"You interfered with time Alexandra" the girl said looking at the card in her hand. "Again"

"I don't know why you bother lecturing me" she retorted. "I know the alternatives, the consequences better than anyone else"

"Owen Harper will die" the girl said sternly. "Whether it is now or twenty years time. You. Can't. Change. That" she said slowly.

"Is that all?"

"No...Just because you prevented Owen Harper's death doesn't mean you prevented the glove to be found" the girl picked up another card. "A couple lost their child recently and will do anything to bring him back"

"Great just great" she muttered sarcastically.

"I wish for you to visit me more often" the girl said wistfully.

"Why?"

"Because you have the gift like I do, like many before us had" the girl said slapping cards down on the table. "My gift was given to me by the rift as my eternal youth, yours was given by time and you shall live practically forever. However...my cards, they say your future is riddled with death, destruction and new beginnings...a journey is about to end"

She sighed heavily. "As usual my life is filled with bright and cheerful things" she said sarcastically.

The girl glared at her. "Save us from death soon and remember Alexandra Rose, Owen Harper will die"

Carly woke up as the sun began to rise. The few small beams of lights stung her eyes as she rolled over to block the sun. Her head barely burned as it used to, though she still felt like she had been hit over the head a fair few times by a bat. To her surprise she was lying on sand, smooth brown yet almost orange in the sun, sand. She sat up and looked around, not a single hint of life could be seen. Not even a burnt out bush or a dead fly. She sighed heavily.

"Cardiff sure has change"

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"She's probably in Cardiff having a cup of tea with Jack" Sarah Jane said trying to calm the furious Mickey down while reassuring a panicked Ianto. "Probably trying evade his flirtatious advances" she added in a mutter.

"No, no I don't think she is in Cardiff" Mickey said shaking his head. "The dimension cannon is partially telepathic, you think where you want to be as you press the button and it takes you there...she was having a memory flashback when she pressed the button and considering all those memories – including the alternatives – she could be anywhere"

"Whose bright idea was to make the thing partially telepathic?" Sarah Jane snapped. "It's a stupid idea for this situation!"

"Yes thank you, I know I'm an idiot" Mickey snarled clenching his hands into fists. "And I know now Alex Rose could be on any planet in any time period in any universe and I won't be able to find her"

"I don't want to be the one that tells Jack this" Ianto said quietly. "He'll kill us or worse make us feed Janet in the nude"

Sarah Jane and Mickey looked at Ianto with worried looks. "Yeah I don't want to know" Mickey said. "What I'm worried about is telling Rose, she'll kill me"

"Oh what is the Doctor going to say?" Sarah Jane fretted. "Also has anyone thought about what Donna would do?"

The men paled. "Right Ms Smith it appears we're going to have to burrow your car and get to Cardiff. From there we should be able to track Alex and then maybe...just maybe Donna will spare us" Ianto said politely yet quickly as he snatched up Sarah Jane's car keys. "Thank you for your hospitality"

Sarah Jane hugged the two men. "Good luck, the pair of you"

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She had been wandering the sandy plains for hours. The sun had risen to its height and she was now feeling uncomfortable due to the sweat, yes she had lived in India and Australia and she was used to hot temperatures but she hadn't anything to drink in a while and she felt weak. She staggered across and landed on her knees, her eyes widened when she felt the ground beneath her shift.

Suddenly a giant worm emerges out of the sand. Carly opened her mouth in a silent scream as she saw the large sucker it had for a mouth, she sat there frozen as it lunged to grab her, her last thought was a wondering if she watched too much Men in Black when suddenly she was pushed onto the ground.

"You stupid kid, you could have gotten eaten" an irritated voice snapped. "Haven't you kids learnt your lesson to not wander round the outskirts without parental supervision?"

Carly looked up to see a weasel-faced man with scruffy brown hair and cold-angry brown eyes. He wore a long white woven shirt with white trousers and a brown waistcoat, obviously the local fashion.

"You ok kid?" he asked, softening slightly. She nodded and he helped her up. "What's your name kid?"

"I...I'm not sure" Carly confessed suddenly, feeling safe with the stranger and fighting down the urge to spill all of her troubles. "I spent my life thinking I'm one person only to be told I'm another"

"One of those adopted cases? Well what do you want to be called?"

Carly shrugged. "Just call me kid"

The man raised an eyebrow. "All right then kid, I'm Dr Harper the only doctor in this settlement sadly" Carly smiled weakly. "Come on, I'll take you back to the settlement. I was looking for two stupid boys, have you seen any?" Carly shook her head. "Bugger! Alice is going crazy with worry, I'll take you to her she'll look after you"

"Thank you" Carly murmured.

Dr Harper was silent most of the journey to a small cluster of hut-like houses to Carly's surprise across the river was a big and beautiful city. One that she had never seen before not even in books.

"That's the richer area" Dr Harper said noticing her staring. "Only been there a few times after I first landed here. Come on then we haven't got all day"

A small brunette woman dressed in a long white dress ran out and hugged Dr Harper. "Oh Dr Harper there you are. I was worried something might happen, there's no more need to worry Ben found the boys and they're grounded!"

Dr Harper awkwardly patted the woman's back. "That's good...i found this kid here, almost got eaten by a Gruel I was wondering if she could stay with us until we find her family"

The woman eyed Carly with a cautious eye. "Hmm...She's dressed like you were when you first got here, is she from your planet?" Dr Harper said nothing, just stared at Carly with a suspicious and thoughtful gaze. "Well more the merrier I suppose. BOYS COME OUT HERE AND GREET OUT NEW HOUSE GUEST!"

"What another? Ma the rate we're going we're going to have the whole Peninsula living with us" a young voice oozing with confidence said as a handsome boy no older than fourteen stepped out, a younger boy clinging to his jacket followed shyly.

"That's enough cheek from you!" the mother scolded though she was smiling with a proud, loving look that Carly could identify as mother-ness. "Now then, these are my sons the eldest is Jack and this is his younger brother Gray"

Jack stepped forward and grabbed Carly's hand and placed a kiss on it. "Hello beautiful" he said.

Dr Harper rolled his eyes. "He never changes" he muttered.

"Ah come on Owen you stuck up prune you got to remember this isn't your time" Jack said grinning. "Everything is different here in the 51st century"

"Don't I know it" Owen said.

"Ignore Owen, he's a bit miffed because he somehow ended up here from his century but I promised him when I become a Time Agent I'll take him home" Jack said cheerfully. "I plan on being the first Time Agent Boeshane Peninsula"