Meetings
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Captain Jack Harkness. 51st century guy who used to travel with the Doctor and his wife. A very handsome young man who has short black hair, high cheek bones with a strong jaw and gorgeous pale blue eyes. Attractive shapes that induced a second stare or even a third. But this man has a secret. The biggest secret on the planet. He can't die.
The last thing he could remember was being shot by three Daleks and blackness, so much blackness before he took a sudden intake of breath, his eyes snapping open. He stood as he tried to shake the pain in his head. He was lost, dazed slightly before a smile spread across his face. He was alive. But as he strained his ears he could hear the groan of old engines. But he was too late; the TARDIS disappeared along with his friends.
The fact that he couldn't die troubled him. He found himself trapped on Earth, 1892. His vortex manipulator was fried in the transport so he had to live out life on earth. Getting shot through the heart on Ellis Island. Falling off cliffs, trampled by horses. Every time he would wake after a short delay.
That's how he found himself working for TORCHWOOD three in Cardiff. Measuring and containing any and every part of the rift. But his TORCHWOOD was different. He wanted to protect the aliens who emerged from the rift. He wanted to help the planet, and the universe. Not like the others whose only purpose was to destroy everything inhuman.
Rose Tyler. A sweet, gentle and sympathetic young woman, who is quick to adapt despite being thrown into any strange situations. Possesses her mother's acerbic wit and not hesitant to use it when it is needed. Showing bravery while facing various alien threats at the side of her husband. But Rose was not the 19 year old he had met all those years ago. She was someone new, grown into someone who was completely different. Taking the Time Vortex into her mind, becoming the BAD WOLF, putting an end to the time war. Continuing her life with her husband, saving planet Earth on numerous occasions, falling even more in love with the man who was her life.
But on that fateful day she lost everything. Her mother and best friend Mickey were trapped in a parallel world, she had been taken from The Doctor's side and ever since then she has been struggling to get a hold of her life, to get some sort of reality. But if you have been searching the galaxy for 10 years, searching for a single man in a blue box seems slightly harder than you would think.
But over the last 10 years she has gained more experience. The knowledge that the Doctor had been teaching her has multiplied. She is able to come to terms with certain time lines, paradoxes and fixed events in time. She has gained almost all the knowledge of the time lords; the only thing that made her different was she was still human. Only having one heart, no respiratory bypass system, but her mind possessed the greatest knowledge known to the universe, and it was this information which led her back to the year 2010 and to the correct timeline. The timeline she would be reunited with her Doctor, never having to leave his side again.
The past year had been very eventful and peculiar for the Doctor. The return of his wife. Rose had come back to him after 4 years of searching lifted his hearts to such unbelievable heights, filled with love and passion. To travelling with an intelligent and gifted medical student. But after a short conversation he had with Rose after a situation with the Daleks; events led to another, and her statements had been proven correct. The Doctor had answered a distress call to find a cargo ship falling into a sun with only 42 minutes to find out what to do. The Doctor had found out that the sun was alive, and the being took over his body. Rose had been there. Another part of her journey. She had been the real hero. Saving his life, to then bolting from her spot next to him and demanding the crew to dump the sun particles in the fuel they had taken.
He came face to face with the weeping angles and was transported into 1969, trapping Martha in her planets past. Once again Rose was right, Sally Sparrow was important. The Doctor only saw Rose briefly on that single adventure, but even then, it was nice to be able to talk and speak with her. He had turned his anatomy into human, and cast his time lord being into a fob watch, as he got himself and Martha stranded and 1912. The Doctor was grateful Rose hadn't seen him in that situation, i'm sure it would have broken her heart, after all Martha herself found it very difficult to control and keep her emotions in check. But finally, something which shocked the Doctor to his core. The last words spoken by the face of boe. 'You are not alone'. Those 4 words still haunted his mind, still followed him everywhere he went. Taunted him in his nightmares. The Doctor knew he needed to find out what his age old friend had meant. Even if the Doctor was not prepared for the outcome.
So this was how the Doctor found himself flicking switches and devices on the TARDIS console as he waited for his companion to get her self ready and waiting for her next adventure.
Cardiff bay. Home to the hub of TORCHWOOD three, the place of work of Jack Harkness, a dear friend to the Doctor and Rose. Jack had seen Rose almost 5 years ago, giving her his Vortex Manipulator which she fixed almost immediately. She said she had to find the Doctor. This was how he found himself sitting on the street side in Cardiff just looking at people who passed him as he passed time as his crew members arrived at work. But he was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a zapping in his ear. The feeling and hearing the sounds of a build up of static electricity. His eyesight momentarily blinded as a flash of light passed over his eyes. Jack removed his hand from his eyes and focused on the figure that had emerged from the blinding light.
As Jack focused his eyes on the girl he took in her appearance. She could have been no taller that 5"6, a small curvy figure that any woman would die for. Her long blonde hair was bellowing behind her as she walked towards him. As her features came into view he recognised the large hazel eyes, and the gorgeous plump lips. Rose Tyler. Jack couldn't believe his eyes. He slowly stood up from his gaze and took a few steps forward. Rose beamed over at him, a huge smile on her face, Jacks handsome features also moved into a smile. Before either one of them could comprehend what was going on both of them had wrapped their arms around the other in a bone crushing hug. Jack was so thrilled to be reunited with a woman who he adored and loved so much. A woman who had saved his life in so many ways. Rose was beaming into his shoulder, her eyes closed in contentment as she ignored the world around her. When Jack finally let her feet return to the ground she didn't removed her small form from him completely. Her eyes shining with excitement once again, her tongue sticking between her teeth while Jack was holding one of his beautiful smiles.
"It's good to see you Jack" Rose said up to the man who was still struggling to push his conscious from the shock her was feeling.
"Rose... I don't believe it" Jack managed to say, Rose chuckled slightly.
"It's been a while hasn't it" Rose simply stated, her eyes holding playful banter, able to slip back into the fun relationship she had with the handsome Captain; Jack simply smiled at her
"You could say that" He chuckled. Rose nodded and pulled way from him, Jack grabbing hold of her hand, not wanting to let her go.
"You've been though alot haven't you" Jack said as he took a good look at Rose. She was alot thinner than when he had last seen her. Her hair was a tattered mess and her clothing was dirty or frayed. Jack could see large scars littering his friend's sides or other wounds she had picked up on her travels. Rose simply looked down. She pulled Jack to a stop and grabbed his other hand, holding both of his in hers. Her eyes were full of pain and sadness as she looked up at the man who knew her so well.
"How long has it been for you?" She asked Jack who was looking at her comfortingly
"About 5 years" Jack said, remembering back to the last time he had seen his closest friend. She had been so young and carefree then. She had everything to live for. A fantastic husband who doted on her every need and emotion; he adored her. She was becoming something different, her mind growing while her heart held so much emotion. She had the chance to live a life even Jack would have been jealous of. But looking down at the woman in front of him was so hard to be able to think about the woman he had seen all those years ago. Rose had become so much stronger; she had seen things which would have blown his mind. The knowledge she possessed had grown immensely. She had fought for what she had believed in, she shoved her way through the vortex to get back to the one person she couldn't live without. The person who had her heart completely. The Doctor.
"It's been 10 years for me" Rose stated. Jack was shaken. She had been on her own for 10 years. Looking for the Doctor for 10 years, and it chilled Jack to the bone to think about what she may have seen and gone through... all on her own.
"You've been on your own for that long" Jack said down to her stunned. His eyebrows frowning slightly as he continued to cling onto Rose's small hands. She simply nodded, but Rose wasn't telling him something
"You crossed paths with him" Jack said, a smirk evident on his face. Rose simply looked down a smile on her face slightly "Didn't you" Jack laughed, trying to lighten the mood. Rose just looked up at him, happiness evident in her eyes as she thought back to all their adventures.
"Oh you should have seen it!" Rose cried happily, pulling Jack forward slightly. "Fighting along side him once again. Stopping the Daleks from taking over Manhattan, saving the lives of people who were falling into the sun. It was so perfect. It felt like my life was completely whole again" Rose said elated, pure happiness evident in her features, her whole body glowing golden as her emotions were portrayed to Jack. Her happy mood transferring to Jack.
"Was he still as handsome as ever?" Jack hinted a smile evident in his voice and face. Rose simply smiled at him, momentarily dazed as she thought back to her husband
"My memories were too harsh. He is even more beautiful than I remember" She laughed. But Jack went quiet. Rose looked at him questionably asking him a silent question in comfort with his eyes. Jack looked down at Rose through his eyelashes, pulling in a large lungful of air.
"I saw the list of the dead from Canary Warf" Jack stated, Rose simply looked down sadly.
"Your mother and Mickey's name came up on the missing persons list" Jack stated, squeezing Rose's hand in comfort.
"My father from the parallel world save my mother and Mickey, before the Dalek's kidnapped me." Rose started, still looking down at the ground, sniffing the tears from her eyes away "But I made my choice the day I married the Doctor, he's my life now. My Mum and Mickey are safe, that's all that matters" Rose said and Jack nodded before asking her another question.
"Are you now on the right timeline?" Jack questioned her, she just nodded
"All I have to do know is wait." Rose said to him. Jack just nodded
"Why don't you stay with me? He's bound to visit the rift sometime soon" Jack asked, praying to every god that she would stay. She just looked up at him sadly
"I can't Jack" She said sadly
"Why not?" He asked heartbroken.
"There is a fix point in space that is telling me to go to London" She started; using the senses she had accomplished a control over. Another ability that she had gained due to BAD WOLF "If I don't go to London I could cause a Paradox because I can feel it" She said up to Jack, he was astounded by the things she had just told him
"How can you tell?" Jack asked her, she just grabbed hold of Jack's hand again.
"It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world is turning. And you just can't believe it, coz everything looks like it's standing still" Rose said staring right at Jack, using the words the Doctor had told her all those years ago, trying to explain to Jack why she had to go "I can feel it" She said. It was true, she could feel the movement of the Earth, another gift BAD WOLF had given her, because Rose Tyler was more Gallifreyan than either of them knew. "The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty-seven thousand miles per hour and I can feel it, were falling through space you and me, clinging onto the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go" She said letting go of his hands. Jack was slightly shaken at her words, knowing now just what she meant by being changed, knowing she needed to go. "This is the person I have become Jack. All those years have changed me in ways I'm still not completely sure how or how much, but you need to let me go" Rose begged him. Jack nodded fully understanding the consequences and the situation
"You sound just like him" Jack smiled comfortingly, a frown spread across Rose's features
"Who?" She asked.
"Like the Doctor" Jack chuckled. "But there is one thing you must do for me before you leave" Jack said, quickly changing the topic and grabbing hold of Rose's hand and dragging her towards the hub. "You need a shower, a change of clothes and a proper meal" Jack chuckled and Rose laughed, placing her other hand to Jacks elbow as she let herself be lead towards the place Jack called home.
After 2 hours Rose found herself with a teary goodbye with her close friend. She was now wearing a dark blue pair of jeans which flared at the bottom, a black converses still present on her feet. She was wearing a black low neck top with a dark blue zip front hoodie and a black leather jacket of the top of that. Her TARDIS key and her two engagements rings were tucked underneath her hoodie to protect them.
"I believe this is yours" Rose said to Jack kindly as she handed over to him his Vortex Manipulator. Jack simply looked at it and turned it over in his hands.
"Are you sure you don't need it anymore?" He asked his friend, she simply nodded
"The Doctor will find me when the time is right... ive just got to wait for him" Rose said to him, Jack simply nodded and then pulled out a credit card from his back pocket
"Here take this" Jack said as he passed his friend the card. She simply turned it over in her hands
"What is it?" She asked a frown evident on her delicate face.
"A way of paying for things" Jack winked. Rose smiled before engulfing her friend in another bone crushing hug. She pulled away, placing her credit card in the inside pocket of her new jacket and walked towards the train station.
The Doctor was beginning to press some of the console buttons in the TARDIS causing it to re-materialise right on top of the rift. The Doctor's trench coat was present over one of the railings by the TARDIS door while Martha was standing with her black jacket on already. Standing across from The Doctor while he began to talk to her, a look of miss belief evident on her features.
"Cardiff." The Doctor cried happily as he continued to walk around the console
"Cardiff?" Martha complained, her eyebrows raised while she looked over at the man she loved. They had been through so much in the last year and she just wished the Doctor would look at her they way she did to him, for him to reciprocate to her feelings, to heartbroken to know that he was too hung up over Rose.
"Ah, but the thing about Cardiff is that it's built on a rift in time and space-just like California and the San Andreas Fault." The Doctor informed excitedly. He had his hand lifted at his side as he talked to Martha who had her mouth hanging open; listening intently on everything the Doctor was telling her. The Doctor was continuing to prepare the TARDIS so she could gain enough energy so she could continue her travels with her Doctor and Martha. "The rift bleeds energy. Every now and then I need to open up the engines, soak up the energy and use it as fuel." The Doctor finished, his hands moving in movements to explain it, all the while talking quickly and constantly pressing buttons and pushing up leavers on the TARDIS controls.
"So it's a pit stop." Martha confirmed a huge smile on her face as she walked back over to the Doctor's side.
"Exactly." The Doctor smile over at his companion who was nodding her head, smiling as she looked down at the grating moving away from him. His mouth hanging open as he concentrated on his work "Should only take 20 Seconds" He commented as he looked up at the ceiling, his mouth wide open as if he was catching flies. "The Rifts been active" The Doctor commented as he listened to the sound the TARDIS was making.
"Wait a minute. They had an earthquake in Cardiff a couple years ago. Was that you?" Martha asked curious. Her eyes wide as she asked the Doctor, her hand resting on her hip while she placed her other hand on the console as it grasped hold of her weight. The Doctor simply raised his eyebrows, his eyes wide again as he pulled his lips down.
"Bit of trouble with the Slitheen." The Doctor simply stated as he once again looked down and pressed the controls again.
Jack was running. Pegging it across Cardiff Bay. Ignoring the concerned looks of the people walking across the pavement. Sea gulls were singing, the sea was crashing against the pier all the while Jack was focused on the big blue box. It had not even been a week since Rose went on her way. His military world war two coat was bellowing behind him, his styles hair pasted back to his head. His braces holding up his trousers as his shoes gripped his form to the pavement.
"Long time ago. Lifetimes. I was a different man back then."The Doctor continued to say, his eyebrows still raised, his voice quiet. That had been an adventure he had shared with Rose. His heart leaped at the thought of Rose and he had to shake his head to ride his mind of unwanted memories. He was wearing his old pinstriped suit again. The suit which Rose loved him in. He was in his dark blue/ purple shirt with a tie which held symbols from his home planet. He grabbed hold of his earlobe like he normally did. Martha was looking on comfortingly, her eyes wide but filled with sympathy, her mouth still open as she listened to the Doctor.
"Finito. All powered up." The Doctor cried happily as he pressed a few buttons. The Doctor moved over to the monitor to see Jack pegging it towards him. A look of panic appeared on his features; his mouth hanging open while his tongue licked his teeth, his eyebrows frowned while his stomach was crunching up into knots as he looked at the man running towards him. The Doctor suddenly grabbed hold of the level and forced the TARDIS into being. The Doctor smiled up to the ceiling, his face shining while Martha came to stand next to him a frown on her face slightly. But suddenly the TARDIS console began to spark, shoving Martha and The Doctor to the floor as she flung herself violently in the time vortex. The Doctor shielded his eyes from the onslaught of sparks while Martha tried to righted herself by pushing her arms onto the captains chair. The Doctor shoved himself back to the console, his face scrunched up in confusion as he clung onto the monitor too see what his trusted companion was telling him. Martha's own face was frowned as she tried to cling onto the console
"What's that?" She cried, the Doctor still continued to look at the monitor. His eyebrows creased in confusion. His left leg pressed up onto the console as both his hands were busy. But suddenly the Console blew up again. Martha flung herself back while the Doctor shielded his face and hands from the onslaught of fire. He waved the smoke away. His face frowning, his eyes only as slits as he tried to protect his eyes from the smoke.
"We're accelerating?" The Doctor cried in confusion, the symbols on the screen spinning faster and faster. "Into the future. The year one billion. Five billion. Five trillion. 50 trillion." The Doctor cried, his body moving with the TARDIS whenever she jolted in the vortex. His eyebrows were frowning while, his mouth was showing all his teeth, his expressing so much confusion "What? The year 100 trillion. That's impossible!" The Doctor simply stated, not knowing what to do. Martha was breathing heavily as she looked at the monitor or to the Doctor, fear spreading into her stomach. Her face in neutral, voided from any emotions.
"Why? What happens then?" She asked the Doctor in a panicked sort of voice. The Doctor simply continued to look at the screen not knowing what to say, completely gobsmacked. His mouth moving in goldfish movements before he turned to Martha after a long pause
"We're going to the end of the universe."
There we go guys, that's all your getting for now so please review and ill try and get another chapter up tonight but you'll defiantly get one tomorrow
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