"How are you feeling?" Jack asked the Doctor as he walked in
"Fine" the Doctor smiled slightly "Just glad to be out of there"
Jack nodded understandingly
"We managed to download some info off their hard drive before the wiped it" said a man the Doctor didn't know "Luckily most of it was on you. Jack said you're a smart guy so I'll have to go through the technical stuff with you"
"Technical stuff?" the Doctor raised an eyebrow
"Trust me the wings are the tip of the ice burg"
"Great" the Doctor said his voice tinged with sarcasm
"I've got a list of things that could be different but some of them might just be normal for you. What planet are you from then?"
"If I told you would you have ever heard of it?"
"You never know"
"I'm from Gallifrey"
"What species then?"
"Timelord. Just about"
"You ready from an update on your biological make up?"
"Bring it on" the Doctor said half heartedly
"They've wired the wings in well, you've got give them that. But I don't think we can remove them without killing you. They've really gone all out with this" Owen shook his head in disgust
"The wings weren't wired in they put stuff my body, certain chemicals that made my body think it needed to grow them"
"Wow. That's impressive! Oh and you know with birds that their bones are a lot stronger than humans but hollow"
"No way" the Doctor groaned
"Yeah" Owen said "God knows how they did it but you're bones have been strengthened and hollowed out"
"Blimey"
"The wings aren't just for decoration; they were literally redesigning you to be able to fly" Owen said handing the Doctor a piece of paper with a long list on the Doctor's eyes scanned the page
"Wow that's a lot"
"You've read it all already?" Owen looked shocked, the Doctor just grinned
"What do you mean Metabolism?" he asked
"They've changed it to make it compatible with your wings you need more energy, you're going to have to eat at least I dunno about 30% more than you used to"
"Right" the Doctor said raising his eyebrows high
"I noticed my lungs well whatever they are" he held his hand on the space just below his ribcage
"That's on your notes as well. To do with the whole flying think it's when you fly at higher altitudes the air is thinner so you have to take more in to get the same amount of oxygen"
"Great" the Doctor sighed rubbing the base of his hands against his eyes
"So?" Jack said to the Doctor as he walked back into the main section of the hub
"So?" he asked frowning
"What's the diagnosis?"
"The normal" he sighed "my DNA is mucked up and I highly doubt the I'm still a full Timelord and I need to eat a lot more food"
"Normal day at the office then" Jack said
"Just about" he snorted slightly
"Are you alright though?"
"Yup"
"What about earlier when you collapsed…She said you were failing?"
"I wasn't then there's still a chance that I will though"
"What does it mean exactly?"
"My DNA structure is still flux parts of me are still changing nothing extreme anymore, but my body could still reject the change, my DNA could literally unravel, killing me almost instantly."
"That might happen to you?"
"If I've learnt one thing from being in Genesis it's that recombinant beings don't live long" he said sadly
"You think you're going to die"
"There's an about 70% chance yeah"
"You gunna tell Rose?"
"How can I? She's still all pleased that I'm finally back." He paused for a moment contemplating what he'd just said "What time is it?"
"About 9pm"
"Ok I'm going to go for a walk. Don't worry I won't let anyone see me! I just need some fresh air"
"Ok" Jack said turning towards his office "See you later"
The Doctor disappeared through the giant cog door
