Lynz had been sitting in the chair as Jack made the announcement, totally oblivious to the stares she was getting. When Jack walked back over to her, people started to fidget, since they had no idea why she had requested it.
All of a sudden her eyes snapped open and she was out of her chair and through the door, Jack trailing after her, before even the most seasoned army general could react. He followed her though the halls and out the door, through the crowded streets of London, and into a dirt little back alley, where the TARDIS gleamed like nobodies business.
She smiled and walked up to it, running a hand along the wood. To Jack, it seemed to glow slightly. So did Linz. Her smile turned into a grin.
"She remembers me."
She turned and looked down at the dirt. She walked in the footsteps imprinted in the mud, and Jack could almost see her working it out in her head. She followed them to the end of the alley and to the car tracks that turn into rubber melted onto the pavement, a relic from the speed of their driving and the crappiness of their tires. She turns and walks back to the TARDIS, the door opening before she even gets there. Jack follows her in and looks around.
"Its changed."
"They do that. Like TimeLords, TARDISs can rebuild themselves if they have been injured. Though why he hasn't fixed the chameleon circuit-eh. Probably got sentimental about what it's stuck on."
She walked over to a monitor and called up a floor plan. Soon, the tiles were glowin, showing the way to the garage.
Jack gasped as they walked inside: it was every males dream. It had every car ever invented in every color imaginable, and a handy index so you could sort through them.
Linz ignored the man drooling over her shoulder and picked a Harley cruiser, pulling it off the shelf it was on. She tossed a helmet to Jack and put on her aviators before pulling on her own, getting out the door and kicking it into gear. Jack closed the door to the TARDIS behind him and, clicking closed the chin strap, got on behind her.
"Well, isn't this cozy."
"Isn't it. Hold on tight." He just got his arms around her waist when she went zooming off,going just barley the speed limit.
The Doctor woke up, blinking blearily back into the land of the living. The muffled curses and the quiet struggles behind him suggested that River was also awake, and with her mouth duct taped shut. He straightened up in the chair and tested the restraints that held him in place.
Nope. Not going anywhere.
He had just noticed the whir of the security camera when the door opened. A group of heavily armed people came in, surrounding a short, blonde, skinny man in a expensive suit, who was apparently the leader. Just before they closed the door, the Doctor thought he smelled something familiar, but then told himself he didn't. Blondie walked over to him.
"Who are you?"
"What are you talking about?" River winced when there was the wet sound of a fist impacting with the Doctor's stomach.
"The government is looking for you. Publicly, too, with very loose descriptors. Except for that interesting blue police box, the one that none of my men could seem to get very close to." He raised a eyebrow."Still have no idea what I'm talking about?"
"Yeah, actually."There were a few muffled thuds by the door, and the security personnel looked a little worried, but Blondie ignored it.
"Oh well. We'll just have to come back later and see if your ready then...if your not passed out from dehydration."He walked over to the door and opened it.
In seconds he was down for the count. River, who was facing the door, watched the red head near effortlessly take out the two guards. The tall man with black hair followed her in, looking slightly shocked, but jogged over to River.
"This may hurt a bit."He ripped off the tape in one fluid movement.
"Jack?"
"Hey, Doc." He caught the purple sonic that the girl tossed to him, but didn't move as they both watched her round the two chairs so she could see the Doctor.
"Honey, I'm home."The Doctor started to babble, looking very confuse.
"But- your dead! They brought back your TARDIS!"
"Which they probably confiscated, so you couldn't take a look about and find that I wasn't dead, I was just being held prisoner off world. Silly man." She walked over and tugged him forward by his bowtie, kissing him.
Jack, unexpectedly, blushed, and started sonicing River out of the chair. She raised a eyebrow at him.
"And you are?"
"Captain Jack Harkness."
"Oh, yes. I've heard about you."
They both grinned as he soniced open the ankle restraints, leaving her to rub some life back into her wrists.
"You kept it."
"No duh."Linz rolled her eyes and dug the Doctor's sonic out of his pocket, freeing him as well."I always keep important wedding presents."
"Wedding presents?"Linz pulled up the Doctor before looking at the human at the other side of the room.
"Yes, Jack. Wedding presents." She handed the Doctor back his sonic, and beckoned for hers. Jack tossed it back, and she stowed it in her jacket pocket, which was so not big enough. That was when River blanched.
"You're a TimeLord!"
"Very good. Keep going."
"You're the Doctor's wife!"
Linz clapped sarcastically, though how she managed it was anyones guess.
"Perfect."Jack turned to River.
"What?"
"Have you ever talked to his companions about him? He told Rose Tyler that he was a father once, his advice to a Grinch-like old man before he left his teens was to kiss the girl or go you your room and design an new type of screwdriver."
"Ah, good times."Linz nudged him."I heard you got married to Marilyn Monroe."The Doctor shuddered.
"Yes, thank you for reminding me."
She snickered.
"C'mon, peoples, lets get back to the TARDIS. It'll appreciate someone who actually remembers how to drive it." She moved towards the door, bantering with her husband.
River and Jack looked at each other.
"You coming?"
"Wouldn't miss this for the world."
Sorry to all my readers (if you're out there).
There was something screwy with the system and it just let me get to the post page.
Anyway, R&R!
