Disclaimer: BBC, Kudos; they own it all.

Warnings: *Spoilers for S7 through to S9. This chapter: 9x02

A/N: Lost, and found.


The Saturday morning had been plodding along relatively uneventfully, breakfast and laundry and mundane sundries, when the call came through.

At first, it was nothing more than a sharp intake of breath, followed by silence and the distant sound of a jet engine winding down.

"Maya?" The voice inquired, and she suddenly lost all strength in her legs and had to sit down.

But it couldn't be -

"John?"