"Miss Milly, Miss Milly, some people are here to see you."

Little Emma Jamison had been a girl I had been tutoring since she was 6, she's 10 now.

"Who is it Emma?"

"I think its Torchwood Miss Milly. There are 5 of them, 3 men and 2 women. One of them looks as if he's stepped right out of the past. Shall I send them in?"

I knew they'd be here soon.

"Sure, go ahead Emma. Before you go, have you done your reading today?"

"I was about to go and ask Marty to listen to me. That will be ok won't it Miss Milly?"

"Of course it will. As I'll be busy with our 5 guests I unfortunately won't have much time. Perhaps you could help Marty with his writing while you two are together. It would be a great help."

"Ok Miss Milly, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye Emma."

A few minutes passed before my 5 guests walked in. Oh yes, these are definitely Torchwood. Gwen and the doctor where two of them.

"Ok, what do you lot want now? I told those two everything I know back at the hospital and I haven't learnt anything else since and if I did I would have told you then or at least phoned you on the number you gave to me."

"Why are you at a child's teaching facility Dr Darkwood?"

"I'm a volunteer tutor for children with learning disabilities such as reading impediments, writing problems and even social issues that cause them to be rejected by society. They are all equal here and help each other when need be. That young girl you just met is Emma Jamison; she has been one of my students since she was 5 because when she still had problems speaking her parents thought perhaps she had hearing issues but really she just didn't understand what was being said and needed the explanation. Now as long as she regularly reads she has no problems. A few words are difficult for her but if someone helps she learns faster. Now, why are you 5 here?"

"Actually, we're here to talk about you Dr Darkwood? How long have you been living in Cardiff?"

"Around four, maybe 5 years, why?"

"Where did you live before?"

"Different places, I enjoyed to travel. I was born and raised in Girvan, a small town in Scotland, I moved about; going from Scotland to New Zealand over to Australia, to America and Brazil. I went everywhere and anywhere I could. Why, what's this about?"

"We did a run on your fingerprints and found that you are no where on the system. Nothing what so ever. How do you explain that?"

Oh, shit, I'm screwed.

"I'm good at hiding from the world."

"No, I think you're good at hiding who you really are, or maybe what you really are. So, do you want to tell us what's going on or do we have to force you?"

"How bout this…"

I looked straight at him and concentrated. Slowly objects in the room started to rise and circle the room.

"…You leave me alone and I won't kill your friends Captain Jack Harkness; time agent, immortal and killer."

I am human; I just have abilities unknown to the human kind. When I was 7 I found I could read peoples minds, soon I could control their minds and even make them forget ever seeing me. When I was 13, I was being bullied and got so mad the whole class room started to shake and objects rose into the air surrounding us. That's why I travelled so much, to get away from all of those people.

"What are you?"

"I'm not a thing Toshiko Sato, I'm a person. And trust me when I say an extremely dangerous one. Now, leave and don't ever come looking again, I don't like altering people's memories but will do so if I am threatened."

Four of the five started backing out, the one left was Jack.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Dr Amelia Kilgour Darkwood and you know something…"

I let all objects fall to the floor.

"…I wish I wasn't like this. I wish I was normal and couldn't hear every thought or every person I meet. I hate being abnormal."

He slowly walked towards me and took me into a hug and slowly whispered in my ear,

"Normal is so over-rated."

I had used so much energy reading their minds and holding all of those objects up that I passed out in his arms.

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