Lost in Time and Mind

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Author's Note: Wow now I feel like I have nothing to say in these notes now that I have covered all my bases . This chapter is in high demand by my friends so I guess I should just get to it then. Enjoy!

Chapter 10

Friends or Rivals?

Jasmine's head was pounding as she started to come to. The flashes of 2002 were still emanating so vividly in her head. What the hell had the TARDIS done to her? One minute she had touched the console and the next….she paused at that.

"I know where the Doctor is!"

She cringed as she remembered how she had been screaming that to Jack the entire time they had carried her back here. As she looked around she could see she was back in the Torchwood hub again. Her head was still throbbing as she slowly stood on her feet. This felt like information overload…like a bunch of data had been stuffed inside her brain. But all she had seen was images of 2002…

"Somehow you forgot everything about the first time you met me," the Doctor said.

Jasmine's eyes shot open as she started to slowly piece together the images. Somehow the TARDIS had allowed her to access those forgotten memories. But the Doctor's concern of how still concerned her. How could she forget all those important details? Because now she remembered…she remembered that…

Jasmine smiled, "That right now he's in my past." That's where the dart had taken him. She could hear the rumbling of machinery outside the pit and she slowly made her way up. She sighed as she saw the TARDIS coming down through the "visitor's entrance" as Jack called it. It was weird how after this incident she could feel a definite connection with the TARDIS. What the hell had it done to her?

Suddenly her head roared with pain and again and she lost her balance. Two hands caught her though pulling her up. "Careful there sweetheart," the owner of the hands said sitting her down on a chair. But Jasmine could barely keep her eyes open, and her hearing felt muffled.

She heard the voice call for somebody but she could also hear another voice as clear as day, "You're more powerful than you think. Somehow you are using the TARDIS to call me."

Suddenly a bright light flashed in her eyes and she ducked her head down a small cry escaping her lips. Now she was flashing back to that machine…that god awful machine. It was like she could feel that electric pulse creeping through her once again.

She was shaking now and she couldn't stop it. What was happening? She was losing control, something that hadn't happened since…. Then suddenly two hands touched her head and she heard someone yell clear as day, "Jasmine!"

She jolted up and could see that Josh was sitting in front of her. "Josh," she said collapsing in his arms. He wrapped his arms around her and the pressure his closeness felt comforting.

"Oh god," she muttered, "Something's wrong." She felt his arms tighten around her and his heartbeat was thudding against her ear. He was just as scared as she was was.

"Josh! Martha! Mickey!" she suddenly heard Jack's voice call.

"We're in here!" a woman's voice called back.

"Martha Jones?" Jasmine said.

Josh nodded his head still holding her close, "She got here about the time you collapsed in front of the TARDIS." Jasmine could remember now. When she had come to, there had been a woman there checking her vitals as she went into shock.

"Oh my God what happened?" she heard Gwen ask concerned. Jasmine managed to put her hand up though to indicate that she needed a minute.

"What happened?" Jack asked obviously addressing the others.

"The same thing that happened before," they guy who had caught her answered. She assumed this had to be Mickey Smith.

"Yeah the sensitivity, hearing everything," Martha said, "Oh and by the way," she said kneeling down and putting her hand gently on her shoulder, "I'm really sorry about the light."

But as she touched Jasmine, images suddenly roared through Jasmine's head. Images of a planet under attack, feelings towards him, and the excitement of a wedding. Jasmine pushed away from Martha and Josh the images slowly subsiding as she did.

"Jas?" Josh said going for her hand but Jasmine pulled it away.

"Don't touch me," Jasmine said forcefully. "I can't turn it off and I don't know why."

"Can't turn what off?" Martha asked concerned.

"Her telepathy," Josh said quickly as he got closer to her again. "I'm not going to touch you," he said gently, "But I am going to ask is this like last time? Is it happening again?"

Jasmine tried to control her breathing and calm her mind. It couldn't be happening again, and even if it was that was not a good thing. The only person who had been able to stop it last time had been the Doctor. And the Doctor wasn't here now, and he couldn't be here, not at least until it was the right time.

"Jasmine?" Josh said a little more forcefully.

Jasmine finally answered resigned, "Maybe. It feels the same. Like I can't control it."

"Okay now for those of us who don't understand what's going on?" Jack said concern continuing to echo in his voice.

Josh sighed turning to Martha, "Did you scan her when you brought her in?"

"Yes," Martha said, "the only thing that was elevated was her mind but Jack just said that was normal for her."

"Here!" Jack said coming up behind them with a scanner, "Put your hand on."

Jasmine gingerly put her hand on and then a 3D image of her body appeared. Highlighted was her mind, and Martha could not help but gasp at the readings. "You are using more of your mind than before. You are using parts of your brain that most of us don't even touch." And then it was as if it hit her right then and there. "You're mind can't handle it," she said concern on her face, "You're progressing at too rapid a rate and your body can't handle it. But I don't understand you're mind is advanced already so why can't it handle it?"

Jasmine sat up a little straighter as she tried to recall what the Doctor had told her back then. "Basically humans are still evolving everyday. Yes my mind is more advanced but not that advanced. I have to constantly exercise control and allow my mind the time it needs to train. If I push it too hard or too fast it goes into overdrive and unloads everything at once. And the past few days…or years in some cases," she said glancing at Josh, "I have been pushing my mind entirely too hard. From the mental shield as I traveled through time, to freeing Josh, and then whatever the TARDIS has done has pushed my mind out of control. Now I can't control it and it is ultimately very powerful now as well.

There was a moment of silence as they all took in what Jasmine had said. Finally Jack stood up, "Then how do we stop it? How do we help?"

Jasmine shook her head, "You can't," she said simply.

"Why not?" He nearly cried.

"There's only one man who can reverse this process."

Jack's eyes widened, "No…"

Jasmine nodded, "Only the Doctor can stop this now."

Jack took a quick glance at the TARDIS and Jasmine could see the gears turning in his head. "Then maybe we should renew our efforts at getting the Doctor back. You said you knew where he was," Jack said enthusiastically, "let's go get him."

"No," Jasmine said simply, "you can't."

"Why the hell not?" Jack said incredulously.

"Because if you go back and get him now you'll disrupt a timeline, my timeline," she said her voice shaking. "If you get him now, none of this will happen."

Jack stood up now, "You're kidding me. He's meeting you for the first time now?"

Jasmine nodded, "That's what the TARDIS showed me, that's how I know where he is. He needs to finish that timeline before we can get him."

"But how are we going to know when that is?" Jack said concerned.

"The TARDIS will tell me," she said a little shakily, "I think it established some kind of connection when it showed me where the Doctor was."

"But Jay the longer you are connected with it the quicker your mind burns up. This thing is quite literally killing you. Just use the manipulator and go back."

Jasmine lifted her wrist smiling snidely, "It died Jack. We were lucky actually to get out of the hospital."

Martha sighed, "You and your stupid space hoppers Jack."

"Not now Martha," Jack said, "Use your sonic device to fix it then Jay."

Jasmine only glared at him, and Jack could tell from the look in her eyes that she wasn't going to. Stubborn to the end. It reminded him of somebody else he knew…

Everybody went silent obviously trying to decide what to do next.

Jasmine suddenly jolted though as she heard somebody outside. "Torchwood," the voice said mockingly. Jasmine recognized the voice right away. "Won't Torchwood come out to play? Where's the little time agent and his gang? Where's the girl who stopped me? Do you miss my machine little companion? I remember yours and the Doctors screams as the electrical currents rushed through your body."

Jasmine once again could almost feel those currents. She put her hand over her ears trying to block him out.

"Jasmine!" Josh said coming forward.

"He's here," Jasmine sputtered out, "Xanatos is here he's outside!" They all jolted at it while Jasmine could still feel his words emanating throughout her body. The machine what was it about that machine? "Shut him up," Jasmine said softly, "Shut him up now! I can't stand it…it just hurts so much."

Jack immediately jolted up a determined look on his face. "Jack!" Gwen said following him, "Where are you going?"

Jack turned back to her as he tucked a gun into a holster at his side. He looked up at her that intense look in his eyes she knew all too well. "I'm going to shut him up," he said immediately turning towards the exit and striding out.

Gwen immediately followed him, "Josh," Jasmine muttered and he turned to her. "Go with them," she said softly.

Josh's eyes were confused as she said this, "Go with them and make sure they don't go to far," Jasmine said her eyes serious. "They always have a choice…."

Josh shook his head, "Not this time Jas, he doesn't deserve it."

Jasmine looked at him just as serious, "Find another way…besides we need him…we need him in order to know where Ianto is."

Josh closed his eyes in frustration. That was true….if anybody knew where Ianto was it was Xanatos. He guessed the beloved TARDIS was too busy being worried about the Doctor to try and find Ianto. Not that he wanted it to hurt her anymore than it already was. Josh gripped her hand, "I will be right back." She nodded her head as he hurried after Jack and Gwen. Martha was at her side in an instant.

"What can I do to help?"

Jasmine looked over at the hub computer, "We can get the cameras up and watch what happens. I have to make sure…make sure nothing happens…"

Martha nodded helping her up, "I think they thankfully left this on," she said, "Mickey I will probably need your help though."

"No problem," he said coming up beside as he tried to get the cameras up. Martha turned back towards Jasmine though looking at her thoughtfully. The determination on her face the same strength it was so much like…

"You really did travel with him for three years didn't you?" Martha said softly.

Jasmine smiled, "Yeah, and those years were incredible."

Martha shook her head, "But I don't understand you know who I am, how could you know that if he met you before he met me?"

Jasmine looked at her curiously, "Because he had already met you when he met me."

Both Mickey and Martha gave her a confused look at that. Jasmine smiled, "Right now he is meeting me for the first time. After we get him back he goes back and we travel the universe."

Martha nodded, "So he didn't actually cross timelines…the only reason he met you was because…"

"Of a complete and utter accident," Jasmine muttered, "He used to say that a lot. And now I finally know why…"

Finally the cameras came up and Jasmine's attention turned back to the computer screen. "Here we go," Mickey muttered.

Jasmine nodded, "Yep here we go."

TBC

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