I will adding chapters to this including some episodes I didn't write before. Next will be the Sontaran Strategem and the Poison Sky. I don't Doctor Who. Just my OCs.

The TARDIS is rocked, and Donna screamed. The kids clung to the jump seat where the Doctor had placed them as he shouted "I set the controls to random. Mystery tour. Outside that door could be any planet, anywhere, and any when in the whole wide…. Are you alright?" He asked Donna who looked quite upset. The kids jumped down from the seat and ran to the doors. They stopped there and waited for the Doctor.

"Terrified. I mean history's one thing, but an alien planet!" Donna yelled, her eyes were wide.

"I could always take you home." The Doctor commented, with a chuckle. Donna shot him a look. "Yeah, don't laugh at me." She said, falsely angry

"I know what it's like. Everything you're feeling right now. The fear, the joy, the wonder, I get that!" The Doctor said excitedly. The kids agreed with identical nods.

"Seriously? After all this time?" She asked. He nodded softly.

"Yeah. Why do you think I keep going?" He laughed. Donna laughed back at him.

"Oh! All right then, you and me both! This is barmy! I was born in Cheswick. I've only ever done package holidays. And now I'm here. This is so… I mean it's…. I don't know, it's all sort of, I don't know what the word is!"

She opened the TARDIS doors and stepped out into a snowy landscape. The kids ran behind her, giggling, followed by the Doctor, who looked happily up the sky. "I've got the word. Freezing!" She yelled and shivered, rubbing her arms to warm herself.

"Snow! Aw, real snow! Proper snow at last! That's more like it, lovely. What do you think?!" He asked both Donna and the kids.

"Bit cold." Donna said. The kids laughed and began throwing snowballs at one another.

"It's not cold!" They shouted. No one was paying attention to the Doctor who talking to the air a few feet away.

"…and takeaway dinners, all... birthdays and Christmases and two weeks holiday here, and then you end up here! Donna Noble. Citizen of the Earth, standing on a different planet. How 'bout that Donna?" He turned to see Donna missing and a snowball flying at his face. It hit him. He pushed the snow off his face and glared at the twins, who looked at each other and laughed. Donna walked out of the TARDIS in a big, white, fluffy coat with a huge hood.

"Sorry, you were saying?" She asked. The kids giggled at her and The Doctor just continued to grin.

"Better?" He questioned.

"Lovely, thanks." She said with a grin. Suddenly a huge rocket went flying over their heads. The Kids watched in awe and Donna grinned.

"A Rocket! Blimey, a real proper rocket! Now that's what I call a spaceship! You've got a box; he's got a Ferrari! Come on, let's go see where it's going!" Donna exclaimed as she began to walk in the direction the ship was going. The Doctor looked back at Tardis, his pride offended. He sent the old girl a mental message that he loved her boxiness. The kids ran up to him and took each of his hands as they followed Donna. David smiled up at the Doctor, "We like your box, Daddy."

They walked in the deserted winter wonderland until the kids stopped, hearing eerie music. "Daddy, what's that noise?" David asked. The Doctor listened and heard it too. He turned to Donna.

"Hold on, can you hear that? Donna! Take your hood down!" She did but still couldn't hear the song.

"Hear what?" Donna shrugged. "That noise, it's like a song." Anna said. The Doctor began to look around to find the source. He walked up over a snow dune to see the body of a dying Ood.

"Over there!" He yelled and they all ran over the dune to the body.

"What is it?" Donna asked, looking distressed at its appearance.

"An Ood. He's called an Ood." The Doctor said quickly.

"But it's face..." Donna trailed off, disgusted by the Ood's appearance.

"It's a he, not an it." David snapped at her, angry at her insolence.

"Give me a hand." The Doctor asked her. She knelt beside the Ood too. The Doctor was examining the Ood with a stethoscope, mumbling about his heart. "I don't know where the heart is. I don't know if he's got a heart. Talk to him, keep him going." He told her. She nodded and leaned over the Ood.

"It's all right, we've got you. Um, what's your name?"

"Designated Ood Delta 50." He spoke weakly. Donna saw the translator ball light up. She grabbed and talked into it like a microphone.

"My name's Donna." She said softly. David giggled and pointed to the ball, "No, You don't need to..."

"Sorry." She tried to figure out what to say, then decided to introduce the others. "This is the Doctor and David and Anna. Just what you need, a doctor. Couldn't be better, hey?"

"You've been shot." The Doctor informed the Ood. He spoke weakly. "The circle...the circle must be broken."

"Circle? What do you mean? Delta 50, what circle? Delta 50? What circle?" The Doctor asked. Delta 50 suddenly sat up, roaring with his eyes glowing red. The Doctor pushed the kids back and Donna jumped back. Then Delta 50 collapsed, dead. "He's gone." Anna whispered, horrified. She went back and knelt beside the body.

"Careful." The Doctor warned.

"Who was he? What's an Ood?" Anna asked, stroking Delta 50's head gently. The Doctor leaned down and picked her up then began explaining.

"They're servants, of humans in the 42nd century. Mildly telepathic, that was the... song. It's his mind calling out."

"I couldn't hear anything." Donna said.

"He sang as he was dying." David explained.

"Then his eyes turned red. He was angry at the end. Very Angry." Anna said softly, burrowing her frightened face into the Doctor's shoulder.

"What's that mean?" David asked. The Doctor looked down at him then to Donna who wore a worried expression.

"Trouble. Come on. The Ood are harmless. They're completely benign. Except, the last time I met them, there was this force, like a... stronger mind, powerful enough to take them over."

"What sort of force?" Anna asked, her voice muffled by the Doctor's jacket.

"Yeah, long story." The Doctor told her.

"Long walk." Donna countered. He rolled his eyes and spoke plainly.

"It was the Devil." Donna shook her disbelievingly while David giggled. "Must be something different this time, though. Something closer to home." The Doctor said absent mindedly.

They climbed over another dune to see a large group of buildings. "A-ha! Civilization!" The Doctor exclaimed.

~XX~

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Ood-Sphere. And isn't it bracing? Here are your information packs, with vouchers, 3D tickets and a map of the complex. My name's Solana, Head of Marketing. I'm sure we've all spoken on the vidfone. Now, if you'd like to follow me." Solana said with a fake bright smile. Suddenly, a couple with two small children came running into the group.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry! Late. Don't mind us. Hello! The guards let us through." The man said with bright smile.

"And you would be?" She asked. He held out a wallet with a business card. "The Doctor and Donna Noble." He said.

"Representing the Noble Corporation PLC Limited, Intergalactic." His wife finished.

"Must have fallen off my list, my apologies. Won't happen again. Now then, Dr. Noble, Mrs. Noble, Children, if you'd like to come with me."

~XX~

"Oh, no, no, no, no, we're not married!" The Doctor exclaimed at the Odd Operations Rep.

"We're so not married." Donna echoed.

"Of course." She said blandly. "And here are your information packs, vouchers inside. Now if you'd like to come with me, the Executive Suites are nice and warm." She said and moved to the door but an alarm went off and stopped her in her tracks. "Oh, what's that? That sounds like an alarm." The Doctor noted.

"Oh, it's just a... siren, for the end of the work shift. Now then, this way, quick as you can!" Solana exclaimed and rushed the group of investors, and THe Doctor, kids and Donna inside the building. "As you can see, the Ood are happy to serve, and we keep them in facilities of the highest standard. Here at the Double O - that's Ood Operations - we like to think of the Ood as our trusted friends. We keep the Ood healthy, safe, and educated. We don't just breed the Ood. We make them better. Because at heart, what is an Ood, but a reflection of us? If your Ood is happy, then you'll be happy, too." Solana spoke her well-rehearsed speech with as much fake enthusiasm that she could muster. "I'd now like to point out a new innovation from Ood Operations. We've introduced a variety package with the Ood translator ball. You can now have the Standard Setting." She turned to the first Ood. "How are you today, Ood?"

"I'm perfectly well, thank you." It said in a normal, translated voice.

"Or perhaps, after a stressful day, a little something for the gentlemen. And how are you, Ood?" Solana spoke to the second Ood who replied in a sultry woman's voice, "All the better for seeing you."

"And the comedy classic option. Ood, you dropped something." Solana continued on. "Doh!" The Ood replied in a homer-Simpson-esque voice. Everyone one laughed at that except the Doctor and crew who were horrified at the sight. "All that for only five additional credits. The details are in your brochures. Now, there's plenty more food and drink, so, don't hold back." Solana finished then left. David wandered over to the control board and brought up a picture of the solar system on the big screen. The Doctor came up behind him and pointed to the Ood-Sphere.

"The Ood-Sphere, I've been to this solar system before, years ago, ages! Close to the planet Sense-Sphere. Let's widen out." David did this. "The year 4126. That is the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire."

"4126. It's 4126. I'm in 4126." Donna was shocked. "What's the Earth like now?" Donna asked.

"Bit full. But you see, the Empire stretches out across three galaxies." The Doctor told her.

"It's weird. I mean, it's brilliant, but... Back home, the papers and the telly, they keep saying we haven't got long to live. Global warming. Flooding. All the bees disappearing."

"That thing about the bees is odd." Anna said, she was now standing next to the Doctor, holding his hand.

"But look at us! We're everywhere. Is that good or bad, though? I mean, are we like explorers? Or more like a virus?" Donna asked.

"Sometimes I wonder." The Doctor replied, looking at map then checking the nearby computer for information.

"What are the red dots, Daddy?" Anna asked, pointing at them with her tiny hand.

"Ood distribution centers." David clarified.

"Across three galaxies? Don't the Ood get a say in this?" Anna questioned, horrified. She walked over to the nearest Ood.

"Excuse me." Anna said, tugging on the Ood's pant leg. The Ood looked the down at her. "Hello. Are you all like this?" She asked.

"I do not understand, Miss." The Ood answered.

"Yeah. What I mean is, are there any free Ood?" She asked, the Doctor stood just behind her and David had run over to her and was now standing next her, holding her hand. "All Ood are born to serve. Otherwise, we would die."

"But you can't have started like that. Before the humans, what were you like?" David asked the Ood, it seemed confused.

"The circle." It said.

"What do you mean, what circle?" The Doctor asked, stepping forward.

"The circ... the circle... is..." The Ood struggled for words.

Solana cut off the conversation. "Ladies and gentlemen! All Ood to hospitality stations, please."

'I've had enough of the schmoozing. Do you fancy going off the beaten track?" He asked as Donna and the kids grinned back him.

~XX~

The Doctor sonicked the fence open. The loudspeakers rang out across the courtyard. "Ood shift eight, now commencing. Repeat, Ood shift eight now commencing." The Oods marched through the yard like soldiers or prisoners. Then one of them fell to his knees. A man rushed to the fallen Ood, whip in hand. "Get up! I said get up!" He yelled. Donna turned away, but Anna ran forward and placed her tiny body in between the Ood and the whip. "ANNA!" The Doctor and David yelled together as the whip flew toward her.

When the Doctor saw the whip hit Anna and a dark and brutal fury erupted in him. He ran forward, grabbing the whip from the man and throwing it away. His first launched forward connecting with the man's face so hard that he felt bone break in the man's skull. The guard fell back, unconscious.

The Doctor knelt by Anna's side and checked her wounds. Without a second thought, he called upon his regeneration energy and healed the wound. She would be fine. He picked her up and hugged her tightly, passing a kiss into her blonde hair. She could feel his anger, no, his rage, and his fear. She looked up at him and spoke softly. "Daddy, I'm okay. Everything is okay." He looked down at her with teary eyes.

"Anna that was very brave, but please let me and Donna do the dangerous stuff okay?" He spoke it a shaky voice, doing his best to keep it from breaking. She nodded as the Doctor took David's hand. He looked to Donna who looked horrified.

"A great big empire built on slavery." She whispered bitterly, wiping tears from face.

"It's not so different from your time." The Doctor said cynically.

"Oi! I haven't got slaves!" Donna yelled back.

"Who do you think made your clothes?" The Doctor retorted. Donna was furious.

"Is that why you travel round with a human at your side? It's not so you can show them the wonders of the universe, it's so you can take cheap shots?!" She yelled.

"Sorry." He said, though he didn't seem apologetic.

"Don't. Spaceman." She spat back. David cocked his head.

"I don't understand, the man hurting you is gone, why don't you just run away?" He asked the Ood in the front row, looked at him. "For what reason?" It asked.

"You could be free." David said solemnly.

"I do not understand the concept." It said emotionlessly.

"What is it with that Persil ball? I mean, they're not born with it, are they? Why do they have to be all plugged in?" Donna asked angrily.

"Ood, tell me, does 'the circle' mean anything to you?" The Doctor asked.

"The circle must be broken." The Ood all spoke together.

"Whoa, that's creepy!" Donna and Anna said at the same time.

"But what is it? What is the circle?" The Doctor continued

"The circle must be broken." The Ood repeated.

David stepped forward. "Why?"

"So that we can sing." They all said together again.

"Oh, can you hear it? I should've listened!" The Doctor exclaimed. Suddenly the shouts of guards echoed over courtyard. The Doctor grabbed David's hand and they ran to nearby building. He locked the door after Donna got inside.

"Hold on. Does that mean we're locked in?" Donna asked him, but he ignored her. "Listen, listen…" He said. Strange eerie music filled the Time Lords' heads, but Donna heard nothing.

"Daddy, my head hurts." Anna whimpered. The Doctor clutched her close.

"What is it?" Donna asked.

"Can't you hear it, the singing?" David asked her, irritated. She shook her head. They walked forward, the music growing louder. In front of them was a cage with several Ood inside.

"They look different to the others." Donna noted.

"That's because they're natural-born Ood, unprocessed, before they're adapted to slavery, Unspoilt." The Doctor explained.

"And that's their song." David finished for him.

"I can't hear it." Donna whispered.

"Do you want to?" The Doctor asked. Donna nodded slowly.

"Yeah," She whispered.

The Doctor's voice hardened. "It's the song of captivity." He warned her. "Let me hear it." Donna commanded. The Doctor gently placed his hands on either side of head. After a long moment she could hear the music. It was incredible. It was sad and fearful and yet full of hope and life. She began to cry before turning to the Doctor and saying, "Take it away!" He nodded and placed his hands on her head again. The music faded.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, ashamed for not being able to handle the music.

"It's OK." David smiled at her.

"But you three can still hear it?" She questioned. The Doctor nodded solemnly as he tightened his grip on Anna and took David's hand.

"All the time." Anna whispered. Anna slipped from the Doctor's arms and moved slowly toward the Ood.

"What are you holding? Show me." The Ood didn't move so she moved closer and spoke softly. "We're Friends, The Doctor, Donna, David and Anna, Friends." It stared at her. The Doctor, David and Donna followed her movements.

"Let me see... Look at me... Let me see." The Doctor spoke softly. One of them crept closer to them. "That's it. That's it, go on. Go on..." Anna held out her hands and the Ood opened his palms, showing them a small brain, he was hiding. "Is that...?" Donna questioned, looking a bit green.

"It's a brain, a hind brain. The Ood are born with a secondary brain!" David ginned happily.

"Like the amygdala in humans, it processes memory and emotions. You get rid of that, you wouldn't be Donna any more. You'd be like an Ood, a processed Ood." The Doctor explained.

"So, the company... cuts off their brains?" Anna asked, she understood but was still shaken. David took her hand gently is own and gave his sister a gentle smile.

"And they stitch on the translator!" The Doctor spat, that dark anger starting to boil in his veins again.

"Like a lobotomy." Donna's voice shook with disgust and horror. "I spent all that time looking for you, Doctor, because I thought it would be so wonderful out here... I want to go home." She whispered, not seeing the pained look in the Doctor's eyes or the frown that echoed over his face for a single moment.

With a final loud thud, the door opened, and soldiers ran inside.

"They're with the Ood, sir." One said.

The Doctor slammed the door of the cage closed, locking himself, the kids and Donna inside with the Ood. With a crazy look in eyes he yelled toward the soldiers. "What you going to do, then? Arrest me? Lock me up? Throw me in a cage? Well, you're too late! Hah!"

~XX~

Half an hour later Donna and the Doctor were handcuffed to pipes and the kids were locked in a cage barely big enough for them to sit in. The head of the Company, Mr. Halpen was talking to the Doctor and Donna.

"Why don't you just come out and say it? FOTO activists!" He yelled.

"If that's what Friends of the Ood are trying to prove, yes!" The Doctor yelled back.

"The Ood were nothing without us, just animals roaming around on the ice." Halpen replied.

"That's because you can't hear them." David yelled from the cage. Halpen kicked the cage, causing it tip over. David and Anna let out tiny squeals of fear. The Doctor's eyes stormed. Time Lords were extremely protective of their children. They were rare and treasured on Gallifrey. They were to be protected at all costs so seeing this man hurt them, it made his blood boil. He could feel the rage, and instinct to protect his children staring to overwhelm is senses and pushed it down, knowing it wouldn't help him now.

"They welcomed it! It's not as if they put up a fight!"

"You idiot! They're born with their brains in their hands! Don't you see, that makes them peaceful, they've got to be, cos a creature like that would have to trust anyone it meets!" Donna screeched.

"Oh, nice one." The Doctor grinned but it didn't reach his stormy eyes.

"The system's worked for 200 years. All we've got is a rogue batch. But the infection is about to be sterilized." Halpen said before pushing the intercom button. "Mr. Kess? How do we stand?"

"Canisters primed, sir. As soon as the core heats up, the gas is released. At 200 marks and counting."

"You're going to gas them?!" Anna cried fearfully. The Doctor clenched his fists tighter but Halpen didn't do anything more to the cage, instead he turned to him.

"Kill the livestock. The classic foot-and-mouth solution from the olden days. Still works. No doubt there'll be a full police investigation once this place has been sterilized, so I can't risk a bullet to the head. I'll leave you to the mercies of the Ood."

"But Mr. Halpen, there's something else, isn't there? Something we haven't seen!" The Doctor said.

"What do you mean?" Donna asked.

"A creature couldn't survive with a separate forebrain and hind brain, they'd be at war with themselves. There's got to be something else, a third element, am I right?" The Doctor questioned.

"And again, so clever!"

"But it's got to be connected to the red-eye, what is it?"

"'It' won't exist for very much longer. Enjoy your Ood." Halpen left with Dr. Ryder, Ood Sigma and two guards. As soon he was gone the Doctor and Donna began fighting their bindings. "Come on!" The Doctor groaned.

"Well, do something! You're the one with all the tricks! You must've met Houdini!" Donna yelled.

"These are really good handcuffs!" He complained.

"Oh, well I'm glad of that. I mean, at least we've got quality!" Donna complained.

The door opened and three red-eyed Ood entered. The Doctor and Donna started attempting to get them to stop. "Doctor, Donna, friends." The Doctor said over and over at the same time Donna was saying "The circle must be broken."

The red-eyed Oods still advanced. But through the telepathic link between the Ood, the Doctor and Donna's words echoed to the natural Ood in the cage. They stood up and lifted their palms, sending a message to the three menacing toward the Doctor and Donna. The Ood bowed their heads, and when they looked up the red-eye was gone.

"Doctor. Donna. Friends." The Ood said.

"Yes! That's us! Friends! Oh, yes!" The Doctor and Donna exclaimed. The Ood freed them and then the Doctor raced to the cage and pulled the kids into his arms. They had tears on their cheeks, but they were okay. He held them for a few moments then they stood and headed outside.

They looked around at the courtyard, now a real battlefield filled with gunfire and screams. The Doctor looked around, panicked. He ran a hand into his hair, "I don't know where it is! I don't know where they've gone!" He said, alarmed.

"What are we looking for?" Donna asked. He held onto David and Anna gently, they both seemed pretty scared but okay. He replied with, "Might be underground, like some sort of cave, or a cavern, or..." He trailed off when an explosion hit, it threw them all to the ground. The Doctor grabbed the kids and leaned over them to keep them from getting hurt. After the shaking stopped, The Doctor stood and asked both the kids and Donna if they were alright. The kids nodded, and Donna gave him a simple yes.

"Daddy, its Sigma." Anna said. The Doctor turned to the Ood who began to lead them toward Warehouse 15. The Doctor sonicked open the Warehouse and led everyone inside. Once inside, they all saw it. A gigantic brain. Anna began speaking very quickly. "The Ood Brain. Now it all makes sense, that's the missing link, the third element, binding them together. Forebrain, hind brain, and this - the telepathic center. It's a shared mind, connecting all the Ood in song." She grinned as The Doctor gave her a gentle smile and nod. Halpen came around the corner, a gun pointed at them.

"Cargo. I can always go into cargo. I've got the rockets, I've got the sheds. Smaller business, much more manageable, without livestock." Halpen told them as he approached. The Doctor was on high guard, he pushed the kids gently behind his legs and stood where he could easily move in front of Donna if Halpen fired.

"He's mined the area." Dr. Ryder, one of the many onsite doctors informed the Time Lord.

"They're going to kill it?" Donna said, her voice shaking with fear.

Halpen responded, "They found that...thing centuries ago beneath the Northern Glacier." He was nervous and sweaty, The Doctor wondered what was wrong with him. He'd obviously been poisoned somehow. David tugged on the Doctors pant leg and the Doctor looked down at him, "The pylons, they make a circle." David said. "And 'The circle must be broken.'" Anna finished, smiling at both her brother and the Doctor. The Doctor finally concluded what the kids had been saying. "Damping the telepathic field. Stopping the Ood from connecting for 200 years."

Halen ignored them and turned the gun to Ood Sigma, "And you, Ood Sigma, you brought them here. I expected better." The Ood replied, "My place is at your side, sir." Halpen grinned, laughing, "Ha-ha! Still subservient. Good Ood." Donna cocked her head, she asked, "If that barrier thing's in place, how come the Ood started breaking out?"

The Doctor smiled, his companions always knew what questions to ask, "Maybe it's taken centuries to adapt. The subconscious reaching out."

Dr. Ryder chimed in, "But the process was too slow. Had to be accelerated. You should never give me access to those controls, Mr. Halpen. I lowered the barrier to its minimum. Friends of the Ood, sir. It's taken me ten years to infiltrate the company. And I succeeded."

Halpen smiled maliciously. "Yes. Yes, you did." Then he shoved Dr. Ryder over the balustrade and into the Ood brain which absorbed him, killing him in the process. The Doctor shielded the kids' eyes from this, but Donna watched, whispering "You... murdered him!" afterward.

Halpen chuckled, "Very observant, Ginger. Now, then... can't say I've ever shot anyone before. Can't say I'm going to like it. But it's not exactly a normal day, is it? Still..." The Doctor tensed, he was afraid for those kids, for Donna and for himself. Sigma stepped in front Halpen and said, "Would you like a drink, sir?"

Halpen scoffed, "I think hair loss is the least of my problems right now, thanks."

The Ood persisted, "Please have a drink, sir."

Halpen seemed afraid but he didn't give in, "If... If you're going to stand in their way, I'll shoot you too."

The Odd continued, "Please have a drink, sir."

Halpen's voice shook, he began to shake, "Have... Have you... poisoned me?"

"Natural Ood must never kill, sir." The Ood told him. Halpen pointed to the container of liquid the Ood was holding, "What is that stuff?" He asked, his voice cracking with fear.

"Ood-graft suspended in a biological compound, sir." The Ood replied.

"What the hell does that mean?!" Halpen yelled, now badly shaking and visibly shaking with fear.

"Oh, dear..." The Doctor shook his head.

"Tell ME!" Halpen screamed.

The Doctor continued, "Funny thing, the subconscious. Takes all sorts of shapes. Came out in the red-eye as revenge. Came out in the rabid Ood as anger. And then, there was patience. All that intelligence and mercy focused on Ood Sigma. How's the hair loss, Mr. Halpen?" The Doctor said pointedly. Halpen lifted a shaky hand and ran it through his thinning hair. A large bunch came off into his hand.

"Oh, they've been preparing you for a very long time. And now you're standing next to the Ood Brain. Mr. Halpen, can you hear it? Listen..." The Doctor said. Halpen whispered something incoherent then lean forward and grabbed ahold of the skin on his head, peeling it off to reveal an Ood skull, tentacles dropped from his mouth. He was an Ood.

"They... They turned him into an Ood?!" Donna said, horrified. Halpen/Ood seemed to sneeze causing a small hind brain to fall into his hands.

"He has become Oodkind. And we will take care of him." Sigma told them.

"It's weird, being with you, I can't tell what's right and what's wrong anymore." Donna said.

The Doctor smiled sadly, "It's better that way. People who know for certain tend to be like Mr. Halpen's' The Doctor told her. David turned off the detonators and Anna was switching off the dampener, she smiled, "Sigma, May I?" Sigma nodded.

"Stifled for 200 years, but not anymore. The circle is broken. The Ood can sing!" Anna grinned happily. A beautiful, joyous song began, The Doctor laughed, and Donna grinned. The Doctor picked Anna and hugged her, then David. He carried one on each hip out of the warehouse as Donna followed, exclaiming she could hear the Ood sing.

~XX~

They were all standing near the TARDIS, the Doctor was talking to Ood Sigma and some others. Donna stood with the kids by the open doors of the TARDIS. "The message has gone out. That song resonated across the galaxies, everyone heard it. Everyone knows. The rockets are bringing them back. The Ood are coming home." The Doctor said. Ood Sigma bowed.

"We thank you, Doctor-Donna, children, Friends of Oodkind. And what of you now, will you stay? There is room in the song for you." The Doctor scrunched his face.

"Oh, I've... I've sort of got a song of my own, thanks." He said.

The Ood cocked its head, "I think your song must end soon." Sigma told him.

The Doctor was alarmed but he chose not to show it, "Meaning?"

"Every song must end." The Ood replied.

"Yeah. Okay," The Doctor rolled his eyes and turned to Donna, "Erm, what about you? You still want to go home?"

She shook her head, "No. Definitely not." The Doctor grinned, relieved. He needed someone right now and Donna was his best friend. He had the kids, but he needed another adult to steer him away from the worst part of himself. Someone who knew right and wrong and who could stand up to him. He didn't want the kids to ever see "The Time Lord Victorious." He smiled at Donna, "Then, we'll be off." They all got into the TARDIS, as they left the Ood sang for them.

Sigma's last words were, "And know this, Doctor Donna and Children. You will never be forgotten. Our children will sing of the Doctor Donna and the Children, as will our children's children. And the wind and the ice and the snow will carry your names forever."

~XX~

The Doctor tinkered under the console. He couldn't sleep. He had been trying to figure how these kids got where they had with very little success. Now, he was tinkering so he wouldn't think about his own family. The children he had on Gallifrey. But before he knew it, he was lost in thought about the day his first child, his daughter, was born.

He paced back and forth across the floor, listening to sounds of childbirth happening not far away. He was nervous, utterly out of his mind, in a cold sweat, pacing the room. The pregnancy hadn't been easy, but it had the benefit of bringing the two of them closer together. The marriage had been for political reason between their families, there was no love between them. But when she got pregnant, things changed. They spent more time together and he actually found himself starting to fall in love with her. Now, he was worried. The birth was taking far longer than it should have.

He hearts stopped when the hall became silent. The few minutes of quiet nearly drove insane. Then out walked a doctor. The Doctor crossed the corridor, almost sprinting, to doctor.

"Congratulations, it's a girl." The Doctor gently took baby from the doctor. The infant stared at him. "Dada!" she cried, smiling up at him.

"Hello." He whispered back.

He was jerked from his thoughts by Anna who came running into the room crying. "I had a nightmare." Anna said. "It w-was the lady I could feel. She w-was so sad. T-then there w-were Daleks, t-they hurt David…" She sobbed. The Doctor picked her up and rubbed gentle circles on her back as she sobbed.

"Anna I would never let the Daleks or anyone else hurt you or David or take either of you away from me. I promise." She sniffled a bit then said, "It was the future, Daddy." She whimpered as she curled into his chest, terrified and confused. All he could do was hold her and hope it was just a dream.