A/N: Hello everyone, I'm back! sorry, I know it's been almost 2 weeks since thae last chapter but I did manage to get as far as chapter 6 while I was away so hopefully they'll be more regular updates. So as a quick reminder, the Doctor and Rose are behaving oddly to say the least!
Chapter 3
"She really isn't going to like that," Martha told Jack as he fastened Rose to one of the beds in the med-bay.
"She doesn't have to like it; she just has to stay put."
"Fine you can tell her that when she wakes up."
"You got any better ideas? 'Cause if you have I'd really love to hear them because I'm drawing a blank on this whole thing." Jack stood and watched the sleeping Rose for a few moments and sighed.
"So what now?"
"Now we deal with the Doctor, or rather I deal with the Doctor. You need to stay as far away as possible. He said this thing was using the time vortex that exists in them to control them but I'm not so sure. It's not like we can really believe anything he says at the moment being so volatile and confused. Somehow this thing has infected Rose too and at this moment in time we can take anything for granted."
"How do you know it's not going to affect you too?"
"I don't, but I'm stronger than the Doctor and if he tries anything I can put up a much better fight if I don't have to make sure you're out of the way."
Martha nodded.
"Get to the control room and stay there, if he comes in stay close to the main doors, if he come in close to you get out and stay out. Hide from him if you have to just stay out of his way."
"Be careful." She offered him a small smile and reached up to kiss his cheek before disappearing out of the room.
Jack turned back to look at the still sleeping Rose. "We'll fix this," he whispered, dropping a kiss to her forehead.
XxXxX
The Doctor groaned as his eyes flickered open; the light of Rose's bedroom was far too bright for him. He steeled himself before rolling onto his front, forcing himself up to crawl to Rose's bathroom. He could feel the hot, heavy darkness already creeping in and it was getting stronger every time. The control he had over it was becoming less and less.
Crawling into the shower the Doctor reached up, switched on the cold spray and sagged against the wall, letting the water cascade over him, relaxing as his head cooled.
He'd been sat there for what seemed like hours and had begun to shiver before he heard his visitor.
"Doc?" Jack's voice filtered through the open bathroom door before he appeared. The Time Agent stopped dead as he saw the Time Lord sat under the spray. "Man you look awful."
"Thanks," the Doctor rasped.
"What are you doing?" Jack crouched before him, keeping out of reach from the spray and the Doctor.
"C-cooling off. It's g-getting stronger Jack. C-controlling it is g-getting t-too h-h-hard."
Jack sighed and nodded.
"Well you can't stay under there forever, look at the state of you. Soaked to the bone and shivering like a Hawaiian in the Antarctic. How long have you been under there?"
The Doctor shook his head slightly. "D-d-don't know," he stuttered. "H-how's R-Rose?"
"Safe. Doc, you've got to get out of there. You're going to make yourself sick."
"C-can't. H-have to k-keep c-cold."
Jack shook his head and stood, stepping under the shower to turn off the cascade. "Geez Doc, it's like being showered with ice." He shivered before pulling the protesting Doctor to his feet. "We'll knock you out or something but I'm not ready to find out what Hypothermia does to a Time Lord." He reached for a towel and wrapped it round his friend. "I'm not losing you to this, you understand me? You and Rose are all I've got, without you I'm lost in the dark so the minute you feel it coming on …" he was cut off by the Doctor's fist hitting him in the face.
"You talk too much Harkness," he heard the Doctor say as he fell to the floor, consciousness leaving him. "Now where have you put my girl?" Stepping over the unconscious Jack, he dropped the damp towel on his head and set off to find Rose.
XxXxX
"Where the hell have you been?" Rose fumed as the Doctor sauntered into the med-bay.
"I had a few loose ends to tie up." His eyes raked over his restrained lover greedily. "Maybe tying you up isn't such a bad idea either." He smiled wickedly.
A smile tugged at Rose's lips. "Big plans have you?"
"Well, depends on how grateful you'd be to get loose."
"Get over here and I'll show you." Her eyes sparkled as she licked her lips.
"Of course in my little fantasy you're wearing easier to rip clothes and your arms are above your head."
"Thought about it before have you?"
"Oh, many times."
"How about a little less talking then?"
"You're right, what was I thinking?" He stripped his tie and gagged her with it. "Much better," he grinned climbing onto the bed and hovering above her before bending to whisper in her ear. "Now then Miss Tyler, here's the thing. You think this is going to be fun but I can guarantee that it is going to drive you absolutely crazy," he started unbuttoning her jeans and felt her shiver as his breath fluttered across her neck, "because you won't be able to do a damn thing you want to. You're at my mercy." He nibbled on her ear before slipping his hand inside her jeans.
XxXxX
Jack rolled his head against the cold bathroom floor before sitting up. "Doc?" he called looking for his friend before remembering why he was on the floor. "Man, the Doc has a pretty good punch. Right, so that's the way he's playing it. Fine. Time to deal with Jekyll and Hyde."
Getting to his feet Jack caught his reflection in the mirror.
"Great a black eye, just what I always wanted. Oh boy, he is going down. And what did he mean I talk too much? He's one to talk, I only talk half as much as him." He paused and looked at himself again in the mirror. "He's the one who talks too much." Jack and his reflection nodded in agreement. "And yet I'm the one talking to my reflection. Out loud. And I'm still doing it! The chattering is contagious, must be. Maybe it's time I had a holiday. Or maybe I just really need to get laid. Yes I definitely need……" Leaving the bathroom Jack headed off to get armed still chattering to himself.
XxXxX
Rose mumbled through the tie in her mouth and pulled against the restraints.
"Now what did I tell you? Every time you make a sound I stop. Last warning."
She nodded and wriggled against him making the Doctor growl loudly. He held her hips firmly to the mattress. "Don't want the show to be over early do you?"
Rose shook her head and sighed as he picked up pace again.
"I can't leave you guys alone for two minutes," Jack sighed from the doorway.
The Doctor and Rose both looked round at him but instead of stopping the Doctor continued.
"Jealous Jack?" the Doctor ground out. "I'd ask you to join us but you're a bit late for the party, maybe next time." His eyes never left the Time Agent's making him feel incredibly uncomfortable but Jack found he couldn't look away. Any other time he would walk away but with both pairs of eyes staring at him he was rooted to the spot. It was like they were daring him to react.
After what seemed like an age the Doctor and Rose finally closed their eyes with their release and sighed.
The Doctor reached down to release Rose's hands and feet from the bed before removing the gag.
"Alright?" he whispered as he fastened his trousers.
Rose grinned and grabbed his face, kissing him hard in response before hopping off the table to pull her jeans up.
"Ooo, shaky legs," she giggled as she stumbled slightly. "We should do that more often."
The Doctor grinned at her.
"Sorry to break this touching yet disturbing moment," Jack said holding up a gun and firing first at the Doctor and then at Rose.
Martha came pelting down the corridor. "What the hell did you do?" she asked seeing her friends in a heap on the floor.
"It's only a tranquilizer. They'll be fine in an hour or so. So, how do we hide a Time Lord from his mate? He knows this ship inside out, there's no place he doesn't know and can't control."
"Doesn't he have like cells or something?"
"Not that I've noticed and I'd hate to think what he'd use it for in his altered state."
"Jack, mind out of the gutter for two minutes."
"Hey, you didn't see what they were doing five minutes ago."
"You've been standing here five minutes?"
"Well it wasn't like I could shoot them right in the middle, he's an alien we don't know what happens if they stop halfway through." He shrugged.
"True, doesn't mean you stand there and watch. God, are you really that desperate?"
"It's been a long time. Besides they were watching me, it was…. weird." He shuddered a little. "Right let's get these two separated. Again."
"Third time lucky?"
"I hope so Martha, I really hope so."
XxXxX
The Doctor groaned as his muscles protested against movement. Sleepily he reached for the woman that had caused such over use only she wasn't there. Cracking an eye he noted he was back in his bedroom.
"Deja vu and unconsciousness aren't as much fun as they used to be," he complained. Realising he was his normal self he knew he had to make the most of it. "Jack!" he yelled hoping the TARDIS would relay his message to the Time Agent. "Keep an eye on Rose,"
"I'm here Doc," Jack stood in the bedroom doorway tranquiliser gun pointed at the alien.
The Doctor took a deep breath and sat up on the bed. "Rose, the minute she stops being submissive, gah!" he clamped his hands to the sides of his head as he yelled out in pain. "It's like an illness….it's spreading, minute Rose becomes dominant there's no reaching her. She won't be able to control it at all, she's not strong enough."
"What do I do Doc? Where do I start?"
"Search the sky. Now run."
Jack frowned then noticed the change in the Doctor's demeanour, he was more upright than normal, his face was becoming harder and Jack understood why the Doctor had told him to run.
"You shot me Jack, run!" the last word was a growl as he lost control.
Jack didn't hesitate a moment longer, shutting the door behind him Jack headed for the control room.
XxXxX
Next time:
"Oh Jaaacccck," the Doctor's voice sang through the air. "You're playing hide and seek with someone else's property. That's not friendly. Neither is shooting me. So I'm going to give you to the count of ten to run and hide before I come to find you. And you are not going to like my prize when I do."
A/N: uh oh! Jack's in trouble!!!!!!! So what y'all thinkin'? let me know!
"Catch ya on the flip flop!"
