It hadn't taken long for J.D to find Jaime. As promised, she was in the Hyde Park garden, close to the Round Pond, watching the Fearow she had recently released from the Pokeballs fly away. He was also surprised to see simulated people walking about, chatting away or having fun in the paddle boats of the Round Pond.
"It was too quiet," Jaime answered his thoughts. "A big park like this needs people. It was a wee empty…a wee bit ghostly."
He nodded his head silently as she continued to watch the Fearow fly off to the other side of the park. "How did it go?" John asked her about the bird-like Pokemon. "Was there any trouble?"
Jaime shook her head. "Nah. No trouble at all," she replied. "They just took off and flew away."
The Half-Time Lord nodded again and then moved closer to Jaime. "Look, can we talk about who you…we…saw at the Wedding?" He asked her.
A grim smile appeared on Jaime's face. She could feel he was very worried, anxious even. And upset because he thought she was running away from their future. The Scots-girl turned to John, still looking grim. "Aye…but in a bit though. I jus' want to walk around the Pond." He nodded at her request and she hooked her arm around his and they began to walk the path around the pond.
For awhile the couple were silent as they walked, enjoying the warmth of the simulated sun. But then John frowned and looked around Hyde Park. "Where are the rest of the Pokemon you put in here?" He asked.
"They're around, somewhere!" Jaime answered, also looking around.
Just as she said that there were screams of surprise from the simulated people in the peddle boats. When they looked to see what the problem was they saw the Wartortle and Lapras having fun together, doing their best to mess around with the simulated people.
"Well that's two of them!" John uttered, watching the Wartortle ride on the back of the Lapras and squirt water at people.
"Aye!" Jaime uttered before raising her voice. "Oi, you two, play nice!" She shouted to them.
"Tortle, tortle. Tor!" Came back a reply from the Wartortle.
"Ra-Ras." Was next heard from the Lapras.
The Scots-girl chuckled, smiling at the cheek of the two Pokemon. She waved them off as they continued playing, then she and John continued with their walk alongside the pond. Jaime could sense John's eagerness and agitation over not wanting to talk about the obvious. She just didn't have anything to say yet. It all sounded so crazy. They heard barking and when they looked over across the park they saw a Growlithe running towards them across the grass.
"Blaize!" John shouted happily as the puppy-like Pokemon neared them. He crouched with his arms spread out and Jaime let out a laugh as the Half-Time Lord was bowled over by the Growlithe.
"Grow-li, growl, grow, lithe!" The Pokemon barked and licked at John's face.
"Oi! Stop that!" John laughed as he tried to stop the excited Pokemon from licking him. "Come on, enough!"
Still chuckling, Jaime crouched and petted Blaize, helping John so that he could sit up. The Growlithe rolled onto her back and Jaime continued to watch as John played with the puppy-like Pokemon. He'd taken quite a shine to the young Growlithe. And she'd been especially loyal during the times they'd taken her out of her Pokeball for a walk. Especially when it came to chasing after Team Rocket.
"Remember that time that girl thought you were some fella calling himself The Looker?" Jaime suddenly asked and John grunted his aknowledgement at her question.
"Of course!" The Half-Time Lord replied. "She was pissed off because he'd beaten her in some match they had. She was accusing him of cheating or something, and somehow she mistook me for him."
The Scots-girl snorted. "Apparently you and him looked alike. Even down to the Growlithe."
"I know," John laughed. "It was weird. Or maybe he was a doppelgänger like that other one was." He then suggested.
Jaime nodded thoughtfully, knowing it was Kilgrave he referenced. She had told him what Wolfy said about the 'purple man' and the 'wandering stranger', and he told her not to worry until the time comes, whenever that would be.
A simulated couple pushing a Pushchair with a babbling baby inside walked past them, making Jaime look up and watch the simulated family walk away. She doubted that had been random and smiled slightly at the TARDIS' pushiness. "What if it's not just Zoolinguism that's inherited?" Jaime questioned thoughtfully.
"What was that?" John asked, looking up at Jaime.
"That girl," Jaime looked at John, eyes wide. "She could hide, make herself invisible, most likely teleport and clearly use some form of mind control to make mum forget she ever talked to her. If that girl is our…daughter…." And that really did sound completely weird to her own ears. "…then she's most likely inherited most, if not all, of my superpowers."
John stopped playing with the puppy and stared at Jaime with wide-eyes, sensing and feeling a lot more than fear. And it really quite surprised him. "What?" He said. "That's all? That's what was worrying you?" He asked.
A scowl appeared on Jaime's face. "No, it's not just 'that's all'." She snapped back at him. "What if it's not gradual? What if it's from birth? And it causes all sorts of problems?" The last thing she needed was a possible child causing all sorts of trouble throughout the universe. It was one of the reasons why they were probably going to adopt Melody. To keep her from causing trouble…but to also keep her away from Kovarian's grubby mitts. Although now they had their own trouble to deal with.
"Well…" He John stretched out the word until Jaime suddenly interrupted him.
"And dinnae say somethin' stupid like 'we'll cross that path when we get to it'. This is serious. Deadly serious!" She told him and John looked sheepish as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"I don't know," the Half-Time Lord admitted. "Maybe it's possible your superpowers will be passed on via birth, in a similar way to Zoolinguism." A sad puppy-like expression appeared on his face. "Is that really such a bad thing that you'd not have kids with me?" He asked.
A pink blush spread across Jaime's face after he said this. "No, I didnae say it was a bad thing. I'm just a wee bit worried, that's all." She shuffled closer to John and sat on his lap once the Growlithe puppy moved out of the way. "I'd love to have children with you," she next said. "Just not so soon."
John grinned and nodded his head in understanding. She wasn't ready, neither was he. But sometime in the future they would be. "Wizard!" He uttered, putting his arms over her shoulders and capturing her with a kiss.
Jaime returned the kiss and then put her arms around him in a hug, snuggling close to him. For awhile they watched as the Wartortle and Lapras continued to play in the pond while Jaime petted the boisterous Growlithe puppy.
If she had to be honest with herself, she should have figured it out ages ago. The thoughts and images in Rose's head that oddly disappeared once she and John returned to the TARDIS after helping Donna, hadn't shown much but it was enough to raise suspicion. The mysterious stranger at Torchwood, who she thought was another of the Doctor and Rose's children, was actually her and John's child. She just ignored that fact that their future selves had also been there. It was her future self who had closed the main Dimension Portal.
John grunted when he caught what Jaime was thinking about. "Is that her?" He asked about the image of the girl who could possibly be their daughter.
"Aye, that's her." Jaime muttered in reply. "She looks a lot like us." She heard him answer her and she nodded her head.
"As for the other person with her in the church. It was Melody," Jaime continued. "Only she looked like a younger River Song."
Nodding his head, John remembered the other River Song. The one that had been in the process of 'borrowing' the TARDIS. And then things got really awkward when she began to flirt with him. And he still didn't agree with the way Jaime sent her off, yet River was apparently resourceful, according to Jaime. "So she was there to watch her parents get married." The Half-Time Lord said. "One thing I don't understand though. If they were there, then where were we?" He wondered, because he would have felt it if his future self had been there.
Jaime just shrugged in reply. Maybe their future selves had been busy elsewhere considering they'd already been to the wedding.
A couple of minutes later Jaime stood up and then reached out to pull John to his feet. "C'mon. I want to go where there's less prying eyes." She said to him with a cheeky grin.
"Brilliant!" He said once he was back on his feet. "But can we bring Blaize with us? I don't much like leaving her here."
The Scots-girl frowned at his request but his wide puppy dog-like eyes soon convinced her. "Okay, she can come along too." Waves of happiness washed off J.D as he called for Blaize to join them once they started walking again. Jaime hoped the Growlithe puppy would take his mind off wanking so much.
"Oh, look at that!" She heard John say and looked to where he was pointing. Flying across the sky was the Ho-Oh. It was outlined in a gold aura with sparks streaking behind it. Even though she'd seen the Ho-Oh like this before, it was still as beautiful as ever.