Chapter 10: A New Body, A Farewell, A Few Minutes More

A/N: So sorry about the delay, but with exams and the Holidays, it's been a bit of chaos. I'll try my best to finish this within a decent time period. Hope you had some great Holidays whatever you were celebrating.

Without further adieu, another chapter of A Few Minutes More

Donna couldn't move her body. All she could see was fire. Fire everywhere. Her entire body felt like there was fire burning inside it. She wanted to scream, to call for help, but all she couldn't even do that. There were memories of the past; a spider type alien, the Doctor, Pompeii, Oods – her entire journey with the Doctor flashed before her as if she were going to die. That's it! I'm dead! She thought. This was the end.

It felt like an eternity, but the pain finally subsided. Gradually, a cooling feeling washed over her body, refreshing her and liberating her from the pain.

That's when she heard it. That voice.

"Call the Doctor's cell phone!"

…

The Doctor and Jack stood on either side of the stretcher, watching as Donna opened her eyes. Both wore mixed expressions between worried and relived. Donna tried to put together what had just happened, but there were still a few missing puzzle pieces. Donna opened her mouth to say something as she sat herself up, but Jack gently pushed her back down.

"Hey, don't work yourself up. You just came out of some sort of coma state." Jack informed her.

"Glad to see you're better though." The Doctor threw in his two pennies.

Despite what had happened over the course of these few weeks, Donna couldn't be happier to see them. "I can sit up if I want." Donna forced herself up, but after feeling a sharp pain in her side, slowly set herself back down. "Never mind…"

The Doctor chuckled. Good old Donna; being rough and tough. "Well, I think it's best if you get your rest. You were in and out of consciousness when you were… well… I don't know what was happening to you, but –"

"I was changing." Donna interrupted.

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

"My body felt as if it was on fire. Martha told me while Rory was out getting the two of you she took a moment to listen to my heart beat – something inside her told her to. She found two hearts." Donna just let it all out, not sure how else to tell them.

The Doctor looked confused. "Two hearts? Impossible!" The Doctor grabbed a stethoscope from the counter and put it on. "You'd have to be a –"he stopped himself short after listening for her heart beats. "Impossible!" he listened in awe. "Donna! You're – you're –"

"I told you!"

The Doctor turned to Jack, looking for some explanation. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver, scanned her, and read what it said. "She's a Time Lord. The Doctor Donna. This doesn't make sense!" he walked out to go investigate into how this could have happened.

Jack took Donna's hand as the Doctor left. "I'm just glad you're okay." He kissed her lightly.

…

After finally settling down, the Doctor came to the conclusion that it was only a matter of time before Donna's mind would change her body so it could support the changes. Donna finally got herself dressed after putting up a bit of an argument saying she was able to handle things after the coma.

"Looks like our work here is done." The Doctor stood in front of the Tardis with his current companions. Clapping his hands, he spoke, "Nice to see you all again, but we better head out."

"Doctor, you're not leaving so soon are you? You just got here." Martha protested.

"That's not even a proper goodbye." Mickey chimed in.

The Doctor felt a wave of emotion coming on. That's when Martha gave him a good, proper hug, and Mickey followed afterwards. The Doctor felt a wave of an odd emotion. What was this? It wasn't exactly happiness. There was something sad about it too. Once they let go, the Doctor composed himself.

"Well, I suppose I better go say bye to Donna and Jack." He left the room as the other three said their goodbyes, and following soon afterwards.

"Well, I'm –" the Doctor stopped himself short as he entered the room. "Really? You humans are so affectionate.

Donna and Jack stopped kissing.

"C'mon Doctor, don't tell me you haven't been in this situation before." Jack teased.

River, who just walked in, piped up, "Oh no, he wouldn't dare with –"

"River." The Doctor interrupted.

Jack chuckled, making his way over to give the Doctor a goodbye hug. "It was nice seeing you again. Don't be afraid to stop by when you're not busy."

The Doctor smiled. "What about you and your vortex manipulator? You can end up in the Tardis." He made his way to Donna, hugging her tightly. "I'm glad to see you're better. I'm sorry for what I did but,"

"I understand." Donna filled his pause. "I hope you'll come to visit." She smiled, pulling away and looking at him.

The Doctor smiled, hugged her tightly once more and whispered in her ear. "Good bye Doctor Donna."

…

After the Doctor had left, Jack spent a bit more time with Donna. He finally broke away from her for air. "Donna –"

At that moment, Gwen burst into the room, startling the two.

"Jack, there's trouble, we've got to go!" she announced.

Jack looked from Donna to Gwen and back. "Just a few minutes more." He kissed her quickly.

A/N: Okay, I know, not a great ending, BUT, I am working on an epilogue that kinda plays off one of the episodes and because Christmas just passed it won't be too bad ;). Hope you enjoyed it and keep tuned for that epilogue.