Teddy Duncan: Time Lady
By Ryan T. Morris

Disclaimer: Good Luck Charlie and all related characters are the property of The Walt Disney Company. Doctor Who and all related characters are the property of The British Broadcasting Corporation. This this story is a rewrite of Doctor Who from Series 2 forward. It is going to be told from Teddy's point of view about her travels in time and space with The Doctor and their companions.

Hello, some of you might know me as Teddy Duncan. The oldest girl of the Duncan family. I have an older brother, P.J.. Two younger brothers, Gabe and Toby, and a little sister, Charlie. My Mom, Amy, is a nurse and my Dad, Bob, is an exterminator. We live a very chaotic life and I love ever moment of it. But there is one thing you might not know… I'm not really a Duncan… I'm not even human… I'm a Time Lady… My name's not even Teddy… It's Theodora…

I was born over 190 years ago on the home world of the Time Lords, Gallifrey. It was a wonderful world. The sky was a beautiful yellowish-orange, with fields of red grass, and trees with sliver leaves. When I was 8 years old, like all the children of Gallifrey, I entered the Academy. The Academy is we learned about everything in the universe, from the basics all they way the principals of time travel. Before entering the Academy, we are each taken to an initiation ceremony before the Untempered Schism, a gap in the fabric of reality that looks into The Time Vortex. Of those that stare into it, some are inspired, some run away and others go mad. Me, I ran… I guess that's why I get along so well with my uncle.

When I was 170, The Last Great Time War with the Daleks began. It was horrible. Over the next five years, I lost so many friends and family. I just couldn't take it any more. So, one night, I stole a single person TARDIS and set coordinates to Earth around the year 1996. I landed in Denver, Colorado. I knew that if the Time Lords found me, I would be in big trouble. But, I just couldn't stand the killing. If I wanted to escape the wrath of the President of the Time Lords, there was only one option. I had to use the Chameleon Arch. The Chameleon Arch rewrites ever cell in a Time Lords body to that of another specific species. The conversion, which causes extreme pain, also provides a set of false memories to match the new persona. I was so scared that I decided that the best thing for me was to make myself a baby again.

I wrote a note that said that I was the baby of a teen mother who couldn't take care of me. I placed the note in a wicker basket. I programmed the TARDIS to put me in the basket once the conversion was complete. It was also to place a silver necklace with a heart shaped locket around my neck. The locket would contain my Time Lady essence, I wouldn't think anything about it. I would think it was just a normal locket. But, when the time was right the locket would let me know it was time for me to become a Time Lady again. I also put a teddy bear in the basket. Once I was in the basket, I programmed the TARDIS to leave me at a hospital and then return to Gallifrey and clear all records of the trip.

Once everything was set, I placed the Chameleon Arch on my head. Then I took a deep breath and pushed the button to start the process. The last thing I remember was screaming in pain before I collapsed on the floor.

My adopted mother, Amy, told me when I was about 5 years old the rest of the story from that night. She was working the night shift at the hospital when she heard a strange noise coming from outside the emergency room doors. When she and a few of the other nurses came out they saw me in a basket. There was a note and I had a necklace around my neck. The note said that my "birth mother" wanted me to have the necklace and told the truth when I reached 5 years old. Ever since I got the necklace, I never took it off. There was something about it, I didn't know why I was so attracted to it at the time. Back then, I thought it was a link between me and my "birth mother" Little did I know how important it really was.

So, I continued living my life thinking I was a regular normal human girl with a strange but loving family. I was very happy and I think that I would have lived the rest of my life as a human. But, then the faithful day came when I was reunited with my real uncle, The Doctor.

I was in my Senior Year of High School and things were going good. I had pretty good grades and I was looking forward to going to College. I really wasn't sure what I wanted to study yet but I was looking at a lot of fields. But, I knew one thing, what ever I did… I wanted to travel.

Things were going along pretty normal then we got a new Principal, Mr. Finch. The next day half of the staff got the flu and were replaced. Also, the school lunches changed, they were now free. The lunches were ok but they tasted… different. Especially the French Fries. I started to bring lunch from home. There was something about Mr. Finch and the new staff members that didn't sit right with me. It wasn't soon after that the dreams started. I didn't know at the time but I was dreaming about my past as a Time Lady, during my dreams I would hear a soft voice saying "Not yet… Not yet… But soon.. It will be time…"

Other things started to change at school. All of the kids started to pay attention more in class and they were all acting so well behaved. It was really starting to creep me out. Every week we were tested and who ever pass these crazy math tests were moved up to what the new staff called Extra Class.

Three months after Mr. Finch and the new staff arrived, we got another new teacher, Mr. Smith. It was very weird the first day Mr. Smith was in class. He told us that our old Physics teacher won the lottery. It was weird because she never played the lottery. I remembered her telling another teacher that it was a waste of money when she was asked to put money into a teachers pool.

The next day at lunch I was eating when Mr. Smith came in and sat down at a table across from me. There was something about him that seemed familiar somehow, but I wasn't sure what it was. I saw one of the lunch ladies walk over to him and wipe off his table. They talked for a little while before the head lunch lady came over and told the young blond lady that she was to get back to work. The blond stood up and walked away. Mr. Smith looked over at me. He smiled, stood up and walked over to me.

"Excuse me, Miss Duncan," said Mr. Smith, "Have we met before yesterday."

I looked at him and his eyes somehow looked familiar, but I didn't know who he was, "No… I don't think so…"

He nodded, "I didn't think so… Its just… You look like my niece… She… Disappeared a few years ago…"

"I'm sorry… But, I'm not her…"

Mr. Smith nodded and walked out of the cafeteria after cleaning off his tray. As I watched him walk out of the room I heard the voice from my dreams, "Tonight is the night… Tonight is the night…" I looked around trying to figure out where it was coming from.

That night I tossed and turned in my sleep. I was dreaming of the night I became Teddy Duncan. When I reached the part when I started the Chameleon Arch. I shot up out of bed and heard the voice again, "Go to the school… Tonight's the night…"

"Why?" I asked the voice, "Why should I go to the school? Why Should I listen to you? What's so important about tonight?"

"Tonight the night you learn the truth…" said the voice.

"The truth about what?"

"The truth about you… Who you are… And where you come from…"

I had to say that my curiosity was peeked. I got dressed snuck upstairs and quietly made my way to the school. I opened up one of the windows of the classroom and made my way inside. I wasn't sure where I was going or what I was looking for, but the voice told me which way to go. As I walked I heard fluttering of wings and squeaking like mice or rats. The voice told me to run, so I ran. I found my way to one of the storage room, I opened the door and went inside. When I closed the door and turned around I saw a big blue box with the words, POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX across the top. "What the…" I said.

Then the voice said, "Open the locket…"

"What?"

"Open the locket… The truth is inside…"

My hands moved to the locket and for the first time I noticed that I could open the locket. Once I did, a golden beam came out of it and enveloped me. I gasped as my DNA was rewritten yet again and my memories were restored. I remembered who I was, I was Theodora. I wasn't human. I was a Time Lady. I came from Gallifrey. I knew exactly what the blue box really was and who it belonged to. Then I passed out. I don't know how long I was unconscious. But, as I was coming to I heard someone calling my name, "Theodora… Theodora…"

I opened my eyes and saw Mr. Smith knelling next to me. Now that my memories were restored I remembered that the universe knew him as The Doctor.

I sat up and hugged him, "Uncle…" I looked behind him and saw an older human female. "Whose that?"

"That's Sarah Jane Smith," he said, "She's an old friend of mine."

"Oh yes," I said as I got up on my feet and walked over to her, "My uncle spoke very fondly of you." I offered my hand for her to shake.

She shook my hand and said, "Likewise."

I turned back to my uncle and said "You've regenerated since I saw you last."

He smiled and hugged me back, "A couple of times… What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?"

"My companion, Rose, her boyfriend Mickey's cousin, Ivy, goes to school here. She told him about some strange things that were going around here and he told us about them and we came to check them out… Now, how on Earth did you get here?"

I took a deep breath, "I couldn't fight anymore," I said with a tear in my eye, "I had to get away. So, I took a page out of your book. I stole a TARDIS and came back to 1996. I used the Chameleon Arch to turn myself into a baby and I've been living the last 18 years as a human… Did we win?"

The Doctor shook his head sadly, "No…"

"We Lost?"

"No…"

"The war's still going on…"

"No…"

I was confused, "What happened?"

"After you disappeared, The war continued to escalate. The was no way we could win so The President wanted create a paradox so severe that the resulting spatial-temporal rupture would rip the Time Vortex apart."

"What?! That's crazy that would destroy everything in the universe including the Time Lords."

"I know, but the President devised a way of allowing the Time Lords to escape the disintegration of Creation by having them shed their bodies and become creatures of consciousness alone, ones that would escape the effects of time and of cause and effect. I couldn't let them destroy the universe. So I used a weapon called The Moment, it was a modified dematerialization gun. After I used it the Time War became Time Locked."

"Is there anyone left?"

The Doctor shook his head, "No… I thought I was the last one left…" I hugged The Doctor to comfort him, then we heard a scream. "Come on!" He said.

We ran down the hall and then the new blond haired lunch lady appeared running down another hallway, "Did you hear that?" Then she looked at Sarah Jane, "Who's she?" Then she looked at me, "Aren't you one of the students?"

"Rose, Theodora & Sarah Jane. Theodora & Sarah Jane, Rose," said the Doctor.

"Hi. Nice to meet you, Rose," I said, "You can call me Teddy…"

"You can tell you're getting older," said Sarah Jane, "Your assistants are getting younger."

"I'm not his assistant," said Rose.

"No? Get you, tiger. "

The four of us ran down the hall and we saw a black guy about Rose's age. It must have been the Mickey my uncle was talking about. He was standing in front of a storage room door and a bunch of yellow things were on the floor in vacuum packs.

"Sorry! Sorry, it was only me," He said, "You told me to investigate, so I started looking through some of these cupboards and all of these fell on me."

"Oh, my God, they're rats." Said Rose as she picked one up and looked it over, "Dozens of rats. Vacuum packed rats."

"And you decided to scream," Said the Doctor, to the guy."

"It took me by surprise!" he said.

"Like a little girl?"

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

"Nine, maybe ten years old. I'm seeing pigtails, frilly skirt."

"Hello, can we focus?" asked Rose, "Does anyone notice anything strange about this? Rats in school?"

"I'll tell you this much," I said, "They aren't for Biology. No one dissects rats in school anymore"

"Everything started when Mr. Finch arrived. We should go and check his office."

Then the give of us started down the hall to the principal's office. Rose came up to me and asked, " I don't mean to be rude or anything, but who exactly are you two?"

"Well… that's a tough question. For the last 18 years I was know as Teddy Duncan. But, in reality, I'm Theodora. The Doctor's Niece."

"And, I'm Sarah Jane Smith. I used to travel with the Doctor."

"Oh. Well, he's never mentioned either of you," said Rose.

"Oh, I must've done," said The Doctor, "Sarah Jane and Theodora. Mention them all the time."

"Hold on. Sorry. Never."

"What, not even once?" said Sarah Jane, "He didn't mention me even once?"

"I'm not surprised," I said, "He thought I was dead… The Doctor doesn't like endings…"

"Ho, ho, mate," said Mickey, "The missus and the ex. Welcome to every man's worst nightmare.

We reached the principal's office and The Doctor used his sonic screwdriver on the door lock, "Maybe those rats were food." he said.

"Food for what?" asked Rose

We went into the office and The Doctor looked up and said, "Rose, you know you used to think all the teachers slept in the school? Well, they do."

We all looked up and saw 13 giant bats hanging from the ceiling.

"No way!" said Mickey as he ran out of the office. The rest of us just quietly walked out of the room with The Doctor closing the door behind us.

When we got outside, Mickey said, "I am not going back in there. No way."

"Those were teachers," said Rose.

"When Mr. Finch arrived, he brought with him seven new teachers, four dinner ladies and a nurse." I said.

"Thirteen. Thirteen big bat people. Come on." said the Doctor.

Rose, Sarah Jane, and I started to follow The Doctor back inside but then Mickey said, "Come on? You've got to be kidding!"

"I need the TARDIS," said The Doctor, "I've got to analyze that oil from the kitchen."

Sarah Jane smiled, "I might be able to help you there. I've got something to show you. Follow me.."

Sarah Jane took us to her car and she opened up the back. The Doctor moved a blanket to reveal a large robot dog. It was kind of rusted and one of the panels was removed to show the circuitry inside, "K9!" he said, "Teddy Duncan, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, allow me to introduce K9. well, K9 Mark Three to be precise."

"Why does he look so disco?" asked Rose.

"Oi! Listen, in the year five thousand, this was cutting edge. What's happened to him?"

"Oh, one day, he just, nothing," said Sarah Jane.

"Well, didn't you try and get him repaired?" asked the Doctor."

Sarah Jane looked at him like he was stupid, "Well, it's not like getting parts for a Mini Metro, Beside, the technology inside him could rewrite human science. I couldn't show him to anyone."

"Ooh, what's the nasty lady done to you, eh?" said The doctor as he moved some of the wires around."

"Look, no offence, but could you two just stop petting for a minute?" said Rose, " Never mind the tin dog. We're busy."

We took K-9 to a near by coffee shop. I helped my uncle fix K-9 while Sarah Jane watched and Mickey and Rose sat at another table.

"I thought of you on Christmas Day," said Sarah Jane, "This Christmas just gone? Great big spaceship over London. I thought, oh yeah, bet he's up there."

"Right on top of it, yeah," said the Doctor.

"And Rose?"

"She was there too."

"Did I do something wrong, because you never came back for me. You just dumped me."

"I told you. I was called back home and in those days humans weren't allowed."

"I waited for you. I missed you."

"Oh, you didn't need me. You were getting on with your life."

"You were my life. You know what the most difficult thing was? Coping with what happens next, or with what doesn't happen next. 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, do you want me to apologize for that?"

"No, but we get a taste of that splendor and then we have to go back."

" Look at you, you're investigating. You found that school. You're doing what we always did."

"You could have come back."

"I couldn't."

"Why not?"

The Doctor didn't answer her he just kept working on K-9 but I knew why. He told me that one of the hard parts of traveling with humans was they were different from us. We age very slowly and if our bodies die we can regenerate. Humans decay. He didn't want to watch the people he loved wither and die. That why he never kept anyone around for too long.

"It wasn't Croydon," said Sarah Jane, "Where you dropped me off, that wasn't Croydon."

"Where was it?"

"Aberdeen."

"Right. That's next to Croydon, isn't it?" Sarah Jane and I rolled our eyes. Then, K-9 came back to life. "Oh, hey. Now we're in business."

"Master," said K-9"

The Doctor stood up and walked in front of K-9 "He recognizes me!"

"Affirmative."

"Rose, give us the oil."

Rose and Mickey walked over to our table. Rose took a small jar out of her pocket and handed it to The Doctor. He opened it and started to put a finger inside, then Rose said, "I wouldn't touch it, though. That dinner lady got all scorched."

"I'm no dinner lady. And I don't often say that." He then placed a couple of fingers into the jar and smeared a sample of oil onto K-9's probe. "Here we go. Come on, boy. Here we go."

"Oil," Said K-9, "Ex ex ex extract. Ana ana analyzing."

"Listen to him, man," said Mickey, "That's a voice."

"Careful," said Sarah Jane, "That's my dog."

"Confirmation of analysis," said K-9, "Substance is Krillitane Oil."

"They're Krillitanes." said The Doctor.

"Is that bad?" asked Rose.

"Very. Think of how bad things could possibly be, and add another suitcase full of bad."

"And what are Krillitanes?" asked Sarah Janne.

"They're a composite race," I said, "Just like your culture is a mixture of traditions from all sorts of countries, people you ancestors invaded or have been invaded by. The Krillitanes are the same. An amalgam of the races they've conquered. But they take physical aspects as well. They take the best parts from the people they destroy."

"That's why I didn't recognize them," said The Doctor, "The last time I saw Krillitanes, they looked just like us except they had really long necks."

"What're they doing here?" asked Rose.

"It's the children. They're doing something to the children."

I helped Mickey and Sarah Jane put K-9 back in her car. "So what's the deal with the tin dog?" asked Mickey.

"The Doctor likes traveling with an entourage," I said, "He always told me one day when I was old enough he was going to take me with him." I sighed.

"Sometimes they're humans, sometimes they're aliens, and sometimes they're tin dogs," Said Sarah Jane, "What about you? Where do you fit in the picture?"

"Me? I'm their Man in Havana. I'm the technical support." Said Mickey, "I'm. Oh, my God. I'm the tin dog."

I patted Mickey on the shoulder. The Doctor and Rose were walking over to the car when a giant bat swooped down and flew over our heads.

"Was that a Krillitane?" asked Sarah Jane.

"But it didn't even touch her," said Rose, "It just flew off. What did it do that for?"

The Doctor, Mickey and Rose went home with Sarah Jane and I went back to my house. I went in my room. I picked up the teddy bear that I was found with. I never noticed before that there was a zipper on the back. Then I remembered that I put a perception fiter on the teddy bear before I put it in the basket. I lowered the zipper and reached inside. I smiled when I pulled out my Sonic Screwdriver. The Doctor gave it to my on my 100th birthday.

The next morning, I met up with my uncle, Mickey, Rose, and Sarah Jane outside the school. As we walked toward the school, my uncle started to layout what he wanted us to do, "Rose, Teddy, Sarah, you go to the Maths room. Crack open those computers, I need to see the hardware inside. Here, you might need this." Rose had her hand out to get the Sonic Screwdriver but he gave it to Sarah Jane. Rose looked little upset so I handed her my Sonic. She looked at me and smiled. then he continued, "Mickey, surveillance. I want you outside."

"Just stand outside?"

Sarah Jane gave Mickey her car keys, "Here, take these. You can keep K-9 company."

"Don't forget to leave the window open a crack," said The Doctor.

"But he's metal!" said Mickey.

"I didn't mean for him."

I gave my uncle a swat on the forearm, "Be nice…"

"What're you going to do?" asked Rose

"It's time I had a word with Mr. Finch."

Rose, Sarah Jane, and I headed to the Math room. Sarah and Rose were on the floor under the desks trying to open the computers Sarah was having trouble operating the Sonic Screwdriver, "It's not working."

"Give it to me," I said.

Sarah handed to me and I got on the floor with Rose, "Used to work first time in my day."

"Well, things were a lot simpler back then," said Rose.

"Rose, can I give you a bit of advice?"

Rose stood up and said, "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 feel I'm intruding."

"I don't feel threatened by you, if that's what you mean."

"Right. Good. Because I'm not interested in picking up where we left off."

"No? With the big sad eyes and the robot dog? What else were you doing last night?"

"I was just saying how hard it was adjusting to life back on Earth."

"The thing is, when you two met they'd only just got rid of rationing. No wonder all that space stuff was a bit too much for you."

I got up of the floor, "Rose!" I got between the two. I didn't think they'd get physical with each other but I wanted to be prepared just in case.

"I had no problem with space stuff," Said Sarah Jane, "I saw things you wouldn't believe."

"Try me," Said Rose.

"Mummies."

"I've met ghosts."

"Robots. Lots of robots."

"Slitheen, in Downing Street."

"Daleks!"

"Met the Emperor."

"Anti-matter monsters!"

"Gas masked zombies!"

"Real living dinosaurs!"

"Real living werewolf!"

"The Loch Ness Monster!"

"Seriously?"

Sarah Jane just covered her mouth and shook her head, starting to laugh. Rose smiled, chuckling. I was glad to hear Rose and Sarah Jane start to chuckle and how silly they were being I was staring to think I would have to step in.

"Listen to us," said Rose, "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. With you, did he do that thing where he'd explain something at like, ninety miles per hour, and you'd go, what? and he'd look at you like you'd just dribbled on your shirt?"

I smiled I remember The Doctor doing the same thing to me when I was younger.

"All the time," said Sarah Jane, "Does he still stroke bits of the TARDIS?"

I started to laugh, I couldn't imagine my uncle doing that!

"Yeah! Yeah, he does!" said Rose as she started to laugh, "I'm like, do you two want to be alone?"

Sarah Jane joined into the laughter. Then The Doctor walked in.

"How's it going?" He asked us. We just kept laughing, "What? Listen, I need to find out what's programmed inside these." We laughed harder finding it hard to stay standing, "What? Stop it!"

Just then we heard a klaxon blare through the PA System. "All pupils to class immediately. All staff members report to the teachers' lounge." The three of us composed ourselves and The Doctor sent Rose out to keep the students out of the room the four of us were in.

The Doctor picked up one of the CPUs, draped the wires over his shoulders and pointed his Sonic at the CPU.

"We tried to use the Sonics but they must be deadlocked," I said, "We couldn't get in."

"There's got to be something inside here," said The Doctor, "What are they teaching those kids?"

Soon all the computers in the room came to life. With all sorts of alien symbols on a rotating cube and code running on the other side.

"You wanted the program?" said Sarah Jane, "There it is."

The Doctor moved to the large screen in front of the room and studied what he was seeing, "Some sort of code…. No. No, that can't be…"

I looked at the code that was flying by and I had a feeling I knew what was going on. I turned to look at Rose, "Rose, does Mickey have a cell phone on him?"

"Yes," she said, "Of course…"

"Call him… We are going to need his help…"

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

"The Skasis what?" asked Sarah Jane.

"The God maker," I said, "The universal theory. Crack that equation and you've got control of the building blocks of the universe. Time and space and matter, yours to control."

"What, and the kids are like a giant computer?" Asked Rose.

"Yes." said The Doctor, "And their learning power is being accelerated by the oil. That oil from the kitchens, it works as a, as a conducting agent. Makes the kids cleverer."

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

"What's fifty nine times thirty five?" I asked her.

"Two thousand and sixty five. Oh, my God," said Rose.

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

"No, it's got to be children," said the Doctor, "The God maker needs imagination to crack it. They're not just using the children's brains to break the code, they're using their souls."

At that moment, Mr. Finch walked in the room, "Let the lesson begin. Think of it, Doctor. With the Paradigm solved, reality becomes clay in our hands. We can shape the universe and improve it."

"Oh yeah?" said my uncle, "The whole of creation with the face of Mister Finch? Call me old fashioned, but I like things as they are."

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

"What, by someone like you?"

"No, someone like you. The Paradigm gives us power, but you could give us wisdom. Become a God at my side. Imagine what you could do. Think of the civilizations you could save. Perganon, Assinta. Your own people, Doctor, standing tall. The Time Lords reborn."

"Doctor, don't listen to him," said Sarah Jane.

Mr. Finch started to move toward the three of us then he looked at Sarah Jane, "And you could be with him throughout eternity. Young, fresh, never wither, never age, never die." Then he looked back at The Doctor, "Their lives are so fleeting. So many goodbyes. How lonely you must be, Doctor. Join us."

"I could save everyone," said The Doctor.

"Yes."

"I could stop the war."

"No!" shouted Sarah Jane, "The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship, everything has its time. And everything ends."

My uncle thought for a moment then he picked up a chair, threw it at the big screen, smashing it, "Out!" he said to us three. Then we ran out of the door.

We headed down the stairs and found Mickey running down the hall, "What is going on?" he asked.

We looked down the hall and saw 4 Krillitanes coming down the hall toward us. We ran down the hall to the cafeteria. By the time we got to the cafeteria, Mr. Finch and the 4 Krillitanes were right behind us. "We need The Doctor alive. As for the others? You can feast."

The Krillitanes swooped at us. We ducked under the table and threw chairs at them. Then all of the a laser beam shot one of the Krillitanes, killing it. Mr. Finch started to scream. We look They hide under the tables. Suddenly a laser beam fells one of the bats.

"K-9!" called out Sarah Jane.

"Suggest you engage running mode, Mistress," said K-9.

"Come on!" said The Doctor. We all ran out of the cafeteria. "K-9, hold them back!"

"Affirmative, Master. Maximum defense mode."

We ran down the hall to Physics room. Once we were inside The Doctor used his Sonic to lock the door. Once we were inside we started to think about what we need to do to defeat the Krillitanes. Then, the answer came to The Doctor, "It's the oil! Krillitane life forms can't handle the oil. That's it! They've changed their physiology so often, even their own oil is toxic to them. Rose, how much was there in the kitchens?

"Barrels of it."

Then, the Krillitanes started beating and clawing at the door.

"Okay, we need to get to the kitchens," said the Doctor, "Mickey."

"What now, hold the coats?"

"Get all the children unplugged and out of the school, Teddy, you go with him. Now then, bats, bats, bats. How do we fight bats?"

I smiled when I saw the fire alarm. I walked up to it and pulled it down. We could hear the Krillitanes screaming in pain at the loud noise. The Doctor laughed, "Good thinking." We ran out the door. Mickey and I headed to a Computer lab. While The Doctor, Rose, and Sarah Jane went to the kitchen.

Mickey and I busted into the computer lab. All the students were furiously typing away, all of them had headphones on. "Okay, listen everyone. We've got to get out of here." said Mickey.

But nobody moved, they just continued to type away even as we waved a hand in front of their faces. "It's no good," I said, "The program has them all in some sort of hypnotic-like trance. We have to turn the program off. But," I tried pointing my Sonic Screwdriver at the computer on the teacher's desk, "the computers are all deadlocked. We can't turn them off."

The two of us just looked at the computer. Trying to figure out how to shut them down. then Mickey looked up, "Hold on."

"What is it?" I looked to see that Mickey was looking at the protective casing covering the wires, winding around the walls of the room. I watched him as he followed it around the room. Then, we saw as that all the cables lead into one plug socket.

"Do you think it would be that easy?" he asked.

I smiled, "Well, just because they are aliens doesn't mean they are smart."

Mickey pulled out the plug and the server next to the main computer sparked and then all the computers turned off. "YES!" I cheered, "Mickey, you're a genius!" I looked and saw that the trance was broken, "Everyone get out. Now!"

"Come on, move! Let's go! Let's go!" said Mickey as we started to herd the kids out of the room. Mickey and I went around to the other rooms unplugging the computers in all the labs and sending the kids in each room outside.

Mickey and I rushed out the door with the kids, he called as we ran. "Come on, guys! Let's go, let's go!" I could see Rose, The Doctor and Sarah Jane in the crowd. Then all of the sudden there was an explosion and large ball of fire. We all cheered as papers rain down on us. Everyone, that is, except for Sarah Jane and The Doctor. Sarah Jane looked like she was crying and The Doctor was comforting her. The Doctor told me later, that

K-9 sacrificed himself to blow up the barrels of Krilliane Oil in the kitchen, killing Mr. Finch and the others in the process.

Once we were all cleared to go home, The Doctor, Rose and Mickey walked with me to my car, "So," asked The Doctor, "What are you going to do now that you know who you are?"

"I don't know," I said, "Before I opened the locket. I was an 18 year old human female looking forward to college and then after college, I was going to see the world. Now, I'm a 193 year old Time Lady. I know more that most college professors and I'm not sure if I'm content with just seeing the world…"

"Are you saying you want to come with me?"

"If I remember correctly, you told me that when I was old enough. I could travel with you…"

"I did say that. But, I've got to warn you. Traveling with me is not always as exciting as today was. Sometime it can be very boring."

I saw Rose roll her eyes at The Doctor's comment, "I think I can take the boring with the exciting."

I took The Doctor home that afternoon to meet my adoptive parents. I explained to them about who and what I was. They were a bit skeptical at first but after the Doctor landed the TARDIS in the living room, and they saw the inside, they started to believe what I was telling them and they agreed to let me go with The Doctor.

The next day, The Doctor asked Sarah Jane to visit us before we took off to take Mickey back home. The Doctor went to met Sarah Jane at the door. The control room was much bigger than it was the last time she was on board.

"You've redecorated," said Sarah Jane.

"Do you like it?" asked The Doctor.

"Oh, I, I do. Yeah. I preferred it as it was, but er, yeah. It'll do."

"I love it." said Rose.

"Me too," I said.

"Hey, you what's forty seven times three hundred and sixty nine?" Sarah Jane asked Rose.

"No idea. It's gone now. The oil's faded." said Rose.

"But you're still clever. More than a match for him."

Rose smiled, "You and me both… Doctor?"

The night before Rose and I talked to The Doctor about extending an invitation to Sarah Jane to come with us. He wasn't sure if she really wanted to come but he promised he'd ask her anyway, "Er, we're about to head off, but you could come with us."

Rose and I both smiled at Sarah Jane, almost begging her to come. But she shook her head and said, "No. I can't do this anymore. Besides, I've got a much bigger adventure ahead. Time I stopped waiting for you and found a life of my own."

"Can I come?" asked Mickey, " No, not with you, I mean with you." He looked at The Doctor, "Because I'm not the tin dog, and I want to see what's out there."

Rose didn't look too happy, she mouthed 'no' to him.

"Oh, go on, Doctor," said Sarah Jane, "Sarah Jane Smith, a Mickey Smith. You need a Smith on board."

"Okay then, I could do with a laugh," said The Doctor.

Rose rolled her eyes and Mickey laughed in delight, but stopped quickly upon noticing Rose's lack of response. "Rose, is that okay?"

"No, great. Why not?" she said in a sarcastic tone.

I bit my lip at the awkwardness. Rose told me later that she and Mickey hadn't really been in a relationship for awhile. They had grown apart ever since she started to travel with The Doctor. She was afraid that the real reason he wanted to come was because he wanted to try to get back together, and she really didn't feel that way about him anymore.

"Well, I'd better go," said Sarah Jane.

I walked up to her and gave her a good bye hug, "It's been a pleasure meeting you, Sarah Jane."

"You too. You keep him out of trouble…" she said as she pointed to my uncle.

I laughed, "I'll try…"

Then, I walked back up to the console to help The Doctor get the TARDIS ready to enter the time vortex, while Sarah Jane and Rose said there good bye. The Doctor looked at me, "Are you excited?"

"I'm a little nervous," I said, as pressed some buttons, "I've been waiting for all my life." I took a deep breath, "But, I'll be all right."

He smiled, "Is our present for Sarah Jane in place?"

I nodded, "Yep. K-9 Mark IV is in position behind the TARDIS and will activate as soon as we have fully entered The Vortex."

"All right," he said, "Stand by for departure.""Yes, sir…" I said with a salute.

"Don't do that," He said.

I smiled, I knew my uncle hated to be saluted. I watched as he went to say good by to Sarah Jane. I looked up at the time rotor and rubbed it. "You ready, girl?"

The TARDIS hummed and Rose walked over to me and softly asked, "Is that a Time Lord thing? Stroking bits of the TARDIS?"

I laughed, "Yeah… I guess it is…"

"Somehow it's less creepy when you do it…"

The two of us laughed as The Doctor came in from saying good bye. He saw the two of us laughing, "What's so funny?" We just continued to laugh. He looked over to Mickey, "What's so funny?"

Mickey walked over to The Doctor, "Don't ask me, boss… I've given up trying to figure out women…" The Doctor then started The TARDIS and we were on our way.