The Doctor woke up trapped beneath the blankets and Jack. Jack was still sound asleep, his body pressed firmly to the Doctors, his hardness pressing against his bottom. The Doctor sighed. Jack was insatiable even in his sleep and the Doctor had to make a decision. He could either put a stop to what was happening between them now, or he would have to learn to live with a sore bottom for awhile. The decision was easy for him to make. He really didn't want to be alone again. Reaching back he ran his hand down Jack's side, squeezing his hip. Jack moaned. The Doctor ran his hand down between them, letting just his fingers trail over Jack. Jack thrust minutely, groaning as the Doctor teased him. The Doctor guided Jack into his body.
"Morning," Jack whispered, kissing him on the back of the head. He wrapped his arms around the Doctor and the Doctor took his hand, holding it tightly as their bodies moved as one. Words weren't needed as Jack seemed to be able to read his mind and respond without being able to see or hear. The Doctor never had met someone who loved him so much before, and by all rights Jack should have hated him. He had abandoned Jack aboard the Game Station and then ran from him when all Jack wanted was answers. Yet in all of his 900 years he could not remember a time when someone had loved him more. He lifted Jack's fingers to his mouth, kissing his knuckles. Jack's other hand ran down and had just found its destination when there was a knock on his bedroom door.
"Go away," He squeaked as Jack didn't hear the interruption.
"Are you alright?" Martha asked in concern.
"Fine," he yelled back. He put a hand on Jack's to stop him for a moment, not wanting Martha to hear them. Jack got the hint but because he didn't know why the Doctor was stopping him he continued to on purposely tease the Doctor.
"I wanted to let you know that River is back," Martha began to tell him through the door.
"I will be out in a few minutes," The Doctor interrupted her.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Martha questioned.
"Martha I'm fine," He snipped. He listened for a moment, thankful when he heard Martha's footsteps retreating. He telepathically chastised the TARDIS for letting Martha find his room and she hummed at him. The Doctor moved Jack's hand letting him know it was alright for him to continue. Jack kept his movements slow even when the Doctor tried to hurry him. Jack brought him over the edge first, then followed him, finding his release deep inside the Doctor. After, he tried to cuddle with the Doctor, but he pulled away. Still breathing hard, he placed a hand to Jack's temple.
"We need to get dressed and go to see River," The Doctor informed Jack. Jack nodded reluctantly getting out of bed. The Doctor did the same, dressing in his brown suit and then helping Jack to dress in his normal attire. He took Jack's hand leading him out of the room. He felt a gentle nudge from the TARDIS and he opened his mind to her. Listening to her, he headed to the control room. As he entered it, he saw a man handcuffed to the railing and River standing over him holding a gun. Realizing who the man was, he couldn't stop the fury that filled him upon seeing Alex. He turned, taking Jack out of the control room and to the medi-bay, not wanting Alex to see him.
"Wait here. Martha will be with you in just a moment," The Doctor informed Jack with a quick brush of his temples. He hurried back to the control room, strolling confidently across the room. "Martha, Jack is waiting for you in the medi-bay. Please go tend to him," He advised her, his voice deathly calm.
"Yes Doctor," Martha answered immediately, not wanting to turn the Oncoming Storm onto herself.
"Has he told you anything?" The Doctor asked River. She shook her head no.
"I found him taking Jack to a hotel room. They were in it several hours before he left and called somebody. He claimed he had found Alex and sent them in after Jack instead," River explained.
"Why did you choose Jack?" The Doctor questioned Alex. Alex spit at him, rather than answer. The Doctor stepped forward, showing he wasn't afraid of Alex. He could get his answers from Alex, regardless of whether or not Alex wanted to provide them. Forcing himself inside of Alex's mind wasn't something he wanted to do or liked doing for that matter. Still if it came down to it, there were no secrets that Alex could hide from him. "Don't play games with me. Don't you ever think you are smart enough for that. Now I will ask you one more time, why Jack."
"Because that whore was an easy target," Alex taunted him. He grunted as River hit Alex over the head with her gun.
"River," The Doctor drew out her name. He held out his hand and she reluctantly put the gun in it. She had no fear that the Doctor was going to use it. Sure enough, he emptied the gun of all the bullets and took it apart without looking at it as he continued to talk to her. "I don't like guns and don't appreciate you bringing it aboard my TARDIS."
"Guns don't work aboard the TARDIS anyways because it is in a state of Temporal Grace," River informed him. The Doctor's forehead furrowed in confusion.
"Who told you that?" He wondered as it was clearly a lie and not a very good one. He had used a gun aboard the TARDIS before, not that he was proud of it.
"Spoilers," River responded. The Doctor groaned. He threw the pieces of the gun aside and turned his attention back to Alex.
"Jack is not a whore," The Doctor informed Alex.
"He came to that bar every night looking for a quick lay," Alex spat at the Doctor.
"I thought you said that you just arrived on Verlor an hour before I met you," River informed him. Alex glared at her.
"You're next. I am going to take great pleasure in listening to you scream as they strap you in and electrocute you. Even the toughest men scream in the end and I bet you won't last more than a few minutes," Alex taunted her.
"Why are they going to kill her?" The Doctor asked him. His voice was calm, yet the fury in his eyes told anyone who bothered to look, that he was anything but calm. Alex, though, was either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid, because he looked the Doctor in the eyes and smiled.
"Because she is just as stupid as the whore," Alex answered. The Doctor didn't think about it as he raised his hands and pressed his fingers to Alex's temples. It was simple for him to shatter the walls that Alex had put in place to protect his mind. He wasn't fully human and, therefore, a stronger telepath than most humans, but he was no match for a Time Lord. The Doctor quickly found the information he was looking for.
Alex had landed on Verlor about seven years ago. He quickly fell deeply into debt through gambling. He tried to get out of the debt, but he borrowed money from the wrong people and just kept digging himself deeper and deeper into debt. He then crossed paths with a group known as Kampf. They paid off his debts in exchange for his help in catching people who were wanted throughout the universe. Alex helped them, receiving no share of the bounties and first until he had paid off his debts to them. Eventually, though he was being paid, but he became greedy, not feeling as though he was receiving enough money. He started turning the bounties in himself. Kampf caught on and a bounty was placed on Alex's head, and that is what led him to frame Jack.
"Doctor," River yelled again, getting his attention. He opened his eyes to look into her horror-filled ones. This was why he needed someone to travel with him, someone he could trust to stop him. He released Alex's mind and Alex fell to the ground, his body shaking in a seizure. The Doctor took one look at what he did to the young man and was immediately sick on the TARDIS floor. He stood up quickly, running from the control room, just needing to get away. He wanted to be alone, but when he turned the corner he was standing in front of the medi-bay. He hurried across it, wrapping his arms around Jack. Jack returned the hug without question, holding the Doctor tightly as he trembled in his arms.
"Martha he needs your help," River cried out rushing into the room with Alex limp in her arms. Alex's breathing was shallow and his skin was cold and clammy. Martha hooked a heart monitor on to Alex's finger as she set the TARDIS to scan him. Martha didn't understand how the young man who had been sitting in the control room was the same young man now laying close to death on her table. She looked at River to ask what happened. River's eyes were focused on the Doctor though. Martha turned to him.
"Doctor what did you do?"