Hey guys. Are you there? Are people still reading this? :S I am slowly getting less reviews. It's kind of depressing. It's not even the encouragement that I need, but the feedback you give. Constructive criticism is welcomed. If you like it, love it, hate it, think it's like the annoying kid who sits in the back of the class picking his nose, or just like new york as a friend, I want to know! :D

TheGirlWhoImagined- Yes, yes they did! *evil laugh* Poor Cora, everything I'm putting her through! Ahh, yes, the dreaded first time. I suppose you're right...and yeah, that did sound dirty...but, I'd probably LOVE anything Jack comes up with... ;)

Cjabbott98- CORRECT! dingdingding! You just won a MILLION DOLLARS! YAY! Oh really? huh...did not know that...but neither does Cora so I suppose this works to her advantage... *is too lazy to change it* He totally is a sexy ninja in a suit! I watched the show and was like, he is TOTALLY a ninja. How else could he be that awesome? *sigh* *yells into back room* CAN SOMEONE GET A BROOM, PLEASE?

So, random bit of knowledge, I just learned that Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who. Huh. *cue rainbow and "the more you know"*

Also, no Doctor Who give aways today...something different! A CONTEST! Check it out at the bottom!

Chapter 10 - Veritaserum

Cora had just called two members of Torchwood "hot." She just called Jack and Ianto hot. Cora had essentially just described to Captain Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones her feelings on their appearances.

No matter how many times she thought about it, she couldn't believe it! "Did I just say that out loud?" she asked.

Jack nodded his head, his lips twitching as he held back a smirk. "Yup." An evil glint appeared in his eyes. "What about Owen?" he asked feigning innocence.

"Yeah, he's pretty hot too, but a bit too snarky for my taste." Cora clapped her hands over her mouth. Her eyes were the size of saucers as she chastised herself. What the hell? Why wasn't her brain-to-mouth filter working? "W-why did I s-say that?" she stuttered, her embarrassment and confusion messing up her speech patterns.

"Because it's working," Jack shrugged.

"What is?"

Captain Harkness grinned ear to ear. "It's this new drug we invented!" he told her excitedly. "Owen decided to call it Veritaserum, like in Harry Potter. I think it's pretty fitting, don't you?"

"You drugged me?" They drugged her! Who the hell did they think they were? 'Well, they did kidnap you,' she reminded herself. Okay, fine, but how—

Cora gasped and looked down at the mug she was holding. The tea! They drugged the tea! 'IDIOT!' she cursed herself. 'The number one rule of being kidnapped is DON'T drink or eat anything they give you!'

Ianto looked at Cora's face, contorted with shame and frustration. "Aww, come on," he tried to placate her, "it's not your fault. Don't beat yourself up about it." '…wish I could beat up YOU…' "We just want to ask a few questions."

Cora jumped to her feet. "Then you ask me some bloody questions!" she exploded. "You can't just drug someone! That's how you end up spending the entire next day searching for your pants! In the middle of town!"

'Dammit, why did I SAY that?'

By that point, Owen had decided to join them. The three boys were sniggering at her outburst while Cora glared at them. "I hate you right now."

Jack finally calmed down long enough to talk to her. "Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Down to business.

"What's your name?"

Fine. She had to tell the truth? Didn't mean she couldn't be snarky at the same time. "Cora."

"Your full name," Jack sighed at her decision to be difficult.

"Coraline Jackline Daniels." Cora glowered at them.

Ianto raised an eyebrow at this. "Hit a nerve, did we?"

"Aside from the fact that I've been kidnapped, drugged, and have to tell you the truth and basically everything on my mind, I'm peachy. Also I don't like my middle name."

Jack rolled his eyes and continued. "Where are you from, Cora?"

"London, Ontario, Canada. Would you like me to tell you the planet as well?" Cora crossed her arms and looked at them, deadpanned. "Earth. Oh, and I'm human by the way, seeing as that was probably your next question."

"What about your parents?"

Cora gulped. She really didn't want to go there. "Human."

"Did they work for any government agencies?"

"No."

"What's the weirdest thing you've ever done?"

Cora glared at Owen who had decided to jump in with a question of his own. The smarmy bastard was going to be a dick about the damn truth serum. Knowing that she couldn't lie to him, and that she ended up blurting everything out anyways, she sighed. "I ate a live goldfish on a dare."

Owen guffawed while Ianto looked at her, disgusted. "Why? What did the poor fish ever do to you?"

"It was a dare," Cora reasoned with a shrug. "And that fish had it coming! It bit me!"

Owen laughed harder. "How the hell do you get bit by a fish?"

Thankfully, Cora was saved from answering by a wheezing and wooshing sound. All four heads whipped to the spot where the TARDIS materialized. Cora and Jack were on their feet in an instant. "Doctor!" they cried out together. Cora sprinted for the TARDIS and tackled the Doctor in a hug as he walked out the doors.

The Doctor chuckled. "So you're alright then? Cora, what happened?" 'Oh no.'

"Well, when the doorbell rang, I went and answered it. There was a lady there—her name's Gwen—and she asked me if I was me and I said yes and then she tasered me and kidnapped me. Then I woke up here on a couch but I rolled over and fell onto the floor and started to fre—" Thankfully, Jack stopped her ramblings by putting a hand over her mouth. He looked the Doctor up and down before speaking.

"Doctor?" he asked carefully. When he received a nod, his face lit up. "DOCTOR!" he crowed, "It's good to see you! You've regenerated, eh? I like it."

"Jack," the Doctor warned, "Don't. I'm married now."

Jack sighed. "Too bad, but, a man can dream, can't he?"

Tired of having a hand over her mouth, Cora licked it.

"Ack! She licked me!"

"You guys know each other?"

"Oh, me and Jack go way back."

"You licked me! I can't believe it!"

Cora turned to Jack—who was currently wiping his hand on his pant leg, absolutely horrified—and scoffed. "It wasn't exactly what I wanted either, Captain Jack Harkness! But I wanted your hand off my face! It tasted weird, by the way, salty and gross and when is this stupid truth crap gonna wear off?"

The Doctor glared at Jack. "Truth stuff? Jack, did you drug her?" Cora nodded vigorously.

"Yeah, he did, and Ianto and Owen and Tosh and Gwen probably all helped too."

Jack ran a hand through his hair. "Look, Doctor. My team and I found a huge jump in space-time energy earlier on. Even bigger than the TARDIS. But when we went after it, it disappeared. Off the radar, just like that," he clicked his fingers together. "However, Cora here started radiating some of that energy and we needed—"

"—to find out what she knew," the Doctor finished for him, his frown increasing. "But she doesn't know anything!" he protested. "It's in her DNA, someone created a new form of bacteria, just to infect her with a perception filter. I'm just not sure why." The Doctor scratched his chin thoughtfully.

Jack turned back to Cora. "This is why we need you," he explained, "to figure this out!"

"But I don't know anything!"

"Even something insignificant might help," Jack pleaded, "just a few more questions."

Cora was about to protest when she saw the Doctor smile encouragingly. "Fine," she sighed, "but only because the Doctor says it's cool."

"What do your parents do?"

Cora immediately regretted giving her consent. Now they were treading in dangerous waters. Tears pricked at her eyes. "My dad's in jail."

"And mom?"

"Dead."

Jack sucked in a breath. He hadn't expected that. Damn, poor kid.

"I'm so sorry," said the Doctor.

"Yeah, me too, Cora. I didn't know." And before he could stop it, "What happened?" Jack immediately realized what he'd done. He felt like a horrible person. But, the question was out there.

And Cora had to answer.

So, about the contest. The winner will somehow end up in the next chapter or so. (Im not sure how yet). Here's the deal. Something in this chapter is true. It might be something that I've said before, something that I've done, something that's happened to me, or a bit of knowledge about me. It could be revealed by something one of the characters says, does, or other.

The first person to guess correctly (if there's several people) will be the winner. Good luck guys! Review to win!