Note: I do not own Doctor Who or Torchwood. Madison Toya is all mine however.
Sorry it has taken me a while to update, been rather busy. Enjoy!
The TARDIS had landed a few hours ago, but no one had emerged from it yet. Inside, the Doctor was doing what he usually done, pace around the console. Jack had gone to check on Madison a little while ago. The Doctor had made his decision that she was going to travel with him until he had worked everything out. If she didn't like it then Jack would convince her, she had a bond with him that neither the Doctor nor Jack could explain. It didn't take long for Jack to appear with Madison in tow. The Doctor gave a smile.
"Right, now that we are all here shall we go outside and take a look?" He bounced over to the door. "Ready?" He looked over at Jack who grinned back at him.
"Always." Jack said.
"Madison? Are you ready?" The Doctor looked at her. There was a false smile on her face. The Doctor knew she was scared still, but after a few amazing adventures she would settle down. Or that's what he was planning for at least. A few amazing trips to the past, future and different planets should be enough to bring a genuine smile to her face. He couldn't explain it, but he really wanted to see her smile. Jack had told him a lot about who she really was, the things she done and the way she acted. He had yet to meet that person, and he wanted to because she sounded like exactly the kind of person to travel with.
She let out a long drawn breath. "Ok, I'm ready."
"Shall we then?" Jack held out his arm, Madison linked hers through it and strolled towards the door where the Doctor was standing.
Madison looked behind her as they stepped out, a blue wooden police box stood there. Then she thought back to what Jack had said about it being bigger on the inside and she smiled. She pulled her eyes and way from the box to look around her. They were in some kind of village. It looked similar to something you would have seen back in medieval times, except something was different, something you couldn't really see. It was full of people dashing around, trading and buying at the stalls and shops and people working on their goods such as the blacksmith or the tailor. The houses were all made from wood, small and crowded together. She had never seen anything like it before and she was amazed with what she was seeing.
"Well then here we are, the planet Orzin. Very similar to Earth in many ways, just look around you." He was doing it. He was trying to show off to Madison. Trying to impress her. He did this with everyone that came on board the TARDIS. He never had the chance to impress her with the 'it's bigger on the inside' explanation. Now was his chance to show her exactly how brilliant he was.
They had been walking around for some time, then Jack recognized someone. Madison let go of his arm as he ran over to an old friend of his. The Doctor came up beside her.
"Typical Jack, always bumping into an old friend. That's the problem with hanging around with an ex-time agent, no matter where you go he always manages to find a friend. Come on, let's keep wandering, he will find us when he wants to. Allons-y!" With that he grabbed her arm, putting it through his own and off they went. Jack disappeared into one of the shops with the man he had seen. They were talking and laughing away.
"So what do you think then Madison? Enjoying yourself?" The Doctor asked her. They had been walking around the market for some time now. The Doctor kept pointing at things and naming them, giving her a complete history lesson on everything they saw. She was actually rather enjoying it all.
"Yeah, its interesting. Everything is so full of life, and the people all look so happy. It's like being back in the medieval times on Earth. But it's not Earth. There's 2 suns and 3 moons, the planet is moving slower than the Earth does."
The Doctor looked at her, slightly stunned. Now he understood what Jack meant when she talked about the TARDIS being sentinel. It was easy to see that there was more then a single sun and moon but how did she work out that the planet was moving slower than the Earth? He couldn't bare not knowing, he had to ask her.
"So how did you work out that the planet it moving slower?" He looked at her. She gazed back at him.
"I don't know, I just guessed? It feels different to being back on Earth." She quickly shifted her gaze to the floor. She really didn't know how she knew, something just kind of clicked and told her to say it. The moment she stepped out of the TARDIS she could feel it, she could feel the planet moving and knew it was slower, calmer then Earth.
"Madison, I will find out what is going on. Someone has been messing with your head and I will get to the bottom of it. I swear. Ok?" He took hold of her hands. "Madison?" Her eyes started glazing over. The Doctor was starting to worry.
"Doctor, I don't feel to good. My head keeps spinning…" He caught her in his arms as she fell forward. Not exactly the type of response he was expecting.
The Doctor frowned. Where was Jack when he needed him? He was struggling to hold her properly, he couldn't lay her down on the floor and his arms were starting to hurt. It couldn't be comfortable for her much either, but he didn't think she was going to notice. A few moments later Jack came around the corner, he was happy. Clear he had enjoyed catching up with his friend. His face fell the moment he saw the Doctor struggling to hold Madison up. He ran over to them both.
"Doctor!" He called, as he got closer. "What the hell happened?"
Jack took Madison into his arms, allowing the Doctor to compose himself before answering him.
"Well, I'm not sure. She said she didn't feel too well and that her head was spinning, next thing she had passed out again. She seems to be making a habit of it."
"I doubt she is doing it on purpose Doctor!" Jack snapped at him. The Doctor was surprised, as was Jack. Jack took a deep breath to calm himself. He wasn't sure what came over him. "We know something isn't right and this could be a side effect of whatever is going on." Jack looked at him. The Doctor ran his hand through his hair, deep in thought.
"Right, well no good just standing here, best get back to the TARDIS." Jack nodded and followed behind him, carrying Madison in his arms.
As they approached the TARDIS Madison started to moan. Her eyes were still tightly shut.
"I don't want to remember, it hurts too much to remember. Please don't make me remember…"
Jack and the Doctor both stopped and looked at each other. They had both heard what she had said but neither of them could full understand what she meant. They stood there for a moment before they carried on walking, the TARDIS was in front of them and they were almost at the door.
"Doctor, what does she mean? What doesn't she want to remember?" Jack was looking at the Doctor waiting for an answer.
"I'm guessing that she doesn't want to remember what is behind that door. Its her subconscious talking." The Doctor was pulling the TARDIS key out of his pocket. "We still need to find out what it is Jack, even if she doesn't want to remember, we need to know." His voice was serious.
Jack looked down at her and sighed. "Yeah I know Doctor."
The Doctor opened the door to the TARDIS and let Jack step inside first, and then closed the door behind him. He let out a sigh. This woman was impossible. He kept replying what had happened in his head, trying to make sense of it all. He couldn't work it out.
Jack looked at the Doctor, and got a nod of approval. He was going to take her to her room and wait with her until she woke up again.
Once he was gone the Doctor sat down, deep in thought. There was so much about her that didn't make sense. He was a Time Lord, he had seen so many things over the past 900 years but this was something he had never seen. And it scared him, knowing she was in danger and not being able to help. He had promised he would help her and he wouldn't give up trying to discover what was going on.
He stood up, put his glasses on, and began staring at the screen on the console. He pulled up the files from Torchwood on her and started reading through them again. He pulled up her medical history, he couldn't find anything there about any illness that could be causing the sudden dizziness and fainting spells. Then he looked at the list of those that had been after her, it didn't seem likely that it was any of them that could have inflicted her with those problems.
He let out a sigh and decided that he would just have to talk to her when she was awake. Maybe someone else had gotten to her that Jack didn't know about. He couldn't have watched her every hour of every day so there was always a chance that there had been some other contact. He sat back down and ran a hand through his hair.
Jack gently placed Madison down on the bed and sat there holding her hand. He was going to wait with her until she woke up, he wanted to make sure that she really was ok. He brushed a stray lock of hair that had fallen over her face as he placed her down away. Her hair was soft and Jack couldn't help but smile. He had lived for over a hundred years, and in all that time he had never met anyone as special as her.
It was almost an hour later when she finally awoke. She slowly opened her eyes and sat upright and her gaze fell on Jack, still sitting there holding her hand.
"It happened again didn't it Jack?" He could see the sadness in her eyes again as she spoke to him.
"Yeah, you went dizzy and then passed out. The Doctor didn't know what to do. He has been really worried, and so have I." Jack's eyes were locked to hers, and that was another thing that made her special. He had never seen eyes like her before. There was something so different about them.
"I'm sorry. I don't know why it happened. It never happened before I met you and the Doctor. I cause you both so many problems and you worry so much. Maybe you should just leave me in this room and forget about me." Her gaze fell down. Jack was stunned by what he was hearing.
"Don't you dare say that," his voice was calm. "The Doctor and I are entitled to care. We said we would look after you and keep you safe. We promised to find out what is going on and that is exactly what we are going to do. I don't want you to say things like that. We certainly will not leave you in a room to be forgotten about. Understand?" Madison didn't move, her eyes still down. He put his free hand under her chin and raised her head to look at him.
"We will never forget about you. And I will do whatever it takes to find out what has happened to you." She nodded at him and he smiled back at her.
"Is the Doctor mad at me? I know how he was excited to show me somewhere new, and I went and ruined it all." Jack just frowned at her, she worried too much.
"I'm sure the Doctor is fine. When you are ready we can go see him and he will tell you himself." She nodded at him and began to get herself off the bed.
"I'm ready now, I've spent enough time laying around. Time to move on. I'm sure the Doctor is getting bored by now. He seems the type of person to get bored if he stays in the same place for too long." Jack grinned at her. She was absolutely right. The Doctor did hate staying in the same place for to long. He liked to move on and have adventures.
"Come on then," He said, taking hold of her hand again, "let's go tell the Doctor you are ready to carry on sight seeing on different planets." Madison smiled. Jack was one of a kind, so was the Doctor. She needed to give these men a chance, she trusted that they weren't going to hurt her. She believed that they wanted to help her, so it was time she picked herself up and got on with life.
As always comments and reviews welcome.
Am seriously having second thoughts about where I am taking this. I've been watching back through a lot of Doctor Who, and I'm now planning to make this totally separate from the series. This includes Torchwood as well (when it gets to that part), I hate the fact that by the end of the second series too many are dead.
So anyway, let me know what you think, any idea's are also appreciated.