''Okay, mum,'' Olivia said over the phone as she walked through the TARDIS corridor, ''See you. Love to Dad.''
''Alright Liv?'' Jimmy said as she stepped into the console room, where the Doctor was working.
''Doctor, we need to go home,'' Olivia said.
''Why?'' the Time Lord asked.
''Mum called. Said there's something I need to see. Didn't tell me what it was, but it's important.''
''Alright then,'' the Doctor sighed, setting the TARDIS to Earth. Once they arrived, Olivia stepped out, followed by Jimmy and then the Doctor.
''I'd better go and see mum,'' Olivia said, heading towards her house, ''See what all this is about.''
''Actually,'' Jimmy responded, having noticed something, ''I don't think you need to.''
''What is it?'' Olivia asked. Jimmy pointed at something pasted up on the wall. It was a missing poster displaying the words ''Have you seen this girl?'' The picture displayed a teenage girl of average height, with shoulder length blonde hair and a pair of glasses on her face.
''Oh my God,'' Olivia breathed, ''Alice is missing.''
''It's in the paper and everything,'' Molly Alison told Olivia, Jimmy and the Doctor as she showed them a cutting of a local newspaper from a few days ago.
''Maybe someone she picked on decided to get her back,'' Jimmy said, still hating Alice for how she treated him in the past.
''I wouldn't be surprised with that one,'' the Doctor said scornfully. The last time he and Alice met, she had accused him of being a peadophile, and given that his new personality was much more vindictive than the last, he certainly had nothing positive to think about Alice.
''Could you two shut up?'' Olivia asked, disgusted with their callous behaviour, ''I know you both don't like her, but she could be dead for god's sake.''
''Sorry,'' Jimmy muttered.
''Her poor parents are terrified,'' Molly told them.
''I might go pay them a visit,'' Olivia said, ''Maybe there's something I can do to help.''
''We could help,'' Jimmy suggested. The Doctor nodded in agreement.
''But you two hate her,'' Olivia countered.
''Just because I hate someone doesn't mean I want them dead,'' the Doctor said, ''If there's something I can do to help than I'm duty bound to do it.''
''McGowan's a bitch,'' Jimmy explained, ''But I don't want her dead either.''
''Alright then, me and you, Jimmy,'' Olivia ordered. Jimmy stood up and the two teenagers left the house.
''Do you mind if I use your computer?'' the Doctor asked.
''Go ahead,'' Molly said softly. The Doctor had some idea as to how to help.
Jimmy and Olivia neared Alice's home. It was a fairly large house. Olivia knew Alice was well off. Her father owned a family business dating back almost a hundred years, while her mother was a banker in the city. Olivia rang the doorbell, and a few moments later a woman in her mid thirties opened the door. She looked very similar to Alice. Indeed, if it wasn't for the fact that the woman's hair was dark instead of blonde and she did not wear glasses, Jimmy would have thought this was an older Alice McGowan. Olivia recognised the woman as Alice's mother, Rachel.
''Hi Olivia,'' Rachel murmured, ''Who's this?''
''This is Jimmy,'' Olivia said. Jimmy nodded at the woman, who smiled sadly.
''Come in,'' Rachel said.
''So when did it happen?'' Olivia asked as Rachel sat them down.
''She went out for a bit of shopping,'' Rachel recalled, ''And then she didn't turn up even late at night. We tried calling her but there was no answer. We tried and tried but there was nothing.''
''And how long ago was this?''
''Five days ago,'' Alice's father, Thomas, said. He was of similar age to Rachel. He was skinny with a mop of blonde hair and glasses, though he preferred simple frames as opposed to the extravagant designer ones favoured by his daughter. He was a fairly handsome man. Olivia could see why a woman as gorgeous as Rachel would go for him.
''So what did you do then?'' Olivia asked.
''We informed the police,'' Rachel said, ''They put out alerts. We put up missing posters, we even had an interview with the local newspaper.''
''But no sign of her?'' Jimmy asked.
''Nothing,'' Thomas sighed, flopping onto the sofa. Rachel snuggled up to him and he put his arms around her protectively, as though not wanting to lose her too.
''I just want my little girl back,'' Rachel whispered, voice cracking.
''We've got this friend,'' Jimmy told them, ''He's good with this kind of stuff. We can get him working on it.''
''I hope he's as good as you say,'' Thomas murmured.
''You said Alice was last seen going out shopping, yeah?'' Olivia asked, making Rachel and Thomas nod, ''Right,'' she muttered, taking out her phone and calling her home.
''Hello,'' Molly answered.
''Hi Mum,'' Olivia replied, ''Is the Doctor still there?''
''Yes he is,'' she replied, ''Do you want to speak to him?''
''Yeah,'' Olivia said.
''Hello,'' the Doctor said as Molly passed him the phone.
''Doctor, what are you doing?''
''I hacked into CCTV records for the local area,'' the Doctor explained, ''If I can find out where Alice was last seen, I can find out what happened to her next. In theory, I could use the TARDIS to go to that exact moment and watch from afar to see what happens, provided I don't get involved with the timeline.''
''Good idea, Doctor!'' Olivia said, ''Do that, and give us a call if you find anything.'' She ended the call.
''Our friend's working on it,'' Olivia promised, ''We've just got to give him time.
''Thank you,'' Thomas said.
''We've gotta go,'' Jimmy began to make for the door. They stepped out and waved goodbye to Rachel and Thomas.
''Glad you didn't tell them your second name was Greaver,'' Olivia said to Jimmy as they walked down, ''They would have remembered who you are.''
''What do you mean?'' Jimmy asked.
''She's got you into trouble before,'' Olivia recalled, ''She told them that you broke her glasses once, and what about that time you unloaded a fire extinguisher on her!''
Jimmy laughed at that memory
It was a warm summer's day in early July, and only a few weeks were left of the school year. The head teacher had called a non-uniform day. This meant that Jimmy was forced to wear the cheap, poor quality clothing he wore at home, which drew mockery from most people at school. Jimmy had few friends, but the small group generally stuck together. It was Jimmy, a girl called Emma Ciston, a boy called Ronald Blacksmith, and the fourth member of the group, a small, timid boy called Maurice Raymond. Emma was probably Alice's favourite target for bullying, due to her size. She was not in fact unhealthily overweight, but given that she was generally unconfrontational, Alice could get away with ''fat jokes'' towards her.
During lunch break, Jimmy's group all grabbed something to eat, before heading to a classroom to chill out. Unfortunately, Alice and her group of girls arrived not too long after, but thankfully did not disturb Jimmy's group at first. As Jimmy and his friends talked and ate, Alice snuck up behind Emma and snatched her food out of her hands.
''Isn't it time to lose some weight?'' Alice jeered, making her friends laugh.
''Leave it out, McGowan,'' Jimmy said, ''Give her food back!''
''You should listen to him, Al,'' said Meera Patel, a pretty Indian girl who was friends with Alice, ''Emma might eat us if we don't.'' Olivia cringed at this, though she tried to maintain the appearance of laughing.
Alice walked out into the corridor, still holding Emma's food and smirking.
''I said, give it back, McGowan!'' Jimmy ordered.
''Make me, Greaver!'' Alice replied, ''Gonna hit a girl?''
''Shut up, McGowan!'' Emma shouted, ''Why can't you lot just leave us alone?''
''Sorry,'' Alice replied, a sadistic smile on her face, ''I couldn't hear you over the ground rumbling as you walk.''
''Just go away, McGowan,'' Maurice pleaded.
''Aww, Maurice,'' Alice mocked, doing an impression of his high pitched voice and small height. He was even shorter than Alice, ''Did we hurt fat fweind's feelings?''
''Just go,'' Jimmy pleaded.
''But we're having so much fun!'' Alice responded, ''Besides, we're doing her a favour. She's gotta lose weight somehow.'' Emma looked as though she were about to cry.
''I feel sorry for your mum'' Alice continued, ''I bet all the food in your house goes to you. Unless you ate your family!''
At this, Emma snapped and grabbed a fire extinguisher nearby. She raised the heavy extinguisher above Alice and was about to smash it against her head. Alice whimpered loudly. Jimmy grabbed the extinguisher just in time.
''Leave it, Emma,'' he pleaded, ''McGowan's not worth it.''
Emma let go reluctantly. Jimmy lowered the extinguisher, before thinking of something. He had stopped Emma because such a blow to Alice's head would likely kill her. However, Jimmy then grabbed the pipe of the extinguisher and sprayed it all over Alice, who screamed. Jimmy did not stop until it was completely empty.
Alice was now covered in white foam. Given that it was a non-uniform day, Alice was dressed head to toe in expensive designer clothing, which was now ruined. Alice wiped the foam off her face and glasses, before taking a look at herself. She saw the state of her clothes, not to mention her hair, and started to sob loudly before storming off, Olivia and the other girls following.
''Yeah, don't come back!'' Jimmy cheered.
Even Olivia had to laugh at that memory, ''She had to spent the rest of the day in a boy's tracksuit and t-shirt,'' she recalled.
''Served her right!''
''She spent about 20 minutes crying.''
''She deserved it,'' Jimmy insisted, ''I still don't know how you could be friends with someone like that.''
''I don't know,'' Olivia sighed, ''It's just... If I said something, she'd turn on me, and the rest of them would as well. She'd start picking on me, too.''
''I don't blame you, Liv,'' Jimmy said honestly.
Suddenly, Olivia's phone rang. It was the Doctor.
''Hello,'' Olivia said.
''Olivia, I've found something odd,'' the Doctor said, ''I need you two back here now.''
Another ''original'' story for you guys. We'll be going back to ''Tooth and Claw'' after this one, though. Please review and say what you think! I hope you liked the flashback!