Sarah Jane walked along the pavement, her breath coming out in small white puffs in the cold January air. Normally she wouldn't be out so late but she just needed to get some air. She stopped when she saw figure stumble out of the shadows across the street. Sarah Jane quickly crossed the road when the person collapsed to its knees. As she drew closer, she saw that it was female. She also noticed that she was injured.

The woman flinched when Sarah Jane reached out "It's ok", she said gently "I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help". The woman looked at her for a moment and nodded. Sarah Jane carefully grasped her arms and helped her to her feet. "You look like you've been in an accident", she stated "why don't I get you to hospital?"

The woman frantically shook her head. "I really think you should", Sarah Jane insisted. The woman shook her head again and this time Sarah Jane could see that she was scared.

Why was she scared? Did she not like hospitals or was it something to do with whatever had just happened to her? Either way trying to take her to hospital will more than likely make her freak out even more. There was only one thing she could to. Take her back home and check over the injuries herself. "Ok. I'm going to take you home and check you over, make sure you're not seriously hurt", Sarah Jane said "Is that alright?"

The woman looked at her for a moment before she nodded. Sarah Jane put the woman's arm over her shoulders and wrapped one of hers around the woman's waist. She then walked, supporting the injured female to her home. It didn't take her long to get to 13 Bannerman Road as she wasn't very far from it to start with.

~...~

Sarah Jane led the woman to the upstairs bathroom, sat her down on the toilet seat and proceeded to inspect her injuries. Luckily none of them appeared to be too serious. "Wait here, I'll get you some clothes so you can freshen up", Sarah Jane said. It was going to be easier to tend the wounds when they were clean compared to them being covered in blood and dirt. The woman nodded and Sarah Jane left.

She went to her bedroom, selected a fresh t-shirt and a pair of pyjama shorts from her drawers and went back to the bathroom. "You can use these", she said holding the clothes out to the woman who took them "theres a clean towel on the shelf", Sarah Jane nodded to it "leave your stuff outside the door". The woman nodded again and Sarah Jane left her to it. The brunette waited a little ways down the hall way for a minute until the bathroom door opened and the woman's clothing was dropped onto the floor. The bathroom door then closed. Sarah Jane picked up the bundle and took it down stairs.

The clothes were too damaged to bother keeping but she wasn't going to throw them out in case there was something in the pockets the woman may want to keep. While she waited for her guest to come downstairs, Sarah Jane got out the first aid kit and got two mugs of tea ready.

She wasn't waiting too long, about ten minutes, before the woman joined her in the kitchen. Sarah Jane had her sit down at the table so she could tend to her wounds. "Sorry", she said apologetically when the woman winced as she dabbed at the various cuts and scrapes. The woman just inclined her head as if to tell her not to worry about it. "I'm Sarah Jane", Sarah Jane said, introducing herself "whats yours?"

The woman looked at her apologetically and shrugged. "You don't know your name?" Sarah Jane asked. The woman shook her head "Do you remember anything? Your age? Where you live?" another head shake "you're injured, were you in an some kind of accident? Or were you attacked?" a third head shake.

Ok, this was going to be tricky Sarah Jane thought as she continued applying first aid. It appeared to be a case of amnesia most likely brought on by trauma which would account for the injuries. Perhaps there was something in the woman's clothing that would give an indication of who she was. Sarah Jane pushed aside the first aid kit and set a mug of tea in front of the woman. "It's tea. It'll help", she assured her. The woman gave her a small smile and a nod of thanks.

Sarah Jane picked up the bundle of clothes, set them onto the table and started to go through the pockets. The woman watched, taking tentative sips of the hot beverage in her mug. There wasn't anything in the trouser pockets but there was a couple of things in the jacket. One was a necklace and the other was a communicator of some sort. It wasn't something she'd seen before. Maybe some kind of radio? Unfortunately there was nothing to tell her who her mystery guest was.

"Do any of these look familiar to you?" Sarah Jane asked pushing them towards the woman. She touched the necklace and then the communicator. She then looked up at Sarah Jane and shook her head. "That's ok, I'm sure it'll come you", Sarah Jane said. She sat down, pulling her own mug of tea towards her "I know we've only just met but I'd like to help you regain your memories".

The woman jumped up from her chair went over to Sarah Jane and hugged her. "You're welcome", Sarah Jane said after the woman sat back down again "And as you don't know your name, we're going to have to come up with one".

The pair finished up their drinks and then Sarah Jane took her to the living room. "Maybe you can find inspiration for a temporary name in one of these", Sarah Jane said gesturing to a tall book case filled with books of varying topics and author. She watched the woman go over to the shelves and gently running her fingers over the spines of the books. She pulled one out took one look at it and shook her head. This happened a couple of times before she looked at Sarah Jane with an apologetic expression.

"Never mind", Sarah Jane said "I'm sure we'll think of a name for you". The woman sat down on the sofa looking rather dejected. Sarah Jane joined her "It's going to be ok", she assured her "I'm not going to give up. I didn't when I was thinking of…." she trailed off when it suddenly came to her. The name she was going to give to her daughter should she ever have kids. As it was that possibility was highly unlikely but that didn't mean her amnesiac guest couldn't use it. "What do you think of the name Charlotte?" she asked.

The woman tilted her head, considering it. She then nodded with a smile. "Charlotte it is then", Sarah Jane said "we can figure out last names later".

The newly named Charlotte hugged her happily.