A/N:ok thank you so much for the reviews they make me happy :) a special shout out to The Girl Who Smiles for being amazing and for the reassurance for my first real fanfic :) thank you sweetie x
Chapter 10:
No one got much sleep that night on the TARDIS; Clara was too busy worrying about the Doctor and the Doctor was too busy worrying about his wife and unborn child.
The Doctor grew impatient.
He worked day and night trying to track down his vanished wife; every time he thought he was one step closer he came to a dead end.
Eight weeks had gone by without finding a single trace; this is when he decided they needed another expert on the case. "Clara, this is important, I need to go and pick someone up and when he comes back it's more than likely he's going to hit on you," the Doctor paused, "Don't fall for it" the Doctor warned.
The Doctor wore River's vortex manipulator around his wrist and he set the co-ordinates for Cardiff, Torchwood. The Doctor was gone in a flash of smoke and after a minute returned to a different spot in the console room with a tall and very handsome man holding onto the Doctor's arm.
As soon as they were fully materialised the Doctor was running down the TARDIS corridor with both Clara and this strange man running after him.
"Doctor, are you going to tell me what's going on or are you going to make me guess?" The tall man shouted as they went round a corner and into a large room. Clara noticed that the young gentleman had a faint, unusual American accent.
"Doctor, are you going to quickly introduce us?" asked Clara politely eying the stranger.
"Err, right, yes, Clara this is Captain Jack Harkness, he used to travel with me a long time ago." The Doctor told her quickly.
As soon as they had got into the room, Captain Jack had stopped stock-still looking around the room in amazement. The room was circular and every inch of wall space had pictures and posters of River. There were several tables joined together in the centre of the room which were covered in maps of different planets and different solar-systems.
"I told you Doctor, you have to stop stalking women!" Jack commented with a laugh as he carried on looking around the room although his smile faltered when he met the Doctor's eyes. "Okay then, who is she?" Jack asked wanting to know why the Doctor had brought him hear but gathered it had something to do with this woman.
The Doctor's face paled as he began the story. "She's my wife Jack; she's pregnant with my baby and is human with Time-lord DNA." The Doctor looked down at his feet not being able to meet anyone's eyes but felt Jack's widen in either shock or surprise or maybe even both.
"Her parents are my previous companions, she was conceived in the TARDIS which is what gives her the Time-lord DNA. River was snatched at birth by a woman and a group of aliens that called them- selves the Silence. River was trained and conditioned to kill me but instead we fell in-love. Now she has been kidnapped by the same beings that plan to steal our baby and turn it against me." The Doctor finished as a tear escaped his eye and he felt like his hearts were going to break in longing for her.
Captain Jack looked dumb-struck, "Oh Doctor, I'm so sorry," Jack paused; "We're going to get her back so let's get to work." Jack said with enthusiasm trying to get everyone's spirits up.
Just like that Jack had taken charge ordering them about. "Right Clara, bring us coffee, we're going to need it. Doctor, get me every single map you can find and tell me everything you know about the Silence."
The Doctor knew it was a good idea to get Jack involved; he always knew he could count on him; he was so efficient. Jack had got further along with finding River in last 12 hours than the Doctor had in the last eight weeks. The Doctor thought miserably, 'I don't deserve River; she needs someone like Jack who can protect her and live up to his promises."
The idea flew into the Doctor's brain fast and hard. "I've got it!" The Doctor exclaimed making both Clara and Jack jump out of their skin. The Doctor had a wide smile stretching fully across his face although he was angry with himself for not realising it sooner.
"What Doctor, what is it?" Clara and Jack asked in unison confused at the Doctor's sudden outburst of energy.
"Well..." The Doctor began, "because me and river have had, err, erm, for want of a better word, shenanigans..." The doctor said awkwardly as a light blush crept onto his cheeks, "River and I have this bond, its sort-of a telepathic bond that time-lords share when they have, well, you know..." The Doctor trailed off once again.
Clara crossed her arms in front of her chest, fed-up with the Doctor taking so long to explain what he was thinking, "For God's sake Doctor, we know you two have slept together, she's pregnant! Just tell us what this bond means!" Clara said exasperated.
The Doctor's smile beamed as he tapped her lightly on the nose before carrying on, "Well you see, our bond is only weak because she isn't full Time-lord but it's still there and I reckon it's even stronger now she's in trouble. If I'm lucky, and I'm feeling pretty lucky, I might just be able to contact her and sense where she is!" The Doctor told them extremely excited.
The Doctor ushered Clara and Jack out into the corridor before firmly locking the door demanding he had peace and quiet so he could fully concentrate. The Doctor then sat cross-legged on the floor and shut his eyes.
In his head he pictured everything about his wife; He pictured her crazy beautiful hair that danced in the wind, He pictured her beautiful eyes that captured the colours of the ocean. He pictured her in his arms as she fell asleep as he comforted her and kept her nightmares at bay, He pictured her voice that always sent a shiver down him and caused his hearts to skip a beat, He pictured his voice calling out to her in his mind.
He reached her.
The Doctor could feel her in his mind: scared, no terrified and alone. The Doctor could sense she was sleeping but not through free-will. River was dreaming about him and their child and the Doctor could see the whole dream with perfect clarity. The three of them were walking through a forest, he was on one side holding their child's hand while River was holding the other. They were all laughing and smiling and joking around. The Doctor smiled as he saw a river and remembered, 'the only water in the forest is the river.' This meant that in her dream they were in the Gamma forest.
"River..." The Doctor's thoughts echoed desperately trying to get through to his sleeping wife.
"Doctor, is that you?" the Doctor heard river's shaky thoughts.
"It's okay River, It's the telepathic bond, I'm coming for you as fast as I can but you need to be strong for me, River can you do that?" The doctor's thoughts asked pleadingly.
"Doctor, I feel like I'm falling, I'm slipping away, Doctor, I can't hold on..." River's thoughts echoed back to the Doctor's mind as he felt her being awakened and in pain. He knew what that pain was. They had woken her because she was ready to give birth.
The Doctor opened his eyes feeling a new anger rise up inside of him. 'They're causing me to miss the birth of my child and that is just not on.' he practically growled out loud.
"Jack I know where she is; grab your gun because you're going to need it..." The Doctor shouted and not long after that Jack and Clara came bursting through the doors.
"How do you know where she is? Did it work?" Clara asked eagerly.
The Doctor took a moment to answer by clearing his throat before speaking up, "Yes, I managed to get hold of her, I managed to tell her to be strong and I can just about sense where she is in the universe..." The Doctor trailed off in fear that he is too late.
"Why am I sensing there is a 'but' coming?" Jack asked smiling at the Doctor to reassure him so he could tell the full story.
"I told her to be strong and then they woke her up from being sedated and is now currently giving birth to our child alone and she is terrified that they are going to take it away, So, let's move." The Doctor finished with determination in his voice although anger was still bubbling through.
"Clara, you need to stay here, this is going to be dangerous and shooting is going to be involved, I asked Jack to come because he can't die, stay here and guard the TARDIS, get the med-bay ready for when we bring back River and the baby," The Doctor paused for effect showing just how determined he really was, "and I will be bringing them both back."
Meanwhile, River was just waking up to a sterile white room that hurt her eyes. River suddenly panicked but was in restraints as she saw Madame Kovarian come into vision.
"Ah, Melody Pond, so good of you to finally join us!" Kovarian said with mock-happiness in her voice. "Poor little Melody, what a useless husband you have, you know you have been here for two months and he hasn't even bothered to come and save you," Kovarian said in a patronizing voice that sent chills down River's spine. "How does it feel to know that no one loves you enough to come rescue you, not even your husband and the father of your child?" Kovarian asked taunting her further. Kovarian sighed before carrying on tormenting her, "The universe will be such a better place once the Doctor's own child kills him one way or another." Kovarian sniggered.
River didn't and couldn't do anything however she knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to punch and kick and strangle her but couldn't because of the restraints so she did the next best thing. River spat at Kovarian hitting her straight in the face. Kovarian was so shocked that she lashed out striking river right across her face so hard that it was going to leave a mark. That's when it happened.
River felt a sharp pain in her stomach which made her want to be sick and then felt a big contraction which made her gasp. "No, no this can't be happening; I'm not due for another two and a half months!" River gasped between yet another contraction.
"Oh Dear melody, did you not realise how long you had been here? Oh well, little one's on its way..." Kovarian drawled. River remembered her mum telling her that that had been exactly what Kovarian had told her when she was giving birth.
The TARDIS landed in a small deserted room which didn't have much else in. The Doctor marched out of the TARDIS gripping his sonic-screwdriver firmly; Jack stepped out following the Doctor with what looked like a large and long 31st century gun slung over his shoulder and a small 21st century gun in his hand.
They both stepped out of the small room into a long corridor, as the Doctor did a scan for River he worked out she was in the furthest room away. As they began running down the corridor the silence started appearing out of the shadows but Jack soon took care of them with his multiple guns.
The Doctor ran down the corridor, knowing that Jack was more than capable of taking on the silence; he burst through the doors to where River was and stopped dead.
"River." The Doctor murmured.
A/N: sorry for another cliff-hanger but the next update should be tomorrow :)