Hello everyone, now I'm no longer sticking to a timeline when updating a story but I will tell you that after this chapter I won t be updating until January, so that's just a heads up, also I would like to thank everyone who has faved and followed, the people who have reviewed get a huge cyber hug \^_^/ so thank you everyone, here's the Empty Child... Oh and I don't own 'Doctor Who?'
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Recap
"ATLEAST I WOULDN'T HAVE FELT BETRAYED BY SOMEONE I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST!" I snapped, "I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS BAD IF YOU HAD JUST TOLD M-" I cut off coughing like I had in the hub, and turned my back to him...
"Lexa? Lexa, what s wrong?" he asked, pull my hand down whipping my mouth before turning around the fire gone from my eyes, replaced by a dead look,
"Nothing." I state, I go to walk away but he caught my arm, pulling it to him and seeing the blood. He looked at me and i saw pain in his eyes, but I couldn't muster the emotion to care, I pull my arm back, and step away from him,
"How long has this been happening?" he whispered his voice breaking slightly,
"Three times now since we left Adam." I spat turning and leaving him to wallow in the guilt he felt, going to my room getting changed and slipping into bed tears running down my eyes again, I pull the book into my lap.
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To say things had been strained for a few days would be an understatement, I barely talked to the doctor and if I did it was only a short sentence if asked a question or one worded replies, Rose had cottoned on to something being wrong and tried to defuse the tension if only a little bit, I had stolen the doctors sonic to fix the TARDIS into the vortex manipulator and then went to visit Jack, I've spent quite a few nights there, made it back before anyone got suspicious though, I've also been contemplating telling Rose about my impending death, it wasn't right for the doctor to keep it from me and in turn it's not right for me to keep it from her.
I hadn't read anymore of the book recently because the similarities between what's written and what's happened in my life were getting to big to ignore, I was starting to doubt my life but was quick to shake those thoughts off.
I've been having more coughing fits recently as well I was good at hiding the blood that came along with it but that was because I always had a few tissues to cough into and throw away, I knew that soon we would be meeting Jack for his first time and I wanted that to happen soon, whilst I was sitting in the chair by the fireplace in the library everything began shaking. Seems my wish would be coming soon enough, putting the book down on the table open on the page I was reading I got up and stumbled to the console room
"What's the emergency?" Rosie asked stumbling in behind me,
"Mauve." I state before the doctor could,
"Mauve?" She asked in confusion,
"The universally recognised colour for danger." the Doctor responded running around the console,
"What happened to red?" Rose asked looking between us
"That's just humans. By everyone else's standards, red's camp. Oh, the misunderstandings. All those red alerts, all that dancing. It's got a very basic flight computer. I've hacked in, slaved the TARDIS. Where it goes, we go." He explained, I roll my eyes and grab a railing
"And that's safe, is it?" She questioned unsure,
"Totally." He said at the same time I replied with "No." following our responses there was a bang from the console,
"Okay, reasonably. Should have said reasonably there. No, no, no, no! It's jumping time tracks, getting away from us." He shouted throwing more levers, and pressing buttons,
"What exactly is this thing?" Rose shouted over the noise,
"No idea." The doctor exclaimed,
"Then why are we chasing it?"
"It s mauve which means dangerous Rosie, plus it's about thirty seconds from the centre of London." I say sweetly looking at the scanner like I could understand it, well I could but I was just echoing his lines.
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The TARDIS had materialised in and alley between two terraces, it looked run down to say the least,
"Do you know how long you can knock around space without happening to bump into Earth?" he questioned looking between me and Rose,
"Five days? Or is that just when we're out of milk?" Rose answered,
"Just when we're out of milk it's generally six and a half, if I have my time straight." I answer Rose with a shrug, she snorts
"Of all the species in all the Universe and it has to come out of a cow." he complained, I shake my head and then I feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, looking around I look up the child, Jamie was looking at us, "Must have come down somewhere quite close. Within a mile, anyway. And it can't have been more than a few weeks ago. Maybe a month." the doctor continued as we walked off,
"A month? We were right behind it." Rose countered,
"It was jumping time tracks all over the place. We're bound to be a little bit out. Do you want to drive?" he asked sarcastically,
"Yes I do." I drawl walking on Roses right,
"Yeah. How much is a little?" Rose queried I shrug,
"A bit." the doctor stated still walking,
"Is that exactly a bit?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow, I shook my head and whisper
"No."
"Ish." he defended,
"What's the plan, then? Are you going to do a scan for alien tech or something?" I snort as Rose says this,
"Him, don t be ridiculous."
"Rose, it hit the middle of London with a very loud bang. I'm going to ask." he then shows Rose and I his psychic paper ID for the occasion.
"Doctor John Smith, Ministry of Asteroids." I roll my eyes as she says this because I can t actually see it, what knowing what it is and all.
"It's psychic paper. It tells you..." he's cut off as Rose carries on with it,
"Whatever you want it to tell me, I remember." we come to a stop at a door marked deliveries only,
"He should have said food delivery instead that would have got him in." I tell Rose completely ignoring him
"Oi!" he snaps I look at him with my eyebrow raised,
"What?" he points at me but then runs his hand over his head in an eleven manner, god I wish I could meet him now it would be so much fun,
"Sorry."
"Not very Spock, is it, just asking." Rose said drawing our attention back to the task at hand for which I was grateful for, though he still hadn't apologized for keeping the 'thing' to himself, it was getting hard to stay angry, I d just have to keep my distance until he finally said sorry,
"Door, music, people. What do you think?" he asked pointing to the door,
"I think you should do a scan for alien tech. Give us some Spock, for once. Would it kill you?" she moaned, I sigh, the Doctor opens the door with the sonic screwdriver, and looks at Rose's Union Flag top.
"Are you sure about that t-shirt?" he questioned flippantly,
"Too early to say. I'm taking it out for a spin." She replied straightening it out,
"Should have chosen a different day to do that." I comment,
"Mummy? Mummy?" Jamie's voice calls eerily, it gave me shivers really, (I loved this episode but I found the gas masks creepy.)
"Come on if you're coming. It won't take a minute." The doctor said from the door, I shake my head but he had already gone inside,
"Mummy?" I flinch and turn to the boy, Rose follows my motion and sees him on the roof,
"Doctor? Doctor? There's a kid up there! Alex, we need to help." she continued to talk dragging me.
"Are you all right up there?" She shouts to the boy,
"Mummy?" he calls again, Rose grabs my hand and drags me to the metal fire escape staircase, after a minute or two we got to the flat roof. The child is still above us "Mummy?" he continues
"Okay, hang on. Don't move!" I call up like i was concerned the only thought going through my head was,
'The things I do for you Jack.'
The rope dangles down in front of Rose and I grab it before her. After I start climbing she does to,
"Mummy. Balloon!" Rose made the mistake of looking up at that moment in time and saw the barrage balloon pulling away from the building taking me and Rose with it, she shrieked while I wrapped my leg around the rope and continued up, heck if I was gonna fall I wanted some thrill ride with it. We were now dangling over the Alley we left the doctor in,
"Doctor! Doctor! Doctor!" Rose shouted and then we saw the explosions and the fire, German planes heading for us, "Okay, maybe not this t-shirt." She cried realising where in time we were,
"We tried to tell you Sweetie!" I shouted down to her
"Now is not the time for an 'I told you so.' Alex!" she shouted, I made up my mind then and there, I was going to tell her, but not just yet.
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Okay we had been hanging here a while now,
"Rose."
"Yeah?" she asked still clinging to the rope,
"I'm gonna well, for lack of better term right now drop a bomb shell on you."
"Is now the best time?" she huffed,
"Well it's either now or never otherwise I won t have the guts, so here goes, I'm dying." and with that I heard her scream and looking down I realised that she had fallen after I had told her, "Huh good timing I suppose." I shrug and then she s caught by the beam,
"Okay, okay, I've got you." Ah I do believe that s the sound of my beloved Jack Harkness,
"Who's got me? Who's got me, and you know, how?" she questioned shaken from the fall,
"I'm just programming your descent pattern. Keep as still as you can and keep your hands and feet inside the light field." He has a nice voice calms me down quite I bit if I m honest,
"Descent pattern?" She shouted trying to balance,
"Oh, and could you switch off your cell phone? No, seriously, it interferes with my instrument." Harkness asked,
"You know, no one ever believes that." she retorted as she turns her phone off, I pull mine from my pocket and switch it off, just to speed things along,
"Thank you. That's much better." he said
"Oh, yeah, that's a real load off, that is. I'm hanging in the sky in the middle of a German air raid with the Union Jack across my chest, but hey, my mobile phone's off." Rose ranted sounding hysterical, at least she had left off the my cousins just told me she dying, that would seriously screw things up,
"Be with you in a moment." he called, after a minute he shouted out again "Hold tight!"
"To what?" Rosie shouted sceptically
"Fair point." then Rose was gone, I waited a few minutes before taking a deep breath, 'This had better work.' I let go and hung upside down by my foot,
"Harkness you had better catch me." I whisper to myself before finally untangling my foot and plummeting down, I didn't scream to my credit but the laugh was probably not that sane sounding and the I was in the blue light giggling, "Thanks Jack." I shout to him,
"How do you know me?" he demanded,
"look I'm rather cold just dangling here, so bring me aboard and then I ll tell you alright?" I question, I hear his sigh
"Hold tight..." and off I go, next thing I know I'm in his arms not as muscled as in the future but it'll do,
"That was fun, can I do it again?" I question, he looked at me like I was crazy
"Not gonna faint or anything are you?" he asked,
"Nope. I'm not like my cousin." I say pulling away,
"Captain Jack Harkness squadron 133 royal-" I cut him off
"Cut the crap Jack I know who you are and I know what you do."
"How?"
"Time travel sweetie we know each other in the future, and before you start flirting I ll let you know our relationship is platonic, god that would be weird."
"Okay how do you know what I do?" he continued,
"You told me or well, you Will tell me how you met me and what you did for a living, con man. tut tut tut, now Jack that s a very dishonest trait to have." I giggle lying to him a little, I sat down in one of the chairs and look over at Rose who was stirring
"Better now?" Jack asked the dazed blond
"You got lights in here?" She asked, Jack turns on the lights. It's a small, cramped, spaceship with bundles of wires hanging from the ceiling. not exactly tidy but then again this was jack we were talking about,
"Hello." he called,
"Hello." Rose responded,
"Hello." he mocked,
"Let's not start this again." I mutter in sync with her,
"Okay." he said holding his hands up and surrendering,
"So, who're you supposed to be, then?" Rose asked,
"She's not like you?" he asked me, I shook my head, "Captain Jack Harkness, 133 Squadron, Royal Air Force. American volunteer." he hands her the psychic paper,
"Liar. This is psychic paper. It tells me whatever you want it to tell me." She said with a grin, he pointed at me and I held my hands up,
"How do you know?" he decided to humour her,
"Two things. One, we have a friend who uses this all the time." she said casting me a confused look about the pointing, I shrug,
"Ah."
"And two, you just handed me a piece of paper telling me you're single and you work out." her smile turned flirty as she said this and I groan internally, I feel for Mickey I really do, but he gets Martha in the end.
"Tricky thing, psychic paper." he said casting me a sly glance,
"Yeah. Can't let your mind wander when you're handing it over." Rose said as she handed it back, I couldn't keep the smirk off my face,
"Oh, you sort of have a boyfriend called Mickey Smith but you consider yourself to be footloose and fancy free." he said, I face palm,
"Brilliant Rosie." I deadpan,
"What?" she asked, she seemed to have forgotten my announcement, but at least I could say I told her,
"Actually, the word you use is available." he teased,
"No way." Rose denied, I roll my eyes,
"And another one, very." he continued
"Choking on the hormones here, tone it down would you?" I ask sarcastically making gagging noises,
"Shall we try and get along without the psychic paper?" she asked ignoring me, I pout...
"That would be better, wouldn't it?" he grinned also not paying attention, I miss my Jack now, and then my phone which I had turned on when I got here started to ring, looking at the ID I see none other than Jack Harkness on the phone, answering I ignore the two casting me a look at the grin on my face,
"Well hello stranger, are you psychic?" I ask with a slight giggle,
"Nah, you with princess, so where are you?" he asked,
"Currently on what looks to be a Chula ship, pretty messy as well if you ask me." I state in a snarky tone, caused now Jack to glare slightly,
"You know I didn't take it as a compliment when you said that, so right at the beginning for me then?"
"Uh huh, and I know you don t. I might pop in for a visit soon, I miss you." I comment idly
"I'd love that and guess what then me was thinking when you said that."
"What's that then?" I question looking at the man in front of me with a raised eyebrow,
"Damn she's taken." I let out a chuckle,
"So like you especially in the beginning, ay?" I joke
"Yeah."
"So where are you now?"
"Utopia." I flinch, he was going to be going through quite a lot,
"Well- uh hum, good luck with that because after you're really gonna need it." I whisper, it wasn't every day that you end up meeting a deranged time lord, and I really didn't want to meet this one,
"Love you princess." I look over at now Jack,
"Love you CJ."
"You know you only ever call me that twice. Bye"
"Bye." hanging up I clear my throat, the air was slightly awkward,
"Nice spaceship." Rose commented taking Jacks stare from me, god that girl had here moments... she was now climbing over the seat to look at the controls giving Jack a nice view of her ass,
"Gets me around." Jack shrugged, eyeing her.
"Very Spock." I groan at this, really does she have to do this.
"Who?" he asked looking between us, I shake my head and look out the window, despite the destruction it was beautiful with the flashes of light in the dark,
"Guessing you're not a local boy, then." Rose carried on flirting, honestly she has a boyfriend a very devoted boyfriend who would do anything for her,
"Cell phones, a liquid crystal watch, white gold and sapphire jewellery and fabrics that won't be around for at least another two decades. Guessing you're not local girls." he asked before turning to me, "Who got you the pricey rocks?" he questioned,
"My brother." I answer before I realise, "Oh." he got them because I said my brother did and he's like my... Damn now I can't punch him...
"Guessing right." Rose said answering his local question, "Ah" she hissed pulling her hands from the console,
"Burn your hands on the rope?" he asked looking at her still, just then a bomb whistles past.
"Yeah. We're parked in mid-air! Can't anyone down there see us?" she questioned, I just wanted to go on the roof,
"No. Can I have a look at your hands for a moment?"
"Why?" Rosie my dear cousin said ever cautious
"Please?" she gives him her hands "You can stop acting now. I know exactly who you are. I can spot a Time Agent a mile away." he said with a smirk, I had one of my own, god he was dense,
"Time Agent?" Rose and I ask in confusion
"I've been expecting one of you guys to show up. Though not, I must say, by barrage balloon. Do you often travel that way?" the flirting was really getting old and making me feel sick,
"Sometimes we get swept off our feet. By balloons." Jack took his scarf and began wrapping it around her wrists, "What are you doing?" she demanded, I giggle at what's probably going through her mind,
"Try to keep still." he warned flicking a switch just passed her head and the glowing bundle of Nano genes encase Roses burnt hand,
"Nano genes. Sub-atomic robots. The air in here is full of them. They just repaired three layers of your skin." The glow dissipates and he unties her wrists and turns to me, holding my hands up I show that I don t have any injuries,
"I'm fine."
"Well, tell them thanks." Rose joked, I snort at her sarcasm,
"Shall we get down to business?" he asked looking at each of us in turn,
"Business?" Rose sputtered,
"Shall we have a drink on the balcony? Bring up the glasses." he then opens a hatch that leads out on to the'Balcony' I grab two glasses and head up after Rose,
"I know I'm standing on something." she laughed testing the floor, Jack pulls out a remote and presses a button, the ship became visible to us and Rose walked on, "Okay, you have an invisible spaceship." She breathed in shock
"Yeah." he admitted with now modesty and a little chuckle, I couldn t help but compare him to my Jack, anyway I hand Jack two glasses and step off to the side and sit down overlooking the chaos that was London explosion after explosion hitting the ground,
"Tethered up to Big Ben." I comment with an impressed tone to give his ego a slight boost,
"First rule of active camouflage. Park somewhere you'll remember." he countered popping a the bottle of champagne making Rose jump,
"Good rule." I conceded, he fills the glasses with champagne and offers me some, I hold up my hand "Not to my taste it's too sweet for me." he sips from the glass and turns to Rose seeing as I don t seem interested.
He, being the doctor, if I had to guess was following Nancy to her hide out right about now.
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We had been up here for five minutes and I was dying of boredom really I was...
"You know, it's getting a bit late. We should really be getting back." Rose said looking at me,
"Probably right." I admit with a shrug trying to seem uncaring but I couldn't wait to be at the hospital, Don t know why but this ship didn't give me a good feeling, maybe because it is a war ship, but the things I had read in the book were nagging at me 'Because it's not of this time, it shouldn't be here...' the gut instinct told me,
"We're discussing business." He said indignantly, I roll my eyes, my Jack isn't this annoying,
"This isn't business. This is champagne." Rose denied,
"I try never to discuss business with a clear head. Are you travelling alone? Are you authorised to negotiate with me?" he questioned,
"I'm not, Harkness." I call feeling eyes on me "She might though."
"What would we be negotiating?" asked on cue, I grin and look over the edge, it was a long way down, couple thousand feet.
"I have something for the Time Agency. Something they'd like to buy. Are you in power to make payment?" he continued the negotiation,
"Well, I, I should talk to my companion." Rose stutters, god he was using his pheromones,
"Companion?" he questioned, I look over my shoulder to see his face, he looked curious,
"We should really be getting back to him, shouldn't we Alex?" she asked distracting herself from the man in front of her,
"Him?" he demanded sounding disappointed,
"Do you have the time?" Rose continued ignoring his question, Jack pulled out that magic remote and pressed another button making Big Ben light up and reveal it was half nine, Rose jumped and looked at it before laughing, I had been laughing at her face, she looked like a scared rabbit, "Okay, that was flash. That was on the flash side." she admitted
"So when you say your companion, just how disappointed should I be?" he sighed,
"We're standing in mid-air Jack." I moan,
"Mmm-hmm."
"On a spaceship, during a German air raid. Do you really think now's a good time to be coming on to my cousin? Time and a place sweetie."
"Perhaps not." he conceded tapping Roses hands, her face showed obvious disappointment,
"It was just a suggestion." Rose defended wanting it to continue of course,
"Do you like Glenn Miller?" without waiting he pressed a button on the remote and Moonlight Serenade plays, he takes Rose in his arms and began to sway, whilst he talked, "It's 1941, the height of the London Blitz, the height of the German bombing campaign, and something else has fallen on London. A fully equipped Chula warship. The last one in existence, armed to the teeth. And I know where it is, because I parked it. If the Agency can name the right price, I can get it for you. But in two hours, a German bomb is going to fall on it and destroy it forever. That's your deadline. That's the deal. Now, shall we discuss payment?" he asked looking down at her seeming all business now, this was more like the Jack I knew, I shake my head.
'It's not right to compare the same person when they are at different points in time no less.'
"Do you know what I think?" My blond cousin questioned with a flirty smile,
"What?" Jack queried,
"I think you were talking just then." I groan, now of all times she just had to act the stereo typical blond didn't she,
"Two hours, the bomb falls. There'll be nothing left but dust and a crater." he insisted looking slightly exasperated,
"Promises, promises."
"Is she listening to any of this?" he asked looking at me,
"Probably, she just thinks you re hot." I shrug, Rose as if to prove my point starts to talk,
"You used to be a Time Agent, now you're some kind of freelancer."
"Well, that's a little harsh. I like to think of myself as a criminal." As Jack says this I let out a bark of laughter,
"Criminal, right, well then I must be the Queen of England." I intone with heavy sarcasm, he sent me an annoyed glare before Rose also laughed,
"I bet you do."
"So, this companion of yours, does he handle the business?"
"Well, I sometimes make deals but then he seems to pout at not being the man in charge and all." blatantly lying but I had to stop Rose from making a fool of herself,
"Well, maybe we should go find him." he suggested, I nod
"And how're you going to do that?" Curious of his answer to see if he would do the same as the doctor, It was Rose who asked, and she was about to fall in lust... again,
"Easy. I'll do a scan for alien tech." Jack answered as though it was the only thing to do, because the doctor would probably make us walk around until we found what we were looking for, I smile fondly to myself,
'That's just what he'd... being mad at him longer than three days is harder than it looks, maybe it's just because I felt something for him, Oh well he's got River.' I sigh and stand up
"Finally, a professional." She dramatically sighs as though she had just put down a four ton box of gold, okay slight exaggeration but a close comparison, we headed down into the ship and I took a seat on the bed forcing a cough back, I didn't need that right now, it was gonna be a nightmare keeping this from Jack he doesn't know until torchwood... Rose... I shake my head now is not the time. Drifting away with my thoughts I didn't realise that we had landed much less left the ship and were walking through the corridors of a hospital, Albion Hospital if in correct,
"Hello?" Jack calls trying to call out for the doctor,
"Hello?" Rose called as well, Jack seeing the opportunity to flirt of course,
"Hello?" he said to Rose with a grin, I walk up beside him and hit the back of his head,
"Time and a place captain." I mutter, he rubs his head,
"Well aren't you a perfect princess..." he said sarcastically, great and now starts the nickname,
"I know right, she likes to get everything done before messing around, she doesn't flirt much, well except the doctor." Rose commented on Jacks assessment,
"Well then Miss Tyler." he turned to me after saying that and mock bowed, "Your highness. Shall we find this Mr Spock so we can discuss business and the get down to pleasure." he asked raising an eyebrow, I mime gagging and he laughs obviously having seen my horrified expression.
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Searching was dull to say the least but I had hit Jack a few times in the back of the head for flirting when we were looking for the doctor to discuss 'business.' Finding the man himself was anticlimactic, walking down the hall I had pointed out the door I knew the doctor would be in and just then the door opened to reveal the man himself walking out,
"Good evening. Hope we're not interrupting. Jack Harkness. I've been hearing all about you on the way over." Jack shook his hand and I knew he was trying to get the doctor to fall under the spell that Rose had, good luck I snort silently,
"He knows. I had to tell him about us being Time Agents." she said hinting for him to go along, he looked at me and I shrug, 'what harm could it do.'
"And it's a real pleasure to meet you, Mister Spock." and with that he walks through the door towards the ward, The doctor then turned his gaze on us his eyebrow raised in question,
"Mister Spock?" I held my hands up again seemed I was doing that a bit lately,
"I was zoned out till we were walking through the halls I had nothing to do with it, I think. could have been sub consciously." I follow Jack into the ward letting Rose explain herself for his name,
"What was I supposed to say? You don't have a name. Don't you ever get tired of Doctor? Doctor who?" I heard before I went and looked over at the one Jack was looking at reaching out to touch the person, an old man it seemed, (Completely making this up,) I grab his wrist and pull his hand back,
"Don't touch them." I snap and he backed up slightly in surrender,
"Why not?" he asked,
"Look you'll find out soon, but until then don t touch them, believe it or not Jackie, I don t want you dead." I growl letting slip his nickname, he seemed genuinely shock that I cared about him and maybe the nickname I had given him,
"Alright Alex," he reassures, "I won't touch them until I know it's safe, happy." I nod
"For the time being. And go back to calling me princess, Alex from you sounds weird to me." the doctor and Rose came to stand with us Jack was inspecting some patient s injuries and I had been leaning against the wall for a minute, I felt tired,
"This just isn't possible. How did this happen?" Jack exclaimed knocking me from my daze and into the situation at hand,
"What kind of Chula ship landed here?" the doctor asked blatantly ignoring his question,
"What?" Jack yelped, well it sounded like a yelp to me anyway off track, he turned to face the doctor,
"He said it was a warship. He stole it, parked it somewhere out there, somewhere a bomb's going to fall on it unless we make him an offer."
"What kind of warship?" he turned to me as he asked
"Does it matter? It's got nothing to do with this. How would she know anyway?" he snapped, I again slap the back of his head,
"This started at the bomb site. It's got everything to do with it. What kind of warship?" he explained not looking at him,
"Medical, ambulance," I drawl leaning on the wall again yawning
"Look." he the produces a hologram of the ship "That's what you chased through the Time Vortex. It's space junk. I wanted to kid you it was valuable. It's empty. I made sure of it. Nothing but a shell. I threw it at you. Saw your time travel vehicle, love the retro look, by the way, nice panels. Threw you the bait." he explained his plan,
"Bait?" Rose demanded,
"He wanted to sell it to us and then destroy it before we found out it was junk." I answer before Jack, he cast me a shocked look before Rose cut in,
"You said it was a war ship." she said, her voice sharp,
"They have ambulances in wars. It was a con. I was conning you. That's what I am, I'm a con man. I thought you were Time Agents. You're not, are you."
"Oh look, Jack Harkness really is smart in this time." I snarl sarcastically,
"Just a couple more freelancers." Rose shrugged
"Oh. Should have known. The way you two are blending in with the local colour. I mean, Flag Girl was bad enough, but U-Boat Captain? Anyway, whatever's happening here has got nothing to do with that ship." They were looking at their clothes self-consciously, I roll my eyes
"What about me Jackie do I fit in?" U question innocently,
"You were at least semi okay princess." he replied,
"What is happening here, Doctor?" Rose asked looking around the ward,
"Human DNA is being rewritten by an idiot." the man retorts his voice a lot more hostile than what was shown on the show,
"What do you mean?" she questioned still clueless,
"I don't know. Some kind of virus converting human beings into these things. But why? What's the point? Can you tell us anything 'Lexa'?" he asked
"What do they all say? what word? put it together from that. You'll work it out." I answer with a sigh, just the every patient in the room sits up "here's your answer doctor."
"Mummy. Mummy. Mummy? Mummy?" they all chant,
"What's happening?" Rose shouts scared, I pull away from the wall and head over to them, the doctor, Rose and Jack, not the patient s.
"I don't know." he comments the patients and Doctor Constantine all stand up.
"You know she really doesn't like those words." I announced to the man getting a look for the statement,
"Mummy." the all ask,
"You know it s always London that this happens to hardly anywhere else why is that?" I ask
"Don't let them touch you." The doctor said ignoring my comment,
"What happens if they touch us?" Rose questioned,
"You're looking at it." "Sweetie" we answer, the sweetie from me obviously, the patients close in on the Doctor, Rose, myself and Jack.
"Help me, mummy." they all asked, I shudder, it was really creepy to have people say that with voices not their own, or the voice of their inner child,
"Mummy. Mummy. Mummy. Mummy. Mummy. Mummy." they kept chanting and I knew what was coming next.
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Okay everyone I know short chapter and not much detail but I wanted to have her go with Rose for the reaction to early jack and the conversation on the phone to happen, and now because they are all with the doctor it should be a longer chapter after Christmas for all of you, Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Let me know what you think of it don t hold back.
Shadow OUT!
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