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"What was I thinkin'?" Roses mumbles under her breath as Amelia, Rory, Mels, and Jack scramble out of the truck while chattering about the festivities Cardiff is hosting for Bonfire Night, "Must be going barmy, agreein' to all this."

"Aww, it will be okay Rosie," the Captain guffaws upon seeing the look of dread on her face, "It's not like there is a lot of trouble for them to find here, so relax and enjoy yourself."

Her dark eyes sweep over the crowd of people already carousing, then fall to the quartet of faces awaiting her decision, "Alright, we'll stay. But," she slowly points at each of them, "First arrest, first tiff, first anything that you already know you're not supposed to get caught doin' and we're gone 'cuz if your parents ever find out I played a major role in the corruption of minors, I would be lynched. That goes double for you Jack. Everyone clear on that?"

"Yes ma'am!" they chorus before collectively grabbing her and pulling her towards the festivities.

"Toffee apples!" Rory points out a vendor's stall while Mels lets go of Amy and skips towards another booth, "Parkin!"

Finally Rose rolls her eyes at the ginger girl who stays close in spite of her obvious desire to run after her friends and gestures towards another vendor before she shoves a few notes into Amy's hand, "Oi, go get some mulled wine for yourself and the others before they put themselves into a sugar coma. Non-alcoholic, mind you. Also, try to eat somethin' while you're runnin' about, it's a long time till dinner at Jack's. Tell Mels and Rory the same thing. And keep your mobile on, in case I need to call you."

Understanding now what Rose is permitting, Amy gives her a crushing hug, "Thank you! I promise we'll stay out of trouble!"

After she darts off, Jack loops her arm through his as they walk, "What's going on in that beautiful head of yours? Five minutes ago you were scared to death for them to leave your sight, now you are sending them on errands?"

"Did you notice them hoodies hangin' around back in that alley we just passed?" he bobs his head, "A scanner in my pocket detected some alien tech in that direction when we walked passed. I think we might need to take a second look to make sure they aren't up to anythin' that's gonna get innocent people hurt."

"I'll do it," he says and gives her a hug so she can covertly slip the device into his pocket without anyone noticing, "Be back in a jiffy. Just in case though, you do have you phone right?"

She waves her mobile so only he can see it, as it is a model from the other universe and never had a duplicate in this one, "Never leave home without it. You've got ten minutes to come back or call, then I'm coming to look for you."

"As the lady commands," he salutes her, then takes off at a trot, his long jacket flapping in the chilly breeze.

With her improved sense of time, there is no feasible reason for her to keep checking her watch. She does so anyway, her teeth worrying at her bottom lip the entire time. Ten minutes tick by with no word from Jack, but she gives him another five because she is well acquainted with his terrible timing. When he still fails to show or message, she resolves to go after him.

Rose backtracks to the alleyway and discovers it empty save for a few rubbish bins. Careful not to make any noise, she pads through the area, scanning left and right for any signs of the missing Captain. The back of the alley opens up in two directions, so she pulls her sonic out and scans the area. It beeps madly towards the right, so she walks that way for a while, then takes a left...and nearly steps on the outstretched hand of an unconscious Jack Harkness.

She drips to her knees, searching for a pulse, and breathes a sigh of relief when she finds his strong and steady. A burn mark on the side of his neck is indicative to a taser or something akin to it. "Come one, wakey wakey," she coos, gently tapping his cheek, "Jack, can you hear me?"

He doesn't respond and she hurriedly goes through her options before pulling out her phone and dialing Amy's phone. It only rings twice before being answered by a giggling ginger, "What's up Rose?"

"Amy, I need you to follow these directions," Rose rattles of the route she'd walked, "I just found Jack knocked out, I think someone hit him with a taser and I need your help to carry him back to the truck."

"Do you want me to bring Rory and Mels? They're waiting to buy sparklers right now but I can get them quick if you need me to."

"No need, it shouldn't take us too long to drag him back," she retorts just as her friend's head begins to wobble in her lap, "He's startin' to come around anyways. Jack, what in the bloody hell did you get yourself into?"

"You were right about them being aliens," he groans, holding his head as he sits up, "Bunch of kids, running around Cardiff while their parents are distracted. We are going to have to find them before they get themselves into serious trouble."

He pauses as they hear the echo of footsteps grow louder, then give way to a flushed Amelia Pond, "Are you okay Jack? How did you manage to get tasered?"

"Honestly, I think I scared them when I showed up and they panicked," he confesses and-after a glance to Rose, who nods-pulls out the scanner, "They can't be far, unless they have access to some mode of transportation. Got them!"

He takes off at a run, leaving the two women scurrying to keep up. Amy veers close to her friend as they jog through the alleyways, "Are these the good kind or bad kind?"

"The good kind, just a bunch of kids out havin' a good time. 'Least that's what he told me," the brunette answers, eyes shifting between the former conman and her sonic, "We just need to make sure they don't get into trouble with the locals more than anythin'."

"This is how I imagined life with the Doctor would be," the younger woman wistfully admits, her smile broadening when Rose nods in agreement, "I'm going to have to get better shoes then."

"Lots of trainers. And socks! You would not believe how many socks I had that didn't have a mate because the Doctor needed one of them to fix a machine or make a substitute filter or somethin'," she chuckles as a memory strikes her, "Though there was this one time I had to sacrifice my new bra so he could transport these two egg-"

She's cut off by someone crashing into her, sending them both sprawling. She rolls back to her feet, prepared for another attack, only to see Mels with a thunderous scowl plastered on her face. "Mels?"

"Where did the stupid tosser go?" the sassy teen snarls while Rose helps her to her feet, "He stole my bloody purse! I'm going to make him wish he'd never been born!"

"Some bloke lifted it while we was waiting on Amy," Rory explains as Mels digs into her vast well of swear words, "We chased him down an alley, but I think we've gotten turned around a bit. Umm, where is Jack?"

"That way," Rose gestures while pocketing her sonic, "He's probably chasing the same hoodies. One of them tasered him and I think robbed him too."

"Let's go then!" Mels roars and hustles after the Captain, leaving her companions to take up the chase once more.

"This is not how I had planned for this day to go," Rory declares just as Mels and Jack come back into sight, "Not the fun part, I meant the running after wankers."

"Oh, what did you have planned?" Amy teases, making the young man furiously blush.

He opts not to answer, instead he shifts his focus to Jack, "Did you find them? They might be the same people who lifted Mels' purse."

In response, the older man raises a hand which holds the young woman's now empty blue wallet, "Is this it? I'm afraid they took the money though."

"Wha-bugger all, that was everything I had," Mels sighs, taking the object and stuffing it into her back pocket, "Guess I won't be buying sparklers after all. Did you find yours?"

"Don't worry about that," Rose is already fishing out a handful of tenners and hands them over, "That should hold you over for now. I'll hit up a cashpoint to replace how much else you lost. I'll be damned if I let some idiot hoodies ruin today."

"Thanks Rose," the girl says, a hint of genuine gratitude peeking through her tough girl facade, "I'll pay you back someday, I swear."

"Like I said before, don't worry about it. You three just focus on enjoyin' yourselves," she smiles and waves them off, "I'm gonna help Jack search around here for his wallet, we'll catch up in a mo'."

After the trio is out of sight, Jack walks over to a skip and throws open the lid, revealing five extremely terrified young aliens, "Alright kids, now it's time to take you back to mum and dad."