To a T
An Icy Reunion
(11/Jack with Amy and Rory tagging along for the ride)
(Prompt: "Cave Diving" by Kelly of the midnight dawn
The Doctor looked around. He seemed to be in a difficult situation- again. Lately, it seemed like he was always getting himself into difficult situations. Amy and Rory had retreated to the Tardis when they had been attacked by a strange, slithering snake-like creature called a Barkwax. Amy had right away made it a point to make fun of its name, which really had only angered it.
The Doctor was overjoyed that his recent companions had made it to safety, but he wished he'd been able to join them. Instead, he caught himself at a dead end- a dead end of a cliff. He had already considered climbing down, but noticed that down the side of the cliff were icy waters- very deep, for what he could tell from up here. A bunch of ropes and wires sat at the edge of the cliff. Someone had been here, apparently. He recognized the Torchword emblem. Thunder crackled in the sky, and the waves' movement below became rapid and dangerous.
A loud growl from behind him caused him to spin around rapidly. There, only about a few feet in front of him, slithered the Barkwax. It hissed and began to slither toward the Doctor. He began to unconsciously back up. Something tangled around his ankle, but the Doctor was too petrified by the big, snake-like alien wanting to eat him for dinner to notice. Only when his feet hit empty air did he realize his mistake.
Captain Jack Harkness stepped out of the Torchword helicopter. They had gotten a message stating that a "strange, snake with four foot fangs that was seven feet long" had been terrorizing the locals. Torchwood could safely assume it wasn't a gardener snake.
As Jack walked around the shore that led off to the beach. The waves shook hazardously with the oncoming storm. Rain poured down from the skies, soaking him instantly. Well, make that present storm. Jack happened to glance up at a nearby cliff, and was surprised to see a man backing up to its edge. He looked past the strange man and saw the Barkwax slithering towards its next victim. Jack began to run to the man's rescue, when, suddenly, the man stumbled off the edge of the cliff, plunging into its icy depths. Before even knowing what he was doing, Jack began slipping off his jacket and boots, and diving into the dangerous waves.
The Doctor's mind shouted angrily at him for his idiotic mistake. You should have watched where you were going, Doctor. You saw the edge before, and yet you fell. And that thing attached to your ankle? It will be the death of you, just watch. Amy and Rory are safe in the Tardis, so you can count them out of coming to your rescue. Great going- leaving Amy and Rory stranded in the wrong year, wrong city, wrong country! The Doctor's rambling thoughts were broken as he plummeted into the water.
It was so cold. The icy waves seemed to bite into the Doctor. His skin had already turned extremely pale with a tint of blue. Was this how the great and mighty Doctor was going down? Flushed down the toilet of failure, and drowning in the torrents of despair? No, the Doctor decided. Today is not the day. The Doctor fought with all his might. He felt his oxygen depleting him, but he was not a human. Time Lords could hold their breath for a considerable longer time than the normal human could. That fact, however, did nothing for the Doctor as the ropes and wires on his ankles pulled him deeper and deeper down, down into the icy depths. The fact that he might just die, alone and cold in the water, came as a sinking realization to the Doctor. His eye lids began to flutter closed, and he opened his mouth instinctively, his body's desperate need for oxygen overriding his common sense. Before he knew it, water gushed into his throat, into his lungs. The Doctor's world was replaced by darkness.
Jack kicked through the water with all his might. Diving under the surface, he caught a glimpse of the poor man's face. It was extremely pale, and his lips had turned a cold blue. The man's mouth was slightly open, but no air bubbles were present. No time could be wasted. Jack grabbed onto the man's arm and kicked him up to the surface. Rather, he would have, if a heavy force wasn't weighing the strange man down.
Jack groaned inwardly. He swam down and undid the ropes and wires on the man's ankle. He berated himself when he saw the Torchword emblem. Once again, he pushed toward the surface, noting how limp and still the man was.
Jack broke the surface with a huge intake of breath. The man beside him had no such thing. Jack sighed and got a better grip on the young man, who seemed to be in his late 20's. With all the strength he could muster, Jack kicked toward the beach, and the sandy reassurance of dry land.
The few minutes that it took to reach land seemed like eternity to Jack, and he ran onto dry land, gently laying the man out on the sand. A few pounds on the strangers chest, and water came pouring out of his lungs. Wet, gruesome coughs came from the man as he opened his eyes to a familiar face.
"Ja-ack?" The man murmured.
Jack scrutinized him with confusion written all over his face. "Have we met?"
A young woman with bright red hair and a man with a rather pointy nose ran towards the man.
"Rory! Amy!" The strange man shouted in glee. Jack stepped back so the three friends could have their reunion. Looking across the beach, he spotted a familiar sight. The Tardis in all its brilliance! Jack slowly began walking towards it. Snippets of the friends conversation reached his ear.
"Doctor! We thought that alien snake got you. How'd you escape?" Amy was asking in what sounded like excitement. Doctor? It couldn't be...
"It wasn't a snake, Amelia. It was a Barkwax. It's a reptilian, alien creature that lives on land... so, ya...alien snake."
No way! Jack turned back around and rushed toward the strange man. "Doctor! Really, you should say hi before making me save your life. I mean, I might have been forced to give mouth-to-mouth."
The Doctor rolled his eyes and stood up. "Jack, my old friend. Come 'ere!" The Doctor gave Jack a warm hug. Wow, Jack thought to himself. This version of him is much kinder- he's like a little, hyper puppy dog!
"Doctor...who is this?" Amy asked, studying the strangely handsome newcomer.
Jack held out a hand, his wide, signature grin on his face. "Hi there. I'm Captain Jack Harkness." Jack winked at the red-head, receiving a glare from pointy-nose.
The Doctor laughed, shaking his head at his old companion. "Don't even think about it."
A/N: Thanks to Kelly of the midnight dawn for reviewing and for the prompt, and thanks to all who have story alerted or favorited this story. Next story will be up as soon as I get an idea, more reviews, and/or a prompt. Hopefully all three! Please review!
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