A/N: The Doctor turns to Torchwood and Jack? Read, enjoy, and review!
"Wait so… you're saying she's a-" Jack started loudly, but the Doctor clapped a hand over his mouth.
"Could we talk about this somewhere where an entire institute of people who want me captured and/or killed aren't listening in?" the Doctor asked impatiently. Jack nodded since his mouth was covered by the Doctor's hand.
The Doctor released Jack and allowed the man to lead him and Amy through the institute. As they walked, several people stared openly at the Doctor. Some pointed rather indiscreetly, others whispered to their friends, and others ran to their monitors to check for any memos they may have missed about this event. Clearly the Doctor was well-known, though not necessarily under the best of terms. Superior agents scolded those who stared and prodded them to get back to work.
Rory looked particularly in awe. He was much more easily impressed than the two Time Lords, having a human mind that had not thought about the possibilities of so much alien technology and an organization solely set aside to investigate their activities and technology. He gasped at several of the communication devices and weapons hanging off of soldiers' belts or resting passively on their desks.
Amy leaned into the Doctor's ear to whisper, "I'd love to hear the story of how you know them and what you did to make them mad." The Doctor gave a low monosyllabic laugh as if recalling a memory.
"It's a good one," the Doctor muttered back. He then turned his attention back to Jack who had led them to a secluded room that required high security clearance to enter. Jack provided the necessary identification before entering with Amy, Rory, and the Doctor and sealing the door behind them. Inside the room was a simple long table with chairs and a projector screen at the front of the room.
"So?" Jack prompted the Doctor, referring to his last comment about Amy being a Time Lord. The Doctor sighed and sat down in one of the chairs, delighted to find it spun around. He took a moment to spin as fast as he could around the spinning chair before responding to a very intrigued Jack.
"So, Amy's a Time Lord. You remember that hand I had, the one that got chopped off after I regenerated?" the Doctor asked. Jack gave him a blank expression. The Doctor then remembered that the world's memories of him had been adjusted, even erased in many cases. In fact, until just recently when Amy had seen the Doctor's display of a carved apple and fish fingers, no one remembered him at all. Except River. "Okay, that's a no. Doesn't matter. Anyway, I kept around my severed hand- oh, that's a bit weird isn't it?- and accidentally started a metacrisis when I rebooted the universe by throwing the Pandorica into my exploding TARDIS," the Doctor explained. The blank stare from Jack continued but had morphed into one with more confusion.
Rory looked sympathetic. "I don't get it either," Rory stated. Jack blinked once before returning to his usual nonchalant self.
"So you made a bunch of little Time Lord babies with part of yourself?" Jack summarized and reduced in complexity the situation that had the Doctor so stressed. Amy snorted and tried to pass it off as a laugh. Jack sat down across the table from the Doctor and leaned back in his chair, gesturing for Amy and Rory to join him in sitting. They did, Amy next to the Doctor and Rory, reluctantly, next to Jack.
"Babies? No. Humans became fully Time Lord since there was no singular Time Lord element left to return the backfire of the metacrisis and retain human traits," the Doctor spewed information that was generally disregarded by the humans in the room. The Doctor read their expressions and decided to move on with the conversation. "Right. So, how much do you know about me here?" the Doctor asked. He had to determine how much Torchwood retained in terms of intelligence on him.
"Well, you're a Time Lord, the last of them. That is, until now. And you fly through space and time in your blue box and you pissed off the Queen of England a couple centuries ago so she declared Torchwood to capture you and all alien technology that made its way to Earth," Jack summarized. The Doctor gave another whirl of his spinning chair, clearly entertained by it.
Torchwood's files on the Doctor still must be at least partially intact that meant, and after Amy brought him back to the world by remembering him, more data must have been recovered. But Jack's personal memories with the Doctor must have been limited to none.
"Hey, Doctor, why exactly are we here?" Rory asked. It was the same question Jack had been about to ask. The other three in the room looked to the Doctor for the answer.
"For help. There's about a hundred Time Lords roaming Earth in the 21st century, lost and alone and able to wreak havoc if they're left that way. I need you, Jack, to track them down using Torchwood's research and bring them here until I can take them to a new home planet that's safe for them," the Doctor answered. Jack found himself slowly nodding along with the Doctor, agreeing to help him before he was even finished.
"Sure thing, Doc. I might have some resistance up top from fundamentalists who're set against you, but I've got a good team," Jack said. He shot the Doctor a smile before continuing. "Are you gonna stay and help out?" The Doctor shook his head.
"I have to search for a new planet. We'll be going very soon, actually," the Doctor replied, looking toward the door. He was itching to get back to his TARDIS. He didn't very much like leaving her alone at Torchwood of all places. Rory shifted in his chair and stayed sitting while the other three stood.
"Uh, I think I want to stay. Here, I mean. Help out with finding the Time Lords on Earth. I don't know how fit I am for a Time Lord adventure," Rory said quietly, clearing his throat after speaking. The Doctor thought about it for a moment. He probably felt left out being the only human on the TARDIS, so that much made sense. Plus, he would be a real help at Torchwood to make sure they stayed in line. Regardless of the Doctor's occasional bickering with Rory in the previous reality, he trusted the man with a lot.
"Of course, Rory. You'll be brilliant," the Doctor said. He walked past Rory quickly before heading to the door and whispered, "Watch out for Jack, though. He's a devil." Rory looked quizzically at the Doctor but didn't say anything.
Amy said her goodbyes to Rory and gave him a tight hug before joining the Doctor as Jack opened the door and motioned for them to leave while he stayed behind with Rory. As soon as the Doctor and Amy had left the room, the Doctor turned to Amy.
"Are you sure you want to come with me? You could always stay," the Doctor asked her seriously. He looked at her closely, drinking in the fact that this was Amy, the same Amy he'd known for perhaps a year by then, but she had only known him for a day. It was so twisted and upside down, but it was real. Somehow, this was real.
"Yes," Amy responded. There was not a moment's hesitation in her reply. The Doctor knew that should worry him, but it didn't. He was elated, in fact, in spite of whatever else was going on. Amy Pond was agreeing to travel with him all over again, and that would never be something he could ever regret.
The Doctor took her hand in his own and made his way toward the TARDIS, past all of the curious soldiers. One particularly brazen young man dared to lift a camera to take the Doctor's picture, so the Doctor gave him his cheesiest grin. "If they're going to have a picture to remember me by, may as well make it a good one," the Doctor told Amy, causing her to smile and roll her eyes at him.
Once they'd reached the TARDIS, the Doctor opened the door and gestured for Amy to entered. He then followed suit, giving one last look out of his blue doors. The woman from earlier that had led the soldiers who'd viciously surrounded his TARDIS was walking toward him, fast, with a determined look on her face. She was followed by, again, grunts with guns.
"Doctor!" the woman growled. The Doctor wiggled his fingers at her as a wave goodbye and closed the door, rushing to the console. He set his TARDIS for flight, but as he dematerialized, he could still hear the woman yelling. "Doctor! No! Wait, you-!" and the rest of her harsh words were cut off as the Doctor's blue box flew away into time and space.
*DW*DW*DW*
"Where are we going now?" Amy asked with excitement. She leaned against the console next to the Doctor, pushing some blue buttons. The Doctor smacked her hand hands away.
"No touching," he scolded her. Amy put her hands up in false surrender, but it was clear she would continue touching the console at a later point. "We are off to explore the galaxies, looking for a planet habitable enough for Time Lords to live," the Doctor answered Amy's question. He inserted some more information into his scanner before landing the TARDIS with her usual noises.
Amy approached the door followed by the Doctor, who opened it and showed off what lay beyond. "Adipose 3! This is Breeding Planet 1 of the Adipose, lovely creatures. This planet was actually stolen once, and they had a resourceful plan for coming to Earth and colonizing it as a new breeding planet. Didn't work out so well. Their Matron broke a few laws in the process. But, in general, the Adipose are quite good at inhabiting new planets and continuing their race," the Doctor described.
The planet appeared to Amy as if it was one giant bounce house. Everything in sight looked squishy, as if it was made of blow-up balloons or foam. Even the ground had a certain spongeyness to it that made one feel as though they could bounce on it. Amy looked out to see the most ridiculous and adorable creatures roaming about with beady black eyes and blubber-like white bodies. They ranged in size from larger than humans to small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.
"They're so cute!" Amy exclaimed. One of the smaller Adipose accidentally ran into Amy's leg and fell over, so she leaned down to help it back on its feet. The little Adipose made a small noise of thanking before waddling off to join the others.
"Yes, and they're generally fairly harmless. We're here so I can talk to the council that I know will be meeting here about the need for a relocation. Adipose 3 is becoming overcrowded and these guys will need a new planet to expand to soon. We should be able to find out what planets in the area have been determined habitable for life if we drop by," the Doctor said cheerfully. He started off down the bouncy path that led toward the center of the action, bumping into some of the larger Adipose along the way.
"And you were invited?" Amy asked with some surprise. The Doctor smirked a little, pulling out his psychic paper.
"I'm the Doctor. I'm invited to every party," he scoffed.
A/N: So it's off to explore planets in search of a home for Amy and the Doctor while Rory and Jack start a search for more Time Lords on Earth. This is not the last of Jack or Rory, as I will show parts of the story from their vantage points as well.
Let me know if anything so far has been too confusing or anything, and I will try to clarify. And if there's any other comments/advice you have, feel free to let me know!
