Chapter 7

Werewolves of Barcelona

Disclaimer: I do not own the Doctor, Clara, Jack, or River I would love to but sadly I don't. Only the plot line is mine.

Note: I just started a new job so I am going to try my best to update once a week. I know I took a couple weeks to post the last update but it was because I was having a really hard time writing the plot for chapters 6-8. But I've worked through them now so I should hopefully be able to post once a week. Onto the story! :]

"Doctor, what exactly do you plan to do?" River asked following him out the TARDIS doors.

The sun had now set completely and the full moon hung high above.

"Tonight's a full moon; would it not be foolish to investigate tonight?"

He turned to her his eyes showing both anger and compassion "If you don't want to come fine stay in the TARDIS, but I have to stop this, it attacked Jack and even though he died there is still a chance that the next full moon he could turn. I have to find a way to ensure that he doesn't turn."

He started to turn around when she grabbed his hand.

"I won't let you go alone."

He gave her hand a tight squeeze, "Well than Doctor Song, let's go save the day," he said with a smug smile.

"I hate you," she said trying not to smile at him.

"No you don't."

They walked carefully up towards the hill where Jack had been attacked earlier. The doctor brought out his screwdriver trying to get a reading on the werewolf. River brought her scanner out scanning the pools of blood.

"Doctor, I have something."

Bending down next to her, "What is it?"

"The werewolf's blood, Clara said he stabbed it and well there's a trail."

The doctor stood up, "Well let's see where it takes us, shall we?" He said taking her hand in his.

It felt like old times again. His wife's hand in his and off to save some mystery planet.

River looked up at him and smirked, "we shall."

The doctor blushed slightly; even during times like this she could make him feel hot under collar. Everything she did or said made him almost go mad.

"Are we going to follow the trail, or are you going to ogle at me all day?" she said half laughing.

"Um… right let's go." The Doctor turned trying not to blush even more and River just giggled at him.

They followed the blood trail down the hill and through the grass. Thankfully for the full moon they had enough light to follow it. They walked through a blue meadow with red, yellow, and orange flowers. As they kept walking they could see what appeared to be a cave in the distance.

River stopped in her tracks "Doctor," River whispered, "The scanner is picking up a life form in the cave."

"Well let's go meet this werewolf," he replied.

River put the scanner in her pouch and pulled her gun out of it holster as they cautiously walked towards the cave. They could hear the soft growl of it when they walked into the cave. It could sense their presence. River and the Doctor walked closely together looking for any signs of the creature. Then they heard it move.

- DW -

He saw them walk into his cave. They were here to kill him and he welcomed the death. He stepped towards them and the woman raised a gun.

"Kill me please, end this curse please," he begged.

River faltered a little, she was not expecting the creature to ask to be killed.

"We don't want to kill you, who did this to you? Who turned you into a werewolf?" the Doctor asked.

"My family was attacked by another who looked like me. I was the only one who survived. I know you are here to kill me, I attacked your friend and now he will turn next moon."

"If we can find the one who turned you we can save you too." The Doctor explained.

"If I knew where it was I'd kill him myself, I've been searching for it for two years. I'm sorry I attacked your friend I lost control of myself for a minute."

"It's okay, he's fine. River give me your scanner."

She looked at him out of the corner of her eye still holding the gun in her hand ready to shoot if the wolf made the wrong move. With one hand she grabbed the scanner out of her pouch.

"I may be able to use your werewolf DNA to find the alpha wolf," The Doctor explained while he cautiously walked towards the wolf.

"You think you can find it," The wolf asked.

"Yes, now if I may I need a sample of your DNA, the blood from your cut should be enough."

River walked cautiously with the Doctor watching for the wolf to make any sudden moves. If the wolf made any move to attack one of them she would shoot him whether her husband would like it or not. The Doctor always tried to let people have an option to redeem themselves; it was one of the qualities she loved dearly about the Doctor. However, sometimes the Doctor was too trusting and that's where she came in.

"I'm just going to put the scanner on your wound it may sting a little from the scanner acquiring the DNA," the Doctor explained.

As the Doctor placed the scanner on the wolf's left side of his abdomen the wolf tensed slightly from the pain. River kept her gun raised directly aimed for the wolf's head.

"What's your name?" The doctor asked.

"Canis," he replied.

"That's Latin for dog right?" River asked.

"Yes, I was born the alpha male for my pack so my mother named me Canis."

"There I got the DNA sample now to get it to pick up the alpha werewolf."

The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver, and pointing it towards the scanner pressed a button causing the scanner to make a soft beeping noise.

"There now it will lead us to this other werewolf," the doctor proclaimed proudly.

- DW -

Back in Jack's room Clara had made him lay down while she went and prepared him tea and a sandwich. He knew it was going to be really hard but he was going to get Clara to see him like her echo had. His Clara had only been in his life for 5 months but in those few months she had changed everything in his life. He thinks back to the library wishing he had kissed her one more time so he could feel her lips on his. The woman he loved was an echo of someone who didn't know him. It hurt him more than he thought it ever could.

Clara walked quietly into Jack's room carrying a tray that held a tea kettle, two mugs, and two plates of fish and chips. She looked at Jack lying on his bed. She could tell he was deep in thought about something that appeared to be bothering him. He wasn't bad on the eyes at all, with his dark brown hair and gorgeous blue eyes. Her eyes shifted lower as she saw he had taken his blood stained shirt off, he had great shoulders to she noticed.

Jack looked up to notice Clara ogling him, he smiled to himself. Well at least she was staring at him. He moved to sit up against the headboard and she quickly looked up.

"I made us tea and fish and chips," she said as she walked over to the bed.

"Sounds great, I'm famished!"

Clara poured him a mug of tea and handed him his plate. She sat opposite of him at the foot of the bed with her tea and plate.

"This is delicious! Did you make this yourself?"

"Yup my mom and I use to cook together all the time when I was younger."

"I remember you always talking about making soufflés with her." He looked up and noticed Clara puzzlement before adding "Well, I mean your echo use to tell me…"

Jack's expression darkened a little and Clara saw that the look he wore now was the same look she saw on his face when she walked in.

"How long did we know each other, Jack?"

He looked up peering at her over his cup before responding, "About 5 months."

"Were we dating the whole time?"

Jack smirked a little, "Basically, it was funny from the day we met we did everything together. You helped me with Torchwood missions and after about 2 months you finally asked me to help you save River."

Clara's eyes shot up, "Really?"

"At first I told you no saying it was a fixed point but you were persuasive and came up with the whole plan of how we could do it and still save her. I was so impressed by your plan that I couldn't refuse you. So we spent the next 3 months planning how we would do it and planning each step in between my Torchwood missions. You had even agreed to join me at Torchwood afterwards." Jack looked down at his cup smiling.

Clara took both her and Jack's cups and placed them down on the table next to the bed. She then took Jack's hands and held them in her own.

" I can tell you really cared about me, you must of to put yourself in that danger."

"I told you…" but Clara cut him off.

"No listen," she said firmly "I understand you can always come back but still you risked yourself to help me. You must have known I would have done it if you didn't help me."

Jack simply just nodded yes before she continued.

"That means a lot to me because you didn't know that Clara was an echo of me, and then today you again put your life in danger for me. When you died I felt like something inside of me died too. It was weird, but now I think it was because a part of me knows you mean so much to me even if that me was just an echo."

Jack was watching her closely as she spoke, afraid if he said something this moment would be gone. Clara climbed up the bed and sat next to him, taking his cheek in one of her hands.

"I want to get to know you like the echo me did, and I really want to remember what we had."

Clara leaned up and kissed his cheek before getting up and gathering their dishes and heading out to the kitchen. Jack sat there stunned for a few moments before slowly a smile spread across his face, "That is definitely a start," he thought to himself.

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