Chapter 1 human or time lord?

The laser gun fired in the air as it aimed for the teen boy. Clyde Langer ran through the car park as the Sontaran chased after him. But the Sontaran was far behind as its little legs couldn't take it any faster. Clyde looked over his shoulder as the alien pointed its gun again.

"Come and get me Mr Potato head!" he shouted laughing. It angered and pulled the trigger. But the beam missed as a swift Clyde passed around a car. As the Sontaran turned as well it fell to Romana's feet with one blow to the back of the neck. Clyde came to a holt once the Sontaran was down.

"A bit of advice, never insult a Sontaran" said Romana calmly. She placed the large stick over her shoulder as she looked back up to see Rani Chandra and Sarah – Jane Smith running towards them.

"What happened?" said an out of breath Sarah.

"And what's with the stick?" asked Rani.

"There's a pressure point at the back of the neck so apply pressure and you know the rest" said Romana.

"Right we better get it back to its ship, I wonder why it was here in the first place?" said Sarah – Jane. Romana, Rani and Clyde got a hold of the big headed alien and stared to drag it to the ship. In the middle of the local field the Sontaran ship stood with the hatch down. Once the Sontaran was inside Romana set the controls to float into space away from earth and with that the door was shut and as they stepped back the ship took off and the Sontaran was gone.

At Sarah – Jane's house the four of them sat in the attic with Luke on the video chat.

"So the Sontaran was there for no reason?" Luke said with a perplexed look.

"Well it must have been here for some reason or another" said Sarah just as confused.

"I did not find anything relevant either Sarah – Jane" said Mr Smith from the wall.

"Well we might just have to leave it a blank for now, right it letting late I think you two should get home and rested, we'll try again tomorrow" said Sarah shooing off Clyde and Rani. Luke waved goodbye and turned off the webcam. Romana said good bye in person and they left. Sarah seemed a little shaken when Luke had gone, but that was a mother's love. Romana had already heard the truth behind Sarah and Luke's relationship. She was somehow moved by their story and accepted the truth. She too felt no longer a stranger in their world as she had now lived with Sarah for two months and she was starting to enjoy life on the slow path. Suddenly she saw what looked to be John drinking wine with a strange woman. Her dress was long and looked to be from the middle ages, she could only be described as beautiful. They clanked their glasses and smiled at each other like they had known each other all their lives. Then she was back in the room. Sarah – Jane looked at her with big eyes and Romana shook her head to make herself look ok.

"Romana are you alright" Sarah asked her.

"Yes I'll be ok" Romana replied. Then she went down the steps to get in a hot bath. Sarah hurried down the stairs to the phone and had Martha come over right away. That night Sarah and Romana sat in front of the TV when the door bell rang. Sarah got out of her seat and let Martha in. She shut the door so Romana couldn't see or do anything. Romana looked over her shoulder as the door closed and she placed her ear against the wall. But Sarah and Martha had already gone into the kitchen.

"Right what's wrong Sarah – Jane" asked Martha.

"It's Romana again, this afternoon up in the attic she just sort of froze with fear and the look on her face, it was like she'd seen a ghost" Sarah said with a shudder in her voice.

"Have you asked her about it?" asked Martha. "I did and she just said she was fine but I don't think she is do you think we should contact the doctor?"

"No not yet, I don't want to worry him because he'll come and stick to Romana like glue, because she's all he has left" said Martha.

"Right I'll have Mr Smith run a scan" said Sarah. Martha smiled and headed to the attic to wait. Sarah went back into the room and collected Romana

"Is everything alright Sarah – Jane?" asked Romana. "Yes I just want Mr Smith to run a few tests that's all" Sarah replied with a smile. When they arrived in the attic Martha smiled and sat Romana down in front of the giant computer screen.

The giant computer screen of Mr Smith changed from the rainbow screensaver to the same scanning symbols as before. Once again the green light shaded Romana as it searched up and down her torso. Suddenly she felt a striking pain all over as the light gently brushed pasted her skin. Her eyes tried to a just as the attic faded away and she was dumped in a dark room filled with men. One was strapped to a table as some sort of x-ray scanner beamed through his body. The rest stood and watched as the man screamed for them to stop. One of them stood out from the crowd. He rested his chin on his arm while the other held that up. He had a perfectly groomed moustache and short black hair. His suit said he was the boss. He smiled at the other topless man who was begging him to stop the realise of a creature. Romana didn't understand what was happening but the dark room was slowly fading and Sarah – Jane and Martha were coming into focus. She heard their voices but she wanted to understand what was happening back there. But her mind wouldn't let her and she was sunk deeply into the chair as that was the only thing stopping her from toppling over. The two women helped her back into the chair while she rubbed her head and blinked quickly.

"What ever happened to you?" Sarah asked quickly. Sarah's face was white and Martha was panting like she'd run a marathon.

"I don't know, one minute I'm here, the next I'm in some sort of dark room!" Romana replied. She glanced at Mr Smith who now had a set of results on his screen. The other two also looked to see if there was any problem. Romana's head was based on the screen, and in the dept's of her brain a light flashed on the Temporal Lobe where her memories were kept. All three of them studied the screen carefully as the head moved round.

"What is that?" asked Sarah – Jane. "Romana's Temporal Lobe seems to be filling with memories that she has never experienced" answered the computer.

"But what I find most puzzling is that parts of her DNA seem to be seem to be from an unknown body, I believe the time lords call it regeneration transfer" added Mr Smith. When it had said so a strand of her DNA was put in the place of the head. Suddenly Romana was staring at another computer that contained pictures of DNA and in front of it a repulsive monster that had one eye and tentacles coming out of the sides of its head. But there were other people there, Martha stood in the room along with John or the doctor. Then she was back in the room. Sarah and Martha still had no idea what he was saying.

"Could you explain in further detail?" Martha asked. But Mr Smith didn't have chance to put a word in.

"Regeneration transfer is when a foreign body comes into contact with a regenerating time lord. Because the body is going under major construction the DNA or should I say whole body is unsteady so anything that touch's them will become part of their bodily structure" Romana explained.

"So then someone touched you while you were regenerating two months ago? But what I don't get is why has it taken so long to develop?" Martha questioned. All three of them looked at each other with wide eyes and shrugged.

"Plus who touched you?" Sarah added. "I did when I was examining her!" Martha said.

"That question can be easily answered with whosever memories she is experiencing" Mr Smith supposed. They both looked at Romana who gave them a stare back.