Parallel Passion
A/N: Hey everyone! I'm back with the fourth installment of my Parallel Universe Series, Parallel Passion! New readers are recommended to read the first three stories (Parallel Universe, Parallel Earth, and Parallel Future) to better understand my OC, Susan Jane Anderson, and her relationships with Jack Harkness, The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and the Torchwood crew. I would definitely recommend you read Parallel Future to understand some of the connections she has with some of the villains for this part of the story. (For Series 5 and 6 of Doctor Who. Mostly for series 6.)
A quick summary of my OC, Susan is currently 23 years old and comes from our universe, so she knows basically everything about The Doctor. The only episodes so far she hasn't watched are The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor and the whole of season 8. But, she has had some clues from her best friend Lilly about The Day of The Doctor and The Time of The Doctor. Susan is a Time Lady [Parallel Earth]. I picture Susan Jane Anderson to look like the actress Rachel Nichols in the T.V. show Continuum. Susan's current theme song is Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling.
This story will have a total of 36 chapters. This will have 36 chapters due to starting college. I would normally go to 50, or a number close to 50. This story will be updated on Monday's, Wednesday's, and Friday's.
To get update information on my stories (delays or trouble posting), spoilers, see my profile page for a link to my Tumblr account. Also my Polyvore account has Susan's outfits on it from Parallel Universe through Parallel Future. After Parallel Passion is posted, Susan's outfits for this story will be posted. You can see my profile page for that link as well.
~0~ is a flashback.
Italics are telepathic communication. Sometimes with the Doctor and also the TARDIS.
Disclaimers:
#1: I don't own Doctor Who or Torchwood, or any of their characters. I however, do own my OC's that I made up.
#2: I do not own any of the images I have used for the covers.
This story is dedicated to my grandfather who passed away in November.
Home
I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in an alleyway, behind a brick building, old cars were parked to the side of the street and litter lined the space that was borderline between the grass and the pavement.
I was back home. I looked down at myself, realizing I was still wearing that dress from the monastery. Oh well. I'll just call it a new fashion statement. Then I realized the bottom hem was covered in blood.
A hand went to my mouth and I ran over to the wall and threw up, one hand on the wall for support and the other to hold back my messy hair. God, I looked like I had just escaped from someone's basement and was held captive. Well, one of those happened to me.
I whipped my mouth with the back of my hand then my hand on the side of my dress. I didn't care what people thought of me at this point. I just wanted to find Jack. Suddenly a car pulled up slowly and the window rolled down.
"Now, what have we here. A fine lady like yourself shouldn't be wandering through the likes of this place."
"And where exactly is here?" I asked the older man. The man looked like he was in a drug gang. His arms were muscular and he had tattoos down his left arm. He held a cigarette in his right hand which was draped lazily over the window.
"Why the brilliant little city of Cardiff." The man laughed. "Where have you been? Have you been drinking?"
"Something like that." I muttered. "And, if it isn't too much trouble, could you tell me what date and year it is?"
"Sure thing, anything for a pretty lady. March 19th, 2008.
I smiled, even though that I made the wrong date. "Thanks, oh one more thing, could I borrow your cell?"
After a quick call, a small green car rolled down the alley way and Sarah Jane stepped out. "Susan!" She gasped, recognizing the blood on the hem of my dress, "What happened? Where are you in your timeline?"
I just stared at Sarah, sadly. "I'm not Human anymore, Sarah." I barely spoke but Sarah heard me.
"What do you mean?"
I shook my head, my face impassive, just like the Doctors. Sarah noticed and she tensed. "I just came from meeting Jack for the very first time. I came back to the wrong time. I was supposed to go to April 2010. Oh, should probably tell you something, so you don't freak out when you discover it yourself. I was turned into a Time Lady, in your feature, my past."
"What?" Sarah Jane exclaimed. "Well, isn't that a good thing that you meet Jack?" She asked, quietly.
"Yeah." I sighed. "But when I first meet Jack, I was more like my old self. The Human version of Susan still preserved as a Time Lady. Now... I'm not Human any more. All that remained of Susan, it's gone. Sarah..." My voice broke. "I've... I've killed people."
Sarah Jane put her hand over her mouth.
I continued. "I was mad... I guess I'm just like the other Time Lord's now. I'm a Time Lady with too much blood on her hands. Guess the Oncoming Storm can apply to two Time Lords now." That was it. All the exhaustion, the running, killing finally took it's toll and I collapsed, Sarah barely being able to catch me and hold me up.
"Oh Susan." Sarah said. "Come on, let's get you into my car and back to my home so you can rest."
"Jack." I said, allowing Sarah to help me stand up and slowly walk over to the tiny green car. "I promised I would see Jack as soon as I got back. But make sure, I am not with him. I think I am meeting Donna now. That was back in 2008."
"I'll call him, but not until I get you back to my place so you can rest. It looks like you need it."
Sarah managed to get me into her car, she was about to close the door when I said, " Sarah?"
"Yes, Susan?" She asked, one hand on the door and the other hanging to the side.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, Susan." She closed the car door and got in the front seat and drove off, my head rested on the back of the seat and the rocking of the car lulled me to sleep.
I woke up in a soft comfortable bed, the covers pulled up. I looked around the room and saw Jack asleep on the chair next to the bed. I blinked, trying to tell if he was my Jack or not, the Jack who knew me.
His clothes looked like they were from World War 2. That was my Jack. I smiled, leaned over and gave him a short kiss on the cheek to wake him up. It worked. "Susan?" Jack asked.
I nodded. "Hey Jack. Long time no see?"
"Yes." Jack nodded. "Actually it is a bit after that fiasco with the walking fat. Your dress is different than this time." Jack pointed out.
"Jack" I said softly. I reached up with my right arm and pulled down the shoulder to my dress. "Recognize this?" I asked meaning my bullet stitches.
"Oh Susan." Jack whispered.
"Jack, where are you in your timeline? Just after the Master fiasco and the walking fat?"
"Yeah. Why?"
I groaned. "I'm still in your future. Damn it. Well, Guess I'm going to have to hide in Torchwood until January 2010. I'm going to still be running around places, you will to. Eh, actually, after a few weeks of 2008 I'll just hop into the future to 2010."
"What?" Jack asked, slightly confused.
"It seems my vortex manipulator screwed up and sent me here, in 2008. I recently saw you, besides in the 51st century, just before the new year of 2010. I'll stay here a couple weeks, to let my vortex manipulator cool down and jump back to the new year of 2010."
"Oh, okay." Jack said, giving me a look that said we would talk later.
"Jack." I said. Jack got up from the chair and crawled into the bed next to me, holding me as if keeping me shielded from the rest of the world. "What's going to happen now?"
"I don't know." Jack replied. "Do you still want to work at Torchwood?" Jack asked after a couple minutes of silence, Just the two of us holding each other.
"Yeah." I said. "Right now, I think I need normalcy and the Human Susan, she had Torchwood. I think I need I will need Torchwood to get over what happened."
"Okay. When do you want to come back to work?" Jack asked.
"As soon as possible, but not before we spend a weekend alone together, like we used to do. Remember?"
"Yeah." Jack said, squeezing me. "I have an idea. Today's a Friday. Let's get out of Sarah Jane's way, she's a great help but I think you and I need to spend some time alone, and the... things we want to do aren't appropriate in Sarah's own bed."
"I'm in Sarah's bed?" I asked, startled. "Oh, I should tell her she should wash the sheets after this. You shouldn't have come in with me."
"Come on, let's get up and going. The faster we are, the quicker we get to your house and then the fun begins."
"Oh, Captain." I said, biting my lip in a flirtatious way. "I never knew you had it in you."
Jack stood up and held out a hand for me. "Well, come on then, We mustn't continue to intrude in Miss. Sarah Jane Smith's house. It is, of course, now that you are better, the right thing to do is to leave so she can have her bedroom back.
I grabbed his hand, smirking. "Of course, "Captain. As you wish."