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Deja Vu
Who: Sarah Jane, (with not-quite cameos by Luke, Maria, the Bane)
What: Time to re-live a very important day
When: Day 25, morning, Vas time
Where: the Bubble Shock factory, Ealing
Rating: PG
Status: Closed, complete



Sarah Jane had fallen asleep in her little corner of the museum, curled up under her tattered blanket, expecting to find it still dark, as it had been for the last several days, when she awoke. Instead, much to her surprise, she found herself suddenly standing, wide-awake, in the midst of an enormous factory. She blinked, taking in her surroundings, and ducking behind a convenient bit of machinery when she heard footsteps running in her direction.

Bubble Shock. She was back at the Bubble Shock factory. Instinctively, she patted her pockets, feeling for her sonic lipstick, an odd sense of relief mixed with unease flooding her when she felt the contours of the little device. She heard the workers - the disguised Bane - shouting, searching for her, and instinct took over for a moment as she crept along the factory floor, looking for a place to hide.

Somehow, she'd gone back in time. There was no other possible explanation. She'd gone back a year, to the day she'd decided, almost on a whim, to infiltrate the pop factory. The day Maria Jackson had moved in across the road. The day she met Luke. No, he wasn't Luke yet. Not today. Today, he was the newly-born Archetype of the Bane. She'd run into him in the ladies' in a few moments, hiding with Maria. She'd bundle them both into her car and get them out of this horrible place, and try to dismiss Maria completely.

And there was the ladies' toilet. Sarah Jane slipped inside without being noticed, and glanced at herself in the mirror. She gasped. She hadn't just gone back in time, she'd somehow been put into the body of herself, a year ago. Like what had happened with some of the residents at Vas the day they'd turned into children, only not quite as drastic.

Noises outside drew her attention, and Sarah Jane hid herself in one of the stalls, as she'd done before, knowing it was Maria and Luke who would find her in a moment. And it would take every ounce of self-control not to fling her arms around both of them. Just being able to see them, even for a few moments, would be wonderful. But they wouldn't know her yet. She was still the odd lady who kept to herself, after all. She wasn't Luke's mum yet, wasn't Maria's trusted friend. She took a deep breath as she heard the door to the toilet open, and steeled herself for the day ahead.