A/N: Dr Gemma Corwyn is from the second Doctor's lost episode The Wheel In Space. A flibbertigibbet is a frivolous, gossipy person.
Chapter Seven
"What do you think?" Adam asked as Theta nibbled on one of the hamburgers Jack made and wiped his mouth with his napkin.
"She doesn't look a thing like my mother," he said and Adam blinked.
"Well, she's not a perfect match but I can see it. They have the same eyes."
"I guess."
"It's funny but I used to have dreams about her."
"You did?"
"Didn't I ever tell you about my dreams of Gallifrey?"
"No, you didn't."
"It was back when I was human. I thought my mind was just working overtime then I saw the paintings of Gallifrey hanging in the gallery of your TARDIS. They looked exactly like the Gallifrey in my dreams. In one of them, there was this woman standing by this tree with silver leaves and I knew it was her."
"There was a painting of my mother?"
"Yeah, it was right near this one of two young boys in robes."
"Rassilon's eyes," Theta whispered and felt an ache in his chest. He didn't remember the painting but now that his TARDIS had been destroyed there was no way he could replace it. Adam saw the sadness in his brother's eyes when he nudged him and smiled.
"Go on," Adam said as he folded his arms across his chest and Theta blinked.
"Go on what?"
"Tell me your real name. You said that Merzet wasn't even close to it."
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I am your clone and I think I have the right to know it."
"Don't think so," Theta said then walked away and Adam frowned. Theta walked by the table when he felt someone tap his back and turned around, seeing Frankie behind him. "Let me guess. You want to know my real name."
"Yep!" she said, popping the "p" and he bit into the hamburger. While he chewed, he thought about his real name and all the pain that went with it. His mother was his defender when he was growing up but he didn't know if she was still on Gallifrey when it was destroyed. He did remember how she smiled when he placed his Dex in her arms moments after Dex was loomed and told him that Dex looked just like him. She was also there the night Dex died. She held him while he cried and told him that Dex was still inside his heart. Swallowing, Theta moved closer when he went forehead to forehead with Frankie and smiled.
"My River Song was the only other person I told this to so I don't want you broadcasting it all over the place, got me?" he said as she nodded and he set up a privacy block. He whispered it into her mind then sealed it behind a door and tears trickled down her cheeks.
"That is so beautiful," she whispered as he smiled and kissed the tears away.
"So are you," he whispered then looked around and took her hand. They headed for the hot tub as she looked at him and he grinned.
"Now?" she asked and he nodded. She moved closer when she started unbuttoning his shirt and he licked his lips. She slightly blushed while she moved her fingers through the soft hairs on his chest and he brushed the hair from her eyes.
"Whatcha doing?!" Cameron asked and Frankie moved back, glaring at her little brother.
"Nothing apparently," Theta sighed while Cameron smiled at them and gently nudged him.
"What do you want, Brat?!" Frankie growled and he gave her a stunned look.
"I want to know his name," Cameron said, pointing his thumb at Theta.
"My name is Theta and that is all you're getting out of me," Theta said then noticed the look in Cameron's eyes and placed his hands on Cameron's shoulders. "What's wrong?"
"I think I need some tests done," Cameron sighed.
"What sort of tests? Cameron, are you ok?" Frankie asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Then why do you need tests done?" Theta asked. Cameron looked at the plastic beach ball floating at the center of the pool when his mind locked onto it and balled his hands into fists. The plastic beach ball started spinning faster and faster and faster and faster and faster and faster until the water sprayed out from under it and the plastic beach ball exploded. Looking at Cameron, Theta and Frankie felt the sadness, fear and confusion in his mind and he looked at his feet.
"They're back," Cameron whispered while Frankie moved closer and wrapped her arms around, sending calming thoughts into his mind.
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"Wow, did you see that?!" Alexander said while he sat on the lounge and a pillow was propped under his knee.
"It can't be," Cameron whispered while standing near the edge of the pool and Zoe stood next to him. Theta and Jamie told them that they'd discuss their going on the Eden Project tomorrow after classes and Cameron looked over at his uncle.
"Do you think it was some sort of water phenomenon?" she asked.
"No, it was more like raw telekinetic power," he said while watching his parents consoling his uncle and blinked.
"Well, Time Lords do have some telekinetic powers. You think one of the little kids did it?"
"No, it wasn't the kids. It was my uncle."
"He's telekinetic?"
"You don't remember but his mind was once trapped for two centuries inside a mirror. During that time, his mind compensated for him not having a body and he became a powerful telekinetic. Not only could he move things with his mind but he could also, um…"
"What?"
"He told me he gave the Master telekinetic blow jobs."
"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"
"Yeah, well, when the Master kidnapped us, forced my dad and our uncles to become evil then poisoned Uncle Doc, my uncle cornered the Master inside this room filled with mirrors and went Carrie on him."
"Who's Carrie?"
"You've never seen or read Stephen King's Carrie?"
"No."
"She was this telekinetic girl who was bulled in school. Her mother was this religious nutter that thought Carrie was a devil's child and locked her in this room with crosses nailed to the walls. When these wankers poured blood over Carrie at the senior prom, her powers went into overdrive and she killed everyone at the prom but this one girl. Carrie went home and her mom tried to kill her. She used the last of her power to pull their house down around them, killing them both."
"Whoa, so what did he do to the Master?"
"From what my mom told me, he had smashed the Master into the mirrors then bounced him like a bloody ball against the floor and ceiling until he was nothing more than a broken mass lying on the floor."
"Rassilon, did he kill him?"
"If my mom hadn't calmed him down, he would have. Imiko knew that he wasn't evil and removed the Master's mind then placed his mind back in his body."
"Wait, the Master's mind was inside your uncle's body?" she asked as he told her Cameron's story and she whistled. "Then what happened?"
"After he woke up, my dad ran tests on him but his powers were gone."
"Or not," she said as they looked at the remains of the plastic beach ball and he nodded, walking toward Theta, Frankie and Cameron. Looking concerned, he wrapped his arms around his uncle, hugged him and sent comforting thoughts into his mind.
"What was that for?" Cameron teased, ruffling his nephew's hair.
"I know that you did that," Cameron said, pointing to the remains of the plastic beach ball and his uncle sighed.
"Oh, you saw that?"
"Everyone saw it," Cameron said then looked at his father. "Dad, has his powers come back?"
"Won't know until we run some tests," Theta said.
"Can I help?" Theta's hearts swelled as he smiled and nodded.
"Let's talk about this later, eh?" Cameron asked then walked away and they looked at him. Sighing, Frankie slid her arms around her son as he placed his head against her chest and Theta held the both of them.
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"That was cool!" Chaska said when Namid walked away and headed for Doc, Rosie and John. They were talking when she tapped Doc's back and he turned, looking at her.
"Oh, no, it's my snotty little brat of a daughter. What do you want, oh bratty daughter?!"
"I was wondering what happened to our beach ball."
"I don't know."
"You don't think it was like those killer Christmas trees we had on our world, do you?" John asked and Namid blinked.
"Killer Christmas trees?" she asked.
"Yep, one of them tried to kill me while I was sleeping after I regenerated into this body. But thanks to the quick thinking of your Aunt Rosie, I was saved from being tinsel meat!" Doc said while Rosie blushed and gently smacked his arm.
"It happened to your dad and Uncle Theta, too," Rosie said and Namid looked at the Doctor. He was talking with Theta while Frankie led Cameron inside the house and Namid tried to imagine being attacked by a killer Christmas tree. Suddenly a cartoon Christmas tree wearing a hockey mask appeared in front of her as it chased a cartoon version of Theta and the Doctor around the pool then was attacked by a giant beaver with a chainsaw and she giggled, looking at Doc.
"Do you think that's what it was?" Namid asked.
"No, but I think Uncle Cameron had something to do with it. You were too young to remember but he did have telekinetic powers at one time. We thought he had lost them but it looks like they're back with a vengeance," John said as she nodded and Doc slid his arms around her.
"Well, enough of this serious stuff. Anyone want another burger?" Doc asked when Namid nodded and he laughed. Taking her hand, they headed for the barbeque while John held onto Rosie and he kissed her cheek.
"You know, it's sad that he doesn't have anyone," she sighed.
"What are you on about? He has us," he said and she shook her head.
"He needs a girlfriend."
"No."
"What?"
"Rose Marion Tyler-Smith, I know that look! I forbid you to play matchmaker!"
"But…"
"No!"
"Fine, let him be all gloomy and miserable then. But if he turns back into the Valeyard, it's your fault," she said with a pout.
"Hmmmmmmm, that look might work on my brother but I am immune! You are my wife and will do as I say! There will be NO matchmaking, do you hear me?!" he said as she fluttered her eyelashes at him and he folded his arms over his chest. "Yes, that butters many parsnips but I am sticking to my guns." She stuck the tip of her tongue between her teeth as he felt his hearts slamming in his chest and his eyes went wide. "Ooooooooooooooooooh, now THAT is just wrong! You KNOW what that does to me!"
"Then you'll let me play matchmaker?" she said in a husky voice and he swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down. Nodding, he walked away as she smiled and brushed some hair out of her eyes.
"Yep, still got it," she said as she sat on the lounge and placed her hands behind her head.
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"He did that, didnae he?" Jamie asked when Theta looked at him and nodded.
"What worries me is how he's going to react to having them back. He wanted Jack to lock him up because he thought he was dangerous."
"Is he?"
"No, but he is powerful. You didn't see him when we found him in that room." Theta set up a privacy block as the image of Cameron floating inside the mirror appeared in Jamie's mind and he watched Cameron's hair float around his head and the dead look in his eyes.
"Blimey," he whispered while Theta lowered the privacy block and sighed.
"Rose told Frankie to put him in their room so he could get some rest and Frankie's going to stay with him," Theta said and Jamie nodded then smiled.
"Um, tae change the subject, there is something I need tae tell you."
"And that is?"
"I ken your real name."
"No, you don't."
"Aye, I do. You told me."
"And when did I do that?"
"It was when we met Zoe. Doctor Corwyn asked me your name after she examined me an' I had tae think of something. You started mumbling something an' told me what your name was. I knew I couldnae tell her that so I said it was John Smith."
"And what did I say it was?" he asked and Jamie whispered in his ear. Theta's hearts clutched in his chest as Jamie looked at him and he swallowed. "Ok, I did tell you but I want your word that you won't tell anyone."
"I may be a lot of things but a flibbertigibbet I'm nae!" he said with a smile and they laughed. Sniffing the air, Jamie saw Rain coming out of the house with a tray and his eyes went wide. "Ooooooo, she made tacos!"
"Race ya!" Theta said as they ran toward the table and Rain laughed when Theta, Jamie, Adam, John, Doc and the Doctor collided into each other and fell to the ground.
"You're as bad as the kids," she said as she helped them up and they gave her a sad look. "Oh, don't pout. Besides, I have more in the kitchen."
"To the kitchen!" the Doctor said, pointing to the house.
"TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!" shouted Theta, Jamie, Adam, Doc and John, running inside the house. Shaking her head, Rain placed the tray on the table and laughed as the Doctor shrugged then turned and ran inside the house.
