As the Dark Tower loomed across the land, a whirlwind appeared just 15ft away from it. Then Jaime, Tegan and The Doctor appeared.
The Australian seemed to wobble as if she was disorientated until she caught herself. "That wasn't a normal teleportation was it?" She asked, looking at Jaime.
"No, I believe it was wind based, my dear girl." The Doctor answered, beginning to totter across the rocky ground towards the Tower.
Tegan helped him while Jaime kept watch for trouble as she followed behind. "So what else can you do?" Tegan enquired, curious. "If you really are omnipotent as you say you are, then you'll be able to do anything, right?" She was looking back at Jaime and waiting for an answer.
"Well, it's basically the use of Psionic abilities, such as psychic, telekinesis and telepathy," Jaime explained. "I'm what you would call an 'All-Powerful'." She moved closer to her fellow Time travellers so she wouldn't slow them down, while Tegan was heard thinking over what an All-Powerful was.
"How many more 'All-Powerfuls' are there?" She asked.
"There's three of us." Jaime replied. "My sister and The Bad Wolf."
The Doctor slowed down in surprise, pretty much sure he had heard something about a Bad Wolf before but couldn't think where, and gazed at the Scots-girl. "None-sense, my child," he uttered. "What about the Guardians and the Eternals?"
Jaime frowned, thinking. He had a point, but there had been no sign of that lot in the future following the Time War. Perhaps they'd been affected by it. That was until a sudden thought came to mind, as well as a sense of danger. "Aren't they creatures of the Pre-Universe, N-Space, that kind of thing?" Jaime questioned, thankful for the Time Lord part of her mind. She saw The Doctor grinning at her, followed by humoured chuckling. He walked ahead, going a little faster.
"I think he was testing you." Tegan said and Jaime nodded.
As they neared the Tower, a thunderstorm began, but when Jaime looked up at the sky, which was blue, there was barely any thunder clouds. She remembered watching this episode in that stupid Nightmare Universe, though most scenes were now just vague memories. "I always thought Gallifrey's skies were supposed to be orange?" She questioned.
The Doctor grunted when he reached the door, but he waited for Tegan and Jaime to catch up. "It is," he replied. "It just depends on what area of Gallifrey you're in. The Death Zone was designed to imitate most planets across the Universe." He explained.
"It's barbaric," Tegan muttered, having learned about the Death Zone earlier. She turned her attention to the Tower door. "Now what? You're not suggesting we bang down the door, I hope."
Jaime laughed because she could easily kick it down if she wanted too.
"It looks very much like a bell to me." The Doctor answered the Australian after glancing at Jaime. However, he gave close scrutiny to what he thought was a bell…until he flipped it. And it turned out to be a number pad. He chuckled and typed some numbers into it. The door slid open.
"It's an entry coder!" Tegan exclaimed.
"Indeed it is, my dear." The Doctor replied with a nod.
The trio walked into The Tower and Jaime realised it was built to cause a lot of confusion. Though The Doctor seemed to know where he was going, so his two companions followed him. That was until they got to a strangely patterned corridor and floor. He managed to stop Tegan but Jaime stood still and stared at the floor, sensing danger.
"Don't be in such a hurry." The Doctor admonished Tegan as he dug into his pocket, pulling out several coins seconds later.
"We have to pay to get in?" The Australian questioned.
Jaime snorted. "The floor is electrified," she explained. "I can sense it. But I think I can trip it by overloadin' the system." Bringing up all her shields, Jaime walked across the chequered floor towards the fifth row.
"What?" The Doctor looked positively horrified. "Come back here this minute!"
"Don't do it!" Tegan cried out and put her hands over her face. She couldn't watch.
The Omni reached the fifth row of the board and suddenly she was pounded with electricity. Completely horrified, the Doctor watched as she stood rigid, jerking slightly. He thought she was dead until there was a cracking noise and the circuit broke.
Jaime stumbled against the wall and took in big gasping breaths, her skin crackling with static electricity and her dark hair stood on end. When she tried to smooth it down it remained sticking up.
Tegan lowered her hands and stared in bewilderment. "How?" She mumbled.
Bemused and angry, the Doctor rushed towards The Omni and grabbed her arms, being careful not to touch her skin. "What in the name of Rassilon were you thinking? To knowingly walk onto an electrified trap!"
"I told you what I was goin' tae do!" Jaime replied with a grimace. His grip was firm and it didn't feel all that nice when her skin was tingling with electricity.
"Yes, and you could have died, child. You couldn't have known how many volts of electricity this board held. Are you this reckless in the future?"
"Aye! And he's used tae it." Jaime replied back with a cheeky grin.
The Doctor would have snapped at her even worse but he was joined by Tegan and he stepped back from his future adopted daughter.
"How?" Tegan asked in awe. "How are you not dead?"
"I absorbed it all." Jaime answered her and started shifting from foot to foot, looking uncomfortable.
"Hmm, and right now she's a walking power station. I wouldn't recommend touching bare skin." The Doctor warned, causing Tegan to take a step back. She could feel it in the air around The Omni.
"Why was the floor electrified anyway?" She questioned.
"Because our ancestors had such a wonderful sense of humour." A different voice spoke up and all three looked around to find a dark haired bearded man stood at the end of the corridor.
Jaime gasped as she stared at The Master with his stolen Trakenite body.
"Do I know you young man?' The Doctor asked, giving the stranger a suspicious look.
The Master told his old friend that they went to the Academy together and Jaime felt surprise from The Doctor.
"What do you want?" Tegan angrily snapped at the other Time Lord.
"To help." The Master simply said and Jaime shuddered, knowing straight away he was lying.
Tegan scoffed. "That's the funniest thing I've heard all day!" She snarked.
The Omni took the initiative and stepped forward, glaring angrily at The Master. "He's lyin'. The Master doesnae want to help. He just wants to cause chaos!"
The other Time Lord smirked at her. "And who might you be, my dear?" He asked, only because he'd never seen her before with any version of the Doctor. Not to mention her body was swamped with electricity, which was odd for a human. So maybe she wasn't, or maybe she held a greater power in which he could manipulate.
A similar, yet mischievous grin, appeared on Jaime's face when she heard his thoughts. "I am usually referred to as The Omni." She answered The Master and chuckled when she felt his surprise and suspicion.
Raising a brow, The Master said; "Oh, is that so?"
The Omni nodded. "Universally." She added.
Now The Master was really suspicious because he once said something similar a long time ago to an ape of a showman. It couldn't be just a coincidence.
"You two go on ahead," Jaime spoke to Tegan and The Doctor without turning around. "I'll deal with The Master and the Cybermen."
"What?" Tegan blurted out while The Master's eyes widened for several seconds.
"Well, it seems you know more than you're letting on." He said as several Cybermen turned up.
The Doctor blustered as Tegan tried to pull him away. He didn't want to leave Jaime with the Cybermen or his old friend. He knew they were dangerous.
"GO, NOW!" Jaime roared loudly, shocking everyone with how loud her voice was. Tegan was finally able to pull The Doctor away.
"What is going on?" A suspicious sounding Cyberman asked, yet the damn thing was void of any emotion and gave Jaime the creeps.
"Well my dear, that just leaves you, me and the Cybermen." The Master said rather smoothly.
"I wouldnae bet on it!" Jaime snarked, closed her eyes and concentrated. She was able to send out a wide-range blast of electric that caught all the Cybermen and The Master. She smirked when she heard them screaming and opened her eyes to watch the Cybermen jerking before collapsing, dead. The Master had sunk to his knees, a grimace of pain on his face. As for Jaime, her skin felt less tingly than it had before. Laughing rather callously, she turned away to rejoin Tegan and The Doctor.
Though she didn't get very far as The Master had recovered quickly and caught her, pinning her against the wall. "What are you?" He demanded. "Who are you?" Jaime just glared at him silently, not even attempting to struggle out of his grip. The Master found that very unusual, so he tried his usual tricks. "I am The Master and you will obey me!" He commanded, expecting her to instantly be at his beck and call. He didn't expect her to start grinning however. "What? Obey me, obey me!" He became bemused when she started laughing at him, right in his face. "What do you find funny?" He demanded.
"Poor Master," Jaime teased. "You really dinnae know me!" She told him and raised her knee right into his groin.
The Master grunted and let her go, doubling over in pain. For some reason it had felt like he'd been kicked by an elephant and not a humanoid female.
"But I know you," The Omni continued and punched him hard in the face. He stumbled backwards against the wall with another pained grunt. He was practically seeing stars. "I know you in the future." And she blasted him with the remaining electricity she'd absorbed.
The Master yelled painfully and he wasn't quite aware of his surroundings until he felt himself being lifted up. "What?!" He found he was high up off the ground. He was suddenly flying back down the corridor and went slamming into the floor, among the dead Cybermen, with a bone rattling thud. By the time he recovered she was long gone.
Jaime ran along the corridors, a weird feeling of intimidation setting in. She wasn't scared, far from it. But there seemed to be something up with the corridor. Almost as if something didn't want her to go any further. "Whoever you are, I'm not afraid of you!" The Omni snarled angrily. "Show me the way." The feeling of intimidation ended and she found herself walking into a large room.
It was basically a Mausoleum with a sarcophagus of Rassilon off to the side. There was some sort of Obelisk in which the First, Second and Third Doctors where stood around it. The companions, the Brigadier, Sarah-Jane and Tegan were watching them. Tegan asked what the inscription meant and then both Sarah-Jane and the Brigadier also wanted to know as well. The Second Doctor told them it was Gallifreyan and not everybody could understand it. To jaime's surprise she found she could actually clearly read the inscription on the obelisk.
"This is the Tomb of Rassilon, where Rassilon lies in eternal sleep." Jaime read and the three Doctors turned to her in surprise.
"You can understand Gallifreyan?" One asked her and Jaime nodded.
"Aye. If I can fly the TARDIS, then I can understand the Ancient Gallifreyan language." She said.
"Who are you?" Two asked, blue eyes narrowed. "I can't tell if you're human or alien."
"I'm both, Jaime answered him. "I'm a Human-Time Lord hybrid." She looked at the Third Doctor. "We've met before. I just look a wee bit different. Remember that time The Master was messin' around wi' the Autons and he tried tae kill you with the telephone?" She reminded.
Three looked at Jaime thoughtfully, remembering a time an unnaturally pale faced, brown haired girl and her MetaCrisis bond-mate, a future him, ran out of the TARDIS to rescue him. "Yes, yes. I remember," he replied. "How is John-David? I recall you both borrowed Bessie for a drive until Torchwood abducted you both."
Jaime grimaced at the thought of what she did to that small island based Torchwood. "Aye, he's dandy. He's currently waitin' in the TARDIS." She answered Three's question about John.
"Good, good. And what about future me? How am I treating you?"
The Omni grinned widely. "He adopted me." She told Three and he smiled proudly.
"Excuse me? What do you mean, adopted?" Two asked, puzzled.
Jaime looked at the smaller Doctor. "I'm your adopted daughter from the future." She explained.
Two gasped and his blue eyes widened. "Oh my giddy aunt!" He uttered.
Jaime giggled. That had to be an understatement of the Century. "I go by the name of The Omni, but you can call me Jaime." She said this last bit in Gallifreyan, more surprise was felt.
Two smiled happily. "I'd be proud to call you my daughter." He replied in the same language, causing Jaime to blush. And continuing on with that pride, the Three Doctors requested her to read the rest of the inscription on the obelisk.
Happy to help and feeling wanted, Jaime stepped closer to the obelisk and looked closely at all the writing. "Well…this bit here…" Jaime pointed at the side of it. "…say's that 'those who managed to get this far past the many dangers has shown great courage and determination'." Then she looked at the next bit. "'To lose is to win and he who wins shall lose'." It puzzled her and she rubbed the back of her neck with a frown. "What the hell is that even supposed tae mean?" Jaime wondered.
"It also promises that whoever takes the ring from Rassilon's hand and puts it on shall get the reward he seeks." The First Doctor read the rest of the inscription.
"What reward?" Sarah-Jane asked.
"Immortality." One told her.
"What? Live forever? Never die?" The Brigadier sounded sceptical.
"That is what the word means young man." One answered him and Jaime giggled. Alistair was hardly young.
"But that's impossible!" Sarah-Jane cried out.
Jaime shook her head. "It's not impossible, Sarah," she told the young companion she knew in the future. "I'm an Omni-psychic. I'm also immortal because of my abilities." The three companions looked completely fascinated. There was various emotions from The Doctors. "My bond-mate is also immortal because of me, and we know of two humans who are also immortal."
"Good grief!" The Third Doctor was heard to utter.
"Yes, well that is all in the future," the Second Doctor stated. "Currently Rassilon possesses it now, and is willing to share it with whoever takes the ring."
At this point an incessant Master walked into the room, tissue compressor in his hand. "Thank you, gentlemen," he sneered. "That is exactly what I need to know. I came here to help you, a little unwillingly, but I came. My services were scorned, my help refused." The Master suddenly glared at Jaime. "As for you, she who's not just powerful in abilities but strength too. She who can speak the language of the Time Lords and is somehow immortal. I'll deal with you later."
Raising her brows, The Omni snorted, humoured by his so-called 'threat'.
The Master turned his attention back to The Doctors, ignoring the fact she was actually smirking at him. "Now I shall help myself to immortality."
The Doctors protested this. "Out of the question." The First Doctor bit back.
"You're hardly a suitable candidate." The Third Doctor snarked.
"For anything," The Second Doctor spoke up. "And don't you dare threaten my daughter!" He added.
A wave of surprise washed off The Master and he raised his brows at the news. A scornful chuckle soon emitted from his mouth. "My dear Doctor, you really do astound me," he said. "What do you think the Time Lords would say if they knew you had adopted a human, a mere ape, as family. Albeit a human with a great amount of power and an ability to speak Gallifreyan."
Eyes darker than normal and a scowl on her face, Jaime took a step towards The Master, not minding the weapon he held and ignoring the warnings from The Doctors telling her to be careful. "I'm more than just a human," she growled at the other Time Lord. "I'm a Human/Time Lord Hybrid. I'm not just 'powerful' as you put it. I'm All-Powerful, I'm a Psionic Manipulator. And do you know what else I can do…" Jaime added with a cheeky grin. "I can make you drop that tissue compressor."
The Master looked down at his weapon and then back up at Jaime with a smirk. "I don't think so, you naïve little child." He said with a laugh.
Feeling like she'd been insulted, Jaime growled and stared back at The Master. "Drop your weapon." She commanded, voice echoing.
Blinking several times The Master dropped the compressor as if it was hot. He recovered quickly and looked down at the weapon. "What?" He uttered, confused.
"I told you I'd make you drop it." Jaime warned and he looked up at her, eyes wide. Fear, ACTUAL fear washed off the Time Lord. "Now…do jumpin' jacks." Jaime commanded next and The Master found himself jumping on the spot, his eyes still wide.
"What? What is going on?" The Master demanded, panting as he jumped up and down.
"Mind Control, Master," the Scots-girl spoke. "Simple, verbal Mind Control. And it trumps your hypnotism." A huge smirk appeared on her face. "I heard you makin' plans, inside your head, thinkin' you could handle me. Sadly you were very much wrong. You could never handle me even if you tried. You're a failure, Master, and you always will be. Now, dance like a madman!" Jaime commanded once again.
The Master now found himself dancing some crazy dance around the room that he couldn't stop. He could hear people laughing and SHE was laughing the loudest. They were laughing at him. "Please, please…stop it," The Master begged. "Stop this, I beg you!" He was scared, really scared and he didn't think it would end.
Luckily his old friend The Doctor felt sorry for him and Two approached Jaime. "My dear Jaime, enough is enough. Please, stop it." He requested and Jaime frowned at The Doctor. "He may be an enemy, but he's also an old friend. Make it stop, please."
The Omni sighed. "Okay, just for you." She said and turned her attention back to The Master. "Koschei of the House of Oakdown, go to sleep."
With blessed relief, The Master's eyes rolled up and he collapsed to the floor in a forced sleep.
With The Doctors now busy messing about with a Control Panel on the far wall, the Brigadier and Tegan were currently hogtying the sleeping Master. Sarah-Jane watched as Jaime knelt at The Master's head and put her fingers on the sides of his head.
"What are you doing?" She asked, curious.
"I'm just wipin' his memory of me from his mind," Jaime answered her. "I know you're all likely tae forget this wee incident, but I just want tae be careful." Once she'd done it The Omni stood up and looked at Sarah-Jane, a huge grin appearing on her face. "Look at you!" She uttered to the frizzy haired, fresh faced Sarah. "You look so young."
The former companion looked surprised. "You know me?" She asked. "How?"
"In the future of course!" Jaime replied, still with a grin on her face. "Even though you're not travellin' with The Doctor anymore, you're still fightin' the good fight and followin' up on alien sightin's." She pulled Sarah towards her and hugged her. "You're brilliant. A lot older, but just bloody brilliant!"
Sarah-Jane blushed at the compliment. "Oh, thank you!" She replied.
"Do you know any of us?" Tegan asked, pointing at herself and The Brig. "In the future."
Jaime shook her head. "No, I've only met you both in the past before. Maybe I'll be able to find you at some point in time."
"Oh, great!" Tegan snarked and Jaime chuckled at Tegan's typical Australian attitude.
"Well I've reversed the Polarity of the Neutron flow," the Third Doctor was overheard to utter once he'd Soniced the Forcefield off. "So the TARDIS should be free of the Forcefield now."
"I'll try to get through to the Capitol." The Second Doctor spoke next and pressed several buttons on the Transmat Control panel.
That meant the TARDIS would be coming in very, very soon. Though she felt excited for the Time Machine turning up, she also sensed the growing sense of danger from earlier. It had suddenly ramped itself up. Within seconds the best sound in the universe made itself known and the TARDIS materialised in the corner. The door opened and only Turlough and Susan walked out. That sense of danger still grew.
"Can you hear me, old fellow?" The Second Doctor asked as the call to the Capitol was picked up.
Susan approached Jaime. "Omni, John has asked for you." The older female spoke in Gallifreyan.
Nodding silently, followed by a short hug between relatives, Jaime walked towards the TARDIS, the bad feeling she was sensing was getting almost oppressive. As if the whole sky was going to fall down on top of her. Halfway there though she halted when she was overcame by visions. They weren't particularly pleasant either. They involved her being attacked by Rassilon's spirit because she wasn't a full Time Lord, being threatened by Borusa, or even she and John being discovered by the Time Lords with J.D being destroyed and herself being used in nefarious ways. Jaime cried out, doubling over before covering her face with her hands.
"Calling the Capitol, calling the Capitol," Two continued. "This is The Doctor speaking. Well, one of them. Can you hear me? Can you hear me, Doctor? Is there anybody there? Calling the Capitol."
Seeing her distress, Susan and Sarah-Jane hurried to Jaime's side. "Are you okay, cousin?" Susan asked, eyes wide.
"What happened?" Sarah-Jane asked.
"Yes!" Jaime replied as she stood up straight. "I need tae go." And she ran for the TARDIS, walked in, the door squeaking shut after her. In the Console Room a pale faced John was being helped up by a confused Alexia. "Did you see?" Jaime asked, her face paler than usual. The Half-Time Lord nodded his head silently and caught Jaime in a comforting hug.
"See what?" Alexia asked, still confused. "What did you see?" She never got an answer so she thought it must be a private thing between them. With a shrug she turned her attention to the Monitor on the wall. It was showing what was happening inside the room of the Dark Tower.
The Fifth Doctor, who was apparently hypnotised, had turned up alongside another Time Lord she still couldn't remember the name of. He was actually being very threatening and not only that but he had somehow frozen the companions in place. He told The Doctors that he was responsible for bringing the Doctors back to Gallifrey. They were angered and attempted to get their future incarnation back on side.
"Ahh, it's Borusa." J.D spoke beside her, making her jump. "He taught me and several friends at the Academy. He had no time for childish pranks and his punishments were near brutal." John grimaced at the thought, then felt Jaime place an arm around his lower back. He smiled and placed his arm around her shoulders. "This is the point where he was President of Gallifrey." He added as an afterthought.
"See how the companions have been frozen," Jaime pointed out. "Bein' what I am, it wouldnae have worked on me and he would have noticed." She shuddered at the fading memory of the vision and John pulled her closer to him.
Looking over at her daughter, Alexia wondered what she had seen in her vision but didn't dare ask.
"This is the Game of Rassilon." An otherworldly voice was overheard to utter on the monitor and Alexia turned her attention back to it. Borusa had approached the Sarcophagus while The Doctor was warning him not to. Though he wouldn't listen. "Who comes to disturb Rassilon?" The voice questioned.
"I am Borusa, Lord President of Gallifrey." The Time Lord replied and a floating head, belonging to Rassilon, appeared above his body.
"Why have you come here?" Rassilon demanded.
Borusa told him he came for what he was promised and the Ancient Time Lord pointed out immortality. Even warned the younger Time Lord of his choice. Sadly, Borusa was as bullheaded as ever, even claiming the Doctors to be his servants, in which Doctors Two, Three and Five denied. The First Doctor didn't deny it in a bid to trick Borusa even more.
"He's a wily one, that Doctor." Alexia commented.
"Smart too," Jaime replied. "He knows what he's doin'."
The floating head of Rassilon invited the President to put on the Ring of Rassilon and Borusa did so.
Then it all went wrong for him. Eyes widening, Alexia watched, shivering, as Borusa screamed a blood curdling scream before he was pulled into a spare space on the Sarcophagus, immortalised forever.
"That was even worse than what was portrayed in the episode," Alexia said. "That was just downright horrible. That was a real man, who just made a poor choice in life."
John shrugged at her words. "He wanted it."
"Rassilon has a weird concept of immortality," Jaime spoke up. "I think he would have been incensed to be in the same presence of another immortal," she added. "Especially one who wasn't a full Time Lord."
J.D nodded silently, thankful they were in the protection of the TARDIS.
On the monitor screen, Rassilon spoke briefly with The Doctors. None of them wanted immortality, yet they wanted to go back to their own Timelines. Rassilon granted it, even going so far as to helping the Fourth Doctor and Romana out of the Vortex, going on to make The Master disappear.
"It is time for your other selves to depart," Rassilon stated. "Let them make their farewells and go. You have chosen wisely, Doctor. Farewell." And with that said, the floating head of Rassilon disappeared.
And that was all the three of them got to see as the TARDIS decided to lower the cover on the wall monitor. "Well, I suppose that's all." Alexia muttered and turned away to look at the door. Would they all be coming in at the same time? Or would they be coming in individually and disappearing as they were taken back to their timelines. She then began to figure out what the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough's next adventure would be. "Warriors of the Deep," Alexia suddenly exclaimed. "Funny looking Silurians. That's their next adventure!" She turned back to Jaime and John with a wide grin. "What do you say?" She asked, desperate to continue hanging about with the Fifth Doctor.
"Sorry, ma'," Jaime apologised. "But we're movin' on. She took a hold of her mother's hand and the three of them were teleported out of the TARDIS.