Jack and the Doctor ran up the stairs, until they knew for sure they were on the right floor.

They tried casually enough to walk down the corridor, until they noticed a pretty sealed off room. "Looks like that's it, Doctor," said Jack, and then knocked on the door.

The door creaked open a bit. "What?" said the young, blonde doctor. "What do you want?"

"The question is," said Jack seductively, "what do you want?"

"Stop it!" said the Doctor firmly, and then smiled and flipped open his psychic paper. "Hello, I'm Doctor John Smith, known as the Doctor--"

"We're all known as doctors!" said the doctor, who had a thinned out German accent.

"Yes...but I'm the best!" said the Doctor subtly."And! This is my partner--"

Partner, Jack thought, hmm.

"Jack Harkness," the Doctor finished.

"Captain Jack Harkness, actually," Jack smiled. "But for you, Blondie, you call me Jack!"

"Okay...but what are you doing here?"

"But, aren't you going to tell us your name, Doctor...?" siad Jack, and winked.

"Doctor Friedrich Strauss. Now, why are you here?"

"We were sent from the Torchwood Institute of the Mental--"but the Doctor was cut off by Jack.

"Also known as TIMs!" he smiled.

"Jack, don't, just don't!" The Doctor whispered. "As I was saying, we were sent from the Torchwood Institute of the Mentally Insane for extra help."

"Finally! I've been waiting for more help!" Dr. Strauss said. "Come in!"

They walked into the room, and saw a very agitated teenager strapped onto the bed. "What's this then?" She asked. "More people to tell me I'm insane?"

"This is Elisabeth--"

"Elsa!" The girl interrupted.

Doctor Strauss continued, "Elsa Webbe. She was admitted eleven months ago for psychosis," Elsa sneered. "She was in therapy for a few weeks before coming here, but the therapist reccomended intensive care. Everyone seems to think she's suicidal. She talks about remembering a year that never actually happened. All about death and destruction. It actually may not seem like a very big deal, but you don't want to see her when she's angry!"

"How old is she?" Jack asked, being serious now.

"She's sixteen. Her birthday was a few days ago," said Doctor Strauss.

"Happy birthday!" said Jack, and smiled.

"Wouldn't bet on it!!" Elsa said, and tears came to her eyes. "My parents didn't even visit me on my birthday! My brother snuck out and came, but was kicked out after saying hello! No one loves me anymore, cos they all think I'm crazy and going to kill myself!"

"I'm sorry," said Jack, and went to sit down in a pink chair in the corner next to a barred window.

"Umm, I think Jack and I can take it from here, Doctor Strauss," said the Doctor. "You go get a coffee--"

"Yeah, Blondie, you're gonna need it!" said Jack, and gave a smile and a wink to Dr. Strauss as he left the room.

"So, Elsa?"

"What?" she said.

"A year that never was? Tell me!" said the Doctor and sat down to listen, as Elsa told everything she remembered.


"I believe you, Elsa," said the Doctor, but she grew surprised.

"Of course you don't!" Elsa yelled! "I don't even believe myself! I actually think I am insane too! It was obviously only a dream! There is no Martha Jones! There is no Doctor!"


ooooooooh. yeah she doesn't know that john smith is the doctor yet. she wasnt listening...

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