A/N: MAJOR TORCHWOOD SPOILERS!
Please don't read this chapter if you havn't seen Torchwood (i.e the last episode of it). I added it in to make this whole story slightly longer and more interesting - and it crosses over with Torchwood for the next few chapters.
If you havn't seen Torchwood (shame on you) then in the next chapter there will be a special author's note just for you, telling you which chapter you can come back to and read without any of those nasty spoilers :P I'll even throw in a non-spoilerish explanation of what happened in the few chapters that you couldn't read...
As for this chapter - you can read it through until you spot another A/N which has been specially added in for your benefit :P
Chapter 4
The Doctor had no idea where to find Jack. None at all. He figured he'd better go back to the last time he'd seen him… But that meant memories… That would mean awakening a past from long ago… From before he'd even regenerated.
He pulled the lever, making sure he'd get there a day after his past self. He was so tempted to run in there and snatch Rose away.
He'd keep her safe… Steal her from his 9th self and keep her from harm…
He shook his head to rid the thoughts. No! Who knew what paradoxes he'd create? Not to mention that he did not want to meet the emperor again…
No, no. He had to resist temptation.
The TARDIS materialised more or less exactly where it had when Rose had returned for him all those years ago. Or was it all those years ahead?
Here he was.
Satellite 5.
He opened the doors carefully, breaking the deathly silence as they squeaked shut behind him. He gazed around, and all the memories hit him.
There he was, acting all excited, tricking her into going into the TARDIS…
There he was, sending her back…
He could hear her cries. Her shouts. Yelling at him to bring her back…
There he was, about to kill humankind – but backing out at the last moment. Always a coward…
There he was, standing tell, proud – knowing he is going to die, but relieved that Rose is safe…
But there she was, bathed in golden light, saving him again…
"My Doctor." Her voice swept through him.
There she was, slowly dying for him…
There he was, begging her to stop…
There they were, kissing. The soft golden glow surrounding them…
He could still feel her lips on his. Taste her within him…
He wrenched his thoughts away, NO!
He had a job to do.
Satellite 5 was a huge place. Where would Jack be? The Doctor crept out of the room, uncomfortable with destroying the silence. There was something eerie about this place, and he continued cautiously; the silence pressing down, almost crushing him.
He found… What was that? Dust? A small pile of dust in the middle of the corridor… Three piles of dust. But that wasn't what he was looking at.
A gun had been dropped to the side…
The Doctor remembered Jack's last words to him.
"Doctor you've got twenty seconds maximum."
Then he'd heard the Dalek's scream of exterminate…
But where was the body?
"I bring life."
Rose's words echoed around him.
Of course…
She'd brought him back.
He'd known that Jack had meant a lot to Rose. He was almost like a brother to her. If Rose could've done anything to resurrect him, then she would've done it without hesitation.
And with the power of the Bad Wolf, she had breathed life back into him.
So where had he gone now?
"Jack?!" He called, his voice cutting through the quiet and reverberating down the hall. He jogged back up to floor 500. Maybe Jack would be in the control room. It would be the most obvious place.
The lift doors opened, and he stepped out… Bodies were scattered everywhere. Those who had been brave enough to stand and fight against the Daleks – although the Doctor knew that downstairs there would be even more corpses.
Jack wasn't here. The whole room – the whole station – was void of any other life.
The Doctor swept back to the TARDIS in frustration. Jack had managed to find a way to get off. Probably hitchhiked or conned his way on board. The Doctor didn't know where to go now.
He guessed he should search for him back on Earth. But Earth was a huge place. Jack could be anywhere.
(A/N: As promised, here is your Torchwood spoiler warning, so if you havn't seen Torchwood, and want to see it, STOP! ...On the other hand, if you have seen Torchwood, or havn't but don't give a damn, sorry for bugging you, and read on)
Suddenly, a high pitched wailing sounded within the TARDIS – the control panel flashing mauve.
"What?" the Doctor yelled in panic, "What is it?"
His fingers danced across the keypad, entering in figures and Gallifreyan symbols.
His eyes widened in shock,
The rift in Cardiff.
It was open.