Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or and of the characters/creatures/worlds. I only own my OC Selene.

Foreword: So, just a heads up, each chapter will be an episode, so it might be a taaaaaaad bit long… okay, it's REALLY long, who am I kidding XD So bare with me on this! Also; I must thank two very special people: LadySurvivor who has helped me realize my mistakes with speech tags and grapejuice101 who has helped me out with plot points in this chapter and chapters to come! Thanks again you guys! And, on to the story!

Allons-y!

2. School Reunion

Getting called back to earth from being on the moon seemed a bit sudden, but Mickey had told them about a potentially worrying situation at a school. So, Selene was immediately launched into her very first Doctor Who adventure.

OOOoOOO

Mr. Finch, headmaster of Deffry Vale High School, trod down the staircase steps, one arm by his side, the other poised just in front of his chest. He glanced around the halls, which were empty due to the fact class was still in session. His hair was slicked back from his face, and his brow was creased slightly. Mr. Finch rounded a corner to a corridor that was an ungodly shade of bright green. He walked towards the blue door marked 'HEADMASTER' and almost walked right by a tired looking girl sitting in a plastic chair against the wall. He froze and then turned on his heel to face the brunette girl.

" What do you want?" He asked. The girl looked up at him, her shoulders hunched a bit.

" The nurse sent me, Sir," She explained in a tired voice. " I was in English and I got a headache." Mr. Finch gave her a half confused and half angered look.

" Then don't come to me, go home."

" I can't."

" Why? Is your Mother at work?" He asked, bringing both arms to his sides and leaning forward a bit, tone patient.

" I live in Ambrose Hall. The children's home," The girl explained, voice a bit raspy. A look of great realization overcame the headmaster's face.

" No parents?" He asked, eyebrows lifting. " No one to miss you. I see why the nurse sent you. You poor child." He let a small sympathetic smile pull on his lips. He looked her over. " Poor… thin child. Come inside." He walked over to the door and opened it, admitting her inside.

" It's nearly time for lunch," Mr. Finch told her as she passed. He stepped in as well and then shut the door.

There was an unearthly screech, a flapping of wings and then a scream echoed off the office walls, a scream that was droned out by the ringing of the school bells.

The class that the girl had left from had been the English class currently taught by Selene, who was undercover as an English teacher, under the insistence of the Doctor. Just after the girl left, she stood at the front of the room and leaning against the whiteboard, staring out at the class. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she toyed with a frill that ran down the front of her blue blouse that was patterned with white polka dots. She sighed.

" No one? No one knows anything about this man?" She pointed to a picture of Shakespeare. Not a kid in the class even moved. She groaned. " Now I know how my teachers felt… Okay, will someone at least tell me two plays by Shakespeare? Just two, come on!"

After a moment, one kid hesitantly raised his hand.

" One is Romeo and the other is Juliet?" He asked. Selene shook her head, pursing her lips.

" No, Romeo and Juliet is one play. But good try. Anyone else want to try?" She asked hopefully, bringing her hand up to play with her necklace charm nervously. She'd endured two days of this silence. Two days of talking to what felt like no one. It was absolute torture! The only good parts of the day were when she was finally able to see the Doctor and Rose again. She was just about to give up and dismiss class early when a small blond girl in the front of the room raised her hand.

" Yes, you, Maria, I believe it is?" The girl nodded. " Okay, Maria, tell me some plays by Mister William Shakespeare."

The girl then proceeded to list off every one of Shakespeare's published works and the years that they were first performed. Selene stared at the girl in shock, mentally making a note to tell Rose and the Doctor about that. She opened her mouth to say she was probably completely correct, but she stopped when she spotted the headmaster by the door. He was staring at her, eyes narrowed a bit. She gave a kind smile and a nod to him, trying not to blow her cover. He nodded back before turning on his heel and heading towards the staircase. She shook her head and began to continue class.

" Right, Maria, that was extremely impressive. Now, if you'd please take out your copy of Midsummer's Night Dream I'll tell you tonight's homework…"

The bell eventually rang to signal the end of class. Immediately grabbing her things, which was just two notebooks and a copy of the play, she headed off to find the Doctor for two reasons.

One; that girl, Maria, shouldn't have known all that.

Two; he was teaching physics and she was pretty sure that today was the day he got into that little spat with the boy Milo, and she wanted to see it in person… she's still a fan-girl and she was still getting used to all of this, so she figured she might as well have some fun before it got all dangerous, right? But, not wanting to look suspicious or disrupt much, she decided she'd have to watch from the hall.

The halls were filled with students in their uniforms; grey sweaters with the school emblem on it, white button-down shirts, maroon and grey striped ties and boys wore black pants and black shoes and the girls sported black knee-length skirts with knee-high black socks and black shoes. Some students hurried into their Physics classroom and sat, waiting for the third day with their new teacher.

And then he walked in, wearing a brown pinstriped suit, white Converse, a white button-down shirt, a black tie and a pair of black square-framed glasses. The Doctor set his briefcase down on the table top and smiled at the class, his brown hair flopping into his face.

" Good morning, class!" He called out into the classroom. " Are we sitting comfortably?" He grinned at them all. He spun around to face the whiteboard and picked up a whiteboard marker, which happened to be red, and then scrawled, 'PHYSICS' onto the board and underlining it.

" So!" He exclaimed, turning to face all the students again. " Physics, eh?" He tossed the pen onto the countertop and began to walk around to the front of the table, which was covered in test tubes and beakers and such. " Physics! Phyyyyyyyyyyysics. Physics. physics! Physics. Physics. Physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics…" He leaned backwards over the counter top, stretching out his back before righting himself quickly. " Physics!" He looked around at all the odd looks he was getting. " I hope one of you is getting this down."

The Doctor spun around and walked back towards the whiteboard. " Okay, lets see what you know! Two identical strips of nylon are charged with static electricity and hung from a string to swing freely, what would happen if they were brought near each other?" He asked as he paced in front of the class. A boy with shaggy blond/brown hair and glasses raised his hand.

" Yes! Uh, what's your name?" The Doctor asked, leaning forward, pursing his lips a bit.

" Milo."

" Milo, off you go!"

" They'd repell each other because they have the same charge," Milo answered.

" Correctamundo! A word I have never used before and hopefully will never use again." He said mostly to himself, heading back behind the desk with his hands in his pockets, head leaned back to stare at the ceiling. " Question two; I coil up a thin piece of microwire and place it in a glass of water." He spun on his heel to turn to walk in front of the class again. " Then I turn on the electricity and measure to see if the water's temperature is affected. My question is this. How do I measure the electrical power going into the coil?"

Milo once again raised his hand. The Doctor looked around.

" Someone else," He said. No one else raised their hand, he received only blank and bored stares. " No, okay, Milo! Go for it."

" Measure the current and PD's in an ammeter and voltmeter." Milo explained. The Doctor stared at him in curiosity as the class stared at him in shock. Selene stood outside watching with a small smile.

" Two to Milo! Alright then, Milo, tell me this, true or false; the greater the dampening of the system, the quicker it looses energy to its surroundings." The Doctor leaned against the desk.

" False."

" What is non-coding DNA?" He asked, crossing his arms.

" DNA that doesn't code for a protein."

" Sixty five thousand nine hundred and eight three times five?"

" Three hundred and twenty nine thousand nine hundred and fifteen," Milo answered immediately.

" How do you travel faster than light?"

" By opening a quantum tunnel with an FTL factor of thirty six point seven recurring." Came Milo's final answer.

The Doctor's jaw dropped in shock. That was not knowledge known to humans on earth. Definitely not.

Out in the hall Selene stood on her toes to peer into the classroom more but a hand landed on her shoulder. She jumped and turned to see a tall man with dark skin standing there staring down at her. He glared a bit at her.

" Miss Thomas, I believe it is, I think you should go wait and relax in the teacher's lounge for a bit, don't you," He stated. Having no choice but to answer yes, she nodded and turned and walked down the hall, shooting a look over her shoulder at the Doctor's classroom door.

OOO

At lunch the Doctor stood in line getting food along with the other students and teachers. He calmly walked along with a small smile on his face as he looked around, holding his red plastic lunch tray in one hand. As he paused as something that could only be described as slop was dropped on his tray and looked up to see a very unhappy Rose, who was dressed as a dinner-lady, glaring at him. He just smiled brightly at her and turned and began to walk away to find a table to eat at, glancing over his shoulder at her. Rose clenched her jaw and glared after him, her eyebrow twitching.

The Doctor sat alone at a table nibbling on a chip that was speared onto his fork. He'd caught sight of Selene who was now in line to get her food and he waited for her to be finished. Rose then walked over and began to clean the table he sat at.

" Two days," Rose said to him angrily, beginning to wipe up a few spots of gravy on the table.

" Sorry, could you just?" He gestured to a spot with his fork. " There's a bit of gravy." She wiped the spot away. " No, no, just… just there." He pointed to another spot.

" Two days we've been here," She repeated.

" Blame your boyfriend!" The Doctor said, referring to Mickey. " He's the one who put us on to this."

" I'm a dinner-lady, Doctor. Why does Selene get to be a teacher and not have to suffer with me?" Rose asked, putting a hand on her hip. The Doctor looked up at her, eyebrows scrunched a bit.

" Well, I thought it might be nice to have another eye around the classrooms, and I saw that she could have majored in English or Literature if she finished college," He explained with a shrug, biting into a chip. Rose opened her mouth to speak again but Selene sat down across from the Doctor, smoothing out her navy-blue skirt. She smiled at them.

" So, what were you talking about?" She asked curiously.

" Well, we were just-" Rose began but the Doctor swiftly cut her off.

" Nothing! We were just… I mean we were talking about… well… stuff," The Doctor replied. Rose gave him a 'did you really just cut me off?' sort of look and Selene just glanced between the two awkwardly. The Doctor ate the rest of the chip in his hand and looked off while chewing.

" Alright then," Selene said, eating a chip and then faintly remembering that whatever was going on with the school had to do with them so she gently pushed the tray away a bit. " So, something happened in class today. There was a girl who named off every single Shakespeare play and the years that they were first performed. I know that you could memorize that stuff but it was just too weird. It was like she'd know it her whole life."

" There was a boy in my class this morning, got a knowledge way beyond planet earth!" The Doctor said in agreement. Rose looked at the two trays on the table.

" You eating those chips?" She asked snatching a chip from the Doctor's tray.

" Yeah, but they're a bit… different," He said, face scrunching up. Rose looked over at Selene who shrugged and tucked a strand of hair back into her bun.

" Was never fond of school lunches," She said. Rose bit into one and smiled a bit.

" I think they're gorgeous!" She told them, eating the rest of it and sitting down at the head of the table. " I wish I had school dinners like this." The Doctor leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms, looking around the room.

" It's very well behaved this place," He said. " I thought it would be all… happy-slapping hoodies. Happy-slapping hoodies with ASBO's. Happy-slapping hoodies with ASBO's and ringtones, yeah?" He smiled. " Yeah? Oh yeah, don't tell me I don't fit in." Rose and Selene exchanged a glance, both suppressing laughter.

" You are not permitted to leave your station during a sitting!" Said a stern looking woman dressed in the same way that Rose was. Rose stood and gestured to them.

" I was just talking to these teachers," Rose said.

" Hello!" The Doctor and Selene said cheerfully at the same time. Rose then dropped her voice to a stage whisper.

" They don't like the chips!" The woman's face turned her glare to the other two.

" The menu has been specifically designed by the headmaster to improve concentration and performance," She looked at Rose, who had been nodding as she spoke. " Now get back to work!" And with that, she marched off. Rose glared at the Doctor.

" See? This is me." She said walking around the table, turning to look at the two and gesturing to her outfit. " Dinner-lady…" She grumbled turning away.

" I'll have the crumble!" The Doctor called after her with a grin on his face.

" I'm so gonna kill you," Rose muttered with a laugh.

" That was mean… but funny," Selene laughed quietly shaking her head. The Doctor sent a grin her way before taking a bite out of another chip. She would have returned the grin but the teacher who had told her to go to the teacher's lounge strode into the canteen with purpose, heading towards a particular table. She followed his movements discreetly with her eyes and he stopped by a girl with red-brown hair that was pulled into a ponytail.

" Melissa, you'll be joining my class next period. Milo's failed me, so it's time we moved you up to the top class." The man turned his attention to a round boy sitting diagonally from Melissa. " Kenny, not eating the chips?"

" I'm not allowed," Responded Kenny in an almost mournful manor.

" Luke, extra class, now." The man straightened and began to walk out, Luke and Melissa following him. Selene and the Doctor watched them leave and she shook her head, trying to clear the haze that still hung there. She felt like she was missing something right in front of her, and she probably was, but she couldn't quite place it since her brain was still recovering from being thrown around a crashing car and traveling into a different dimension.

The Doctor's gaze rose to where Mr. Finch stood watching the kids and teacher leave. He reached into his pocket and took out a scrap of paper and a pen. He quickly scribbled something down and then slid it across the table to Selene. She looked down at it and it read;

We need to talk about the… 'television show'.

Selene folded up the paper and then looked up at him, pretending to check the clock on the wall.

" I'll meet you in the teacher's lounge," She said standing and taking her tray.

" Great. See you then," The Doctor responded as she then walked off to toss the rest of her uneaten food.

OO

Back in the kitchens, Rose was cleaning dishes as the other four kitchen workers rolled in what looked like an oil drum. It was in a wooden cart, and they all wore gloves goggles and masks.

" Keep it steady," Said one of the women. " Careful, don't spill a drop. I said, keep it steady. That's it. Easy now. Steady."

Rose's mobile rang so she quickly walked to a quieter corner of the room where she could still watch whatever the other dinner-ladies were doing. She answered and quickly held it up to her ear.

" What have you got?" Rose asked.

" Confirmation. I've just got into army records." Came Mickey Smith's voice from the other end of the line. " Three months ago, massive UFO activity. They logged over forty sightings; lights in the sky, all of that. I can't get any photos' cause then it gets all classified and secret! It keeps locking me out!"

" Tell you what though, turns out three months ago all the kitchen staff were replaced. And this lot are weird," Rose muttered into her phone watching as the group of women began to move a second oil drum towards an office-like room.

" See? There's definitely something going on, I was right to call you home."

" I thought maybe you called me home just to… just to call me home," Was Rose's innocent reply. She heard Mickey laugh a bit.

" You think I'd just invent an emergency?" He asked with a teasing tone in his voice.

" You could've done."

" That's the last thing I'd do. 'Cause every time I see you an emergency just gets in the way."

There was a shout as one of the women pushing the oil drum fell, some of the drum's contents spilling out onto her. She began screaming as the yellow substance caused a sizzling sound and a burning smell.

" I've got to go!" Rose said into her phone. She began to rush forward as the woman was helped up and brought into the office. The shade in the window was dropped and Rose began to dial for an ambulance. The woman from earlier stepped outside again, pulling her mask off, eyes trained on the young blond.

" What are you doing?"

" Calling an ambulance," Rose said in a breathless voice.

" No need, she's quite alright." Rose pulled her phone away from her ear and canceled the call. There was a flash and a scream along with the sound of burning. A puff of smoke left the room. " It's fine. She does that." She pulled the mask and goggles back on, stepped into the office and shut the door.

Rose stepped forward and stared at the yellow oil that was now dripping from the open oil drum. That couldn't be good…

OO

Selene was sitting on the edge of a desk in the teacher's lounge waiting for the Doctor. She stared at the red ballet flats on her feet and yanked her hair out of the bun it had been, getting a bit sick up it being pinned up for the last two days. The teacher's lounge was empty besides herself so she had grabbed a bag of trail-mix she'd found in a cupboard and began to toss bits of it in the air to try and catch with her mouth as she waited. She'd failed the first few times when the snacks bounced off her chin or lip, but she got the hang of it. She'd just caught a broken bit of a pretzel when the Doctor walked in, smiling at her.

" I see you found something to keep yourself occupied," He said a bit loudly from behind her, which caused her to let out a tiny scream, and the trail-mix in her hand went flying. She put a hand over her heart and looked back at him trying to catch her breath. He had a hand over his mouth and his hazel eyes were wide. Pulling his hand away he gave an apologetic smile.

" Sorry… I swear I didn't mean to intentionally scare you," He said reaching out and pulling a tiny pretzel from a curl in her hair. She blushed and shook the rest of it out, grabbing another handful of it, staring at her feet again.

" It's fine… I used to do it at work back at home. I'd get caught and would receive a stern talking to about how I shouldn't let the customers see me slack off," Selene told him, offering him some of the trail-mix in her hand. He gratefully took some and sat on the desk beside her.

" So," The Doctor began quietly, looking around to make sure no one else was in the room. " Tell me about your dimension." He grinned at her. She raised an eyebrow.

" You saw it in my memories."

" Yeah, but that doesn't mean I get the whole story. So go on! Tell me about your home!"

" Well, it's basically exactly like this dimension. You know, same countries, same presidents and queens and conflicts and such. However, as I mentioned before this is a TV show. Come to think of it… it would be so weird if every TV show was its own dimension…" She trailed off, a look of wonder and shock on her face. The Doctor smirked and ate some more of the trail-mix. Shaking her head to get herself out of that mindset she tried to think of what else to talk about.

" What about your family?" The Doctor asked. She looked over at him and smiled a bit.

" My Mom, Tracy, and my Dad, Jack, have been married for close to twenty nine years. They're both extremely loving and supportive parents, but once I was in college we sort just lost touch, I haven't actually seen or spoken to them in… oh…" She winced a bit at the thought that came to mind. " Maybe a month? I have an older sister who is twenty six and a half named Juliet. God, I haven't spoken to her in over three months… But aside from the whole lost contact thing, my family is actually pretty good. I mean, my sister likes to rub in my face sometimes that she's got a job working as a reporter for the Boston Globe, but, I mean, what else are sister's for?" She laughed and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Her smile faded a bit, thinking about what the Doctor had said a few days ago. The fact that she probably won't see them again.

The Doctor saw the look on her face and put a comforting hand on her shoulder, giving her his kindest smile. She looked over at him and smiled back, glad that he seemed to understand. The door to the teacher's lounge opened and a group of teachers walked in. A group of three in almost identical suits walked over to the left and a few came to the right towards the kitchenette where the Doctor and Selene sat. One man with a bushy grey mustache ran a hand over his face in a tired manor. It was Mr. Parsons, a teacher the two had gotten to know the other day.

" Mr. Parsons, would you mind if I asked you something?" Asked the Doctor, munching on some more food.

" Anything," He replied.

" Have you noticed any odd behavior lately?" Parsons sighed and nodded.

" Yesterday, I had a twelve year-old girl give me the exact height of the walls of Troy in cubits." Parsons told them, holding his blue mug a bit tightly. Selene raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms.

" And this all started after you're new headmaster arrived, yes?" Selene asked, leaning forward a bit.

" Finch arrived three months ago. Next day, half the staff got flu and was replaced with that lot." He nodded towards the group of teachers in stuffy suits behind the two new 'teachers'. " Except for the two teachers that you two replaced. And that was just plain weird. Her winning the lottery like that." He was referring to the teacher the Doctor had replaced.

" How is that weird?" The Doctor asked, eyes a bit wide.

" She never played. Said she found the ticket posted through her door at midnight. And the man you replaced." He pointed to Selene. " He won a contest he said he never entered and won that trip to Hawaii!" He began to walk back towards the kitchenette to make some tea. The Doctor and Selene locked eyes before they shrugged.

" The world is very strange," The Doctor said as he ate a crisp from a bag he just found behind him.

Oh, how he doesn't know how true that is… Selene thought to herself with a smirk as she remembered what would happen next. She had to stop herself from immediately spinning around to face the door when it opened.

" Colleagues, a moment of your time," Came Mr. Finch's voice. The Doctor and Selene turned in their spots on the desk to look towards the headmaster, but it was who was standing beside him that caught the Doctor's attention immediately. His face went slack in surprise. No… It couldn't be…

" May I introduce, Miss Sarah Jane Smith." The Doctor stood and turned towards the two new inhabitants of the room, staring in shock. Sarah Jane Smith was a beautiful woman of moderate height and deep brown hair that fell to her shoulders along with fringe falling into her eyes. Despite the time that had gone by, she looked the same to the Doctor. " Miss Smith is journalist who is writing about me for the Sunday Times. I thought it might be useful for her to get a view from the trenches, so to speak. Don't spare my blushes."

Selene couldn't repress the grin that came onto her face not only from seeing Sarah Jane, who was one of her favorite Doctor Who companions of all time, but also from the joyous smile that lit the Doctor's entire face when he saw her. She stood and just behind him and as Mr. Finch left, Sarah Jane saw the Doctor, who was smiling at her.

" Hello!" She said politely, stepping forward, smiling brightly at him.

" Oh, I should think so!" He replied happily.

" And you are?"

" Hmm?" He hummed, lifting his eyebrows. Selene nudged his back with her elbow, prodding him to continue talking. " Ah… Smith! John Smith!" He replied once he recovered from the shock of Sarah Jane standing in front of him.

" John Smith?" She asked a bit taken back. She smiled. " I used to have a friend who sometimes went by that name."

" Well, it's a very common name," The Doctor said, still smiling.

" He was a very uncommon man…" Sarah Jane told him, smiling and crossing her arms and shrugging a bit, looking lost in thought for a moment. " Nice to meet you." She shook his hand.

" Nice to meet you! Yes! Very nice! More than nice, brilliant!" The Doctor responded a bit too enthusiastically, which caused Sarah Jane to notice Selene standing behind him. She smiled over at her.

" And you are?" She asked, extending a hand around to Selene. Selene looked a bit surprised she was talking to her.

" Um, Selene Thomas," She finally replied, shaking the woman's hand.

" It's nice to meet you."

" Likewise." Was all she could manage that time around, and then decided to keep out of the rest of the conversation.

" So, um…" She looked at the two and asked them both the same question. " Have you two worked here long?"

" No, um… it's only our second day," The Doctor responded.

" Oh, you're new then! So, um… what do you think of this school?" She asked in a confidential manor, stepping a bit closer to them. " I mean, this new curriculum, so many children getting ill… doesn't that strike you as odd?"

" You don't sound like someone just doing a profile," The Doctor said in a quiet, almost teasing tone.

" Well, there's no harm in a little investigation while I'm here," Sarah Jane replied before turning away, maybe being a bit put off by the fact the Doctor wouldn't stop grinning.

" No, good for you!" He said cheerfully. " Oh, good for you, Sarah Jane Smith!" He watched as his old friend went to go talk to the teachers in the stuffy suits. Selene grinned and playfully punched the Doctor's arm.
" The world is very strange," She said, mimicking his words from earlier. He grinned down at her and shook his head in disbelief, muttering,

" Sarah Jane Smith…"

OOO

When the bell for the end of the day finally rang and all the students were out of the classroom, Selene collapsed into her desk chair and groaned, putting the copy of Midsummer's Night Dream over her face. The students she was teaching, most of them, just didn't talk. They didn't even whisper while she was talking they were just silent and that bothered her. After a few moments of silence she willed herself to stand again and leave the school, heading to meet Rose and the Doctor and Mickey, whom she was yet to be formally introduced to, behind the school.

Selene was walking slowly, her head pounding again. It had been hurting on and off for the last two days, clearly still unhappy about the abuse it had gone through. Her body ached a bit still, but it had mostly subsided. Tucking hair behind her ear she looked up at the school building. The fact that everything was real was weird. The fact that Rose, Mickey and the Doctor were all real and that she had spent three days in the Doctor Who world was mind boggling, and probably also a reason for her head still pounding. She kept waiting to wake up in the hospital, but it never happened. She was actually there. She was slowly becoming one of the Doctor's companions. One of the things that she was hoping would clear up soon was the fact her memory was a bit addled, like a thick haze cloaked some of her brain.

The group met up behind the school and then went back to the TARDIS, which was actually in a supply closet inside the building, to wait till night fell. Selene finally met Mickey, who fired off close to a million questions about the fact that she was from a different dimension. She answered as best she could with her head the way it felt. What everyone could see was that the Doctor was in a very good mood. No one asked why figuring he just had a good day, and in fact it had been the best day he'd had in weeks.

OOO

Night fell and blanketed the sky, the school drenched in darkness. That was when the four made their way back to the school, quietly slipping, into the stairwell. The Doctor was now wearing his tan coat and Selene and Rose had changed into more comfortable clothes; Rose wore a pale yellow shirt under a zip-up sweatshirt and a pair of comfortable jeans, her hair let down as well. Selene wore the same shirt and shoes she had been wearing earlier, but had switched to a pair of grey jeans along with a leather jacket that had denim sleeves. That was one of the cool things about the TARDIS; she'd been given a room and found a closet full of clothes that fit her. That was both convenient and shocking.

They slipped through a door and began to walk past the staircase.

" Oh, it's weird being seeing school at night. It's just sort of… wrong!" Rose said with a grin as she looked around at the darkened hallways and staircases.

" I know, it feels like there's just something waiting around the corner to kind of jump out at you and get you, right?" Selene said with a small smile of her own.

" Yeah!" Rose said grinning even more at her point. " When I was a kid I used to think all the teachers slept in school!"

" That would be kind of… horrifying." Selene let out a tiny laugh.

" Alright team!" The Doctor said looking at the three in front of him. Then he made a face at his choice of words. " Oh, I hate people who say team… Um… gang? Um… comrades? Um… Anyway, Rose, Selene, go to the kitchen, get a sample of that oil." He looked at Mickey. " Mickey, the new staff are all Maths teachers. Go and check out the Maths department. I'm going to go check out Finch's office. Meet back here in ten minutes," The Doctor said before turning on his heel and running up the stairs, leaving the three to get their bearings of where to go.

" You going to be alright?" Rose asked Mickey. He gave her a look and smirked.

" Me? Please. Infiltration and investigation? I'm an expert at this." He scoffed, walking off, past the two women through a door on the right. Rose bit her lip, smiling and looked over at Selene, who then held up three fingers. She counted down to zero with her fingers and Mickey came back through the door. " Where's the Maths department?"

" Down there, turn left, through the fire doors on your right," Rose said pointing.

" Thank you," Mickey said before departing. Selene laughed a bit and rolled her eyes, swiping hair out of her face.

" To the kitchen?" She asked, pushing her sleeves up a bit.

" To the kitchen!"

Upstairs, the Doctor heard an odd screeching sound along with flapping wings. He tilted his head to one side, brows furrowing in curiosity. He continued walking towards the sound, which happened to be by the headmaster's office… very strange…

Sarah Jane Smith, who had decided to do even more investigating, had broken into the school through a classroom on the first floor. She had been attempting to get into the headmaster's office when she heard a screech that was very much not from anything on earth. She stood quickly, looking around for what made it, but hearing its approach, she quickly decided to go find somewhere to try and hide.

Rose and Selene were making their way towards the kitchen through the dark hallways.

" So, how've you been adjusting?" Rose asked, breaking the slightly awkward silence. Selene thought a moment, quirking her lips to the side for a moment.

" Better than I would have thought I would be when I first got here. It's still just so… odd that this is all real; I mean, last week I was sitting on my couch watching the show on TV and now here I am in the middle of it!" Selene grinned and let out a bit of a laugh. Rose smiled back at her.

" Well, I'm glad you're adjusting so well. Maybe knowing what happens and what all this stuff is has eased it a bit for you," Rose suggested. Selene thought about it for a moment.

" That could very well be true."

" How's your head, by the way?"

" Oh, God…" Selene groaned and rubbed the back of her aching head. " It's been throbbing every once and a while and when it does I feel like I could just curl up in a ball and sleep. However, I don't think that would be a good idea with all this stuff going on." Rose laughed a bit and so did Selene as they finally entered the kitchen.

The walked over to the oil drum that had spilled earlier and the two put on rubber gloves. Rose opened the small opening and dipped a spoon inside, acquiring some of the thick yellow oil. Selene opened a small jar Rose had handed to her on their way there and then they let the thick oil ooz into the container. As the lids went on the drum and the container, both women looked up as they heard something screech and flap around. That wasn't too good of a sign.

Back upstairs, Sarah Jane shut the red supply closet door and turned around, but froze in utter shock in what she saw. The TARDIS sat there, the windows glowing as well as the upper sign. Her eyes widened and she reached behind her back and opened the door, quickly slipping out. She found herself backing away from the door, unaware that the Doctor stood a few feet behind her. She froze, the realization finally settling in. Then she spun around, facing the man she suddenly realized was behind her.

" Hello, Sarah Jane," He said, face calm.

" It's you…" She whispered, looking his face and body over. " Oh, Doctor, it's you! Oh my God, it's you isn't it?" She stepped forward slowly, a smile beginning to pull at her lips. " You've regenerated." A smile finally found it's proper place on her lips. He smiled back.

" Half-a-dozen times since we last met," He admitted.
" You look…" She looked him over again. " Incredible!"

" So do you."

" I got old," She told him with a tiny laugh. And then she pursed her lips for a moment, looking up at him. " What are you doing here?"

" Well…" The Doctor but his hands in his pockets and looked around. " UFO sightings, school gets record results, I couldn't resist." He smiled a bit at her. " What about you?"

" Same," She told him, grinning. The two laughed and grinned for a moment before the mood turned a bit sour. " I thought you died!" Sarah Jane exclaimed, her smile quickly turning to a saddened frown, eyes tearing up. " I waited for you and you didn't come back, and I thought you must have died!" Her voice was thick with tears at the pained memories she was thinking of. The Doctor's face fell at that.

" I lived. Everyone else died," He told her.

" What do you mean?"

" Everyone died, Sarah," He repeated. She closed her eyes and shook her head, still in shock.

" I can't believe it's you…" She said breathlessly.

There was a rather loud, high-pitched scream that echoed through out the school.

" Okay! Now I can!" She said with a grin. The two, still grinning, bolted off towards the scream.

Rose and Selene ran into the Doctor and Sarah Jane as they all skidded to a stop to avoid an actual collision. Selene and Rose actually ran past them before being able to stop, turning to look at the grinning Doctor.

" Oh!" Rose said. " Did you hear that?" She then saw Sarah Jane and her expression changed to one of confusion. " Who's that?" She asked breathlessly.

" Rose, Sarah Jane. Sarah Jane, Rose. And Selene, to formally introduce you; Selene, Sarah Jane. Sarah Jane, Selene," The Doctor said quickly.

" Wonderful to meet you!" Selene said with a grin, shaking Sarah Jane's hand again. She smiled at her and then turned her attention to Rose.

" Hi, nice to meet you!" Sarah Jane said smiling with a rather tense smile, and holding out a hand. Rose grudgingly shook the woman's hand. Sarah Jane looked at the Doctor. " You can tell you're getting old, your assistants are getting younger."

Oh boy… Selene thought as she cringed when Rose's face went completely offended at the word 'assistant'. This is where the fighting begins.

" We're not… I'm not his assistant!" Rose sputtered angrily and out of breath.

" No? Get you, tiger," She said equally as breathless, looking at the Doctor, who was rubbing the back of his head. The Doctor said nothing and rushed forward, the three women following.

Eventually, they found Mickey standing in the doorway of what looked to be a closet with lockers, there just happened to be dozens of rats in bags on the floor. They were dead of course but also vacuum packed as well. He was scrambling around trying to pick them up.

" Sorry! Sorry, it was only me!" He told them in an almost panicked voice, clearly frightened by something. " You told me to investigate so, uh, I started looking through some of these cupboards, and all these fell out on me." He explained as they all gathered around the plastic covered rats. The Doctor picked a few up, looking at them.

" Those are most definitely rats… dead ones at that…" Selene said, nudging one with her foot.

" Vacuum packed rats…" Rose trailed off, staring at them. The Doctor quickly stood and looked down at Mickey.

" And you decided to scream?" He asked teasingly, still holding one rat.

" It took me by surprise!" Mickey defended. Selene covered her mouth with her hand, knowing what was coming next, something she always laughed at…

" Like a little girl?" The Doctor asked smiling and scrunching up his face, raising his voice an octave.

" It was dark, I was covered in rats!"

" Nine, maybe ten years old," The Doctor determined. " I'm seeing; pigtails, frilly skirt," He teased as Mickey's hand flew to his head. Selene couldn't help it, she burst out laughing, both hands clamped over her mouth. Everyone looked at her. She shook her head and wiped a tear from underneath her eyes, laughter finally dying off.

" I'm sorry, I'm still trying to suppress being a fan-girl here… Sorry, carry on," Selene dismissed with a wave of her hand, knowing she'd probably have to explain all of it to Sarah Jane who was giving her an odd look from the word 'fan-girl'.

" Hello, can we focus?" Asked Rose, looking back down at the rats. " Does anyone notice something strange about this? Rats in school?"

" Well, obviously, they use them in biology, they dissect them," Sarah Jane looked at Rose as if it should be obvious. " Or maybe you haven't reached that bit. How old are you?" The look of utter shock and pure anger that appeared on Rose's face made everyone in the room uncomfortable.

" Excuse me, no one dissects rats in school anymore. They haven't done that in years. Where are you from; the Dark Ages?" Sarah Jane let out an indignant gasp.

It becoming distinctly clear that the two were purposely insulting each other, and Selene knew they were just starting it.

" Anyway, moving on," The Doctor interrupted. " Everything started when Mr. Finch arrived."

" Why don't we go check his office, yes?" Selene asked, gesturing towards the hall. The Doctor nodded in agreement, quickly beginning to lead the way, back turning to the glaring contest Rose and Sarah Jane were having. He tossed the rat he'd been holding to Mickey, who flinched and dropped it.

Selene kept pace with the Doctor; not particularly liking what she knew was coming next. The simplest way to put it was Rose VS Sarah Jane.

" I don't mean to be rude or anything but who exactly are you?" Rose asked through gritted teeth as she and Sarah Jane made their way around the Doctor and Selene to walk in front of them.

" Sarah Jane Smith. I used to travel with the Doctor," Sarah Jane informed proudly, looking back at the mentioned Time Lord.

" Oh!" Rose said. " He's never mentioned ya," Sarah Jane looked back at him again.

" Oh, I must've done. Sarah Jane, I mention her all the time!" The Doctor tried to assure, rubbing at his nose as he did so.

" Hold on… Sorry…" Rose pondered. " Never."

" What? Not even once? He didn't mention me once?" Sarah Jane asked in shock. The Doctor slowed his pace down, staring at the two women with an almost scared expression.

" Oh ho, mate! The Missus and the Ex!" Mickey said, placing a hand on his shoulder. " Welcome to every man's worst nightmare!"

" And trust me, Doctor," Selene said, patting his other shoulder. " Just stay out of it for a bit… it'll do some good." He looked down at her, brows furrowed in worry. " Trust me."

They got to the headmaster's office door and the Doctor removed a familiar looking item from his pocket. The Sonic Screwdriver. It was long and white and silver, the top blue. Selene grinned at the sight of it, now having to take in that the Sonic Screwdriver actually worked and that it was, in fact, as real as the people that stood around her. He pointed it at the lock and clicked a button and a whirring and whizzing sound emitted from it as the top lit up blue.

" Maybe those rats were food," The Doctor suggested.

" Food for what?" Rose asked as the lock clicked and he pushed the door open slowly. He glanced up and froze.

" Rose… you know how you used to think tall the teachers slept in the school?" He asked, stepping into the room a bit. Everyone crowded in the doorway, staring up at what looked like thirteen giant, sleeping bats. " Well, they do."

Ana's eyes widened at the sight.

" No way!" Mickey whisper-shouted, bolting from the doorway. Sarah Jane and Rose followed close behind, the Doctor reaching for the door handle, looking at the creatures hanging from the ceiling. Selene stood there for a moment longer, not running. Sure, her brain was actually screaming her to go as fast as her feet could carry her, but she didn't. They were real. She was standing in a room… with real aliens. Ones that could kill her. Really kill her. And, quite frankly, she was amazed. Scared, of course, but amazed. Her first real aliens. That'll be something to remember.

The Doctor gently pushed her out of the room before carefully shutting the door, unaware of one of the creatures waking up as the door locked.

Mickey and Rose were the first two out of the school, running as fast as they could. The Doctor, Sarah Jane and Selene were walking fast, but also very calm. The Doctor was actually pretty surprised that Selene hadn't run just as fast as Mickey or Rose had, and that she seemed only a bit put off.

" I am not going back in there, no way!" Mickey exclaimed, trying to catch his breath.

" Those were teachers," Rose said in shock.

" When Finch arrived, he brought with him seven new teachers, four dinner-ladies and a nurse. Thirteen. Thirteen big bat people! Come on!" The Doctor explained, turning back towards the school. Everyone but Mickey began to follow.

" Come on, you've got to be kiddin'!" Mickey almost yelled.

" I need the TARDIS. I've got to analyze that oil from the kitchen," The Doctor explained in a manor that should seem like it was obvious. Sarah Jane's face lit up, and when Selene saw that she grinned.

" I might be able to help you there. I've got something to show you!" Sarah Jane exclaimed excitedly, grabbing the Doctor's arm and dragging him towards her car. She unlocked the trunk and everyone looked inside to see something covered in a plaid blanket. The Doctor leaned inside and pulled it off, face splitting into a grin as he saw what sat there.

" K-9!" He exclaimed in a joyous tone. Selene was grinning as well, repressing the urge to jump up and down happily. She love Sarah Jane and K-9 as well, back home she'd also watched the Sarah Jane Adventures as well as Doctor Who, and here K-9 was, sitting in the back of a car! " Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Selene Thomas, allow me to introduce K-9; well, K-9 Mark Three, to be precise."

Rose and Mickey looked at each other like the Doctor had gone mad, and also by the look on Selene's face, she'd gone mad as well. In the trunk of Sarah Jane's car was what looked to be a giant, metal, square-ish looking, robot dog. And, in fact, that was exactly what it was. The side had been removed and circuit boards were visible. The exterior metal seemed rusted a bit and looked like it hadn't been turned on for a while.

" Why does he look so… disco?" Questioned Rose, her face scrunching up.

" OI!" The Doctor scolded loudly, straightening up and turning to face Rose. He looked offended, as did Sarah Jane, whose lips were pursed tightly and a small glare was fixed on Rose. " In the year five-thousand, this was cutting-edge!" He looked back at K-9. " What's happened to him?"

" One day he just… nothing!" Sarah Jane explained.

" Well didn't you try and get him repaired?"

" Doctor, I don't think that there are parts here on earth that could fix K-9," Selene interjected and pointed out the obvious. Sarah Jane nodded in agreement.

" The technology inside him could rewrite human science! I couldn't show him to anyone," Sarah Jane said sadly, looking at her poor robot dog. The Doctor bent down, hands on his knees as he leaned forward, looking at K-9.

" Oh, what's the nasty lady done to you?" He asked in a tone of voice that one might use to speak to a baby in. " Eh?" He pat K-9's head muttering. " Aw!" And then scratched behind what resembled ears. " Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh…"

Selene giggled a bit at the sight, she had to admit the Doctor looked absolutely adorable! Sarah Jane looked over at the three and looked at Rose a bit coldly as well as Mickey, who looked really confused. When she saw the smile on Selene's face as she looked at K-9 as well as the Doctor, the look softened a bit, and she got the feeling that this girl was different…

" Well, no offence, but could you two stop petting for a minute? Never mind the tin dog, we're busy!" Rose said, walking to the side of the car, waiting for the doors to be unlocked. The Doctor grinned and shut the trunk, getting ready to repair an old friend.

They drove to a coffee shop, and on the way there, the Doctor and Sarah Jane, who both sat up front, caught up a bit, which included explaining Selene's comment about 'being a fan-girl'. Selene happily stayed out of the conversation, feeling a bit tired. When they all sat down in the coffee shop, the Doctor and Sarah Jane sat at one table by the window with K-9 on the tabletop, the Doctor beginning to fix him as the two laughed and talked. Selene, Rose and Mickey all went to the counter to get something to eat and drink. Rose was waiting for some chips she'd ordered and was watching the Doctor and Sarah Jane, biting against a plastic fork in her hand.

" What's impressive is that it's nearly been an hour since we've met her and I still haven't said 'I told you so'," Mickey teased with a grin. Rose turned her back on the smiling couple by the window and groaned quietly.

" I'm not listening to this," She muttered, giving a smile to the cashier.

" Though, I have prepared a little 'I was right' dance I can show you later!" He laughed.

" Two quid, love," Said the cashier. Rose handed over her money and received a Styrofoam box of chips, which she eagerly opened as she and Mickey went to go sit with Selene, who was keeping a weary eye on the window. She knew that if she looked up to the roof of the building across the street she would see Mr. Finch standing there. Her brain was finally clearing up, thank God.

" All this time you've been giving it, 'he's different', when the truth is he's just like any other bloke!" Mickey told Rose as they sat with Selene.

" You don't know what you're talking about," Rose muttered, taking a bite of a chip.

" Maybe not. But if I were you, I'd go easy on the chips…" He whispered. Rose gave him a look and Selene looked over at Mickey.

" You didn't seriously just say that did you?" When he said nothing she shook her head rolling her eyes. " You really know how to make a situation better, don't you?" She teased with a smile. She looked over at the Doctor and Sarah Jane, who were still talking as he fixed K-9.

" I thought of you on Christmas Day; this Christmas just gone? Great big spaceship overhead… I thought 'oh yeah, I bet he's up there…'" Sarah Jane whispered remembering the sight.

" Right on top of it, yeah," The Doctor muttered as he held a piece of wire, staring at it for a moment.

" And Rose?"

" She was there too."

" What about Selene?"

" Nah, she wasn't here yet… only been traveling with us for… three days has it been? Not so much of traveling even… only had one trip in the TARDIS thus far." The Doctor put the wire in its proper place, lifting the Sonic Screwdriver to fix something else. Sarah Jane went quiet as the sound of the Sonic pulsed quietly through the air.

" Did I do something wrong, because you never came back for me. You just dumped me," She finally asked, sounding hurt but also curious. The Doctor's brows furrowed.

" I told you; I was called back home and in those days humans weren't allowed," He explained again.

" I waited for you… I missed you…"

" Oh, you didn't need me!" The Doctor told her with a smile, attaching another wire to its proper place and fastening it with the Sonic. " You were getting on with your life!"

" You were my life," Sarah Jane stated clearly. His smile faded as he looked at her, seeing the sadness written across her face. " You know what the most… difficult thing was? Coping with what happens next, no, what doesn't happen next." As she spoke, the Doctor continued to repair K-9, his face blank as he listened to her words. " You took me to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. You showed me supernovas, intergalactic battles, and then you just dropped me back on earth. How could anything compare to that?"

" All those things you saw, you… you want me to apologize for that?" He asked in disbelief, staring at her.

" No! But… we get a taste of that splendor, and then we have to go back!" Sarah Jane explained, shaking her head sadly.

" But look at you!" The Doctor smiled at her. " You're investigating! You found that school, you're doing what we always did!"

" You could have come back," She whispered. The Doctor glanced at her from the corner of his eye, face falling again.

" I couldn't…"

" Why not?" There was silence after the hushed words. The Sonic whirred again as the Doctor fixed something else on K-9. Sarah Jane let out a tiny laugh, looking out the window. " It wasn't Croydon. Where you dropped me off; it wasn't Croydon!"

" Where was it?" He asked, eyebrow raised.

" Aberdeen!" She stated loudly and sharply. The Doctor's eyes shifted as he stared off into space for a moment.

" Right… that's next to Croydon, isn't it?" He asked, looking at her. She smiled at him just as a whizzing sound came from K-9. " Oh, hey! Now we're in business!" He yelled out excitedly, tapping the table a few times, jumping up.

Selene was immediately out of her chair and across the café within seconds, leaving Rose and Mickey to give her odd looks again.

" Master," K-9 spoke, his head lifting and nodding a bit.

" He recognizes me!" The Doctor exclaimed with joy, grinning to no end. Sarah Jane grinned as well. " Rose, give us the oil!"

" Selene has it." Rose said, jumping up with Mickey. He looked at Selene, surprised to see she was already standing by the table.

" Right then! Selene, give us the oil!" The Doctor said holding out his hand. She dug around in her pocket a moment, hair falling into her face. She extracted the container and handed it to him with a smile, swiping the strands of hair from her face. The Doctor removed the lid an moved to dip a finger into the yellow oil.

" I w- I wouldn't touch that if I were you… that dinner-lady got all scorched," Warned Rose, gesturing to her neck. The Doctor smirked.

" I'm no dinner-lady," He teased. He paused. " And I don't often say that." He dipped his finger into the oil and something that looked like a tiny plunger extended from K-9's head. He gently rubbed some of the oil onto it before K-9 pulled it back. " Here we go." The Doctor put the container down and crossed his arms. " Come on, boy, here we go."

" Oil. Ex-ex-ex-extract," K-9 stuttered, head bobbing slightly. " Ana-ana-analyzing." Selene was grinning at the robot dog, honestly resisting the urge to reach out and pat it. Rose was smiling, not believing the thing still worked, and Mickey just thought it was funny.

" Listen to him, man! That's a voice!" Mickey laughed. The Doctor, Selene and Sarah Jane shot him a look.

" Careful! That's my dog!" Sarah Jane warned. Mickey's smile dropped, as did Rose's in the slightest.

" Confirmation of analysis; substance is Krillitane oil," K-9 informed. The Doctor lifted his head and stared out the window.

" They're Krillitanes…" He muttered.

" Is that bad?" Rose asked, worried with the way the Doctor's face had suddenly darkened.

" Very much so," Selene told her. Selene at least could help explain things, couldn't she? " Think of how bad anything could possibly be,"

" And add another suitcase full of bad." The Doctor added on, face still dark.

" And what are Krillitanes?" Sarah Jane questioned with worry.

" They're a composite race. Just like your culture is a mixture of traditions from different countries, people you've invaded or been invaded by. You've got bits of Viking, bits of France, bits of whatever," The Doctor said with a wave of his hand, noticing he'd gotten off track.

" The Krillitanes are the same, you see. They do all that, but they take… physical aspects as well," Selene added on for him, once again earning a surprised look from them all.

" They… cherry-pick the best bits of the people they destroy…" The Doctor muttered with a hint of anger. " That's why I didn't recognize them. The last time I saw Krillitanes they looked just like us, except that had really long necks…"

" What are they doing here?" Rose asked with worry. The Doctor thought for a moment.

" It's the children…" He muttered with worry. " They're doing something with the children." There was a tense pause as they all let that thought sink in.

" I think it may be best if we get some rest. It might be easier to figure out what to do in the morning." Selene suggested, breaking the silence. They all gave a nod of agreement.

Mickey helped Sarah Jane move K-9 back to her car and the Doctor and Rose walked out of the café together, Rose asking him;

" How many of us have there been, traveling with you?" She sounded a bit put off.

" Does it matter?" Asked the Doctor, walking faster.

" Yeah, it does, if I'm just the latest in a long line!" Rose practically spat angrily as she tried to catch up with him.

" As opposed to what?" He asked, turning to face her. She froze, staring up at him, feeling hurt. Was she really just that? Just one in many companions who would be forgotten?

" I thought you and me were…" She trailed off. " I guess I got it wrong. I've been to the year five billion, right, but this, this is really seeing the future! You just leave us behind. Is that what you're gonna do to me?" She asked, eyes tearing up. And then something came to Rose's mind; Selene. The Doctor agreed to let her come along very quickly. She felt her jaw drop as she thought she'd come to a realization. " And Selene. Oh my God, Doctor, she's my replacement isn't she? You let her come along so you could just leave me behind and already have another one lined up! She's replacing me!" Rose said, voice quavering.

As the Doctor opened his mouth to speak, both were suddenly aware that the café door had just swung closed. They looked over to see Selene staring at the two, hurt clearly written across her face. When she noticed the two staring at her, she quickly looked down, trying to act as if she hadn't heard what Rose had just said. But, it was clear that she had. She wrapped her arms tightly around herself, walking towards Sarah Jane's car. Now, she'd like to say that Rose's words didn't hurt her in the least bit, but that would be a lie. Selene was telling herself that she understood why Rose had said it, which she did, but after actually beginning to get to know her, the words had stung.

The Doctor watched Selene walked off and sighed. This was going to be a challenge now… He knew that Selene wasn't Rose's replacement. She was just an addition to the TARDIS, who Rose wanted to come with them. He saw the look of hurt on Selene's face and he knew that obviously she must consider Rose a friend already to be hurt that much by the words. Did she actually think what Rose was saying was the truth?

Rose looked away from the woman who she just blamed to be her future replacement. It seemed horribly probably; the way the Doctor had her be a teacher along with him, the way he smiled and let her come with them so easily. He also seemed impressed with the fact she knew so much about this universe. She wasn't about to let the Doctor replace her. It just wouldn't happen.

He shook his head and looked back at Rose.

" She isn't your replacement, Rose, no one can ever replace you," He told her quietly. " I'm not leaving you behind. Not you."

" But Sarah Jane? You were that close with her once and now… you never even mention her," Muttered Rose, eyes watering. " Why not?"

" I don't age. I regenerate. But humans decay. You wither and you die. Imagine watching that happen to someone that you…"

" What, Doctor?" Rose questioned, hoping he would finish the sentence. He stared at her for a long moment, eyes turning glassy as well.

" You can spend the rest of your life with me… But I can't spend the rest of mine with you. I have to live on… alone. That's the curse of the Time Lords."

There was a loud screech like the one from the school and they all looked up to see Mr. Finch, like Selene had expected, and a Krillitane standing on the ledge of the roof of the building across the street. The Krillitane swooped down towards the Doctor and Rose, who both stumbled back as the other three rushed forward to push them out of the way. The Krillitane merely glided back up into the sky.

" Was that a Krillitane?" Asked Sarah Jane.

" It didn't even touch her, what did it do that for?" Rose asked breathlessly. They all watched as it flapped away, disappearing into the night.

The car ride back towards the school was… awkward to say the least. Selene sat by the window silently, staring out at the passing buildings. Mickey sat in the middle of the back seat, right between Rose and Selene. No one spoke. No one asked why Selene's usual good mood had suddenly dropped. They just let it be.

OOO

The next morning, just as classes were about to begin, the group pulled into the parking lot in Sarah Jane's car. They stood in the sea of students and the Doctor began to speak the plan he'd come up with.

" Rose and Sarah, you go to the Maths room, crack open those computers, I need to see the hardware inside. Here, you might need this." The Doctor removed the Sonic from an inside coat pocket and held it out to Sarah Jane just as Rose held out her hand for it. She dropped it and clenched her jaw. " Mickey, surveillance, I want you outside," The Doctor said as they began to walk.

" Just stand out side?" Mickey asked in shock.

" Here, take these, you can keep K-9 company," Sarah Jane said, handing Mickey her car keys.

" Don't forget to leave the window open a crack!" Called the Doctor.

" But he's metal!"

" I didn't mean him!"

" What're you going to do?" Rose asked the Doctor.

" Selene and I are going to have a word with Mr. Finch," Said the Doctor. Selene raised her eyebrows in surprise. Rose ground her teeth a bit, still not fully believing that the Doctor wasn't planning on replacing her.

Selene and the Doctor were both quiet as they ascended a staircase, searching for the headmaster.

" I don't think she really meant it," The Doctor eventually said. Selene looked up at him confused.

" Pardon?"

" Rose. What she said last night. I don't think she really meant it, she was just a bit put off," The Doctor explained. Selene let out a small sigh and shook her head.

" No, I understand why she said it. Trust me, I do." The Doctor raised an eyebrow. She laughed a bit and nudged his arm. " I do! Take it from me, I'm the one who knows what's happened prior to this and what's also to come. It just hurt. You know, she seemed like one of the first people to actually be nice to me in this dimension so I thought she trusted me," She said and gave a shrug.

The Doctor nodded, knowing she had a point. They stopped by a railing as hey saw Mr. Finch turn and look up at them. There was a glare-off moment before the headmaster walked away.

" He's headed to the pool," Selene informed, turning on her heel and walking towards the nearest door. The Doctor smirked at the excitement he could tell she was hiding.

When they found the swimming pool, they walked in, spotting Mr. Finch leaning up against the wall across the pool. He looked up at the two.

" Who are you?" The Doctor asked as they stopped walking by the edge of the pool.

" My name is Brother Lassar. And you?" He asked.

" Selene Thomas," Selene said, standing just a bit behind the Doctor.

" The Doctor," The Doctor replied. " Since when did Krillitanes have wings?

" It's been our form for nearly ten generations now," Mr. Finch explained, beginning to walk along the length of the pool. " Our ancestors invaded Bessan. The people there had some rather lovely wings. They made a million widows in one day, just imagine!" Mr. Finch said with a smile.

" And now your shape's human," The Doctor said, he and Selene now standing directly across the pool from him.

" A personal favorite… that's all."

" What about the other ones?" Selene asked, crossing her arms.

" My brothers remain bat form. What you see is a simple morphic illusion," He began to explain. The Doctor nodded, understanding what he was saying. " Scratch the surface, and the true Krillitane lies underneath. And what of the Time Lords? I always thought of you as such a… pompous race. Ancient, dusty senators, so frightened of change… and chaos. And of course, they're all extinct! Only you; the last!"

The three now stood a few feet away from each other, the pool no longer acting as a barrier between them. Selene kept a careful eye on Mr. Finch, not knowing if anything drastic would change simply because she was there.

" This plan of yours, what is it?" The Doctor asked.

" You don't know."

" That's why I'm asking."

" Well, show me how clever you are, work it out," Mr. Finch insisted. He walked over so he was probably a foot or so away from the Doctor, staring at him intently, not even registering Selene's presence.

" If I don't like it then it will stop," The Doctor informed calmly.

" Fascinating! Your people were peaceful to the point of indolence." Mr. Finch's head tilted to the left. " You seem to be something new. Would you declare war on us, Doctor?"

" I'm so old now. I used to have so much mercy. You get one warning." The Doctor began to back away, beginning to turn, taking Selene's arm gently. " That was it." Just as the two were about to leave, Mr. Finch sniffed and turned to look at Selene, smiling.

" And, Selene, I believe you said your name was." She froze when her name passed through his lips. She looked back at him, noticing the smile. " You're different as well. So different… You're human, but there's something… special about you. Am I right, Doctor?" The Doctor turned and glared at Finch, his jaw clenching. He pushed Selene, who was shaking, behind him with one arm.

" Leave her alone, she has nothing to do with this," The Doctor warned protectively. Mr. Finch raised an eyebrow.

" Oh, she has everything to do with this; she's with you, isn't she? Soon, you'll both embrace us. The next time we will meet, you'll both join with me.," He said with a smile. " I promise you." And with that said, the headmaster left the room, smiling to himself. The Doctor watched him leave, moving in front of Selene till he was out of sight.

" Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that to happen," Selene whispered, tucking a curly strand of hair behind her ear. The Doctor turned to face her.

" You didn't know about that conversation?" He asked.

" No, no I knew about it, it was in the show… I just didn't expect him to talk to me," She explained further shaking her head. " That he was going to know that I'm not technically a normal human. And now knowing that he wants me, it's kind of the only thing thus far that's scared me…" The Doctor put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

" I wasn't going to let him hurt you. He won't get you, I'll make sure of it. But he's right you know. You are special." He smiled at her. " Come on, lets go see how Sarah and Rose are doing."

Selene laughed.

" Oh, this'll be good…" She muttered to herself.

OO

" Oh!" Sarah Jane groaned as the Sonic Screwdriver refused to work. She stood from where she'd been kneeling by a tangle of wires and tapped the Sonic against the palm of her hand. The computer wouldn't turn on. " It's not working!"

" Here, give it to me," Rose said in a bored tone, taking the Sonic from Sarah Jane's hand. She got out of the chair she'd been sitting in and knelt where Sarah Jane had just been.

" Used to work first time in my day."

" Well, things were a lot simpler back then," Rose spat, as she clicked a button on the Sonic and it whirred to life.

" Rose, can I give you a bit of advice?" Sarah Jane asked from where she was leaning against a row of computers.

" I've got a feeling you're about to…"

" I know how intense a relationship with the Doctor can be, and I don't want you to think I'm intruding."

" I don't feel threatened by you, if that's what you mean," Rose informed her with a fake smile.

" Right! Good! 'Cause I'm not interested in picking up where we left off," She said, looking down at Rose.

" No? With the big sad eyes and the robot dog what else were you doing last night?" Rose asked, tone biting.

" I was just saying how hard it was adjusting to life back on earth," Sarah Jane explained. Rose stood quickly, back to the woman behind her.

" The thing is, when you two met, they only just got rid of rationing. No wonder all that space stuff was a bit too much for you." Rose toyed around with the Sonic as she spoke.

" I had no problem with space stuff!" Sarah Jane said angrily a she quickly stood straight, glaring at the young blond, who spun to face her. " I saw things you wouldn't believe!"

" Try me," Rose said.

" Mummies!"

" I've met ghosts."

" Robots; lots of robots," Sarah Jane informed.

" Slitheen in Downing Street," Rose shot back.

" Daleks!"

" Met the emperor!" Rose laughed.

" Anti-matter monsters!"

" Gas-masked zombies!"

" Real living dinosaurs!" Sarah Jane practically yelled, her voice lifting an octave.

" Real living werewolf!"

" The Loch Ness Monster!" Sarah Jane finally shouted.

" Seriously?" Rose asked in surprised. Sarah Jane covered her mouth and shook her head, surprised at herself. Rose shook her head as well, laughing a bit. " Listen to us. It's like me and my mate Shireen. The only time we fell out was over a man and we're arguing over the Doctor." Sarah Jane let out a little laugh as she sat down on one of the computer tables. " With you, did he ever do that thing where he'd explain something at ninety miles per hour, and you go 'what' and he'd look at you just dribbled on his shirt?"

" All the time!" Sarah Jane said with a laugh, happy someone else experienced that and not just her. The two laughed for a moment. " Does he still stroke bits of the TARDIS?"

" Yes!" Rose laughed, pointing at Sarah Jane as the two burst into laughter. " Yeah, he does! And I'm like 'do you two wanna be alone?'" The two laughed at her joke just as Selene and the Doctor walked through the door.

" How's it going?" He asked as they approached the two women, who were just about in hysterics. When they looked at him they laughed harder, and Selene began to laugh as well, knowing exactly what they had been talking about. The Doctor raised an eyebrow.

" What?" He asked. " Listen, I need to figure out what's programmed inside these." Rose was pointing to him with the Sonic, laughter causing her stomach to hurt. Selene was hugging her sides due to the fact she was beginning to laugh so hard. The Doctor looked down at her and then up at the other two women. " What?" When no one answered his voice turned into a whine. " Stop it!"

They kept laughing till they couldn't anymore, wiping tears from their cheeks.

" You didn't even know what they were talking about!" The Doctor said to Selene. She laughed once more and shook her head.

" Oh, no, I did," She told him.

" What was it then?"

" Like I'm telling you!" She laughed, playfully punching his arm. He sighed and rolled his eyes at her, liking her attitude and personality a bit more each second she talked to him.

" Okay, have you made any progress?" The Doctor asked, walking over to the computers.

" No, the Sonic wasn't working on anything." Rose explained, handing it to him. Snatching it back, the Doctor began to work on the wiring as the loudspeaker buzzed on again.

All pupils to class immediately. And would all members of staff congregate in the staff room.

" Well, they'll be in need of new staff very, very soon." Selene muttered, shaking her head as she helped the Doctor sift through a mess of cables.

Rose ran to the door of the classroom they were in and opened the doors, shooing the oncoming crowd of kids away, telling them to go to the South Hall due to the fact that the classroom was out of bounds.

The Doctor pulled up some wires and cables and wrapped them around his shoulders, the Sonic held between his lips. He held a CPU in his hands and as he used the Sonic on it, nothing happened.

" I can't shift it," He muttered, staring at it.

" I thought the Sonic Screwdriver could open anything," Sarah Jane said in confusion.

" Anything except a dead-lock seal," He explained, lifting the CPU to stare at it. " There's got to be something inside here! What are they teaching those kids?"

Selene was helping shift cables and wires around so nothing got too tangled, and mentally she thought 'I could just tell them, couldn't I?' But then she remembered she couldn't; not only could it screw up the future, she could potentially rip a hole in the fabric of the universe.

Well, that sucks. She thought to herself, standing again.

After a few moments, all the computer screens lit up in a bright green color. Letters and numbers clearly not from earth popped up and whizzed around, showing some sort of code.

" You wanted the program… here it is." Sarah Jane said as she, Selene and Rose all peered at a computer screen. The Doctor spun around to look at a large screen at the front of the room.

" Some sort of code…" He muttered. His eyes widened and he began to shake his head. " No… No, they can't be!"

OO

Outside in Sarah Jane's car, Mickey was staring glumly out the window. Stuck in the car with a metal dog… great. Of course he gets stuck with the practically useless job. Like he can do anything from out there! He glanced out the window on his left and saw one lone student pounding on the entrance doors. Noticing the distress on the boy's face, he got out of the car and ran over.

" They've taken them all!" The boy, Kenny, shouted to Mickey.

" What?"

" They've taken all the children!"

Knowing that wasn't at all good, Mickey ran back to the car, yanking the blanket off of K-9. He began to press random colored buttons on the robot dog's back, hoping one would turn him on.

" Come on, I need some help!" Mickey said frantically. When nothing worked, he angrily punched the back of K-9's head. After a moment, K-9 whirred and lifted his head.

" System restarting. All primary drives functioning," K-9 spoke. Mickey grinned.

" You're working! Okay, no time to explain, we need to get inside the school. Do you have like, I don't know, a lock picking device?" Mickey asked hopefully.

" We are in a car," K-9 stated, bobbing his head.

" Maybe a drill attachment?"

" We are in a car."

" Fat lot of good you are!" He spat with aggravation.

" We are in a car," K-9 stated one last time.

" Wait a second," Muttered Mickey. " We're in a car." He turned to Kenny. " Get back!" He shouted, scrambling to go get in the driver's seat.

OO

" The Skasis Paradigm. They're trying to crack the Skasis Paradigm."

" The Skasis what?" Sarah Jane asked, beginning to sound worried again.

" The… God Maker, the Universal Theory. Crack the equation, you've got control of the building blocks of the universe. Time and space and matter; yours to control," The Doctor stated, worry in his voice.

" And the children are like a computer…" Selene said, staring at the shifting shapes on the large screen in front of them.

" Yes! And their learning power is being accelerated by the oil! That oil from the kitchens; it works as a… a… conducting agent it makes the kids cleverer," The Doctor stated in a grim voice, gripping a table.

" But that oil's on the chips, I've been eating them," Rose said.

" What's fifty nine times thirty five?" Selene and the Doctor asked at the same time, both giving each other a look for a moment.

" Two thousand sixty-five," Rose responded immediately. The Doctor gave her a look. " Oh my God…"

" But why use children? Can't they use adults?" Sarah Jane asked.

" No, it has to be children… the God Maker needs imagination to crack it… They're not just using the children's brains to crack the code…" The Doctor sighed, and paced around for a moment. " They're using their souls."

Mr. Finch stepped into the room, his shiny black leather shoes clicking on the floor.

" Let the lesson begin," He said. They all looked at him, Selene backing away from the man, stepping a bit closer to Sarah Jane, who noticed the look on the young woman's face. She took Selene's hand and squeezed it comfortingly. Selene gave her a grateful smile, turning her attention back to Mr. Finch.

" Think of it, Doctor, with the Paradigm solved, reality becomes clay in our hands. We can shape the universe and improve it!" Mr. Finch stepped closer to the Doctor.

" Oh yeah, all of creation with the face of Mr. Finch. Call me old fashioned but I like things the way they are," The Doctor said in a monotone.

" You act like such a radical and yet all you want to do is preserve the old order?" He asked, scrunching up his eyebrows. " Think of the changes that could be made if this power was used for good!"

" What, by someone like you?" The Doctor asked with a smirk.

" No," He whispered. " Someone like you." The Doctor's smile fell. " The Paradigm gives us power, but you could give us wisdom." He looked at Selene. " And you, my dear, you could go home. You could return to where you truly belong. This young woman only feet away from you," He looked at Rose, " only blames your presence here. She no longer wishes you to stay." Selene glanced over at Rose, who looked at the ground, a guilty look on her face, eyes closed. " You could go back to your family, who probably think you dead."

" Selene, don't listen to him." Sarah Jane begged her.

" She's right, Selene, he's only trying to get into your head." The Doctor called back to her, catching the painful and saddened look that marred her face along with her tears. His two hearts felt like they were going to break. He knew how she must feel… he' lost so many people in the time he was alive…

My family… I could see my family again. I could go home and all of this would end… She thought to herself.

" Become a God at my side, Doctor. Imagine what you could do, think of the civilizations you could save; Perganon, Ascinta, your own people, Doctor, standing tall, the Time Lords… reborn!"

" Doctor, don't listen to him!" Sarah Jane stepped forward.

" And you could be with him through out eternity; young, fresh, never wither, never age, never die," Mr. Finch said walking towards the three women, who backed up again. " Their lives are so fleeting. So many goodbyes. How lonely you must be, Doctor. Join us!"

" I could save everyone," The Doctor muttered, staring at the three humans in front of him.

" Yes!"

" I could stop the war," He whispered, unblinking. Mr. Finch smiled at him.

" No!" Came Sarah Jane's shaky voice. " The universe has to move forward! Pain and loss they define us as much as happiness or love." The Doctor looked over at her as she spoke, Mr. Finch's face falling. " Whether it's a world or a relationship, everything has its time and everything ends."

The words finally penetrated his brain and he knew she spoke the truth. Angrily rushing forward he snatched a blue plastic chair and tossed it at the screen at the front of the room. It shattered completely, glass falling everywhere.

" OUT!" The Doctor shouted as they all fled the room, leaving Mr. Finch behind.

They all ran out into the hall and tried to find their way to some place safe as they heard all the Krillitanes screeching. Selene furiously wiped the tears from her face, still feeling the hurt that had been caused by Mr. Finch's words. They scrambled down the steps and ran into Mickey and Kenny.

" What's going on?" Mickey asked in a panic as they all looked down the hall to see a group of Krillitanes advancing on them. They had leathery looking skin, and the one that seemed to be leading them all had black skin rather than the others, which were a more orange-pink like tone. Their long arms and legs propelled themselves off the walls as they came towards the Doctor and his companions.

The aforementioned group turned and ran towards the canteen, hopefully able to escape them there. Once inside the canteen, they ran swiftly towards the doors on the opposite end of the room, only to find that they were locked. The Doctor was just about to grab the Sonic, but froze as Mr. Finch strode in, looking very angry, the Krillitanes following him.

" Are they my teachers?" Asked Kenny as he stared at the creatures in shock.

" Yeah, sorry," The Doctor said as he watched them fly about.

" We need the Doctor and his friend Selene alive. As for the others? You can feast," Spat Mr. Finch. The Doctor quickly grabbed a chair to use as a defense mechanism as the Krillitanes prepared to attack. The Doctor slashed at the air with his chair as Sarah Jane, Selene and Rose fell to the floor along with Mickey and Kenny. Rose moved to protect Kenny if needed. Selene kicked at a Krillitane as it tried to grab at her. She smirked as she landed a good kick to its chest and it screeched, soaring away before coming right back. Everyone was being attacked by the aliens and Mr. Finch watched, waiting for it to end.

Just as a Krillitane was about to swoop down to kill, a laser hit it and it exploded, causing Finch to open his mouth and roar in anger. Everyone saw that the laser beam had come from none other than;

" K-9!" Sarah Jane exclaimed happily as she bean to stand. Everyone slowly stood and stared at the robot dog.

" Suggest that you engage running mode, Mistress," K-9 suggested, beginning to roll towards Sarah Jane.

" Come on!" The Doctor shouted as his chair was yanked from his hands by a Krillitane. They began to run towards the unlocked doors as more laser beams flew into the air. " K-9, hold them off!"

" Affirmative, Master," K-9 agreed, and as they bolted from the room, they heard him say, " Maximum defense mode!"

" Come on!" The Doctor urged everyone into a room before shutting the door and locking it with the Sonic. It turned out they were in the Physics classroom the Doctor had been teaching in, and everyone sat down, attempting to catch their breath.

" We need to figure out some way to stop them," Rose said as she swiped some hair from her face.

" You do remember that-" Selene began but was cut off.

" I know there's a way, but I just can't think of it!" Groaned the Doctor, leaning against the counter. Sighing, Selene raised her hand as if she were a student.

" If I may speak?" She asked. " You do remember that the Krillitanes burned when the oil spilled on them? The oil from the kitchens, they can't handle it." Selene reminded everyone. Rose quickly jumped up. The Doctor grinned.

" That's it!" He exclaimed. " They change their physiology so often, even their own oil is toxic to them! Great job, Selene!" He grinned at her before looking back at Rose. " How much was there in the kitchen?"

" Barrels of it," Rose said. They all looked at the door as something screeched behind it and holes slowly began to form in the wood of it. All standing, they began to back away from the door.

" Okay, we need to get to the kitchens," The Doctor informed, a thoughtful look on his face. " Mickey," He began to say.

" What now, hold the coats?" He asked sarcastically as well as in annoyance.

" Get all the children unplugged and out of the school," The Doctor told him, much to Mickey's surprise.

" Now then… bats, bats, bats; how do we fight bats?" The Doctor pondered. Rose, Mickey and Selene all watched as Kenny ran over to the fire alarm and broke it using his elbow. The bell began to ring harshly, causing the Krillitanes to flinch in pain, falling to the floor. The Doctor laughed and flung the door open and everyone ran past the creatures and Mr. Finch, who proceeded to punch a hole in the wall and yank out some electrical cords, stopping the bell from ringing.

As they ran towards the kitchen, a familiar electronic voice said,

" Master." The Doctor froze and pat K-9's head.

" Come on, boy! Good boy!" He said as he continued to run down the hall, K-9 rolling after him. Mickey ducked into a classroom to do his job as the others ran towards the kitchen.

" Okay, listen everyone, we've got to get out of here!" Mickey insisted, staring at all the students. No one looked up. No one listened. They all had headphones on and their eyes were trained on the flashing screens, fingers punching at keys. Mickey walked over to one student, Melissa, and waved a hand in front of her face. No reaction. So, maybe this wouldn't be as easy as he would have hoped…

Back in the kitchens, the Doctor attempted to open the oil drums.

" They've been deadlock-sealed, Doctor, it isn't going to work," Selene said as he tried two different barrels. He groaned in frustration.

" She's right! The Sonic won't open them! Finch must have done that, I can't open them!" The Doctor sighed.

" The vats would not withstand a direct hit from my laser, but my batteries are failing," K-9 said as everyone turned to look at him.

" Right, everyone out the back door," The Doctor ordered, gesturing to the only way out. " K-9, stay with me." Selene gave a K-9 a pat as she passed and then followed the others out the door, all of them glancing back at the Doctor and the robot dog.

Mickey was trying to stop the computer program from one large computer in the center of the room, but found that it was no use. But then he saw something lining the walls, something that housed all the wires for the computers. He followed it with his eyes till he found a tangle of black cables hanging from a ceiling… that were plugged into the wall. He walked over to the outlet, looked around, shrugged and then bent over, unplugging it. There was a brilliant burst of sparks as the program died and the students stopped typing.

" Everyone out! Now!" He called out again, and this time, they all listened. They stood and began to leave the room. " Come on, move! Lets go, lets go!"

The Doctor began to move all the oil drums together after fixing K-9's battery.

" Capacity for only one shot, Master. For maximum impact, I must be stationed directly beside the vat," K-9 informed the Doctor, who ran over and crouched in front of him.

" But you'll be trapped inside!"

" That is correct."

" I can't let you do that," The Doctor said mournfully.

" No alternative possible, Master," K-9 informed. There was a screeching as the Krillitanes got closer. The Doctor looked behind him before looking back at K-9.

" Goodbye, old friend," He said sadly.

" Goodbye, Master," K-9 returned the goodbye. The Doctor paused before saying,

" You good dog!"

" Affirmative!" His ears wiggled, as did his tail. The Doctor pat the side of his head before standing and running from the room, saddened that he had to leave behind another friend. He exited through the back door and slammed the door shut, locking it with the Sonic.

" Where's K-9?" Sarah Jane asked from where she stood by the door.

" We have to run," The Doctor urged.

" Where is he? What've you done?!" Sarah Jane exclaimed in a panic. The Doctor had to grab her around the waist and force her to run. He took her hand as they fled through an alleyway, towards the front of the school.

Back inside, Finch, along with the other Krillitanes, all in human form, entered the kitchen.

" When you find them, eat them if you must, but bring me their brains," Finch instructed, referring to both Selene and the Doctor. They all walked towards the back, where they then found all the vats of oil… and that robot dog.

" The little dog with the nasty bite…" Finch teased. " Not so powerful now, are you?"

K-9's response simply was to activate his laser, and he shot the vats of oil. They exploded, the oil coating everything in the room. The Krillitanes began to scream as they were burned, smoke coming off their skin and filling the room. Finch clenched his jaw and glared.

" You bad dog," He spat.

" Affirmative," Was K-9's cheerful response.

Everyone stood in the parking lot, watching as the school practically exploded, the windows shattering, destroying the interior of half the school. The students jumped up and down with joy as papers rained down from the sky, excited that, well, there was no more school. At the back of the crowd, Mickey and Rose cheered as well, receiving hugs from some students.

" Yes!" Kenny exclaimed happily.

" Did you have something to do with it?" Melissa asked him.

" Yeah, I did." He said proudly. She grinned.

" Kenny blew up the school! It was Kenny!" She said, dragging him into the crowd. Everyone cheered for him and he smiled.

The Doctor looked down at Sarah Jane, who had tears in her eyes.

" I'm sorry," He told her.

" It's fine he was just a… daft metal dog, I'm fine… really," She replied, her voice breaking. The Doctor knew her better than that, so he pulled her into a hug as she began to cry.

Rose looked at the two and looked away, stepping forward to stand beside Mickey, who wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Selene stood off to the side staring at the school, head still buzzing with the fact that she probably never would see her family again… That would be hard to come to terms with. Looking back over at Rose, Mickey, Sarah Jane and the Doctor, she couldn't help but think that maybe she should just leave. Walk away and disappear; it's not like she had to be a part of their time line. She could go off and get a job and live here, not intrude on their world.

Selene shoved her hands in her pockets, blowing hair out of her face, she looked off and tried to make up her mind. Leave or stay?

" Hey, get over here, don't act so distant!" The Doctor called over to her, gesturing for her to come over. Giving a small smile she walked back over. " You were brilliant, you know that?"

" Ph!" Selene shook her head rolling her eyes. " Only because I knew what would happen."

" No, you were brave," Sarah Jane told her, giving her a smile as she wiped away a few more tears off her cheeks. " Even if you did know, this time it was real. I saw you kick that Krillitane."

" Thanks," Selene said and smiled a bit. The Doctor smiled and rubbed Sarah Jane's back, knowing that he'd make it up to her.

OOO

Later that day, Sarah Jane walked through a park, towards the TARDIS. She had changed and was now wearing a black leather jacket, blue shirt, jeans and heeled boots. She strode towards it and as she did, the Doctor stepped out. He smiled at her.

" Cuppa tea?" He asked, nodding towards the still open door of the TARDIS. She smiled and he stepped back allowing her inside. She gasped and grinned as she walked up the metal ramp, touching one of the columns that looked like a piece of coral that surrounded the room. She turned and grinned at the Doctor.

" You've redecorated!"

" Do you like it?" He asked, stepping inside.

" Oh, I-I do, yeah," Sarah Jane said as she stepped up to the console. " I preferred it as it was, but, it'll do."

" I love it," Rose said from where she stood beside Mickey and Selene. She'd changed into a pink t-shirt, her sweat shirt no longer present.

" Hey, you! What's… forty-seven times three hundred sixty-nine?" Sarah Jane asked with a smile.

" No idea," Rose informed happily. " It's gone now, the oil's faded."

" But you're still clever. More than a match for him," She said, nodding towards the Doctor. Rose smiled at Sarah Jane.

" You and me both," Rose responded. Selene smiled a bit and looked over to the Doctor, who was flicking switches.

" Doctor?" She asked, smiling. He looked up.

" Oh! Uh, we're about to head off, but… you could come with us," The Doctor offered, smiling. Sarah Jane looked at the Doctor, and then to Rose and finally to Selene. She shook her head.

" I can't do this anymore," She told them. " Besides, I've got a much bigger adventure ahead! Time I stopped waiting for you and found a life of my own." The Doctor smiled a bit and nodded once.

" Can I come?" Asked Mickey, earning a look from Sarah Jane. " Not with you! I mean with you," He said, pointing to the Doctor. " 'Cause I'm not the tin dog. I wanna see what's out there."

" Oh, go on, Doctor! Sarah Jane Smith, a Mickey Smith, you need a Smith on board!" Urged Sarah Jane with a grin. The Doctor crossed his arms and smiled a bit.

" Okay then, I could do with a laugh," Said the Doctor. Mickey grinned and gave Selene a quick hug out of happiness. He then turned to Rose, who had her arms crossed and was looking off.

" Rose, is that okay?" Mickey asked.

" No, great, why not?" She muttered. There was a tense pause.

" Then I better go," Said Sarah Jane, taking Rose off to the side.

" What do I do? Do I stay with him?" Rose asked.

" Yes," Sarah Jane told her. " Some things are worth getting your heart broken for." She gave the younger woman a hug. " Find me, if you need to one day, find me." Sarah Jane turned her attention to Selene who was walking aimlessly around the other side of the console, staring up at the ceiling and glancing down at the console. " And for what it's worth… I don't think she means any harm." She smiled at Rose before walking over to Selene, who smiled at her, opening her arms.

" Ah, give me hug!" She said with a laugh. Sarah Jane laughed as well and gave her a tight hug. " It was truly great to meet you, Sarah."

" It was wonderful to meet you as well, Selene. And, I know it'll be hard for you, not seeing your family," She told her. Selene gave a sad smile and nodded.

" I feel like I should leave… I feel like I probably shouldn't belong here, but at the same time I kind of feel… at home," Selene muttered. Sarah Jane smiled and put a hand on her shoulder.

" Stay. You fit in wonders here. You'll enjoy it. And, I think that one day, you might end up being something special to the Doctor," Sarah Jane said with a smile. " Stick around and you'll find out."

With one last hug, Sarah Jane turned towards the doors and stepped out with the Doctor.

" It's daft, but I haven't ever thanked you for that time," Sarah Jane said to the Doctor as they stopped outside of the TARDIS. And like I said, I wouldn't have missed it for the world!"

" Something to tell the grandkids?" He asked with a smile.

" Oh, I think it'll be someone else's grandkids now."

" Right, yes, sorry," The Doctor said sheepishly looking at his feet for a moment. " I didn't get a chance to ask. You haven't?"

" Hm?"

" There hasn't been anyone? You know?"

" Well, there was this one guy. I traveled with him for a while. But, he was a… tough act to follow," She told him, voice breaking a bit. The two smiled and laughed a bit. " Goodbye, Doctor."

" Oh, it's not goodbye!" The Doctor said dismissively, smiling.

" Say it, please," She begged. " This time, say it…"

" Goodbye…" He muttered, voice a bit sad. Then he broke out into a grin. " My Sarah Jane!" He pulled her into a hug, picking her up off the ground for a moment before setting her down again. Smiling at each other one last time, the Doctor stepped back inside, shutting the door behind him. She'd always have a bit of him with her… especially since he'd rebuilt K-9 for her. Just a bit of a surprise as they left.

As the Doctor began to ramble on about where they should go next as he tossed levers and switches around, Rose stepped over to Selene, who was leaning against a railing.

" Hey…" Rose murmured. Selene smiled a bit.

" Hey," She replied, fixing the sleeve of the off-white shirt she'd changed into that had the Beatles on the front of it.

" Listen, I want to apologize for what you heard me saying last night. I guess I was getting a bit worried, you know?" Rose apologized, leaning against the railing beside her.

" Rose, it's fine. I understand why you said it, trust me, I do." Selene told her smiling a bit. " I'd never dream of replacing you. The Doctor wouldn't dream of replacing you. I'm just a freaky person who materialized in the middle of a street," She joked, laughing a bit. Rose laughed as well.

" So, you forgive me?"

" Of course I do! Give me a hug!" Selene teased with a grin, holding out her arms. Rose laughed and hugged Selene, knowing she'd earned a friend and the Doctor looked over smiling as he pulled a lever, the engines of the TARDIS waking up. Just as Rose knew she'd gotten a friend, he did too; he'd gained a friend and a brand new companion.

" So!" Selene said with a grin, turning to face everyone. " Where to next?"

Chapter dedication to Sarah Jane Smith's portrayer, Elizabeth Sladen 1968-2011

Afterword: There's chapter two! =D Sorry if the length bothers anyone, but I figured that each chapter should be an episode, because otherwise I would have WAY too many chapter way too fast… but I hope you enjoyed it! Sorry if Selene might have been a bit not so involved, I'm still getting a hang of putting her in, but the next chapter will be better!

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