A month had passed, and Jo became quite accustomed to her line of work. She would sometimes talk to me even though she knew I couldn't talk back, it was amusing; I would laugh in my mind at some of the stories she told me and upset. Jo talked to me just as much as the Doctor did which made me feel happy.
The Doctor pulled the curtain closed to allow me to rest and I welcomed sleep...even if I was supposed to be in a "coma." Then I felt something…fear…an overwhelming wave of fear from the Doctor: I felt like I was burning and then I heard beeping. The fire went away, but it was replaced by a feeling of loneness…everyone's forgotten me. I'm in a dusty room and…I've been forgotten…no one comes here…they never come here…please someone…wake me up, someone wake me up, for the love of god WAKE ME UP!
Then it stopped and the feeling faded, "What happened", I heard the Brigadier say as he opened the curtain, "I don't know, her heart-rate increased, and she started screaming, sir", the soldier told him.
It was like the Doctor almost died from fear, but it felt like he was alright now, and I calmed down, "Whatever it was, she seemed to have calmed down now", Brigadier said and then sighed.
"Should I close the curtain, sir", the soldier asked the Brigadier, "No, we need some indication whether or not the Doctor is in trouble", the Brigadier told him and then left. I sighed, I could tell it was hard on everyone to see me like this.
The Doctor came back to talk to Brigadier about a recent death which had to do with the "fear machine", and he wanted to make sure he had the Brigadier's promise to destroy it.
A few hours later I could feel Doctor's fear again, "I see the girl is still in her coma, I can see her in your mind Doctor", I heard the Master say…but he was an illusion to play on the Doctor's fears. Soon my own fears returned: useless, stupid, the empty room, I was gathering dust, I was forgotten, nobody cared for me, nobody looked for me, never talked to me, I was left alone and forgotten in my coma. I felt tears well up in my eyes. Everyone I knew were so far away and happy without me.
I was useless, not cared for, and stupid…pathetic…what was the point of my existence, why was I here? I was just in the way and then suddenly the feeling was gone, the Doctor was slowly dying.
"Doctor", I cried out in my mind, "Doctor", I said groggily and then the Master restated his other heart, so it would beat again? The Doctor passed out and the next day awoke completely healed, and I was glad…but I wished I wasn't in a coma.
I thought I wanted the curtain to help bring the silence, so I could sleep, but that was a mistake. I didn't want to be cut off from anyone…I didn't want the curtain anymore.
A few days later the Doctor came back and completely removed the curtain, "Are you alright", the Doctor asked me, "Yes…and thank you", I told him.
A couple of days later a spaceship and crash landed on earth and we soon found out that they wanted to drain the planet of all its nutrients…like a raisin. After we found out that they had disguised themselves as a different species of alien and they turned out to really be Auxons. I didn't find all this out until after the Doctor and Jo were being held captive.
Then I felt someone in the Tardis, "Warning: Intruder", I heard something in my mind, it was the Master…I've must've been more connected to the machine then I thought. Back with the Doctor and Jo, turned out the Auxons wanted information on how to travel through time and space so they could drain energy from everywhere…and the Doctor kept telling them they couldn't manipulate time. However, they demonstrated that they could by draining Jo's life force right in front of his eyes…aging her.
The Doctor gave in and the Auxons returned Jo back to normal as he gave them the information they needed; math that was beyond my comprehension…and yet somehow it clicked, it made perfect sense. I cringed as the Master messed with the Tardis, meanwhile the Doctor and Jo managed to escape their ship and ran all the way back to the laboratory. Once inside they prevented the Master from leaving with the Doctor's Tardis and the Doctor planned on using the Master's help, while keeping him in check.
The Doctor convinced the Master that he was willing to leave everyone behind to get devoured by the Auxons if the Master fixed his Tardis. He was bluffing of course; however, it didn't make it hurt any less. If the Doctor left with the Tardis I would surely die, the Doctor reassured me that he wouldn't leave, and I sighed in relief.
The Doctor took the Tardis onto the Auxon's ship, along with the master; as they martialized the ship, I felt my eyes slowly begin to open. The Tardis was working again, I thought relieved but decided to lay in my pod just in case. Looking around, I realized this was the first time that I saw the Doctor's new laboratory and tears began to fall down my cheeks. I had almost forgotten what the feeling of sight felt like.
The Doctor had allied himself with the Master and the Auxons, he had a plan to set the Tardis into a time loop as he connected cords to the Auxon's spaceship. He was only going to be gone for a moment, but I couldn't risk "disconnecting" from the Doctor or the Tardis; I needed some indication that he was safe and a sliver of hope that he might still live.
I heard the Doctor sigh and just like that he was gone; I gasped and as soon as he left he was back again. Breathing a sigh of relief, I took a breath like normal…I could breathe normally again. After he materialized in front of Jo's and the Brigadier's eyes, he tried to explain to him a time loop was before finally giving up. The Doctor fixed his Tardis, but he still couldn't leave Earth.
The Doctor fixed his dematerialization unit to try and bypass the Time-Lords lock that had him stuck on Earth. After Jo and the Doctor entered the Tardis, they had disappeared and for a moment I blinked then went back to me semi-coma.
The Doctor went somewhere…in space and time, "You cannot spy", I heard a voice echo in my mind as I couldn't speak to the Doctor.
"What's going on", I wondered and then I felt the Tardis get knocked over, "Ow…my head", "What is it", the voice echoed, "The Tardis moved", I answered. My eyes widened…why did I answer the stranger…they could've very well been the Master.
"Trust us, we are not the Master…so your mind is attached to the Tardis? Tell us something: Is your mind attached to the Doctor as well", the voice asked.
"Why would you need to know", I asked suspiciously, "We ask the questions, now answer", the voice ordered, and I shrunk back at the authority and age of the voice.
"…Yes", I hesitated before replying, "Hm…the Doctor is lucky to have you. It is rare to find someone like yourself", the voice told me.
I was confused, "Let us elaborate…these connections happened at a very crucial time in your life and things have gone awry. There must of been an exchange of blood in both of your timelines at some point...", "Excuse me-" "And at a certain time, all the regeneration's must have met the person and approved. Which they undoubtedly did", the voice told me annoyed, after cutting me off.
"The Doctor is in danger", my mind warned, "It's fine, he had everything taken care of", the voice told me.
There was some sort of alien trying to reach my mind, before they disappeared and then the Master entered my mind, some mumbling, and then they were gone.
Then the Doctor had returned and came straight to my pod, "How was your trip", I asked in my mind, "It was long, yet no time has passed at all. Could you sense what was going", he asked me.
"No…my mind was blocked", I told him, "By who", he asked, "The Timelords", I answered, only my voice wasn't my own, "Doctor", I asked frightened.
"It's fine…it's okay", the Doctor told me, he sounded upset.
A week had passed, and I wondered if it was safe for me to get up since the Tardis was working and all…even if my body still felt a little heavy. It's been a year and two months since I've been traveling with the Doctor and having spent even longer in a coma. To be honest, I've been here for so long…I don't think I was ready to leave and if I opened my eyes...wouldn't my body mutate me again…which was slowly killing me. Or was I just telling myself this, so I wouldn't have to leave?
Later that day the Doctor, Jo, and Brigadier were dealing with some sort of cult that the Master was controlling so they could release a daemon, from the planet Daemos. That night Jo and the Doctor were separated from the Brigadier by a large heat barrier which trapped them with the Daemon and the cult within. The Doctor had a plan and that included that Brigadier wake me up, since he was the only one he trusted to and the only one on the other side.
The Brigadier had a doctor wake me up with an adrenaline shot; once I felt the it rush through me, I felt my eyes shot wide open and slowly sat up with help from the doctor.
I looked up at Brigadier and smiled a bit, "It's funny", I said, my throat dry and the doctor left for a moment to bring me a cup of water. After taking a sip, I looked up at the Brigadier again, "It's funny...after being in a coma for so long…I didn't think I'd miss your stern soldier face", I teased, and the Brigadier sighed as I laughed.
"Come on, the Doctor wants to see us", the Brigadier told me, and I looked up at him confused, before trying to stand up before ultimately sitting back down again.
"Brigadier please, she still needs time to recover. You can't just expect her to walk out of her after just waking from her coma", the doctor told him.
"The Doctor has requested her presence, he said she needs her for his plan", the Brigadier told the doctor, "And I'm telling that is not going to happen; first you forced me to wake her using adrenaline instead of her waking up naturally, which is highly unethical I might add and now you expect her to what? Walk, talk, act like she did before she went into a coma just like that", the doctor asked him.
The Brigadier sighed, before finally leaving in frustration and I saw the doctor glare at the Brigadier as he left and then proceeded help me stand, "There you go", he said in a huff as my body leaned against his side.
"Sorry", I said as I tried to stand on my own, "It's fine, just take your time", he told me and then helped me to walk. When the Doctor and Jo had returned they told me they had arrested the Master, and that he would be locked up in a maximum-security jail cell.
"It's nice to see you awake and well my dear", the Doctor told me, "You as well", I said smiling and the Brigadier, who had just entered, noticed the exchange.
"You know…Mayday still isn't over…we can still go to the festival", Jo told us, and I looked at the doctor hopefully and he gave me a lifted brow.
"Well…you are recovering rather well and quickly, you can go…just don't do anything too exciting and have them help you", the doctor told me as I smiled happily, when the Doctor and Jo helped me out of the building as we made our way to the festival of Mayday.