Jack nodded to his team giving them the permission to leave and head back to the hub. "Go home and take the day off." He told them this, as he knew that they had been up for most of the night trying to deal with the problem that was now solved. He followed Donna and Harmony into the TARDIS. He smiled as he saw the look on Harmony's face of how much bigger on the inside the TARDIS looked.
"It's bigger on the inside, huh," Harmony said aloud whilst Donna just took a seat in the pilots jump seat.
"That's the TARDIS, small on the out, big on the in." Donna told her.
"TARDIS? Doesn't that stand for…"
"Time And Relative Dimension In Space." The Doctor had come in unnoticed by anyone and had interrupted Harmony.
"Yeah."
"Oh we better get out of here, we have oh let's say 10 seconds before that building blows up." The Doctor jumped on his feet, sprinted to the controls, and immediately began to press various buttons and pull various levers.
"Hey, Doc why'd you want me to come into the TARDIS?!" Jack asked the Doctor.
"I did? Oh yeah erm, oh what was I going to say? Oh yeah, you told Torchwood that Harmony was your daughter?"
"Yeah, because she is."
"Hold on a minute. So you think Harmony is your daughter but the Doctor is saying that she is his daughter?" Donna asked the two men who were, by the looks of it, ready to have a childish argument.
"Yes. Wait, you think she's yours?" Jack asked a startled looking Doctor.
"Yep. Because she is. And I can prove it."
"How?" Jack asked sounding dumbstruck.
"DNA." The Doctor told them with a wide grin spreading from ear to ear.
"Ok. Let's do it."
"Don't I get a say in this?" Harmony asked the two grown men who turned to her, then turned to each other and gave each other a look that said, 'should we ask her?'
"If it will stop you two arguing then sure. Go ahead. But first…"
"Yes?" They both asked her.
"Can we watch the building explode? Y'know, to be sure it really did self destruct."
"Sure, I don't see why not." The Doctor turned to the controls and fiddled with some of the buttons. A screen came up with the image of the cathedral on it. "In 3…2…1…and" at that moment the building's windows shattered as middle of the building was blown upwards into the sky. The front door was blown of it's hinges. Then the building collapsed inwards on itself. A cloud of ash and smoke filled the air surrounding the area.
"Whoa," was all that anybody could say.
"Okay let's see, oh yes. That DNA test." The Doctor drew a bit of blood from Jack and Harmony. Jack drew a blood sample from the Doctor. The Doctor took the three tubes of blood and walked to the on board infirmary. "Right well that should be done within a few minutes. So…what have you been up to lately Jack?"
"Usual, chasing and capturing aliens. Sending things back through the rift. Dying. Nothing out of the ordinary for me."
"So no charges for harassment?" The Doctor asked with a small but sly grin.
"Come on Doc, who would charge me for harassment? Everybody likes me." Jack retorted with his usual cheeky boyish grin. The Doctor merely shook his head at Jack's remark and turned to Harmony.
"And missy, what have you been up to?"
"You know, I'm not that young."
"You've got attitude." Jack pointed out to everybody else. She just looked at him as if to say, 'and your point is?'
"Just been planet hopping I guess. Exploring."
"Exploring in what?" Jack asked her hoping that the Doctor could help solve the many questions that were going through his mind.
"The universe." Harmony replied.
Clever, very clever, Jack told himself as he heard a little beep coming form the TARDIS.
"Care to tell us why a dalek called you the 'War child' then?" Jack smiled, as he knew that Harmony was thinking of a way to kill him.
"They called you what?" The Doctor asked, "War child? But that can't be. It's just a myth right."
"Just like the Time lords have become a myth, a legend." Harmony told him in that same serious tone that the Doctor sometimes held. Everybody stood in silence as took in what they had just heard. Donna was blinking and looking confused as she looked from The Doctor, to Jack and to Harmony for an explanation.
"Somebody tell me what this War Child means."
"War child, is supposed to be just a child who travels through space and time. They get called to any war that breaks out, anywhere in the universe of time and space. The war child is supposed to be the one who decides who dies and who lives. They decide who wins for the sake of the universe. They are supposed to be the one who knows the consequences of the opposing side winning." The Doctor finished with his scared and slightly angry look on his face. Staring at Harmony hoping she would deny it.
"Isn't that a good thing? I mean, that means that the universe it helped in some way right?" Donna asked as she noticed that nobody was speaking.
"It means that they kill innocent people and destroy millions of lives in the process of keeping the universe in line." The Doctor told Donna.
"I don't do any of that though. They called me something I cannot even imagine of becoming close to being." Harmony told the Doctor.
"What about those results?" Jack asked the Doctor, beginning to wish he didn't bring the subject up.
"Oh yes," The Doctor said with a half smile returning to his face. He grabbed a slip of paper that the TARDIS had produced containing the results.
How evil. you'll have to wait for the next chapter for the results. he he. I think that's going to be the last chapter the next one. Anyway, thi is just a chapter to tie in some of the characters thoughts and what is really going on sort of. well okay so not really going on but anyways. yeah. tell me what you think please.
