Mild male on female violence, choking and graphic dream deaths.
After several days of tough psychic/kinesis training, then getting stuck in the Edifice after Donna accidentally touched a spam hologram, The Doctor decided to take his companions to a leisure planet. "The planet Midnight," he began to explain. "Revolves around an Xtonic Sun that kills every living thing in sight. Nothing can survive on Midnight. And the best thing is, it's made of diamonds." Sitting on the jumpseat with her arms folded Jaime closed her eyes and shivered. This was it...they were going to Midnight and it frightened her. She didn't want to go but she couldn't tell them what was going to happen because The Doctor didn't want to know his future. The teen felt a wave of concern come from The Time Lord. "Jaime? Are you feeling okay?" He asked, noticing her face had gone pale. He hoped it wasn't a relapse of what happened the other day when she over stretched her abilities, almost killing herself.
She opened her hazel eyes and smiled nervously. "I'm fine, Doctor." She replied. "Are you sure? You don't have to come if you don't want too?" Her eyes widened. "No! I want to come." "Brilliant!" He grinned. "I'm really intrigued on what they'll have on this leisure planet..." Donna was heard to say before Jaime zoned out again. *Keep him safe.* The TARDIS was still speaking to her despite The Doctor telling the old girl to stop. She had kindly quietened her telepathic noise for the teens sensitive head. *Keep my Thief safe.* *I will try too.* Jaime replied. *I will try and keep the other humans away from him.* *Thank you.* Despite the old girl's telepathic link being quieter for Jaime it still caused a dull but manageable headache. Five minutes later they had landed on Midnight and the three time travellers exited the TARDIS.
Taking in her earlier warning that she was likely to wander off, The Doctor held Jaime's hand. It felt nice and it comforted her despite what was going to happen. Donna found the pampering area where you could take a swim and a sunbathe. So she scarpered off that way but not before asking Jaime if she wanted to come with. The teen shook her head, no, she didn't want to go sunbathing. She had a more important thing to do. Minutes after Donna left them too it The Doctor had found the Crusader Shuttles. "Hey, we can travel across the planet in the shuttle. Do you think Donna will come with us?" The Doctor asked Jaime who was staring wide eyed at the shuttle. "Jaime?" He looked down to see that she was breathing heavily. "Jaime!" She looked up at him. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked that teen. "You've been tightly wound ever since coming here. It's not culture shock is it?" "I'm okay." Her voice was low and she looked away. The Doctor wasn't sure what was wrong with her, maybe she could sense something was wrong...so why couldn't he? Or maybe she was more sensitive than him.
A grin spread on his face when he spotted something. "Phone. We can phone Donna." He raced over to it with Jaime managing to keep up. After dialling he could hear the phone ringing on the other end. It was picked up and Donna guessed who it might be. "I said, no." She said and The Doctor smiled. "Sapphire waterfall. It's a waterfall made of Sapphires." He stated. "This enormous jewel, the size of a Glacier, reaches the cliffs of Oblivion and then shatters into Sapphires at the edge. They fall a hundred thousand feet into a crystal ravine." Donna smirked though. "I bet you say that to all the girls." The Doctor was talking again but Jaime once more zoned out as she watched the humans walk into the crusader shuttle. The very humans who were going to harm The Doctor later when he'd get taken over. Not on her watch! "I'd rather go Sunbathing." Donna told her friend. "You be careful, that's Xtonic sunlight." Warned The Doctor. "Oh, I'm safe. It says in the brochure this glass is fifteen feet thick." Looking down at Jaime he shook his head only the teen was staring at the shuttle. "All right, I give up. We'll be back for Dinner. We all could try that anti-gravity restaurant. With bibs." Jaime frowned and looked up at him. "That's a date." Donna replied. "We'll, not a date, oh you know what I mean, oh, get off." Chuckling at this the Doctor said; "See you later." "Oi!" Donna shouted when he'd been about to hang up. "And you two be careful, alright?"
"Nah, taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight? What could possibly go wrong?" Jaime visibly shivered as the Doctor hung up the phone. "Come on then, allons-y." The Doctor said, approaching the shuttle with Jaime keeping up.
After using the psychic paper they were now on the shuttle, and Jaime found the atmosphere to be dry and airy. She jogged down the aisle and took the front right seat. Seconds after The Doctor sat next to her, a smile on his face. "Here we are, off to the great beyond." He said, to which Jaime took a deep shuddering breath. Why did everything he say have to sound so ominous. Now she was aware he was looking at her. "Okay, what is it? What's going to happen?" This made Jaime feel confused. "Look, I realise you come from a different universe where I'm a TV show, still can't get over that, but obviously one of those episodes featured this planet." She smiled all too nervously. He was good...wellll, he WAS The Doctor after all.
"I thought you didn't want to know your future." "Right now it's my present and not unless its life threatening. So what's going to happen?" Before she could reply they were interrupted by the Hostess. "That's the headphones for channels one to thirty-six, modem link for 3D games..." The Doctor passed this on to Jaime. "...complimentary earplugs, complimentary slippers, complimentary juice packs and complimentary peanuts. I must warn you some products may contain nuts." "That'll be the peanuts." The Doctor replied, grinning when he heard Jaime giggle. "Enjoy your trip." She told the two time travellers. "Oh, we can't wait. Allons-y." "I'm sorry?" She frowned, confused over the strange foreign word. "It's French. For 'let's go'." "Fascinating!" The Hostess deadpanned and walked away. "Ahh, so if that was French what does 'Molto bene' mean?" Jaime asked the Time Lord while inspecting the modem link. Maybe she could use it later and pocketed it. "You've got to say it with an accent. Molto bene. It's Italian for 'very good'." Jaime smiled at this because he'd been telling her this all through her training sessions. Well at least it put her at ease.
"But that doesn't mean you get off easily." Oh shoot! "What happens?" What could she say? Oh! "Cabin fever." He narrowed his eyes. "That bad?" "Very. Think how bad things could possibly be, then add another suitcase full of bad." Jaime quoted and The Doctor looked at her blankly. Shame! "But in 'Midnight' you were alone. This time I'm with you. It's going to be okay." He was feeling ultimately nervous and felt like scarpering until she mentioned the episode title. "Midnight?" The Doctor uttered. "That's not very creative." 'Easy distraction.' Jaime thought to herself. They were interrupted once again, this time by the couple sitting behind them. "Hobbes. Professor Winfold Hobbes." The professor introduced though Jaime already knew his name. She knew all their names. "I'm The Doctor. Hello!" He introduced back.
"It's my fourteenth time." Hobbes proudly stated. Jaime could practically feel the arrogance wash off him and it wasn't a nice feeling, which was why she practically scooted away from him. "Oh, it's our first." The Doctor noticed what she was doing. "My friend suffers from nerves and she's extremely shy." "Ah. Sorry to hear that." The professor said. "And I'm Dee Dee," spoke up his assistant who was giving off waves of timidness. "Dee Dee Blasco." "Don't bother them," Hobbes snapped at her. "Where's my water bottle?" Noticing her dislike for the professor The Doctor took Jaime's hand and spoke to her telepathically. *What is it now?* he asked. *He's not nice. None of them are. Apart from Dee Dee, Sky and Jethro when he's not being intimidated by his mother.* She sensed a feeling of dark foreboding come from the Doctor. *But it's going to be okay.* Jaime added and let go of his hand. While they had been having their telepathic conversion the Hostess had been talking and they just about heard her telling them to put their seat belts on. Then the doors slammed shut. "No going back now." Muttered The Doctor, clicking his seat belt on. Jaime nodded silently, doing the same thing. Next the windows were shielded and the Hostess explained to the passengers that they would be shielded til a certain spot, Midnight had no air, the doors were not to be touched, the fire exits were in the rear and their driver was called Joe. Driver Joe began to prattle on about detours and certain parts of the tour they might like, showing them a handy little map.
And the shuttle began its journey while Jaime's nerves returned. The Hostess returned to the front. "For your entertainment, we have the Music Channel playing Retrovids of Earth classics." She clicked a switch and a screen dropped down. "Also, the latest artistic installation from Ludovica Klein." A holograph then appeared. "Plus, for the youngsters, a rare treat. The Animation Archives." A projection of Betty Boop appeared next. "Four hours of Funtime. Enjoy." And the Hostess walked away. The cacophony of noise became all too much for Jaime so she leaned forwards with her hands on her head, digging deep. Seconds later she felt a sharp pain in her head and all the entertainment systems sparked and shut off. The teen lay back with a sigh, a loud roar in her ears blocking out the sounds in the shuttle.
Digging out her painkillers she took one and everything returned to normal within seconds. The Doctor was discreetly checking on her, his brown eyes wide and worried. "Are you okay?" He asked in a whisper and she nodded. "That was pretty much reckless. I could have done that with my Screwdriver." He held it up and she smiled before closing her eyes. The Cyberkinesis, especially the EMP, though cool, was the worst of her abilities. It just seemed to take it out of her so she decided to get some rest. The last thing she heard before falling into a deep sleep was The Doctor telling the other passengers they could talk instead.
One deep sleep later and Jaime was beginning to stir from her sleep. In fact she thought she might be dreaming or even having a nightmare. She was stuck in a locked room with no idea how she came to be in here. But outside it sounded like someone was shooting off a gun. 'BANG BANG'. And it sounded close. Also she could sense someone out there was VERY worried, scared even. 'BANG BANG'. It sounded more closer. Just what was going on out there? 'BANG BANG.' This time it was on the door making her squeak out. 'THUMP!' And the door was kicked open to reveal none other than Rose Tyler.
"DOCTOR!" She shouted and looked around confused. "Wait, you're not The Doctor," she said. "Who are you?" Jaime opened her mouth to say only to be stopped by 'BANG BANG.' What is that? Cos it's obviously not Rose. "It's you." She said. "You're the one in danger. You AND The Doctor." She narrowed her eyes, confused and was about to ask what she meant when 'BANG BANG.' interrupted her. Instead she let out a frustrated growl. "Oh! You're fading. You must be something powerful if I thought you were The Doctor." "I'm human." Jaime finally managed to say. Rose grinned. "And he's travelling with a Northerner." Jaime stayed silent. "There's not much time, but you've got to tell him 'the stars are going out.' Tell him that." Jaime nodded but she wondered why she was telling her this when it should be Donna. "Wake up!" Rose urged, practically shouted...
...Back on the shuttle Jaime's eyes flashed open and she sprang forward in her seat. "BANG BANG BANG!" She shouted, scaring the passengers, the Doctor included. She heard one of them exclaim something about a heart attack and another state she'd been sleeping the whole time. 'THUMP THUMP THUMP'. Was heard on the side of the shuttle making Jaime jump a little. "Wassat?" She muttered a little tiredly. "That's just creepy. It HEARD her!" Jethro uttered. Meanwhile The Hostess was telling everyone to sit back down. The Doctor was at her side and unbuckling her seat belt.
"You nearly gave me a hearts attack!" He whispered to her and pulled her up from her seat. "Go stand with the others, there's something outside knocking on the shuttle." 'Oh, it's already started.' She thought to herself and wondered how long she'd been out for. As she stood next to Jethro and Dee Dee rubbing sleep out of her eyes she heard four knocks and shivered. It was far too early for that. Looking up Jaime saw that The Doctor had knocked on the wall, obviously, but it was also the four knocks he was going to get before he dies, once again she shivered then 'THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP' happened in reply from outside. She felt and sensed a smothering of fear from the other passengers.
"What the hell is making that noise?" Sky all but shouted. "She said she'd get me. Stop it. Make it stop. Somebody make it stop." Looking at Sky, Jaime could sense she was the most frightened of all the group and that fear was rising to levels beyond comprehension. "Don't just stand there looking at me," Sky bit. "It's not my fault. He started it with his stories." She continued to scream and shout about leaving 'it' alone and being stared at whilst everyone else tried to calm her down. "It's coming for me. Oh, it's coming for me, it's coming for me," Sky screamed, backing up against the drivers door. "It's coming for me, it's coming for me..." "GET OUT OF THERE!" The Doctor shouted but before he could get to her the whole shuttle rocked, the lights went off, sparks flew, passengers screamed and the entertainment system turned itself on despite being frazzled earlier. "You alright? Okay." Jaime heard Biff ask as she lay across one of the seats.
She found herself being pulled to her feet by someone. "Are you okay? Nothing broken?" It was The Doctor. "I'm okay." Jaime replied quietly. "Good, good." He began to check himself over. "Arms, legs, neck, head, nose. I'm fine. Everyone else? How are we?" Knowing what would happen next Jaime looked up at the TV screen and saw Rose appear on it, silently shouting for The Doctor before disappearing. It reminded her of the dream she had earlier only now wasn't the time to talk about dreams. "Everyone alright?" The Doctor continued to ask the passengers. "Earthquake, must have been." Hobbes stated and his arrogance waved right off him. "But that's impossible," Dee Dee replied. "The ground is fixed. It's solid." "We've got torches," the Hostess told them. "Everyone take a torch. They're on the back of the seats." Jaime quickly found a torch and turned it on whilst careful not to let the Cyberkinesis break it. Scanning over the area The Doctor and herself had previously sat she saw that the front seats had been ripped up, just as Mrs Cane was stating that fact. She realised if she had woken up a little later then she would have been a dead duck. Eyes wide she gulped and shook her head.
Next she realised that at least one of the passengers were missing or acting differently and began to assess each one, jumping from mind to mind, making them all jump in fear until she got to Sky. She was locked out of Sky's mind and all she could get was fuzz. Whatever had her it was powerful. Too powerful for her liking. Her assessment ended when the Hostess decided to open the door to the drivers cab...only for there to be nothing but bright white light. The Hostess had to close it again as it was obvious what had happened to Driver Joe and his mechanic. They were both dead. "The Cabin's gone." She said, surprised it could happen. "Don't be ridiculous," the arrogant Hobbes replied. "It can't be gone. How can it be gone?" Jaime rolled her eyes. "Well...well, you saw it." His assistant told him. The girl sensed The Doctor by her side then felt his hand on her arm. "Jaime, with me." Whilst everyone else were arguing they walked over to a panel.
"I need your help to keep your torchlight on the panel so I know what I'm doing." "Okay." She did just that. "How are you holding up?" "I'm okay. Calm considering what's happening. But something's wrong with Sky. I can't get into her mind." The Doctor looked up at her with narrowed eyes. "Why would you want to?" "I...noticed something was off so I checked on everyone until I got to Sky." He'd heard everyone's cry of "what was that?" Earlier and to calm them down. "That was you? Do you realise..." Another light flashed their way. "What are you two doing?" Biff asked gruffly. "Ah, better...even more light. Thank you, Molto bene.." The Doctor said ever so casually. "Do you know what you're doing?" Val Cane asked suspiciously. "The Cabins gone. You better leave that well alone." "The cabin can't be gone." Hobbes still insisted. Jaime let out an exasperated sigh. "Yes, he knows what he's doing and yes the cabin HAS gone." The teen answered the three passengers. The Doctor thought she sounded annoyed which was a first for her. "No, it's safe." He replied. "Any rupture would have automatically sealed itself."
Once he'd soniced the panel he pulled it off and checked the wiring inside. "But something sliced it off. You're right. The cabin is gone." "But if it gets separated?" Enquired the Hostess. "It loses integrity. I'm sorry, they've been reduced to dust. The driver and the mechanic. But they sent a distress signal. Help is on the way. They saved our lives. We are going to get out of here, I promise. We're still alive and they are going to find us."
"Doctor, can you check on Sky now?" Jaime asked him. "I was about to suggest that!" Jethro spoke up and Jaime warily looked at him. "Right, yes. Sorry. Have we got a medical kit?" "Why won't she turn around?" Jethro enquired as he and Jaime followed The Doctor. "What did you say her name was?" He was asking Jaime this but the Hostess spoke up. "Sky." "Sky Silvestry." It was almost in sync too and it felt like a prelude to what was about to happen. "How do you know?" The Hostess asked her a rather rude way and Jaime shrugged. The Doctor turned his attention to the possessed woman. "Sky? Can you hear me? Are you alright? Can you move Sky? Just look at me." Both Jethro and Val made comments about the noise being gone and that it ad been heading for Sky, so the Doctor tried again.
"Sky? it's alright, Sky. I just want you to turn around, face me." Sky finally did move and the look on her face gave Jaime the creeps. It had been scary on the TV but it was even scarier in person. "Sky?" The Doctor enquired. "Sky?" Sky repeated and Jaime visibly shivered. "Are you alright?" Continued the Doctor, eyes narrowing when she continued to repeat him.
"Are you hurt? You don't have to talk, I'm trying to help. My name's The Doctor..." It was beginning to creep him out too and Jaime sensed this. "Okay, can you stop?" Sky obviously couldn't. "I'd like you to stop." She still wouldn't. With the other passengers getting freaked out Jaime tried getting into Sky's mind again, only she was still getting locked out. And if she were to push any harder she could end up getting a worse headache than she already had. However that fuzz she'd felt earlier had lessened just a bit. The Doctor tried once again to get to Sky. "Why are you repeating?" He asked, only for Sky to repeat him. "What is that? Learning? Copying? Absorbing?" He had a thought and then said; "the square root of pi is 1.772453850905516027298167483341. Wow." Sky repeated it all without mistakes and Jaime smiled nervously. "Show off!" She muttered. "Show off!" Sky muttered, staring at Jaime with those weird eyes of hers. Shivering visibly the teen looked away from her. It was going to be a very long hour.
By the time the lights came back on every passenger was beyond frightened to the point of complete hysteria. And not only that but Sky had begun to sync with everyone, which no doubt caused further hysteria from Val Cane. In turn it was putting Jaime on edge so she put herself in a deep psyche meditation. It was what the Doctor had taught her to do if she were ever to get over-stressed. The headache wasn't much help though,
Once The Doctor got everyone calmed down again he turned his attention back to Sky. "Now then, Sky. Are you Sky? Is Sky still there? Miss Silvestry? You know exactly what I'm going to say. How are you doing that? Roast beef. Bananas. The Medusa Cascade. Bang! Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Jaime MacInarah, TARDIS, Shamble bobble dibble dooble. Oh Doctor, you're so handsome, yes I am, thank you. A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O. First she repeats, then she catches up. What's the next stage?" He wondered. "Next stage of what?" Dee Dee asked. "That's not her is it? That's not Mrs Silvestry any more." "I don't think so, no. I think the more we talk, the more she learns. Now, I'm all for education but in this case, maybe not, let's just move back. Come on. Come with me. Everyone, get back. All of you, as far as you can." He told them as he pushed them back to presumed safety. "Doctor, make her stop." Val cried. "Val, come with me. Come to the back. Stop looking at her. Come on. Jethro, you too. Everyone, come on. Fifty minutes, that's all we need. Fifty minutes til the rescue arrives. And she is not exactly strong. Look at her. All she's got is our voices." The Doctor told them all, trying to keep them calm.
"What about her?" Jethro asked, pointing to Jaime. The Doctor looked back at his companion who was sat on the arm of one of the chairs with her eyes closed and head down, hands on her knees. He knew what she was doing and turned back to Jethro. "She's okay." Is all he said in reply. "I can't." Val continued to cry. "I can't look at her. It's those eyes." "We must not look at goblin men." Dee Dee suddenly uttered. "What's that supposed to mean?" Biff asked. "It's a poem. Christina Rosetti." The Time Lord told him. "We must not look at Goblin Men. We must not buy their fruits. Who knows upon what soil they fed. Their hungry, thirsty mole?" Dee Dee quoted the poem in full, but the Doctor didn't look impressed. "Actually, I don't think that's helping." "She's not a Goblin, or a monster. She's just a very sick woman." Hobbes reprimanded his assistant.
Jaime was coming back out of her meditation and was listening to them all talking about poor Sky. They were also still hysterical as ever. Especially Val. as for Sky she could still barely get in her mind but now the fuzz was barely audible. She could now feel fear, confusion, panic, despair...basically every emotion in the world. Poor Sky wanted to be free of whatever had her. "No, I've got to stay back because if she's copying us, then maybe the final stage is becoming us. I don't want her becoming me, or things could get a whole lot worse." She heard the Doctor state and shivered at his ominous words. "Oh, like you're so special." Val snarked. "As it happens, yes I am. So that's decided. We stay back, and we wait. When the rescue ship comes we get her to hospital." And then the Hostess made the worst possible comment you could ever make. "We should throw her out." Jaime opened her eyes, but stayed still...so very still.
"I beg your pardon?" Hobbes was shocked. "Can we do that?" Val asked and she sensed the woman radiate hope, "don't be ridiculous." The Doctor told them. "That thing, whatever it is killed the driver and the mechanic, and I don't think it's finished yet." When she reached out to the Hostess all Jaime could feel was anger and hatred towards the possessed woman. That was NOT good. It wasn't Sky's fault that both driver and mechanic were killed. "She can't even move!" The Doctor argued. "Look at her," the Hostess continued. "Look at her eyes. She killed Joe and she killed Claude, and we're next." Jaime looked up, and looked at the eyes of Sky. All she saw was hopelessness, and fear. Fear at being trapped.
"She's screaming." Jaime spoke up and held herself steady when Sky looked at her. "Screaming to be let out of the cage she's been forced into." She noticed everyone had stopped shouting and were looking at her. The Doctor was frowning. "Screaming because nobody understands what's happening to her. She may not be able to control her body or her mouth, but her eyes still see. And I see a lot of despair in them. Even feel every emotion going through her. Fear, confusion, sadness, anger, despair, hopelessness." Jaime sighed and smiled. "And relief. Relief that at least SOMEONE understands what's happening to her." Then Sky looked away when the Doctor spoke up, surprised. "Oh, of course! You're an Empath. A powerful one at that." "What's an empath?" A confused Jethro asked and she smiled again. "An empath can feel the emotions of another person or being." The Doctor explained to him. "And in Jaime's case she's very sensitive."
The teen stood up and joined the Doctor, staring at every passenger in the shuttle, feeling their apprehension over her. "I can feel every one of your emotions..." She looked at Jethro, a smile on her face. Colin Morgan had a crush on her...well, maybe not the actor, just his character. "The boy who hates being mollycoddled, has so much indifference for the world, who's mother tries to influence everything he says or does..." Val made a huffy sound while Biff just scowled. "Who has an adoration for a stranger he barely knows." Jethro looked away, his face red. The Doctor hid a smile. "It'll never last." She finished and looked to Dee and Professor Hobbes. "You're so timid around him when you never used to be. You have such a brilliant mind you could do anything you want...only to be put down by Hobbes with every chance he gets..." "Now wait just a minute!" He protested. "...his arrogance goes beyond levels even I can't comprehend." Her eyes fell on Val who seemed to flinch. "She who felt hope when it was mentioned that Sky should be thrown out." Val looked away, deeply disturbed. Next was the Hostess. "She who feels anger over the loss of her colleagues, but also anger towards a woman who's body has been taken over by an unseen entity." She just huffed. "And you," she turned her attention to Biff. "So tightly wound up in tense situations." Jaime frowned, looking confused. "There's a word I'm getting and I'm not sure what it means. 'Cuckold'." Biff blustered and was clearly offended, along with his wife.
Everyone else just looked awkward except for Jethro who was smirking. "I thought you said she was empathic?" The Hostess sneered at The Doctor. "I'm RIGHT here!" Jaime almost shouted. I'm also a tiny bit psychic." *A tiny bit?* She heard the Doctor telepathically ask her. *Well they don't need to know everything!* She replied in the same way. "And I know you're all scared...frightened even...but taking it out on Sky isn't going to help." Smiling at how she was able to calm the situation, The Doctor was next to speak up. "And that's why we're not throwing her out." He told the passengers. "She's still a human with feelings and whatever's in her we can deal with it once we get rescued." 'Interesting,' Jaime thought to herself. 'Ive somehow changed the dialogue.' Everyone seemed to actually calm down and the two time travellers were surprised until the Hostess spoke up again.
"I still think we should throw her out." The Doctor groaned whilst Jaime shook her head, disgusted. "Did you not even listen to a word I just said?" "NO-ONE is killing anyone." The Doctor told the passengers. Ignoring what was just said the Hostess continued on. "I wouldn't risk the cabin door twice, but we've got that one." She pointed to the other door. "All we need to do is grab hold of her and throw her out." "Now listen, all of you." The Doctor spoke up, frustrated. "For all we know that's a brand new life form over there. And if its come inside to discover us, then what's it found? This little bunch of humans. What do you amount to, murder? Because this is where you decide. You decide who you are. Could you actually murder her? Any of you? Really? Or are you better than that?"
Still not listening the Hostess said; "I'll do it." Then one by one the rest of the sheep agreed with her. Closing her eyes Jaime took in a deep breath, just so exasperated with them. All this negotiating was harder than it looked, so she listened to them for the time being, the Doctor arguing his case. "Two people are dead." The Hostess snapped at him. "Don't make it a third," He snapped back. "Jethro what do you say?" "I'm not killing anyone." Jethro replied. "Thank you." "He's just a boy." Val also snapped and Jaime's hazel eyes flew open. "And he has a mind of his own!" She growled. Val stepped back, afraid. There was something in the girls eyes that told her she was dangerous. "Thank you." Jethro smiled at her, though Jaime didn't smile back. She was still sending daggers at Val. "it's not happening. Ever." The Doctor told them. "If you try to throw her out, you'll have to get past us first."
Without hesitation the Hostess said; "okay." "Fine by me." Biff the cuckold added. Now they were turning on the Doctor like the scared little sheep they were and it frustrated Jaime. "They weren't booked in." The Hostess sneered. "The rest of you, tickets in advance. They just turned up out of the blue." Oh, the sheep weren't just turning on The Doctor, but herself too. "Where from?" Jittery Val poked. "We're just travelling. We're travellers." "Like an immigrant?" Jaime blinked at Val's question. "Seriously?" She snarled and sensed that Val was scared of her. "Who were you talking to? Just before you two got on board, you were talking to someone. Who was that?" The Hostess poked. "That was just Donna, our friend." Answered the Doctor. "And what were you saying to her?" This came from Biff. "He hasn't even told us his name." The oh so perceptive Val. "The thing is though, Doctor, you've been loving this." Jethro, which came as a surprise to both Jaime and The Doctor. "Oh, Jethro, not you too." He said. "Wouldn't you be intrigued though...Jeff?" Jaime asked the boy and saw him blink in surprise over the use of the name he preferred to use. "If you got to travel among the stars, saw history in the making, met new civilisations and new people. New beings...mostly friendly...but more so to find new and intriguing things."
She felt his adoration over her return and she knew she had won him over. The Doctor was hoping he wouldn't have another Adam Mitchell case on his hands. As for the rest of the passengers she couldn't win them over. She could feel their anger towards them both and as The Doctor argued their case she was beginning to feel sick, queasy. Jethro had seen her face go pale but he couldn't get anywhere near her at the moment. "Look, just. Right, sorry..." The Doctor was beyond frustrated. "Yes, hold on, just. I know you're scared, and so am I. Look at me, I am. But we have all got to calm down and cool off and think." *Wise words Doctor.* Jaime thought to him. *Thanks.* He sounded nervous. *How're you doing?* *I'm alright.* "Perhaps you could tell us your name." Hobbes insisted and The Doctor frowned. "What does it matter?" He asked. "Then tell us." Sneered the Hostess. The Doctor opened his mouth to reply but Jaime cut him off.
"David. David Tennant." She told the scared sheep and he narrowed his eyes at her. "And he's my guardian." That bit was technically true. *David who?* The Doctor telepathed. *Later, when we get out of this.* "Okay Doctor Tennant," Hobbes spoke up rather snootily. "You've got a name but I still think the three of you are in cahoots." 'Ohh, a new line...I did it again!' "Oh, please. Don't be ridiculous." The Doctor scoffed at him. "Look at their eyes. They're the same as hers." Val practically shouted witchcraft and this made Jaime snap. God, she hated this woman with a passion. "Are you fracking serious?" Her voice was raised and everyone became quiet as she stared at Val. "what the hell kind of comment was that? 'Our eyes are the same as hers'? I know you're scared out of your tiny fracking mind but its the most ridiculous fracking comment I've ever fracking heard!" The lights were flickering and Val was now hiding behind her husband, intimidated.
Immediately The Doctor was at Jaime's side. He had seen her get frustrated in training, but never this angry. "Calm down, come on, you can do it." The teen closed her eyes and breathed in deep. Then he turned to the passengers. "Now listen to me. Listen to me right now, because you need me, all of you. If we are going to get out of this, then you need me." "So you keep saying." Hobbes huffed. "You've been repeating yourself more than her." But it was Jethro who had noticed something was off. "Mum, stop. Just look." "You keep out of this." Biff snapped. Of course, they wouldn't listen to him as usual. "Jaime!" He called. "Jaime." She opened her beautiful hazel eyes and sighed. "What is it Jeff?" She asked and his eyes widened. 'No! It can't be!' He thought to himself. "She's stopped." Dee Dee made the connection and the Doctor furrowed his brow before looking back at Sky. "When did she? No, she hasn't. She's still doing it." "And I clearly heard her." Jaime added, noticing that Sky was still talking with her, realising seconds later that it wasn't supposed to happen like this. Everyone began testing to see if Sky was talking with them and were excited that she had stopped. But The Doctor and Jaime exchanged worried glances before looking back at Sky. She had captured BOTH of their voices and it scared Jaime a lot.
"Sky, what are you doing?" A hesitant and worried Doctor asked as he moved slowly towards the stricken woman. "She's still doing them." Dee Dee pointed out. "Why us?" The Doctor enquired. "Why are you doing this?" "She won't leave them alone." Dee Dee continued to marvel. "Do you see? I said so. She's with them." Jaime heard Val accuse. "They're together." Biff also accused and Jaime had just about heard enough from the Canes for her liking. "SHUT YOUR MOUTHS!" She commanded to them with such force that the couple instantly shut up. The headache that came seconds later was not a nice feeling. The Doctor was looking at her with a hint of disapproval, but she just shook her head. Going back to business The Doctor had to find out why Sky was only copying him and Jaime so he slowly approached the woman. He was about to crouch when he felt a hand on his arm and looked up. It was Jaime, eyes wide and frightened.
"I'm ready to admit that THIS wasn't supposed to happen." She kept her voice down so no-one else could hear her, though was still freaked that Sky was talking with her. "It was only supposed to be you." The Doctor scowled. "Thanks, that makes me feel a whole lot better." It was sarcasm and it made Jaime smile sadly. "So, what is she going to do next?" "But I think I know what happened," she continued, ignoring the question. "It's gone for the smartest and the most powerful. Your Time Lord brain and my...abilities..." He looked horrified. "I think we're gonna need to work on your shields." He told the teen and she laughed nervously. "That's if we get out alive." Jaime took a shaky breath. "If it gets me keep them away from me." She nodded at the passengers. "Jaime, don't..," "Doctor, please. Just do what you're told." She turned to sky and looked down at her.
"Hello!" She jumped a little when Sky looked up at her, those piercing blue eyes boring into her very soul. She felt The Doctor put his arm around her shoulders as a way of comfort. After taking another calming breath she raised her voice a little louder. "Hello whatever you are. You took our voices because we're either smart like The Doctor or because I have very powerful psychic abilities. Thing is, creature. I don't think you'd want me...at all. See, I'm dying. These abilities are slowly killing me and if you were to go into me you wouldn't last very long." She felt an odd unpleasant feeling in the back of her mind but continued on. "Some people think having this much power is a gift. But not me. It feels more like a curse. A curse that's killing me." Next she felt its revulsion over whatever was happening in her brain and quickly left, leaving her gasping. "Thank you!" She said but Sky wasn't talking with her anymore, "I can't believe it!" Hobbes uttered.
Jaime turned to The Doctor who now looked more than disturbed. His face was pale. "She's all yours." He looked at her and she saw fear in his eyes. "Don't be scared Doctor, once it happens I'll keep the others away from you." She hugged him, feeling the tears threatening to turn up any second. He hugged her back, pushed her away a minute later and silently walked over to Sky and crouched in front of her so they were eye to eye. Jaime turned away. She didn't want to see it happen. "Mrs Silvestry, I'm trying to understand. You've captured my speech..." His voice was shaking and Jaime had to quickly clap her hands to her mouth to stop the loud sob from escaping her mouth, knowing he wouldn't like that. "...what for? What do you kneed? You need my voice in particular. The cleverest voice in the room. Why?" Now she closed her eyes, trying to ignore that lingering fear from The Doctor. Seeing that something was off Jethro went to the teen and put his arms around her in comfort. She didn't push him away. "Because I'm the only one who can help? Oh, I'd love that to be true, but your eyes, they're saying something else like Jaime said. Listen to me. Whatever you want, if its life, or form, or consciousness, or voice, you don't need to steal it. You can find it without hurting anyone. And I'll help you. That's a promise. So, what do you think?" "Do we have a deal?" Sky said first. "Do we have a deal?" The Doctor finished last and Jaime let out a great big honking sob, tears falling freely from her eyes.
"Hold on, did she?" Dee Dee uttered. "She spoke first." Jethro gasped, still holding onto the sobbing Jaime. "She did." Hobbes added. "She spoke first." Jethro repeated, stunned. "Oh, look at that, I'm ahead of you." The malevolent voice of Sky said. "Oh, look at that, I'm ahead of you." The Doctor's monotone voice repeated. "Did you see that?" Hobbes spoke up. "She spoke before he did. Definitely." "What's going on Jaime?" Jethro asked the crying girl. She was able to control herself enough to actually reply. "It hasn't passed into The Doctor, it's still in her but she's forcing him to copy her. She's tricking you all." "Oh don't be ridiculous," Val spat having escaped the mind control when Jaime started crying. "He's copying her. Jethro, what are you doing? Get away from her!" Jethro decided not to listen to his mother. "Listen to your mother, boy." Biff growled and pulled Jethro away from the teen, leaving the girl to cry all on her own. No-one noticed several items in the shuttle had begun to float in mid-air. "She's probably not even human either!" The comment was heard and it hurt Jaime ALOT.
"Doctor, what's happening?" Hobbes asked. "I think it's moved." The thing in Sky replied. "I think it's letting me go." None of that was true, Jaime knew that. "What do you mean? Letting you go from what?" Dee Dee enquired. "But he's repeating now," Biff put in. "He's the one doing it. It's him." 'They're separating." Val added. With her crying tapering off she could feel a rising anger against the Canes and everyone else...apart from Jethro...in the shuttle. "Mrs Silvestry, is that you?" Hobbes asked. "Yes, yes it's me." The thing replied and continued to force the Doctor to repeat her. "I'm coming back. Listen it's me." "Like it passed into The Doctor. It's transferred. Whatever it is, it's gone inside him." "No. That's not what happened." Dee Dee contradicted Biff. "But look at her." Val argued back. Jaime looked up at the assistant and smiled sadly. At least she was finally getting it. "Look at me, I can move," Sky continued. "I can feel again. I'm coming back to life. And look at him. He can't move. Help me Professor. Get me away from him. Please."
Jaime saw Hobbes moving and she went completely wild in defending the man she considered as a father figure. "Stay the hell away from The Doctor." Jaime snarled. "I'm going nowhere near him." Hobbes bit back, took Sky's hand and helped her up. "Oh, thank you." Sky smirked. "They've completely separated." A happy Val said. "It's him. Do you see? I said it was him all this time." Biff added and Jaime stared at him in anger. "She's free. She's been saved." Val also added. "SHE IS NOT FREE!" The angered teen snarled loudly. "SHE'S TRICKING YOU. AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT!" "What do you know, you're just a kid." Val bit back and the anger inside Jaime rose just a notch. "Oh, it was so cold." The Sky-thing continued. "I couldn't breathe. I'm sorry. I must have scared you so much." 'Oh please!' Jaime thought to herself as she fought to keep herself under control. 'Pull the other one.' ~Go to him!~ A new voice in her mind said. ~Protect him, keep him company.~ 'Right!' Jaime turned and ran to the Time Lord, crouching down in front of him.
"I'm here Doctor." She squeaked as she took him in, stuck in the position he was in he looked like a lost and scared little boy. His eyes were wide and appeared unseeing, though Jaime knew better. It was obvious he could see and hear what was going on. She put her left hand on his cheek which felt colder than normal. "I won't let them hurt you..." She looked over his shoulder at the arguing passengers. "I promised to protect you and I will. They'll have me to deal with first!" This last bit was said with a snarl and she felt a wave of fear and concern from him...for her. Jaime smiled sadly. "Don't worry, don't worry." Then she had a thought. Perhaps she could get into his mind and help him. "I'm sorry Doctor. I've got to do this." She put her hands on the sides of his head and closed her eyes, gently pushing her way into his mind so she didn't hurt him. Though it didn't seem to do much good. Everything was dark like the lights had been turned off and she wasn't sure where to go. There was rubble from a brick wall all over the place and even worse she could hear him scream and shout. It seemed to come from everywhere. "Doctor? Doctor!" Jaime shouted. "You've got to calm down. Where are you?" As if in answer something slammed into her and she was brutally pushed out of his mind.
Now she found herself sitting on the floor in front of the stock still Doctor, shaking her head. Whatever it had been it didn't want her in there. Then she realised Jethro was beside her, checking on her. "I'm fine!" Jaime snarled, battering him away. And...oh god...she was talking again. "It's inside his head," The Doctor was forced to repeat and she could have sworn she saw Sky smirk right after she said this. "It killed the driver." He continued in the monotone way. "And the mechanic. Now it wants us." "I said so." Val crowed out. "He's waited so long, in the dark. And the cold. And the Diamonds. Until you came. Bodies so hot. With blood. And pain." "Stop. Oh god, make him stop." Val practically shouted and everyone began to argue again.
Jaime turned her attention back to The Doctor and put her hand on his cheek again. It was even more colder. "Oh no!" She mumbled. "I don't like the look of this." Jethro said from beside her and heard him gasp when there was a brief flicker of the Doctor's eyes. "Can he see us?" "Yes, he can see us." Jaime snarled. "He can also hear us. And that BITCH is forcing him to say things." Jethro was listening to what Dee Dee was saying. "I think the Professors assistant has got it right." He said. "No. She's more than just an old codgers assistant," Jaime replied and she caught surprise come from The Doctor. "She has an amazing mind and she could be anything...do anything she wanted." Jethro nodded and spoke up. "The voice is the thing." "And she's got his voice." Dee Dee replied. "She stole it. Look at her. It's not possessing him, it's draining him." "Oh, she's brilliant." Jaime muttered. "But she's right. He's cold to the touch." And then to their total surprise the Hostess agreed. "She's got his voice. "Bitch!" The teen snapped. "But that's not true," Val argued. "Because it can't. Because I saw it pass into him. I saw it with my own eyes." Her husband agreed.
"Oh piss off, you saw what you wanted to see!" Jaime shouted. Val scowled at her. "I know what I saw." She argued back. "It went from her, to him. You saw it, didn't you?" She'd said this last bit at her son who decided to stay quiet. "Well say something! And what are you doing back with her, she's part of it." "I know what I saw." Jethro said. "No you don't. Biff, get him away from her." Biff made his move and Jaime was ready. "Don't you dare come anywhere near The Doctor!" She commanded and Biff stilled, unable to move. A frightened Val went to him while arguing with Hobbes and Dee Dee. And if that wasn't enough dear old Hobbes began putting down Dee Dee, telling her she knew nothing and called her average. "Wow! I told you you were an arrogant prick!" Jaime sneered and the Professor ignored her. And then Sky began to talk again and the girl watched The Doctor repeat.
"That's how he does it. He makes you fight. Creeps into your head. And whispers. Listen, just listen. That's him. Inside." "Throw him out!" Biff shouted. "Get him out of my head." A hysterical Val said. Jethro could no longer stand to listen to Sky and he stepped back, putting his hands over his ears. "Yeah, we should throw him out." Biff muttered. "Don't just talk about it." Val snapped. "Just, you're useless. Do something." "I will!" Biff snapped back. "You watch me. Once she lets me go I'm going to throw him out. I'm going to throw them both out." But Jaime wasn't listening to them, she was looking at The Doctor who was starting to cry. She'd always hated this moment in the episode when he truly felt helpless and thought he'd might die. Jaime felt tears prickling her eyes and she covered her face with her hands before she could truly let go. He wouldn't like that, he would have wanted her to stay strong for him.
"Yes, throw him out." Sky continued and Jaime's shoulders shook as she openly sobbed. "Get rid of him. Now," finally able to move Biff approached The Doctor, only Jaime heard him and quickly stood up. "Don't you even dare!" She snarled at him. Without hesitation Biff punched her in the face, watching as she stumbled away, crying out in pain and listening to the shocked gasps from his fellow passengers. "And you're next." He shouted at the teen before grabbing The Doctor and pulling him away. What was said next was barely even heard by Jaime. Doubled over, she wiped her nose and looked at the blood on her hand. That's when she truly lost her mind. Hazel eyes turning a dark chocolate brown with golden specks she turned her attention to the arguing passengers.
"NOOOOO!" The scream was loud and piercing, then her hand shot out towards Biff. Suddenly his hands began to freeze and he screamed in pain, letting go of The Doctor. "YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HIM!" Biff continued to scream as his hands her encased in ice and just continued to spread up his arms. Hobbes moved forward as Val stared in horror at her husband. Jaime shot her other hand out and Hobbes flew backwards, smacking him into the wall and knocking him out. "NONE OF YOU WILL TOUCH HIM! NONE OF YOU WILL GO NEAR HIM!" "What are you? What kind of freak are you?" Val screamed. Just as she said this the lights flickered, items began to float and a wicked wind kicked up in the shuttle, ruffling everyone's hair. "I AM JAIME," she snarled back in reply. "I AM HUMAN AND I AM NOT A FREAK!" The wind turned into a gale and every floating object hit Val so hard she was forced into a crouch. And if that wasn't enough Jaime's hands caught fire, yet she didn't feel a thing. "Oh my god!" Dee Dee said, eyes wide, mouth agape. "I WILL PROTECT THE DOCTOR WITH EVERYTHING I'VE GOT!" Sky continued as if nothing was happening. "Cast him out. Into the sun. And the night." From his place in the floor The Doctor could tell something bad was happening but he couldn't do anything about it. "Do it. Do it now, faster. That's the way..." "GO TO HELL!" Jaime shouted and the trouser legs of Sky caught fire. Everyone else screamed. Sky did not. It was like she couldn't even feel it even though it was burning her skin.
"...you can do it. Molto bene, allons-y." "That's his voice." The Hostess realised. "The starlight awaits," "she's taken his voice." Jaime heard the Hostess utter again. "The emptiness. The Midnight Sky." "It's her. She's taken his voice." Jaime snarled and looked at the Hostess. "THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT YOU FRACKING BITCH!" She commanded. Taking the initiative the Hostess grabbed the burning Sky-thing and pushed her towards the entrance door, pressing the button. There were gasps and screams from the passengers as bright light flooded in. This also caused Jaime's powers to dip a little at the shock. "One, two, three, four, five, six." The Hostess counted. The pressure wall collapsed and she was sucked out of the shuttle, the Doctor jerking and screaming in pain. Finally the door shut, the Doctor gasped out, taking in a deep breath and Jaime collapsed to the floor with her hands over her head, whimpering in pain. "It's gone, it's gone..." The Doctor muttered. "It's gone, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone..." He continued to mutter and then finally got himself moving. He propped himself again the seats and telepathically called to Jaime.
Looking up she quickly scrambled over to The Doctor and put her arms around him, burying her face in his shirt. "I said it was her!" She heard Val say and she sounded close. Looking around she saw that Val was sitting opposite anger came back in a rush. "EAT THIS BITCH!" Jaime screamed and shot her hand out. Val, eyes wide, fell back against the seat making horrible choking sounds. Biff couldn't do much because his hands were still frozen. "No! Jaime, no!" The Doctor pushed her arm down and pulled her in tightly. "Don't do that." At this point Jaime was crying pretty hard with great big honking sobs which soon turned into a hyper ventilation attack.
Twenty minutes later Jaime's sobs and hyper ventilating had mostly tapered off but The Doctor still held her tight. He was letting no-one near the teenager. Suddenly a voice was heard over the speakers. "Crusader Fifty rescue vehicle coming alongside in three minutes. Door seals are set to automatic. Prepare for boarding, repeat prepare for boarding." 'Thank Rassilon for that.' The Doctor thought to himself. "The Hostess. What was her name?" He asked. "Who?" Hobbes asked. He'd obviously suffered a bad concussion. Dee Dee sighed and rolled her eyes. "I don't know." She replied. Less than an hour later they were all back on terra firma and The Doctor was still holding onto Jaime. Donna greeted them and seeing the looks on their faces she gave them both comfort hugs. "Come!" She lead them to the spa restaurant only they heard somebody call Jaime's name. The Doctor froze and looked around suspiciously.
Jaime wiggled out of his grip. "It's okay, you two go ahead." "Jaime!" Warned the Time Lord. "I'll be with you in a minute." She said and watched them walk into the restaurant before turning to Jethro with a nervous smile. "Is it true what you said back there?" She narrowed her eyes, confused. "That you're dying?" "Oh!" Jaime smiled grimly, sensing some compassion from him. 'Yes. I've had these abilities since I was born but it wasn't until I met The Doctor that I found out about them. I suffer headaches a lot, and even now my head hurts, and he worked out they were causing brain bleeds. I'll probably last into my mid twenties." "I'm sorry." "Don't be. I got over it long ago." Jethro shifted uneasily. "Can I come with you?" He blurted out and Jaime smiled sadly. "You're a really nice kid," she put her hand on his arm. "But I don't think The Doctor wants to be reminded of what happened to him." The look on his face was heart breaking. "Okay. Well at least you and The Doctor listened to me. Thanks." He hugged her and then turned away to find his parents. "Oh, Jeff." He looked back at her with hopeful eyes. "Tell your parents I'm sorry. I only did what I had to do to keep the Doctor safe." Jethro nodded and walked away and Jaime watched before walking into the restaurant and joining Donna and The Doctor.
"One minute, 45 seconds." He said. "What did Jethro want?" "He wanted to come with us," Jaime replied and felt the Doctor bristle. "I let him down gently." And as an afterthought. "First time I've ever had to do that." Donna smiled and turned her attention to The Doctor. "What do you think it was?" She asked. "No idea." He replied moodily. "Do you think it's still out there?" They stayed silent. "We'll you better tell them, this lot." "Yeah. They can build a leisure palace somewhere else. Let this planet keep on turning round an Xtonic star, in silence." "Can't imagine you without a voice." "Molto bene." He said. "Molto bene." Donna repeated and the Doctor visibly shuddered, while Jaime closed her eyes, groaning and putting her ands over her ears. "No, don't do that. Don't, just don't." He admonished as he comforted Jaime.
The Doctor told his two companions to head onto the TARDIS while he dealt with the authorities. He had a bad feeling, no, a REALLY bad feeling if Jaime stayed on Midnight for longer she would have been arrested. And then it would have progressed from there. Once he'd spoken to them he headed to his TARDIS. "Bye Doctor." The Time Lord looked around to see that it was Jethro Cane who had spoken to him. Behind him Val Cane was fussing over her husband's wrapped up frost bitten hands. Val herself had bruising around her neck. Oh yeah, he was gonna have to speak to Jaime about that. "Bye Jethro." The Doctor replied. He didn't stop for any more pleasantries and was relieved when he finally entered his TARDIS. Donna was sitting on the jump seat, waiting for him as he dematerialised the old girl from Midnight.
"Are you okay?" Donna asked him. "Yep!" He replied, popping the 'p'. "Are you sure? Because you seemed so adamant to get us back on the TARDIS." Ahh, Donna. She was so perceptive. "It was a stressful situation in that shuttle." The Doctor told her. "And Jaime lost control of that situation. What if those shuttles have closed circuit HoloScreen, they see what she did, they arrest her, followed by experimentation. Plus they've already got witnesses." "Oh, good point. I'm sure it'll be fine though." The Doctor just nodded grimly. "Where is she anyway?" "I don't know. As soon as we entered she ran straight through." "Okay." The Doctor headed further into the TARDIS followed by Donna. "I'll be in the Media Room if you need me." Donna told her friend and The Doctor nodded, watching her go. Next he telepathically asked the TARDIS for Jaime's where-abouts and got his answer straight away.
Walking off in said direction his thoughts went soon went back to when they were on the shuttle, and they had asked him who he and Jaime were. He had told them he was her guardian, sure, it had been a tense situation but what did Jaime mean to him if he was her guardian? A ward? No! He didn't like that one bit. Foster Daughter maybe! Baring in mind she still had a mother living in a whole different universe. Reaching the door the Doctor shook the thought from his mind and walked into the room. It was the Gallifrey Garden and he noticed that the teen had been here several times over the last few days. It seemed she had taken a liking to his planet, pity he couldn't actually take her there. He found her in the same location she was always in when she came here.
Jaime was lying on her side, scrunched into a ball, on a hill overlooking the lake and the mountains. And as the Doctor got closer he noticed a half drunken glass of orange and an empty plate of...well, almost empty. It had been a sandwich but she hadn't eaten the crusts. He had learned she didn't like crusts on her sandwiches so it must have been the TARDIS who'd provided the food and drink. He also noticed she was shaking so he quickened his pace and knelt down behind her. No, she wasn't just shaking. She was crying silently. "Hey there, what's wrong?" He asked, putting a hand on her head and feeling the emotion in the back of his mind. Odd since he had never even connected to her before. Actually it was a silly question. He knew exactly what was wrong with her...he just didn't expect it to effect her this fast.
Jaime let out a tearful sob, knowing he would come to her to 'talk'. She'd felt his anger and disappointment over her...and it had been stronger since the entity broke his shields down. "You're angry with me," she sobbed. "I can feel it." Oh, of course. She was an empath, something he'd only just learned about. "Nah!" He replied and rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I could never be angry with you." "Yes you are. I promised I wouldn't let them hurt you and they nearly did. And disappointed too cos I nearly killed Mrs Cane." "Wellll..." The moment Val said 'I said it was her' he gave her a hard glare...his best 'Oncoming Storm' glare. That's all it should have took...until Jaime screamed angrily at her, scaring him in the process. Then, to his horror, Jaime began to choke Val with her telekinetic powers. He'd not liked this at all and forced her to stop, but it made him wonder what got her so angry.
"It's not like that at all." The Doctor replied. "I'm not disappointed or angry at you. Just at the human race in particular. Just when you find faith in them along comes something they can't see to throw them off kilter." But this didn't make her feel any easier and she continued to cry. Had he said something wrong? Sighing, the Time Lord tried a different track. "Come here." The Doctor pulled her onto her knees and made her look at him. Her eyes were red from all the crying and her cheeks were soaked with tears. But he noticed something under her right eye he hadn't seen before. "What's that?" He asked, poking the newly formed bruise, causing Jaime to wince. "He punched me." She whispered.
"What? Who did?" He didn't like the fact that someone had put their fists on a female. A seventeen year old girl. His Jaime! "I shouted at him not to touch you and he punched me." "WHO did?" The Doctor ground out and Jaime grimaced at the dark look in his eyes... The Oncoming Storm. "Mr Cane...don't be angry..." Then she realised once again what she'd done. "I'm not..." She was crying hard again and he was being very patient. "He punched me and I got angry, so angry I froze his hands in revenge. I wanted to hurt them all and it felt so good. But it hurt, all that anger hurt! It scared me." Jaime was crying uncontrollably so the emotional Time Lord pulled the teen towards him in a tight hug. He rocked her until her crying tapered off and fell asleep.
Jaime gulped in terror as she turned to the Sky-thing crouched on the floor, her heart was beating quite rapidly and it had good reason too. The Sky-thing had taken her voice only. And she didn't know what what to do. Looking to the Doctor for help he just smiled sadly but didn't say anything. "Go on then if you think you're so clever." Val spat. "Think you know everything, lets see you wiggle out of THAT!" "Maybe the freak can use her freaky powers to get out of it." Biff put in. Jaime then looked at Jethro who was scowling moodily. "Jeff, can you..." "Don't call me that," he snapped at her. "I hate it when you call me that." Tears prickled her eyes at this as she wondered why his attitude changed. "Look who arrogant now!" Hobbes laughed. "Come on then, we're waiting."
Before she could turn away the Hostess spoke up. "Once it passes to you we'll throw you out. Don't worry, you won't feel a thing." A cold chill ran through her body. "Doctor!" "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Is all he said. Letting out a single sob a scared Jaime crouched in front of Sky, her wide blue eyes oh so piercing, not to mention creepy. "Hello thing," she croaked out, Sky copying her. "I don't know why you would be interested in me. I'm just a plain old human, nothing of interest really. To be honest I think you got the wrong person..." But as she talked she could feel a horrible scratching in the back of her mind. "...although I do think we can help you in some way, cos you don't need to steal voices or bodies to do that. So is that..."
"A deal?" Sky finished. "A deal?" Jaime finished second. She wasn't sure what the hell just happened because all of a sudden she couldn't move any part of her body, couldn't even blink, could barely breathe. Not to mention her mind was blank, empty, full of darkness. 'No. No! Help me!' Nothing. "Oh, look at that," Jaime was being forced to repeat. "I can move again!" 'Please, I can't do this.' "And I can control her." Eyes wide she wasn't sure she heard that right. "Up you get!" And she found herself standing up with the Sky-thing. 'No, hold on. That's not supposed to happen.' She cried in her mind. "Turn around." She turned to face the frightened passengers, her eyes wide, fresh tears spilling from them because she felt that something BAD was going to happen. "I can use my powers." She was being forced to say in a monotone way. "To kill everyone." The passengers let out frightened gasps and protested when they found their feet were planted to the floor.
Jaime was screaming at the thing in her mind not to do it, but it still did. Her right arm moved up and she looked at Jethro. "Biological explosion." And Jethro exploded into a bloody mess. Next was Val who was crying over the loss of her son. "Force choke." Val started to make those horrible choking noises again until she was dead. Her husband cried out in horror while The Doctor was begging her to stop. Didn't he see that she couldn't? Could he not hear her screaming? Anyway it was Biff's turn next. "Pyrokinesis." And he burst into flames, screaming out in pain, the smell of burnt skin was horrible. Tears were falling from her wide unblinking eyes. 'NO! NO! STOP IT!' She shouted to the thing in her mind. It still wasn't finished. Next up was Dee Dee. "Disintegration." And Dee screamed in pain as she disintegrated into nothing, scattered into the air. The two remaining passengers were gibbering wrecks. "Molecular combustion." This was aimed at Professor Hobbes and he held his head in pain, screaming. He fell to the floor, dead seconds later. "Mind control." The Hostess suddenly turned to the door and pressed a button by the door. It opened and six seconds later she was sucked out with a scream. The door closed afterwards.
And that just left The Doctor. He was standing there stuck to the spot, clearly scared. "Cryokinesis." The Doctor began to freeze, slowly, from the feet up. All he could do was look apologetic at Jaime. Meanwhile in her mind she was screaming, terrified of what she was doing to him. The ice was already waist high. 'STOP IT, STOP IT. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO HIM!' But the creature wouldn't let her stop until The Doctor was fully encased in ice. Her arm was lowered and the shuttle was quiet. Tears were free flowing from her eyes as she cried almost silently. "Self destruction." She was forced to say and her eyes widened as she felt herself get hot...
"NOOOO!" Jaime shot up straight in her bed, eyes wide and breathing heavily. "NOOOOO, NOOOOO, NOOOO..." She continued the impossibly loud screams, not even noticing that everything in her room was floating or moving around in a gale. Donna tried to get into her room but the screaming hurt her ears. Having been warned by the TARDIS the Doctor came running down the corridor, seeing Donna with her hands over her ears. "Argh, what is it?" She cried out. "It's some sort of enhanced scream." He replied with a pained grimace. He couldn't get in there if he wanted to. "Jaime!" Shouted the Doctor over the noise. "Jaime." She heard and looked around. "Doctor?" She squeaked. It was her normal voice and he entered once everything stopped floating. As soon as he sat on the bed and pulled her into a very protective hug the teen broke down into harsh sobbing. They were joined by Donna. "Bad dream?" He asked, only she couldn't answer because she was shaking in fear and the Doctor could feel it. Now he wondered what the hell she could have dreamed about to get like this.