DISCLAIMERS/NOTES

1. This is a fan fiction based on characters owned by the BBC. I DO NOT OWN THEM. This is just for fun.

2. This is a femslash story. If you don't like that sort of thing, you won't like this.

PART 6

The flat door was thrown open as the owners stormed in. "That was bullshit!"

Najia shoved a finger into her younger daughter's face. "Do not use that language, Sonya! Not now!"

"Oh, I think especially now." She was seething. "I can't believe what you guys did!"

"What we did?" Hakim slammed the door behind them, not caring about the neighbours. "Whatabout her?! Whatabout the… the alien who's been kidnapping Yaz for two years?"

Sonya rolled her eyes and groaned loudly. "Oh, please! Don't gimme that! She hasn't been kidnapping Yaz! Any idiot can see that!"

"Then what has she been doing?" Najia demanded.

"She told us! She and Yaz are in love!" Sonya shook her head in disbelief. "Dammit, we knew that anyway!"

"That's not important anymore," said her mother. "God… oh God… what the hell has happened?" She ran her hands through her hair. "What the hell is going on? This is crazy!"

Hakim closed his eyes and took a breath. "Look, let's just try and calm down… "

"Calm down?!" Najia looked at him angrily. "We just found out that our daughter's girlfriend is a time-travelling alien who's been taking her to planet after planet of monsters, and you're saying we should calm down?" Hakim wilted at the words.

"Maybe if you calm down you'll be able to sort this out," sneered Sonya. At her parents' confused faces, she continued. "We need t'go back down there and tell the Doctor that you've changed your minds!"

"That Doctor… or Jodie, or Jane, or whatever the hell her name is," Najia roared, "wants to take Yaz - your sister - away from us!"

"No, she just wants to marry my sister! Since when did she say anythin' about takin' her away? She brings Yaz back all the time!"

"That's not the point," said Hakim.

"Then what is the point?" Sonya was seeing red. "Aren't you happy for her? I thought you wanted Yaz to find someone and not just be all about work?" Part of the younger sister was surprised to find herself defending Yaz, after all the teasing which went on between them. But as Sonya proved a few years ago, she loved her sibling deeply. And while this new situation could be seen as her again potentially losing Yaz, Sonya knew that would not be the case. Indeed, it was not like the Doctor never brought the policewoman home; OK, Yaz might be gone for days at a time, but she always came back. Which was not what would have happened that fateful day, if Sonya had not called the police to find her sister.

"Someone normal," Hakim specified.

"Who's not going to get Yaz killed!" added Najia.

Sonya folded her arms. "Well, from what we heard, she's done a pretty good job of not gettin' killed so far." Truth be told, Sonya was a little jealous: after the adrenaline rush of retreating from those turtle things, part of her wanted more - to join Yaz on her adventures. After today, endlessly scrolling on a phone seemed dull.

"I can't believe we're even having this discussion," muttered Najia.

"More like a shouting match… " Sonya said under her breath.

"Fine!" Najia exploded. "This is a shouting match! But there is no way I'm allowing Yaz to carry on with that woman! I will not have her off on some distant galaxy or wherever running away from bug-eyed aliens! Can't you see how insane that is?!"

Sonya clenched her jaw. "What I've seen for the past few months is Yaz bein' happier than she ever has been in her whole life."

"At least she'll have a life if she stays away from her," countered Najia. "Which she will."

"You can't keep Yaz away from the woman she loves," insisted Sonya.

"Sonya," came Hakim's voice. "We've made our decision. Your mother's right - we can't let Yaz see the Doctor again. In time, she'll find someone else and live a normal, safe… "

Suddenly, there was a scream from outside. A loud, enormous roar or pure agony coming from the estate below the flat. Almost feral, it was the most pained sound the Khans possibly ever heard, and seemed to come from the very depths of the person responsible.

Najia's eyes widened, her voice a whisper. "That was Yaz… "

TO BE CONTINUED