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"Let me go!" Melanie cried as a Cyberman dragged her toward the curtain, the brunette digging her heels in to stop herself from being moved but to no avail.

Sarah Jane had to be held back by another Cyberman as she tried to save her adoptive daughter. Suddenly the one holding Melanie stopped moving and realised her, turning to the Cyberman restraining Sarah Jane. "CyberLeader One has been terminated", Melanie's former captor stated.

The second Cyberman let go of Sarah Jane and stepped forward "Explain. Download shared files".

Sarah Jane darted toward Melanie, grabbed her hand pulled her away. They made their escape with Jackie while the two metal men were distracted. The trio raced down the stairs as fast as they could, eager to go away as quickly as possible. That is until Melanie cried out, clutching her chest. Sarah Jane had to grab hold of her to prevent her from falling head first down the stairs. "What's wrong?" she asked "is it the Doctor?"

Melanie nodded, the pain being too much to form words. It had never been this bad before. It felt like someone had reached into her chest and ripped her heart out. She shakily sat down on the step. Sarah Jane sat down with her, rubbing her back. She knew about the Bond of course but she wasn't sure what she could do to truly help her adoptive daughter. Which was hard because she hated to see Melanie in pain. Jackie could only watch, a sympathetic look on her face.

~Parallel Torchwood~

The Doctor felt the pain as soon as he'd appeared in the parallel world. It was like a big part of himself had been torn away. And if it was this bad for him, he dreaded to think what Melanie was feeling. "I've got to get back", he said, with a sense of urgency in his voice "my Bonded is in danger as is Sarah Jane and Rose's mother".

"That'd be Jackie", Pete said, stepping into the room, flanked by two soldiers "My wife in a parallel universe. And as for you, Doctor, at least this time I know who you are".

"Right, yes, fine, hooray", the Doctor said sarcastically "But I've got to get back, right now".

"No, you're not in charge here. This is our world, not yours. And you're going to listen for once", Pete said firmly. The Doctor glared at him. He didn't care if Pete Tyler was the head of this version of Torchwood. Nothing…NOTHING was going to stop him from getting back to Melanie. And if anyone tried…heaven help them.

"When you left this world, you warned us there'd be more Cybermen. So we sealed them inside the factories", Pete explained.

"Except people argued. Said they were living. We should help them", Jake added.

"And the debate went on. But all that time, the Cybermen made plans. Infiltrated this version of Torchwood, mapped themselves onto your world, and then vanished", Pete finished.

"When was this?" the Doctor asked.

"Three years ago", Pete replied.

"It's taken them three years to cross the void, but we can pop to and fro in a second. Must be the sheer mass of five million Cybermen crossing all at once", the Doctor surmised.

"Yeah, Mickey said you'd rattle off that sort of stuff", Pete remarked.

"That's nice", the Doctor said, not really fussed by that comment "now if you'll excuse me I've got a Bonded to rescue and a world to save". Without even waiting for a response, he smacked the yellow button in his hand and vanished, along with Jake, Pete and a couple of soldiers.

The moment he appeared in the other Torchwood, he immediately felt the pain in his chest subside. In the staircase, Melanie gasped, touching her chest. "He's back", she whispered.

"Do you think you can stand?" Sarah Jane asked. They'd lingered in one place for far too long. The Cybermen could be on them at any moment.

"I think so", Melanie replied and stood up "sorry if I scared you Jackie", she added to the blonde.

"That's alright. Are you sure you're ok?" Jackie questioned. It did look like she was in a lot of pain a few minutes ago.

"Quite sure", Melanie answered. The trio continued on their way down the stairs, Sarah Jane keeping a supporting hand on her.

"Ellie are you alright?" the Doctor mentally asked while they carried on making their way down several flights.

"I'm ok", she responded "still in one piece".

"Good. That's good" Melanie could hear the relief in his voice and she could feel it too "Where are you right now?"

"Does anyone know where we are right now?" Melanie asked aloud.

"We're in a staircase", Jackie replied, wondering why she was asking considering she was there too.

"I know that", Melanie said, trying to supress the urge to be sarcastic "anything that can indicate where we are".

Sarah Jane glanced around and noticed black stencilled letters on the wall as they passed. "N3", she said "I'm guessing N means north".

"We're in a staircase, there's a marking on the wall: N3", Melanie informed the Doctor.

"North corner, staircase three. Just keep low, Ellie. I'm on my way"

"The Doctor is on his way", Melanie told her adopted mother and Jackie.

"How do you know?" Jackie asked "he never called".

"Not physically. He and I talked mentally", Melanie tapped her temple.

"Is that part of your Bond with the Doctor?" Jackie questioned, making Melanie stop and look at her, surprised "Rose told me".

"Yes, it is", Melanie confirmed "but this is hardly the time or place to talk about it. Though if you want to know more, I'd be happy to explain it to you later".

Before they reached the bottom, they saw cybermen approaching the foot of the stairs forcing the trio to backtrack up several flights. "Lets try here", Melanie suggested when they got to the exit at the top of one of those flights.

"As good as place as any", Sarah Jane agreed. She, Melanie and Jackie raced down the corridor only to round the corner and come face to face with two Cybermen. Sarah Jane immediately pulled Melanie behind her.

Suddenly the two Cybermen were shot from behind and they fall to the ground, revealing Pete, Jake, the Doctor, Mickey and Rose. "Ellie", the Time Lord breathed, overjoyed to see her. He moved toward her, enveloping her in a huge hug. Rose couldn't help but glare at the brunette woman as she embraced the Time Lord. She wished that the cybermen had killed her!