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[On the Run Verse] It All Began

Oct 05, 2011 13:47

It started out subtle. So subtle, the Doctor didn't even notice what was happening until he suddenly found himself running faster and farther than before. But this time, his warning wasn't from Rose with Bad Wolf written everywhere, but a message picked up by the TARDIS from what appeared to be from Sarah Jane Smith.

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on the run!verse

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noblexcompanion October 5 2011, 21:40:04 UTC

Donna had been settling back into her old life. It hadn't been easy though. She felt as though so much was missing from her life and she couldn't put her finger on it. Her mum ensured her it was from the 'car accident'. She couldn't recall any accident, but her mum told her it was all part of the amnesia. And her mum was on hand to fill in the blanks of any awkward questions like - 'What happened to that bloke you were travelling with? Ditch you for a fit bird, did he?' Thanks Nerys. Apparently, said bloke died in said car accident ( ... )

captoftardis October 5 2011, 22:35:46 UTC

He sat nervously in the lobby of a generic business building, watching people walk buy as he briefly slouched further down his chair. Doubt began spreading in his mind if this plan would actually work as the mental image of Donna laughing and throwing the envelope in the trash bin grew stronger as the seconds ticked by.

And then he was proven wrong as a flash of bright red hair belonging to his best mate walked through the door, causing him to nearly fall out of his seat as he awkwardly hurried to stand up.

"Ms. Noble?" He pulled his suit jacket down and smiled brightly -- She looked good. "Hi... I'm Mr. Smith of TARDIS Enterprises, so nice of you to meet up with me!" He figured she probably recognized him from being at her house after he had wiped her memory.

And as far as he was concerned, this was as far as he had rehearsed this scenario in his mind. The rest would be him making it up as he went along.

noblexcompanion October 5 2011, 22:46:43 UTC

Donna flashed him a smile and smoothed down her skirt - yes, a skirt. It was a rare sight to see. She offered him her hand. "A pleasure. ...Smith... Oh, you're a friend of my Gramps, aren't you? Well, that clears up the mystery of how you got hold of a copy of my CV." The sly old devil.

TARDIS... The word sounded familiar yet she couldn't put her finger on why. Like memory just out of reach. "Hope you don't mind me asking, what exactly is it that TARDIS Enterprises does?"

captoftardis October 6 2011, 03:30:41 UTC

"A traveling company... of sorts. You name the location, we make it happen." He grinned momentarily while tugging at his ear, "Yeah, I've, uh, traveled with your 'gramps' a few times. I've been really needing an assistant and happened to run into him the other day and he couldn't stop recommending you."

Well that worked out his favor, despite it being a bit of a lie. "So Ms. Noble, if you don't mind, tell me a bit about yourself."

When she started rambling - really sometimes she could out talk him - the Doctor suddenly had a feeling they were being watched. Determining they weren't in danger quite yet, he kept his focus on her, placing all his nods and smiles at the correct locations.

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noblexcompanion October 8 2011, 12:16:59 UTC

She listened, leaning against the railing. She had so many questions she wanted to ask, but one, just one, kept dancing around her head and eventually she had to ask. "Why me? Out of all your companions, why me? I'm nothing special, I never have been. I mean Martha? She's a doctor, she could've looked after you. Jack? He can't die, he could protect you. Even Sarah Jane is all smart and stuff when it comes to aliens... What about Rose? I'm sure if you'd tried you could've found a way back to that parallel world."

She exhaled a heavy sigh. So much had happened in such a short space of time that her head was still spinning from it all. "The Shadow Proclamation? They're probably still pissed at you for doing a runner on them during that whole Dalek nonsense..."

captoftardis October 8 2011, 14:01:00 UTC

He grew quiet, adopting a melancholy look to him. "Sarah Jane has a son... I can't take her away from all that. Martha has UNIT, Jack has Torchwood, and Rose... Well...

Donna, you're brilliant! You've helped me loads of times; you're my best mate! You keep me level-headed, and that's exactly why I need you with me."

She was right about the Shadow Proclamation still being irritated with him about the Dalek thing, but if he was able to destroy an entire planet and kill off his race and get away with it, he must've done something quite worse to warrant all this.

noblexcompanion October 8 2011, 14:07:47 UTC

Part of her wanted to believe it, to believe she was brilliant, but that part of her that was filled with self-loathing and self-doubt - thank you Sylvia and school bullies, your work is done - took his explanation to mean she was second best. The fall guy, the one people ran to when there were no other options.

"So brilliant that you wiped my mind and took me home, eh?" It was a sensitive spot she hadn't quite gotten over yet. She didn't want to be mad at him, really she didn't. She just couldn't help it.

captoftardis October 8 2011, 23:15:35 UTC

"I had to. I had no choice; you were burning up! I didn't even know the Chameleon Arch was going to work just now. That was purely my guessing and brilliant luck... I didn't want you to die."

He didn't know what else to say and he stood there, mouth hanging open searching for more words. When they refused to come he just ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "I'm sorry.... This was stupid. I shouldn't involve you in all this."

This entire past year hadn't exactly been going how he would've liked, between Davros returning, witnessing Rose kiss not-him-but-it-was-him-kind-of, losing Donna's friendship, and now being some how framed.

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noblexcompanion October 10 2011, 22:40:57 UTC

Oh, that caused Donna to raise her eyebrow at him again. "A soothsayer? Really? Seriously? A soothsayer? You haven't noticed that whenever we get mixed up with soothsayers or fortune tellers or whatever you want to call them that bad things always happen?" Well... twice. But it was enough to make Donna wary of people who could 'see the future'.

"Isn't there some kind of... I dunno, Space Google you can search or sommat? Intergallatic newspapers? Anything?"

captoftardis October 12 2011, 04:48:21 UTC

The Doctor looked off at nothing in particular. In all honesty, he completely agreed with her in the matters of soothsayers.

"Unfortunately I'm being tracked, meaning I have to try and be clever - which I am - and go to places that aren't typically me. Never actually been to Verron, but am familiar with the race. I need to maintain a low profile as much as I can."

noblexcompanion October 12 2011, 11:29:25 UTC

"Tracked? What, like, Time Lord microchipping? Sat-tracking? Alien paparazzi? Then again, you do travel in a big blue box, hardly blends in at car parks. Seriously, it's like Ford, Ford, Skoda, TARDIS, BMW, mini." Don't you just wish that sometimes Donna Noble came with a mute button?

"But listen though, if they're tracking you," whoever 'they' are, "then it's not safe for you to be waltzing about alien planets. You stay nice and cosy on the TARDIS and I'll go."

captoftardis October 12 2011, 13:42:28 UTC

He couldn't help to smile at her ramblings. After traveling by himself for a little while, it was nice to have some noise about. He says 'noise' with all the love in his hearts, too.

"Ohh, most definitely not!" It wasn't that he didn't trust her to scout out things, "I can't be gallivanting around time and space too scared to go out and have you do all my dirty work. What will that make me look like?" Of course he had a reputation to uphold.

Rubbing his eye, he spoke, "I'll be fine, Donna. Let's go, like old times, eh?"

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noblexcompanion October 15 2011, 00:14:19 UTC

"Eradicated? Makes you sound like some sort of pest or sommat. Like an outer space rodent," Donna half-teased. But she always knew where to draw the line when it came to Time Lord talk. Anything to avoid the 'LAST OF THE TIME LORDS' speech/emo/angst.

"Right then, soothsayer, is he about? Is he a bloke? I mean, you never know, could a be a woman, is it a woman? Anyway~ Can we pop in or do we need an appointment? Our diary is pretty empty right now."

captoftardis October 15 2011, 12:42:52 UTC

The Doctor grinned at Donna's comments before focusing back to their greeter.

"The soothsayer has no gender... No gender nor bias is to interfere with the readings. The hooded figure took a step forward as if to scrutinize the two before speaking again. "You've both traveled very far, yes? What is the nature of meeting with the soothsayer?"

Momentarily the Doctor scratched his head, "Oh, certain questions have come about... Sorry, the less everyone knows the better." The greeter hesitated, as if waiting for a reply.

"Come with me."

noblexcompanion October 15 2011, 20:58:21 UTC

Donna nodded at the Doctor. "He has questions, I'm just his secretary, you know, make the coffee, fetch the cakes, keep him outta trouble... Suppose it's more like babysitting, really. PA, yeah, PA, I like that better. I'm his PA." She was also very good at rambling. But at least the greeter hadn't accused them of being a couple.

"Meeting with the soothsayer. This is exciting." She fell into step with the Doctor. "What do we call them? Your Soothship? How'd you greet a soothsayer?"

captoftardis October 15 2011, 23:04:37 UTC

The Doctor flashed a smile towards Donna as they walked up a few flights of stairs and eventually entering in one of the trees. Surprisingly for a tree, at least it looked like one from the outside, there was alot of room inside, opening up with high ceilings and ornate patterns decorating the walls.

Finally they reached another room, where fabrics and pillows decorated the floor - how stereotypical! On a stand there was what looked like a tiny woman with symbols decorating her face. She (Well, it looked like a she, even though whoever it was that greeted them said there was no gender) wore thick clothing and had eyes that were red, but looked blank without defined pupils.

Clearing his throat, the Doctor began to speak, but was quickly cut off. "I knew you'd arrive." The soothsayer's mouth didn't move, instead the voice was heard in his mind.

"I... err, what?"

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noblexcompanion October 20 2011, 01:06:47 UTC

That earned him the dreaded brow of doom. "Told you. Didn't I? Didn't I say bad things always happen when we meet soothsayers? Didn't I say it was a waste of time? Should've listened to me."

She sighed, looking at him for a long moment, clicking her tongue against the back of her teeth. "You sure you haven't pinched anything? Teaspoon? Space junk? Anything? Accidently popped a Curly Wurly in those giant pockets of yours and forgotten to pay.?"

captoftardis October 20 2011, 01:22:38 UTC

He scoffed, "No, I haven't!"

They trudged through the rest of the jungle and finally coming back to the TARDIS. "I mean, I've run off to a few places, but I didn't pop off with something stuffed in my pockets. I honestly don't know what the soothsayer is talking about."

After unlocking the door, the Doctor leaned against the railing, hands stuffed in his pockets.

noblexcompanion October 20 2011, 01:30:40 UTC

"You even have any idea what's in those pockets of yours? Seriously, I bet you've got a flamin' house in there or sommat." She dropped down onto the jumpseat. The trip had been a waste of time and they still didn't have any answers.

She was silent, but it only lasted a few moments. "What did that nutjob mean when they said there was another prophecy about you? How's that work then? Different turn of events?"

captoftardis October 20 2011, 01:49:58 UTC

He shrugged once again. "Don't know. I guess not only is the Shadow Proclamation out for me, but I guess something else out there is as well?"

He sighed. This was all too much for one day, even for a Time Lord. Finally glancing over to Donna, he smiled subtly. "I know you're frustrated at me and all this, but I'm glad you're here."

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