Stood in the Brain Chamber of the Lakertyan catacombs, Alexia watched with wide eyes as the computer counted down to zero. Beyus was the only one in the room, apart from herself, as John, Jaime, Mel and The Doctor had recently exited to deal with The Rani. And what a bitch she was!
Alexia, Jaime and J.D had teleported into another classic console room of the TARDIS, thinking it was empty and everyone was out again. Well, that was until The Rani walked into the Console Room. And wasn't she surprised to find three complete strangers in the TARDIS.
She demanded to know who they were and it was J.D who immediately identified The Rani…even though she was disguised as Mel. She denied this until Jaime forced her to identify herself, so The Rani did so…right in front of The Doctor who had just come from the wardrobe room. Chaos broke out soon after with The Rani taking Alexia hostage. Or at least attempted to do so.
The Scientist Time Lady found herself unwillingly letting go of Alexia once Jaime actually commanded her to do so. Fearing for her life, and fearing the power the young female held, The Rani fled the TARDIS. That just left a confused Doctor to deal with, considering he had recently regenerated he was suffering from Rani related regeneration trauma, so Jaime healed his mind, helping him to remember.
He was ecstatic to see Jaime, greeted his Metacrisis brother and remained hostile towards Alexia. Alexia was fine with that as she was not too fond of the Seventh Doctor. But because of their appearances, the Timeline had shifted and The Rani had to be stopped earlier than expected.
After exiting the TARDIS, the time travellers soon found the real Mel. Well, more like heard from her, locating her via her Banshee cry. Mel had gotten herself trapped in one of The Rani's exploding bubbles, yet somehow it didn't explode and it just fell with Mel still inside it. As Ikona tried to free her, Jaime arrived via teleport. She told the Lakertyan not to touch the device on the bubble and freed Mel by disintegrating the bubble.
By this time the others had arrived and Doctor and companion had been reunited. Though poor Mel was confused because the last time she saw the Doctor he was an obnoxious blond with brightly coloured clothes. A quick explanation of regenerations was needed, along with introductions, and then the five Time Travellers, and Ikona, were off to stop The Rani. Which lead to the Scientist Time Lady initiating the Countdown a lot earlier than planned in a bid to destroy a giant brain.
And this was what was happening now.
Beyus sighed and turned towards the door, only to exclaim in surprise when he saw that one of the humans had remained. "You, what are you still doing here?" He asked.
Alexia glanced between the giant brain and the Lakertyan. "This…shouldn't happen. Surely something can be done to stop this. My Jaime…she's amazing. I know she could stop this…I could…"
Before she could finish her sentence, John came tearing back into the chamber, spotting Alexia and grabbing her by the hand. "What the hell are you still doing here?" He angrily demanded of her.
"Can we stop this?" She asked. "This seems entirely unnecessary."
J.D shook his head. "No, we can't. Come on!" He pulled her away towards the door but Alexia held her ground.
"But the circle…" She uttered. "The circle must be broken!"
Hearing this, J.D looked back at her with a frown. "What?" He shook his head. "Alexia, they're not the bloody Ood. And it's a fixed point. So come on!" He pulled on her and this time she went with him.
Watching the two humans make a hurried exit, Beyus shook his head, walked over to the door and closed it.
Meanwhile the Doctor and Jaime had caught up with The Rani outside her TARDIS. "Rani! It's over, you're beaten!" The Time Lord called down from a top of a rocky hill. "I've aborted the launch and the Lakertyans are preparing to attack."
The Rani scowled back up at him. "You imbecile," she shouted at him. "You've signed their death warrants." Reaching over to her wrist strap, The Rani had intended to set off some explosives…until she felt a gust of wind, a nearby presence, and then a hand caught her wrist and held it firmly. Looking up at the presence, the Rani gasped and tried to pull away from her. Except she was insanely strong, going so far as to squeeze her wrist, causing her pain.
The Rani yelled in pain but was still defiant enough not to fall to her knees and beg, despite how scared she was. "Whoever…whatever you are…if you listen I'll just go. I'll get in my capsule and go." All the odd female did was frown at her. "Let me go, you're hurting me!"
A smirk appeared on Jaime's face. "All anklets have been deactivated by EMP," she told The Rani. "Your device is useless." She let go of the Scientist's wrist and The Rani stumbled backwards, tripped and fell to the ground, eyes wide.
"What are you?" She asked the Scots-girl. "You're far from human and carry an unimaginable amount of power." The Rani didn't want to be anywhere near this thing. Especially if it had the power to control her.
"You can call me The Omni." Jaime told The Rani and then tilted her head as she took a good look at the other women's Timeline. "Interestin'. You're one very lucky Time Lady. It seems you won't be sufferin' the wrath of the Time War."
Confusion washed off The Rani. "Time War? What Time War?" She asked.
Jaime ignored her. "However, you will find yourself on Tetrapiriarbus for a long, long time. We might even swing by one day and rescue you."
The Rani scooted back, fear washing off her. If she was going back to that Rassilon-forsaken planet, then it only meant one thing. Urak wasn't happy with her. Then what the strange non-human said next gave her a chill.
"Now run along, Ushas," the Omni spoke. "Your destiny awaits."
Scrambling to her feet, The Rani ran for her TARDIS, opened the door and looked back at where The Omni stood. Only there was nobody there. Still spooked, the Scientist boarded her TARDIS and took off.
The Doctor watched her leave before turning to Jaime who stood beside him. "What did you do to her?" He asked.
The Omni glanced at The Doctor with a smirk. "Huh?" She grunted.
"Don't you start acting all mysterious," the Doctor continued. "I felt time freeze just now. The Rani looked petrified."
Jaime sighed. "Fine. I just gave her a wee bit of advice, told her I broke her weapons. I dinnae think she liked me goin' anywhere near her. Which is strange because all The Master wanted tae do was use me." She told the Time lord.
"Hmm…" The Doctor grunted. "The Rani is a different kettle of fish than The Master. She likes to be in control of everything, where as The Master is not afraid to ask for help."
Jaime nodded as she listened, understanding more about the Doctor's former friends at Time Lord Academy and their personalities. In the distance they heard the rocket take-off, followed by an explosion.
The Doctor watched it a bit. "Come on," he uttered. "Time waits for snowman!"
Jaime giggled but didn't bother to correct him as she followed him back to the TARDIS.
Recently arrived at the TARDIS, Alexia, along with J.D, Mel, several Lakertyans and a bunch of kidnapped genius', watched as the Rocket took off. She remembered there was a delay so that it would be able to avoid an asteroid. But because The Rani had put her plan in motion earlier than planned, would that still happen? As for the explosion, herself and John had just barely made it out of the catacombs when the chamber exploded, killing everything inside it.
A couple of minutes later they were joined by The Doctor and Jaime. Mel called to The Doctor when she spotted him and Jaime glanced at her mum. "So you found her alright?" She said to John.
The Half-Time Lord nodded. "Yeah, she was still in the Brain Chamber. Thought there might have been a way to stop the explosion."
Alexia rolled her eyes. "Maybe because I didn't think it was fair to let that giant brain explode while another giant brain got to live!" She angrily snapped back.
Jaime grimaced as the wave of anger washed off the older woman. She also understood what she referenced. "It was a Fixed Point, ma', it had tae happen," she explained. "As for the Ood brain, that had tae be freed in order tae stop the slavery of the Ood."
"Yes, but our arrival cut short The Rani's plans. Surely something else should have changed." Alexia continued her argument.
Letting out an exasperated sigh, Jaime noticed The Doctor was herding all the genius' into the TARDIS. "For the love of Sanity, ma'. Stop tryin' tae be me and just enjoy the experience!" She admonished. "Get into the TARDIS."
Alexia stared at her daughter. "Hold on…I wasn't…" A silent glare silenced her. "Okay, okay!" She muttered, holding her hands up. She turned and barged past The Doctor in order to get into the TARDIS.
In the Console Room she strode over to the seat and sat down, continuing to puzzle over what should or shouldn't have happened in this episode. The More she puzzled over it, the more confused she got. Finally she shook her head of those thoughts. Perhaps Jaime was right. Perhaps she shouldn't dwell on it.
As for the three genius' The Rani had kidnapped, Albert Einstein was staring at the console and muttering things under his breath in a strong German accent. Hypatia had a hand on her hip and was looking rather haughty. Well, she was from a time and place where many women were revered. As for the inventor of penicillin, Louis Pasteur, he just looked scared. And she had to admit, she was feeling rather star struck to be in the presence of such historic people. She wondered if they would be happy enough to talk to her.
As Alexia stood up to talk to Pasteur, The Doctor, Mel, Jaime and John walked into the TARDIS, finished with their chat with the Lakertyans.
"Are you okay?" She asked and the bearded man looked at her rather sternly.
"No, Madame, I am not," Pasteur replied in a strong French accent. "I was in my lab…then I suddenly found myself in a strange land that wasn't Earth."
She nodded, trying to be sympathetic as she felt the TARDIS take off. "Don't worry Mr Pasteur," Alexia patted the man's arm. "We'll get you home soon enough." Alexia watched on as the three genius' were sent back to their where's and whens, wondering if they were made to forget about their experiences.
As the TARDIS flew through the Vortex, she watched her daughter and the Seventh Doctor interact with each other. He seemed to be showing her how every switch, toggle and button worked on the console. That was until Jaime took over and showed The Doctor what she knew about the console.
The Doctor actually looked proud that she knew how to work a TARDIS, and with a chuckle he pulled her towards him in a hug. Alexia smiled at this. She couldn't believe she was witnessing the Seventh Doctor being fatherly towards her daughter. It was a very surreal moment. If only he'd been like this with Ace instead of using her against Fenic or scaring her half the time.
Meanwhile, John was busy talking to Mel…or maybe it was Mel flirting with John, considering he was blushing and looking awkward.
"So will you be staying awhile?" The Doctor asked Jaime, sounding hopeful.
"Probably not," Alexia answered instead. "I don't think my ears can take much more!" She pointedly glared at Mel while pulling J.D from the companion.
"Oh, that's a pity." The Time Lord muttered, doing his best to ignore the growing coldness between Alexia and Mel.
Jaime frowned, sensing the animosity between her mum and this incarnation of The Doctor. She always said she hadn't liked the attitude of the Seventh Doctor whenever they watched his episodes, only Jaime hadn't taken her seriously. Jaime actually did want to stay on for another adventure or two but it appeared her mum didn't like Mel as well as this version of The Doctor. Opening her mouth, Jaime was about to make her own decision until a piece of visual junk mail appeared on the TARDIS monitor. It was advertising Paradise Towers.
"Oooohh, doesn't that look nice!" Mel stated. "Doctor, what do you think?" She then asked the Time Lord while a panicked Alexia was whispering to an equally wide-eyed John.
"I don't know. The words 'tourist trap' comes to mind." The Doctor replied disdainfully.
Alexia knew he and Mel would still go anyway.
"Yeah, we probably should get going," John spoke up. "Leave you to your investigation."
Hearing this, The Doctor looked up at his future family, looking sad. "Oh, okay." He said.
"Aye, movin' on," Jaime said, grabbing her mum and J.D's hands while finding a connection to a nearby TARDIS. She had felt their panic and urgency to leave shortly after the junkmail appeared. "But I'll see you again sometime in the future…dad." The grin and the wave of happiness she received from The Doctor was more than enough for Jaime and the three were teleported away.
The three Time Travellers teleported into a familiar coral themed Console Room, but it was also empty and the Rotor was static.
"Oh, are we back then?" Alexia asked despite noticing the lighting around the console was a lot harsher than what she was used to.
"No, this isn't the right time-stream." John replied and hurried over to the console. "There are tiny differences between this console room and the current console room. And I think I know who it belongs too." He put on his glasses and peered at the monitor, Jaime joining him seconds later.
"Oh, yeah. I knew that. Just testing." Alexia replied and sat down on the jumpseat.
Jaime let out a humoured snort.
Standing up straight, a grim expression appeared on J.D's face. "Oh, I thought so," he said. "The TARDIS is parked not to far away from a factory…a weapons factory."
"And?" Alexia asked, slouching on the jumpseat.
"We're on Villengard," Jaime explained. "Which means that the factory will blow up soon." It would also have tons of batteries for Sonic Blasters. Did Jack still have his? Or he might have lost it.
"Well, it'll be full of banana's soon anyway." Alexia commented.
John furrowed his brow and looked at Jaime for an explanation.
"Jack mentioned this place in an episode involvin' gas mask zombies." The Scots-girl replied.
"Oh." John uttered and looked back at the monitor. "Funny thing though. I don't quite remember how I…he made it out." He muttered thoughtfully.
"How do you mean?" Jaime asked as Alexia listened to their conversation.
"It's all a fuzzy blank," John answered her. "I remember getting in, laying down dynamite and getting into trouble. I don't remember how I got out."
"How odd!" Alexia said while a thoughtful look appeared on Jaime's face. "Not odd," she corrected. "Interestin' though. There's obviously a good reason for this. Hold on!"
J.D and Alexia watched as Jaime walked down the ramp towards the door. The Scots-girl opened the TARDIS door and looked out at where they were parked.
It was dark outside with the only lights coming from three moons, several fire burning lamp-posts and the lights shining out of the windows of the factory. And it appeared the factory was situated miles from any towns or villages and not to far away from a forest. Concentrating on the timelines she could feel a convergence of sorts, a paradox that involved herself and The Doctor. When she closed her eyes and stretched her mind out towards the factory she felt several malevolent Beings and one Being in pain, their Mind felt familiar. She clearly had to rescue The Doctor.
Opening her eyes, Jaime grinned. "Hah! Just as I thought." She uttered and turned her attention towards her mum and John. "Stay here, stay safe." She told them, stepped out of the TARDIS and closed the door. She started running towards the factory until a flash of danger halted her in her steps. "Wha'?" Jaime muttered. "Wha' is it?" The factory loomed over her ominously as she looked around for the danger, yet she found none. It was a wee bit puzzling.
"Right," she muttered. "Safety first." So she initiated Psychic Tracking using her family bond with The Doctor before turning herself invisible.
Now she could follow The Doctor's tracks which was totally in the opposite direction of where she'd been heading. As she continued to follow the Psychic Trail she still felt flashes of danger, making her halt every time and feeling on edge as she glanced around her surroundings. There was still nothing there, but maybe the factory had hidden security. They probably didn't want any Tom, Dick or Harry hanging around the place.
Moving on again, Jaime soon came across a dead end. Or what she thought was a dead end. Turns out the trail was leading it's way up the wall towards a window, which was very high up. "How the hell did he manage tae get up there?" Jaime muttered, looking up at the factory wall with a frown.
Getting an idea she put her hand on the wall and was able to see the afterimage of The Doctor climbing up, using a rope. That rope now lay on the grass in a heap. Picking it up, images told her that it had been cut by what appeared to be a security guard. "Hmm, so much security for a factory that makes Sonic Blasters." Jaime muttered and dropped the rope. "What else are they doin' here?"
Looking up towards the window, the Scots-girl bent her legs in readiness and then sprung up. Using her ability to jump great heights, Jaime was able to reach the window and caught onto the sill before she could go any further. Now hovering she noticed that the window was closed, likely to be locked down. But that was okay because she was The Omni and not even a locked window could keep her out. Putting her hand on a window pane she concentrated, disintegrating it seconds later. There were luckily no shards to raise the alarm of security.
Peering through the hole, Jaime could see what appeared to be a darkened corridor. And it was empty. Still invisible she pulled her way through the window until she turned all watery. It slid down the wall until it became a puddle on the floor. The puddle of water began moving along the corridor, passing by several doors until it stopped when it heard footsteps walking down the corridor.
A security guard was making their rounds, making checks. The guard heard a splash as he stepped into the puddle. "What the hell?" It growled, looking down at the puddle and shining his light on it. Suddenly he yelled out as he was brutally electrocuted and fell to the floor, smoke steaming off his body.
The puddle of water became humanoid and turned fleshy. "Watch where you're goin' next time!" Jaime admonished the body, noticing it looked like a Raccoon crossed with a human or humanoid.
Continuing on, and continuing to remain invisible, she hurried down the corridor the same way the security guard had come from, opening a door that led to the factory floor. It was noisy as the machinery worked away making parts for Sonic Blasters and other weapons of the 51st Century.
But that was not the only thing Jaime noticed. There seemed to be small people working at the machines…children perhaps?" And why hadn't she felt them earlier? "Is that why there's so much security 'round here?" She wondered to herself. "I really hope it's not what I think it is!" In answer to her last thought there was a cry of pain from the floor over the sound of machinery, followed by angry shouting. "Oh, it is." She mumbled with a shake if her head.
Before finding a way to rescue these kids, Jaime had to find The Doctor first. And his Psychic Trail led to a closed door several feet away. With an ear against the door she could hear the activity in the room, the pain washing off the one individual. Hand on the handle, Jaime opened the door and slipped inside the room.
The door opening on its own caught the attention of the five guards in the room, because the machines on the factory floor was so loud. They looked over at the door with puzzled expressions or frowns. They too also looked Raccoon-like and Jaime doubted they were originally from this planet.
"How did that happen?" One of them asked.
"Who gives a damn. Just shut the Hod-damn door already." Another guard ordered.
So the guard who spoke first muttered under his breath as he was made to shut the door. Then he returned to the group, surrounding a man tied to a chair. His hair was very short dark brown and he wore a black leather jacket that looked well worn, a dark blue jumper, dark coloured jeans and black boots. Jaime recognised him as the Ninth Doctor.
"Who are you? What do you want? Who sent you?" One of the guards interrogated the Time Lord. If he remained silent or gave a cheeky answer they would attack him with punches to the face or even apply the use of a taser on him.
By the looks of it, Jaime noticed this had gone on for some time as The Doctor had old injuries as well as fresh injuries. It was probably a good time to end this systematic torture and rescue The Doctor. Jaime looked around at all the guards before closing her eyes and stretching her mind out towards the one guard who was stood off to the side.
He suddenly gasped and shuddered, turning his attention to his fellow guards. At first he walked rather stiffly towards them, pushing them aside.
"Hey, what?"
"Do you mind!"
"Crandell? Just what is your problem?"
Came protests from several of his colleagues who were all clearly annoyed.
"I can get him to talk." Crandell the Raccoon-like guard spoke in a monotone way and approached the Doctor. He leaned over, putting his hands on the Doctor's shoulders and whispered in his ear. "Don't worry, Doctor. I'll soon get you out of here!" The look on The Doctor's face was one of surprise, followed by suspicion. With a grin and a wink the guard stood up straight and pulled the taser from his belt.
The Doctor watched on in astonishment, as well as confusion, as the guard quite brutally attacked his fellow colleagues with his taser.
Afterwards he seemed to suddenly snap out of it with a jerky shudder and looked around, confused. "What? What happened?" He muttered, going to put his hand on his forehead until he noticed he was holding his teaser. "Oh no! What did I do?" He asked himself, putting two and two together.
Before the Doctor could say anything he watched with wide-eyed disbelief as the guard turned the taser on himself. Crandell the Raccoon-like security guard screamed painfully until he collapsed, either dead or unconscious.
Well that was an unusual turn of events, the Doctor thought to himself. Just what was he supposed to do now? He attempted to struggle out of the ropes until something even more unusual happened. A dark haired, naturally pale female appeared out of nowhere. "Who the hell are you?" He asked.
Jaime ignored his question. "Told you I would get you out, Doctor." She told him and with a swipe of her hand the ropes holding him to the chair fell away. Surprise washed be off him. "Let's go, we've got children tae rescue!" She said and turned towards the door, waiting. Just as she predicted she was grabbed, roughly turned around and slammed against the wall, his hands pinning her shoulders.
"Who are you?" The Doctor demanded to know. "How do you know who I am?"
Looking at him, Jaime saw that his blue eyes were narrowed in suspicion. Distrust and wariness washed off him along with several other emotions. "Of course!" Jaime said, grinning. "Remember." She then commanded, voice echoing.
The Doctor blinked several times as memories came to Mind, and then he stepped back from her with wide eyes when he realised what he was doing. "Jaime!" He uttered in surprise.
"Hello, dad." Jaime replied with a smile.
The smile on The Doctor's face was positively bigger and he laughed before catching her in a firm and comforting hug. "Fantastic! I love it when you call me that!" He admitted as Jaime put her arms around him.
She had to admit herself, it was strange seeing the Ninth Doctor this happy. The only other time when she'd seen him like this was when he'd fixed the Gas Mask Zombie kid with Chulan nanogenes. Strangely enough, that kid's name was Jamie. Weird!
"Where are Alexia and that pretty boy brother of mine?" The Doctor questioned next after he stepped back from Jaime.
"They're waitin' in the TARDIS." She answered, completely distracted by The Doctor's injuries. "Let me help you with that." She placed her hand on his cheek and it gave off a white glow as she healed his injuries.
At first The Doctor was stunned, then he just smiled as he pushed her hand away. "Thanks, but you didn't need to do that," he told her. "As for those kids, we have to get them out of here and back to their families." He said, moving towards the door and taking the handle.
"Why cannae I feel them? I mean, earlier when I did a Mind Scan all I could feel were the guards and you. Why not them?" Jaime asked, hoping he had an answer.
The Doctor frowned, realising the presence he'd felt earlier had been Jaime. "Oh, they're Mind Blind." He explained, yet he noticed Jaime looked confused. "It's what people with Autism and Aspergers are classed as in the 51st Century," he continued. "Those kids out there are Autistic. Some of them have Aspergers. They're also smart, as in Idiot Savant smart, which is why they've been taken from their surrounding towns and forced into 'working' in the factory."
The look on Jaime's face told The Doctor she was angry. But then she remembered something about herself. "Hold on, I once met a parallel version of me who had Autism and Aspergers, yet I could read her Mind just fine."
The Doctor raised his brows, surprised, though didn't ask why she met a parallel version of herself. "51st Century Minds are different from 21st Century Minds." Was his answer.
Jaime nodded slightly, supposing that made sense.
"C'mon, hurry up. We've got to get the kids out of here. And I need to find my dynamite. The guards took them." The Doctor said and was about to open the door until Jaime stopped him.
"You get the kids out and I'll deal with the rest of the guards. And dinnae worry 'bout your dynamite, I've got my own way to cause damage."
The Doctor grinned at her words. "Okay," he agreed. "Ready?"
Jaime nodded and then they both exited the room into the loud main factory floor.
The Doctor watched, amazed, as Jaime stealthily jumped onto a metal railing, balanced precariously for several seconds, and finally jumped down to the lower level. Her feet hitting the floor caused a rather large tremor that shook the factory and its occupants. "Wow!" A wide-eyed Doctor uttered after getting back to his feet and looked over the railing to check if she was okay.
She was on her feet and appeared to be scanning her surroundings, yet he sensed mild panic from her and he couldn't understand why. Then he spotted a security guard approaching her from behind and was about to warn her…until she turned around and blasted him back with telekinesis. The Doctor chuckled, realising she could take care of herself and took off to find the stairs.
Jaime glared at the knocked out guard before turning her attention to everyone else. Now that she was closer to the kids she could sense they were scared but she couldn't get anything else from them. All she got was an unusual fuzziness. "It's okay," she said to them in a bid to calm them down. "We'll get you all out of here." All they did was stare, which was creepy, while some of them rocked. With a wave of her hand, Jaime unlocked their chains. Spotting The Doctor hurrying down the steps. "Gan with The Doctor." She told them, pointing at the Time Lord as he came rushing into the work floor.
It looked like she had bigger fish to fry as four more guards approached them. Jaime ran at them with an ear shattering Roar, managing to scare them a little. Using her Super-strength she punched out the first guard in the face, knocking him out and breaking his jaw. Twisting, she side kicked the second guard and he went flying back into the machinery. The third guard grabbed her from behind, holding onto her arms. The fourth guard stood in front of her with his taser held out, ready to disable her.
But Jaime had other ideas. With a grunt she lifted herself off her feet and kicked out at the third guard, hitting him in the chest. He stumbled backwards before falling to the floor, gasping for breath like a fish out of water. Once she landed back on her feet, Jaime bent over, flipping the fourth guard over her back where he yelled out in surprise and landed on the floor with a bone rattling thud. Seconds later she kicked him where it hurts the most and he howled out in pain.
She didn't notice the fifth guard until there was a flash of danger and finally yelped out in surprise when he stuck his taser between her shoulders. Jaime quickly turned to him. "Dae ye mind, tha' tickles!" She exclaimed.
The guard looked at her, mouth and eyes wide open, surprise washing off him. He then looked at the taser he held. "But…that should have worked!" He stated, confused.
"Wha', like this?" Jaime replied, creating a big ball of electricity and threw it at him where it completely engulfed him. He screamed out in pain and fell to the floor, jerking and still screaming until he fainted. "Any more of ye want tae play?" Jaime inquired, glaring around at the downed guards and checking if there were anymore. Though it seemed there were no more guards to play with, so she checked the machines for stragglers. Thankfully there were none.
She was about to go find where The Doctor and the kids had gone until he reappeared on the factory floor. "How good are you at opening doors?" He asked. "Because the front doors are deadlocked against the Sonic Screwdriver."
"Have ye tried kickin' it down?" The Scots-girl cheekily asked as she passed him by.
The Doctor raised his brows at her, then followed her to where he'd left the kids. They were all huddled together, occasionally mumbling things, except for one who was stood staring at the door. As they approached the doors, Jaime noticed what the boy was doing, a sense of curiousness coming from him.
Just as she was about to cause serious damage to the door, the boy spoke up. "Deadbolt, mortise lock, bad wolf." He said in an odd way, making them stop and turn to the boy.
"What did you say?" Jaime asked.
"Deadbolt, mortise lock, bad wolf." The boy repeated.
Jaime glanced at The Doctor to gage his reaction but he just seemed surprised and amazed that the boy had even spoke at all. Of course he wouldn't react at Bad Wolf, he was yet to fully travel with Rose so it wouldn't be on his radar.
Curious, the Scots-girl crouched by the boy. "What's your name, kid?" She asked. For the moment he remained silent and Jaime didn't think he'd say anything until he did.
"My name is Joe." He replied slowly.
She smiled at his reply. "Okay, Joe. What can you tell me 'bout the lock on this door?" She inquired.
"It is a triple cylinder push button Spring electronic deadbolt. One of many types of mortise locks. This one was made by a company called Bad Wolf." Joe replied in his odd way.
Grinning, Jaime stood up. "Fan-dabby-dozy!" She breathed out, rather amazed.
"I told you that most of them are Savants," The Doctor spoke. "He'll have dissected it in his mind, figuring out how each little bit works. Must be like being me."
Jaime looked at The Doctor, still grinning. "Aye, but with that bit of handy information it means I can easily open it." She looked at boy. "Thank you, Joe." She said to him before turning her attention to the door and walking over to it.
"How can you open it?" The Doctor asked her. "From his description, this place sounds more like Alcatraz."
"It's electronic," Jaime answered. "It's easy." She put her hands on the door, closed her eyes and let the Cyberkinesis do the talking.
The Doctor heard her mumbling and was mystified as to what she was doing. But less than a minute later there were sounds of the door's inner workings opening, followed by the actual door swinging open. "How'd you do that?" The Doctor asked.
"Cyberkinesis," Jaime answered him. "Now get the kids out of here. I'll deal with this place."
The Doctor saw her teleport away and wondered where she'd gone…until the lights faded for several seconds. And that's when he realised she was actually in the electrics. "Fantastic!" He uttered. "Electrokinesis." The lights flickered and the Time Lord sensed some kind of urgency from her. Turning to the kids, The Doctor managed to coral them outside into the night time of Villengard.
Once again the lights in the factory flickered and dimmed before they suddenly surged into brightness. Crackling sounds were heard as everything electrical became overloaded. Soon enough lights, sockets, transformers and machinery blew up, causing severe and extensive fire damage to the factory.
Watching on, The Doctor saw flames and smoke coming from the windows and doors as he continued to herd the kids away from the building. He wondered where Jaime was until he felt an odd electrical tingling feeling. Seconds later she reappeared beside him.
"Sorted!" Jaime said.
"Yes, I noticed." The Doctor replied, looking at her in absolute wonderment. He couldn't help but be completely amazed over what she could do.
Jaime smiled when she felt The Doctor's various emotions. She was about to say something until a part of the building blew up, the loud noise further scaring most of the kids.
"There go the explosives!" The Doctor stated as he did his best to calm the kids.
"Aye," Jaime muttered as she watched her handiwork. "You know, you should put a banana grove in its place." She suggested to The Doctor and he looked at her with wide blue eyes.
"That's a fantastic suggestion, Jaime. You know me so well!" The Time Lord replied.
Chuckling, Jaime turned away from the factory and walked over to Joe. He seemed to be the most competent out of the rest of the children. He too was watching the factory go up in flames and she really wanted to know what he was thinking about. "Hey, Joe?" The Scots-girl attempted to gain his attention but he continued to stare the the flames. "Joe, look at me please." She spoke soothingly towards him and Joe turned his attention towards her.
"Yes…my name is Joe." He told her.
Jaime smiled at him. "Do you know the way home?" She asked.
Joe nodded his head. "My village is ten miles North-West of here," he replied in his unique way. "It is fifteen minutes by vehicle and six hours by foot."
Nodding, Jaime looked grim. "Do you think you can take yourself and friends back to your village?" She suggested and Joe looked around appearing to frown.
"It is dark." He replied, confused as to why she would want to risk his life.
"Och, aye. Good thinkin'." Jaime said and began to dig around in her pockets. She was able to find a small torch, last used on the planet Midnight, and modified it using Cyberkinesis. Once she'd done that she gave it to Joe. "Use that," Jaime offered. "It'll protect you from any type of danger."
The boy held on to it tightly as if it was a lifeline. Then he turned to his friends he'd been locked up with and spoke in an odd language the TARDIS wouldn't translate. The other kids reacted immediately to his words and they followed Joe onto the road.
The Doctor looked on with extreme concern. "Was that wise?" He asked Jaime. "To send them off on their own?"
"It's okay," the Scots-girl replied. "The explosion has caught the attention of several towns and villages. They'll be met halfway by concerned adults and parents."
There was fascination and pride washing off The Doctor. "And you can see all that can you?" He asked.
"Aye!" Jaime nodded and looked distracted. "I think we should get back tae the TARDIS. I can hear my mother callin'."
Jaime and The Doctor ran off towards the TARDIS, leaving the fiery remains of the weapons factory behind.