Note: Sorry everyone. Had a really bad case of Writer's Block. On everything. Ugh! So, I apologize for the LONG delay.
Don't own Doctor Who characters.
Chapter Six
"So…. Earth?" the Doctor asked. Andrea looked up from her book. She'd taken great pains to hide her nearly sleepless night from her friends. So far as she knew, Amy, Rory, and the Doctor hadn't heard her in the night and suspected nothing.
"Yeah. I wanna check on someone," she answered. The Doctor shrugged and twirled himself around the console, mindlessly flipping knobs and pushing buttons. In a minute, the TARDIS ground herself to materialization and she jumped from her place on the couch.
"Anyone want to come with?" she called, grabbing her leather jacket from the coatrack. The Doctor shook his head and patted the console.
"Nah! Me and the old girl are gonna work on some things. For some reason, the pool keeps moving," he said. Amy and Rory both shrugged and shook their heads. Andrea smiled and slipped out the door.
'Good,' she thought when she saw where they'd landed. 'Cardiff. Best place to find Captain Jack.'
She took off down the street, looking for any giveaway perception filters. They'd tell her where to search. But after twenty minutes, she realized things weren't going to be that simple. With a sigh, she flopped into a bench next to a woman with dark brown hair.
"What's up?" the woman asked. Andrea shrugged.
"I thought I'd try to find someone. But I have no idea what he looks like or where his office is," she said. The woman laughed.
"Been there before. What's his name?"
"Harkness. Jack Harkness," Andrea muttered. The woman leapt to her feet and drew a gun.
"Whoa! Hey!" Andrea cried, throwing her hands up in surrender.
"What do you want with Jack?" the woman hissed.
"He knows my parents. They're friends," Andrea replied. The woman narrowed her eyes and took a step closer.
"If you're lying…" she warned.
"Why would I lie?" Andrea demanded. The woman put the gun away and took her arm roughly.
"Hey! What're you doing?" Andrea cried. The woman shushed her.
"I'm taking you to the Torchwood base. That's where Jack is," she said. Andrea jerked away from the woman.
"Then take me to him, but not as a prisoner. That's not cool," she said. The woman nodded and turned down the street.
^a few minutes later^
"Gwen! I think he's here!"
Jack Harkness bounded down a spiral staircase towards them. When he caught sight of Andrea, his face broke into a smile.
"And who might you be?" he asked, stepping forward to shake her hand. Andrea giggled and mentally slapped herself. She yanked her hand back.
"Captain, I need to talk to you about something important," she said, trying to sound serious. Jack raised an eyebrow, but, before he could ask, Gwen asked, "Who do you think is here, Jack?"
"What? Oh! Yeah, I picked up a reading that could be the TARDIS. I think it's the Doctor," he answered excitedly.
"It is. That's what I need to talk to you about," Andrea muttered. Gwen and Jack turned to her. Andrea took a deep breath and uttered her name for the first time since she'd found herself in this parallel world. "My name is Andrea Tyler. And I need your help."