Where Are You Roaming? (19/25)
Author: lorelaisquared
Titile: Where Are You Roaming?
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 1178
Characters: Rose, Donna, Ten, Viola (OC)
Pairings: Rose/TenII, Rose/Ten
Summary: Sequel to What’s To Come is Still Unsure. Rose and Viola struggle to adjust to being in Rose’s original universe while the Doctor deals with the ramifications of his actions at "Bowie Base One" on Mars.
Rating: PG
Beta(s): meremoon
Author’s Note: Special thanks to my beta, meremoon for her invaluable feedback. Also a huge thank you to rumpelsnorcack for her constant support and cheerleading. A quick shout out to earlgreytea68 for periodically letting me bounce ideas off of her.
Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Donna’s head was swimming with knowledge and it felt good. She kept expecting the pain she’d felt the first time to descend upon her, but it never did. Whatever Rose had done when she’d touched her had cured her for good.
Actually, in truth, Donna knew exactly what Rose had done - a small portion of the energy from the Vortex that Rose once absorbed to save the Doctor had passed into Donna’s body, effectively stabilizing her Time-Lord-ness and allowing her brain to handle the increased activity.
Donna knew a lot of things she hadn’t known before. For one thing, she now knew why she had been dragged through time before meeting up with Rose. She scoffed at the thought. She’d known the Doctor could be an idiot of course, but she’d never imagined he’d ever go to such stupid lengths. Although he hadn’t told her, she knew with certainty that the Doctor had tampered with her timeline. And if he’d tampered with her timeline then his actions had most likely also affected the existence of the other Doctor, the one she now knew had become Rose’s husband and Viola’s father.
Which is why, she’d brought them here, to the moment where she suspected the Doctor had intervened. As Rose and Jack looked on, Donna grabbed the Doctor’s upper arm, the fabric of his jacket bunching in her fist as she dragged him down the gangway to the door of the TARDIS and shoved him out into the interior of another TARDIS.
The Doctor looked at her, with panicky eyes. “What are we doing here? You can’t be here, you’ll create paradox.”
“I know better than to touch myself you ninny!” She swatted him across the ear.
“Ow!”
“Actually, because of what you did, I shouldn’t really exist, and neither does Viola’s father.” She pushed him further into the other TARDIS where another version of herself was reaching for a hand in a jar and still another version of the Doctor was about to stop her. “You have to stop yourself. Events must play out the way they did before. Only then will Viola be able to return.”
“But won’t this create another paradox?”
“Not if you don’t get physical.” Donna looked at him in disgust. “Are you a Time Lord or what? Shouldn’t you know this stuff?”
“Yes but -“
Donna sighed in exasperation. “Would you quit your dilly dallying and hurry up? He’s about to stop her, I mean me! Do something!” She gave him a gentle shove and after stumbling over his feet he took a tentative step toward himself. Not wanting to make the situation anymore complicated than it already was, Donna slipped back into the TARDIS to wait with Rose and the handsome Captain Jack.
*~*~*~*~*
Jack, Rose and Donna stood around the console monitor watching as the Doctor stopped his prior self from intervening with the meta-crisis. The speaker was off so they couldn’t hear what he said but whatever it was appeared to be effective because it wasn’t long before both Doctors retreated the scene, miraculously unseen by the other Donna who was completely fixated on the hand in the jar.
Jack turned to study the Donna beside him, and found her staring back at him with an expression of awe and wonder on her face.
“You’re FOB, aren’t you?” she said softly, taking him completely off guard with the unexpected question.
“What?” he gaped at her.
“FOB. It stands for ‘Face of Boe’. That’s you, isn’t it?”
“How did you know that?”
Donna laughed and gestured to her head. “Time Lord Brain, remember? I have all his memories up to that point,” She pointed to the screen where her former self was now gaping at a very naked Doctor. Jack had to force himself to peel his eyes away. “And I can remember you telling him and Martha about the nickname.”
“Right. Of course.” Jack nodded distractedly, still watching the monitor out of the corner of his eye.
Donna touched his arm and he focused on her again, meeting her gaze. “Thank you,” she whispered.
“For what?”
“For making sure I became more than just a temp, even without my memories. For forcing me to push myself to meet my full potential.”
Jack shrugged. “It was nothing.”
“No, Jack, it was everything.” She pulled him into a tight hug and, never one to shy away from affection, Jack returned the gesture, letting his hands rest a little lower on her hips than was appropriate in polite company. Unfortunately, the Doctor chose that moment to re-enter the TARDIS and Jack pulled away reluctantly.
“Where’s Viola?” Rose asked, her voice tense and panicky.
“We have to let events play out naturally.” The Doctor motioned toward the monitor then winced when he spotted his unclothed figure and, to Jack’s dismay, quickly switched it off.
“Also, she should return to where she was when she vanished,” Donna interjected.
“And where was that?” Rose wanted to know.
Jack answered. “Right here, in the TARDIS.”
*~*~*~*~*
The moment it shifted into the vortex the TARDIS shuddered once, and Viola appeared in the exact spot she’d been in before she’d vanished for good.
“Doctor!” She exclaimed running toward him and throwing herself into his arms.
He held her closely, relief rushing through him as he realized just how much he had missed her.
Fully aware of the glares Rose was shooting him from across the room, the Doctor gave Viola one more quick squeeze, then kissed her on the top of the head and whispered, “Viola, there’s someone else who’s eager to see you.”
“Who?”
The Doctor spun her so she could see Rose and he watched as Viola’s entire face lit up. “Mum!” she shouted, squirming her way out of his arms and flying across the room. She flung herself at her mother.
“Oh, Mum, I missed you so much. I was so worried about you. I thought I’d never see you again, like Daddy -“ Viola’s voice broke and the Doctor’s hearts ached for both mother and child as he watched Rose hold her daughter more tightly and bury her face in Viola’s hair.
“No sweetheart, I’m right here. I’m okay. I’m not going anywhere.”
“Good, ‘cause I love you too much to lose you, too.” Viola kissed her mum on the cheek the slid to the floor and took her mother’s hand. “And look, I found the Doctor. Well, I guess you did too, if you’re here, but Mum, he took such good care of me.”
The Doctor smiled, he’d missed Viola and her floods of words that came at you all at once.
“Did he?” Rose was looking at the Doctor curiously.
Viola looked up at her mum, her eyes wide. “Don’t be mad at him for the mistakes he made okay?”
The Doctor watched Rose carefully as she swallowed visibly and nodded at her daughter before shooting him a look that told him clearly that she was indeed furious.
He sighed and began to mentally prepare himself for the battle that was sure to come.
*~*~*~*~*
TBC
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Titile: Where Are You Roaming?
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 1178
Characters: Rose, Donna, Ten, Viola (OC)
Pairings: Rose/TenII, Rose/Ten
Summary: Sequel to What’s To Come is Still Unsure. Rose and Viola struggle to adjust to being in Rose’s original universe while the Doctor deals with the ramifications of his actions at "Bowie Base One" on Mars.
Rating: PG
Beta(s): meremoon
Author’s Note: Special thanks to my beta, meremoon for her invaluable feedback. Also a huge thank you to rumpelsnorcack for her constant support and cheerleading. A quick shout out to earlgreytea68 for periodically letting me bounce ideas off of her.
Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Donna’s head was swimming with knowledge and it felt good. She kept expecting the pain she’d felt the first time to descend upon her, but it never did. Whatever Rose had done when she’d touched her had cured her for good.
Actually, in truth, Donna knew exactly what Rose had done - a small portion of the energy from the Vortex that Rose once absorbed to save the Doctor had passed into Donna’s body, effectively stabilizing her Time-Lord-ness and allowing her brain to handle the increased activity.
Donna knew a lot of things she hadn’t known before. For one thing, she now knew why she had been dragged through time before meeting up with Rose. She scoffed at the thought. She’d known the Doctor could be an idiot of course, but she’d never imagined he’d ever go to such stupid lengths. Although he hadn’t told her, she knew with certainty that the Doctor had tampered with her timeline. And if he’d tampered with her timeline then his actions had most likely also affected the existence of the other Doctor, the one she now knew had become Rose’s husband and Viola’s father.
Which is why, she’d brought them here, to the moment where she suspected the Doctor had intervened. As Rose and Jack looked on, Donna grabbed the Doctor’s upper arm, the fabric of his jacket bunching in her fist as she dragged him down the gangway to the door of the TARDIS and shoved him out into the interior of another TARDIS.
The Doctor looked at her, with panicky eyes. “What are we doing here? You can’t be here, you’ll create paradox.”
“I know better than to touch myself you ninny!” She swatted him across the ear.
“Ow!”
“Actually, because of what you did, I shouldn’t really exist, and neither does Viola’s father.” She pushed him further into the other TARDIS where another version of herself was reaching for a hand in a jar and still another version of the Doctor was about to stop her. “You have to stop yourself. Events must play out the way they did before. Only then will Viola be able to return.”
“But won’t this create another paradox?”
“Not if you don’t get physical.” Donna looked at him in disgust. “Are you a Time Lord or what? Shouldn’t you know this stuff?”
“Yes but -“
Donna sighed in exasperation. “Would you quit your dilly dallying and hurry up? He’s about to stop her, I mean me! Do something!” She gave him a gentle shove and after stumbling over his feet he took a tentative step toward himself. Not wanting to make the situation anymore complicated than it already was, Donna slipped back into the TARDIS to wait with Rose and the handsome Captain Jack.
*~*~*~*~*
Jack, Rose and Donna stood around the console monitor watching as the Doctor stopped his prior self from intervening with the meta-crisis. The speaker was off so they couldn’t hear what he said but whatever it was appeared to be effective because it wasn’t long before both Doctors retreated the scene, miraculously unseen by the other Donna who was completely fixated on the hand in the jar.
Jack turned to study the Donna beside him, and found her staring back at him with an expression of awe and wonder on her face.
“You’re FOB, aren’t you?” she said softly, taking him completely off guard with the unexpected question.
“What?” he gaped at her.
“FOB. It stands for ‘Face of Boe’. That’s you, isn’t it?”
“How did you know that?”
Donna laughed and gestured to her head. “Time Lord Brain, remember? I have all his memories up to that point,” She pointed to the screen where her former self was now gaping at a very naked Doctor. Jack had to force himself to peel his eyes away. “And I can remember you telling him and Martha about the nickname.”
“Right. Of course.” Jack nodded distractedly, still watching the monitor out of the corner of his eye.
Donna touched his arm and he focused on her again, meeting her gaze. “Thank you,” she whispered.
“For what?”
“For making sure I became more than just a temp, even without my memories. For forcing me to push myself to meet my full potential.”
Jack shrugged. “It was nothing.”
“No, Jack, it was everything.” She pulled him into a tight hug and, never one to shy away from affection, Jack returned the gesture, letting his hands rest a little lower on her hips than was appropriate in polite company. Unfortunately, the Doctor chose that moment to re-enter the TARDIS and Jack pulled away reluctantly.
“Where’s Viola?” Rose asked, her voice tense and panicky.
“We have to let events play out naturally.” The Doctor motioned toward the monitor then winced when he spotted his unclothed figure and, to Jack’s dismay, quickly switched it off.
“Also, she should return to where she was when she vanished,” Donna interjected.
“And where was that?” Rose wanted to know.
Jack answered. “Right here, in the TARDIS.”
*~*~*~*~*
The moment it shifted into the vortex the TARDIS shuddered once, and Viola appeared in the exact spot she’d been in before she’d vanished for good.
“Doctor!” She exclaimed running toward him and throwing herself into his arms.
He held her closely, relief rushing through him as he realized just how much he had missed her.
Fully aware of the glares Rose was shooting him from across the room, the Doctor gave Viola one more quick squeeze, then kissed her on the top of the head and whispered, “Viola, there’s someone else who’s eager to see you.”
“Who?”
The Doctor spun her so she could see Rose and he watched as Viola’s entire face lit up. “Mum!” she shouted, squirming her way out of his arms and flying across the room. She flung herself at her mother.
“Oh, Mum, I missed you so much. I was so worried about you. I thought I’d never see you again, like Daddy -“ Viola’s voice broke and the Doctor’s hearts ached for both mother and child as he watched Rose hold her daughter more tightly and bury her face in Viola’s hair.
“No sweetheart, I’m right here. I’m okay. I’m not going anywhere.”
“Good, ‘cause I love you too much to lose you, too.” Viola kissed her mum on the cheek the slid to the floor and took her mother’s hand. “And look, I found the Doctor. Well, I guess you did too, if you’re here, but Mum, he took such good care of me.”
The Doctor smiled, he’d missed Viola and her floods of words that came at you all at once.
“Did he?” Rose was looking at the Doctor curiously.
Viola looked up at her mum, her eyes wide. “Don’t be mad at him for the mistakes he made okay?”
The Doctor watched Rose carefully as she swallowed visibly and nodded at her daughter before shooting him a look that told him clearly that she was indeed furious.
He sighed and began to mentally prepare himself for the battle that was sure to come.
*~*~*~*~*
TBC
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