Emergency Program One
Three
"Emergency Program One had been activated."
"Jo can you here me? I imagine you are the one standing in the console room right now otherwise this message would not be playing."
"Jo, if you are seeing this message then it can only mean that we are facing a threat so great, that I have decided it would be best if you were returned to UNIT headquarters."
"Now I understand if you are upset, I imagine I would be upset as well if I were in your position, but I need you to listen to me."
"This is for the best Jo, I know you might not believe, in fact I know you will not believe it because you are a stubborn young woman who knows her own mind and is far, far more intelligent than I ever gave you credit for."
"This is goodbye Jo, don't be sad, everything has to end at some point and this is just our ending, this doesn't mean that your life is over, stay with UNIT, leave UNIT and find another path in your life, become a scientist, become an adventure, see every country on Earth, the choice and the future are yours Jo, I do not doubt that whatever you chose to do with your life you will do splendidly."
"I've sent you away Jo because you are loyal and I've no doubt that the danger I am facing now is fatal, and you will no doubt try to sacrifice yourself to save me, need I remind you of Devil's End and Azal or the incident with TOMTIT and the Master?"
"I don't want you sacrificing yourself to save me, I would never forgive myself if you died and I lived, so that is why you had to go."
"You'll give my goodbyes to everyone at UNIT won't, tell the Brigadier that he's not half the blinding idiot he makes himself out to be, Tell Sergeant Benton that he really is due for a promotion by now, tell Captain Yates that his ballroom dancing skills need some drastic improvement and tell Corporal Bell that I shall miss our chats."
"Oh, and do tell the tea lady I'm sorry I never learned her name."
"And I think I owe you an "I'm sorry" as well Jo, I'm sorry that our travels in the TARDIS didn't last longer, you can thank the time lords for that, there were many planets I wished to take and I'm sorry I didn't get to taking us to Meteabilis 3."
"Well, I should wrap this up because I think I can hear you returning from the wardrobe and I don't want you to catch me recording this, could lead to a few arkward questions that I'm in no mood to answer."
"Goodbye Jo."
And with a soft smile on his face, the ghost of the grey haired man dressed in red velvet faded away. And Josephine Grant fell to the floor and sobbed into her hands, to distraught to do anything else.