Professor River Song walked through the marketplace. Although she was a strong woman trained for murder, she couldn't resist the deals Atlatine's shopping district offered. The market was chiseled out of the rainforest planet, the trees cut down used as wood to build structures and shops. She trotted through the dry dirt taking a look at all the planet had to offer.
The native species were humanoid, except with the rainbow feathers of a rainforest parrot starting from their hairline and going down their backs. They were a rather beautiful species, but many took interest in the golden locks on River's head. She was offered many drinks and intriguing glances toward her character. She enjoyed the attention, but she was merely here to pick up the lovely skirts the planet constructed out of a soft material found in the core of some of their trees. She had gotten a little side tracked.
She squirmed her way between people, trying to maneuver with the many bags she carried on her person. She looked up to see a generously sized opening in the crowd and bursted through it, finally getting a chance to breath. It didn't last long since she ran right into a muscular man who was too busy looking at his vortex manipulator. She didn't have her balance and fell right onto her bottom, her bags scattering around her person.
The man finally looked up to see what he had done. In one swift moment, he scooped up all her bags and grabbed her hand to pull her off the ground, he let out a weak smile.
"Sorry about that. I think this thing is broken." The man said, smacking his hand onto the wrist strap. When he pointed it at her, it started beeping louder.
"Trying to find someone, it seems to have a liking towards me."
"Not someone, something. The tie shop, it must be behind you." He hid his nerve behind his smile.
"Yeah, I passed it a bit back, why don't I show you."
"I have all day for that, why don't I take a lovely lady out to lunch to apologize?" The man held out his hand.
"That sounds fantastic." River took his hand and lead the way toward the closest eatery.
"Let me tell you about myself." The man said before he took a bit out of his exotically colored salad.
"Oh but sweetie, I already know so much." The man looked intrigued.
"Go on."
"By your accent I would say you are from Boeshane, probably the peninsula, you are about forty, you like collecting old earth antiques, and by your wrist strap, I would say you are a Time Agent."
"Not bad, not bad, but why don't I introduce myself, I'm Captain Jack Harkness, I am from the peninsula, I'm not even close to forty, I earned this coat in the war, and I am a former Time Agent."
"And they let you keep the manipulator?"
"Well, I kinda... ditched them."
"Oh, so your rogue now?"
"I prefer free." River let out a laugh.
"Well, I'm Professor River Song," she paused. "And that is all you need to know."
"A name is perfectly okay with me." He smiled. "So Professor Song, would you like me to accompany you through the rest of your shopping?"
"Oh, captain, that would be lovely."
As they ate, Jack though back to the night before, when he met up with Anderson to be briefed for the mission.
"Hey Anderson, long time no talk." Jack smiled and proudly saluted the man.
"Saluting? Where have you been, an Earth army?"
"Well actually sir-"
"Doesn't matter captain." He escorted the captain into an agency lab. "This is Professor River Song, we found a sample of her hair in the lab where a vortex manipulator was stolen." Jack looked at the woman on the screen. She had beautiful golden locks and shining eyes. Her lipstick filled lips had a smirk on them. Her body was filled with beautiful curves and perfect fitting clothing. "This woman is dangerous, she was trained for murder. That's why we need you Jack, and your...expertise.
"You want me to have sex with her?"
"If that's what it takes to gain her trust. If she thinks something is wrong, she could kill you with the pout of her lips." That wouldn't be such a problem. Jack thought. "She uses seduction, so we need you to fight fire with fire."
"You want me to gain her trust and then betray her?" Jack had done this dozens of times as a con-man, and even a time agent. He was a different man now, he had a conscience, could he handle such a task?
"We are paying good money for your work, Jack. Plus this woman is dangerous, who knows what she could do with time travel." Jack sighed, he knew what he had to do. He needed the money and something to do to get his mind off of things, he guessed the beautiful woman was just a bonus. "She was spotted last week in the Atlatine shopping district. We're sending you back to get her." A man walked up and handed Anderson something. "Here, we upgraded you manipulator, you can track her with the hair sample we found."
Jack looked down at it. It looked about the same with a couple added buttons and such. He put it back onto his wrist to fill the emptiness there. He would never take it off again. "This mission is very important and I know your reputation Jack, you can't fall in love with this one, understood?" Jack nodded and pressed the take off button, fitting in a salute before he vanished into mid-air.
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