The rushing torrent of regeneration energy finally slowed and finally faded. Curristan dropped to his knees in exhaustion, somehow managing to stay on his feet during the change. His mind was racing with all his thoughts now jumbled up and he was now experiencing the biggest migraine he had ever had.

"Wow that was soooo painful" he groaned out loud. He stopped, startled at the sudden change in his voice, which was now smoother and younger again. He could see in the monitor his face which in his blurry vision could not make out. Then suddenly he felt himself feeling faint and he then blacked out.

After some time he woke with a start. His head had cleared somewhat, but the tingling inside his body remained. In his mind he knew that he was now in the post regeneration stage where his cells were still brimming with regeneration energy.

The sudden silence was only broken by the moving time column and the fact the TARDIS was trying to correct its course after the temporal shockwave had practically thrown it light years across space and time. After several moments the labouring sounds stopped and the normal humming returned.

Getting to his feet he steadied himself on the console. 'Well looks like everything is back to normal. Well except me. Seems like I now have to get used to these new changes. Well I always seem to be adapting to things so this is not going to be much different.'

Then a pain shot through his chest and he convulsed in agony. Coughing he began to emit wisps of regeneration energy which hung there for a few moments, Curristan's eyes watching in amazement.

'Wow this is intense. Well looks like I will have this for a while. Better go into the bathroom and have a look at myself to see the new me...'

Walking into the bathroom he immediately with some excitement looked at his reflection in the mirror. Well for some reason he recognized the face from some Earth programme or something. Puzzlement crossed his features.

By what he could see he had green eyes, light freckles on his face and short-cropped Ivy-league hair that is dark blonde. Curristan estimated his height to be 6'1" and muscular. Still, he would get used to it in time. Looking down he realised his current clothing was full of dirt and wear from being on the battlefield in Arcadia.

'Well looks like I need to change. I can't be seen wearing these.'

However after taking a few seconds, he realised he couldn't remember where the wardrobe room was. Sighing he decided to ask the TARDIS.

After taking time to find some equilibrium through the dizziness he was experiencing, he called "Dear can you please tell me where the wardrobe is, I need new clothes."

After feeling a mental acknowledgement the information suddenly popped into his brain.

After sending a mental thank you he sighed in annoyance. 'I will be glad when my memory returns, this is intolerable...' he grumbled to himself.

Arriving at the wardrobe room he realised with surprise that the TARDIS had sorted the clothes out. Last time he had been here which had been only a few linear days ago it had been a mess. Putting that revelation to one side now he got to work trying to find a suitable outfit.

After trying on a blue casual suit and several variations of t shirt and jeans, he finally decided on a plaid shirt over a t-shirt, jeans, and boots. Noting how similar it was to his previous incarnation's clothes he remarked with a laugh "Well some things never change". This was followed by a feeling as though the TARDIS was laughing at what he had said, which cheered him greatly.

However as he walked back to the console room he could still feel that his body was a way off to completing the regenerative process. The associated weakness in his still changing physiology made him frustrated and angry as he couldn't do much until it was over.

However he was grateful that the regeneration had been so far relatively straightforward. He had heard stories of aborted regenerations or them going wrong and even failing completely. He hoped that this would be a smooth one. Only time would tell.

As he returned to the console room he heard the sound of materialisation . Checking the main console he saw that the planet was habitable with a Earth like atmosphere. He knew the TARDIS needed to rest for a bit so he made a snap decision to have a look around.

However he knew from experience anything could happen...