Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Two
"Mary!" Duer shouted again as the golden light moved toward him and floated a few inches off the ground. The golden light shifted as it took form of a young fey woman with long white hair and hazel eyes and her hair blew around from the invisible wind that surrounded her.
"Ye seem tae ken my name, Sir," she said softly and Duer nodded his head. "Who are ye?"
"I am the Doctor," he said as she blinked and brushed some hair behind her pointed ears.
"I have heard tales of a mortal that goes by that name."
"Then you know it is not a good idea to make me angry."
"How have I made ye angry?" she asked and Duer pointed to the bloody pieces lying on the ground. "I had tae do that."
"Why?" Duer asked, giving her a pleading look.
"They disturbed my father's grave."
"And who is your father?" Duer asked even though he knew who her father was.
"My father is James Robert McCrimmon," she said, lifting her chin into the air.
"But you're a fey. How could you have a mortal father?"
"I wasnae always a fey, Doctor, I was mortal once."
"Ah, so they took you then?"'
"Nay, I went with them willingly."
"Why would anyone do that?"
"I have my reasons."
"But, surely, they would have erased any memories of your old life."
"Aye, the Great Queen removed the memories of my old life, but she gave them back so I could come an' say farewell tae my father. When I came here, I found these mortals violating his grave."
"And you killed them!" Duer growled and she nodded her head.
"So, tell me, Doctor, what does this have anything tae do with ye? How do ye ken my father?"
"He used to travel with me."
"He was a friend tae ye then?"
"Yes," Duer said then looked down and she moved closer, tilting her head to one side.
"He was more than a friend, aye?" she asked and he nodded. 'Then ye shouldnae mind me destroying the men that violated his grave."
"Of course I mind! They were living beings! Do you think your father would approve of what you just did? No, he would not!" Duer said and Mary growled at him.
"How dare ye claim tae ken what my father would have approved of or nae? Ye have no idea what he went through! Aye, it is true that I was only four when the fey took me, but I heard my parents talking aboot his nae being able tae remember who he was," she said then moved closer and locked eyes with him. "Ye said that he traveled with ye. Do ye ken what happened?"
"Yes, I do know," Duer said when Sarah moaned and he ran to her, holding her in his arms. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," she said while holding her stomach and Duer's hearts clenched his chest, thinking that she was losing the baby. He knew that if she did lose the baby then the other Jamie wouldn't be born and Jamie would never have his mind put back together.
"Adam!" Duer shouted as Adam ran out of the tent and Duer gently lifted Sarah off the ground and held her against him.
"What's wrong?" Adam asked as Sarah placed her head on Duer's shoulder and moaned in his ear.
"I need to get her back to the TARDIS," he said then set up a privacy block.
"I think she's about to lose her baby. If that happens then Jamie won't be able to get his mind put back together," he thought and Adam looked at Sarah.
"You mean this is the mother of the other Jamie?" Adam thought and Duer nodded.
"Doctor!" Adam shouted as the Doctor, Jack and Alan ran out of the tent and stopped next to them.
"What happened?" the Doctor asked as Duer adjusted his hold on Sarah and she moaned.
"I think she's about to lose her baby," Duer thought.
"Oh shit," Alan thought, looking at Sarah.
"To make matter worse, this is the other Jamie's mother. If she loses this baby then Jamie won't get his memories back."
"Right, hold on," the Doctor said when he reached into his pocket as he searched with his fingers for something and Jack looked from Duer to Sarah.
"To you want me to take her to Torchwood?" he asked and Duer shook his head.
"Found it!" the Doctor said when he took the Stattenheim remote control and handed it to Adam. Adam adjusted the setting when he held it in his hand, whistled and pushed the button. A low wheezing and grinding sound filled the air as Adam's TARDIS appeared and Adam handed the Stattenheim remote control back to the Doctor.
"What is that?" Mary asked as she moved toward the TARDIS and the Doctor, Alan and Adam stood in front of the TARDIS.
"None of your fairy business," Alan said while glaring at her and Adam arched an eyebrow.
"Look, we don't have time for this! Move!" Duer said as they got of the way and he sent a message to the TARDIS to move the medical bay next to the control room. Adam opened the door as Duer ran inside the TARDIS and Mary flew inside, following close behind him. Duer ran into the medical bay while the doors closed behind him and placed Sarah on the bed. He saw Mary standing on the other side of the bed while the TARDIS examined Sarah and Duer gently stroked Sarah's hair.
"Please, Doctor, tell me that I'm not losing my baby," Sarah said softly as he kissed the top of her head and looked at her with a sad look in his eyes.
"I don't know," he said as he looked at the screen and sighed, not liking what he saw.
"What is that?" Mary said as she pointed to the screen and he looked at her.
"That is her baby."
"Is there something wrong with it?" she asked when he pointed to the door and she looked at the door. "Do you with me tae leave?"
"Yes, and I'll join you in a moment," he said as she nodded then left the room and he looked at Sarah. "I'll be right back."
"Doctor?" she asked as Duer took Sarah's hand and smiled sadly at her.
"I promise," he said then let go of her hand and left the room. He glared at Mary when he walked to her and placed his arms across his chest. "Are you happy now?"
"Ye think that I have anything tae do with this?"
"You have EVERYTHING to do with this! She is going to lose her child because of the trauma from what you have done! You have killed an innocent baby!"
Mary thought for a few seconds then turned back into a golden light and flew down the hallway. Duer chased after the golden light when the golden light flew by the Doctor, Jack, Adam and Alan then flew into the tent and they followed it. The golden light flew over the remains when the remains disintegrated into dust and Duer's eyes went wide.
"No!" Duer shouted when the dust swirled around the golden light then the golden light flew out of the tent and they looked at Duer. Growling, Duer ran out of the tent when he saw the golden light vanishing into the TARDIS and he ran inside, seeing the golden light leaving the control room. He followed the golden light when the golden light flew into the medical bay and Sarah looked at the golden light then at Duer.
"Doctor, what is that?" she asked when the golden light changed back into Mary and the dust blew around her.
"Do ye wish tae save yer bairn?" she asked and Sarah looked at her then at Duer.
"Aye, I do," she said as Mary smiled and Sarah gasped, arching her back.
"Leave her alone!" Duer shouted when Mary waved her hand and he sailed out of the medical bay, hit the wall and slid to the floor.
"Pa-paw, she's going tae hurt that woman!" Zoe said as Duer held up a finger and hushed her.
Duer saw the Doctor, Adam, Alan and Jack running down the hallway as he tried to get up but Adam knelt down next to him and placed his hand on Duer's shoulder.
"No, don't move," Adam said while Duer slowly nodded and the Doctor walked to the door to the medical bay, looking at Mary glaring back at him.
"Leave us be!" Mary shouted when the medical bay was filled with a golden light and the dust blew around Mary then the bed and Sarah gasped, clawing at the sheet. The dust flew into the air then vanished inside Sarah as she screamed and Mary removed something from the black sack that was tied to her hip.
"Wait, what's in there?" the Doctor demanded and Mary looked at him, smiling.
"It is a secret," she said then turned to the bed and opened the black sack. Sarah watched while Mary removed a small white orb and Sarah swore she could hear a voice coming from the small white orb.
"What is that, Pa-paw?" Zoe asked.
"That, Zoe Toes, is…well, I'll let her tell it," Duer said with a wink and Zoe nodded.
"The Great Queen took me from my family when I was a wee lass and made me forget them. It was after my father became so ill that she gave me back my memories. I was there when he died and…"
"Pause," Jamie said when he frowned, his lower lip sticking out, then blinked and sat back in the chair. "Och, I remember now. There was someone in the room. I thought it was Rosealie."
"Do you remember anything else?" Duer asked.
"No, I just closed my eyes an' went tae sleep."
"But what did she do?" Zoe asked and Jamie shrugged his shoulders. Duer told the TARDIS to continue and they looked at Mary and Sarah.
"What is that?" Sarah said, interrupting her and Mary looked at the small white orb.
"This is my father's soul. I captured it just as it left him," Mary said and Sarah's eyes went wide.
"Why, in the name of sanity, did you do that?"
"It is because his soul is nae in one piece. If I find the other half, I shall join the pieces together an' send him on his way," Mary said as Duer saw the tears in Jamie's eyes and nodded to Zoe. Zoe walked over to Jamie then sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him.
"That is all well and good, but what about my baby?"
"My father's dust has now bonded with your bairn. It will nae die," Mary said while Duer looked at Adam and Adam nodded, helping him stand up. Duer slowly walked into the medical bay when Mary suddenly spun around and hissed at him. "Stay back!"
"I'm not going to hurt you," Duer said as he held his hands up and Mary glared at him. He walked to the bed as Sarah looked up at him and he smiled down at her. "How do you feel?"
"The pain is gone, but I feel a little strange," she said softly and he brushed her hair back.
"I need you to trust me," he said then looked at Mary and sighed. "Can you give me a few moments alone with her?"
"Why?" Mary asked.
"I need to talk to her about something. Just go wait outside," he said and Mary sighed, leaving the medical bay. Sarah watched as Duer sat with his back to the others and took her hand, wrapping his fingers over hers. "Right, I need you to believe me. I do know what happened to her father and need your permission to do something."
"What did happen to him?"
"Well, to understand what happened to him, I have to tell you about me," Duer said and Sarah smiled at him.
"You don't work for Torchwood, do you?" she asked and his eyes went wide. "Please, Doctor, I AM a paranormal researcher, so I have a, well, six sense when it comes to people. I can tell if they're human or not."
"Cheeky, and you're right, I am not human. I am a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey."
"And this is, what, some sort of metamorphic disguise?" she asked, pointing up and down at his body.
"Nope, this is me!" Duer said as he smiled and she smiled back. He then told her about what a Time Lord was as she nodded and he was amazed on how calm she was.
"And her father traveled with you?"
"Yes," Duer said with a nod of his head.
"When did you meet him?" she asked and Duer told her about Jamie, how they met during the Battle of Culloden, Jamie coming on board the TARDIS and their travels then how the Time Lords were going to send Jamie back to his timeline and she nodded. Duer then told her about the accident that tore Jamie's mind in two and Sarah placed her hand on top of his. "Doctor, it was an accident."
"That's what Jamie told me."
"So you saw him afterwards?"
"Ah, now that's where it gets sticky. You see, the Jamie that told me isn't the Jamie McCrimmon that I met at Culloden."
"Then who is he?" she asked and Duer sighed, rubbing his face with his hands.
"He's your unborn son," Duer said and Sarah's eyes went wide.