Jack smiled when he saw the inside of the ship, "Chula, should have guessed." He chuckled softly at the memories it brought back. Memories of war, courage, a girl hanging from a barrage balloon, and an invisible spaceship tied to Big Ben. He thought back to a comment he had made to Rose about parking somewhere you would remember, guess you can't forget where you parked when it's inside the big freakin hole in the ground.
He had never met a Chula empath before and didn't think there were any so he wasn't surprised when the pilot turned around and he discovered that the creature was definitely not Chula.
The creature before him was exquisite, he had never seen one before but he had heard of them.
The creature was one of the Louloύdi, one of the flower race. They were called such because of their resemblance to the flowers of earth but Jack saw they were so much more than flowers.
The majority of the Louloύdi was a gorgeous deep dark green like the color of a massive forest with shades of lighter green outlining his sinewy muscles.
Jack knew the creature was male, he wasn't sure how but he just knew as if the creatures identity was explained un the telepathic and empathic aura around him.
Jack looked in wonder at the alien whose arms resembled the vines of the rainforest, thick and strong, with softly curling fingers that looked like new growth. His feet were shaped like leaves and Jack could even see the veins running through them. They seemed to move as gracefully as if they were blowing around in a gentle breeze.
His face was smooth and was a slightly darker green than the rest of him with several petal shaped markings adorning his face that held a dazzling mixture of blues and purples fading into each other like the petals of a flower changing color.
The same colors were present in the magnificent wings the creature possessed. Glorious wings that had a wingspan to rival Myfanwy's, wings that faded into nothingness and flower like water and were not composed of feathers but rather of pure color and light.
"Such memories you have Captain, such emotion and so raw and fresh and ever present even if they are centuries old," the creature intoned telepathically as it had no mouth to speak of.
"You have experienced so much more than the rest of your short-lived kind and not just in the ways of the universe but in the ways of the heart as well. They do not know what it is to have to carry on when all that you love is taken from you time and time again, but you do. You understand my pain, you feel it for the one called Ianto, one who is no more, one whom you loved more than even you know, and one who is still with you and always will be. You have lost so much recently and that is why I know that you are the one I need to assist me in my quest. I deeply apologize for the intrusion of your memories but it was necessary in order for me to deem you worthy."
Jack could feel the heartbreak rolling of the Louloύdi in waves like a tsunami, he did understand. Jack knew he had to help, he couldn't leave one who suffered like he did to that fate for eternity, not when he could fix it, take away the pain and sadness.
"No harm no foul, besides you gave me the chance to see him again, even if it was only a memory. It was beautiful, he was beautiful, and for that I thank you," Jack said composing himself, "Now how can I be of assistance?"