Lost in Time and Mind

Ob1MegOb1

Author's notes: Well here it is the final chapter of this crazy story. I guess its more of a "preview of the new book" kind of chapter, but then again not really. I originally wasn't going to add this chapter but I felt we needed one last way to close this out. Like I said previously I do have several plans for a new Doctor Who story and I hope you will continue to keep a look out for those stories in the future . Thank you everybody for all your support, I have really appreciated it. Enjoy the final chapter of Lost in Time and Mind!

Chapter 1

Saying Good-bye

Jasmine was lounging outside, the grass cool and soft beneath her and for the first time in a long time she felt at peace. The last few months, had been anything but a reprieve from her adventures with the Doctor. Instead, she had to suffer again at the hands of tragedy with Torchwood. Nobody had been prepared when the 4,5,6 came to Earth, and once again Jasmine had found herself glaring down another Torchwood secret.

She cringed thinking about it now, but even more…her heart was broken for several things. Ianto was gone…she still couldn't believe it. And yet all she could think of was how hard it must have been for her future self and Jack's future self, to see Ianto appear from the past alive and well. Why did everything always have to go wrong, she thought to herself?

Then they had lost Jack, utterly and completely to his grief. She remembered standing on that hill with him that night with Rhys, Gwen, and Josh begging him to stay. Actually more like she had yelled at him angrily, not understanding how he could say the things he said. He said there was nothing left for him on Earth anymore, and that had broken her heart. There was so much left here, for all of them…even she knew that despite the fact that she looked up at the stars and yearned for more. But in the end he had still disappeared in that flash of light. Gone just as quickly as he had come back into her life.

Then her and Josh had wandered, trying to figure out what to do after that. They had freelanced for a bit but in the end it didn't match up to everything they had experienced. She had even seriously considered trying to get into UNIT, but then she remembered how much she couldn't stand military protocol.

So Jasmine and Josh did the only thing they could do…they went home. After six years of running she finally came home. Her family didn't know what to believe but she had told them everything…no more secrets. Of course they didn't believe her at first, but she had her ways of persuading them. She smiled fingering the sonic pen in her pocket. And for a while her and Josh had settled into a normal lifestyle. He went back to writing music, and she went back to performing his music like they used to. And everything started to fade into mediocrity.

That is…until Christmas came around. Because of Jasmine's strong mind it had created a shield when everybody else had changed. She had blacked out for a majority of it and only woke up to see everybody change back. She couldn't believe who's face she had seen though before they changed back. She had only seen pictures of him from the Doctor…but she knew who the Master was. And then when she had looked up into the sky and saw the planet floating above the Earth…she couldn't believe it. She had recognized it instantly as the planet being torn apart by flames and destruction in her vision from the Doctor. It was Gallifrey.

Her and Josh tried to get back to London using her manipulator, but by the time they did it was already over. Gallifrey disappeared from sight and the world tried to recover in the wake of everything that had happened. She had smiled then knowing there was only one person who could have stopped it.

And even now as she lay there, she wondered where he was now. If he had been here to save the world from the Master, did that mean he had finally experienced everything he needed to with her?

"Jasmine," she heard Josh call from the house, "your mother says dinner is ready."

"I'll be there in a second!" she called back. She got up taking one last look at the stars as she started to head back. But then she paused and looked back, feeling something behind her. As she looked ahead she could see somebody making their way back through the woods on the edge of their house. She immediately took off at a run to catch up to him. She was starting to hear those all too familiar engines starting to rev up. Finally she caught sight of the blue box in a clearing, the engines starting up.

She sprinted with one last effort and found herself banging on the door, "Wait," she cried. At first there was no change and she gave it one more bang crying, "Doctor!" Finally the engines revved down and it completely rematerialized again. But he didn't come out. She stared at the door confused before finally making her way in.

He was standing at the console his hands paused at the controls he had used to power down. "I was supposed to just see you and go," he said almost a sad tone in his voice, "But as per usual you…" he started to say, but she had already raced forward holding him tightly in an embrace.

She separated from him smiling, but as she looked into his eyes she could see something was wrong. There was a weird look in his eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked concerned. He gently held her hands smiling softly to himself.

"So," he said avoiding her question, "How was your Christmas?"

She raised her eyebrow at him, "Not nearly as exciting as yours. I blacked out for most of it."

He sighed, "Well believe me it's better than turning into the Master," he said rubbing his hand through his hair in a nervous manner. "I'm sure seeing a planet floating over Earth was eventful though."

She nodded her head, "Yes especially when that planet was Gallifrey."

"Ah," he said, "you noticed."

She shook her head, but she still could tell he was avoiding something. "Doctor, what's wrong?"

He looked at her sincerely, "Nothing it's just I know I promised you another trip but…something's come up."

She smiled, "Yeah I kind of figured."

"You did?" he said surprised.

"Well you're acting dodgy of course I did," she said sarcastically, "What I don't understand is why you came back just to tell me you can't?"

He seemed about ready to say something but then he stopped himself turning to the TARDIS console, "Of course, you're right. I guess I should be off," but he jolted as a momentary flash coursed through his entire body.

Jasmine's eyes widened as she rushed forward, but he held up a hand stopping her. There was still some kind of glow around him for a moment before it finally disappeared. She had heard of this process before from him, but she had hoped beyond hope that she would never have to witness it. "So that's why," she muttered. She smiled sadly, "you came to say good-bye."

He looked up at her his eyes sad, "Technically I wasn't going to say anything, I was just going to see you one last time."

"Oh well how nice of you," she said kind of bitterly, "just leave me wondering whether you would ever come back that's…really nice," she said her voice shaking.

"I just," he said trying to find the words, "I didn't want you to always be looking for me. I saw how content you were out there…I thought you had moved on."

She smiled sadly again, "Now you know better than that. I'll always be looking, even if you don't look the same. You changed my life for the better, and that's something you don't easily forget."

He nodded his head, "I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you and Jack though."

She looked at him, "So you know about that."

He nodded, "I thought it was kind of weird when the TARDIS picked up on his signal in an alien bar. I kind of figured it out from there." He sighed, "Actually I have something to ask."

She nodded her head, "Anything."

The Doctor sighed, "I know you were hurt by Jack leaving and I understand. But maybe this time was all he needed. So my wish is that you bring him back. Bring him back and while you and him may not feel it, this world needs you two."

She shook her head, "Your talking like your going to die," she said softly. He scrunched his eyebrows his emotions starting to leak onto his face.

"It feels like it this time," he muttered softly, "I don't know why."

She smiled despite his words, "But you're not and that's the important part," she slowly backing away from him, "and because of that I will do what you ask. Of course I'll go after Jack," she said smiling, "Besides I don't think I could have lasted in the domestic life for much longer."

"Hard to break away from it right?" he said softly.

And so they stood there in awkward silence, both afraid to say good-bye. "Well then," she said finally breaking the silence, "I should be letting you go before you regenerate right here on the spot," she said turning on the spot and heading towards the door.

"Wait," he said dashing forward and grabbing her by the wrist and turning her around. "Before I left you the first time I saw you in the past," he said quickly, "I knew you were going to be brilliant," He said lifting her chin. Dammit she thought to herself, she had tears in her eyes. "And you didn't disappoint," he said softly leaning forward and resting his forehead on hers, "We had great times right?" She looked into his eyes and for a moment she thought about doing it…after all it was going to be the last time she saw "this" him…

But slowly she put her hands on the side of his head and bent his head down and kissed him on the forehead, "We had the best of times," she said, "And let's hope that's not the end of them." She smiled at him turning towards the door, "Look me up when you change."

"Will do," he said softly.

Then they hugged one last time, and as she looked at him she took a deep breath, and finally walked out of the TARDIS doors leaving him behind.

As she walked away from the TARDIS she didn't even turn around as she heard those all too familiar engines rev up and finally disappear. She kept her eyes closed the entire time taking deep breaths as she did. As she opened her eyes it was dark around her but she could see the familiar form running through the woods looking for her.

"Jasmine!" Josh called as he came up to her. He was taken aback at first at how she looked. She looked embarrassed as she wiped her eyes.

"Dammit I'm not crying," she muttered.

"What's wrong?" Josh asked.

She took a deep breath and looked at him smiling, "We have a job to do."

"Oh yeah?" he said with a comforting smile, "Is that why he stopped by?"

"Yeah," she said, "That and it may be a while before we see him again." When Josh eyes turned confused she simply said, "Whatever happened during Christmas must have been substantial…he was in the middle of a regeneration cycle when he saw me now."

Josh's features softenened at that. So that was why…he couldn't help but think to himself. But she shook her head, "Don't worry I'm fine, and besides it's not like he was dying so it's fine." Josh smiled coming forward and holding her close.

"Ah," she said shaking her head pushing back from him, "We unfortunately have a lot to do."

Josh sighed, "And why is that?"

She smiled, "We have to hunt down a certain Captain and bring him back to Earth."

Josh sighed, "You know how big of a hunt that is going to be?"

"Yep," she said smiling, "so we haven't a moment to lose."

Josh shook his head, "Dinner first then we'll start planning." As he walked ahead, Jasmine turned looking up at the stars one last time. Certain stars shown brighter than others, while others began to fade and disappear. He would always be one of the bright ones, she thought to herself.

"Until we meet again," she muttered softly. And then she turned around and headed back to the house, and her next adventure.

The End

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