IDK my BFF Donna?

[nevermindtherunning]

Who: Castiel, Donna, the Doctor, Mina
Where: Donna's house
When: night of day 53
What: The Doctor asks for his friends to bring back his best mate.


The Doctor was anxious, wondering if what he's asking would singly be the worst decision he's ever made. Really, this was utterly ridiculous as he had no access to the TARDIS or anything familiar to him if something were to go wrong. If all else failed, at least he would've had the chameleon arch to rewrite her memories.... Or he'd just have to go hiding them again himself, which he really wasn't sure if he could do that again.

He was so lost in his thoughts, he didn't realize he was causing his knuckles to show white as he squeezed his thermos to death as he sat on the front steps to Donna's house. It was filled with tea, of course, as if that would make matters any more pleasant.

Let's have some friends over, yeah? You, me, Castiel, Dr. Barrett... Donna had seemed fine with the idea at the time he mentioned it in passing to her one afternoon. He just hoped this worked or else he would feel even worse than he had just a couple nights ago after an unfortunate meeting with the Hulk.

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[primogen_vampirate]

Even if she couldn't understand it, Mina could feel it. She wondered if her sense of time came from the Fae or from her Kindred abilities or from something far older. From Tom. From what he'd once been to her.

There wasn't time to meditate on it now, but in the nights to come, she would wonder.

For now, she worked faster, talking quietly under her breath to keep herself, and Donna, focused. But with one bejeweled hand, she gestured Castiel over. No bloody reason she could think of why they couldn't both poke around in there.

[happytobleed]

Castiel placed two fingers against Donna's temple and closed his eyes to concentrate. He could feel the thing that was threatening her mind and he pushed it back gently.

He thought back to the wall Death had built inside Sam's head and he knew his wouldn't be nearly as elegant, but he could do more than most other angels, because he knew what it should look like and what it looked like as it came down.

Slowly, he built it up around all the harmful things in Donna's mind, reverse engineering from what he'd seen in Sam.

[nevermindtherunning]

There, that was it! The Doctor could tell things were coming together as everyone worked together to throw up the barriers to keep the Time Lord back. Under extreme circumstances, they could be let lose and she'll still burn, but with so many walls up, it'll be quite difficult for that to happen.

There'll be just a blank space in her memories of how she and the Doctor parted ways, and he'll think of something related to that later. But this? This was do-able.

[primogen_vampirate]

Mina seemed to be reading the Doctor's mind. Perhaps she even was? Who knew? She'd never had a Time Lord in her head (or any other part of her thank you very much) before. "I'm going to rewrite her memories of inviting us to come here," she said. "Make her think that she was inviting Castiel and myself over, and I asked to bring along a friend. And I'll make her forget that we were here already. So when she wakes up, we'll just be arriving."

She glanced over at the Doctor. "Anything else that you want written in?"

[nevermindtherunning]

"No, that's plenty." He'll manage his own damage control later. The quicker they could secure the barriers and return her as undamaged as possible, the better.

He hadn't used his touch-telepathic ability like this, and for this length, in a long time. Not since the eradication of the Time Lords, at least, so it felt strange and almost overwhelming. If Castiel and Mina are unscathed, then he'd consider it a success and not worry.

Finally, he removed his hand and cracked open his eyes where he found himself still crouched down on the floor between Mina and Donna. "OK?"

[primogen_vampirate]

Mina quietly whispered her final instructions to Donna. It ended with, "And when you wake up, you'll think you just dozed for a few moments. And you'll be quite pleased that your guests were running a little bit late." Although, judging from what she knew of Donna, they might still get reamed out for it.

Her work complete, she sank down onto her heels. Her head was hurting a little bit. She'd never done such a long stretch of Dominating before. It was surprisingly taxing.

At last, she turned to the Doctor, nodding.

[happytobleed]

"We should all keep an eye on her." Castiel was watching Donna warily. "If it seems like she's trying to look into any memory gaps this might have left, we may have to reinforce it."

He really hoped that Donna would be okay now and that this would hold. She would at least have people looking out for her.

[noblexcompanion]

Donna started to stir. Ah, the human mind, held together with mental Lego bricks and mind glue - at least the mental Lego was less painful to stand on than the real thing.

Her head felt fuzzy. It was to be expected, really. Suddenly a large portion of her previously missing memories were now accessible again. It would take a little bit of adjusting to.

[primogen_vampirate]

"Time for us to go, darlings," Mina hissed, jumping up to her feet and grabbing both the Doctor and Castiel by their collars. "We have to make it look real."

[nevermindtherunning]

He knew it was probably too early to celebrate, but he was rather overcome with joy as the moment they stepped out he wrapped an arm around each person's shoulder in a massive embrace. "Thank you so much," He spoke sincerely, "I couldn't have done this without you two!"

And now he felt even more indebted to Mina as he placed a kiss to her exposed temple before releasing them and jumping around in place, as if it were too cold outside and he was warming up for a football match. This was one excited Time Lord.

[happytobleed]

The Doctor's weight was odd against his shoulders, but Dean touched him like that sometimes and it was always a good thing, so he shot the Doctor a small smile. "I was happy to help."

[noblexcompanion]

When Donna eventually came round she felt like she had had one hell of a crazy dream. Her head was fuzzy. She checked the clock and mentally chided herself for falling asleep and running late. What kind of host invited guests and then overslept? Rude. So very rude! She hadn't even intended to fall asleep.

She rushed to the nearest mirror and ruffled her hair into some kind of tidy state, applying a little lipstick. She needed to make herself presentable after all.

[primogen_vampirate]

"Yes," Mina said quietly, we made a brilliant team. She leaned over to kiss Castiel on the cheek, then grabbed the Doctor's collar again and gave him an unabashed smack on the lips that ended almost as quickly as it began.

Stepping away from the both of them, she straightened out her tie, smoothing down the front of her blazer.

"Well, gentlemen," she declared, "I believe we have a very unhappy hostess waiting for us."

[nevermindtherunning]

He has a bit of a smug smirk, thanks to Mina, as he straightened out his jacket and ran up the steps to the home. "Ready?" He glances back to them before knocking.

Look out, Donna, you have a gaggle of friends ready for a visit!

[happytobleed]

Castiel watched them both with a small measure of confusion, but it was largely indulgent. He knew that he was strange, but they were both strange, too, and there was something enjoyable about that.

"Ready for what?"

[noblexcompanion]

Donna jumped at the sound of the knock and finished faffing with her hair and make up. She made her way to the door and pulled it open, smiling at her invited guests.

"Hi! Come in, come in. Make yourselves at home. There's tea, or wine. Cake too." She had a strange sense of deja vu but she quickly brushed it aside. "I'm not sure if my roomie's here or not, but he'll just have to deal with it if he is."

[primogen_vampirate]

Mina smiled slyly. "The more the merrier, I always said," she muttered, tipping back her hat politely.

It seemed to be in working order. But only time would tell, she supposed. After all, this was uncharted territory.

[nevermindtherunning]

He swallows nervously, watching and waiting to hear his name from Donna. He didn't want to go by John the whole time, but he'd do it if it meant for her to not burn up in a blaze of glory.

Helping himself to the kitchen, he starts fiddling with the tea, and purposely waits for Donna to be in eyesight when he dumped 3 spoons of sugar in his mug. She had always hated that.

[happytobleed]

Castiel sat down stiffly, not bothering to touch any of the food. He didn't expect Donna to think anything strange of this behavior, because this was how he always was.

"I didn't know you had any housemates." He could make polite conversation. See, Mina?

[noblexcompanion]

She was quick to welcome the trio in and fuss around them before going to see what Mr. Time Lord was up to in her kitchen. "Oi! Doctor! What have I told you about sugar? Ther's a food shortage in case you didn't realise!" Donna huffed, hands firmly on her hips. Oh yes, the old Donna was back and already scolding the Doctor. Just like old times.

She shot Castiel a smile. "Yeah, he moved in the other day. A right dapper gentleman named Crowley."

[primogen_vampirate]

Everything seemed to be in order. Mina was ready to depart. But something caught her attention. The name. Crowley. She felt like there was something familiar about it, but she couldn't quite place it.

"We seem to have no shortage of dapper gentlemen here," she commented, folding her arms and leaning against the doorframe.

[nevermindtherunning]

The Doctor smiled mostly to himself. Hearing his name coming from Donna was the best present ever to come, and he glances back. "Yes mum!" He grinned like a loon.

Perhaps even moreso, reguarding Mina's comment, which probably wasn't particularly directed at him, but he was taking it as such.

[happytobleed]

Castiel frowned pointedly, but didn't say anything. This wasn't the time, but he would have to take care if Crowley was snooping around Donna. She'd been through so much already that he wouldn't cause her more stress, but Crowley would easily use someone to get to himself or Dean or Meg. It was a dangerous line to walk.

[noblexcompanion]

"He seems nice enough. Bit posh though. And I have to remember not to leave my knickers drying all over the house any more." Sorry boys, just what you need to hear about - Donna's undies.

"Shame I didn't get some eye candy move in with me though. Then again, I suppose I don't need to worry about putting my make-up on before I leave the bedroom if I'm not trying to impress."

[primogen_vampirate]

"Well, if you're ever bothered, you're more than welcome to come stay in House 18," Mina said. And there was no attempt to hide some trace amounts of bitterness, as she added, "I seem to be on my own now. And I don't care what you do with your knickers."

Everyone always went away. The sad reality of Mina's existence. Once upon a time, she thought there was nothing quite so merciless as an empty room. But she was wrong.

An empty house was the real torment.