Sorry for the wait, but I'm back and I am hoping that no more exams pop up and get in my way. Is a little short - but I wanted to see how it sits with you guys...

Previously:

The door opened and the Doctor staggered out with Luke in arms.Luke wasn't heavy, but the Doctor had to carry him through the TARDIS since he was heavily unconscious (and the TARDIS was way bigger on the inside).

"Doctor?" Clyde said having trouble putting the pieces of information together.

They rushed over.

"Don't touch him!" The Doctor said turning away a little to keep Luke out of arm's length.

More blood had trickled out Luke's nose down to his cheek.

"What's wrong with him?" Sarah said her maternal instincts kicking in.

"It's complicated, just don't touch him, if any of you make contact with his skin it could kill you"

The Doctor put Luke down on the Sofa.

"How did you find Luke?"

"He found us, the artron energy he was emmiting was large enough to pull him away and into the TARDIS, luckily we weren't too far away as Luke could have ended up drifting in space".

"But what's wrong with him?" Rani said.

"because of his unique physiology the artron energy he absorbed didn't dissipate from his fight with the Trickster. It keeps building up and then discharging, the only problem is that the human body was never meant to withstand such things and it is slowly killing him"

"Is there anything you can do Doctor" Sarah Jane said begging, as tears formed in her eyes.

"If I have more time, that's why I have to leave Luke here with you, while I find the answer. I should be back within the hour, and the band on his wrist should help absorb the energy he is emmiting".

"Are you sure you can work that fast?" Clyde said.

"Time is relative master Clyde" K-9 said finally speaking.

"I must go, can't waste any more time. What ever you do, do not touch him, no matter what..." The Doctor said before closing the doors to the TARDIS and whizzing away.

"Luke, can you hear me?"

"Mum" Luke whispered thinking his mind was playing tricks on him.

"Luke!" Rani said maintaining her distance.

Luke stood up with the aid of the sofa, not once querying why no one was helping him.

"Mum!" Luke said like he had been away for weeks and reached out to hug her.

At that moment she had forgotton what the Doctor had said, and right now she didn't care.

Suddenly a force field arose around Luke, making Sarah Jane step back, but Luke's reflexes had become slower than the average human so he collided with the forcefield, which forced him backwards.

"Mr Smith?" Luke said confused with what had just happened.

"Luke, you would have killed Sarah Jane if you had made contact with her skin" Mr Smith coldly informed him.

"I don't understand?" Luke said struggling to put it all together.

Before anyone could begin to explain what had happened Luke collapsed to the floor, brushing up against the forcefield as he fell.

"LUKE!" Clyde exclaimed before anyone else had the chance.

"Mr Smith what's happening to him?" Sarah Jane queried hoping for some answers.

"Luke's brain activity is decreasing and if it continues Luke will fall into a coma until all activity ceases. The artron energy building up is too much for his body to handle, and if enough builds up, it will be enough to vapourise the whole street".

*TARDIS*

"If I switch off the gene causing the synapses to respond faster, it would change him, but only in a last resort" The Doctor said speaking to himself. He put the high-tech looking injection down.

"Absorbing the energy seems like the way to go. Perhaps some nano-bots could relay the energy, but to where, there is no outlet. Maybe something that consumes energy, like a parasite, but on a molecular level, like a virus, consuming all the energy and changing it into something else, something useful, something harmless"

"Or perhaps burning him out is the best way to go, it depends on how his body will take the strain. If I stop his heart then the energy should dissapaite completely, but it's risky I don't think humans last long enough for the procedure".

"I could....no....it wouldn't be right"

Will the Doctor be able to save him??? What will become of Luke???

All this technical language is purely conjecture and even though i am studying the science's i have no idea if this is completely wrong - well it is sci-fi...

Until Next Time (which i hope is soon) - reviews do remind me to post btw as i check my emails alot.

I may introduce a multiple ending - what are your thoughts on this???