Chapter thirty-seven: Not while I'm driving

The moment the Tardis dropped into the molten core, life officially went insane. As fires broke out and roundels explode, Jackie thought for a moment she would never see Jack again. She could sense him as she fell, he was terrified for her He was fighting, and she could feel that rage and fury surge throughout Jack, nearly swallowing him whole. It erupted and then suddenly, he stopped. He'd been killed again. They'd been so in tune with each other that Jackie collapsed to the ground, overwhelmed by multiple emotions. She closed her eyes, created a bubble for her and just breathed for a minute.

When she opened her eyes, she saw the Doctor talking to Donna. At least, she thought it was the Doctor, but he felt different. He had one heart instead of two. Reluctantly, she forced herself to put all thoughts of Jack aside and concentrate on a plan even though she had no idea what was going on around her or what they could even do. However, this was madness, she felt as if she were in a bowl of water, which was being shaken around her. She couldn't focus on much and vaguely things were slowly seeping into her mind.

"It's our only hope." Doctor 2 said as he began creating a gun. "A Z-neutrino biological inversion catalyser."

"Yeah. Earth girl," Donna reminded him. "remember?"

"Davros said he built those Daleks out of himself." He explained rapidly. "His genetic code runs through the entire race. If I can use this to lock the Crucible's transmission onto Davros himself."

"It destroys the Daleks?" Jackie and Donna stated in unison.

"Biggest backfire in history." He said with a grin before dashing down the stairs again.

Donna turned to Jackie as she leaned against the rail for a moment. She frowned before asking. "Are you alright?"

Jackie bit her lip before admitting. "I've…gone into labor."

Donna's eyes widened. "Oh God!"

"No, don't worry." She assured her. "I'm controlling the labor pains, but, I'd appreciate the world being saved in an hour or two."

Donna nodded. "Don't worry, we will." The 2nd Doctor ran back up and Donna demanded. "Well, what's the plan?"

"And please don't say it's one of those, let's just run in there plans." Jackie stated. "Those are the worst!"

The Doctor looked disappointed. "Really, I thought those were the best! Ready?"she rolls her eyes as the Doctor kicks a level. "Maximum power!"

Jackie holds onto the control top as they're jostled around in the Tardis. Donna steadies her and attempts to brace her, so she's not jarred so badly. She shoots her a grateful smile as the Tardis materializes. Once they've landed, he grins and heads for the door. "Alright, let's go."

As the new Doctor goes to the doorway, she says. "I've got a bad feeling about this."

The Doctor opens the door and she listens to Jack burst out somewhat breathlessly. "Brilliant." Nevertheless, his tone changes to one of concern instantly. "Jackie, stay in there!"

She rolls her eyes and glances at the screen so they can see what's going on outside. "Seriously. Isn't he over protective?" They watch as the new Doctor runs across the floor towards Davros. Davros zaps the new Doctor in the chest, causing him to drop the gun in pain. Jackie sighs. "Great."

"Activate holding cell." Davros says gravely.

"Right. My turn." Donna runs out of the Tardis, shouting. "Doctor!" Donna picks up the gun. "I've got it. But I don't know what to do!" Davros zaps Donna, sending her flying backwards. Once again, the gun falls to the floor without being fired.

"Donna!" the Doctor shouts. "Donna! Are you all right, Donna?" however, Donna has hit her head on a panel and is unconscious.

Jackie moves towards the door, she has to get the weapon, but by the time she reaches the doorframe, Davros has destroyed the weapon. "I was wrong about your warriors, Doctor. They are pathetic."

Jackie waddles out, hand over her belly. "I wouldn't really say that." Jack's head whipped around and his eyes fill with shock. "I'd say we're rather unpredictable."

"This one...carries offspring. She will be useless to us." Davros states drolly. "Exterminate her."

"No!" Jack shouted as the beam raced for her. He tried to pull free, but couldn't. Jackie instantly created a force field around her as time slowed down for her. She held her breath as the laser from the dalek came at her. To her relief, it reflected off the shield and hit the dalek. She exhaled and lowered her hand and turned towards her worried husband. He exhaled in relief as he shook his head in exasperation before growling out. "Jackie, you're insufferable."

"Activate holding cell!" Davros shouts. Jackie instantly creates a bubble around her. The cell doors come closing down on her, only to be blocked by the bubble. She takes a step forward towards Davros. He's apparently never seen anything like her in the universe before. She can see that by the way he was holding himself. "What are you?"

She shrugs. "Believe me, I've no idea." At that moment, an alarm goes off. She looks upwards and frowns. "That can't be good."

"Closing all Z-neutrino relay loops," Jackie spins around and grins broadly at Donna who's at the control panel. "using an internalized synchronous back-feed reversal loop. That button there. She presses a button on the panel she was thrown against.

Jackie laughs and claps her hands. "Go for it Donna!"

"System in shutdown." The daleks begin to panic. "Detonation negative. Explain. Explain. Explain!"

"Donna," the Doctor is shocked, almost into silence if he weren't shocked by Donna's change in nature. "you can't even change a plug."

"Do you want to bet, Time Boy?" she questions saucily.

"You'll suffer for this." Davros raises a hand to shock her. However, Donna lifts a lever and Davros' electrical zap travels up his arm, causing him to bellow in pain.

"Oh, bio-electric dampening field with a retrograde field arc inversion."

Jackie waddles towards Jack. "Now, there's a woman not to be messed with!"

"Exterminate her!" Davros shouts.

Jackie turns towards Donna as she works more controls on the panel. She stands prepared to throw a bubble around Donna just in case. However, the daleks start wailing that their weapons are non-functional. Jackie laughs as Donna rattles off. "Macro transmission of a K-filter wavelength blocking Dalek weaponry in a self-replicating energy blindfold matrix."

"How did you work that out?" the Doctor asks in amazement. "You're-

"Time Lord." His twin fills in. "Part Time Lord."

"Part human. Oh, yes. That was a two-way biological metacrisis. Half Doctor, half Donna."

"The Doctor Donna." Jackie frowns, feeling like she's missing something. "Just like the Ood said, remember? They saw it coming. The Doctor Donna."

"Donna, could you please let my husband and the other's out so we can defeat the daleks and I can go home?"

"Oh, yes!" a few flicks and she announces. "Holding cells deactivated and seal the Vault." Jack heads straight to her and enfolds her in a hug. "Well, don't just stand there, you skinny boys in suits. Get to work."

Jackie gives him a nudge. "Go on! Help out!"

"Honey," he kisses her on the cheek. "back in the Tardis."

She sticks out her lip. "Can't I watch the fun?" he turns just as Donna forces the Daleks spin around on the spot. He laughs as he places a hand on her shoulder. A huge pang hits her and she bites her lip hard, forcing herself not to cry out or double over. Her babies are coming soon, within the hour, she can sense that and she hopes she'll be back home by then. The Doctors and Donna are having a brilliant discussion.

Jack kisses her on the mouth quickly. "Don't go anywhere!" He runs into the Tardis.

She rolls her eyes. "Seriously? First it's get in the Tardis, then don't go anywhere!" He runs out of the Tardis with two huge guns. "Make up your mind!"

"Mickey!" he shouts as he throws the gun to Mickey. He turns to her. "Are we seriously doing this now?" a dalek approaches Jack, who kicks it away from him in irritation. "Out of the way!"

"Well, it's what we do best." She grabs two daleks with her bubbles, forcing them to crash together. "Well, we fight aliens pretty good together."

"Is anyone going to tell us what's going on?" Rose asks.

"I think they like to keep us semi-confused."

"He poured all his regeneration energy into his spare hand. I touched the hand, and he grew out of that but that fed back into me." Donna rattles off. "But, it just stayed dormant in my head till the synapses got that little extra spark, kicking them into life. Thank you, Davros! Part human, part Time Lord. And I got the best bit of the Doctor. I got his mind."

"So," Sarah Jane asks. "there's three of you?

"Three Doctors?" Rose muses.

"Hmm," Jackie murmurs. "I can't tell you what I'm thinking right now." Jack slaps her firmly right on her backside. "Hey!"

"Definitely taking you from behind tonight." He hissed in her ear as he passed her by.

Jackie laughed. "Why Captain Jack Harkness," she teased. "Are you jealous?"

"Shut up you, and get in the Tardis! Now!"

She rolls her eyes. "Get in, get out, get in, get out. make up your mind!" another pain racks her body, catching her off guard this time. Jack grabs her firmly and studies her. she bites her lip. "Ok, now would be a good time to get me into the Tardis."

Jack looks down at her feet. "Did your water break?"

"Are my feet wet?" He shakes his head. "Then it didn't just break." She smiled inwardly; she was getting good at avoiding questions with him. "Now, help me." Jack swoops her up, causing her to gasp. "Jack! you can't!"

"Honey, shut up for one moment." she taps him on the shoulder and points upwards to reveal a dalek floating downwards. He groans and sets her on the ground, grabbing his gun. "Heads up!" he adds in a lower voice. "Hang on to me."

"Davros," the red dalek growls out as best as it can. "you have betrayed us."

"It was Dalek Caan." Davros protests.

"The Vault will be purged." The red dalek insists. "You will all be exterminated."

The dalek zaps the control panel, causing it to go up in a burst of flames. The Doctor flew a foot or two across the floor. "Like I was saying, feel this!" Jack fires an extended pulse from his gun and the Red Dalek explodes.

Jackie smiles. "Well, when are you gonna make me go out with a bang like that?"

Jack chokes and stares at her in shock. "Oh, we've lost the magnetron." The Doctor shouts out. "And there's only one planet left. Oh," he shrugs as if he wasn't surprised. "guess which one. But we can use the Tardis."

As the Doctor runs into the Tardis, Jack lifts her up again. "Alright honey, come on."

"You'll break your back one of these days carrying me around like this."

"Well, it won't be today." He hurries her inside the Tardis and begins looking for somewhere to set her down. Due to the lack of furniture, he sets her on the floor. He pulls off his jacket and tucks it around her. "There, now try to stay calm. Alright?"

"Jack, I'm pregnant. I'm not dying, now go on and help. I'll be fine." the moment those words leave her mouth; the Tardis is rocked with an explosion force. "Or…maybe not right this moment."

Jack ran outside as mayhem broke outside. Daleks started screaming and the explosion rocked the ship. The Doctor ran outside of the Tardis. "What have you done?" he shouted in horror and disbelief. She couldn't hear an answer though. "Do you know what you've done? Now get in the Tardis!" The Doctor and Donna ran in first while the Doctor began barking orders. "Everyone! All of you, inside! Run!"

Sarah Jane, Rose, Jackie Tyler, Jack and Mickey hurried into the Tardis. Jack shot her a questioning look, which she smiled and shrugged as she gripped the metal railing firmly for support. Mickey glanced at her curiously before asking. "Jack," he bobs his head in her direction. "who's this?"

Jack shrugs. "I'll let her introduce herself."

Jackie waves weakly at him. "Jacqueline Harkness."

"Oh," he questions. "you Jack's sister?"

She shook her head. "No, I'm his wife."

Mickey's brow arched. "Seriously?"

"Yeah." Jackie said as she places a hand on her hip. "I'm irresistible."

"Ignore her," Jack states. "I'm finding out that she babbles constantly when she's pregnant."

"I noticed." Rose's mom points out curiously. "How far along are you?"

She hesitates before responding somewhat honestly. "I'm due in a few weeks." But my babies decided to come now!

"And Jack lets you go into battle?" Mickey questioned.

"No!" Jack snapped in irritation.

"He just has no control over me whatsoever." Jack shot her an indignant look. "But, I like to let him think that he does."

The Doctor runs back into the Tardis, closing the door behind him. "And off we go!" The Tardis begins to move in a very bumpy fashion as the crucible explodes around them.

"But what about the Earth?" Sarah Jane asks. "It's stuck in the wrong part of space."

"I'm on it. Torchwood Hub, this is the Doctor." Jackie peers over his shoulder as Gwen and Ianto's faces come into focus. "Are you receiving me?"

Loud and clear. She questions. Are Jack and Jackie there?

"Can't get rid of him." the Doctor frowns and turns to Jack in a slight confusion. "Jack, what's her name?"

"Jackie's sister, Gwen Cooper." He states proudly.

"Tell me, Gwen Cooper; are you from an old Cardiff family?"

Gwen frowns slightly before nodding. Yes, all the way back to the eighteen hundreds.

"Ah, thought so." He turns to Rose. "Spatial genetic multiplicity."

"Oh, yeah." Rose bobs her head in agreement.

"Yeah, it's a funny old world." He suddenly snaps into attention to focus on the problem at hand. "Now, Torchwood, I want you to open up that Rift Manipulator. Send all the power to me."

Jackie tuned out the chatter for a moment before carefully moving towards Jack. he frowns at her. "I've got a funny feeling you're not telling me something."

She rolls her eyes as the Doctor begins giving everyone instructions. "Now then, you lot. Sarah, hold that down. Mickey, you hold that. Because you know, why this Tardis always is always rattling about the place? Rose? That, there. It's designed to have six pilots, and I have to do it single-handed. Martha, keep that level. But not anymore. Jack, there you go. Steady that." Jackie stepped under Jack's arm as the Doctor continued talking. "Now we can fly this thing." Then, the Doctor see's Jackie Tyler, and his face goes slightly pale. "No, Jackie. No, no. Not you. Don't touch anything. Just stand back." Jackie smiles, it's as if the Doctor envisioned letting Rose's mother fly the Tardis a disaster beyond his imagination occurred. "Like it's meant to be flown. We've got the Torchwood Rift looped around the Tardis by Mister Smith, and we're going to fly Planet Earth back home. Right then. Off we go."

A flick of a button and the Tardis started pulling the earth slowly and carefully at home. Suddenly, there was a jolt as the Tardis picked up speed and they began flying quickly. Jackie laughed and caught a hold of Jack's belt to keep from flying forward. He winked at her as he began pumping a metal bar.

Donna walks around the console, supervising the flight; she pauses near Jack and offers him a smile. "That's really good, Jack. I think you're the best.

Jackie giggles as she runs her hand down his back. "Isn't he just?"

"Hey!" He snaps playfully. "Stop flirting with the driver."

Jackie shrugs. "Fine, I'll go flirt with the Doctor."

Jack releases the lever and grabs her as he pulls her back in front of him. "As soon as we get home," she stretched up and kissed him, the Tardis let out a jolt, all eyes went to them. she grinned as Jack shook his head. "stop it Jackie."

She sulked. "Can't I do anything?"

"Yes!" He states. "Just not while I'm driving!"