Something's a little wrong with the Summer Bay timeline and a certain Captain Jack may have an idea why. Home and Away/Doctor Who cross-over. Dr Who - Post 'the parting of the ways', H&A could be anytime mid 2006.
Characters:, Hayley, Josh and anyone else I want to throw in, Captain Jack (pre Doctor Who)
Note: Some characters in H&A who should be dead are alive, this doesn't make it completely AU, just a reality problem. Cpt Jack has another ship but it is not a copy of his old one, just very similar. Will the timelord show up to lend a hand, who knows?
Chapter One
Jack sunk to his knees and took deep breaths to clear the sudden rush of nausea, an unfortunate side-effect of using the emergency transport system. Once he was sure the Andromeda Spice Worm soup was not going to make a re-appearance he raised his head to see where he had ended up.
"Great," he muttered to himself and for a moment thought he was on a deserted island, the beach and surf the only thing in view. Hello hello, company after all the inner Jack smirked as he spied a couple walking towards him, both were scantily clad and seemed totally engrossed in one another, not even noticing the over dressed figure until they almost collided.
"Oh!" said Hayley and automatically gave her best smile to the dark haired handsome man before her, "Sorry 'bout that, didn't see you there."
"Ahh but I could not help but notice you beautiful," said Jack suavely and the blonde giggled demurely, but Jack was quickly interrupted in his flirtations by the woman's companion, also dark haired and obviously well built but his expression was surly and jealousy exuded from him as he pushed in front of Hayley and held out his hand.
"The name's Josh, I did see you but just thought you would move."
"Jack," the time agent responded, wanting to retaliate to the young man's rudeness but finding it hard, he was after all extremely good looking and Jack was almost at a loss to decide who he should flirt with more. In true fashion he decided why go for one when two would be so much more fun.
Still holding Josh's hand he put on his best leer, "If I'd moved we may never have met, and I am very interested in getting to know both of you, very very interested."
Hours later Jack slipped his jacket back on and took in the scene he had left, a tangle of arms, legs and sheets – I've still got it, he thought to himself, marooned in an unknown time in an unknown place, and still I find some friendly natives willing to have some fun less than an hour after arriving.
The male had at first been resistant to Jack's suggestion but a little more flirting and persuasion – and a few shots of tequila (a drink Jack had never tried but would definitely keep a sample for future use) soon had the young man joining Jack and Hayley on the bed, Jack had a sneaking suspicion Josh was more willing than he would let on.
Exiting the beach front house Jack looked around and seeing no-one brought out his communicator,
"Report status."
Nothing but static returned for about five seconds then a sweetly female voice responded, "Systems at ten percent, energy reserves failing – forced re-entry in twenty linear Earth hours."
Jack cursed, if the ship crashed into the atmosphere it would self-destruct rather than contaminate the time-line, and that meant being marooned here possibly indefinitely. Sure he had his back-up emergency beacon but it only operated on a local scale, if no time agents entered this part of space/time he could spend his whole life trapped in a primitive era.
By this time he had wandered into a vacant lot, even in the evening light he could see the grass was long and uncared for. Perfect. "Ship, initiate controlled descent upon my position and ship… try to remain unseen."
"Your wish is my command Captain," said the computer huskily, "Cloaking shield integrity remains secure, expected touch down in five minutes, I am looking forward to having you back inside me, Captain."
Jack just laughed, the Artificial Intelligence in the ship had learnt its communication protocols from him, the play on words had not been an accident. If his calculations were correct the ship would have enough energy after the landing to remain cloaked until he could finish repairs, or at least get the automatic repair system back on-line. The risk was if the damage was too great the cloak would fail and the ship would be visible to the people of this time. If they stole the ship's technology it would change the course of history and Jack would really be in the shit. What's new he thought as a sonic boom sounded, the ship racing through the atmosphere – it could hide all visual and electronic trace of its existence but sound could not be contained, at least not on the meagre energy reserves it currently held.
The window frame rattled from the sonic boom, waking Josh who looked around the darkened room with bleary eyes. For a moment he was totally confused as to where he was and who he was in bed with, he had wakened from a dream and had trouble discerning it from reality. In his dream he had dying on a floor, alone. That feeling of utter loneliness and dread swept from his feet through his whole body and he broke out in a cold sweat.
As he felt the cool breeze, with the taste of the ocean on it, reality came crashing back – his refusal to take on the family responsibilities, returning to the Bay penniless and dis-inherited but driven to find happiness. Patching up his differences with everyone in Summer Bay, getting a job at the gym and finally finding that happiness with Hayley, marrying her only last month.
For all that he knew this was real, the bed and the woman wrapped around him, the knowledge that he was living a life free from the restrictions of his upbringing; but his contentment was troubled by the dream, it stuck in his mind – the finality of his death had seemed so real, making him feel as if he was a stranger in this world.
As more recent memories spilled in he grinned mischievously and looked around the room, but Jack had gone. It did not worry him, he was sure they would meet again and thanks to Jack he had finally got to live out a fantasy he once thought impossible, even if he had not wanted to admit it at first. Jack must have known, and even more amazingly was Hayley's willingness – tonight was truly amazing and the future of possibilities excited Josh more so than the female body curled around him. After all, there were certain other people he wanted to share such an experience with, and now he felt he might just have the courage and experience to pitch the idea to those special few.
He started making a mental list, starting with 'most likely' to 'probably not but worth the try'. "First would be…" he mumbled but was interrupted as Hayley awoke and immediately latched onto his lips, her appetite had been wetted by Jack but she was by no means finished for the evening.
"Son of a Golmer's whore!" swore Jack and slammed his fist on the console, "Dead, dead, dead," as he slammed console after console. The only thing still working was the cloak and the computer on emergency power; propulsion, life-support, weapons, scanners, transport and even the food dispenser were all busted (although luckily the drink dispenser still worked). Luckily the self-repair system was undamaged but it needed power to operate, and where would he get a suitable power cell in this millennium?
"Computer!"
"Yes my liege, something vexes thee," answered the computer innocently.
"How long until the cloak fails?"
"At current usage seven standard Earth days, provided enough solar energy can be collected."
Jack's face fell for a moment, then lightened again in a great big grin, "I've had worse deadlines, and if more people in this world are like the two I just met then hell," a drink materialised as the computer predicted his need, Jack raised it to his lips and threw it back in one gulp, "It's gonna be one fantastic week."
TBC…
Well maybe, what do you think? Although some serious moments might come later, mostly I just want to have fun with this one, so I might bring back some other characters that are up for a good time.
Please review, and know that I am not a consistent H&A viewer so I will probably get some things wrong, but that's the beauty of toying with time.