Chapter 8

"You cannot run from me forever, Miss Smith." The Trickster hissed, attempting to taunt her into giving up the chase. His distinctive voice, uninterrupted by anything, was clear enough for Sky to hear, making her run that much faster.

"DOCTOR!" Clyde and Rani stepped to his aid, shock on their faces, unsure of what to do to ease The Doctor's pain. "What do we do?!" Rani asked.
The Doctor, grunting and whining in pain, replied "Oh don't worry. Everything's perfectly norm-ARRGHHH! I'm trying to find Sky's brainwaves amongst seventy-four billion billion trillion sentient beings across dimensions and create a psychic link between us, it's not exactly a walk- ARRGHHHH! It not easy!" His companions watched in horror as their friend put himself through immense pain just to find a teenager.
"Should I use this?" Clyde asked desperately, holding up the sonic screwdriver clasped in his hand.
"NO! Not yet. I'll tell you w-HHENN! ARRGH!" The Doctor, unbeknownst to his companions, was using his brain to reach out to Sky from wherever in the universe she could be. He crossed shooting stars and exotic planets and incredible cascades of light. But he'd seen all of that before- what he was looking for was much further away. With one last scream of pain, though, he reached The Trickster's world-where Sky was. With one last scream, he created the psychic link and entered her mind.

Sky was knackered. She had turned The Trickster into a microscopic dot in the distance, but she was now completely drained, sitting on the floor. And The Trickster was still gaining.
And then she felt it.
It was as if she could see her mind, seeing all the things she was thinking and feeling, had thought and felt. She could see Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, Rani and all the creatures she had ever fought. But there was something else... At first a whisper, but then it grew louder. "Sky. Sky! SKY!" The Doctor magically appeared in front of her, tremendously excited, for some reason wearing a fez. "Oh I'm so relieved," he exclaimed ecstatically, "I wasn't sure that would work." He then continued to address Sky. "Hello Sky Smith! Now, you're probably wondering 'what on Earth are you doing in my mind Doctor'. Don't worry, you're not delusional or anything, this is real. Now, I have a plan that only works if you're on Earth, and also if we reactivated and improve your previous gene that blew up stuff."
"Wait. Does that mean I'm on a different planet?" Sky interrupted, trying to keep up with The Doctor's thinking pace.
"Different dimension, actually. Anyway, first I need to rummage around your gene code. This won't hurt a bit." In less than a second, Sky yowled in pain."See? I lied. What I've done is given you control over your gene, so that you can target specific machines to destroy, rather than explode and obliterate Earth's modern technology. Now, we haven't got much time, so listen. I'm going to leave you a set of psychic instructions to follow on Earth. I am putting my faith on you, Sky. Only you can disable the device and prevent The Trickster from destroying mankind."
"But The Trickster's chasing me, Doctor."
"I'll hold him off. Get ready for the jump."

Back in the TARDIS, The Doctor managed to utter the words "Now Clyde, do it NOW!" With that Clyde activated the sonic screwdriver, causing The Doctor to be enveloped in a strange blue light. This lasted for a few seconds until it started to fade away...revealing Sky now was seated in the chair. Both teenagers rushed to her aid.
"Sky, are you okay?!" Clyde asked
"I can destroy Phillips' machine," she replied, "but The Doctor's in The Trickster's dimension. We have to help him!"
"We just have to hope he knows what he's doing." Rani stated. "'Cause if not, we might not be able to defend ourselves against the shadows when they're free."

In the other dimension, The Trickster had caught up with where Sky was, but was taken aback by The Doctor's presence, particularly the fact he was feeling his head.
"Oh, shame." The Doctor muttered to himself. "Didn't get to keep the fez."

Sorry about confusion-posted the chapter after this one