Jade was relieved, confused, lost, and happy.

Her mind had almost shattered that day, the ship draining away at her very essence and her taking on much more than her small body ever should've. If she'd only had her own willpower to work with she'd have surely died. The other children wanted to live. So she could make do and gather that to use for their survival.

This universe was amazing and awful, cruel and kind. She'd seen it in flashes when she'd been hooked up and still saw some of those from time to time. That wasn't the only thing either. Her telepathy had grown from a minor affinity to a full blown ability, as had her telekinesis. Or psychokinesis. Whichever. But…

She'd lost something. So she was confused. She knew that something was off within her, a thing she'd known, something she should know just… wasn't there. It was important. And she'd forgotten it. Or just couldn't focus on it, getting snatches instead.

At least she knew who Rina was. Her other self. Who looked at her so sadly sometimes. Like she was lost, and she was, because with everything stretched so thin she'd almost forgotten who she was.

A slave girl from Earth, just about eight years old. That's who she was. But she was also… more.

It was confusing. She felt so so old sometimes, like the entire universe wasn't as old as her. If she tried to remember more, though, everything would… shut down. And she'd have to muddle through the feeling of being scattered, drifting, gone but not really. Not truly. Always there as a whisper of consciousness but still an eight-year-old almost human girl.

Though not forever. Whatever that meant. She was eight, she didn't know a lot of stuff. But she knew a lot of stuff she shouldn't.

The Doctor called her a clairvoyant. She wasn't a powerful one, though. Didn't need to be. That would be awful. She just saw little things, like the star, the supernova and how it would burn brighter than a candle and she wanted to see. Like the blueprints for a star vessel, like how she saw the Doctor would come and save her, save them. Just snatches of likely things, said Rina.

Like the vial of stardust under the shelf in the game room that she should get.

"Jade!? Where are you?", the Doctor called from the console room.

"Here!", she called back as she deftly snatched the clear bottle, "Just twelve seconds!"

And it was exactly twelve seconds later she peeked into the console room to see the device he'd built to channel through the supernova. The Doctor looked at her with a melancholy she didn't really like seeing. She could understand it though. She missed the thing she lost. But she was also so relieved and happy to be here, even if it had only been two days. Must be her clairvoyance telling her how happy she'd be in the future.

Rina insisted it wasn't quite that. Close enough anyway, so Jade shrugged it off and gave the Doctor the vial.

He blinked as it was shoved under his nose, interrupting the wiring he'd just been doing. His gaze snapped to his new… well, ward, he guessed. Then he grinned and took it from her gently.

"Brilliant! Oh, you are good", he praised, patting her head.

Jade smiled shyly, pleased. Then she sat down and sighed, exhausted. Her body wouldn't be back to normal until next week. She'd really pushed it with the electric shocks. Or so the Doctor told her. He didn't want her out of his sight much right now so Jade tried to accommodate him. Right now he was glancing her way a little worriedly, like afraid she'd disappear. She wouldn't. She'd stay as long as it took for him to understand she wouldn't, not ever. Not completely.

That Rina could agree with. She was glad. She didn't like it when Rina was sad about something and didn't tell her so she didn't get sad too.

Like about the thing she lost.

The girl fingered her yellow dress. It felt smooth and soothing, so unlike anything she'd worn this… what? Time? Life? Ever? Rina felt sad again so she gave her a mental hug. The TARDIS hummed and it felt like a gentle touch. Jade had never really gotten those. Not often. And then only from her older sister, Ruby, but Ruby was gone now too. That… wasn't okay but it wasn't the worst either.

She'd gone as she'd wanted to, fighting for freedom, for her family. She shook the thoughts away and focused on her fingers and the cloth. After a while she felt a slow gratitude fill her up.

"Thank you", she whispered as she smoothed out the slightest of wrinkles.

"Hm?"

"I've not worn anything so nice before", she continued with something like childish wonder.

The Doctor's hands stilled and she could see the realization and the mounting anger before it was shoved back. She didn't feel scared of it for some reason. The Doctor angry was him being protective this time. He just wrapped a wiry arm around her small shoulders and squeezed lightly. Another gentle touch she savored eagerly.

"You deserve so much better, Jade", there was a roughness in his voice that was gone by the next word, "Tell you what, we'll go get you some more after this. The TARDIS doesn't have many clothes in your size"

And he was back to working. The girl who had been a slave, but not in heart, stared at him with unadulterated adoration. She nudged a tool closer to his hand and he grabbed it instead of empty air he would've otherwise. Rina giggled along with the TARDIS and Jade felt slightly proud of her move.

She moved to lean against the console and almost fell asleep to the sounds of the Doctor working. Before she could he stood up abruptly with a cheer that was almost genuine. There was sorrow in his hearts, even if he was happy to see his precious people one last time. Jade rubbed her eye to get the sleep out before standing up to see him turn it on.

"Rose! Addie!", he called out, a message. He repeated a few times, telling them to come.

It was only two hours later that they heard their voices. Two females of whom Jade only vaguely recognized one.

"Doctor? Doctor, where are you!", it called out.

The Doctor's shoulders relaxed slightly in relief and he pointed his sonic screwdriver at the machine. Two women, one golden blonde and light skinned, one with long black hair and light brown skin. They were slightly translucent and the blonde looked about to cry with all the emotions bottled up inside.

"You're here", she breathed out, "How?"

The other one smiled with happy melancholy, and Jade liked that look better than the sad one, "You're doing something stupid, aren't you?"

The Time Lord snorted a little, fond smile on his face, as he started explaining. A single gap, burning a dying star to say goodbye. It sounded almost poetic. Jade hugged herself nervously. Should she be here? Rina said she should, and something else felt like she had to. But it still felt like intruding on something private.

"You look like a ghost", the blonde, Rose, said.

"Hold on", he said and pointed his sonic again, the two images solidifying.

Rose walked closer, reaching out, hoping, "Can I-?"

"No touch", the Doctor said, hearts heavy. So close, yet so far, "I'm just an image"

"Can't you come through?", she asked, eyes watering.

A fist tapped her on the back of her head gently as Addie stepped closer too, "The universes would collapse, dummy. Right?", she glanced to the Doctor.

He was smiling a little now, watching them interact, even as he confirmed what she said. They traded a few jokes, trying for some levity. Rose looked older while Addie was just the same. The one fourth human aged really slowly. It worried him. She'd be alone out there once Rose and they… Like him. She'd be like him. It made his hearts ache for her.

He cleared his throat a bit, "Where did the gap come out anyway?"

And that set off another conversation. About Bad Wolf Bay and how Addie found the Cycle Echo symbol in so many places, three rounded ovals overlapping into what looked like a misshapen circle. Someone had drawn it on a toilet seat on a train too and the three laughed slightly at the picture she'd taken of it.

"How long have we got?", Rose finally asked after a bit of quiet.

It was then the Doctor's lips quirked into a satisfied smirk, "Would have been three minutes max… But now it's closer to an hour", he winked, "I'm very good!"

Addie snickered as Rose groaned wetly. The light brown skinned woman smiled at him, mischievous, teasing.

"Tell us something we don't already know"

He quirked a brow and turned to Jade who blinked, caught off guard. The man beckoned her to come over. She hesitated for a second before complying and grabbing his hand. Rose's startled gaze and Addie's knowing one landed on her and she shrunk in on herself slightly. Tentatively, she waved.

Addie beamed and waved back while Rose looked between her and the Doctor with an incredulous raised eyebrow.

"So. I've just found Jade!", he told them, "Remember the prophecy?"

"How could I, what with Jabe and all?", Addie retorted happily, honey brown eyes regarding Jade warmly.

She didn't know why but she felt like she should know her. But not yet. Or something vague like that. Rina was feeling a surprised relief. And a little bit of alarm. And warmness. So much empathy and warmth.

"Oh, shut up", the Doctor grumbled and Rose laughed, bittersweet.

The blonde then crouched down to her eye level and looked her up and down, "Oh, you're so young… How will you manage with her?", she directed at the Doctor.

Jade glanced up as well once she felt a pang of fear from him. Fear of losing anyone else. She tightened her grip on his hand. Then the little girl turned a smile on Rose.

"I can take care of me. And the Doctor too if he needs it", she promised, knowing she could keep it.

Addie crouched down too, "I know. But let him take care of you too, okay? You're not by yourself anymore"

Jade blinked, wondering. It was an alien concept. She'd been taking care of others and herself for as long as she could remember. She looked up at the Doctor who was in turn staring at her with wistful sadness and a need to… do something. She studied his expression and nodded to the two women.

"We'll take care of each other while you're gone, then", she decided.

"Yeah. Yeah…", the Doctor trailed off before turning to her sharply, "Wait, while you're gone?"

Rose stood slowly, "Can- Can I- we- ever see you again? After this?"

Jade opened her mouth but was stopped by a look from Addie. She obeyed. Her eyes were older than hers. She'd know better. She knew. Like her. How? What followed her silence was a tragic love confession. Jade wanted to say something but Rina warned her. Not yet. The Doctor seemed to weigh his words as he started to voice his own feelings. Coming to terms with them. And how they would never be together. It needed to happen.

Addie and Jade stood next to each other and watched with sympathy.

"Once", Jade said eventually, "You'll meet once sometime in the future", and somehow she knew this wasn't her clairvoyance, not completely, "It's not how you think, but you'll both be happy in the end"

And that was all she could really say about the matter. The Doctor and Rose both were staring at her in a kind of astonishment. The blond looked to the Doctor as if to ask if her word could be trusted. His eyes reflected that they should, because she really could see snatches of possible futures. So it was possible. He started to grin slowly, Rose following along, until they laughed with relief.

Then their goodbye wasn't so much a goodbye as a touching stone, telling what was happening where, lamenting the lack of hugs or… kisses, and just preparing for a long long while of not seeing each other. For five minutes the Doctor and Rose worried over Addie but all the woman said on the matter was that she'd find her place soon enough. That she didn't really know what would happen but knew she'd be okay at the end of it. That she'd most likely get back to the Doctor if they'd bet on something. Jade couldn't say anything on the matter, not knowing the answer.

But the sureness in Addie's voice was reassuring to everyone.

There were ten minutes left when Rose and Addie called the Tylers and Mickey over. Jade didn't really know them but they all had something nice and not so nice to say to the Doctor, Jackie especially going on a rant on caring for a child once she saw her. She was a bit embarrassed by that, also confused, and leaned against the Doctor's leg. His hand was on her shoulder, keeping her grounded in the presence of so many other people.

Then there was just a minute left and Addie made the Doctor a promise to whack him if he felt guilty over them getting thrown to the parallel universe. Because it wasn't his fault and everyone on every side agreed, except maybe him. Rose promised not to forget him and said he should maybe get someone else on board too to help look after Jade. Jackie agreed. Pete thanked him and promised to protect his family to the best of his ability. Mickey concurred.

Addie then turned to the child again and smiled, "Your life will be miraculous, Jade. Just make sure to let others help you once in a while. Same for you, Doctor. See ya!"

And then they were all gone. Jade stared ahead for a moment, pondering why Addie seemed to know her, before turning to the Doctor. He seemed lighter somehow. Better. Ready to move on slightly. Even if the whole thing was somewhat bittersweet. They stayed like that for a moment. Then he released her shoulder to turn to the console, watching her with a small smile.

"Well, I promised you new things, didn't I?"

That was how Jade got to go on her first ever shopping trip. She came home with a new favourite yellow green hoodie, sweatpants, leggings, a turquoise tunica, shirts, and three pairs of shoes. And the TARDIS made her a room. She cried at that. And fell asleep almost immediately after the slight physical exertion.

xXXx

She had a nightmare the first night. The TARDIS tried to comfort her and it helped a little, as well as Rina's assurances, but she still couldn't sleep. So she sneaked out and went to the console room where the Doctor was fiddling with some tech. She hid into a corner, bundled in the softest blanket she'd ever had, and fell asleep in her white night dress to the sounds of his tinkering.

The Doctor found her an hour later and arranged her into a more comfortable position, getting a mattress and setting her there. He smiled a little at her before going back to work.

xXXx

Jade and the Doctor had eaten some breakfast he had cooked with skills he learned in France. She'd babbled on and off about anything and he listened attentively. It had taken a bit for her to be comfortable enough to do that but the result was worth it. She felt accepted.

Now they were back in the console room and she was sitting on her mattress, still in sleep clothes, drawing something while the Doctor checked controls and stuff. Then she felt something, the TARDIS humming with greeting and slight discomfort, and looked up to see a woman. She gaped silently. The Doctor flipped a switch. Then noticed the woman in a white dress, just standing there.

"What?", he muttered.

She turned, soon echoing his statement. A redhead. Jade shifted so she was hiding behind the console, not sure what to make of this new development.

"Who are you?", the redhead exclaimed.

"But-", confusion absolutely radiated off him.

"Where am I?"

"What?"

"What the hell is this place!?", panic was building and Jade peered out from her hiding place, just a little. She was slightly concerned.

"What?", the Doctor's disbelieving confusion boiled over into intense curiosity.

Jade stood slowly as the woman and the Doctor started a word fight. She didn't want to be seen. Not yet. Not like this. She needed a jacket of some sort. Her eyes fell on a purple and violet shirt with buttons and long sleeves. It must've been Rose's or Addie's. Nodding to herself, she quickly put it on, the sleeves swallowing her hands whole, before looking down at her bare feet. The grating didn't hurt her, she had thick skin, but running on it might. She'd need shoes. But there probably wasn't anything here. Was there?

The TARDIS hummed a little and beckoned her to one side. She followed, interested, and trying to keep out of the wedding dress woman's eyesight. She found dark blue crocs things, too big to fit but not so big as to slip off her feet before she could take a step. Her feet were unusually large for someone her size. Not that much but a bit.

She pat the pillar in thanks before turning her attention to the arguing pair, except the woman had noticed her and was now walking towards her. The girl squeaked in alarm, slipping behind the pillar and running around the console to get back to the Doctor's side. She latched on and eyed the dumbfounded redhead warily.

"You kidnap little kids too!? Don't think I don't see what she's wearing! I'm not the first, am I?", she accused.

Jade suddenly felt braver as she frowned, hugging his arm tighter, "He doesn't kidnap people", not anymore, at least, "He saved me!"

There was a hand on her head and she suddenly realized how hard she was breathing and how tired she felt. It hadn't been such a good idea to run so fast. The Doctor was looking down at her in concern. She was too exhausted to do much more than lean against him and close her eyes. He touched her cheek and she could feel him nudge at her mind gently, washing peace and safety over her. She almost cried with how nice it felt after so long with no one to care.

"...Is she okay?", the woman asked but it was muffled to her ears.

"Hm? Exhausted but fine. Well, not completely fine, she's still achy and her head hurts", the Doctor muttered and crouched to pick her up.

She felt strange to be picked up so gently, so carefully, but it was nice and she told him that with feelings. He didn't seem to quite know what to do with that, whether to feel glad or angry at the people who'd had her before this. He settled for squeezing her in comfort. She couldn't tell if it was for him or for her. She just leaned her head on his shoulder and drifted to sleep. Everything else could wait.

"...'s th' Christmas treez… 'gain", she mumbled right before her consciousness faded.

(The Doctor watched her, fondly amused, as he quickly laid her to her mattress and threw the covers on her. She could sleep a little while longer. Meanwhile, the woman had seen an exit and almost ran straight out into a supernova. Apparently her name was Donna and she wanted to get back to her wedding. Good for her. He didn't need her here anyway… He pointedly ignored her friends' advice in getting someone else to help with a child)

xXXx

When Jade woke up the TARDIS was in flight and the Doctor had the doors open. She gasped and immediately hurried to the console, mind working furiously as she pressed a button, pulled a lever, and grabbed a fire extinguisher in preparation. A silver tube she had no idea how she knew was a fire extinguisher. The flight had stabilized somewhat more.

"Hurry up, Donna!", she screamed shrilly, having no clue as to how she knew the redhead's name, "You can do it!"

After a few more long seconds all of them were safely inside the TARDIS, though the TARDIS had some small fires due to the strain of a supernova, an intruder, and the flying. Flying being the most taxing. She coughed a little as she turned the extinguisher on and started snuffing fire out. She yelped when someone picked her up and plucked the tube from her hand, quickly spraying over things and putting her to sit on the side.

"Stay here, don't inhale the smoke", the Doctor told her and she realized with a jolt that yes, he could do it too. She didn't have to.

For once, she didn't have to. It was confusing, relieving, and she smiled so widely her cheeks ached. With just a few presses of buttons and some creative steering the Doctor had the TARDIS back to land, the fires out, and the girls outside until the smoke cleared. He then crouched next to her and looked her over, checking for burns or smoke inhalation.

"How's your head?", he asked as the sonic let out a whirr.

She thought for a moment, not sure how to answer, "It… pulses? But it's been worse!", she added quickly, not wanting to be a burden.

He quirked a quick smile and raised a hand to her temple. The pulsing faded back until the hurt was easily ignored. She looked at him worriedly, almost subconsciously pushing out her concerns. He seemed to sigh internally as he pulled her to him, mentally detailing exactly why she wasn't a burden at all while steering them to Donna's side. She listened and felt herself blush further with each compliment.

The Doctor let her go to sit next to Donna, putting his jacket over her shoulders. Jade hesitated, then circled around to the woman's other side and sat there. She swung her legs, letting the adults' conversation wash over her. She kept getting the shortest and most confusing flashes. Like, the tree. And a party.

"Hey. Kid", Donna caught her attention, "I'm sorry if I scared you. I was kinda freaked out"

Jade looked her in the eyes and smiled just a little, "Me too. You appeared out of thin air"

"Yeah?", she huffed, "Are you an alien too?"

She shrugged. The redhead's eyebrows rose and she turned to the Doctor for answers. He tugged at his ear and shook his head.

"Not really, but she's odd", he switched topics, "How did you even get on board the TARDIS?"

And he went off to a rant while scanning her. Each time he made a statement of Donna's unimportance Jade mouthed 'wrong' while staring off into the distance.

"Have your friends ever punched you in the face?", Donna had had enough of constant rudeness and ridicule.

It made the Doctor wince, "Occasionally. Though usually it's the shoulder. Or the head. Was. They're gone now"

"Not forever", Jade said idly, still staring off.

Donna looked between them like they were the most intriguing beings she'd ever met. Which they might as well be. The Doctor drew her in a conversation on what her life was like, trying to figure her out. She listened in and frowned at certain parts of Donna's story, certain she wasn't telling the entire truth but not sure how.

"But- But you're the one who nagged him", she pointed out at one point, once she started talking about her marriage.

"Wha-? How did you-?", Donna gaped.

The Doctor blinked at her before laughing, "Oh, Donna. She knows, she's a clairvoyant"

"What, like, she can see the future? That's not possible", no one said anything, "...Is it?"

There was a long pause as Jade shifted, slumping in on herself. She kicked her foot out in the open air, not at all scared of the height they were at.

"...There's a party", she mumbled, "And trees aren't nice"

Donna looked at her sceptically, "...Sure. It's Christmas, you know, parties and trees everywhere. And… I doubt we'll have the reception now", she sighed, "Everyone's going to be so heartbroken"

xXXx

There was a party, the reception, and the Christmas trees weren't nice. Neither were the Santas but she hadn't really known about them beforehand. It might've slipped her mind or she just hadn't had visions. Flashes. Whichever.

She'd changed into her new clothes, a cyan jacket over the yellow dress and thick blue leggings. She still wasn't quite used to them and would shift around to feel them against her skin. The strangest feel came from her new boots that were a bright green with yellow shoelaces. She'd curl her toes and feel socks and thickness where there had always been ground.

It was amazing. It was disconcerting. Like how she knew the trees were a bad thing and somehow got everyone to run out of the reception building via fire alarm even as the Doctor got the Santas with his sonic and the sound system. She may have borrowed a multipurpose knife from a random man's pocket to trick the system.

"Jade!", the Doctor called out to her and she quickly ran to him.

He'd told her to stay within shouting distance before he'd encouraged her to go talk to some other kids at the party. It had been… strange. But okay. They thought her odd but nice enough and she'd gotten them to go outside before the attack… Along with everyone else.

Almost everyone else, she corrected with a constricted throat as she saw people huddled against tables while screaming and avoiding the explosive decorations.

She reached out a hand and didn't even hesitate, even as her headache spiked. Two bombs stopped in mid-air before she threw them straight at the tree with her mind, hand movement helping her focus. They exploded and sent the tree out of commission but not the bombs. The Doctor grabbed her up and walked briskly to the destroyed robots while muttering a litany of 'no's and the stupidity of recklessness, mind reaching to caress her frayed one. She winced as she realized she'd risked permanent damage.

He set her down next to him, a lightning fast telepathic conversation happening between them, before he ascertained she'd be fine for the moment and turned to the machinery. She slipped into meditation, trying to soothe the hurt that had started up again. Like an aggravated wound. She would have to be more careful from now on.

'I shouldn't have brought you. I'm sorry. You're still recovering'

'I'm fine, Doctor', she told him, 'I just did something stupid. And… And you know I'd've followed you anyway'

The Doctor did the mental equivalent of a frustrated sigh and was still feeling guilt. She frowned at it and told it to shove off and leave her friend alone. She was glad when it abated a little to give room for amusement, though the wave of melancholy wasn't that nice.

At the same time he had been explaining things to Donna who had stayed inside and dove for cover with her kinda husband. He stood up and was about to run through the door before turning to her with a worried, conflicted frown.

"Jade, go to the TARDIS, I'll fix this mess", he said in the end, "You know how to get there, don't you?"

She frowned up at him, feeling a mix of being okay with that and not wanting to leave him at all. Separation anxiety. Slowly she nodded and stood up to start moving.

"Uh, Donna, would you go with-"

Jade whirled around, "NO!"

Everyone stared at her startled and panicked form and she hunched her shoulders, expecting a beating for speaking out of turn. Rina set her thoughts straight and she took a breath to explain.

"You need her with you", she told the Doctor, "She needs to know"

Donna looked between them, "What? Know what? Martian man?"

She looked at her solemnly, "I dunno what but you find out something important", and then she turned and started walking towards home, leaving the Doctor to explain for the second time that she just knew stuff.

Jade was nervous. She was slightly scared. Also exhilarated and happy to be right here right now. There would be twists and turns she didn't know about but she did know things would turn out alright. Not perfect, but alright.

Though she might be able to make it a little more alright.

xXXx

The Earth's birth was terrifying, awe inspiring, and slightly nauseating to watch. Not only because of all the spinning asteroids but also the flashes of a red skinned giant spider that wanted to give the whole Earth for her children to eat. Jade's blood was rushing, pumping in her ears, even as she knew she had prepared for the future. With Rina's help, as well as her knowledge's.

For some reason she knew a lot about technology, a combination of being a computer for a little while and the something she had lost during that stunt. Anyway, she'd built something that would help. With… something. She glanced at Donna from the corner of her eye. The woman looked like the ground had been pulled from under her. She didn't blame her.

Donna's almost husband, someone she had trusted, had turned into a traitor. As soon as it was explained to her Jade knew what had happened. And what would happen next. Or, had a vague idea of it at least.

The Doctor and Donna rushed off as soon as the TARDIS landed back in Donna's time, a few hundred meters away with the help of the extrapolator. She tried to be unobtrusive, knowing the Doctor would order her to stay if he knew her plans. And so, she waited for exactly one second, slung the modified vacuum cleaner on her back, and sneaked out of the TARDIS.

Then she ran and hid from robots while searching for the right place, finding it a moment later and hiding in a corner. She pointed the vacuum nozzle at the liquified huon particles before activating it. The noise was minimal with her tinkering and fully formed particles drifted over to the hose faster and faster. She knew she had some time to do this but no idea how much. She was still breathing hard from all the running and knew she'd probably pass out again after this.

The flow of the particles ended soon enough and she quickly turned her device off and rushed off to the next room where she knew the Racnoss was at, along with Donna and Lance. She felt a pang once she realized she couldn't save Lance. But… she could save him from getting eaten.

Jade tried breathing slowly and quietly, hiding near the exit and ready to bolt any second things turned South.

The Racnoss' taunting made her skin crawl and she worried about Donna. She knew the Doctor would save her though. And then she'd save him. Jade's job was to make the whole ordeal a little less painful. A little less full of guilt. She waited for the right moment, the moment the Racnoss activated the particles, and activated her vacuum. Particles pulled particles. Her machine had some particles trapped in it and she knew the fear in both Lance and Donna would activate them. Sure enough they immediately shot towards her.

She started running, not wasting her breath on talking and concentrated on getting away from the sudden shots and running robots.

It was a terrifying two minutes. She got to the TARDIS and pleaded for her mentally to open the doors. Jade didn't have time to bother with a key. The time machine did so and she could have melted with relief but pushed her aching body to run faster. She got in just in the nick of time and the doors slammed shut behind her. Jade got her body to move two more steps before she just… shut down. She shakily dropped to her knees and pulled the vacuum off her back, gasping for breath.

Her eyesight was blurry and she was shaky from aftershocks of adrenaline. Black was creeping into her vision. But she smiled a little as she curled an arm around the vacuum and succumbed to unconsciousness.

She'd done it.

Jade wasn't awake to feel or see the huon energy seep through the container, into her skin and inside the TARDIS, filling gaps in her mutated DNA and tethering her more strongly to the time ship and time itself.

xXXx

The Doctor and Donna ran to the TARDIS as the underground secret base got flooded. The Racnoss had screeched and raged before she teleported herself up to her own ship, which then got blown up after opening fire on Earth. For some reason her children hadn't awakened and the Doctor counted himself lucky he hadn't committed another genocide. However harmful the racnoss children would be to planet Earth they were still just that. Children.

He got to the TARDIS, ignoring Donna's calls as he opened the doors and got in, only to stop in his tracks as he saw Jade crumpled on the ground, hand hugging a… was that a vacuum cleaner?

Donna ran into his back and the doors slammed shut behind her. It prompted him to quickly crouch by the little girl and assess any possible damage. The sonic picked up a fair amount of huon energy in the strange device and both his eyebrows rose as his brain promptly put the pieces together. Jade had built a huon energy filter into a vacuum cleaner and had used it to keep the racnoss children from awakening, stealing the particles before they could be sent down to the centre of the Earth.

It was- It was reckless, that's what it was, and he should watch out for that but… it was also brilliant, so impossible it could count as a miracle, and brave. So so brave for an eight-year-old.

He shook his head at his little charge, not able to suppress a grin, "Spectacular, Jade. Truly spectacular"

Another wave of water slammed into the TARDIS doors and the Doctor straightened, hearing Donna's alarmed shout. He quickly asked her to take Jade to someplace more comfortable as he got them out of there. After one last glance at the girl who Donna gently picked up he ran to the console and prepared to fly her - though not literally this time.

Still. This showed him what Addie had meant with Jade being used to doing things on her own. He should remedy that in the future, or live with a risk of hearts attacks every other day.

…He really should find a way to remedy that. Somehow, someway. Hearts attacks were not fun at all.

Oh well, he pulled levers and moved them all towards safety, We'll learn as we go.

xXXx

And Donna showed up. Things are a little rough with Jade at the mo buuut it'll get better. Much better. See what I mean about changes to timelines? I meant changes to plot. It's annoying to just write the series over, I need new things so I make new things. Hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. Which was a lot.

What do you think of the alterations so far? Weird? Meh? Cool? Basically, should I change more or leave as is?