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nevermindtherunning) wrote2013-04-14 06:37 pm
nevermindtherunning) wrote2013-04-14 06:37 pm
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[On the Run] Exit Stage Left
It took three days to return back to the TARDIS, right where they had left it by the Great Wall. News hadn't arrived of the emperor, and to that, the Doctor was relieved. They were able to give a poor villager the horse and anonymously go their own way back on foot to the TARDIS.
He and Donna looked a little worn, but it was to be expected given what they had been through and their mutual determination to move as quickly as possible back to the TARDIS. Once unlocked and inside, he closed the door and placed his forehead against the cool door. Without a word, he stayed there, palm on door, just breathing slowly in and out.
And a moment later, he spun on his feet, looking up at the coral struts and the control console. It was over, wasn't it? Everything was over? They caught the time vortex and were sent back to their time, hadn't they? And now it was just Donna and himself.
"All of time and space, anywhere in the entire universe and you want to go to the beach." He offers Donna a smile as he walked up to the console, slowly pressing buttons and locking onto coordinates. "The blue moons of Xerxes VI, the most beautiful flowers you can imagine in infinite colors on Matapooshta, the longest waterfall in the galaxy is on Scwetzguld; you can't even see the bottom from the top or the top from the bottom! And you want to go to the beach." There's something endearing in his tone of voice.
He and Donna looked a little worn, but it was to be expected given what they had been through and their mutual determination to move as quickly as possible back to the TARDIS. Once unlocked and inside, he closed the door and placed his forehead against the cool door. Without a word, he stayed there, palm on door, just breathing slowly in and out.
And a moment later, he spun on his feet, looking up at the coral struts and the control console. It was over, wasn't it? Everything was over? They caught the time vortex and were sent back to their time, hadn't they? And now it was just Donna and himself.
"All of time and space, anywhere in the entire universe and you want to go to the beach." He offers Donna a smile as he walked up to the console, slowly pressing buttons and locking onto coordinates. "The blue moons of Xerxes VI, the most beautiful flowers you can imagine in infinite colors on Matapooshta, the longest waterfall in the galaxy is on Scwetzguld; you can't even see the bottom from the top or the top from the bottom! And you want to go to the beach." There's something endearing in his tone of voice.
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"Take care of yourself, alright?" He spoke softly when they parted, "And your grandfather." Because he had always liked him, even if he never actually said it.
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"Goodbye, Doctor."
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And with a lingering moment, he turns and enters back inside the TARDIS. Dark eyes look over the coral struts, "We've been through alot, haven't we?" Quietly he saunters up to the console, a hand resting on the lever, trying to figure out where to go next.
"OH... A bus ride might be nice! Easter is coming up... a holiday is in store, yeah?" As he glanced down, he saw Donna's locket still hanging on an exposed piece of metal just below the console. Running his thumb over the engraving, he debated whether to return it back to her, but remembered it housed her dormant Time Lord memories. After another thought, he pockets it in the same pocket he keeps his sonic screwdriver.
"Until we meet again, Donna Noble."