Chapter Twelve

"Okay," Doc said, coming back inside the room. "I told everyone what was happening and that it would take a few hours so they're going out for a walk and get something to eat while we wait."

"Are they getting something for us too since we're sitting here?" Rain asked him as Doc sat down beside her.

"Yeah, I think they are. I asked them to at any rate."

He glanced at Namid. Doctor Prevensie had cut into the back of her head with a small laser. He had on magnifying specs and was examining her brain before he inserted the chip. Doc winced at that.

"Ugh, now I'm getting a lot of unpleasant memories of times when someone did something similar like that to me, only it wasn't beneficial," he said.

"You had to bring that up, mate," the Doctor said.

"Sorry, I just see things like this and can't help but think something sinister's going on," Doc said. "Centuries of fighting evil, you know."

"Well, if he is doing something dodgy to our daughter, he'll be the next one on the operating table," the Doctor replied.

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Namid sat by herself inside her mind. She was in the middle of a pleasant field but there was no one else around her.

"Hello?" she said, looking around. "Is anybody there?"

Suddenly there was a bright light in front of her eyes and when it cleared, she saw a beautiful Japanese lady standing in front of her.

"Emi?" Namid said.

"No, I am Imiko," she replied.

"Hey, I remember you. You helped cure my Dada five years ago," Namid said.

"Yes, I did," Imiko said, sitting down next to her. "At that time your father also asked me if I could cure your blindness and I told him that you would have to wait because the blindness was teaching you."

"Teaching me?" Namid said.

"Yes, you learned how to be independent and brave and strong and use your other senses along with your intellect. That was necessary in order for you to become a great Time Lady someday."

"Really? I'm gonna become a Time Lady?"

Imiko smiled and nodded.

"I told your father that someday you would be cured and this is that time. However, you will not need this chip the doctor is putting inside you. I will do it."

"Thank you. Does this mean I'll need glasses?"

"No, you will be able to see perfectly. There will be no need for glasses."

Namid hugged her.

"Thank you, Imiko. You're gonna make my daddies and mummy and family happy now."

"Hai. I love you and your family dearly and I will do anything for them," she said. "Now sit here and I will cure you."

Namid smiled as a bright warm light flooded the vision.

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"Okay," Doctor Prevensie said to the Doctors and Rain, "Now that her head is open, I'm going to insert the chip and…"

He trailed off and jumped back when Namid's head suddenly started to glow. The others leapt to their feet and ran over.

"What'd you do?" Rain asked him.

"I didn't do anything! I don't know what's happening!" Doctor Prevensie protested.

The Doctor raised his eyebrow when he noticed the glow looked awfully familiar. A smile spread over his face when he started working out what was happening.

"Imiko," he said to Doc and Rain. "I bet my life on it. She's curing our daughter."

"Imiko?" Doctor Prevensie said. "Who's Imiko?"

"A very old and very dear friend who apparently is taking it on herself to cure my daughter's blindness without the aid of a chip," the Doctor replied.

The glow lingered around her head for several minutes and when it faded, not only was the incision gone but her hair had grown back to shoulder length. The Doctors and Rain knelt down beside her face.

"I've never seen anything like it," Doctor Prevensie said. "What just happened?"

"A miracle," Rain told him.

The Doctor hushed them when Namid began to stir. He held Rain's hand and she held Doc's hand as Namid slowly opened her eyes. They held their breath when her eyes opened fully and she stared right at them.

"Hey, you've been lying to me all these years," Namid said to the Doctor. "You're a lot skinner than you look in my head."

She smiled when the three of them gasped and tears came to their eyes. Namid rose up and embraced them while they all wept quietly.

"I don't believe it," Doctor Prevensie said.

"Imiko, I am gonna get you anything you want!" the Doctor said to the ceiling as Namid embraced him.

"Wow, this is pretty cool!" Namid said, looking around.

"Rainbow, it'll get much cooler than this, trust me," the Doctor replied before he buried his face in her shortened hair.

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After hearing the Doctor summoning them back, the rest of the family walked inside the lobby.

"Boy, that was fast," Jack said to the others. "I thought he said it'd take a couple of hours."

Alan shrugged.

"I just hope it was a success is all," he replied.

"Oh, it was more than a success…"

They glanced over at the receptionist's window when the Doctor leaned through it, a grin splitting his face in two.

"She can see?"Frankie asked.

"Yes, and we didn't need the chip. Imiko healed her completely. She has no need of the chip, glasses, or anything else. She even grew some of her hair back."

"Where is she?" Adam said, excited.

The Doctor looked behind him.

"Go on out, Rainbow, and get a dekko at your family," he said to her.

The door slid open and a moment later, Namid walked through. The family cried when she looked right at them and waved as the Doctor, Doc and Rain followed her.

"Blimey, you're all ugly in real life," Namid said.

"Shut your noise, you!" Alan said as he picked up his giggling niece and swung her around.

When Alan put her down, they gathered around her and wept softly as they took turns hugging and kissing her. They laughed when Namid was suddenly confused about which brother was who and which Rose was which and had to sniff them to be sure. After they finished hugging and kissing her, the Doctor started to pay Doctor Prevensie. He held up his hand.

"Don't pay me, I didn't do anything really. Your friend did it all," he said. "I just wish you all the best of luck."

"Thank you and don't worry, from here on out, life will be a heap of fun for Namid," he said to him.

Doctor Prevensie waved and smiled as he watched Doc and Rain take Namid's hand and everyone else gathered around her as they left the building.