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"Now, that didn't go well", Sarah Jane said.

"I think it went as well as can be expected mum", Jenna said "I highly doubted Mrs Wormwood was going to just pack up and leave. Not when she wants Earth so bad".

"So how're you gonna stop them?" Maria asked Sarah Jane.

"You tell me", she replied.

"What? Do you mean you haven't got a plan? Nothing?" Maria asked, surprised.

"No. The people I fight have plans and weapons, but I don't. It's what makes me different", Sarah Jane said.

The Doctor placed a hand on her shoulder "don't worry, between you, me and Jen we'll figure something out", he assured her.

~Laboratory~

"Mother, events have escalated", Mrs Wormwood said with her fingers on her temples "We must declare war on mankind. Open your mind, Mother. You must convert the humans containing Bane. They will convert the rest. Let this become Bane World!" Mrs Wormwood moved her hands away from her temples and looked up that the ceiling. Two panels slid back to reveal a much larger version of the Bane, the Bane Mother. It looked down at her and blinked, its eye turning orange as it began the process of taking over those who'd ingested Bane.

~Attic~

Jenna gasped and doubled over. "Mum…help", she choked out. She wasn't the only one doubled over, Kelsey was too.

"Help me", the black girl pleaded.

"Oh my God, it's beginning", Sarah Jane breathed. The Doctor rushed over to Jenna, grabbing her upper arms.

"Jen you've got to fight it", he urged.

"You too Kelsey", Sarah Jane added "fight it!"

Kelsey suddenly straightened up, holding out the bottle of Bubble Shock that was in her hand. "Drink it", she ordered in a monotone voice.

"It's the Bane! They're taking people over!" Maria exclaimed.

"Out! Quickly. Out!" Sarah Jane shouted at them all. Maria and the Archetype ran for the door while Sarah Jane covered them. The Doctor scooped Jenna into his arms and fled the attic, the brunette girl managing to snag an alien communicator on the way out. Sarah Jane ran after them, dodging Kelsey on her way out.

They all piled in the car, Jenna on the Doctor's lap and Sarah Jane sped off towards the factory. "Keep fighting it Jenna", the Time Lord urged as the girl made small noises of pain, the struggle clear on her face. He knew it was a risk taking her with them but he wasn't about to leave her behind.

"No giant squid is taking me over", Jenna managed to say as she continued to fight to stay in control. Her grip tightened on the communicator in her hand.

"That's my girl", the Doctor said.

~Outside the factory~

As they neared the factory gates, the Doctor used his sonic to get them open. Sarah Jane drove through, and the Doctor soniced the gate shut.

Sarah Jane pulled up by the Bubble Shock bus and got out. Maria and the Archetype got out the back while the Doctor exited the front passenger seat, gathering Jenna back into his arms. The older Smith tried to use her sonic lipstick on the main factory doors.

"They've got a deadlock seal", Sarah Jane said, her heart plummeting at this revelation.

"What does that mean?" Maria asked.

"We can't get in", the Doctor said. They had to get in! They had to stop the Bane in order to save everyone.

"Yes we can", Jenna said looking over at the bus. The Doctor followed her gaze and grinned.

"Oh, you are brilliant!" he declared.

~Laboratory~

"All the humans who don't submit will be reduced to liquid", Mrs Wormwood declared looking at a screen "Then Bane will drink them and…what's that noise?" she asked hearing a distant rumbling. Suddenly the Bubble Shock bus smashes through the wall.

"Not too late for the party?" Sarah Jane asked from the driver's seat.

"Miss Smith", Mrs Wormwood hissed.

"I warned you. Leave this planet", Sarah Jane said hopping out of the bus, followed by the Doctor.

"Have you met my mother?" Mrs Wormwood asked pointing up. The Doctor and Sarah Jane look up and gape at the large alien in the ceiling.

"Leave them alone!" Maria shouted rushing out followed by the Archetype.

"I told you to stay on board", Sarah Jane scolded. She wanted Maria and the Archetype to stay safe and watch over Jenna.

"Too late for that", Maria said.

"Oh, you've brought us the Archetype", Mrs Wormwood said looking at the boy.

"He is a living, thinking human being. And you created him. What for?" the Doctor asked.

"He's an assembly of thousands of different humans. A montage, you might say. A collage. On every tour of the factory, we'd scan the guests, all ten thousand of them, and then we fed every strength and every weakness into him. The Archetype", Mrs Wormwood explained.

"I am everyone", the Archetype stated.

"But why?" Maria asked.

"The 2% that wouldn't touch Bane", Mrs Wormwood replied "The Archetype could tell us exactly how to modify our product. But since we've advanced our plans, he is no longer needed". She activated her ring and the Archetype collapsed in pain.

"No!" Maria cried kneeling down beside him.

"He's only a boy. I'm begging you, let him go", Sarah Jane pleaded as the Doctor covered the Archetype with his coat.

"Oh, that's so sweet", Mrs Wormwood said mockingly earning a glare from the Doctor. "But he's dying, and soon you will join him, like all our enemies. Our slave control is activated around the world. The time of man is over. The time of Bane is come", she declared.

"I don't think so", Jenna said. The Doctor, Sarah Jane, Maria and the Archetype glance behind them to see her standing there, looking a lot better.

"And what do you think you, a mere child, can do to stop us?" Mrs Wormwood asked, not seeing her as much of a threat. Big mistake.

"There's only one thing I can do", Jenna said moving around the others to stand in front of them "I can use this" she held up the communicator.

"And what is that?" Mrs Wormwood asked.

"It's a communicator from another world. About a million times more powerful than a piddly mobile phone", Jenna explained.

"Then it's a good thing you don't know our frequency", Mrs Wormwood said.

"Actually I do… and so does he", Jenna nodded to the Archetype.

"Mr Smith said it out loud", he said.

"But that was dozens of numbers!" Sarah Jane said surprised.

"But I remember them", the Archetype slowly standing up. Jenna held out the communicator and he took it. "You gave me the memory of ten thousand humans", he reminded Mrs Wormwood.

"Stop him!" she ordered the workers as the Archetype's fingers' flew over the buttons so fast they looked like a blur.

"…757562987032105- 5. Calling the Bane!" the Archetype held up the communicator and a piercing tone fills the area.

"Argh! The Bane Mother! You're killing her!" Mrs Wormwood cried "Archetype, I order you to stop!"

"You can't order him about. You made him human", Jenna told her "and he's ours!" With that she grabbed his hand and ran. Sarah Jane, the Doctor and Maria raced after them, equipment exploding as they went.

The group burst through a fire door and sprinted as fast as they could to get as much distance as possible from the factory.

BOOM!

The place exploded, the force of the blast causing them all to stumble slightly. "Did we stop them?" Maria asked laughing.

"Yeah, we did", Jenna replied happily.

"Are you all right?" Sarah Jane asked them all.

"Their control has gone, and I'm free!" the Archetype said happy "That's good".

"Oh yes, that's good", Sarah Jane said with a smile. She hugged the boy. "I would be dead without you two", Sarah added pulling back to look at the boy and her daughter "We all would. You're amazing. You too Maria. Amazing!"

"I second that", the Doctor agreed with a big grin of his own.

"This is happiness, yes?" the Archetype asked.

"Oh, yes", she replied "We did it!"

Jenna laughed as the Doctor picked her up bridal style and spun around on the spot. "We did it!" Maria cheered flinging her arms around Sarah Jane and the Archetype. The three laughed, dancing around on the spot in their group hug.

Jenna pressed her lips against the Doctor's "we did it", she said happily.

"Yes we did", he agreed with a smile. He set her down and they went over to the trio, joining in on their group hug/happy dance.

Later…

Maria sat on a wooden chair in Sarah Jane's garden waiting for the woman in question. Jenna had taken the Archetype to the TARDIS to get him some proper clothing and the Doctor went with her.

The teenager smiled as Sarah Jane walked over carrying a tray with a jug of lemonade 5 glasses. She poured out the drink into the glasses and gave one to Maria.

She picked up another and they clinked their glasses together saying "cheers"

"And it's normal pop", Maria added.

"Hooray for normal pop", Sarah Jane said sitting down on the bench "How's your friend, Kelsey?"

"She's back-tracking like mad, saying it was all hallucinations. No such thing as aliens", Maria replied.

"But we know better", Sarah Jane pointed out. The pair exchanged smiles. Moments later the Archetype entered the garden in the outfit Jenna had chosen for him. He now looked like an ordinary teenaged boy. The Doctor and Jenna came in just after him.

"Oh, that's more like it", Maria said approving.

"This is good?" the Archetype asked.

"Yeah", Maria replied "How are you gonna adopt him, then?" she asked as the Archetype and Jenna sat down on the bench, Sarah Jane handing them both a glass of lemonade. "I mean, you need forms and things. Who are you gonna say his real mum is, the Bane Mother?"

"Mr Smith's sorted that" Sarah Jane showed them official adoption forms "Officially done and dusted. All he needs now is a name", she said putting the forms down on the table.

"You can choose your own", Maria said.

The Archetype looked at Jenna "I like yours. Jenna", he said.

Jenna laughed "I like it too but it's not really appropriate for a boy. How about Jack?" she suggested "Josh?"

"Nathan?" Maria put in.

"Harry? Alistair? Luke?" Sarah Jane supplied.

"I like Luke", Maria said.

"I like Luke", Sarah Jane agreed.

"Me too", Jenna said, also agreeing.

"If you like Luke, I like Luke", the Archetype said with a smile.

"You know that was the name I was always going to choose if I ever had a son", Sarah Jane told them "but I got my Jenna instead" she smiled fondly at her daughter who was sitting the other side of the newly named Luke Smith "and I have no regrets about that".

"Well, now you're a mum of two", Maria said.

"Yes" Sarah Jane looked at both her son and daughter "I am".

"I've always wanted a sibling, now I have one" Jenna putting an arm around Luke.

"I have a mum and a sister", Luke said "this is good?"

"Yes, it's very good", Jenna replied. She looked over to where the Doctor stood, a little ways away "hey" she called getting his attention "Come on over. You're part of the family too". She set her glass down on the grass as he came over and intertwined her fingers with his as he came to a stop by the bench, politely declining a glass of lemonade.

"What's that?" Luke asked noticing a light streak across the star studded sky.

"It's just a plane", Maria replied looking up as well.

"That's a flying machine, right?" Luke asked.

"Perhaps it's a spaceship", Jenna suggested. Sarah Jane looked up at the stars and couldn't help but think how lucky she was. She'd started the day off with just a daughter. Now she has a daughter, a son and a new friend.

I saw amazing things, out there in space. But there's strangeness wherever you turn. Life on Earth can be an adventure, too. You just need to know where to look.