A/N: Why has Sarah been a bit frosty to the Doctor? Part comes out here, more is to come later. Thanks to those that are reading/reviewing!

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The Doctor pulled a couple pieces of equipment out of his jacket pocket and began to jumble them together. In the next cell, Sarah looked over from Harry, who was napping on the cell bench, back to the Doctor. She walked over and put her hands on the bars of the cell separating them. 'You knew, didn't you?' she asked.

Without really acknowledging her, he asked. 'Knew what, Sarah Jane?'

'Doctor, look at me. Please. I need to see your eyes.'

The Doctor very carefully put his pile down and walked over to where Sarah was standing. He reached out and put his hands over Sarah's and looked into her eyes. He couldn't help but notice her flinch as he touched her. 'What are you asking me, Sarah?'

Sarah looked down at their hands, and then back up into his eyes. 'You knew from the moment you landed where I was.'

That wasn't the question he was expecting. Instantly, he changed his train of thought. 'I knew you were in trouble, I didn't know where. It wasn't until your daughter mentioned that you had been presumed killed that I was able to narrow down that you might be imprisoned and where.'

Sarah closed her eyes and the anguish in her voice was evident. 'I thought it was them. Trying to trick me. They've thrown everything they could at me. I don't know how much longer I can last in here.'

The Doctor took one of his hands and reached through the bars to gently touch Sarah's cheek, being very careful to avoid her injuries. 'I'm so sorry, Sarah. I had to know if you were alive. The thought of you possibly being dead, I couldn't even fathom it. I promise you, Sarah, we will get out of here.'

'How?'

The Doctor quickly walked back to his jumbled pile, but whispered back to Sarah. 'See that guard in the corner of there?'

'Yes, he's been here for several months. Always the same one.'

'I recognize him.'

'Again Doctor, how?'

'From the last time we were here.' He continued assembling bits together as he pulled the out of his pocket. 'While it was unexpected that Lacond landed near you when she transported off planet, it was not unsurprising.' He never looked up from his pile.

Sarah frowned, wracking her brain for any memory of having been to Trivid during her travels with the Doctor. 'Doctor?'

Before she could ask anymore, the Doctor quickly stood up and walked back towards where Sarah stood at the bars. He smiled enigmatically. 'I'll explain later. Watch this.'

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Susan stood over a pile of broken weaponry and frowned. Sitting down, she began to pick up the various pieces, mentally catalogue them, and then see which pieces she could repair. She heard someone walking up behind her with a limp, and naturally assumed it was Lacond. As she glanced back, she saw Mirsaj coming up behind her, supporting himself by using a cane very similar to Lacond's. She jumped back up and ran over to him, but didn't reach out for him, just in case she might knock him off balance. 'What are you doing out of bed?'

'I came looking for you, Sue.' He reached out and wrapped her in his arms. 'Taketo told me about your father and the Doctor.'

She buried her head in his neck, refusing to acknowledge his statement about her father. 'I'm so glad to see you out of bed, I was so worried.'

He noticed her change of subjects. Pulling back from her, he looked deeply into her eyes. 'Don't worry, Sue, I'm not going anywhere.' He looked from her to the pile on the ground and back. 'What's that you're working on?'

She looked back at the pile. 'I'm still trying to piece back together pieces we captured from the MechGuards after the battle in Kithra.'

'How does it look?'

Susan shrugged. 'I sorted some of it out before we moved camp. I've not really been able to concentrate since we got set up here.' Mirsaj wrapped his arms around her again, closed his eyes and began to concentrate, sending thoughts towards Susan. She closed her eyes in response and began to breathe slowly and deeply. After a few minutes, she sighed, a genuine smile on her face for the first time in a while. 'Oh, gosh, I've missed this. Missed us. Missed you.'

Susan began to concentrate back towards him, and a smile slowly spread across his features as well. 'Is there an Earth expression that can sum any of this up?'

'Absence makes the heart grow fonder?' she offered.

Mirsaj sighed. 'Perhaps. Our closest equivalent would be that we miss our lovers more when we're not with them all the time.' He looked into Susan's eyes. 'Susan, you've lost a lot during this war, and if you are never able to return home, I want you to know that you have a home here on Trivid, with me. If you want it.'

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General Mijaco and his troops cornered the area where their information told them the rebel base was located. The troops waiting for Mijaco's signal. Silently, he motioned for them to attack. As they ran towards the base, they were suddenly struck with the realisation that there was nothing there.

'We've been led astray!' Mijaco declared. 'Who brought us the information on this base? They shall be put to death for treason!'

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Likaria watched the anticlimactic lack of a battle and slammed her hand down on the counter in front of her video screen. 'She will pay for this!' She quickly walked into the room containing the computer equipment and plugged herself into the terminal, locking her arms into the sockets. 'Voice recognition activate,' she said aloud.

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