Prisoner of the Judoon

Muddy road…

Night.

Rhys stops the car, "There's no more road. We'll have to walk from now on. You all right?"

"You fuss over me one more time…" Gwen said.

"I'm just saying." Rhys said.

"Well, don't."

Hilltop…

Overlooking Cardiff. Jack and Jared are waiting for them.

"Couldn't have just chosen a pub, could you?" Gwen asked.

"Nah, that's more of Yang's thing." Jared said, drinking some matcha tea. "And plus, I haven't seen her in forever."

"It's bloody freezing. My feet." Rhys said.

"Oh, I miss that, the Welsh complaining. You look good." Jack said.

"Gwen, she looks amazing." Jared said, happily. "Little Anwen. Not even born yet."

"Thanks. I look huge." Gwen said.

"She's bloody gorgeous." Rhys said.

"You okay?" Gwen asked, looking between Jack and Jared.

"Yeah." Jack said.

"Yup, I am." Jared said, still admiring the married couple of Gwen and Rhys. "There's no need to worry, everything's fine."

"Did it work?" Gwen asked.

"Travelled all sorts of places. This planet is too small. The whole world is like a graveyard." Jack said.

"It really is like one. I lost so much here. But I've got to stay, I have to protect it." Jared said, letting out some tears. "Humanity has faith and devotion to keep them going forward. And I'm part of it, we all are. We have the courage and strength to do anything. We have heart. That's worth protecting."

"Jack, come back with us. Jared at least tries to visit now and again." Gwen said.

"Haven't travelled far enough yet. Got a lot of dirt to shake off my shoes. And right now, there's a coldfusion cruiser surfing the ion reefs just at the edge of the solar system, just waiting to open its transport dock. I just need to send a signal." Jack said.

Gwen takes his bracer from her pocket, "They found it in the wreckage. Indestructible. Like its owner. I put on a new strap for you."

"Cost me fifty quid, that." Rhys said.

"Bill me." Jack said.

"Are you ever coming back, Jack?" Gwen asked.

"What for?"

"Me. Jack, it wasn't your fault. And Jared, it wasn't your fault either."

"I think it was." Jack said.

"Same here. I chose to stay because I made a promise. To a Rose long ago. Not my Little Red. She was the Big Bad Wolf in my life. I promised I would protect this world for her." Jared said, wiping the tears from his eyes. "But everything that happened around Easter, I felt like it was my fault the most. I could have prevented it."

"No." Gwen said, looking between Jack and Jared. "No to you lot."

"Steven and Ianto and Owen and Tosh and Suzie and all of them, because of me." Jack said.

"And for me, it was Rose and Penny and Pyrrha and Owen and Tosh and Jenny and River and Donna and Ianto and Steven and Sarah Jane's parents." Jared said, looking down guiltily. "I could have saved all of them. They all died because of me, I should have stopped it! I knew I could have!"

"But the both of you saved us. Didn't you?" Gwen asked, looking between Jack and Jared.

"I began to like it. And look what I became. Still, I have lived so many lives. It's time to find another one." Jack said, and he touches a button on his bracer.

"They died, and I am sorry, Jack, but you cannot just run away. You cannot run away. While Jared has been running towards Team RWBY. His driving force to keep him fighting." Gwen said, now eyeing Jack.

"Oh yes, I can. I can run away. Just watch me." Jack said, and he is beamed away.

"See ya Jack, I'll see you again someday." Jared said, smiling. "Gwen, Rhys. Mind if I crash at your place?"

"Sure." Rhys said, as he is walking with Gwen and Jared. "Gwen, let's go home with Jared, yeah?"

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah." Gwen said.

Sarah Jane's home…

"Okay, I'm Jared Shay, I went off and saw the stars with a team of fairy tales. People who I thought were supposed to be fiction. But they're real here. Now how crazy is that. I saw worlds that were supposed to be fantasy and creatures I assume were made up. Some of which were literal nightmares of mine. And then one day, I went back home to Earth. I decided to settle down. Life changed for the better or for worse. I have a team. Who's now considered my family. Life is good when I'm with them, and there's always an adventure even on the weekend." Jared said, sipping a cup of tea.

(Jared's POV)

Laboratory…

At a big, modern, glass and steel building called Genetec Systems.

"Thank you for agreeing to see us on a Sunday, Mister Yorke." Sarah Jane said.

"Thanks." Nanaka said.

"We really appreciate it." I said, holding Nanaka's hand.

"No problem, Miss Smith, Mister Shay, and Miss Tokiwa. Nanotechnology is the science of molecular engineering. This is where we grow the nanoforms. Our microscopic engineers. Please." Yorke said, and he allows Sarah Jane, Nanaka, and I to look through a microscope at the little machines with snapping jaws. "Robots. Too small to see with the naked eye, but with the potential of giants."

"That's incredible." Nanaka said. "Nanotechnology."

"One day they will build us anything we want, everything we need, from simple atoms. Fix a punctured tyre or repair a damaged human heart. Who knows, even construct a whole new planet."

"Or destroy the one we already have, according to some environmental scientists." Sarah Jane said.

"Nanoforms out of control, eating up all matter? It's hogwash, Miss Smith."

"Sarah, shut up." I said, rolling my eyes. "I love nanotechnology. It was what powered one of my suits back then."

"But is it true that despite your dramatic claims for your nanoforms, your results have been somewhat exaggerated to secure investment? That investors are unlikely to see a return on their money for maybe a hundred years?" Sarah Jane asked.

Outside Genetec Systems…

"Sarah Jane." Nanaka said. "That was something that could have interested Kako."

Sarah Jane, Nanaka, and I are hustled outside and our passes snatched from us.

"I'll take that as a no comment, shall I?" Sarah Jane asked.

Sarah Jane's home…

"My life changed for the better. There may be some setbacks along the way. I love my life of having adventures. And I love my job of saving people. There may be amazing things across the universe. I want to see them again someday. Just not now, because life on Earth is just as fun. You have to open up a little and see what's going on around you." I said, telepathically.

Outside Sarah Jane's home…

"Wow. What was that?" Meiyui asked.

A fireball hurtles overhead.

"Even if you're visiting a friend. And you grew up with fairy tales. Nothing is the same after seeing the universe." I said, telepathically.

"So, what was that? A meteor? Or a comet? Or something really cool? Tell me it was something cool." Clyde said.

"A body entering the Earth's atmosphere generates temperatures in excess of sixteen hundred degrees centigrade. No way was it something cool, Clyde." Luke said.

"Yeah, yeah. You've still got a way to go with that humour thing, my young padawan."

"Come on!" I said, happily. "This is something awesome! Allons-y!"

Attic…

"Mister Smith, I need you." Sarah Jane said.

"Sarah Jane, Jared, might I assume that you witnessed the extra-terrestrial body that recently entered the Earth's atmosphere?" Mr Smith asked.

"Good to see you're on the ball, Mister Smith." Rani said.

"Indeed, Rani. I have in fact been tracking the object since it entered solar space forty five minutes ago." Mr Smith said.

"So we're not dealing with a meteor." Nanaka said. "And it crossed the solar system in forty five minutes."

"I detected the matter signature of ionic pulse fusion engines."

"Now that sounds cool." Clyde said.

"Clyde, why don't you just let it go?" I asked, smirking.

"I intercepted the following distress signal." Mr Smith said.

"Gorbo yo momo. Jojo ko fo. Gorbo yo momo. Jojo ko fo." Tybo said, on screen.

"Oh, boy. A talking rhino." Rani said.

"That's a Judoon." I said, leaning against the wall. "I encountered one once back in the spring of 2008. They H20 Scooped the Royal Hope Hospital all the way to the Moon. Just to look for a Plasmavore. The Doctor, Martha Jones, and I saved the day, somewhat. Along with saving the lives of over a thousand people."

"Jared, get back on topic." Meiyui said.

"Right. They work for the Shadow Proclamation. They're basically the Guardians of the Galaxy. Okay, they're not around yet. They're intergalactic cops."

"So, they're the good guys." Meiyui said. "They're the heroes. Like the Blue Seas Family."

"Depends on your point of view. From what I've heard, their methods aren't softly softly." Sarah Jane said.

"UNIT have isolated the spacecraft crash site." Mr Smith said.

"It's not our problem, then. Leave it to the professionals. Terrific." Clyde said.

"But UNIT seem unaware of the lifepod that was ejected before impact."

"Wait, an escape pod?" I asked. "How could they be unaware of it?"

"My calculations suggest that it fell some ten miles outside the UNIT isolation zone, in the abandoned Brindley Chase Council Estate." Mr Smith said.

"Yes!" Clyde said, happily.

"It takes a lot to knock a Judoon off his feet, but someone might be injured. They might need our help." Sarah Jane said.

"If they're already looking for this ship, isn't it best left to UNIT?" Luke asked.

"What? An alien ship with a rhinoceros for a pilot crash lands, and you want UNIT to have all the fun?" Clyde asked.

Outside Sarah Jane's home…

"Luke's got a point. Do we really want to go upsetting UNIT again?" Rani asked.

���Wait, you upset UNIT?" Meiyui asked.

"What did you do?" Nanaka asked.

"We kinda broke into the Black Archive." I said, rubbing the back of my head. "Stupid, I know."

"You broke into a facility that has alien equipment."

"Well, how are we supposed to tell them that the ship ejected an escape pod. They don't know about Mr Smith or Yui Kirigaya, and I don't want them to." I said, crossing my arms. "And the Judoon, they're not that bright. And they're as trigger happy as Sontarans, if not more."

"Great. A pan-galactic PC Plod." Clyde said, annoyed.

"UNIT carry guns and so do the Judoon. Those two are trigger happy with guns like Sontarans, and Jared's friends are excluded from that. If you ask me, that spells trouble." Sarah Jane said.

"Sarah!" Gita said, excitedly.

"Sarah Jane."

"Sorry, Kako and Akira were supposed to be watching her." I said, looking back at Sarah Jane. "She must have gave them something to do."

"Wait up. Oh, are you off out somewhere?" Gita asked.

"Yes, Mum. According to the news that meteor came down near here, so we thought we'd take a look." Rani said.

"We're in a bit of a hurry." Nanaka said.

"No problem, darling. It's just that I'm stepping up the corporate side of the flower shop. Kako and Akira gave me that idea, since Kako helps out her friend's flower shop in Japan." Gita said.

"Corporate side?" Meiyui asked. "That's interesting."

"I was just wondering, with your contacts, whether you had suggestions? People I could approach? We know Kako's a bit shy, but if I just gave her that little push, she could help out more."

"Our contacts? Oh really, Gita, my normal contacts don't usually have much interest in flowers." Sarah Jane said.

"Mine do, Kako, Kaede, and Konomi." I said, laughing a little. "I wanted Kako here, just because she's sweet."

"Unless they're Triffids. Or Magical Girls." Clyde said. "Those two groups are interested in flowers."

"Corporate buildings these days, they're all glass and steel." Gita said.

"Jared, Sarah Jane, shouldn't we be going?" Meiyui asked.

"Yes. Oh, Gita, why don't you take a look at these people? A little flower power, with Kako and Akira's help, just what they need. Come on, everybody." Sarah Jane said.

Sarah Jane gives Gita the Genetic Systems brochure, Jared places a small motorcycle on the ground and he tossed an object at it to make it bigger.

Sarah Jane drives off with the three children and Jared drives off with the two Magical Girls.

Brindley Estate…

"I guess you can call that a hole in one." I said, removing my helmet.

"Golf?" Nanaka asked.

There's a big hole in the building, and some fires inside.

"This estate has been on the council's urban renewal list for years." Sarah Jane said.

"Looks like the Judoon's lifepod has helped with the demolition." Luke said.

"You take us to all the best places, Sarah Jane, Jared." Clyde said.

"Everyone did move out." I said, as Nanaka and Meiyui got off the motorcycle. "Which is good. The less casualties, the better, right?"

"Do you think whoever was in that lifepod survived?" Rani asked.

"Maybe." Meiyui said.

Weapons fire.

"Get down!" I said, looking down at my pendant. "Aqours, set up."

The armor went on my body as my hoodie and jeans were hidden underneath, and the bow appeared in my hand.

"I guess that answers that question. Rhinoman!" Clyde said.

"Clyde! Shut up." I said, looking at the jokester. "Get down. You idiot."

The Judoon marches forward, still firing.

"Stop firing! We're on your side!" Meiyui said.

"He's not firing at us. Look!" Nanaka said.

"Sho bo ko jo!" Tybo said.

"He nearly blew our heads off. Moron." Rani said.

"Judoon platoon upon the Moon." I said, as the Judoon stomps after something that ran into the building. "Yeah, that doesn't sound as cool. When they're on Earth."

"Oh, no." Sarah Jane said.

"What is it?" Luke asked.

"Remember the Judoon are policemen? I think what crashed here was some sort of prison carrier."

"And the Judoon lost his prisoner." Nanaka said.

"The Judoon's only interest is in stopping that creature getting away. Humans don't matter. Under the Articles of the Shadow Proclamation we barely exist. Too primitive." Sarah Jane said.

"You know, a planet could start to get a complex." Clyde said.

"Come on." I said, walking away. "Lets go!"

"Where are you going?" Rani asked.

"Well, we could help that Judoon. Before anyone gets caught in the crossfire."

(Open POV)

Chandra kitchen…

"That's a map pocket in the driver's door, Gita, not a pick and mix box." Haresh said.

"Oh, come on, Haresh. It's well-known that sucking on a sweetie improves the concentration. You wouldn't believe the dents and scrapes these choccie have saved your car from." Gita said.

"Is that supposed to make me feel better? What have you've got there? Nanotechnology." Haresh said.

"Didn't Jared have a nanotechnology suit?" Akira asked, telepathically.

"Um, he did." Kako said, telepathically. "But didn't he lose it?"

"More like someone stole it. Maybe he'll get it back someday."

"It, it is possible."

"I'm telling you, it's the future. Well, mine, anyway. Bloomin' Lovely is going nanotech." Gita said.

"Wait, what?" Kako asked, looking at Gita. "How?"

"Come on, I'll explain it to you lot on the way to the shop." Gita said.

Brindley Estate…

The Judoon is using a tracker.

"Judoon!" The alien said, and he turns and gets slammed in the face with a girder.

His reptilian ex-prisoner then rips off the remains of its straitjacket and stands over the rhino, but…

"They went this way." Jared said. "I can feel it."

So it runs off.

"Look. What happened to him?" Meiyui asked.

"He's been knocked out." Nanaka said.

Sarah Jane gets the Judoon's gun and throws it away.

"Wo sho bro fro cho!" Tybo said.

"Whoa, you need a mint, mate." Clyde said.

"Careful. Stand back." Sarah Jane said.

"Mo wo sho cho!" Tybo said.

"It's all right. We're friends. Take it easy. You're injured." Sarah Jane said, and the Judoon holds up his tracker.

"He shouldn't move." Jared said, leaning against the wall. "Like, he's really hurt."

Sarah Jane speaks into it, "My name is Sarah Jane Smith, I mean you no harm. That is, as long as you don't harm us."

"Language assimilated. Earth English. You will be catalogued. Species, human." Tybo said.

"Well, duh, you are on Earth." Rani said.

"You have taken Judoon officer's weapon. You assist prisoner's escape."

"We didn't help anyone escape. Aren't you listening? We're trying to help you." Luke said.

"Yeah. Your prisoner clobbered you and ran off." Clyde said.

"We only took your gun because you nearly blew our heads off back there. Who do you think you are, Jack Bauer?" Rani asked.

"You impede Judoon in duties. Sentence is execution." Tybo said.

"Come on, you're not in any shape to kill anyone." Jared said, smiling. "We're your only friends on Earth. And your only chance of capturing your prisoner."

"Your prisoner hit you pretty hard. Who is he?" Meiyui asked.

"This is the more important question, how dangerous is he?" Nanaka asked.

"He is Destroyer of Worlds." Tybo said.

"Kako, Akira. Come here." Jared said, telepathically. "Nanaka, Meiyui, you need to stay with Rani��s parents."

Jared typed some buttons on his phone and he made Nanaka and Meiyui swap places with Kako and Akira.

"Hi." Kako said, looking around. "Oh, we're in the middle of the street. And, um, what's that?"

"A Judoon." Jared said.

"What's a Judoon?" Akira asked.

"A space rhino."

The prisoner has spotted a little girl with a toy cat while her mother sweeps the church hall floor. Its long tongue flickers around its head.

"Here. For the blood." Rani said.

Tybo takes Rani's proffered handkerchief, "I, Tybo. Captain of one thousand and fifth Judoon Guard."

"I'm very pleased to meet you, Captain. But what I really want to know is, who was your prisoner?" Sarah Jane asked.

"Androvax the Annihilator. Wanted in five galaxies. Twelve counts of global destruction." Tybo said.

"And you let him get away? Whoops. Is your butt rhinoburger when you get back to the station." Clyde said.

"Didn't you have him in handcuffs or something?" Akira asked.

"Prisoner was secured. I do not answer to humans." Tybo said.

"You crashed and let some creature that has already destroyed twelve planets loose on our world. I think you answer to all of us, Captain Tybo." Sarah Jane said.

"I will recapture."

Church hall...

"Mummy!" Julie said.

"Julie!" Julie's mother said.

The toy cat falls to the ground.

Brindley Estate…

"Crap." Jared said, grabbing Kako's hand.

They hear the screams.

"What was that?" Kako asked. "It, it sounded like that person needs help."

"Luke, Rani, Akira. Stay with Captain Tybo. Clyde, Jared, Kako, come with me. And leave the gun!" Sarah Jane said, running with Jared and Kako.

"Wait for me!" Clyde said.

Church hall…

"Hello?" Jared asked. "Are you okay?"

"The monster." Julie said.

"It's okay. It's gone. It's gone now. You're safe. We're here to protect and help you." Jared said, smiling.

"It, it took my mummy."

Brindley Estate / Church hall…

"Don't worry, Sarah Jane and Jared will find your prisoner." Akira said, looking at Tybo.

Luke answers his phone, "Hello? Mum?"

"Luke, how is Captain Tybo?" Sarah Jane asked.

"I think he's going to be all right." Luke said.

"Jared and I need you, Rani, and Akira to keep him occupied. We're over in that church hall that we passed. Keep him out of the way for as long as you can. We think Androvax has taken a little girl's mum hostage. We have to find them first."

"Okay, Mum. We'll take care of it."

"Luke, be careful." Jared said, standing next to Sarah Jane's phone. "Stay safe."

"Yes, we'll be careful." Luke said.

"Bye." Sarah Jane said.

Brindley Estate...

"Mum thinks Androvax is heading back to the crash site." Luke said.

"I hunt." Tybo said.

Church hall…

"Kako and I had a look around." Clyde said.

"Um, there's no sign of Androvax or Julie's mom." Kako said. "I, I don't get it. What would a Destroyer of Worlds want with a little girl's mother?"

"I don't know. Maybe he wants a hostage. Or he wants a bargain." Jared said, leaning against the wall.

"Then Androvax doesn't know Captain Tybo very well, does he? Tybo won't let something like a human get in the way of his trigger finger." Clyde said.

"Which is exactly why we have to find Androvax before Tybo does." Sarah Jane said.

Brindley Estate…

"This isn't going to work, Luke, Akira. Tybo's going to realise sooner or later that we're having him on. I don't know about you, but I don't think Judoon has much of a sense of humour." Rani said.

"Mum and Jared just need some time. If Tybo catches up with Androvax before they do, that girl's mum won't stand a chance." Luke said.

"If he catches on to us, neither will we." Akira said. "He can't know."

Church hall…

"It was a monster." Julie said.

"It was an alien, Julie." Jared said, smiling. "Aliens, well, they're people. Just like us. They look a bit different, that's all. Some are metal men and some are lizards or covered in suckers."

"No, it was scary! It, it looked horrible!"

"We probably look pretty awful to him, too. This is a strange place to him. I'm sure he's just as scared as you are." Sarah Jane said.

"Sarah Jane and Jared are right. I reckon he just wants your mum to help him phone home, or something." Clyde said.

"Seriously, E.T?" Jared asked. "Is now the time? Anyway, you have to trust me and Sarah, Julie. You need to trust us. We'll find your mother and we'll look after you."

"I trust you, Sarah Jane, Jared." Julie said.

"Good. Then perhaps you can tell me why my scanner has been reading you as not really human?" Sarah Jane asked.

"Um, what?" Kako asked, and the alien leaps out of Julie's chest and touches Sarah Jane's forehead. "What did you do?"

Sarah Jane's head drops forward.

"Sarah Jane!" Kako said, looking at Sarah Jane.

"Stay where you are." Androvax said.

"What do you want?" Jared asked. "Is this for power? Conquest?"

"I'm at the top of the Judoon's Most Wanted List. I want to stay there."

"Let Sarah Jane go!" Clyde said, angrily.

"I don't think so." Androvax said.

"No! Leave her alone!"

Androvax steps inside Sarah Jane then touches Clyde and Jared, he then spots the Soul Gem for Kako and knocked it away from her before flicking his forked tongue around.

Brindley Estate…

"Androvax not here. Did not return. No trace. You lie." Tybo said.

"Nope, it wasn't a lie." Akira said.

"It was a mistake. There's a difference. A big difference." Rani said.

"A mistake isn't a crime, even to the Judoon." Luke said.

"Give to me." Tybo said.

"That's my phone."

"Communication device cost time. No good. Give."

Rani and Akira hand over their phones as well.

"Better than being executed, I suppose. But I want that back. That was a birthday present." Rani said.

Tybo stomps on the phones, "No more mistake."

"At least I still have telepathy." Akira said, sadly.

Possessed Sarah Jane has returned home.

Church hall…

"This must have been where Androvax took the girl's mum hostage." Akira said.

"Sarah Jane's gone now, so maybe we're okay." Rani said.

"Androvax was here. Evidence of humans also." Tybo said.

"Could've been anyone."

"Trace. Trans-body fusion energy." Tybo said.

"What's that?" Akira asked.

"What are you doing?" Rani asked.

Tybo goes up onto the stage and starts throwing chairs and props about, "Source located."

"Clyde!" Luke said, running up to Clyde and Jared. "Jared!"

"Kako!" Akira said, running up to Kako to check her pulse. "She's dead!"

"Jared knows how to deal with this." Rani said, looking around to see Kako's Soul Gem on the ground, she then placed it in the green haired girl's hand. "There. Kako should be waking up any minute now. Clyde and Jared are in a trance state. I've seen my mum just like this when Mrs Wormwood kidnapped her."

"Clyde, Jared, wake up! Where's Mum?" Luke asked.

"Method ineffective." Tybo said, spraying Clyde and Jared with liquid from a spray bottle.

"Hi…" Kako said, waking up slowly. "What?"

"Hey." Jared said, lifting Kako off the ground.

"What? Get off!" Clyde said, annoyed.

"What happened?" Akira asked.

"Androvax. He, um, stepped inside her." Kako said, sadly.

"He did what?" Rani asked.

"Where's Mum?" Luke asked.

"It's not like a psychograft. He just stepped inside her body. It was weird." Jared said, pacing back and forth.

"Androvax is Veil life form. Can hide inside bodies of other beings." Tybo said.

"And you didn't think to tell us." Akira said.

"Knowledge not relevant."

"Not relevant? Well, now your escaped prisoner is hiding inside my mum. I'd say that's pretty relevant, wouldn't you?" Luke asked.

Rani spots Julie and her mother behind a curtain, "Is that the girl? I think we'd better get going. You might be difficult to explain."

"Her mum's waking up, too." Clyde said.

"Come on, you guys." Jared said, running off with Kako and Akira. "Time to go on a wild goose chase."

"Yeah. And has anybody got a towel?" Clyde asked.

Attic…

"Mister Smith, I need you." Androvax-Sarah said.

Brindley Estate…

"This is crazy. If we're going to find Sarah Jane or Androvax, whatever, then we're going to need a lift." Rani said.

"Well, who's gonna stop for Tybo?" Jared asked, looking at Clyde, Luke, and Rani. "He's a space rhino."

"We could say it's fancy dress." Luke said.

A police car comes around the corner. And Jared places a small motorcycle on the ground, he tossed a device on it to make it bigger. The fanboy then hopped onto the motorcycle with Kako and Akira.

Jared activated the hover conversion on the motorcycle and he's now floating above the ground with the two Magical Girls, "Come on. This thing is running off of garbage."

"Um, are they gonna…" Kako said, looking at Jared while in the sidecar.

"That's not gonna end well."

"Ya think?" Akira asked. "What are they gonna do?"

Tybo points his gun at the policemen.

"This cannot be good." Rani said.

"He's got a gun!" Policeman 2 said.

"Commandeering your vehicle. That's an order." Tybo said.

���What's going on?" A policeman asked.

"He's from out of town." Clyde said.

"Requisition slip." Tybo said.

"I'd take it if I were you."

"I feel kinda bad for them." Jared said, as the policemen ran away. "They're dealing with their first alien. Wish it was an Adipose they encountered."

"Come on, let's get out of here." Policeman 2 said.

"Cooperation appreciated." Tybo said.

"Let's go. Are you sure you can drive?" Clyde asked.

"I am trained to pilot all methods of apprehension. Handbrake unnecessary."

His passengers scramble to fasten their seatbelts after Tybo rips out the handbrake then kangaroos off towards the main road.

Jared activated the camouflage on the hovering motorcycle to turn itself, himself, and the two Magical Girls invisible as they followed the police car, "I hate this. Going after them. Clyde, Luke, Rani, stay safe."

Attic…

"Sarah Jane, you look different." Mr Smith said.

"Thank you, Mister Smith. You could say I've had someone walk into my life." Androvax-Sarah said.

"I'm detecting an alien presence."

"Ignore it."

"But my analysis suggests that it's a Veil life form."

"Mister Smith, is your central processor fully functioning?"

"I believe so."

"If you want it to stay that way, you'll do what you're supposed to do and obey me. Got that?"

"Yes, Sarah Jane. Understood." Mr Smith said.

"Good. Then maybe we can get started. You are the most powerful computer on this odd little planet, aren't you?" Androvax-Sarah asked.

"I'm a Xylok. I'm more than a computer."

"But you can infiltrate any computer system on Earth no matter how they're defended, isn't that right?"

"If that were Sarah Jane I was talking to, she wouldn't need to ask."

"I am Sarah Jane. I've just been upgraded. And you will obey me, because, as I understand, that is what you're programmed to do. That is your purpose."

"What do you want, Miss Smith?"

"That's better."

Police car / Jared's motorcycle…

"Why are they going so slow?" Akira asked, as a bicyclist over takes the police car. "Can't they go quicker?"

"Can't you go any faster?" Clyde asked.

"Speed limit thirty miles an hour." Tybo said.

"What is it with you? Don't they get Starsky and Hutch repeats in Judoonland?" Rani asked.

"Starsky and Hutch?" Jared asked.

"It's a buddy cop show." Kako said, sitting comfortably in the side car. "I think."

"Undercover operation." Tybo said.

A young man in a cabriolet pulls alongside, music blaring.

"Tybo, what are you doing? No, no, no, no, no!" Clyde said, angrily.

Tybo points his gun at the music lover, "Attention! Noise exceeds permitted levels. Turn down."

"This is why I hate the way Judoon thinks." Jared said, rolling his eyes. "They just rile me up."

The driver obeys.

"Have nice day." Tybo said, driving away with Jared following him.

The man makes a phone call, "Mum?"

Outside Genetec Systems…

Haresh, Gita, Nanaka, and Meiyui arrive in the Bloomin Lovely florist van.

"According to this brochure, this building stretches back for miles. Well, a long way, anyway. It says here, the square footage is the biggest in West London." Gita said.

"Really?" Nanaka asked. "Is it that big?"

"I hope I've got enough plants. Oh. Might have to get a second van load."

"This is ridiculous, Gita. You're going to get us arrested." Haresh said.

"Rani's mother is not thinking things through." Meiyui said, telepathically.

"Yeah." Nanaka said, telepathically. "What are we supposed to do?"

"Jared said to watch them."

"But is it going to be easy? She's less predictable than Jared."

"Wait till they see how much nicer all this unfriendly glass and steel will look with some flowers and greenery." Gita said.

"I still think sending them a letter, a brochure, would be a more conventional approach." Haresh said.

"You see, conventional. That's your problem, my darling. If you want to grow in corporate floristry, you have to learn to think outside the seed box. It's a plant eat plant world, Haresh, believe me. Now, come on. Careful with that cheese plant."

Outside Sarah Jane's home…

"There's no car. Mum isn't here." Luke said.

Jared landed the hover bike on the ground and he got off of it with Kako and Akira, "That doesn't mean that she wasn't here. Come on, let's explore."

"No Androvax. Must keep looking." Tybo said.

"No, you can't go stomping around the streets. You're an alien. Someone's going to notice." Rani said.

"If Mum was here, there could be a clue as to where they've gone." Luke said, looking at Jared. "Jared, do you know where they went?"

"Nope." Jared said. "I don't."

"Clue?" Tybo asked.

"Oh, boy! Don't they teach you anything in Judoon Police Academy?" Clyde asked.

"All I need." Tybo said.

"What is it?" Akira asked. "What do you need?"

"Judoon recovery mission entered solar space."

"More Judoon? That's, um, not a good idea." Kako said.

"Androvax not escape." Tybo said.

"What about Sarah?" Jared asked. "We can't just leave her."

"Androvax capture and trial. Priority. Humans irrelevant."

"Tybo's ship crossed the solar system in forty five minutes, remember." Rani said.

"We've got to find Sarah Jane before they get here." Clyde said.

"Trace. Trans-body fusion energy. Androvax was here." Tybo said.

Genetec Systems…

"He's taking a while." Nanaka said.

In the reception area.

"I've moved the van. At least they won't do us for obstruction as well." Haresh said.

"Haresh, just chill out. There, perfect." Gita said,

"Do you want to tell me what you think you're doing?" The guard asked.

"That's not good." Nanaka said, telepathically.

"What was Jared thinking?" Meiyui asked, telepathically. "Making us be with her. I hope he made the right decision for the long term."

"What did I tell you? You and your bright ideas." Haresh said.

"Stop worrying. I told you, Sarah and Jared knows the chief executive. It's all going to be fine." Gita said.

"About that…" Jared said, telepathically. "You got caught, didn't you?"

"Yes." Nanaka said, telepathically.

"Sarah kind of pissed him off. And Androvax is heading your way now."

As Haresh, Gita, Nanaka, and Meiyui follow the guard, possessed Sarah Jane enters.

Laboratory...

The guard contacts Mister Yorke by phone.

"They were doing what? Plants? What sort of plants?" Yorke asked.

"Hello again, Mister Yorke." Androvax-Sarah said, and zap, and bang goes a computer stack. "Sonic lipstick. Handy little toy. Especially for getting in places I shouldn't be."

"Security!"

"You're wasting your time, Mister Yorke. I've disabled the entire Genetec communications system."

"Have to tell you, it seems a pretty extreme way of continuing our conversation, Miss Smith."

"I'm done talking, Mister Yorke. I want your nanoforms." Androvax-Sarah said. "And I don't want to use them to build a superhero suit. One to help people."

"What?" Yorke asked.

"They're going to build me something. Something very special."

Attic…

"Mister Smith, we need you!" Jared said, entering the attic.

Alarms sound as the fireplace opens.

"Luke, Clyde, Rani, Jared, Kako, Akira, run. Get out of the house, now." Mr. Smith said.

"Um, what are you talking about?" Kako asked.

"Sarah Jane has instructed my self-detonation protocols to initiate on activation. I will explode in sixty seconds." Mr Smith said.

"Oh, boy." Clyde said.

"The explosion will destroy all of Bannerman Road. You must run. Now!" Mr Smith said.

"Jared, got a plan?" Akira asked.

Luke works frantically on Mister Smith's keyboard.

"Detonation in fifty five seconds. You must run. Now." Mr Smith said.

"Mister Smith, stop it!" Rani said.

"I cannot cancel Sarah Jane's order."

"But it wasn't Sarah Jane that ordered you to explode. It was some freaky alien inside her." Clyde said.

"Detonation in forty seconds. Only she can command me to disarm."

"I stop." Tybo said, drawing his weapon.

"No! Don't do that!" Jared said, looking at Tybo. "We need Mr Smith to find Sarah!"

"Then do something now."

"You have thirty two seconds." Mr Smith said.

"Come on, Jared. You can do this." Akira said.

"I know, I know, let me think." Jared said, pacing back and forth. "I haven't been through this in a while."

"You haven't got time to think. You're someone with foreknowledge. You know what to do next. What would Ruby and Hibiki do?" Clyde asked.

"Neither girl used an alien computer that turned into a bomb as their weapon." Rani said. "They both used reason before fighting."

"Twenty two seconds. Please run." Mr Smith said.

"Oh, thank you, Rani Chandra." Jared said, smiling. "Mister Smith, you're a Xylok. And what's the most important thing to your species?"

"Purpose."

"I was expecting wire cutters here, not chit-chat." Clyde said, annoyed.

"This is the only way to stop the bomb. Come on, what's your purpose, Mister Smith? Tell me, go on. What did Sarah tell you what your purpose was?" Jared asked.

"To defend and protect Earth." Mr Smith said.

"That purpose overrides all other protocols, doesn't it? I talked a good amount with Luke and Kirito to know about computers." Jared said, leaning against the wall.

"Yes. Ten Earth seconds."

"Well, stop now. Sarah's order would endanger Earth. And Symphogear is the last line of defense. They can't stop the Noise or oncoming alien threats that hit Japan too. Without them, the Earth is doomed. Your purpose overrides Sarah's command. Come on, you have to override the detonation."

"Your point seems logical. I must consider it."

"No, just do it!" Rani said, angrily.

"Detonation suspended." Mr Smith said.

"Who else could talk a bomb out of going off? Besides you Jared, it would definitely be you Luke." Clyde said.

"Um, it could also be Ruby or Hibiki." Kako said.

"Mister Smith, where is Mum?" Luke asked.

Laboratory...

"Now, Mister Yorke, input the nanoform activation codes. I don't have much time." Androvax-Sarah said.

"You're mad. You said yourself the nanoforms can't do no more than push a few atoms together." Yorke said.

"I think you'll find they've just been upgraded. Enter the codes."

"You are crazy."

"Don't worry. I've brought blueprints. Your nanoforms are going to build me a spaceship."

Attic…

"In 1947, a spaceship crash-landed in New Mexico." Mr Smith said.

"Isn't that Roswell?" Akira asked.

"You mean that really happened?" Clyde asked.

"Come on. Try to keep up." Rani said.

"The US military re-engineered a craft from the wreckage. Androvax had me acquire the schematics from their Dreamland base in Arizona.�� Mr Smith said.

"Yeah, the Doctor went to Roswell without me." Jared said, letting out a sigh. "Of course he did. So, where did they go?"

"She's taken them to Genetec. Of course, nanoform technology could build it from raw atoms." Luke said.

"What are you talking about?" Clyde asked.

"Mum was doing an article on nanoforms." Luke said.

"Um, Jared, you went there with Nanaka and Meiyui. You must have forgotten why you wanted to study nanoforms again. To, um, build your nanotechnology super suit." Kako said, looking at Jared.

"Yeah. Those were supposed to survive space." Jared said, his eyes widening. "No wonder I went there with Sarah, Nanaka, and Meiyui without thinking."

"Exactly. Tiny robots that can build anything. Androvax is going to get them to build him a spaceship." Luke said.

"Before the Judoon get here in thirty minutes?" Clyde asked.

"But nanoforms have to be stored dormant at sub-zero temperatures because of the massive energy they create when activated. They're fast, Clyde."

"Must hurry. Stop Androvax escaping." Tybo said.

"Sarah Jane or Androvax knew you would follow. So my self-destruct protocols were engaged." Mr Smith said.

"Yeah. Well, Androvax isn't going to leg it with Sarah Jane, because we're going to stop him before Captain Tybo's space-plods get here. No offence." Clyde said.

"The matter is more pressing than that, Clyde."

Laboratory…

An alarm sounds.

"What's happening? The nanoforms, they're multiplying!" Yorke said.

"They're responding to my programming." Androvax-Sarah said.

"The safety protocols can't cope with that rate of multiplication. They'll swarm."

"I'm releasing them, Mister Yorke. I'm releasing them to build my ship!"

"If they get into the environment, they'll take the whole planet apart!"

"They have been programmed to build my spacecraft. My escape from the Judoon. Then what better way to cover my tracks than to destroy Earth?" Androvax-Sarah asked, and pipes burst, spilling the nanoforms onto the floor of the lab. "Do your work, my army of the infinitesimal!"

Security office…

"What's that?" Meiyui asked. "Is that a fire alarm?"

"Just stay there." The guard said.

"You can't just leave us here." Nanaka said. "This is not what Jared planned. I can tell."

"You can't go anywhere. You're under arrest. It's a Level One Security Alert. The building's been locked down."

"Great." Nanaka said, and the guard leaves, locking the door behind him.

"I'm not standing for this!" Haresh said, and he tries to pick the lock.

"I don't think he's listening. Haresh, don't get upset, my darling, but you are more of a Jamie Oliver than a James Bond." Gita said.

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"Piccalilli's more your style than picking locks."

"Gita, just let me concentrate."

"You two are worse than some of Jared's friends." Nanaka said, and she rattled another set of keys. "Come on, they were in the drawer."

Outside Genetec Systems / Attic...

They arrive in the borrowed police car. Jared is in the attic making sure they are safe from a distance.

Luke spots the Nissan Figaro in the car park, "Look. Mum's definitely here."

"Um, Jared, what's going on up there?" Kako asked.

A black object is forming on the roof.

"What's that?" Akira asked.

"It's the nanoforms. They're building Androvax's spaceship." Luke said.

Laboratory…

Androvax-Sarah Jane sees them on the CCTV, "So, the Judoon and his puerile posse have survived my trap. Perhaps that strange boy of yours really is as special as you seem to think, Sarah Jane."

"Oh, he is. And, believe me, he and the others, they will stop you." Sarah Jane said.

"I don't think so. I'm sure your security systems will keep them at bay, Mister Yorke." Androvax-Sarah said.

Outside Genetec Systems / Attic…

"Guys, you've got ten minutes until the Judoon arrives." Jared said, eating some chocolate chip cookies.

The fanboy is watching what is going on through Mister Smith. Kako is wearing the Torchwood contact lenses so she can see what Jared is saying.

"Judoon will secure building. Androvax trapped." Tybo said.

"What about Sarah Jane?" Akira asked.

"Humans irrelevant."

"How can you say that? Sarah Jane's my mother." Luke said.

"Halt!" Tybo said.

"What?" Rani asked.

"Do not infringe directive." Tybo said, pointing to the 'have you paid and displayed' notice.

"Yeah. I hated being slowed down by Tybo." Jared said, sipping on some green tea. "That's why I chose to stay here."

"Can you stop talking?" Kako asked. "Please."

Whatever Jared is saying is showing up as text on Kako's visual receptors.

"Sorry." Jared said, sadly.

"What? You've got to be kidding." Clyde said.

"You pay. You display." Tybo said.

Rani is the only one with any money.

Genetec Systems…

Gita, Haresh, Nanaka, and Meiyui come to an internal door.

"It's locked." Nanaka said. "We can't go this way."

Haresh hurts his shoulder trying to break it open, "Has to be some way out. Come on."

Outside Genetec Systems / Attic...

"It's locked." Akira said.

"Key." Tybo said, wanting to use his gun.

"Yui, if you…" Jared said, looking at the daughter of Kirito and Asuna that's near the Xylok.

But Mister Yorke manages to get to an override switch and releases all the doors, much to Tybo's annoyance.

"I must have a magic touch." Clyde said.

Laboratory…

"What have you done?" Androvax-Sarah asked.

"Over-ridden the security systems. Unlocked the lock-down." Yorke said.

"You know, I think you've outgrown your usefulness."

Genetec Systems / Attic…

"Oh! They're in the laboratories!" Yui said, closing her eyes for a moment to check.

"Yui says they're in the laboratories." Kako said.

"Which ones? This place goes on forever." Akira said.

"I don't know." Yui said. "Got anything Mister Smith?"

"No." Mister Smith said. "Nothing."

"Er, right now we've got another problem." Clyde said, while Tybo turns around to face the assembled Genetec Security. "Er, it's all right. He's the police, honest. Evenin' all."

"You obstruct Judoon." Tybo said.

"Using guns like that doesn't solve problems." Jared said, rolling his eyes.

And out comes the gun again from Tybo.

"No! Don't shoot." Kako said.

"No-one said anything about flaming aliens in the contract." A guard said.

The security guards flee.

"Come on!" Clyde said.

Rani spots her parents consulting a floorplan on a wall with Nanaka and Meiyui, and pulls everyone back out of sight.

Clyde has to drag Tybo back, "What is it?"

"My mum and dad. And she's with Nanaka and Meiyui." Rani said.

"What?" Kako asked. "Why are they here?"

"Mum. She gave Gita the Genetec brochure. Remember?" Luke asked.

"Parents and friends compromise mission." Tybo said.

"No, you leave them alone." Rani said.

"Nanaka?" Akira asked, telepathically.

"Akira?" Nanaka asked, telepathically. "Did Jared swap our places on purpose?"

"I did." Jared said, tossing a chocolate chip cookie in his mouth. "Rani's parents, I forgot what happened to them. But I know Kako and Akira need to be there for Rani, Luke, and Clyde. To keep them safe."

"Um, how?" Kako asked, telepathically.

"I don't know. You four are Magical Girls, figure it out."

"Just because we are Magical Girls." Akira said, telepathically. "Doesn't meant we know what we're doing."

Tybo steps out into the corridor, but Gita, Haresh, Nanaka, and Meiyui have moved on.

"Come on, quickly." Luke said.

"But mum and dad, they don't know what they've walked into. Only Nanaka and Meiyui do." Rani said.

"They'll find their way out. Don't worry. Come on, the Judoon will be in orbit any minute." Clyde said.

"This way." Luke said.

Bottom of stairs / Attic...

"There's got to be a way out of here." Nanaka said.

A platoon of Judoon beams in around them.

"Haresh." Gita said.

"I know." Haresh said.

"Sho blo fo jo mo." The Judoon said.

"Hello. And, er, welcome to Earth."

"Yes. Very nice to meet you." Gita said, curtseying.

"They're dealing with their first alien well." Meiyui said.

"They are." Jared said, watching what's going on through Mister Smith.

The Judoon scans Haresh.

"We hope you come in peace." Haresh said.

"Language assimilated. Earth. English. You will be catalogued. Species, human. Unimportant." The Judoon said.

"Just a minute. This is our planet and I demand to know what you're doing here."

"Haresh, it may be our planet, but it isn't your school. Perhaps we should just let them get on." Gita said.

"Female of species more intelligent. Obstruction carries penalty. Disintegration." The Judoon said.

"So much for coming in peace." Haresh said.

"Shut up." Nanaka said.

"Troop!" The Judoon said.

Laboratory...

"Soon my ship will be complete." Androvax-Sarah said.

"And then what, Androvax? You let the nanoforms destroy Earth?" Sarah Jane asked.

"Why can't you be quiet? I needed a body to hide in, not a conscience."

"Everyone has a conscience, Androvax. Even you. You've just buried it so deep down you can't hear it any more. But I'm here now. And remember, that wasn't my choice."

"I'd be quiet if I were you."

"No! You leave them alone!"

Genetec Systems / Attic...

"Halt! Authorised personnel only." Tybo said.

"Seriously?" Akira asked. "We break into places we shouldn't be to hunt down Witches."

"Rules must be obeyed." Tybo said.

"Under Shadow Proclamation's rules, you shouldn't be on Earth." Luke said.

"He really shouldn't be here." Jared said, tossing another chocolate chip cookie into his mouth. "I swear, if another Judoon shows up on Earth after this. After today, then I don't know."

"Accident." Tybo said.

Clyde opens the forbidden door, "Whoops. Accident."

Empty laboratory / Attic...

Tybo's comms chirps, "So yo vo cho?"

"Wo mo mo." The Judoon said, over the speaker.

"The Judoon. They're here." Akira said.

"Things have gotten a lot worse." Kako said. "Hasn't it?"

"If Androvax has still got Sarah Jane, the Judoon will take them both." Rani said.

"We have to find a way of slowing them down. And I think I know how." Luke said, and he opens another door.

"And they just grounded themselves on Earth, but it's worth the risk of saving Sarah." Jared said, and the door has a wheel lock.

"Captain Tybo!" Akira said.

"What?" Tybo asked.

"Look at this." Clyde said, while Tybo walks through the door.

"I'm not sure this is a good idea." Kako said.

"It isn't." Akira said, as Luke closes the door behind Tybo.

"You're nicked, mate." Clyde said.

"It's an electro-dampening chamber. Nothing electronic will work in there. Not Tybo's gun or his radio. Now the Judoon will have to find him as well as Mum." Luke said.

"But boy, are we in trouble when he gets out of there." Rani said.

Genetec Systems / Attic...

"Come on, we've got to find Mum." Luke said.

Laboratory / Attic.

They find her.

"Luke. I've missed you so much. What's wrong? Don't you want to give me a hug?" Androvax-Sarah asked.

Genetec Systems / Attic...

"Ho ko bro bo…" The Judoon said.

"Why did you give us the less interesting route?" Nanaka asked, telepathically.

"It's because you two are pretty cool." Jared said, tossing another cookie in his mouth.

"Considering the entire building's locked, Security took your mobile and none of the phones here actually work, I don't see what we can do." Haresh said.

"My mobile. The security guard, he's got my phone. All my contacts. What if they disintegrate him? I'll be proper scuppered. Come on, we'd better go and find it." Gita said.

Laboratory / Attic...

"There are more Judoon here now. They'll find you. So take your spaceship and give me my mum back." Luke said.

"I don't think so. I've come to know Sarah Jane quite well and I don't see her as the type to wave me off." Androvax-Sarah said.

"How could you do that? Take over someone else's body? That's horrible!" Kako said, angrily.

"You body-snatching alien scumbag. We won't let you get away with it!" Akira said.

"Ha! You're not only little more than children, you're human children. You've barely dried off since your species crawled out of the sea. I am a Veil. My kind were conquering worlds when yours was little more than a ball of superheated gas." Androvax-Sarah said.

"And all you've evolved into is a killer, that destroys planets and takes over other people's bodies?" Rani asked.

"My mum will beat you. I don't care what you are, she's strong and is going to kick you out." Luke said.

"You can fight him, Sarah Jane." Kako said. "I know you can."

"We know you're there. We know you can hear us." Clyde said.

"You can fight this alien. You're stronger than he is." Rani said.

"You can beat him!" Luke said.

"Come on, Sarah Jane." Akira said.

Androvax staggers.

"Luke, I love you." Androvax-Sarah said.

"Mum." Luke said.

They hug, then Androvax's forked tongue flickers out of Sarah Jane's mouth.

"It's not her!" Clyde said.

"Luke!" Kako and Rani said, at the same time.

"What did you do?" Akira asked.

Luke is stunned by Androvax.

"Careful. Not so fast you four. Who would ever have thought a sonic cosmetic could be such a useful accessory?" Androvax-Sarah asked.

Something large is creaking.

"What's that?" Kako asked.

"Some of my infinitesimal army. They're hungry, and it's time to feed on your entire planet. And you four? You'll make delicious hors d'oeurves." Androvax-Sarah said.

"Run!" Clyde said.

"Oh, I get it." Yui said, looking at Jared. "You didn't want the nanoforms to ruin Aqours."

"Yup." Jared said, as a stream of nanoforms flows across the floor. "I knew that some would be used against me someday. Just didn't know when."

Genetec Systems / Attic…

"They're right behind us!" Kako said.

"No way am I gonna be nano-food. I like my atoms just the way they are." Clyde said, and they head down the stairs. "Come on!"

"Nope." Akira said.

The Judoon are on the floor below.

"That's the worst possible luck." Jared said, sipping on his matcha tea. "Sorry about all this. I could have prevented it."

"Back!"

Another laboratory / Attic...

"I think we lost them." Akira said.

"For now." Kako said.

"Well, that door should hold them. For about ten seconds." Rani said.

"You see, that's the trouble with munchies on a molecular level. Nothing stops them. Those nanoforms are going to eat us, the building and then the whole world." Clyde said.

"This is a laboratory. There must be something in here we can use."

"Yeah. If Luke was here."

Laboratory...

Androvax revives Luke.

"Hello again, Luke. Enjoy your nap?" Androvax-Sarah asked.

"Where's Clyde, Rani, Kako, and Akira? You'd better not have hurt them!" Luke said.

"You're the boy genius, what do you think? Grown from synthesised DNA. The perfect human being. You were part of an alien invasion, but Sarah Jane and Jared really do have a habit of meddling. It's a pity she didn't take up knitting instead and he didn't become a game designer."

"They've saved more planets than you've destroyed."

"In time, those worlds would all have died. It is the way of the universe. Now, come on. The nanoforms have completed my ship."

And it is sitting on the roof.

Spaceship…

"The nanoforms built this? It's amazing." Luke said.

Another laboratory / Attic…

"The doors won't last much longer." Clyde said.

"Think! What would Luke do?" Rani asked.

"I don't know. I get by on good looks and one-liners. I'm not supposed to understand all this techie stuff."

"Yeah, I know, you're the cool one. Well, cool isn't much help right now."

"Nanoforms have to be stored at subzero temperatures." Yui said, floating in the visual receptors of Kako

"We have to cool them down." Kako said. "The nanoforms have to be stored at subzero temperatures. Um, thanks Yui."

"Dormant. He said they were kept dormant. And Yui remembered that detail just now. If they get cold they go to sleep." Rani said.

Akira grabs the CO2 fire extinguisher from the wall behind her. Kako gets the second one. Rani grabs the third one, and Clyde grabs the fourth one.

Empty laboratory…

The Judoon find Tybo.

"Sho jo wo mo mo!" The Judoon said.

"Vo bo no no. No no! Yo blo mo! Ow!" Tybo said.

No unauthorised access. Oops.

"Mo ko blo blo sho mo fo fo bo wo ho cho bo ho ho uno vo vo vo vo vo!" Tybo said.

They let Tybo out.

Another laboratory / Attic…

"Good luck you guys." Jared said, sitting on the chair.

The door is starting to melt. Clyde, Rani, Kako, and Akira pull the pins on the extinguishers.

"They're coming." Kako said.

"Atomise this." Akira said.

They fire the extinguishers.

"It's working! It's working!" Rani said, happily.

"You're not so buzzy now, are you?" Clyde asked.

"The CO2 only switches them off for a while. We have to find some way of stopping them for good, before they take the whole world apart."

"Come on."

Spaceship…

"You've got your spaceship. The Judoon aren't going to catch you. Let my mum go." Luke said.

"And give her a chance to save Earth with Jared? If you think I care, you're talking to the wrong species." Androvax-Sarah said.

"Why don't you care? Why destroy all these worlds?" Luke asked.

"Because his own world was destroyed, Luke." Sarah Jane said.

"Mum, is that you?"

"That's enough!" Androvax-Sarah said.

"Of course. She knows everything about you, just like you do about her." Luke said.

"He's so angry, Luke." Sarah Jane said.

"No more!" Androvax-Sarah said.

"That's what you meant when you said all worlds die. You saw it happen to your world. What happened?" Luke asked.

"Our sun turned cold as I travelled the stars. I returned and found my world a ball of ice, my people frozen at its heart. I was alone, so alone, and I had seen so many worlds that teemed with life, happiness, hope. Fools! I would teach them what the universe would do to them."

"You destroyed them because you were jealous?"

"Because the only truth of the universe is destruction. And now it's so very close again."

The nanoforms pour over the edge of the roof.

Genetec Systems / Attic…

"What's going on?" Clyde asked.

"You are convicted of multiple offences. Justice will be swift." Tybo said.

"Justice will be painful. It will be…" Jared said, getting a glare from Yui. "Not the time."

"No." Yui said, sadly.

Just as Tybo points his gun at Clyde, Rani, Kako, and Akira, the building shakes.

"It's the nanoforms, they're attacking the building. Run!" Clyde said.

"Go jo go!" Tybo said.

Haresh, Gita, Nanaka, and Akira arrive.

"Let's head back!" Nanaka said.

Stairwell / Attic...

"We've got to find Sarah Jane before Tybo finds us." Rani said.

Spaceship / Attic…

"It's time to leave." Androvax-Sarah said.

"Oh, I don't think so." Jared said, as a hologram of him appeared in the room. "Thank you, Mister Smith. You're not leaving with Sarah. And having the nanoforms destroy the Earth."

"You can't stop me. You're just a hologram." Androvax-Sarah said.

"Luke!" Clyde said.

"How did you get in here?"

"Mister Smith and Yui showed me the ship's schematics. I know everything about it. Where the door controls are, and that you can't take it anywhere without this, the ionic fusion bar." Luke said.

"Give it to me!" Androvax-Sarah said.

"You can have it, Androvax, but you have to come and get it. Not my mum. Release my mum and you can take off after you've disabled the nanoforms."

"What do you say? Deal?" Rani asked.

"No wonder Sarah Jane is so proud of you. It makes me want to be sick." Androvax-Sarah said.

Androvax steps out of Sarah Jane, "Give it to me!"

"Um, the nanoforms." Kako said.

"Androvax the Annihilator, prepare for judgment." Tybo said.

"No!" Androvax said.

"You will face Shadow Proclamation and execution."

"No! First you have to let him disable the nanoforms." Luke said.

"It's too late." Androvax said.

Security office…

"What's that?" Meiyui asked. "Is it the nanoforms?"

The whole building is shaking.

"What's happening?" Gita asked.

Spaceship / Attic...

"I told you, Luke. The truth of the universe is destruction. Nothing can stop it." Androvax said.

"There may be destruction in the universe. There has been for billions of years. But without it, the universe wouldn't evolve. And that's what the universe is really about. Survival. It's what the Incubators strive for and have been trying to prevent for millennia. The universe's destruction. By turning human girls into Magical Girls. Just watch." Luke said, going to the spaceship controls.

"I know this sounds like a stupid question, or at least I hope it is, but do you know what you're doing?" Clyde asked.

"The nanoforms built this computer, and I can use it to get into the Genetec systems and delete their programming." Luke said.

"Before the whole place collapses? Because that would be cool. Really cool. In fact, you'll be the coolest person I know."

"Luke! Oh Luke, there isn't much time." Sarah Jane said.

"Don't worry, Mum, I can do this." Luke said.

Security office….

"Haresh!" Gita said.

"Hold on to me." Haresh said.

Spaceship / Attic...

"You cannot save yourselves, humans." Androvax said.

"And send." Luke said.

"Looks like we just did." Akira said.

"Um, that was close." Kako said.

"Yeah, it was." Jared said, eating some jelly babies. "Oh, got to go. See ya!"

The hologram of Jared disappeared. The deactivated nanoforms fall to the ground. The building stops shaking.

Security office…

"Right, that's it, we're getting out of here. Come on." Haresh said.

Spaceship…

"Why did Jared leave us?" Akira asked, telepathically.

"Maybe he wanted to meet us back in person." Kako said, telepathically.

"Maybe. But what now?"

"I don't know."

"It's a shame that you can't repair everything that you have done, Androvax. But at least we saved this world from you." Sarah Jane said.

"You and one of the Doctor's other best friends will be destroyed in the end. If not by me, then someone will destroy you and Jared Shay, Sarah Jane Smith." Androvax said.

"Silence!" Tybo said.

"Listen, Captain, about earlier." Clyde said.

"Under circumstances, sentence commuted. Revocation of interstellar travelling rights."

Rani takes the proffered document, "What?"

"Sentence, confined to Earth." Tybo said.

"Oh, what, we're grounded? On Earth." Clyde said. "Is that why…"

"Oh. That's why Jared left as he did." Kako said.

"He knew that if he was grounded even further, it could cause havoc across the multiverse." Akira said. "Clever."

Tybo puts the ionic fusion bar back in its place, "Flight power restored. I take Androvax to teleport. Spacecraft confiscated by Judoon. Humans, go."

"And that's not the only reason we have to get out of here, Sarah Jane." Rani said.

Genetec Systems…

"Judoon?" Nanaka asked.

"That means their mission is complete." Meiyui said.

The Judoon march Androvax past Haresh, Gita, Nanaka, and Meiyui.

"Nothing to see. Move along." Tybo said.

"You know, Rani's never going to believe a word of this." Gita said.

Outside the building, Sarah Jane drives away as Mister Yorke staggers outside. He watches the spaceship takes off from the roof and flies away.

Outside Sarah Jane's home…

"I almost feel sorry for Androvax. All alone and so angry at the universe." Jared said, leaning against the wall. "That's what one of the versions of Homura felt when her Madoka left her. The universe proved her right when she couldn't save her."

"The universe is about destruction, he said. Ultimately, everything's about death." Luke said.

"But that's only part of the truth. Parts of the universe are dying all the time. Planets, stars, people. But the amazing part is that it isn't the end. It's only the beginning of something new and exciting being born." Sarah Jane said.

"Yeah, and my adventures here being grounded on Earth is coming to an end." Jared said, happily. "I can just feel it. I saved the Earth time and time again for almost a year."

"You did." Kako said.

"Why were we grounded on Earth with Luke, Clyde, and Rani?" Akira asked.

"Because Kako still has her family's bookstore. I don't want her to leave it behind." Jared said, smiling.

The Bloomin' Lovely van screeched to a halt across the road.

"Rani! Rani!" Gita said, excitedly.

"Mum, what is it?" Rani asked.

"Aliens. We've seen aliens."

"How was today?" Jared asked, telepathically.

"It was interesting." Meiyui said, telepathically. "Besides us being locked in a room."

"Security caught you two?"

"Yes." Nanaka said, telepathically.

"Sorry."

"Why were Kako and Akira grounded on Earth?"

"Long story." Akira said, telepathically.

"We had to delay the Judoon." Kako said, returning the Torchwood contact lenses to Jared. "Here."

Gita leaves.

"Rhinoceros men? Come on, sir." Clyde said.

"Gita said no one would believe us. And why would they? We live in Bannerman Road. What's going to happen to us?" Haresh asked.

"Oh, that's the wonderful thing about the universe. You just never know." Sarah Jane said.