor said, not sounding the least bit out of breath. "It's just a little walk to get to the best spot."
Donna glared at him through the dark, but she knew he could tell that she didn't have any heart behind it. As they finally reached the top of the hill, Donna could see everything around them. Or she would have, if there was any light. All she could see right now were shadowy shapes. But on top of that hill, she could see that they were above everything.
'Front row seats means above everything for the best view,' she though. 'Couldn't just say that, silly Spaceman.'
The Doctor let go of her hand then, and started pulling something out of his coat pockets. What caught Donna's attention about that, was how big it was. She remembered seeing him pull the remote out of his pocket when they first met, but this was ridiculous.
As the Doctor laid the blanket out for them, Donna stared at him in disbelief. Shacking her head with a smile, she said, "No matter how long I'm with you, Doctor, you never cease to amaze me."
Smiling, and walking over to her, the Doctor held her hand and told her, "The day I do, Donna, is the day I'll truly die."
They proceeded to lay on the blanket, side by side.
Donna stole a couple of glances at the Doctor. She had never seen him look so relaxed, and that made her the happiest she could ever remember feeling. He could be so frighting, but so wonderful at the same time. 'Dazzling. That's the right word that I told Gramps. He's Dazzling.' And she believes that down into her soul. 'I can see why those other girls would fall in love with that. The lonely god with so much more hidden inside. And some how, I view him differenty.'
"It's starting," The Doctor said quietly, and turned to make sure she was watching the sky. He was surprised to find her staring at him with a far off, but pleasant look in her eyes. "What?" He grinned at her.
Donna giggled, mainly in nervousness because she hadn't realized that she had been starting at him, and been caught doing so. "Nothing."
She propped herself up in her elbows and set her concentration on the sky.
Donna Noble was so confusing to the Doctor sometimes. There was something about her that he found so puzzling. She was unlike any other being, human, and otherwise, he had ever met. He felt something deeper for her than he had for any of his other companions. Something different. He couldn't quite put what he felt into an actual thought yet, but what he did know was that if anything were to happen to her, he would completely lose his mind.
She made a noise, and he looked at her. She had a look of wonder on her face that he tucked away into his memory for later. At that moment, she looked so happy and so beautiful. She had left her wonderful ginger locks down this time instead of putting them up, like she had lately. It fanned out behind her, and when the breeze would blow, he could smell her shampoo and what was naturally Donna. He loved it when she kept her hair down.
"How many are there?" she asked, bringing him back to reality.
"What?"
"The shooting stars, how many are there?"
The Doctor looked up at the sky to see what looked like hundreds of shooting stars coming down around them. "Thousands. About two thousand an hour. Maybe more. But not less."
"Wow," was her only response.
"It only lasts about 2 hours though. After that, the sun will rise, and we won't be able to see it any more."
Out of the corner of his eye, he could see her nod her understanding. They both laid back to enjoy the meteor shower.
After some time had passed, the Doctor broke their silence, and reached to hold Donna's hand. "I'm glad I'm here with you, Donna, seeing this." He used his free hand to gesture at the sky above them.
Donna smiled, "Me too, Spaceman." It was a simple answer, but she hoped that he understood the meaning behind it.
/|\/|\/|\/|\
After a while, the Doctor and Donna saw the first glowing gleams of the sunrise behind them. After the shooting stars started to fade, they got up and headed back to the TARDIS.
It was a short walk back, which Donna had to admit, was easier this time. She started to be able to fully see the scenery around her. The planet they landed on was beautiful. She could see the TARDIS just a short distance away. With the sun gleaming down now, she could see the yellow-orange grass field they had landed in. A beautiful sight. She almost wished she had a camera to take a picture of it, only she didn't think she would because that would mean letting go of the Doctor's hand, and she didn't want to do that. Not with the way she felt. She leaned in against him and he smiled down at her.
When they arrived at the TARDIS, the Doctor hesitated at the door. Donna could see that he was thinking. Something had those wheels turning in his head. She was about to asking him what was wrong, when he turned to her, so close to her that if she move forward just an inch, their faces would have touched.
"Donna," he said her name so softly, she almost missed it. He leaned forward, and just before touching his lips to hers, quickly adverted and kissed her on the cheek instead.
She was surprised in herself to feel the disappointment, but still blushed at the fact that he had kissed her cheek. He then turned and walked into the TARDIS, leaving her standing outside the door in shock, and holding the spot he had kissed.
In the distance she could hear someone yelling, and footsteps, as if someone was running towards her direction.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
The Doctor heard the hospital room door open, and slowly started to break his connection with Donna. He didn't want to send her into shock, with her mind being so fragile. It could cause serious damage to her, and that would work against everything he was trying to do.
Dr. Ke'Tek entered the room. Seeing the Doctor, he waiting for him to finish breaking the link with his patient before speaking.
Once the Doctor had removed his hands from Donna's temples, Dr. Ke'Tek spoke. "How is she doing, Doctor Noble?"
"Better than expected, not as well as I hoped." The Doctor looked at Donna with a grim face.
The blue skinned doctor, took some scans and vitals from Donna, as the Doctor moved out of the way and went to stand by the window.
"Is it working at all?" Dr. Ke'Tek asked.
"It is." The Doctor answered, but Dr. Ke'Tek knew there was something more behind it.
"Doctor Noble, there was a large spike in her heart rate about an hour ago. Did something happen?" The Keterian doctor, watching as his patients new husband had slowly walked over to him, and lightly held Donna's hand.
"I caused an intense memory to come out." He looked so guilty.
"Well, no harm was done. Perhaps, physically, she is doing better than expected. The smile on her face tells me that not all the memories are bad." Dr. Ke'Tek patted the Doctor on the shoulder to try to give what little comfort he could to this strange, pale skinned alien.
The Doctor gave a small smile. "Yeah, guess not."
"Drink some water, Doctor Noble. Physically, your Donna wife is doing better and getting stronger. But, it is up to you to help with the rest."
"Thank you, Dr. Ke'Tek," the Doctor gave a sincere smile of gratitude. "I'll continue helping her the only way I can."
"Very well, but keep an eye on your own health as well." The hospital doctor started to leave the room. But the Doctor's voice stopped him momentarily.
"Dr. Ke'Tek," The Doctor had a very serious look on his face. "Her vitals signs may start to go off the charts. Please ignore them. It's essential that you do."
Not fully understanding why, Dr. Ke'Tek agreed. These two aliens, although alike them in many way, obviously had a different neurological make up that he just couldn't understand. "I'll inform my staff."
"Thank you," He heard the Doctor say as he left the room.
When the door closed, the Doctor leaned over Donn'a sleeping form, and gave her a very chaste kiss on the lips. "I'm sorry, Donna. I am so, so sorry to inflict this one you. But I have to do this."
The Doctor resumed his position on the bed, next to Donna, and replaced his fingers on her temples again.
Title: Behind The Darkness
Part: 3: In The Darkness With You
Author: anyagotr
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Ten, Donna Noble
Rating: PG
Prompt: Flowing curtains (from bas_math_girl)
Summary: Donna wakes to find she doesn't remember what she should.
Disclaimer: I do not own, have any affiliation, nor know anyone that can claim to own or work for Doctor Who. I did this for fun, and because I was "asked" to by bas_math_girl. ;)
A/N: You can thank bas_math_girl for this story. It's because of her I started writing this. I wasn't intending on writing any fanfiction again, but she convinced me. Much love to you, bas_math_girl!
A/N 2: Please be kind. I haven't written anything for a good... oh.... 13-14 years. It's my first Doctor Who fic. Be kind.... please. ;)
Part 1| Part 2| Part 3| Part 4|
Part 3: In The Darkness With You
The TARDIS landed with a thud. Donna Noble lost her balance and ended up crashing into the Doctor, who was holding onto the console to keep his own balance. He wrapped one arm around her waist to keep her up right and help her stand again.
"You all right?" The Doctor asked.
"Yeah. Sorry." Donna felt a little bit of heat start to hit her cheeks.
"You're going to love this," The Doctor said, helping Donna get her feet under her again. "It only happens once every 4000 years. Well, like this anyway."
Donna couldn't help but smile at the daft alien. He had on his, 'I'm going to show you something so brilliant' face. She loved seeing him like this. Happy, no stress, and at ease.
"Once in a life time experience Donna Noble," He walked over towards the TARDIS door and
started to pull on his coat. "Well," he amended, "Actually it's about a once in 47 human life times event. I haven't even seen this. We get to experience this for the first time, together. Isn't that brilliant?" His grin was contagious. Donna couldn't help the giggle that escaped her throat.
"So," she said walking towards him, "what is it?"
"The best meteor shower in the universe. And I have front row tickets for you and me. Come on." He grabbed her hand, opened the TARDIS door, and stepped out with Donna following close behind him.
The first thing Donna saw was Darkness. Complete Darkness. There was no moon light, no city lights, in fact, she couldn't even see any star light.
"Close your eyes, let them adjust to the darkness." The Doctor told her. Doing as he said, she closed her eyes for about a minute, then reopened them. She could barely make out the trees around then, but could tell the shapes. She turned around and saw the TARDIS. Her blue was just a bit lighter than the dark blue of the sky.
"Ready?" The Doctor asked her.
"Yeah," Donna couldn't help the excitement building up inside her. They started walking in comfortable silence. After about 5 minutes of walking, they started up a pretty steep hill. The Doctor helped Donna as she struggled to walk up the hill in her jeweled sandals.
"If I had known we were going to be hiking it in the dark, I would have worn better shoes," she puffed out.
"Nah," The Doctor said, not sounding the least bit out of breath. "It's just a little walk to get to the best spot."
Donna glared at him through the dark, but she knew he could tell that she didn't have any heart behind it. As they finally reached the top of the hill, Donna could see everything around them. Or she would have, if there was any light. All she could see right now were shadowy shapes. But on top of that hill, she could see that they were above everything.
'Front row seats means above everything for the best view,' she though. 'Couldn't just say that, silly Spaceman.'
The Doctor let go of her hand then, and started pulling something out of his coat pockets. What caught Donna's attention about that, was how big it was. She remembered seeing him pull the remote out of his pocket when they first met, but this was ridiculous.
As the Doctor laid the blanket out for them, Donna stared at him in disbelief. Shacking her head with a smile, she said, "No matter how long I'm with you, Doctor, you never cease to amaze me."
Smiling, and walking over to her, the Doctor held her hand and told her, "The day I do, Donna, is the day I'll truly die."
They proceeded to lay on the blanket, side by side.
Donna stole a couple of glances at the Doctor. She had never seen him look so relaxed, and that made her the happiest she could ever remember feeling. He could be so frighting, but so wonderful at the same time. 'Dazzling. That's the right word that I told Gramps. He's Dazzling.' And she believes that down into her soul. 'I can see why those other girls would fall in love with that. The lonely god with so much more hidden inside. And some how, I view him differenty.'
"It's starting," The Doctor said quietly, and turned to make sure she was watching the sky. He was surprised to find her staring at him with a far off, but pleasant look in her eyes. "What?" He grinned at her.
Donna giggled, mainly in nervousness because she hadn't realized that she had been starting at him, and been caught doing so. "Nothing."
She propped herself up in her elbows and set her concentration on the sky.
Donna Noble was so confusing to the Doctor sometimes. There was something about her that he found so puzzling. She was unlike any other being, human, and otherwise, he had ever met. He felt something deeper for her than he had for any of his other companions. Something different. He couldn't quite put what he felt into an actual thought yet, but what he did know was that if anything were to happen to her, he would completely lose his mind.
She made a noise, and he looked at her. She had a look of wonder on her face that he tucked away into his memory for later. At that moment, she looked so happy and so beautiful. She had left her wonderful ginger locks down this time instead of putting them up, like she had lately. It fanned out behind her, and when the breeze would blow, he could smell her shampoo and what was naturally Donna. He loved it when she kept her hair down.
"How many are there?" she asked, bringing him back to reality.
"What?"
"The shooting stars, how many are there?"
The Doctor looked up at the sky to see what looked like hundreds of shooting stars coming down around them. "Thousands. About two thousand an hour. Maybe more. But not less."
"Wow," was her only response.
"It only lasts about 2 hours though. After that, the sun will rise, and we won't be able to see it any more."
Out of the corner of his eye, he could see her nod her understanding. They both laid back to enjoy the meteor shower.
After some time had passed, the Doctor broke their silence, and reached to hold Donna's hand. "I'm glad I'm here with you, Donna, seeing this." He used his free hand to gesture at the sky above them.
Donna smiled, "Me too, Spaceman." It was a simple answer, but she hoped that he understood the meaning behind it.
/|\/|\/|\/|\
After a while, the Doctor and Donna saw the first glowing gleams of the sunrise behind them. After the shooting stars started to fade, they got up and headed back to the TARDIS.
It was a short walk back, which Donna had to admit, was easier this time. She started to be able to fully see the scenery around her. The planet they landed on was beautiful. She could see the TARDIS just a short distance away. With the sun gleaming down now, she could see the yellow-orange grass field they had landed in. A beautiful sight. She almost wished she had a camera to take a picture of it, only she didn't think she would because that would mean letting go of the Doctor's hand, and she didn't want to do that. Not with the way she felt. She leaned in against him and he smiled down at her.
When they arrived at the TARDIS, the Doctor hesitated at the door. Donna could see that he was thinking. Something had those wheels turning in his head. She was about to asking him what was wrong, when he turned to her, so close to her that if she move forward just an inch, their faces would have touched.
"Donna," he said her name so softly, she almost missed it. He leaned forward, and just before touching his lips to hers, quickly adverted and kissed her on the cheek instead.
She was surprised in herself to feel the disappointment, but still blushed at the fact that he had kissed her cheek. He then turned and walked into the TARDIS, leaving her standing outside the door in shock, and holding the spot he had kissed.
In the distance she could hear someone yelling, and footsteps, as if someone was running towards her direction.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
The Doctor heard the hospital room door open, and slowly started to break his connection with Donna. He didn't want to send her into shock, with her mind being so fragile. It could cause serious damage to her, and that would work against everything he was trying to do.
Dr. Ke'Tek entered the room. Seeing the Doctor, he waiting for him to finish breaking the link with his patient before speaking.
Once the Doctor had removed his hands from Donna's temples, Dr. Ke'Tek spoke. "How is she doing, Doctor Noble?"
"Better than expected, not as well as I hoped." The Doctor looked at Donna with a grim face.
The blue skinned doctor, took some scans and vitals from Donna, as the Doctor moved out of the way and went to stand by the window.
"Is it working at all?" Dr. Ke'Tek asked.
"It is." The Doctor answered, but Dr. Ke'Tek knew there was something more behind it.
"Doctor Noble, there was a large spike in her heart rate about an hour ago. Did something happen?" The Keterian doctor, watching as his patients new husband had slowly walked over to him, and lightly held Donna's hand.
"I caused an intense memory to come out." He looked so guilty.
"Well, no harm was done. Perhaps, physically, she is doing better than expected. The smile on her face tells me that not all the memories are bad." Dr. Ke'Tek patted the Doctor on the shoulder to try to give what little comfort he could to this strange, pale skinned alien.
The Doctor gave a small smile. "Yeah, guess not."
"Drink some water, Doctor Noble. Physically, your Donna wife is doing better and getting stronger. But, it is up to you to help with the rest."
"Thank you, Dr. Ke'Tek," the Doctor gave a sincere smile of gratitude. "I'll continue helping her the only way I can."
"Very well, but keep an eye on your own health as well." The hospital doctor started to leave the room. But the Doctor's voice stopped him momentarily.
"Dr. Ke'Tek," The Doctor had a very serious look on his face. "Her vitals signs may start to go off the charts. Please ignore them. It's essential that you do."
Not fully understanding why, Dr. Ke'Tek agreed. These two aliens, although alike them in many way, obviously had a different neurological make up that he just couldn't understand. "I'll inform my staff."
"Thank you," He heard the Doctor say as he left the room.
When the door closed, the Doctor leaned over Donn'a sleeping form, and gave her a very chaste kiss on the lips. "I'm sorry, Donna. I am so, so sorry to inflict this one you. But I have to do this."
The Doctor resumed his position on the bed, next to Donna, and replaced his fingers on her temples again.