This chapter contains mild sexual activity
After stepping through the Air Portal to July 2013, J.D and Alexia watched as the Portal seemingly closed on its own.
"That is just…highly unusual!" Alexia stated.
"Hmmm, it's just about normal for me." John uttered considering he'd walked through lots of Portals with Jaime when they were trying to find the right Universe. An odd feeling of being watched came over him and he looked at Alexia before taking several steps away from her. She was glaring at him. "What are you looking at me like that for?" He asked quite nervously.
"Did you know she was running around, masquerading as a Superhero?" Alexia asked the Half-Time Lord.
He shifted on his feet uncomfortably.
"And who calls themselves 'The Black Bullet'? Because that is seriously not P.C!" She exclaimed.
John huffed at her choice of words. "That's something you're going to have to ask Jaime, isn't it!" He answered her and looked around at where they had come out of. "Where are we anyway?" He wondered aloud before noticing something curious on the ground. "And what is this?" He asked, picking it up.
Alexia noticed they were in a park, but when she turned her attention back to John, her eyes widened. He'd only gone and picked up a black cube. "Put that down!" She practically shouted, slapping at his hand and wincing when her shoulder twinged in pain.
John yelped and dropped the cube, rubbing his hand as he glared at Alexia. "What was that for?" He whined.
"Because it's dangerous!" She replied, suddenly feeling like a right wally.
"Dangerous?" John uttered, fully looking at her. "Are you telling me we're in another episode?" He asked.
"Sort of. It takes place over a whole year." Alexia replied. "Anyway, I know where we are." She continued before he could say anything else. "Follow me!"
John watched as she walked off towards the children's play area. "Yes, ma'am!" He muttered sarcastically before following after Alexia. As he reached the Play Area he felt the residual energy of a Portal and Electrokinesis. Jaime had definitely been here, but it had since faded, which got him worried over how long she had been here. Hearing faint knocking on a door, John looked up to see that Alexia was stood at a blue door of a house. A house that was part of a row of houses. He quickly hurried over and was about to ask Alexia who lived here when the door opened.
"Jenny?" Both John and Alexia uttered out of surprise.
Jenny, looking a tad older, grinned at the visitors. "Hello Uncle John, mum. Come in."
The two younger Time Travellers entered the house and Jenny closed the door. "What's going on? I thought the Ponds lived here?" Alexia questioned.
"They do," Jenny answered. "It's just that dad and Rose have gone on one of their dates and took Amy and Rory with them. I'm currently babysitting."
The Half-Time Lord furrowed his brows. "Babysitting? Babysitting who exactly?" He could hear quite a cacophony going on in the front room, so he stormed towards it, Jenny and Alexia following him. There, he and Alexia found a bunch of kids crowded around the TV, playing on the Wii. There were six of them with the oldest appearing to be in her late teens/early twenties, and the youngest appeared to be around five years old. And considering the little boy had wild brown hair, Alexia felt she knew who they belonged too. "Oh!" John exclaimed in surprise, also getting the same feeling.
Then Jenny raised her voice over the noise in order to be heard. "Hey!" She called out. "Look who's come to visit!"
The noise stopped as the kids turned their attention to the two visitors. The five year old with the wild brown hair was the first to react. "Uncle John, Aunt Lexie!" He cried out and ran to the Half-Time Lord, throwing his arms around J.D's legs.
He almost stumbled backwards and looked down at the boy, mystified. "Right…and who are you?" He asked.
Hearing this, the little boy stepped back from him and looked up with a sad expression. "Have you forgotten us already?" He asked, on the verge of crying.
"Oh, good one!" Alexia muttered sarcastically to J.D.
"He hasn't forgotten you, or the rest of us," one of the girls spoke up. "He just doesn't know we exist yet."
The boy turned to his sister. "Like Jaime?" He asked and she nodded.
John looked up at the girl. Her bright blue eyes seemed to pierce right into his very soul, and her hair was somewhere between blonde and brown. She looked to be twenty or younger, though he couldn't be too sure. "Very perceptive of you," J.D stated as he walked into the front room, Alexia and Jenny following him. "And who might you be?" He questioned.
"I'm Freya." The youngster replied.
And then Jenny introduced the rest of them, going from the oldest to the youngest. "This is Jaq," she pointed at the older girl. Her eyes were a mix of green and brown and her hair was a frizzy light brown. "That's Leo." Jenny pointed at the boy. His eyes were dark green and his hair was a short auburn colour. After Freya there was Peter with his spiky blond hair and brown eyes. Next up was Terra-Kayll. Her eyes were also blue but not as bright as Freya's. Her hair was in pig-tails and its colour was ginger. The last one was Tadeas or Tad for short. His wild brown hair made him look like a mini version of the Tenth Doctor, yet his eyes were brown like Rose's.
Now that they were all introduced, a curious John looked around the room. "And what about Jaime?" He asked. "Where is she?" She was the only one that wasn't in the room, so maybe she wasn't here after all.
"She's outside." Jenny told him.
"In the treehouse." Freya added.
"Thank you!" An overwhelmed John uttered and walked out of the rear door into the back garden.
Alexia looked on in amusement as the Doctor and Rose's mostly grown up children went back to playing on the Wii in a raucous manner. A wince soon brought attention to the headache she was feeling. They were certainly a noisy bunch.
Feeling the woman's pain, Jenny looked over at her, remembering what caused it, before getting her attention. She suggested they go into the kitchen, so Alexia followed Jenny there. "You two have just come from Woolwich haven't you?" Jenny asked and Alexia nodded. "I remember why she's here," Jenny continued. "Jaime went absolutely crazy because Solomon hurt you."
Leaning against the bench, Alexia folded her arms and smiled grimly. "Yes, the Doctor told me." She replied, still not comfortable with the thought of Jaime illegally entering someone's Mind, no matter how evil they are.
Jenny nodded. "Amy and Rory found her outside in the Play Area across the park and they realised that was the moment she went missing during our adventure on the Silurian spaceship," Jenny explained. "Jaime had used an Air Portal to quickly escape Solomon's ship before it exploded."
Alexia faintly nodded as she took the info in. Then she furrowed her brows when she heard the sound of a baby grizzling. "What's that?" She asked, looking around until she spotted a cot near the table.
"Oh, that's Anthony!" Jenny said, going over to check on the baby, Alexia following.
She noticed he was a few months old as his hair was showing up as a tufts ginger. "He's not another of the Doctor and Rose's children is he?" She joked, thinking that Time Lords were rather like rabbits when it came to procreation.
"No," Jenny laughed. "This is Amy and Rory's child."
That really quite surprised her because she knew Amy couldn't conceive after what Kovarian did to her.
"Before you ask, Amy was healed but I can't tell you how." Jenny told her.
Right, well that answered that question. But it made her wonder. How?
When he walked out into the back garden, J.D looked for a treehouse and found one near the top of a very tall tree. Luckily there was a ladder to climb up. He also thought there might be a really amazing view from up there. He could tell that Jaime was up there because he could sense her, yet it felt faint as if she was still blocking him. Approaching the tree, the Half-Time Lord grabbed onto the rungs and began climbing. By the time John got to the top it almost felt as if he'd been climbing far longer than just a few minutes, and he wasn't sure he wanted to look at the view, he just wanted to see Jaime.
Finally his head popped up through the floor entrance-way and he let out a surprised gasp, his eyes widening. "You have got to be kidding me!" He uttered rather loudly. "It's bigger on the inside!" He giggled unexpectedly as he never thought he would actually say the words so many companions had uttered. As for the treehouse, it really was bigger on the inside and he wondered how it could have happened. The entrance-way was its very own room and there was a doorway leading into most likely many other rooms.
After pulling himself into the entrance-way with a grunt, John stood up and walked into the next room. Which appeared to be a living area, using beanbags as seats and what appeared to be an endless library. Or maybe the treehouse was actually a TARDIS, and if that was the case he wasn't going to go from room to room looking for Jaime. He had to know if she was okay.
"Jaime!" J.D called out. "You in here?" There was a flash of surprise and their connection fully opened up, a sense of love and adoration hitting him at full force. "Woah!" J.D mumbled and stumbled back, falling into a beanbag with a grunt. He heard the sound of hurried footsteps and Jaime peered around the door of the living area.
"John?" She queried before fully stepping into the room. "Wha' are you doin' here?"
The Half-Time Lord stared at his partner. From what he could see Jaime appeared to be okay, but that was just outward appearances. "Oh, that's nice!" J.D replied. "I was worried about you when you didn't come back. Especially after…" He halted, unsure if he should mention it.
"What? After I forced my way intae his Mind?" Jaime answered his thoughts. "He deserved it anyway!" She was thinking about what Solomon did to her mum and John picked up on that.
He stood up and approached Jaime warily. "Yes, but even so. It's wrong, illegal. It's the worst thing a telepath could do."
Jaime sighed and turned away from him, folding her arms. "Aye, I know. I know it's wrong. And I shouldnae let my anger get the best of me. And now you're all angry with me."
But John shook his head, reached out towards her shoulders and turned her back towards him. "I'm not angry, I was just worried about you." He told Jaime. "The way you lost your cool…it scared me. I just couldn't get through to you." It reminded him of the times when The Doctor went full-on Oncoming Storm and could barely be reasoned with.
A grim expression appeared on Jaime's face. "I'm sorry, but I did wha' I had to do. I wasnae goin' to let him get away with it. And I needed to get the information on when and where he sold the Silurian's off too." She felt his surprise. "And now I have that info here…" Jaime tapped her head. "So we'll need tae start lookin' for them at some point."
A proud smile appeared on J.D's face. "Oh, yes. Can't let them languish in some horrible nightmare they don't deserve!" He said and pulled Jaime towards him, hugging her.
Jaime hugged him back by putting her arms around his waist. She was really quite happy that J.D was here because she'd been missing him for the last few days. When she pulled back she grabbed his hand and led him to another part of the treehouse, smirking when she heard his snort of laughter.
The Half-Time Lord was surprised to see it was a sort of bedroom. There was a sleeping bag on the floor. "A bedroom!" J.D exclaimed. "What more rooms does this treehouse have?" He asked, turning to Jaime. "Or is it really a TARDIS?"
Jaime shook her head. "Och! No!" She uttered in reply. "It really is a treehouse. The Doctor built it and he somehow made it bigger on the inside. It's actually quite handy for gettin' some peace and quiet." She pulled J.D down onto the sleeping bag, then pounced on top of him.
John smirked, realising she must be feeling frisky, yet he sat up, leaning on his elbows. "Oh, yeah. I noticed the little rabble downstairs," he said. "Surprised me when I saw them. Noisy bunch!"
Jaime chuckled. "Aye, tha's why I came up here. I mean, they're my half-siblin's, but I'm also their Aunt." John grinned at the weird family dynamic. "They're a lovely bunch once you get to know them," the Scots-girl continued. "Last time I saw Peter he was only nine. Now he's older."
Surprise washed off J.D. "Hold on, when did you last see him?" He asked.
"Och, tha' time when the Doctor and Rose turned up at Torchwood after you and everyone else were turned intae babies or animals. He came tearin' out of the TARDIS and hugged me, and I didnae even know who he was." Jaime told him.
John chuckled, smiling afterwards. "The lives of Time Travellers, eh! Meeting people we're yet to get to know." Jaime nodded her head at this and then quite roughly pushed John back down onto the sleeping bag. "Wait, wait!" He cried out. "What if they come up here?" He queried, worry washing off him.
Jaime shook her head though. "Nah, they're a wee bit busy playin' on the Wii."
The Half-Time Lord was satisfied with the answer but he still had more questions. "Why did you come here in the first place?" He asked. "Why didn't you return to the TARDIS?"
Jaime scowled at his question. "I didnae want to," she told him. "I just didnae have time to find a connection to the right TARDIS. So I scarpered via Air Portal. I just didnae know where it would lead too. And after what I did I wasnae sure if anybody were happy with me. Nor did I know where I was 'til Amy and Rory found me in the nipper's play park the next mornin'." Now she narrowed her eyes eyes at J.D. "How did ye know I would be here anyway?" She asked him.
"Well…" J.D uttered thoughtfully. "I had the TARDIS do a search for you and she led us here. I had the Doctor drop me and your mother off."
A shudder ran through Jaime, making her wonder why he was lying. John must have sensed it because he was smiling apologetically.
Realising he must have a reason to lie, Jaime decided not to probe him any further. "Okay, fair enough!" She said, remembering that he'd mentioned her mum was here too. "How is my ma'?" She asked, feeling worried and guilty for not thinking about her for the past few days.
The Half-Time Lord frowned. "As far as I know she's fine. Rory's futuristic painkillers sent her loopy, but she's fine now."
After breathing a sigh of relief, Jaime pushed John down onto the sleeping bag for a final time. Before he could react to anything else she was already kissing him. He eased into it, kissing her back while placing his hands on her lower back, squeezing. He heard her giggle in his Mind and in return, J.D heard the sound of a zip unzipping, followed by the feeling of cool fingers ghosting over his testicles. Then he jerked and giggled when he experienced ticklish feelings on both testicles and Penis.
J.D pushed her away only to notice her hands were still on his shoulders. "What the…"
The Scots-girl grinned down at him. "Hands free!" She stated, chuckling as he groaned when he felt the cool fingers lightly squeezing him.
After awhile, Alexia was feeling curious as to where John had gotten too and ventured out into the back garden. Not to mention nothing much could be said when chatting to future versions of The Doctor and Rose's family. And then the constant chattering from the kids only made her headache worse and the pain in her shoulder thud away continually. At least out in the garden it was peacefully quiet. To her right was the table and chairs sat on the patio, where Amy and River once sat discussing The Doctor. To the left was a shed, and at the bottom of the garden were hedgerow and trees. With the tallest having a treehouse near the top. And it was obvious that's where John was with her daughter. Up there in the treehouse.
Approaching the ladder, Alexia grabbed one of the rungs with her left hand and attempted to climb. Only to hiss out when a flash of pain hit her shoulder. With a groan, Alexia stepped back from the ladder and rubbed her sore shoulder. Well, she wouldn't be doing any climbing for awhile. Not that she climbed many trees in her past.
Sighing, she took several steps away from the tree and looked up. "Ey up! Are you two coming down or what?" Alexia shouted as loud as she could, wincing at her thudding headache. There was no reply so she wasn't sure if they'd heard her. "I'm waiting!" She continued to shout and decided to sit down on one of the garden seats.
Through the open door of the house she could hear grizzling from baby Anthony and the still raucous faint chatter from the kids playing on the Wii. Minutes later a whirlwind appeared in the middle of the garden and disappeared seconds later leaving Jaime and John behind. They both looked quite ruffled and their hair was so messy it looked like they'd been dragged through a hedge backwards. Alexia rolled her eyes and stood up. Did they seriously have sex in a children's treehouse?
"Mum!" Jaime cried out and rushed over to her mum and hugged her. Alexia grunted and winced as they were joined by John.
"Are you okay?" The Half-Time Lord asked the woman when he noticed the look of pain on her face.
"Aye, of course!" Alexia immediately replied. "Why wouldn't I be?"
Jaime pulled away from her mum with her eyes narrowed suspiciously. She could feel that Alexia was in various states of pain, yet she wasn't acknowledging it and she couldn't understand why. "John, why don't you go in, I want tae talk tae mum." J.D nodded his head silently and walked off into the house.
"Well that's lucky because I really wanted to talk to you as well!" Alexia threw back. Smiling sheepishly, Jaime took a hold of her mum's hand and within seconds they had teleported back into the living area of the treehouse. "Woah, what the…" Alexia would have stumbled if Jaime hadn't caught her. "You could have warned me you were going to do that!" She admonished her daughter and then took a look around the room, her eyes widening. "Hold on! It's bigger on the inside! How'd that happen?" She asked.
"The Doctor," Jaime answered with a hint of a smile. "Now take your t-shirt off."
Alexia blinked in surprise at her daughter. "Excuse me?" She exclaimed.
Jaime sighed. "Ma' I can feel that you're in pain. Did ye no' take any painkillers?"
"I did, it's not as bad as before!" Alexia replied.
Furrowing her brow, Jaime wasn't satisfied with her answer and once again requested her mum to take her t-shirt off. Letting out a frustrated sigh, Alexia very carefully pulled her t-shirt off, wincing every time her shoulder hurt. Now it just left her in her trousers and bra with her jumper still around her waist.
Approaching Alexia, Jaime put her hand on the medical patch. "Did you have a look at this?" She asked and watched as her mum shook her head.
"No," Alexia quietly replied. "The Doctor said he put some healing salve on it." Jaime nodded faintly and began to carefully peel the medical patch off. More than a little worried, Alexia watched her daughter for a reaction and saw her grimace once the patch was fully peeled off. "How is it?" She asked, not wanting to look at the injury.
"Not bad, still a long way to go." Jaime replied half truthfully. The healing salve the Doctor had used healed the worst of the laser burn, though it was going to scar for a very long time. The Scots-girl sighed and bowed her head sadly. "Oh, mum. Why didn't you stay with us when you know this would happen?" She questioned.
"Hey, wait! I didn't know he was going to have the robot hit me. I thought it would hit Rory instead!" Alexia defended herself and received a glare from her daughter.
"Mother!" She growled. "First of all, the third person to join Rory and the Doctor in the engine room would have replaced Brian. Brian is the one who got shot. Tha' doesnae change 'cause he wasn't there. Secondly, Solomon was a ruthless trader, of course he would find some way for The Doctor to co-operate. And that meant harmin' you! In fact, he wasnae jus' a trader, he was a slave trader!"
A look of surprise appeared on Alexia's face. "Really?" Well that was new. He was just a trader in the episode, where the hell did slavery come from? Never mind though, she had a bone to pick with her daughter. "Speaking of Solomon," Alexia uttered. "You violated his Mind! What the hell did you do that for? It just isn't right!"
Jaime scowled at her mum and turned away, pacing. "I had my reasons," she growled in reply. "And I wanted tae teach him a lesson after what he did tae you."
But Alexia shook her head. "That's the thing though. Will you do that every time somebody tries to attack me? I may not have a whole range of superpowers like you, Jenny or Rose have, but I can certainly fend for myself."
Jaime sighed and looked at her mum. "Of course not!" She replied. "He was jus' the exception. I needed tae find out where he had the Silurian's transported too."
Alexia raised her brows but believed what Jaime told her. If she was going around masquerading as a superhero, then she was likely to help anyone in distress. "Okay, now that we're on the same page I wanted too…"
"Not yet!" Jaime interrupted and approached her mother. "You're goin' to scar for a long time."
The woman just shrugged and winced. "I'll just have to live with it." She stated.
"No, but you dinnae have too!" The Scots-girl uttered and Alexia found herself pinned against the wall with her daughter's hands on her shoulder and forehead.
"Jaime? What the bloody hell are you doing?" Ignoring the annoyance and keeping her mum pinned down, Jaime began to concentrate until her hands began to glow white. Alexia saw it and started to panic. "What the hell is that?" She exclaimed, frightened. The white glow spread and soon she felt a comforting warmth throughout her shoulder and head until every part of her body felt warm. Minutes later the bright glow settled down and disappeared, with Jaime letting her go shortly after.
The Scots-girl stumbled dizzily and fell onto one of the beanbags with a grunt.
A wide-eyed Alexia was still stood against the wall, unsure what she had just seen. "What in the name of Sanity was that?" She asked her daughter, confusion washing off her. All she heard was an incorrect mumble as Jaime rubbed her face. "Sorry, what was that?" Alexia replied.
"I healed you!" Jaime told her mum and disbelief washed off the woman.
"What? What do you mean 'healed me'?" Alexia questioned.
"Your shoulder!" Jaime answered.
It was then that Alexia realised the dull ache in her shoulder had disappeared. And when she ran her hand over the affected area she found nothing but smooth skin. She let out a gasp of surprise, further realising that both the headache and the wrist sprain had also disappeared. "Oh my…you can heal. You can actually heal?" She gave her daughter an odd look. "Don't tell me you can raise the dead aswell?" She questioned.
Jaime sighed at this. "I havnae attempted it. Nearly all deaths are meant tae be, and are a Fixed Point. And I dinnae do it all the time 'cause it's energy sappin'."
Oh! That would be why she stumbled away like a drunk person and looked paler than normal.
Now feeling a lot calmer, Alexia put her t-shirt back on, followed by her jumper, then approached Jaime. "Oh, my brilliant, amazing little Time Lady, you really do continue to surprise me." Alexia sat down next to her daughter on another beanbag. "What can you tell me about The Black Bullet?" She asked.
The reaction was amazing. Jaime looked up at her mum, her dark eyes wide and looking more than a little surprised. "What?" She spluttered out, sounding quite shocked. "How d'ye know 'bout that?"
Alexia smiled. "I just do," she replied. "Why would you go around acting like a Superhero, calling yourself 'The Black Bullet'? It's a bit un-P.C isn't it?"
Jaime narrowed her eyes at her mum, unsure why she seemed so sad. Thanks to the Watch she couldn't read her mind. "No!" She shook her head. "It wasnae me!"
"What do you mean?" Alexia questioned.
"I wasn't the one who decided to give myself a silly superhero name. It was in the 1940's when it happened."
Confusion washed off Alexia. "What's the 1940's got to do with anything?" She asked.
"Because I was there, in the 1940's, all on my own," Jaime explained. "Durin' World War Two. I started flyin' through the sky and bringin' down enemy planes. Only I caught the attention of Torchwood and Churchill. Churchill didnae seem all tha' bothered, though Torchwood attempted to capture me every chance they got…" Alexia's eyes widened. "…obviously they didnae. As for Churchill, he was the one that started callin' me 'The Black Bullet'. I only found out 'bout it when John told me. So I decided to adopt it. And then at some point in the future she becomes more prominent." Jaime once again narrowed her eyes at Alexia."is that how you found out? You saw me at some point in the future as 'The Black Bullet'?" She asked.
Unfortunately Alexia shook her head. "I can't tell you," she told her daughter. "I've been sworn to secrecy."
Jaime grimaced and nodded her head in understanding, knowing that some time in the future her mum was going to witness an event featuring The Black Bullet.
Alexia looked up with a furrowed brow when she heard faint vworping of the TARDIS. "Hey! Sounds like The Doctor has arrived." She stated.
But in a blink of an eye, Jaime was back on her feet, her eyes wide. "No, that isn't our Doctor," she said. "C'mon!" Once she pulled her mum to her feet they were back in the garden within seconds and hurrying off towards the house.