-Author Note-

Many of my readers will recognize this story as one I've told before, tried to publish again and then once more took down because I was unhappy with it. I promise you that this time that isn't the case. This time we will finish the story and you will find out about the time that Jack and the Doctor spent together on Hades.

This retelling will be darker and not gloss over scenes as I did in the original as it focuses on what living on a prison planet could really be like. I can't promise a happy ending where they go off in the TARDIS together but I can promise it will be less confusing.

If this kind of story isn't your cup of tea, I understand. For everyone else, sit back and enjoy as Jack and the Doctor return to Hades.

-DW-

By the end of the twenty-second century, humans had outgrown the small cluster of planets they called home within their solar system. With their population still expanding, they set off to find and claim new planets for their own, moving ever closer to the other species who watched them curiously. They didn't help as the human race settled on new planets, some untamable even for their ambitious hearts. No one expected them to last long, therefore, they took notice as, by the thirty-fourth century, they had claimed and settled more than a dozen new planets. Yet the humans weren't satisfied and the population continued to grow, expanding to astronomical numbers.

By the fifty-first century, these humans had spread out across their galaxy and were daring to venture into new ones. It was this that caused the rest of the species to finally take notice and realize the massive empire that the human race had built spanning many systems. They were no longer just a few billion people living on a small blue planet in an insignificant part of the galaxy but a force to be reckoned with and feared as they established they could survive even on the harshest of planets. While some, like the Doctor, had known for a while now that humans would be at the end of the universe others were also taking notice that the human race was one not to be messed with. That they would survive and fight on no matter how many times they were pushed back. Despite their late start into the universe, they now interacted, traded, and helped other species. Thankfully, for the most part, the humans learned to live peacefully with the others. Just like any other race though, there were a few who rebelled.

For those who were rebellious, many prison colonies were set up. Some of them were small, taking up a portion of the moon or an island on the planet the humans had claimed with the men and women separated in order to control the population of the prison. There were some colonies that were combined to save on space or because the people who imprisoned them didn't expect survivors. Many perished in the harsh environments but those who did survive turned the prisons into colonies of their own. The colonies were unforgiving to the weak and children born in them had to grow up fast in order to survive. It was because of these prisons that some of the worst killers the universe had ever known emerged. They were the children who grew up often only knowing a life of pain and fear. To control these prisoners another prison was founded. This prison was different than all the rest.

Orbiting a dying star on the far reaches of the galaxy an impossible planet was discovered. They named it for the Greek god of the dead and Hades soon became the place where the worst male criminals were sent and forgotten. for while it was sometimes possible to return to a normal life when your sentence was complete in the other colonies one fact still remained. No one ever left Hades.