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Kirvanessa: it was going to be at the start of the story until I checked the time line.

"Guess that's my cue", Jenna said and dashed out of the room. She ran along corridors trying to find a way out, all the while the alarm blared overhead. The brunette yelped when she collided with someone as she rounded the corner. It was Maria with an unfamiliar boy dressed in what appeared to be some sort of hospital garb. "Maria? What on earth are you doing here?" Jenna asked trying to calm her racing heart "and who is this?"

"I don't know, I was looking for Kelsey and I ran into him", Maria replied.

"I knew I had to get away", the boy, the Archetype stated.

"I think that goes for all of us", Jenna said grabbing the Archetype's hand.

"But what about Kelsey?!" Maria called after them as they walked quickly away.

"I'm sure she's fine Maria. Now come on!" Jenna called back. Maria hesitated for a moment before she followed after them. The trio ran down the corridor with Jenna maintaining a firm grip on the Archetype's hand. She didn't know why but she felt this urge to protect him. It was similar to the one she sometimes gets around the Doctor.

Jenna pulled both the boy and Maria behind some machinery moments before a group of men in orange overalls jogged past. "We've got to find a place to hide", Maria stated as she watched them go.

"Not a bad idea actually", Jenna agreed. It wasn't going to be easy getting all three of them out safely, not with alarms blaring and factory workers running about. If it was just her, it would be easy peasy but she wasn't going to risk the lives of Maria and the Archetype.

Maria smiled when she spotted a door with a sign marked 'Ladies'. "Jenna", she said and when the violet eyed girl looked at her, she gestured to the sign.

"That'll do", Jenna said, approving of her choice of hiding place. They stepped out of their hiding place and went for the Ladies room.

The room was small with only three cubicles. There was also a window, not a very big one but they could all fit through. "Stand back", Jenna ordered pulling out her sonic from her pocket. She pointed it at the window and pressed the button. Jenna, Maria and the Archetype shielded themselves as the glass shattered. Jenna shrugged off her jacket, wrapping it around her hand and used it to clear away shards of glass that was left. She then draped it over the window frame before helping both Maria and the Archetype out the window. Jenna clambered out the window, grabbed the Archetype's hand again and ran for the car.

When they reached the car, Jenna used her sonic on the car to unlock it "get in!" she ordered, pulling the door open and pushing the seat back. As Maria and the Archetype got in the car, Jenna heard two sets of running footsteps. She spun around and was relieved to see the Doctor and her mother hurrying towards her.

"Jenna! Are you ok?" Sarah Jane asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. But I ran into a slight complication…" Jenna gestured to the car.

Sarah Jane glanced through the car window "we'll deal with it when we get home", she said. Jenna got in the back with Maria and the Archetype while the Doctor got in the front passenger seat. Sarah Jane started up the car and sped away from the Bubble Shock factory.

~Outside Sarah Jane's home~

The moment Sarah Jane pulled out of the driveway, the Doctor got out allowing the three in the back to get out of the car. "But who is he? What was he doing in that factory? What were they doing in there?" Maria asked, desperately wanting answers.

"Just leave it. You go home, Maria, we can handle things from now on", Sarah Jane said practically marching the Archetype towards the house.

"But there's something going on", Maria said, not about to let this go "I saw you last night", she added making Sarah Jane stop and turn back to her "With that thing in your garden. That alien".

Sarah Jane walked towards Maria "Now listen to me, Maria. Our lives are dangerous. And for me, I like to work alone because I don't like putting other people in danger. Not even my own daughter" Sarah Jane pointed to Jenna "and she is far more capable of taking care of herself. Regardless for that fact, I don't like putting her in danger and I certainly don't like putting a child at risk either".

"I'm not a child", Maria shot back.

"Maria, just go back home", Sarah Jane said firmly "You watch telly, you do whatever it is you do. You just live your life as normal. You forget any of this happened. Have you got that? You stay away from us, for your own sake". And with that Sarah Jane turned and ushered the Archetype inside.

Maria looked at the Doctor and Jenna, eyes shining with tears. "She's right Maria", the Doctor agreed "it's best that you forget all of this". The teenager turned and ran, right across the road to the house opposite.

"I'll be back in a minute", Jenna said to the Doctor. Without waiting for a reply she hurried across the road to Maria's house. She got to the front door just time to stop it from slamming shut. Jenna slipped inside and rushed up the stairs startling Alan Jackson, Maria's father.

Maria looked up when she heard her bedroom door open and was very surprised to see Jenna standing there. "Jenna? What are you doing here?" she sniffled.

"I came to apologise for the way my mum acted", Jenna replied sitting on the end of the bed "she definitely could've told you in a slightly better way".

"You agree with her and that guy then?" Maria asked.

"For the most part", Jenna replied "my mum was right about our lives being dangerous. You never know exactly what you're going to face next. I've met all manner of aliens through my travels with the Doctor, the man you saw. Some of them are friendly and some of them are not. And I've had my fair share of close calls with those not so friendly ones" she explained "But despite all that I know you're not going to forget everything that had happened".

"How can I? Now that I know aliens exist, how am I supposed to go back to living a normal life?" Maria asked.

"Well if I was in your postion, I'd find it very difficult to forget it all and carry on as if nothing had ever happened" Jenna sighed "and as you are kind of already pretty involved considering it was you who found the boy in the first place… I suppose it wouldn't hurt to let you help".

Maria beamed "thank you Jenna!" she said happily and hugged the young Smith.

"You're welcome", Jenna said pulling back "but this is a onetime deal. Once it's over, you go back to your normal life, ok?"

Maria nodded "ok", she agreed. It was going to be hard to live a normal life but at least Jenna was letting her help.

Jenna knew that her mother wasn't going to be happy and neither was the Doctor. But she didn't see any harm in letting Maria help just this once. And she was around so she can make sure the teen doesn't get into any trouble.

Then an all too familiar sensation of a 'feeling' came over her. But this one left her with a really bad feeling about her mother. Jenna shot to her feet, wrenched the door open and raced down the stairs. She ignored Maria who was calling after her and she ignored her dad as well. Jenna pulled open the front door and pushed past Kelsey who was just outside.

"Hey!" the girl protested. Jenna skidded to a stop outside the front door and fumbled for her sonic that was in her pocket, not easy when her hands where shaking.

"Jenna what's going on?" Maria asked coming to stop next to her.

"Trouble", Jenna replied simply. She just managed to get her sonic from her pocket and was about to use it when all of a sudden a scream sounded behind them. Jenna and Maria spin around to find Kelsey standing there staring in horror at something on the house. They follow her gaze and saw a giant squid like creature with one eye, climbing around the house.

Jenna quickly flashed her sonic on the lock "In now!" she shouted to Maria. As the brunette darted inside, Jenna grabbed the still screaming Kelsey and dragged her into the house, slamming the door shut.

"Jen what's going on?" Sarah Jane asked as the Doctor rushed over to help Jenna keep the door shut.

"Unexpected guest! It's here for the boy!" Jenna said pressing her back against the door the best she could "mum remember the alien 'fire extinguisher'? We're going to need it" she quickly added. Sarah Jane nodded and raced up the stairs. "You three upstairs now!" Jenna ordered.

"But Sarah Jane said we're not allowed", the Archetype informed her.

"And I'm allowing you. Now go!" Jenna shouted.

"What is that thing?" Kelsey screamed.

"Just shut up and move!" Maria yelled at her. She shoved Kelsey towards the stairs, the Archetype already scrambling up them. The Doctor and Jenna abandoned the front door when they both heard the wood splintering.

"All of you, just run! As fast as you can", the Doctor shouted. They raced up the stairs, the creature following them in leaps and bounds.

The Doctor and Jenna had nearly reached the top when all of a sudden Jenna was pulled off her feet by a large tentacle. "Doctor!" she cried as the creature dragged her down the stairs.

The Time Lord lunged for her, managing to grab her wrists. "Don't let go", she pleaded.

"I won't", the Doctor said bracing himself the best he could against the stairs and tried to pull her out of the creatures grip.

"This is not happening. This is so not happening", Kelsey said hysterically from where she was hiding behind the Archetype.

"But that contradicts the facts", the Archetype stated, confused.

"First you…then the man…then the children and then the old woman", the creature declared pulling even harder on Jenna. But the Doctor wasn't letting go either. Too many times he'd almost lost her, he wasn't losing her to this thing.

"Hey! Less of the old!" Sarah Jane exclaimed suddenly appearing with the item Jenna had told her to get. She sprayed it at the creature making it writhe and shriek in pain. It released its hold on Jenna, the Doctor pulling her into his arms the moment she was free. They all watched the creature fall down the stairs, hitting the wall hard. It then shifted back into Davey who stared up at them, a look of terror on his face.

"It's the muffin", Kelsey stated pointing at him.

"That is a muffin?" the Archetype asked, confused. Davey got up and hurried down the stairs.

"You all right?" the Doctor asked Jenna looking at her with concern.

She nodded "yeah. Thanks for not letting me go", she said.

"I'll never let you go. I love you", the Doctor said quietly dropping a kiss on top of her head.

"You alright honey?" Sarah Jane asked Jenna as the Doctor headed downstairs to investigate the black goop that was left behind by the creature/Davey.

"Yeah I'm fine", Jenna replied "told you we'd need that", she added nodding to the object in her mother's hands.

"Yes, you did", Sarah Jane agreed.

"Doctor if you put that stuff anywhere near your mouth I'm not going to kiss you for a week", Jenna warned seeing the Time Lord prod the goo with a pencil.

"Oh, my flipping heck!" Kelsey suddenly shouted from the open doorway of the attic.

"No! Don't go up there!" Sarah Jane called, rushing up the stairs. Jenna quickly hurried after her, followed by Maria, the Archetype and the Doctor. "Who said you could come up here?" she asked "Don't touch anything", Sarah Jane added quickly.

"These things, are they alien?" Maria asked looking around at the various items. The Archetype and Kelsey were doing the same. The Doctor kept an eye on Kelsey, making sure she didn't break anything. Jenna noticed the Archetype wandering over to her desk, looking at her drawings with interest.

"Some of them", Sarah Jane replied.

"I drew that", Jenna told the Archetype as he picked up a sketch of K9. It was one of her old ones that she did when she was younger.

"It's amazing", the Archetype said.

"I wouldn't say that. It's not my best work. I was only 9 at the time", Jenna said. She picked up a sketch book "these are probably my best ones", she said. She watched as the Archetype flicked through the book.

"These are all really good", he remarked.

"Thank you", Jenna said pleased.

"And this place…it's beautiful", the Archetype added.

"Yeah, I suppose it is", Jenna agreed. She did love coming up into the attic, it was probably her favourite place in the entire house. And that included her bedroom.

"Not bad yourself, fella", Kelsey commented looking at the Archetype through a magnifying glass before the Doctor took it away from her.

"What does that mean?" the Archetype asked confused.

"Oh, he's mine", Kelsey declared.

"Is that good or bad?" the Archetype questioned.

"That's bad. That's very bad", Maria replied. She turned her attention back to Sarah Jane "how did you get started?"

"I met this man. A very special man, called the Doctor" Maria glanced over at the Doctor knowing that's who he was thanks to Jenna "And years ago, we travelled together".

"In space?" Maria asked remembering what Jenna said about meeting aliens.

"Space, and time", Sarah Jane replied "And then it came to an end, and suddenly I was back to a normal life. Electric bills, burst pipes, bus tickets and rain. But then my life became exciting again on 5TH March 1986".

"What happened?" Maria asked.

"The light of my life was born", Sarah Jane replied looking over at her daughter with a soft smile. Jenna returned the smile.

"She is completely loop the loop", Kelsey remarked "you should've run away, Jenna", she added to the older brunette.

Jenna threw a glare at her "I'd never run away Kelsey", she said sharply "my mother is one of the few people that I actually care about".

"So the Bubble Shock factory. It's run by aliens", Maria stated, bringing it back around to the topic at hand.

"All right, everyone's an alien. You, me, the Pope, James Blunt…" Kelsey said "Actually, I can believe that one". Jenna frowned at her tone of voice. How could she not believe that aliens exist? She saw one with her own eyes!

Maria seemed to be on the same wavelength as she said "but Kelsey, you saw it. That great big alien creature".

"I saw a muffin in a suit, that's all. Like in the films. It's pretend", Kelsey said. Suddenly a strange beeping noise sounded and Jenna grinned knowing exactly what it was.

"He's back!" she said happily rushing over to a wall. She slid a panel upwards and opened the safe to reveal K9 floating in space, a black hole in the distance. "Hey buddy!" she greeted.

"Greetings mistress Jenna", the metal dog greeted back.

"There was a scientific project in Switzerland. They created their own black hole. If it gets free, the Earth would be swallowed up, so K9's sealing it off", Sarah Jane explained as she came over with the Doctor.

"Greetings, mistress, master", K9 said acknowledging the presence of both the Doctor and Sarah Jane.

"K9", Maria said.

"He's our friend", Sarah Jane told her.

"And the best dog in the entire universe", Jenna added. That may have been a little biased on her account but she didn't care. As far as she was concerned, he IS the best.

"K9 as in canine? Oh, that's so lame", Kelsey said earning her a glare from Jenna.

"He's been in there for a while now, plugging the distortion, and every so often he passes our way", Sarah Jane said.

"Your best friend's a metal dog with its bum stuck in a black hole?" Kelsey asked.

"Ok that's it", Jenna said standing up. She'd just about had enough of this kid. She gently took Kelsey's arm and led her out of the room, closing the door behind her. "You know you were being a bit rude in there. K9 is more than a pet, he is my best friend and I won't have anyone saying a bad thing about him, understood?" she said firmly and Kelsey nodded. She was feeling rather uneasy in Jenna's presence, especially when she was looking at her angrily "come to think of it, it would be best if you just go home"

"Why?" Kelsey asked.

"Why? You don't believe in aliens even though you saw one with your own two eyes. And you think we're all barmy. So as far as I'm concerned there's no reason for you to stay", Jenna said. As Kelsey turned to go down the stairs, Jenna added "oh and I'll have that bottle of Bubble Shock in your pocket".

"Why?" Kelsey asked turning back. She wondered why she wanted it.

"Just give it to me", Jenna said holding her hand out. Kelsey sighed but gave her the bottle to her anyway. "Thanks", Jenna said and went back into the attic. The moment she came into the attic with the bottle in her hand, Sarah Jane's watch started beeping.

"It's picking up something", she said pulling up her sleeve and flipping the watch open. Sarah Jane moved around, noticing that the signal grew stronger as she approached Jenna.

"That thing detects alien life", the Archetype stated "does that mean Jenna's an alien?"

"No it's not coming from her. It's coming from…" Sarah Jane snatched the bottle of Bubble Shock from Jenna's hand, her device beeping like crazy now "It's the drink. It's that ingredient, Bane".

The Doctor moved to stand next to her so he could read the results on the device "Species identified, Bane", he read aloud "It's not just an ingredient, it's an alien! This is the secretion of….a Bane Mother".

"There is a piece of living Bane inside every bottle of Bubble Shock", Sarah Jane said looking worried.

Oh god, I had some of that! Jenna thought feeling rather sick at the revelation that she had a sip of something that contained a piece of living alien. "I've been drinking that stuff, and it's alien?" came Kelsey's voice from the doorway.

"I thought you didn't believe in aliens", Maria reminded her.

"And I thought I told you to go home", Jenna added.

"Yeah well I was until I heard what he said about Bubble Shock. I've got things from outer space living in my stomach!" Kelsey exclaimed.

"You're not the only one who had some", Jenna mumbled.

"Gen, you didn't", the Doctor said in disbelief.

"I'm sorry", she said quietly "It was only a tiny amount, plus it tasted foul".

"So you got the two of us with alien stuff in our stomachs. What are you going to do about it?" Kelsey asked "because you've got all this stuff…all these gadgets and you sit here talking. What good is that? Why don't you actually do something?" Kelsey demanded.

"All right, Kelsey. Just you watch", Sarah Jane said rising to the challenge "Mr Smith?" she asked turning to the fireplace where the computer was housed.

"Yes, Sarah Jane?"

"I need you", Sarah Jane replied. Despite how worried she was over the fact that she'd drunk a little bit of Bane, Jenna still managed to crack a smile as the fireplace opened to reveal Mr Smith. The Doctor had to admit he was a bit impressed with it.

"Mr Smith's a computer", Sarah said now standing in front of it.

"An alien computer", Maria said amazed by it.

"Mr Smith, I want a direct visual link to Mrs Wormwood at the Bane factory. Can you get coordinates?" Sarah Jane asked as Kelsey, the Doctor and Jenna moved to stand behind Sarah Jane.

"Accessing"

"What, you can just phone her up?" Maria asked.

"Mr Smith can hack into anything", Jenna informed her.

"But why do you want to talk to them?" Maria questioned.

"Because I want to be fair", Sarah Jane replied.

"013457689014658757562987032105-5", Mr Smith listed off as they appeared on the screen.

"That's like their phone number", the Doctor murmured.

"Visual link connecting"

"Mrs Wormwood", Sarah Jane greeted.

"Oh, very clever", Mrs Wormwood commented, appearing on the screen.

"Thanks for the assassination attempts", Sarah Jane sassed.

"My pleasure. The next one will involve harpoons", Mrs Wormwood said.

"I know who you are and what you are. Bane. Now leave this planet", Sarah Jane ordered.

"Are you declaring war?" Mrs Wormwood asked.

"Mrs Wormwood, the universe is huge, and Earth is so small", Sarah Jane said "You don't need to do this. I'm asking you, as one species to another, just leave this world. Leave us in peace. Please". The Doctor smiled, rather proud at how she was handling the situation.

"And if I don't?" Mrs Wormwood challenged.

"Then I'll have to do something", Sarah Jane replied.

"Very well. In the language of your young ones, bring it on", Mrs Wormwood said and ended the transmission.