The Doctor, once again distracted by the girl's words, barely noticed a group of people approaching them. The Ponds noticed and one of them tapped him on the shoulder.

He looked up and saw none other than the man he was hoping for, Captain Jack Harkness. Three other people were with him and the Doctor recognized them. The lady wearing a black leather jacket who he had met before, was named Gwen and the man smartly dressed next to her was named something like Ianto.

And next to him was the one and only, Martha Jones.

Oh look. Your old friends. The girl said as Rory and Jack began to talk. The Doctor heard his name a few times and Jack's face showed an array of emotions, varying from joy from finding the Doctor again and concern, probably when Rory explained the situation.

This is boring. The girl said as the Doctor tried to ignore the fuzzy feeling. How about we make things a bit more interesting?

"Wha-?" The Doctor's words were cut off as a scream filled his mind and lead filled his chest. With a gurgled cry the Doctor fell back onto the concrete, just barely nicking the back of his head.

Voices washed over him as concerned fingers poked and prodded him, especially around his neck. A gasp made it's what around the group, ending with a few more fingers jabbed into his jugular vein as he tried to instinctly curl around his middle, trying to block out the pain that raced on his nerve endings, all aiming for his right heart.

He cried out when he realized what she did, just for fun.

The Ponds

"We need to get him inside." The woman known as Martha said as Amy ran her fingers through the Doctor's still wet hair, trying to soothe him. He whimpered occasionally, a sound that broke everyone's heart but other than that, he didn't make a noise. Tremors traveled all throughout his body.

Jack bent down, carefully picking the Doctor up and cradled him carefully in his arms.

"I'll take the lift." Jack said as he adjusted the Doctor in his arms. The Doctor's head rolled from side to side, his neck completely limp. "Gwen, take them through the normal entrance."

Gwen nodded and turned to the Ponds. "It's just this way."

"No." Amy said adamantly.

"Amy, we should probably go with her." Rory said, moving to his wife's side and squeezing her hand gently.

"I'm not leaving the Doctor." Amy said, firmly pulling her hand from Rory's grasp.

"Amy, he's just talking the Doctor through another entrance." Rory said.

"We don't know these people!" Amy hissed, mostly in Rory's ear.

"But-"

"She can come with me." Jack said, interrupting Rory. "The lift's big enough for two."

Rory and Amy shared glance and Rory gave a little nod.