"How do you think they're doing in there...?" McKenzie asked.
"Well, it doesn't sound like anyone has tried to kill anyone yet." The Doctor replied.
McKenzie let out a weak laugh, The Doctor smiled with her then his expression changed. He looked down at the floor and sighed gravely.
"Woah... What was that for... What are you so worried about?" McKenzie tried to take his hands but he pulled away.
"She's our daughter... We have a daughter! And– she was trained to kill me. Why would I have an assassin? What if I did something... Or I do something to deserve that... What if I've hurt you?"
McKenzie stared for a moment, "Don't make me slap you... Cos I'll do it."
The Doctor looked up at her, a little shocked and he couldn't help but laugh at her cute, angry face.
"There is no way you could ever do anything to hurt me, Planet Link take her from us and I know you would do everything in your power to stop them. As I said before this is their problem with us. You've done nothing wrong."
The Doctor smiled as he looked up at her and she smiled back.
"Can't say I'm looking forward to dealing with that though..." She sighed.
Jack poked his head around the doors of The Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS.
"McKenzie, we need you." He said.
"Of course." She kissed The Doctor on the cheek and followed Jack inside, closing the doors behind her.
The Doctor looked around the empty lounge, "I'll just... wait here then."
McKenzie stepped into the TARDIS and saw Pandora awake for the first time.
"Mother!" she cried, running towards McKenzie.
"Uh–" McKenzie stood awkwardly for a moment as Pandora wrapped her arms around her in a tight hug.
It was strange, almost like looking in a mirror. Everyone stared for a moment at how alike they looked, Pandora could almost be her younger sister.
"Right then," said The Doctor, clasping his hands together, "If everyone could leave us alone for a moment, I need to talk to McKenzie and Pandora in private."
"Are you sure that's wise...?" asked River, nervously eyeing McKenzie and Pandora.
"We'll be fine won't we?" he replied, looked between the three women, "We're just going to have a nice cosy little chat."
River seemed sceptical, but listened to The Doctor, leading Jack, Rory and a very stubborn Amy out of the TARDIS.
"Now then, if we could all join hands and close our eyes." The Doctor said.
They did so and waited for a moment, from the darkness a white light grew around them.
They opened their eyes and saw each other holding hands in the middle of a completely empty white space.
"Ooh, well this is new isn't it? Can all Florrians do this?" The Doctor asked, looking extremely interested.
"No, not at all... could be something to do with the mutations, or the experiments, or the fact that we're Time Lords... It is fascinating isn't it?" McKenzie grinned wildly, looking around the bright emptiness.
"Isn't it just!" The Doctor shared her enthusiasm.
"Excuse me... Would you stop for a moment, he's trying to tell me my whole life is fake." Pandora whined.
"Right... Sorry..." McKenzie said.
"Just try and think back, what is your earliest memory... Find a white cloud for me Pandora..." The Doctor spoke gently, somehow it seemed to calm her, she closed her eyes, focusing on the man she believed to be her father and the memory appeared around them.
They saw a man, thick glasses and dark brown hair sat at a table eating lunch alone, Pandora opened her eyes.
"Dad..." Pandora said, the way her face lit up at the sight of him unnerved McKenzie. She shared a concerned look with The Doctor.
Wade looked up and stared, like how a thirsty man would stare at glass of water. They turned to see a red haired McKenzie walking into the canteen accompanied by two men with blanked out faces.
"You looked so beautiful with red hair." Pandora smiled almost solemnly.
"Why are their faces blanked out?" McKenzie asked.
"They must not be present in Pandora's version on the memory. I believe what we're seeing is remnants of the memories that she picked up from Wade. I believe they have some kind of psychic connection that's allowing us to see things from his perspective." The Doctor rubbed his chin as he pondered the situation.
McKenzie in the memory walked past Wade as he stared at her, making no effort to hide the fact. McKenzie waved awkwardly, not really knowing what else to do.
"That... that was when you first met...? How can that be? You always told me how charming he was when you first got to know each other." Pandora looked confused.
"He practically stalked me around the office..." McKenzie said almost shrinking in her stance, not wanting to relive the experience.
The world changed around them showing Wade stood outside McKenzie's lab holding some flowers, the bouquet was accented with the vines from her tattoo.
"Oh god not this..." McKenzie looked down at the floor.
The Doctor picked up on her reluctance and couldn't help giving her hand a small squeeze. She looked up at him, almost surprised and returned the reassuring smile he was giving her.
Wade pressed the buzzer and McKenzie shouted from inside.
"Just a second!" her voice was accompanied by the sound of a small electrical pulse and some papers falling to the floor.
The Doctor smiled, he hadn't realised how eccentric she was.
McKenzie opened the door and seemed a little shocked by Wade's presence. Her red hair was held back by her glasses and it dropped messily at the sides of her face almost a little singed at the ends.
The Doctor tried to hide a chuckle.
"What...?" McKenzie asked rolling her eyes at him.
"Nothing." He smiled.
"Sorry, I think you have the wrong lab." The memory of McKenzie laughed in confusion.
"No, these are for you, McKenzie Murphy!" Wade said, thrusting the flowers in McKenzie's face.
"Oh, urm–" she took the flowers, "Thank you... uh–"
"Wade. We eat lunch together some times." He smiled eagerly.
"Sorry, I..." McKenzie looked apologetic, obviously not remembering him.
"We don't always sit together."
"Right... Sorry how do you know my name?"
"I followed you up to your lab after lunch, it says it on the door."
"Wait, you followed me?"
Wade smiled innocently at her, "I thought you'd be flattered."
"Well, um thanks, I don't really know what these are for–" she noticed the vines in the bouquet and her expression changed, she looked apprehensive, "Sorry, what do you know about these vines..?"
"They're tattooed on your back!"
McKenzie straightened up, "Sorry, when have you seen my tattoo? No one here has seen my tattoo."
"You dropped your bag in the canteen once and I saw it when you bent over."
"Sorry, what?" her eyes widened, unsure of how to process this. She shook her head trying to get over it, "But you don't know what they mean do you?"
"No, I just asked for them from a flower shop."
"Right. Well thanks again... this has been–"
"Can I come in?" he almost tried to push his way in.
McKenzie stared, confused and unsure how to process the strange emotions she was getting from him, "No, sorry I'm busy."
The memory dissolved around them and McKenzie tried to ignore how mad she was feeling, "He used to do stuff like that all the time. Follow me round and try to give me little presents. I thought he was harmless..."
"But why is he being like that?" Pandora asked, "I don't understand. He didn't tell me any of this."
"Pandora he's probably never spoken an actual word to you in your life! I don't know exactly what happened but you've been grown in a tank with 20 years of uploaded memories!" McKenzie snapped.
Pandora stared, by the looks of it her mother had never snapped at her like that. "That... that can't be true...?" she asked weakly, "Mum... you remember it all don't you?" she looked up at McKenzie hopefully, but McKenzie shook her head. Pandora sighed and stared at the ground.
The next memory came into view, Wade was inside McKenzie's lab fiddling with the photo of her parents. Their faces were blurred out.
"Guess my parents aren't important enough to remember..." she rolled her eyes.
"As Pandora sees more of the truth, her link to Wade will weaken, we'll see less and less of his memories and more of yours. Just be patient." The Doctor said.
McKenzie walked into her lab making Wade jump.
"What are you doing in here?" she said almost angrily, "How did you get my password?"
Wade tried to come up with an answer but stumbled over his words.
"Look, I've asked you nicely please just leave me alone!"
The world crumbled around them as she shouted and a few scenes appeared at once,
McKenzie and The Doctor picking up the photo from her lab, her placing the photo in her room in the TARDIS, they heard McKenzie's voice speaking to her journal, all the places she'd been with the doctor.
"That's how he knew! He's had me bugged this whole time... I can't believe I didn't realise!" McKenzie narrowed her eyes angrily.
"I'm so sorry you had to put up with him, McKenzie..." The Doctor said.