Hours later Alexia walked into a room and was surprised to find it was a futuristic looking lab. The Doctor was there, busy doing something she didn't know what. She hadn't meant to end up in the lab, but the TARDIS had been guiding her again. At first she had ended up in a strange garden-type room.
There were all sorts of strange flora and fauna. The sky had been a dark orange colour and it wasn't until she saw the red grass, silver leafed trees and snow capped mountains did she realise where she actually was. It was Gallifrey. And she found it exceptionally beautiful. The Doctor's description of his home planet to Martha didn't do it justice. To be standing on a little piece of Gallifrey truly astounded her, though she knew it wasn't the real Gallifrey, just a garden version. It made her wonder if The Doctor ever went into the Gallifrey gardens. Because he surely must miss it quite a lot.
By the time Alexia had explored the whole garden two or three hours had passed by. Once she left the garden she continued on exploring until she ended up at the lab. It made her think the TARDIS wanted her to talk to the Doctor about something or she wouldn't be here.
"You're a little meddler you are!" Alexia said to no-one in particular.
The Time Lord heard her but didn't look around, having sensed she was there. "Who are you talking too?" He asked her.
Alexia jumped, surprised. "The TARDIS," she replied. "I was talking to the TARDIS." She felt silly for saying so and even more so after the Doctor chuckled. "What are you doing?" Alexia asked, her face turning red out of embarrassment.
The Doctor was happy to answer her question. "Well, if you must know, I'm checking blood and biological samples from Jaime and John." He said.
Now Alexia realised why the TARDIS guided her to the lab. "Really? How's it going?" She asked, approaching the Doctor until she realised something else. "Wait, hold on. Why did John give you a sample as well?" She asked.
'Good question!' The Doctor thought to himself. "He seems to be under the impression their TARDIS did something to him when they connected to it." He replied.
"What? Like make him look younger?" Alexia further questioned. "Because he really does look younger than you…unless he was 'born' that way?"
The Doctor looked at her with a raised brow.
"Where are they anyway?" Alexia wondered as she looked around the lab. "Shouldn't she be here?"
The Doctor made an odd grunting noise before replying. "Jaime went into the training room with Jenny and Rose. Said she wanted to help Jenny train her powers. John is somewhere in the TARDIS with Blaize." He noticed Alexia's confusion. "That would be a Growlithe, one of the Pokemon they brought back."
"Oh, right." Alexia muttered, frowning. "What about Amy and Rory?" She asked next.
"I sent them on their honeymoon." The Doctor answered her question.
"Right, that space cruise." Alexia muttered.
The Doctor should have been surprised how she knew where he'd sent them off too, but at this point it felt normal. "Yep! That's the one." He replied and took a step away from the biological samples. "We're likely to get the results in a few minutes." The Doctor turned his attention to Alexia. "Now, how are you?" He asked the woman.
"Me?" Alexia seemed surprised. "I'm fine. Why do you ask?"
The Time Lord smiled sheepishly while tugging his ear. "Well, you did say you were finding it hard earlier, and in some extreme cases alcoholism can cause very serious issues."
Alexia stared at the Doctor. "Oh, yeah…" She mumbled and sat on a lab seat, her face turning red again. "I did, didn't I!?" She'd totally forgotten she told everyone else about her issues with alcohol. Now she expected they would keep their eyes on her at all times. And that was not what she wanted. "I'm fine. I really am." She told the Doctor. "It's only under certain circumstances when the urge to drink wheedles its way into me. But there's many things I can do to take my mind off it. One of them is walking and exploring. It works too." Alexia could tell the Doctor was impressed. She could see it on his face. "You have gardens in the TARDIS," Alexia continued. "I found myself in a miniature version of Gallifrey…" Now he looked quite sad and serious. "…and explored as much as I could. You really do have quite a beautiful planet, Doctor." She told him.
He smiled grimly and looked away. "Had," he replied. "Past tense. It's gone now." Then he looked back at her. "You weren't actively looking for any Ulanda trees were you?" He asked. "Because they don't breed very well in a controlled and simulated environment."
Alexia stared at the Doctor, her brows raised at his reaction, realising he hadn't been fully reassured she was okay. She sighed and shook her head. "No, Doctor," she replied. "The thought didn't even cross my mind!"
The Doctor smiled once he sensed that Alexia wasn't lying. "You really are okay, aren't you?" He questioned Alexia and she grinned, nodding her head.
It was a great relief to Alexia to know that she wouldn't have the Doctor watching her like a hawk 24/7. Now all she had to do was convince the others she was okay.
Beeping caught her attention and she looked around at where it was coming from.
"And the results are in!" The Doctor exclaimed, hopping back over to the results and looking at the monitor screen on the wall.
Alexia followed him.
"Right, let's see," the Doctor muttered, putting on his glasses to get a better look at things. "This one has a decelerated ageing factor of 95-98%. And a healing factor of 97%." He said.
When Alexia looked at the screen she couldn't really tell what was going on. It was all in Gallifreyan. "Is that Jaime?" She asked.
"Hmm?" The Doctor grunted as he continued to stare at the results. "Oh…uhh…no. This one is John's results. See the healing factor?" He pointed out. "He's healing almost at the same rate Jaime is. And his decelerated ageing just about matches with Jaime's."
Alexia narrowed her eyes at the screen but still couldn't figure out what she was seeing. "And what about Jaime? What are her results?" She asked.
"That one there," the Doctor pointed to another part of the screen. "Her deceleration and healing factor are both at 99%. They're going to be around for a long, long time."
Alexia furrowed her brows, apparently puzzled. "So if that's the enhanced conditioning at work, then how come John is living longer as well? He's only a Half Time Lord with no regenerations and one heart. What happened?" She asked, looking at the Doctor. She felt happy and relieved that she knew her daughter would have a long life. Though she was worried what Jaime might think.
"Their TARDIS," the Doctor answered her. "When she and John connected to it, their TARDIS used Jaime to grow faster. But it must have transferred some of her regenerative healing abilities to John. And in the process de-aged him by several years."
A look of disbelief appeared on Alexia's face as she stared at the Doctor. "A growing TARDIS can do that?" She asked.
"No," the Doctor shook his head. "I've never known a TARDIS to do such a thing. It may be because Jaime is so unique she was able to help a TARDIS grow faster without any problems for either of them." Well there was the energy depletion but he didn't think mentioning it to Alexia would help.
"Okay, if Jaime's busy…and I don't want to interrupt her…so maybe we should go to John first." Alexia suggested.
"Ahh, no. Not a good idea." The Doctor spoke up. "It seems he's busy too."
"Oh, really? What's he doing then?" Alexia asked, looking at the Doctor. He didn't reply but she noticed he was beginning to blush and she smiled followed by a disgusted sounding laugh. "Busy indeed!" She uttered. "Where is he?"
"Media room." The wide-eyed Doctor replied reluctantly.
"Right," Alexia turned to walk out of the lab. "I'll show him 'busy' once I've given him a good hiding!" She uttered.
The Doctor stared after her in disbelief before deciding to cautiously follow her to see what she would actually do.
In the training room Jenny and Rose watched as Jaime set up the Holographic Sparring Partner. It was the best thing they could use for what they were going to do.
"Who is that?" Jenny enquired about the current Hologram Avatar that was being used.
Jaime smiled at her sister. "Her name is Delta. You've already met her second incarnation." She said and turned her attention to the Hologram Avatar. "Fight Mode." She told it and the Hologram became Hardlight and animated.
"Hello, I am Delta-Zeta. Which mode of defence would you like to use," the Hologram spoke. "There is…"
"Och, ease up will you!" Jaime snapped. "We jus' want to use Combat with Powers this time."
The Hologram seemed to nod. "Combat with Powers selected." Then it relaxed and looked at the three females.
Jenny looked curiously at the older version of Delta. "What is she wearing?" She asked about the red and gold clothes the Hologram was wearing. It looked like a version of the robes her dad and the Time Lords were said to wear.
"Hello, Jenny." The Hologram answered her and Jenny gasped, taking a fearful step back from the Delta-Zeta Hologram. "The robes are rather cumbersome and restrictive. The combat wear was specifically designed for Academy Combat Classes. These are specifically the Prydonian Chapter combat wear." The Hologram explained, looking down at the full body combat clothes.
"How does it know my name?" A panicked Jenny asked, her blue eyes wide as she stared at the Hologram.
"That might be because Delta knows a version of you in her own universe." Jaime answered her sister as she took off her denim jacket and tossed it onto a seat nearby. Rose did the same thing. "Though she probably doesn't have a wide range of superpowers like you have."
Jenny was struck with amazement over the possibility of having a parallel version of herself. Just like how Mickey and Pete and Jackie Tyler all had parallel versions of themselves.
"That's right," the Hologram spoke up. "She doesn't have any of what you said. She is an exceptional Time Lady though."
Jenny smiled at the compliment even though it was not about her.
"Prydonian Chapter?" Rose was heard to mutter thoughtfully. "Isn't that the one The Doctor came from?" She asked.
The Hologram looked at her with a smile. "Indeed it is, Rose," "it replied. "Many prestigious Time Lords came from the Prydonian Chapter, including the former Lord President himself Rassilon."
"Who else was in this chapter and were there others?" Jenny asked but Jaime just shook her head.
"We're not here for a history lesson," she interrupted. "We just need you to help Jenny with fully training her abilities."
The Hologram nodded and began pacing, the hovering HSP following above her. "Yes, of course. I can do that," she stopped and looked at Jenny. "What are your range of powers and what do you like to use the most?"
Jenny just stared, puzzled. The Hologram seemed to understand this. "Oh, first timer, huh?" It questioned. "Never used your powers before? Well, not to worry. We can figure out which superpower is your most dominant."
Once the Hologram said that, Jenny felt at ease. "I don't know what superpower is my most dominant. I have a lot of them and they never seem to end," Jenny told the Hologram. "But I do know which one's I can use and which one's I shouldn't. It's like they've been neatly filed away in colour coded cabinets."
"Really?" Jaime spoke up and looked at Rose. "Did you do that?" She asked the blonde.
Rose looked surprised. "I must have done," she replied. "But it was probably all Bad Wolf. I couldn't have been smart enough to do any of it."
Jaime snorted with a roll of her eyes. "Don't put yourself down, Rose. You're just as smart as Bad Wolf. I mean, you managed to build a Dimension Cannon in order to get back to the Doctor." She told Rose, who blushed at the compliment, before turning her attention back to Jenny and the Delta-Zeta Hologram. "How exactly are they colour coded?" She questioned her sister.
"They're blue, orange and r…" Jenny halted for a moment. "…mauve. All the mauve files carry danger warnings."
Nodding grimly, Jaime looked thoughtful. "I suppose it's okay to use anything out of the orange cabinet?" She asked the Hologram.
"Yes," Delta-Zeta nodded. "Anything that is blue or orange should be fine."
Jenny looked unsure with what was happening and shifted about on her feet, then Jaime sensed it so she turned to Jenny. "There's no need tae worry," she told her sister. "Once you'll have your powers under your own control you can use them safely."
Jenny still looked unsure. Why did she need to be trained just like a dog? They had tried to do the exact same thing at MI6 and she had refused then.
Jaime grimaced at Jenny's thoughts and looked away. "Sometimes training can be fun." she said, loud enough for Jenny to hear.
"The Omni is right," the Hologram spoke up, momentarily confusing the young Time Lady. "There really is nothing to worry about. Follow me."
The Hologram walked into the middle of the room where it was circled and then Jenny hesitantly followed and faced the Hologram.
"I see you're wearing a jumper," Delta-Zeta noted. "You need to take it off."
Once again Jenny hesitated before pulling off her polo neck, leaving a blue t-shirt underneath with her chino's. She tossed the polo neck aside, Jaime catching it and put it with her and Rose's jacket.
"Are you ready?" The Hologram asked.
With an oncoming feeling of trepidation, Jenny nodded her head.
"Okay, let's get started." The Hologram said and suddenly an icy blue aura appeared around Delta-Zeta, her hands giving off icy steam. On the sidelines Rose shivered at the chill in the room and folded her arms.
"What the hell is that?" A shivering Jenny asked, her eyes wide.
"Delta's a Cryokinetic." Jaime replied from the sidelines. "It's an ice superpower."
Jenny continued staring at the ice powered activated Hologram. That was pretty much obvious with the way everything suddenly went cold. The Hologram, ginger hair standing on end and green eyes taking on an icy look, grinned. Then it held its hands out towards Jenny and shot icy blasts at her. The young Time Lady yelped and jumped out of the way, only for the Hologram to follow her with the continued ice blasts. Jenny continued to stealthily avoid the ice blasts.
Jaime sighed. "Jenny, she's only going to keep hitting you with ice. You need to block it!" She called out.
"How?!" Jenny called back. "I don't know how!"
"Just think of what you want to use," Rose spoke up. "What would be affective against ice?"
Hearing this, Jenny stopped moving about and concentrated before holding her hands out as if to protect herself. The next blast would have hit her, except it deflected off a telekinetic shield.
"Oh, telekinesis. Too easy." Jaime called out. "What else have you got?"
A snort of annoyance came from Jenny and she went from using both hands to her right hand in order to block the ice blasts. With her left hand she held it out towards Delta-Zeta and concentrated even more.
To Rose and Jaime's surprise the ice blasts vaporised into droplets of water and Jenny absorbed them. Then they were further surprised when Jenny attacked the Hologram with what looked like foamy bubbles. Even the Delta-Zeta Hologram looked surprised and yelled out when a ball of foam hit her hands, causing them to freeze up. Jaime laughed but Rose was puzzled.
"What did she do?" The blonde asked.
Still chuckling, Jaime turned to Rose. "It's simple. Jenny just used Delta's own power against her, turning ice into water first, followed by turning it into a foamy bubble attack." Still grinning she turned back to Jenny. "Fan-dabby-dozy!" Jaime told her sister who blushed and bowed in victory. "Can you do that again?" Jaime requested. "If it's your chosen superpower then it'll be the one you'll mostly use."
Jenny looked like she was going to argue this, but she just shrugged her shoulders and turned back to the Hologram.
"When you're ready!" Delta-Zeta spoke up.
The two females on the sidelines watched as Jenny continued to use her Potentikinesis and Shabonikinesis until she was used to it.
"Okay, take a break!" Jaime called out when she could sense that Jenny was tiring.
Walking out of the combat zone, Jenny plopped down onto a seat looking hot and bothered. So Jaime handed her a bottle of energy drink. "Thanks." Jenny muttered and took several sips from the bottle.
"See, I told you that you'd have fun." Jaime told her sister. "It's not like a boot camp thing."
"It's easy." Jenny grinned. "Even better when I know I can use some of them safely."
Jaime chuckled at this. "It won't be easy all the time, but these are just the first steps to figuring out how you roll. Like mine tend to be a mix of fire and electric with a wee bit of water and wind thrown in. Though I don't know half of what my powers are. I dinnae have them stacked in colour coded filing cabinets." Jenny laughed and Jaime grinned.
Feeling a bit left out, Rose spoke up. "If you brought Bad Wolf out for me I'd gladly colour code your powers for you." She suggested.
Still grinning, Jaime looked over at the blonde. "Thanks, but maybe next time." She said and looked back at Jenny when she felt curiosity from her. She was also frowning. "What is it?" Jaime asked.
Jenny looked at her, continuing to frown. "Why did the Hologram call you 'The Omni'?" She asked.
Jaime chuckled and smiled. "Because that's what I sometimes go by. I am The Omni."
"Is that like a Time Lord name?" Jenny asked next.
The Scots-girl nodded her head. "Aye, it is!" She replied and sensed Jenny's mood pick up.
"Well what would my Time Lord name be?" She asked.
Both Jaime and Rose thought about the question and tried to think up a name that was appropriate for Jenny.
"What about The Anomaly?" The Hologram suggested.
Jaime felt her sister flinch at the name. "What? Are you serious?" She asked, staring at Delta-Zeta.
"The Jenny I know often uses that name," the Hologram answered her. "Technically it's part of her real name but she likes to use it. She's weird like that."
Jenny shook her head. "No…I don't want to…" She cried out and Jaime put her arm around her sister's shoulders in comfort.
"Your Jenny may be well travelled and depreciative of herself, but my sister isn't. That's not a suggestion I appreciate." She warned the Hologram who just shrugged her shoulders.
Rose spoke up next with a better suggestion. "What about 'The Infinite'?" She spoke up. "Jaime uses 'The Omni' because she's an Omni-Psychic. The Doctor said you had an infinite amount of Psionic/psychic abilities, so, 'The Infinite'."
Jenny looked at Rose, stunned, then grinned as she tested what the name sounded like in her mind. "Yes," she nodded her head. "I love it. Thank you, Rose!" Still grinning, Jenny jumped up off her seat and hugged Rose while emitting a happy little noise.
Rose laughed and hugged Jenny back. Watching this, Jaime smiled, feeling Rose's happy mood wash off her.
After awhile the break time ended and Jenny returned back to the combat zone facing off against the Delta-Zeta Hologram. "When can I face off against you?" Jenny asked her sister. "I'm sure it'll be much more fun than against a Hologram."
"I'm sure it will be," Jaime replied. "And I'd like that. But the HSP is there to hone your skills. I don't want to accidentally hurt you."
Jenny sighed, realising that Jaime had a point. "Okay." She muttered.
"Good thing I don't feel offended, huh?" The Hologram said in a rather humorous way.
Jenny just looked nervously at the Hologram before looking back at Jaime. "Do you still want me to block it's attacks?" She asked. "Or do something else?"
Jaime appeared thoughtful for a moment until Jenny saw that she had an idea. "How about a combination of what you were already doing and using a form of teleport?" Jaime suggested.
"Sneak attacks?" Rose inquired and Jaime nodded her head. "Aye. Sneak attacks are another way to get one over your opponent."
Minutes later Jenny was back blocking ice blasts and absorbing them as water. But then she concentrated even more and suddenly disappeared from her spot, only to reappear again behind the Hologram. Though she hadn't expected it to be so disorientating and tumbled to the floor on her arse.
"Shit!" Jenny muttered out of surprise.
The Hologram heard her and turned around. "Not very sneaky is it?" It commented. "Flat on your rear end. What were you doing?"
"What was that?" Rose asked. "That definitely wasn't a teleport. I saw her moving."
Jaime nodded in agreement. "Did ye jus' a Flash Step?" She questioned Jenny.
"Yeah," Jenny replied as the Hologram helped her up. "I thought it would be easier."
"It's your first time Flash Stepping, of course you were bound to get a wee bit dizzy. Keep doing it and you'll soon get used to it." Jaime said while Jenny looked a tad hesitant as she stood opposite the Hologram.
She ended up tumbling to the ground five times and Jaime could feel Jenny's frustration, anger and agitation when she began to attempt it for a sixth time while blocking ice and absorbing water.
"Calm down," Rose muttered when she could feel Jenny's anger. "Just calm down."
Meanwhile Jaime silently watched Jenny with a lot more confidence. She knew the young Time Lady could do it. All she needed was patience. Then Jenny made her move. Jaime watched as the other girl's legs bent, then she began to blur as she inched forward and she disappeared from the spot she was standing on. Jenny reappeared behind the Hologram with only a slight wobble and with an angry yell she attacked the Hologram from behind with foamy bubbles. A yelp of surprise was uttered by the Hologram and it shuddered oddly as the ice aura cause the bubbles to freeze up.
"Nice one!" Jaime cheered. "You did it."
Jenny grinned and bowed, feeling rather proud of herself for getting something so easy right after the sixth try. "Thank you." Jenny replied, blushing.
"Yeah, fantastic," the Delta-Zeta Hologram added after it shimmered the frozen bubbles away. "You're getting better."
Jenny blushed even more at the Holograms compliment. She moved to stand opposite the Hologram on the combat zone and, once again, fought against it until she felt truly confident. At one point Jenny emitted bubbles from her mouth and it looked so odd that both Rose and Jaime fell into bouts of hysterical laughter. Jenny complained her mouth tasted soapy afterwards. She was about to have another go at the Hologram until Jaime stepped forward.
"End session." The Scots-girl uttered.
The Delta-Zeta Hologram suddenly stiffened and said in a monotone voice: "Session ended." And turned back into a Soft Light Avatar Hologram.
Next, Jaime verbally turned the HSP off and put the warm disc back into her pocket.
"What did you do that for?" Jenny complained.
"Because the HSP tends to get a wee bit overheated and I want to face off against you." Jaime replied as she stood in the Hologram's place. "Come on then, get ready."
A smirk appeared on Jenny's face. "Okay!" She replied.
They fell into a fighting stance but before they could get going they were interrupted by Rose.
"You might want to wrap it up." she told the sisters.
"Any reason why?" Jaime asked, getting a feeling she knew the reason why.
"The Doctor just told me that Amy and Rory sent a distress call from their Honeymoon cruise."
Jaime and Jenny looked at each other, knowing what it meant. "Okey dokey. Looks like we're off to the rescue." Jaime uttered.
The three females grabbed their jackets or jumper and hurried out of the training room.