While Alexia was in the kitchen making something to eat, Jaime was currently sat on the jumpseat in the console room. She was busy fiddling with an old digital Watch with built-in Universal Remote she had found in the gadget storage room. With her mother feeling violated about the Mind Reading it had continued to be on her mind until J.D inquired about it. So she told him and he suggested using something electronic.
And here she was with a digital Watch, in which she presumed she could modify with Cyberkinesis. Holding it in both hands, Jaime closed her eyes and concentrated her Cyberkinesis on it, reworking it, turning it into something more than just an old Digital Watch. Moving her hands closer to her face Jaime began to mutter under her breath until she felt it had been properly modified.
When she took her hands off the Watch to inspect it the Scots-girl grinned happily. Whatever she'd done to it, it had worked. It even looked brand new as she had technically healed it.
"Now to find where Mum is!" Jaime mumbled to herself. A beeping from the console made her look up and she saw something appear on the monitor. "What's that?" She asked, shifting off the seat to approach the monitor. Once she read the info she sighed and shook her head.
Apparently the TARDIS had found a parallel version of her grandparents in this universe.
"Why are you even showing me this?" Jaime asked the Time Machine. "If Mum approached then they wouldn't even know her!" The TARDIS showed her an image of a thinking sculpture and Jaime knew what that meant. "I know they've been on her mind recently, but we can hardly go into the other Universe to visit them, can we! And neither do I want this to be another Pete's World situation." She ground out, annoyed at the TARDIS' meddling. "Has the Doctor found her yet?" She asked next and received a positive reply from the TARDIS. "Oh good. I have a weird feeling she'll be in the kitchen."
When she turned away to leave the console room the last image she was shown was what appeared to be an Apple iPhone.
A short walk later brought her to the kitchen where her guess had been correct. Alexia was eating a bowl of Shredded Wheat and drinking a glass of Apple juice.
"Hey!" Jaime uttered and sat down opposite her mum. "So you went for a wander?"
"I did, yes." Alexia muttered a reply. "The TARDIS did it on purpose." She added before Jaime could say anything else.
"Aye, but she probably had her reasons for it." The Scots-girl spoke up.
"Oh, she had her reasons alright!" Her mum muttered again but didn't elaborate further on why.
Jaime nodded faintly as her mum continued to eat her breakfast. She didn't want to ask even though she had apparently had a discussion of some sort with The Doctor. Grunting, Jaime shook her head, realising it was far too easy to read her mother's mind even when she was trying hard not too. That's why she had the newly modified Watch.
"Do you know when you mentioned that you didn't like Mind Reading…" Jaime spoke up and Alexia silently nodded her head. "…well I got you a wee present." And she placed the Watch on the table, pushing it over to her mother.
Alexia looked at it with a thin smile. "Ooh, a Watch so I can tell what time it is!" She said, not meaning to be sarcastic, but doing it anyway. "Have you been reading my mind again?" She then demanded because she'd been thinking about needing a Watch earlier.
Jaime's eyes widened. "No!" She shook her head. "I haven't! And the Watch is not just a Watch!" She exclaimed. "I modified it, so when you press the start/stop button, a Shield surrounds you, protecting you from mental attacks. The mode button gives you different version of the Shield, mental, outer or force field. The adjust button gives you the strength of the Shield. The light now acts as a torch and the digital clock will automatically keep the time. I don't know what the Universal Remote will do but it'll be safe to use."
After that there was silence as Alexia stared at her daughter and it made Jaime nervous. "Is that okay?" She asked.
"Is that okay!" Alexia uttered in surprise. "Jaime, that's more than okay. It's brilliant!" Very innovative. Thank you!" Alexia picked up the Watch and put it on, adjusting it.
Jaime shuddered and took in a deep breath as her mother's emotions and thoughts disappeared from her. It felt weird, really weird. She was sitting before her, yet she couldn't feel anything from her. To be honest it made her feel jumpy.
"How's that?" Her mother asked.
"Can you adjust it a wee bit?" Jaime requested.
Alexia did and Jaime could suddenly feel her mum's emotions again, but her mind was out of bounds. Jaime sighed in relief. As for Alexia she suddenly had the most unusual feeling in her mind. "Woah!" She muttered, though she didn't need to worry as the Watch was protecting her mind. "Is that better?" She asked her daughter.
Jaime nodded, sighing.
Alexia went back to eating her breakfast. "Now if only I had a mobile phone to call my parents!" She mumbled.
The comment made Jaime sit up straight, a confused frown on her face. It was such an odd thing to say, even if it was random. "A wee problem there, it would need an ability to be able to call another universe and…" She halted and her eyes widened in realisation over what the TARDIS has shown her. It wasn't just any mobile phone. "Rassilon!" Jaime gasped as various emotions washed off her mum.
"I'm well aware of that!" Alexia snapped, watching her daughter stand up. "No need to rub it in."
But it appeared Jaime hadn't listened to her. "I've got an idea, meet me in the console room."
"Do I get to finish my breakfast first?" Alexia asked, her brows raised.
Jaime nodded before exiting the kitchen. Now she had to find Rose and her intuition told her she would be in the Library.
Concentrating on the location, Jaime Aeroported away and re-appeared in the Library in a gust of wind. She had been right because Rose was sat in a comfy chair reading what looked like a Charles Dickens novel. The blonde looked up in surprise at her arrival.
"Hello! Did you manage to do that thing you were talking about?" A voice asked and Jaime looked around to see John sitting in a different comfy seat. He too was reading a book but she was surprised by his choice of reading material. It was 'Little Women' and she put that down as a Donna thing.
"Aye, I did. It's sorted." Jaime replied and found it bit odd to see them together like this. "Where's The Doctor?" She asked out of curiousness.
"He's with Jenny," Rose answered her. "I think he's giving her telepathy lessons."
"Why don't you sit down, read a book with us." John suggested, hoping Jaime would snuggle up next to him.
But she shook her head. "No, I can't. I have to do something," she replied and turned to Rose again. "Can I borrow your mobile?"
Rose furrowed her brow at the request but gave her he mobile anyway. Jaime thanked her.
"What do you need it for?" Rose asked.
Jaime snorted. "To call somebody obviously!" She replied coyly and before she disappeared from the Library she sent a parting image to J.D. Eyes widening, he almost dropped the book and groaned as he ruffled his hair with his hand. She was being such a minx lately.
Returning to the Console Room, Jaime went back to the monitor to find out where her parallel grandparents lived. It was probably not a good idea and possibly very dangerous but the TARDIS started it first. "This was your idea," she told the TARDIS. "So you better not get me in trouble with The Doctor."
The TARDIS hummed a positive reply and Jaime grinned.
Less than a minute later, Alexia walked into the console room, confusion washing off her. "Alright, I'm here," she spoke up. "What are you going to do?"
"We're taking a quick trip." Jaime replied, putting the co-ordinates in for their destination.
"Oh, are we? Where are we going?" Alexia asked.
The big grin remained on Jaime's face. "It's a surprise," she replied, putting her hand on the lever.
"Okay…" Alexia glanced at said lever nervously. "Aren't we waiting for The Doctor?" She asked and her daughter shook her head.
"Och, no need. I can pilot the TARDIS just fine. Hold on!"
And she released the lever, sending the TARDIS hurtling through the Vortex in a different direction.
Alexia cried out and would have tumbled to the floor if she hadn't grabbed onto the jumpseat. It wasn't the best journey through the Vortex. "For the love of Sanity!" Alexia shouted out over the noise of the Time Rotor as she watched her daughter making her way around the console, adjusting various buttons and dials. Even though the roughness of the journey scared her, she was quite impressed that Jaime could even pilot the TARDIS. "I can tell the Doctor's been teaching you to fly the TARDIS!" Alexia called out.
Jaime laughed. "He didn't need to teach me. I automatically knew how to fly her when I regenerated." She felt surprise wash off her mum. It was better than fear. Their journey was surprisingly short, the TARDIS landed with a thud, knocking Alexia to the floor. "C'mon, let's go!" Jaime cried out, pulling her mum up off the grating and pulling her towards the door that led out to their unknown destination.
When they stepped out of the TARDIS they saw it was a warm, sunny day. Then Alexia looked around at her surroundings with wide eyes. "We're in Roker!" She exclaimed. "Sunderland!" The TARDIS had landed near the Pier, against a tall brick wall with a garden of sorts behind it. "Why are we here?" Alexia asked, turning to her daughter with a frown.
"I had an idea," Jaime replied, walking over to a smaller sandstone type wall and looking at the stretch of beach and a cliff or two. "Well, technically it was the TARDIS' idea."
Narrowing her eyes, Alexia put her hands on her hips. "So the TARDIS decided to violate my thoughts without permission," she scowled back at the police box. "I'm glad you gave me that Watch."
Jaime sighed and approached her mother. "She doesn't violate," she defended the TARDIS. "All she does is get in your head so you can understand alien languages."
But Alexia snorted humourlessly. "Really? Then how is it that she knew we used to live around here?" She asked and Jaime stared blankly at her mother. "You're obviously too young to remember, so she definitely got it from me."
A curious Jaime looked around at her surroundings now. "I didn't know that." She said. "Where?" Was her question.
"Not here," Alexia replied. "A bit further up the road, at Seaburn." She saw her daughter smile at the news, yet it didn't feel like she should be here. This wasn't her, or her daughter's, Sunderland. This was a different, unfamiliar Sunderland.
"C'mon, this way." Jaime uttered and began walking along the short road that led to another road. Alexia sighed in frustration and followed her daughter.
When they got to the road, Alexia looked at the building next to them, confused, then looked at the hut-like buildings further up the road. "What year is it?" She wondered.
"2015," Jaime quickly replied. "May 3rd, Sunday."
Alexia nodded thoughtfully. "No wonder everything looks different. This…" She pointed at the building next to them. "Used to be a lighthouse keeper's house. Now it's a bloody fast food restaurant. Surf Burger? I've never heard of it before."
"I have," Jaime spoke up. "It was on a planet called Helter-Skelter. 'Cept it didn't look like that one." She scrunched her face up at the horrible smell coming from the fast food place. It was also giving her a bad feeling. Whatever was going on there they would have to deal with it later.
"And what's that smell?" Alexia asked, sniffing. "Fish and chips!" She exclaimed and Jaime raised her brows. She either couldn't smell anything coming from the burger place or she was electing to ignore it.
"What's up there?" She asked, pointing up at a grassy hill.
"Oh, that's Roker Terrace," Alexia answered. "Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, Roker Park and a little café called the Bungalow Café…at least I hope it's still up there!" She added with a frown.
"Cool, this way." Jaime said, taking a hold of her mother's hand and walking up along Marine Walk towards the cliffs.
When they got further along the road, Alexia suddenly stopped in her tracks and stared at a building with blue roofing and white walls.
"Oh my god!" She uttered with an amused snort. "I can't believe this place is still open!"
With a frown on her face Jaime looked at her mother before turning her attention to the building opposite them. The words on the blue part above the door read 'Roker Amusements' and its doors were open, causing the sounds of the arcades to spill out to the outside. It seemed quite popular with the youngsters.
"Mum?" Jaime questioned, once again looking at her mother.
"This place has been open since the Sixties," Alexia explained. "Possibly even the Fifties. Can't believe it's been going for that long!"
"Uhh, okay…" Jaime muttered and rubbed the back of her neck, feeling awkward. Now that she couldn't read her mum's mind she was having trouble actually believing it was that old. It didn't look like it, yet intuition told her it was.
They began walking again until they came across another building. A building that Jaime had wanted to see, yet knew nothing about it.
"What?" Alexia exclaimed in disbelief. "The Smugglers is a restaurant in this Universe?"
Jaime shook her head. "It was a Pub until 1998," she explained. "Until some sort of electrical fire burnt it down. It was rebuilt as a restaurant in 2005." She saw her mum giving her a questioning expression. "The TARDIS gave me its history." Jaime quickly added.
Alexia raised her brows at this. "Why would the TARDIS give you a history of The Smugglers?" She asked her daughter.
Jaime looked across the road at the restaurant and smiled. "Because of them." She replied, nodding towards a couple that had exited the restaurant and were now sitting at one of the outside tables.
Narrowing her eyes suspiciously, Alexia looked over at the couple and gasped in surprise at their familiarness.
The man had short wiry looking brown hair that had a dusting of grey in it. His beard was mostly grey and he was wearing a light brown Corduroy style casual suit with cream jumper, along with some comfy looking shoes. The woman was wearing her shoulder length light browny-grey peppered hair in a bun and wore a light yellow flower print Summer dress, along with tights and sandals. They looked good for their age.
"Mum? Dad?" Alexia exclaimed, staring at the parallel versions of her parents. "Oh my god!" She went to cross the road to join them but Jaime pulled her back.
"No, don't!" The Scots-girl hissed, only to wince at the waves of anger from her mum.
"What the hell, Jaime?" Alexia argued back. "First you bring me to my old home city, then you show me my parents, only to not allow me to talk to them. What's your game here? Act like a complete twat that was the Seventh Doctor?"
Jaime ignored the insult. "No, because this is a different universe and they won't know who you are!" She said and the wave of sad emotions made her grimace once again. "At least let me explain first!" Her mother's hands going to her hips left her a wee bit nervous. Especially when the anger returned.
"You better had!" Alexia said in a stern way.
Jaime nervously guided her mum over to a bench that faced towards the sea, but once they sat down, Alexia looked over the back rest at her parallel parents.
"They retired," Jaime explained. "Well, actually they're semi-retired. They own The Smugglers Restaurant and…Eric…still provides council as a Lawyer but it's in a Pro Bono sense." A faint smile appeared on Alexia's face as she listened to her daughter while watching her parallel parents. "They have a Son called Alex…"
"What?" Alexia exclaimed, looking at Jaime. "A son? Are you telling me I'm a fella in this universe?" She asked.
Jaime nodded her head, giggling at her mum's reaction. "He's a neurosurgeon at Sunderland General."
This time Jaime was surprised to feel a wave of sadness wash off her mother. "Mum?" She questioned when Alexia put her hand over her eyes to hide the wetness.
"I wanted to do that," came the shaky reply. "It was my first choice because I wanted to help people."
Jaime took in a deep breath and silently watched her mum sobbing. She didn't need to say why that never happened, why she never got into College, University or Medical School. It was because herself had come along and ruined her mum's life. Though she tried hard not to dwell on that. "Look on the bright side, at least a version of you is getting to help people live a little longer." She said.
A rather bitter sounding laugh came from Alexia and she wiped at her face with her sleeve. "Yeah, something like that." She muttered with a shake of her head. "Sunderland General?" She then added as she looked at her daughter. "Is it not Sunderland Royal Hospital in this Universe?"
Jaime just shrugged. "That's what the info in the TARDIS said." She replied.
Alexia grunted and looked back over at her parallel parents. At some point they'd been given something to drink. Her dad had a beer while her mum appeared to be drinking something fizzy. Perhaps lemonade or sparkling water?
"Anyway, he's married to a woman called Michaela." Jaime continued and felt a quick flash of surprise from her mum.
"Michaela?" Alexia uttered, even looking surprised. "Is her surname Pratt by any chance?"
"Aye!" Jaime replied. "Why?" She furrowed her brow, puzzled, when Alexia let out a harsh derisive laugh.
"You can't be serious!" Various emotions washed off her, the most prominent being hate and Jaime quickly brought her outer shields up, worried. "Pratt by name, Prat by nature!" Alexia spat venomously, looking out towards the sea.
"Mum? Are you okay?" The Scots-girl cautiously asked. She had never felt anything from her mum like she'd just felt before. So much anger and hate and something else she couldn't quite describe. It was very unusual.
When Alexia looked back at her daughter she saw the worry in her eyes, forgetting how sensitive she was to the world. "Oh…" She chuckled. "It's okay. I'm fine. Really I am." And she smiled warmly just to prove she was. No way was she going to let her daughter know who the slimy, disgusting, wormy bastard that called itself a man, Michael was. He may have conceived her but he gave up his fatherly rights when he decided to run the four minute mile from her.
"Go on, tell me, he must be happy with the b…honourable Michaela if he married her."
Eyes narrowed suspiciously, Jaime couldn't tell if her mum was okay or not. She couldn't read her mind anymore because of the Watch and all she could feel washing off her was passive anger. "Uhh…oh…aye…" She stumbled. "They have two kids, twins. James and Kate." It was weird how that happened and it did make her wonder which one was her parallel self. Was it the boy? Or was it the girl?
"Well then, I hope they're all happy as Larry!" Alexia sarcastically uttered and Jaime shifted in her seat, even more confused.
"Mum?" She worried.
"What did you expect, Jaime?" Alexia snapped at her daughter. "You tell me they're all living a perfect happy family life with perfect jobs and kids and you expect me to be ecstatic about it? I'm far from it. I'm bloody angry."
Her mother didn't need to say it, she could feel it washing off in waves.
"My parents are over there, but they don't even know who I am so I can't go over to talk to them. What is the bloody point here?" Alexia practically shouted.
With a wince, Jaime reached into her pocket and pulled out Rose's phone, holding it out to her mum. "You could always call them!" She suggested.
Alexia stared at the phone in Jaime's hand. "What? She uttered, somewhat confused. Had her daughter taken leave of her senses? They were in a different universe to the one they originally lived in. The walls were closed and they couldn't just phone them up. It was just completely and bloody impossible.
"It's Rose's phone," Jaime explained. "I modified it a long time ago to carry Multi-versal Roaming, so that Rose could talk to her family."
Alexia had a puzzled frown on her face until she remembered where Rose's parents were. "Oh, that's right. They're in Pete's World." She said, but noticed a sad expression appear on her daughter's face, those dark eyes looking guilty. "Jaime? Is that not the case?" She asked.
Jaime shook her head. "They were in Pete's World, but then an Asteroid hit and destroyed the world."
Alexia gasped, horrified. "Oh no, they're dead? Poor Rose."
"No, they're not," Jaime told her. "Bad Wolf and I saved them. I know where they are, only they're not in this universe or Pete's universe."
Alexia nodded silently. That whole explanation sounded complicated, yet the idea of Bad Wolf saving Rose's family made sense. But how exactly did her daughter help out a powerful being like Bad Wolf? "So they're not dead, just lost in a universe somewhere?" Alexia questioned.
"They're on Gallifrey," Jaime confessed. "Well, technically it's a version of Gallifrey and that's in a different universe. But that's where we sent them." She huffed out a breath and ran her hands through her dark hair. "There's no satellites for phone signals on Gallifrey, so Jackie can't call Rose to tell her she's okay."
"Right," Alexia thoughtfully said. "Does Rose know they survived?"
Jaime shook her head. "She doesn't, but Bad Wolf does." She explained.
"Well that is a tad complicated." Alexia replied with a sigh. Then she reached out and took the phone from her daughter. When she looked at it properly she frowned. "R-Phone?" She muttered thoughtfully.
"Aye, it's a Pete's World version of an iPhone." Jaime explained.
Alexia nodded as she stared at the phone before taking a deep breath and typing a number into the phone. It was another mobile number but she wasn't exactly sure if he kept the same number even though he was a Lawyer. It had been quite a long time since she last called him after all!
Once Alexia put the number in, her finger hovered over the 'call' button. What if it didn't work? What if the number couldn't be recognised?
"Mum? It's going to be okay." Jaime soothed. "Just call them."
Taking another deep breath, the woman pressed 'call', brought the phone to her ear and closed her eyes as she heard the ringing on the other end.
When she felt the fear and apprehension, Jaime moved closer to her mum and put an arm around her shoulders. Alexia smiled, thankful for the comfort.
The phone at the other end of the call continued to ring three more times before it was picked up. "Hello, you've reached my personal phone number," a voice spoke up. "Whom may I say is calling?" When she heard the voice, Alexia's eyes flashed open and she let out a small gasp as she stared out to sea. "Hello? Who is it?" The voice continued to speak.
Meanwhile, Alexia put her hand over her mouth, her wide eyes beginning to water. After all these years of silence she couldn't believe she was hearing her dad's voice again. Sure, he sounded far away but it was definitely her dad. He also sounded older and he probably looked like his parallel self.
"Hello? I can hear you breathing," Eric MacInarah continued to speak. "If this is a crank call then I should warn you that I'm a Solicitor…"
Jaime pushed her mother a little to gain her attention. "Talk to him!" The Scots-girl hissed. "Dinnae just waste time."
Swallowing nervously, Alexia nodded her head and spoke up. "Dad?" She uttered, completely silencing the man on the other end.
The line remained silent for the moment and it only made Alexia even more nervous than ever. "What? Who is this?" Eric demanded, sounding angry.
"It's me, Alexia." She confirmed for her dad.
There was another bout of silence. "Prove it, validate the asset." Eric now spoke in code and Alexia took a deep breath before speaking up.
"The Asset and its Special Package are safe, protected from Six, so this clean phone won't be traced." She heard Jaime giggle beside her and smiled at her reaction.
There was a gasp of surprise on the other end of the line followed by hurried footsteps and urgent speaking. Then he came back on the phone. "Ghost surveillance was stepped down in an unusual move, it's okay to speak freely." Alexia smiled widely and took a deep calming breath. "Where are you, darling?" Eric now asked. "It sounds crazy, but somebody told us that you and Jaime were not in this universe anymore."
Alexia furrowed her brow, puzzled, while Jaime's keen hearing caught what her mum's da' said. It sounded like Dyna had come through with her request to talk to them.
"What? Uhh…dad, who told you that?" Alexia asked, worried.
"It'll be Dyna." "It was a strange woman calling herself The Dynacracker." She heard both her daughter and her dad say at the same time.
Looking at Jaime, she gave her daughter a questioning expression. "I asked Dyna to tell them we're okay." Jaime explained quietly.
Alexia nodded silently as her dad continued talking. "She called herself a Time Lady from Gallifrey, but that shouldn't even be possible. At all! Gallifrey and Time a Lords are a creation of the TV series 'Doctor Who'."
He was testing her, he must be because Alexia knew her dad was open minded. "It's true dad, we are in a different universe," she spoke up. "The Time Lords and Gallifrey actually exist. We're travelling with The Doctor." There was a happy sounding cry of amazement from a female in the background, which Alexia recognised was her mum. "We're safe from any MI6 related dangers." She wasn't sure about the alien dangers however.
"I believe you, I really do," Eric said. "But if you really are in a different universe, then how are you calling us?" He asked.
Alexia looked at her daughter with a warm smile. "It was Jaime, she did something to the phone so it could call through the Multi-verse." She told her parents. "It was Jaime who sent The Dynacracker to you. She's amazing."
There was another bout of silence at the other end. "Jaime? How is she?" Eric now asked about his grand-daughter.
"She's great, brilliant," Alexia replied. "Would you like to talk to her?" She suggested.
"Please…" Alexia heard her father say so she passed the mobile on to her daughter.
Eyes wide, Jaime took the phone and let out a nervous breath as she stared out to sea. These people were her grandparents, yet she barely knew them. She put the phone to her ear and spoke. "Hello grand-da." She uttered.
"Jaime? Is that really you, sweetpea?" Eric asked, sounding puzzled. "You sound Scottish."
Jaime nodded. "That's because I AM Scottish!" She replied.
"Oh, have you been living in Scotland and you just decided to pick up the accent?" Eric now asked and Jaime frowned at his question. Humans were weird, especially this one.
"No, I regenerated." She said quite frankly. There was silence after that, which she felt might happen.
"Sweetpea, that's not even possible. You're human. Humans don't regenerate." Eric told her.
Jaime began to feel a wee bit annoyed they were questioning who she really was. "It's complicated." She replied, managing to keep her anger at bay.
"How complicated can it be?" Eric continued.
Alexia noticed her daughter getting agitated and wondered what was being said. "Is everything okay?" She asked and Jaime nodded her head to say she was fine.
"You wouldnae understand." She then said.
There was another bout of silence until a female voice spoke up. "Jaime, petal, what wouldn't we understand?" She asked.
"Hi grand-ma," the Scots-girl said and was about to tell her something when a strange feeling overcame her and intuition kicked in. Closing her eyes she stretched her mind out down the phone and felt three worried people. "I'm an Omni-Psychic and I got my abilities from Jenny." She uttered and her eyes flashed open when she heard another voice in the background speak up.
"Did Jenny make it alright? Is she okay?" He asked and Jaime shuddered because she recognised the voice.
Alexia noticed Jaime's face go paler than usual, so she took the phone back and heard a stranger's voice in the other end. "Who the hell is this?" She asked, hearing her dad telling the stranger off for interrupting before addressing his daughter.
"Sorry, that was Tomasz," Eric spoke up. "That woman left him with us as personal protection. Apparently he left the spy business once they found out he let a girl called Jenny escape. I'm willing to believe who she is if it's true."
Alexia looked at Jaime who nodded her head. She then stood up and walked over to the railing and leaned against it. "Yeah, that's true, dad." Alexia confirmed.
"What about this Omni-Psychic stuff? What's all that? Can we talk to Jaime again?" Eric requested.
When Alexia looked over at her daughter she noticed Jaime seemed to be defensive about something as she had her arms crossed. "Uhh…I don't think she wants to. But I can tell you what I know and what happened." Alexia replied, confused.
With her eyes closed and arms folded, Jaime continued to lean against the rails as she listened to her mum talking to her parents. Out of all the people in the universe Dyna could have used, it had to be him. Why couldn't she gotten somebody else as a personal protector? Just hearing his voice was too much. It gave her the creeps…and she didn't care if that version of him was a 'good guy'. She would never forgive him for what he did to her in that Nightmare Universe.
Turning around and placing her hands on a part of the fence, Jaime stared out to sea. It appeared the tide was coming in. The Scots-girl felt the sudden urge to jump the fence, run across the sand and kick-off into flight. To have the wind blasting her face, her surroundings going by in a blur, to attempt to fly as long as she wanted.
Placing her foot on the bottom pole of the fence, Jaime was about to jump it when she felt a friendly telepathic knock in her mind. It was from Jenny. "Oh!" She muttered, jumping in surprise and quickly stepping away from the fence. Then she notice the top pole of the fence had buckled and bent quite a lot. "Oh, shit!" Jaime uttered, having underestimated her own super-strength again. If it wasn't accidentally causing Earthquakes, it was accidentally breaking something. And she didn't think she could fix it.
"What's going on here?" The Doctor was heard to ask and Jaime looked up as he, Jenny, Rose and J.D approached both herself and Alexia. "Is there a reason why you flew the TARDIS here?"
Feeling a mild shudder Jaime looked at him with narrowed eyes before turning her attention to J.D. He was looking across the road at her mum's parallel parents.
"You know why we're here," Jaime replied to the Doctor and moved back over to the bench. "It was the TARDIS' idea, she was the one who suggested it!"
She could feel surprise washing off J.D and watched as he nudged the Doctor to get his attention. When he got it he nodded his head at the strange couple sat at the table. The Doctor groaned, getting flashbacks to when Rose wanted to know what her parallel parents were like, and Jaime could feel his disappointment.
"We haven't gone anywhere near them!" Jaime uttered, beginning to worry. "Mum is on the phone to her actual parents in the other universe."
The Half-Time Lord went over to her and caught her in a hug. "Hey, it's okay. I believe you." He soothed the Scots-girl.
Meanwhile the Doctor sighed as Rose sat next to a still talking Alexia. It was clear she was explaining as much as she could to her confused father.
"Okay, I know it was the TARDIS, she told me," the Doctor replied to Jaime. "I was just worried that you…either of you would have taken it too far."
"But we didn't," Jaime argued back. "Them two over there have their own children and grandchildren." She snuggled further into J.D's hug as she listened to her mum on the phone.
"Where are we?" Jenny questioned, looking around at her surroundings with wide-eyes.
"The North-East of England," the Doctor told her.
"I know that," Jenny replied. "You called it Sunderland, but what's the beach called?" She questioned.
"Roker Beach." Jaime answered Jenny.
"Roker!" Jenny muttered, testing the name before turning to the Doctor. "Can I go on the beach, dad, please!" She requested.
Everyone but Alexia could feel Jenny's excitement.
"Go on," the Doctor said with a smile. "But be careful."
Jenny squealed excitedly and jumped the rail into the sand, running across it towards the incoming tide.
As she watched her sister, Jaime could feel her complete excitement over seeing sand and sea for the first time. And that made her wonder. Jenny had travelled in her ship for six months before getting pulled into a different universe. All that time and Jenny hadn't come across a planet with sand, water or a beach? It was actually quite surprising.
"…and that's everything I know, dad." Alexia finished her explanation. "It sounds crazy but that's what happened." When she'd seen the Doctor approaching she worried they were in trouble for being here. But the Doctor didn't seem to mind once Jaime spoke to him.
"Yes, it sound it, doesn't it," Eric replied. "But we all know this whole situation hasn't been normal ever since you came back from Cambridge with Jaime." He said and Alexia smiled grimly. He had a point. "I really wish we could see you," her father then said. "You sound very grown up."
Alexia blushed at the compliment. "Thanks," she replied. "I wish I could say the same but the TARDIS found a parallel version of you and mum and I'm sat across the road from them while they're having a quiet drink." She heard her mum sobbing in the background. "It's not the same though. They're not you." She frowned when it seemed Rose was trying to get her attention. Did she want the phone back already?
"But at least it's something," her father replied. "But you better be careful. They will likely have their own lives and family." He warned.
"They do," Alexia said with a sigh. "But I know if I wanted to talk to either of you I could just phone you." She suggested.
"We'd like that," Eric sounded happy. "But will you always be available on this number?"
Now there was a point and Alexia glanced at Rose with wide eyes. "I'm not sure. I'm using Rose's phone and I currently don't have my own." She worried.
"It's okay," Rose spoke up. "I wouldn't really mind." Alexia smiled, thankful for Rose being so understanding. "Ask him if his phone can receive photo's." Rose suddenly suggested.
"What?"
"His mobile. If it can receive photo's you can always send him a photo on his phone."
Alexia's brown eyes widened in realisation. "Oh, Rose, that's fantastic!" She uttered. "No wonder the Doctor loves you."
Rose blushed and the Doctor chuckled, grinning happily.
"Why? What did she say?" A puzzled Eric asked.
"Is your phone able to receive photo's?" Alexia relayed the question to her dad.
"Of course," Eric replied. "It's a very capable Smartphone."
The woman grinned at this. "That means I can send you a picture or two." She said.
The group watched as Alexia promised her parents to send them a photo as soon as possible, then ended the call once they had finished their chat.
"I take it you need to send a Selfie? Rose inquired.
Alexia grimaced at the mentioned word. "Please, not in this universe as well!" She groaned. "You go out and you see people waving a Selfie Stick about. For the love of Sanity, it's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen!" Alexia ranted and Jaime and John laughed at her reaction. "Yes, I would like a self taken photo." She added.
"Uhh, okay." Rose uttered, taking her phone back when it was offered back to her.
The Doctor grinned, amazed that she was not one to follow the usual, and sometimes weird, human fads. "I suppose that means all of us?" He inquired, now worried and Alexia nodded. "Okay, fine," the Time Lord sighed. "But this will be the only one I do."
Then he turned to the beach where Jenny was still playing by the sea, running away from the waves. *Jenny!* He called in her mind and she looked over at him. *Come here.* He called. The Doctor noticed the sad expression appear on her face as she began to trudge back along the sand towards them, and it made him feel guilty for ending her fun.
Once she reached them, Jenny easily vaulted over the fence back into solid ground. "Yes?" She asked.
"We've got a quick photo to take." J.D told his niece and the young Time Lady nodded her understanding.
The group gathered together and Rose took several self photo's of them before sending them off to the number she didn't recognise. "And that's done!" She said, putting her phone away. "What should we do now?" She asked.
"I smelled fish and chips earlier." John suggested. "And that Amusements sells ice cream!" The Doctor and Rose seemed to agree until Jaime spoke up.
"Actually, I wanted to check out that burger place up there," she pointed towards it. "There's something not quite right about it."