Of Bus Stations and Hands ♦ for justneededtea

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Donna bounded down the ramp towards the door of the TARDIS as it materialized. She'd been waiting for this for ages! Luxury spa - She's ready!! Oh, she had it all mapped out in her head - sauna, jacuzzi, massage, champagne, mud bath, swim, more jacuzzi, more champagne! Oh it was going to be brilliantShe pushed open the door and stopped dead in her

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Poking his eyes out the door, he looked around and frowned. Oh. Oh well, that was not what he expected, this wasn't Busstatonz spa. It was a bus station. Well, close he supposed but Donna would never let him forget this. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he went to shut the door behind them and almost clonked poor Percy on the head. Woops! Forgot the little guy was there.

"The names are very similar, it must of confused the TARDIS. Quick trip back inside and we'll whiz off. Unless, you know, you want to ride a bus."

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"Oi! Don't you go blaming the TARDIS! You probably put the wrong place in!" Oh the woe and heartache as Donna laments her spa treatment. She tilts her head at him, eyebrow arching. "'Ride a bus'? Earth girl, remember? Been on more buses in my life than I care to remember. Hardly the height of excitement."

Percy, on the other hand seemed excited by the idea. His little android body bleeped and blinked as he did a print out of a bus and a smiley face.

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"I did not!" The Doctor protested, noticing a lot of people were now watching the two odd people and the odd little robot. Little kids were pointing at poor Percy and the parents look suspicious. "Erm, I think we need to get Percy back in safely, don't you?"

Taking the smiley face and the bus picture, he looked around the station with a small frown. What was that? Like an itch-- but not a Jack itch, another sort of itch. A Time Lord one but weaker. This was definitely odd. "Can you feel that?"

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Poor Percy. It was like having a freak child that everyone pointed at. Donna wanted to smack them all and tell them to stop staring, but she didn't think the Doctor would much approve. "Good idea..." She crouched down a little. "Percy, head back inside. The Doctor and I will be there in a minute." The little android looked sad as he trundled back inside.

She then turned her full attention to the Doctor. "Feel what? All I feel is the cold..." Sorry, Doctor. Her Time Lord senses aren't tingling. Too deeply locked away. "Not going to have a funny turn, are you?" She was actually a little worried about him.

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"How... Biblical," He didn't want to say anything else, it seemed rejecting the name made Percy fall into a weird sort of depression. He seemed a lot more chipper now everyone was talking about it approvingly. Even the hand was hiding his objections well. "Does this make me God? Oh! And why is it Noble?"

Sure he had no surname but were they all going to end up Nobles but himself. That wasn't exactly fair, Percy was already a Noble it seemed.

"Doctor, must have Doctor in there. Doctor Adam Noble."

Handy sighed and nodded his head. "Goodie, you two are such wonderful parents. Why not throw in a middle name to add to the mess."

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"Oh please. I can't handle any more God-like egos. Thank you very much! Besides, there is already a Ginger Goddess on board. The role of deity is filled!"

Oh Percy! He had everyone wrapped around his finger. One squeak or dull light and everyone was running around after him.

"Doctor Adam Robert Noble. So I can call you Bobby!" Donna grinned. Doctor Bob. "And of course it has to be Noble. Only person on board with a surname! So everyone can share it!"

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"Doctor Adam Robert Noble?" The hand-- actually, Adam looked around the TARDIS before bursting into laughter. Oh these two were hopeless at names.

"What? ... What? Really, what's so funny?"

"Nothing, nothing. Just, you two need to invest in a baby name book in future. You keep making things you're responsible for and traumatising them with your naming!"

Percy squealed happily and printed off a picture of laughter and the name ADAM underneath. Well, Percy found him funny.

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Donna shot Adam a mock glare. She was awesome at naming things! And so was the Doctor. Percy was great name after all... Besides, there were no more plans to create child-like things to name. Ever. Were there? Mothering an android and a hand, and keeping a Time Lord out of trouble would be difficult enough.

"Looks like you've got yourself a new brother, Percy."

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Warm and sunny. Donna adored those words! She scrambled to her feet and threw her arms around the Doctor in a hug. He really was her best friend in the entire universe.

"Delvalk! Here we come!" She grinned at him. "How warm are we talking? Are we talking summerdress, sun hat and flipflops warm or less warm than that?" She needed to be prepared for these things. "And do we need suncream?" Hey, she's fair and ginger, suncream is vital!

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"Um, not sure, never really bothered with that sort thing, temperature and all. Reasonable? Doubt you'd be chilly, there's a slight wind but usually its warm. Interesting story, the wind is actually part of a--"

"Summerdress, sun hat and flipflops warm. I'd bring suncream," Adam cut in, just to stop the Doctor before he launched off into a pointless rant.

Taking off ahead, Adam decided he'd need a shower, he still had drunk vomit and mud all over him. A fresh tshirt, maybe some jeans. Anything but all of this.

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Poor Doctor! Rantblocked by his own hand. Once Adam was out of the room Donna gave the Doctor another hug before taking his wrists in her hands, smiling at him. "Thank you." She paused. "For not throwing him, or me, out."

She knew it couldn't easy for the Doctor, his pride or his ego. "You're brilliant, you are!"

She let go of his wrists and took a step back, beofre rooting around in her pocket for the sonic screwdriver. "Here. ...Right, I better go get changed. See you soon."

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The Doctor rolled is eyes and shook his head, as if he'd leave Donna behind again. Or any of them. He intended to keep everyone with him, from Donna to Percy. He knew too well that he didn't want to be alone. After everything on Mars, it was not exactly his wisest plan.

Taking the sonic, he and Percy made tune ups to the TARDIS while Adam and Donna changed.

Seeing himself, or more his hand, coming out in a T-Shirt and jeans was just creepy. He was definitely a suit person. Suit, coat and converses. Though the hand still had converses, only he'd nicked the Doctors never-used green ones.

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Donna returned a short while later and unlocked the door. She placed the laundry hamper by the door and threw a toweland dressing gown at both the Doctor and the Hand. "Clothes off. And then into the shower." She didn't want mud trailing through the TARDIS. The poor ol' girl should be treated with care.

She walked over to Percy and crouched down in front of him, holding another towel open. "Come on you, let's go get you cleaned up." Percy beeped and stepped forward so Donna could snuggle him up in the towel and pick him up.

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While the robot got all the love, the Doctor grumbled and kicked off his muddy clothes while the hand happily shed his clothes and tossed the muddy gear into the hamper, happily standing in just his blue boxers. The Doctor did the same in his black ones.

And thus the inspection began

"You don't have the scar we got in 1908," The Doctor mused as he looked over Adams body and the clone did exactly the same.

"Well, you don't have the scar Jackie gave me when she threw her fork at me."

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Oh dear God... They were comparing bodies? Donna admired the view rolled her eyes at them both. "And you're both skinny streaks of nothings." At least they still had their boxers on, that was something. If they started comparing little Time Lords, she was so out of there!

"Showers. Go. Now." It was worse than rounding up an army of children for bathtime! "Nice hot showers, clean clothes and tea."

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All three trudged through the TARDIS, Handy and the Doctor sharing scar tales and prodding each others ribs and shoulders and whatever else. Course, Adam was the first open in the shower, shoving the Doctor out of the way to get there.

And thus they stood there while he showered and sang at the top of his lungs.

Turning to Donna, he raised an eyebrow. "So, erm, other shower upstairs then?"