Once back in the TARDIS Amy and Rory took James, who exclaimed his wonder at the size of the time machine being bigger inside, to the apartment his colleagues were living in. His friends greeted him and he told them all his adventures on New Earth.
As for Jaime, Rose, the Doctor and J.D, they were in the Medbay sorting out their wounds.
"Owww!" The Half-Time Lord whined when Jaime wiped the blood off from around his nose. He was beginning to bruise up around his right cheek and eye. Thankfully he'd escaped having his nose broken.
"Och, shut up." Jaime spoke up. "It coulda been a hell of a lot worse than jus' a black eye and a bloody nose."
John didn't say anything. He knew she was angry, sense it even, and it was best to keep it shut when she was.
"Oh yeah? How much worse could it have been?" Rose asked. She winced as the Doctor rubbed dermal salve on her wounds. Jaime snorted and the blonde could feel and sense her annoyance.
The teen found it to be a really stupid question. "They were tanked up on Bliss and wha' d'ya gan and dae, ye blast 'em intae oblivion!" She snapped back and looked over at Rose. "Nae wonder they attacked us."
Rose huffed. "And this is coming from someone who never asks before raking through people's minds!" She bit back. "They were trying to hurt the Doctor. I wasn't going to let that happen. Anyway, I'm not the one who pulled that poor fella's bad memories to the surface causing him to have a Post-traumatic flashback."
Jaime now turned her attention to Rose, a scowl on her face. "I apologised for tha'!" She practically growled back.
She could feel herself getting angry and so could Rose but she ignored it for the moment. As for both Doctors they could sense the teen's anger boiling up.
"Rose!" The Doctor warned.
"How come they didn't attack you then?" The blonde pushed.
Dark eyes looking dangerously darker and hands tingling, a low snarling Jaime looked about ready to fly off the handle. Especially with Rose niggling away at her. "I wasnae hidin' if tha's wha' ye thinkin'. They jus' didnae see me..." And the fact she had been trying to keep Amy, Rory and John out of serious trouble.
"Rose, leave it." The Doctor once again warned.
Meanwhile J.D tried to take hold of Jaime's hand...except he felt a spark of static electricity. He pulled back with a hiss before glancing over at the Doctor.
*She's about to blow up.* J.D told the Time Lord.
The Doctor nodded, understanding what it meant, before turning his attention back to Rose. "Stop it!" He hissed to the blonde. "It's not doing neither of you any good if you continue fighting like this."
But Rose ignored him, on a roll. "And how come you're able to feel those dimension portals? Where did they even come from?"
It was one question too many. Jaime flew off the handle with an angered snarl, lights flickering in the Medbay, a mild wind kicking up followed by the sound of static energy crackling away.
"I dinnae know!" She shouted as one of the bedside lamps blew up, startling the others in the room. "I dinnae fuckin' know how I can feel the fuckin' things, I dinnae know where they fuckin' came from..."
She smacked the edge of the bed J.D was sat on. He jumped into the air with a yelp as the E.K shield short circuited. He cried out in pain as he fell to the floor, his hands over his crotch. The Doctor and Rose pulled him towards them, wondering what was wrong until they figured it out with a wince.
"I dinnae know who they fuckin' were," Jaime continued to shout as another bedside lamp blew. "I dinnae know how they're fuckin' happening..."
"Jaime!" The Doctor shouted, trying to catch her attention only she wasn't listening.
Rose had been pulled behind him, her eyes were wide just like the Doctor's. She could feel Jaime's anger. But this didn't feel like any normal anger she'd felt before. This was wild and animalistic. The type that made you lose control and want to punch a wall continually. There was something else though. She could sense a hint of fear from the teenager.
"I cannae see it," Jaime shouted now, changing track. "I cannae see how it fuckin' started and I cannae see where it came from,"
she punched the edge of the bed again and sparks of electricity bounced across it.
"I cannae fuckin' see how it's happening and I should be able tae!"
"Jaime!" The Doctor called to her again and this time the snarling teen turned to him.
"Wha'? Wha' the fuck d'ye want?"
The Doctor grimaced at this. "Just calm down!" He told her, his hands held out in a placating gesture whilst ignoring the growling and dark eyed scowl. "Look at what's happening, look at yourself. Can't you feel it?"
She huffed, wondering what he was yabbering on about now...until she felt it, smelled it in the air even. The whole room smelled of static electricity and she felt the TARDIS in her mind trying to calm her down. She also felt a hot prickling on her hands so she brought them up and stared at them. They crackled and sparked with electrical energy, invisible waves of heat could be seen. Jaime growled, annoyed, disgusted even. She knew what this was. Her stupid IED playing up, that's what it was.
As J.D whined in pain Rose wondered why she could feel disgust burning away in her body, faint, ghostly.
"Jaime! Jaime!" Somebody called her name and she looked up at them, waves of fear washing off Rose and the Doctor, while waves of pain washed off J.D. They were scared, of course they were. But what was wrong with John? "Turn it off," J.D gasped out painfully. "Please!" Now guilt and disgust clouded her mind over accidentally hurting John. She shook her hands to turn the electric off and the Half-Time Lord sighed when the E.K shield stopped shocking him.
"Jaime? Are you okay? Have you calmed down now?" The Doctor asked her when he also sensed a hint of disgust from her. He couldn't understand why she would think like that.
"I'll be in the training room." The teen growled before disappearing in a whirlwind.
The Doctor took a deep breath and rubbed the back of his neck. He knew what the main cause of that burst of anger was about. So did J.D and he was seriously worried for her as he sat on the floor, gasping for breath.
"I think not knowing where the Dimension portals come from is leaving her somewhat stressed." The Doctor said and Rose could tell he was worried for his foster-daughter.
"I'll go and see if she's okay." An also worried John spoke and was about to get up off the floor until Rose stopped him.
"No, I'll go," she told him. "You rest. It was my fault anyway." The Doctors watched Rose leave the Medbay, then the Time Lord turned to J.D with a weird expression on his face.
The fact that his twin was still being chastised creeped him out, so he didn't say anything about it. Instead he gave J.D the dermal salve. "Use that. You look a mess."
The Half-Time Lord just rolled his eyes in response.
When Rose went into the training room she expected to find Jaime in there. Except she wasn't. It wasn't being used and the room was empty. It confused her but she asked the TARDIS for Jaime's where-abouts. The answer was sketchy at best but she found out the teen was actually in the Simulation room instead. As she walked down the corridor Rose wondered what she could possibly be doing in there? And why did she have to take the long way to the room? Normally the TARDIS would be helpful.
"Are you hiding her from me?" Rose asked and the TARDIS hummed in reply.
Before she could say anything else she bumped into Amy and Rory.
"Oh, hey! How are they settling in?" Rose asked about the bodybuilders.
"They're fine," Amy replied. "We left them chattering away."
"Though I'm worried about the one they call sheep sh..." Rory stopped midway through his sentence, his face going red. "He wouldn't wake up. It was like he was in a coma."
Rose thought about who he might be talking about before snapping her fingers. "Oh, that's just Lex. Jaime put him in a forced sleep because he was being so rude. He won't wake up unless he's told to wake up."
Rory's eyes were wide. "She can do that?" He asked.
"Yeah, just about anything." Rose told him.
"Where's the Doctors?" Amy asked, butting in.
"Uhh...I left them in the Medbay. But the Doctor has since gone to the console room. I'm not sure about J.D."
"Thanks, let's go Rory."
Rose watched the couple walk down the corridor, hand in hand, a faint smile appearing on her face. It reminded her of herself and the Doctor.
Then the TARDIS hummed for attention considering they'd been interrupted mid-chat.
"Oh yeah, I just want to apologise, that's all." It seemed the TARDIS believed her because the door to the Simulation room appeared opposite her. "Thanks." She said, entering the room.
The blonde found herself walking out onto the roof of a building. It was very windy and chilly. So windy her hair whipped all over the place. "Jaime?" She called, somewhat confused. "Where are you?"
A gust of wind blew past and almost made her tumble to the ground. She was pretty sure she heard a reply but she couldn't tell over the sound of the wind. It was practically a fierce storm. Why was that? Was it Jaime causing it?
"Jaime?" She called out again.
"Over here!"
Well, she'd definitely heard that and when she looked around the roof she found the teenager standing on a wall. On the edge of the roof. Rose gasped and ran towards the teenager, a mothering type of feeling coming to her. But a strong gust of wind blew her backwards, tumbling her to the ground.
"Wha' d'ye want?" An obviously still annoyed Jaime asked, not even turning around.
Rose noticed the wind wasn't even affecting Jaime, so it must be caused by her. "Where are we?" Rose asked as she got back to her feet.
"Have a gander!" Jaime told her.
So she did. She ran to the left and peered over the wall...letting out a gasp. Blocking her view of anything else was a building long ago destroyed. It was one of the Twin Towers. With wide panicked eyes and heart beating quickly she stepped away from the wall.
"Dinnae worry," Jaime spoke up. "It's New York in 1992. The top roof viewin' deck hasnae been properly renovated."
This calmed Rose down somewhat but she remained confused. "What are you doing simulating New York for? And why are you standing on the edge?" She asked, having to shout over the wind.
"Cause I'm gonna jump." Was Jaime's reply.
That mothering feeling returned and she tried to get close to Jaime again but the winds kept her back.
"Look, I'm sorry!" Rose shouted. "I didn't mean it. It was just a silly argument."
Jaime rolled her eyes. "This has got nowt tae dae with ye!" She told the blonde. "I'm gonna jump and the wind is gonna let me glide."
She felt confusion wash off Rose.
"Shouldn't there be a failsafe for a situation like this?"
"Aye. But the TARDIS knows I'll be safe enough."
But the answer didn't satisfy Rose and her fear and worry remained. And it annoyed Jaime. She'd come out here for some peace and quiet, to calm her mind down. She hadn't expected anyone to find her here.
"Why don't ye join me!" Jaime invited. "It's safe."
Rose snorted at this but carefully moved towards the wall, climbing it and stood, teetering on the edge. She could hear the faint hustle and bustle from the Simulated cars and citizens of New York. Then a gust of wind blew against her causing her to wobble and she would have fallen if Jaime hadn't caught her arm. Rose breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks." She said.
"All ye have tae dae is let it blow through ye, not at ye." Jaime told her.
"How?" Rose furrowed her brow at her friend's words. "I'm not exactly like you...well, I am a bit, but Bad Wolf is locked away."
Jaime smirked. "You're telekinetic, Rose. You can walk through walls."
Rose was confused for the moment until she remembered Guido in Venice. "Oh!" She gasped. "I ran through a door in Venice when I tried to rescue Guido and Isabella." She heard a grunt beside her and looked over at Jaime to see that her eyes were closed. "What happened back there? In the Medbay." She now asked the teenager.
"Jus' a flare up of IED, tha's all." Jaime explained, eyes still closed.
IED...that meant Intermittent Explosive Disorder...not that other...thing. Rose thought to herself. "Oh, alright." Rose nodded her head in understanding and when she looked down she gasped and suddenly felt dizzy. "Blimey!" She uttered. Of course they were at the very top of one of the tallest buildings in New York at the time. How many floors did it have again?
"110." Jaime answered for Rose. "Dinnae look down."
The blonde instead looked ahead at the view of the Hudson, New York and New Jersey. What a view it was!
"And Rose, if I have tae say 'shields up' one more time, I'll not bother tae warn ye next time."
"Right, sorry, sorry..." Rose muttered, face going red. Now she really had to keep them up for a reason, but she liked knowing how the Doctor felt, she liked sensing him in her mind.
Jaime sighed in exasperation. The love and adoration Rose had for the Doctor was washing off her in waves. No, more like tidal waves. A tsunami even! Normally she wouldn't mind this, but right now it was annoying.
"Can ye fly?" She asked Rose who suddenly wobbled again on the wall.
"Huh, what?" She replied, confused about the question.
"Can ye fly?" Jaime asked again and Rose looked at her. "The Doctor's been trainin' yer TK, so I'm presuming ye can fly?"
"What?" She said again. "Of course I can't fly! What do you thi..."
Before she could even finish what she had to say she felt a hard push against her. Hard enough to fall forward. Rose screamed and continued screaming, heart pounding fearfully, as she fell off the wall and tumbled down the building. With wind ruffling against her clothes and making her hair fly about she realised this what it must have felt like for the people that fell out of the windows. She was terrified as the ground drew nearer.
Jaime watched Rose fall before diving head first off the building. Her fall was more controlled as she raced after Rose. She stuck her left arm out in a bid to go faster, adrenaline kicking in, excitement racing through her and denim jacket fluttering behind her. As she got closer she could hear Rose screaming. Not just vocally, but mentally. She must be really scared.
Ignoring all that, Jaime reached out her hand towards Rose. The blonde felt pressure grip her ankle just 25ft from the ground, but before she knew it she was suddenly flung upwards into the air, screaming and flailing her arms.
Managing to change direction with ease and just about skimming the ground, Jaime flew after Rose and caught her in her arms. She was still screaming and now she was being battered by Rose.
*Dinnae worry, foalchú dána, I've got you.* Jaime spoke in her mind.
Rose soon calmed down but her breathing remained panicked. She kept her eyes closed and placed her arms around the teenager's neck. "You've got me?" Rose breathed shakily. "Who's got you?"
Jaime giggled, recognising the quote. "Tha' might have worked on Superman but it doesnae work on me!" She said.
Rose snorted in reply but Jaime could still feel her fear, panic and terror washing off her in great waves. So she flew towards another part of New York.
"Rose, open yer eyes. The view is amazin'!"
"No, no..." Rose shook her head. "It's New York, I've seen it all before."
"Nah, no' this view. Look."
Slowly Rose opened her eyes and gasped in shock when she found herself staring at the face of the Statue of Liberty. "Oh, blimey!" She uttered. "Did you have to get so close to it?" She asked, looking down at Liberty Island.
The wind up here was just as bad as when they were on top of the World Trade Center.
"Well it ain't everyday ye get tae meet her face tae face. Unless she becomes a psychotic sentient."
Rose furrowed her brows, wondering what she meant.
Instead, a question came to mind. "Why did you push me?" She asked now.
"Hmmm...I thought the wind would catch ye and ye'd glide. But ye were all over the place."
A shocked sounding noise emitted from Rose's mouth. "What do you expect when you pushed me off a 110 story building!" She exclaimed. "I'm not like you, I haven't figured out how to glide or fly or do anything else other than teleport, blast and walk through a door." Anger washed off the blonde and she was about to continue when the Statue of Liberty and the rest of New York faded from view. "Oh!" Rose uttered as Jaime looked around at the grey-white walls.
"What's going on in here?" They heard the Doctor ask.
He stood behind them looking confused. As soon as he felt Rose's terror and heard her scream in his mind, he'd come running, finding her in the Simulation room. But he'd ran out onto the roof of one of the Twin Towers and found it empty. His own fear sky-rocketed and he had the TARDIS turn off the Simulation. The Doctor watched as Jaime lowered herself to the floor and let Rose go. She quickly ran over to the Time Lord and they hugged. He could sense and feel her emotions swell.
"What happened?" The Doctor asked Jaime. "Didn't you say you would be in the training room?"
The teenager nodded. "It was a wee lie. I jus' wanted some time on my own." She replied, walking past them towards the door.
"And scaring Rose was part of your big idea of wanting to be alone?" The Doctor snapped at her, making her stop.
Oh! He was angry.
"Sometimes I worry over what's inside that head of yours." She looked back at him in stunned confusion. "What some people consider as extremely risky and dangerous, you find it an exciting adrenaline kick."
Rose pulled back from the Doctor. "It's okay," she told the Time Lord. "There was no harm done." She could feel Jaime getting more and more upset. And she didn't want that happening.
"No, it's not okay, Rose," the Doctor insisted. "You could have been seriously hurt, or worse. The failsafe should have kicked in and it didn't."
"I'm sorry!" Jaime cried out. "I only wanted tae be on my own. And then when I try tae see where the Dimension holes came from I cannae see anythin'," she sobbed. "No' even lookin' at Timelines is any help. There's jus' nothin' I can see 'bout 'em and I should be able tae see it all..."
Rose could feel her emotions sky-rocket.
"And then the IED flared and I jus' got so angry 'bout it, and I didnae mean to hurt anyone..."
The Doctor sighed. He really hated to see Jaime so upset. And maybe being in New South Shields hadn't really helped much.
"Jaime!" He called and she looked at him with wide eyes. "Don't be upset about it, come here."
She hesitated.
"Come on." Rose spoke up and Jaime rushed over, hugging him. Rose and the Doctor hugged her back.
"It's okay," he told the teen. "It's okay to feel scared, to not know things, to not understand. It's all very normal."
Jaime sobbed at his words, because she wasn't normal. Not in the slightest.
"How about we go somewhere relaxing." The Doctor suggested. "I've got the right place in mind."
"Where?" Rose queried.
"It's a surprise. Come on, let's go." The three of them left the Simulation room, going back to the Console room.