Hey guys, sorry this one took so long! I had a bit of writer's block. Changed my mind about three different times about where I was going with this. Should be pretty straightforward from here, but then I've never really done this before so I wouldn't know.
On a nicer note, I want to thank everyone who read the last two chapters. Special thanks to reviewers: TheAngelofIego, Thetimeladyneverfound, SquintSquad183*returns cyberhug*, totallyau, erchills, and one anonymous guest.
So anyway, here's the next chapter- enjoy! :)
John opened his mouth to answer her, but then was interrupted (which was good, because he didn't know what he was going to say) by a crash from the kitchen. He turned to see that Jack had fallen out of his chair.
The captain frantically stood up. "Hold on, I know that voice."
Rose frowned in confusion and looked over John's shoulder. Her eyes widened. "It's you then!" She pushed past John, shoving the beeping device into his hands and taking a metal pen-looking gadget out of her pocket. Jack sputtered as she waved the gadget over him. All the while it was buzzing and glowing blue at the tip.
She looked at it after she was done, and then looked back at Jack with her mouth hanging slightly open. Jack still looked flustered. (This was all highly amusing to John, who was used to his flatmate taking everything in stride). "Rose?" He managed hoarsely.
"Who are you?" Rose murmured, stepping away from him. "More importantly, what are you? 'Cause I really shouldn't be getting these readings off of a normal human. Besides," she added, her voice disgusted."I get repulsed just looking at you."
At this, Jack seemed to have finally regained his voice, and, raising an eyebrow. "Oh, so you're prejudiced now?"
"Who wouldn't be?! I mean look at you pal. You're a-"
"A what?"
"You're a fact. A fixed point in time that shouldn't be there. Oh- and," she wagged her finger wildly in his face. "And you wasted a perfectly good forty-three minutes of my life!"
"I'm flattered" Jack shot back. "What did you expect to find?"
"I dunno, a fixed point appears out of nowhere and out of everything I find some lousy time agent." Rose suddenly latched onto his wrist and pulled up the sleeve of his shirt, revealing- "Knew it, a vortex manipulator."
Jack pulled back his hand and smiled smugly, like he was seeing her for the first time. "You think you're so clever." Neither of them realized that they'd gradually drifted closer together in an almost childish staring contest, and their noses were nearly touching now. Both of them drew back shocked when John spoke, as they had most likely forgotten he was there.
"Hello there, just wanted to let you know. Your beeping thing-"
"Temporal anomaly locator," Jack said. "Can't tell you how much trouble I've had with those."
Rose scowled at him. "You would." She turned to John. "'S my timey wimey detector. It goes 'beep' when I find stuff... or certain people." Rose looked pointedly at Jack. "Thank Rassilion I managed to find one in the TARDIS. Last one I had to make, and it had the tendency to explode hens and angry ladies' shower pipes." She shuddered at the memory.
"Just, I thought you'd like to know..." He paused for dramatic effect. "It's stopped."
"What?!" Rose snatched the timey wimey detector and pressed it to her ear. She banged on it a bit (fairly hard) with the heel of her hand. "Impossible." Flipping it over and tearing off the flap reveal that a red light had turned on. "Something's interfering with my signal." The girl rushed through the door and John ran after her, not wanting to lose her again without finding out what was going on. Jack was right beside him.
When they reached the roof, the two found that Rose was holding up the detector to the sky as though she were trying to get cell service. They stopped in the doorway, and John addressed his friend. "Is this one of your broken hearts then, captain?" he smirked.
For some reason, this caused Jack to bark out in laughter. "That's good, coming from you." He kept grinning like he knew something the doctor didn't. It was unnerving, to say the least.
"How'd you mean?"
Rose chose that moment to voice her anger at the starless night. "Fine, be that way! I've found what I was looking for anyway." She grabbed Jack by the arm, like a mother might do to a toddler. "Doc-tah. Yeah, you. You come too. I need someone to be all gawking and amazement, and I got a feelin' this one's out to be difficult." The girl didn't even look back to make sure he was following.
She didn't have to.
The TARDIS was a couple of blocks away, on the corner of a shadowy, overlooked alleyway. Rose hadn't been paying very much attention to where she parked it, as long as it was close to the signal. She raised her eyebrows at the source of said signal. The American man whose origin she was certain was far in the future had stopped in his tracks as it came into sight.
She had a bad taste in the back of her throat just from looking at him, so maybe she was just a bit snappy in her request for an explanation.
"I'm not sure it would be the best idea for me to come aboard your ship." His expression became uneasy. "It didn't end up so well for the either of us last time."
"Don't be stupid- wait, what do you mean last time?" The old girl had had many passengers, but Rose was pretty sure she'd have remembered this one.
"Yeah," the doctor piped in from behind. "You never mentioned anything about any of this. Whatever this is." Rose couldn't help but smile at his sarcastic tone, liking him already. The man had no idea what was going on, but he was determined to have a say in it.
"Rose," Jack said softly, and with such familiarity and almost brotherly affection that it sent a shiver up her spine. He raised his free arm up so that his hand could rest on her shoulder. "You know me. I've traveled with you. I've saved alien worlds with you. I've flirted with you and been rejected by you. We're best friends... just not yet. I'm from your future, Rosie."
"Oh... Oh yeah?" She responded, trying not to sound affected, though she felt like she'd had the wind kicked out of her. That actually makesa lot of sense, said the part of her brain that was still working. What with him being so loaded with artron energy. That'll be an adventure to look forward to. "S'pose that shouldn't surprise me. You know, timey wimey life and everything."
"So, you see I can't go on the TARDIS, because we could chance messing up the timelines. However," he grinned. "You and John never told me how you met, you never would. I suppose I thought it was something that would make the two of you blush, but now I guess I know the truth."
"What are you talking about, Jack?" asked the doctor.
"I'm saying that right now, there's two idiots out there that will be you in need of saving. I've got somewhere to be, Doc. Your orders, really. Goodbye, you two. I'll see you soon." With that, he hit a couple of buttons on his vortex manipulator and vanished.
The doctor paled, looking from Rose to the spot where Jack used to be. He raked his fingers through his hair (which, she noted, was really great hair) and finally fixed a steely glare on her. "Now, you will tell me what just happened."
"Easy there, big fella. Yes, I s'pose I do owe you some answers. Besides, Captain Jack knew you from the future, so I guess we gotta do this at some point." She snapped her fingers and the door to the TARDIS opened. "Please, do come in for some tea."
Don't worry, Jack will be back! As for now, I could literally pick anywhere in space and time and go with it. So, any suggestions or favorite episodes that you guys would like me to write with John and Rose? Let me know what you think.