The Doctor made in into the room just as Ashton re-covered his eyes. "Jack!" Rose screamed and ran to the wall were Jack was, all was left was a scorch mark and a small pile of ash on the floor. Sirius whined, not knowing what was happening but aware it was bad and sad.
"OI!" The Doctor shouted as he ran into the room and saw Ashton. "What are you?" The Doctor asked, "What do you what? Why this ship?"
"No Doctor! He'll kill you!" Rose tried to warn him, but the Doctor didn't listen.
"I want to see what you are." The Doctor stood his ground as Ashton walked right up to him, literally nose to nose but the Doctor didn't budge, Ashton reached upwards for the dial on his helmet, but before anything else could happen Ashton jerked backwards, holding his stomach as if he was just kicked. The Doctor didn't move, instead he just watched carefully, Ashton stood up barely a second later as if nothing happened and stormed past the Doctor, shoving his shoulder on the way as soon as Ashton was out of sight the Doctor ran straight for the intercom, "McDonnell? Ashton's heading in your direction! He's been infected like Korwin!"
"Korwin's dead, Doctor." Scannell replied, sorrow in his voice, they were friends.
"Dead how?"
"Frozen." Before he could explain any more the Doctor realized something was wrong. Rose was kneeling on the floor holding Sirius and crying. Riley was leaning against a door breathing hard, eyes wide and scared. The wall next to where Rose was knelt the Doctor looked right where he didn't want to. A human shaped scorch mark, the Doctor knew what it was but he had to ask, it couldn't be. "Where's Jack?"
"He...moved that glass thing covering his eyes and light, so bright...Jack he screamed and then..." Rose stuttered. She couldn't find the right words so she just gestured to the scorch mark. "How can he come back? He normally has a body...he has no body...Doctor...Where's his body Doctor?" Rose sounded defeated and that broke the Doctor's hearts.
"No...He can't be him. Jack...vaporised." The Doctor shut his eyes for a moment, "When did I start caring for him? He's…"
"Impact in 17:05."
The Doctor opened his eyes, "We need to get these doors open. I'll help with the Questions. Come on." Rose blinked a few times but managed to hold back her tears and stand up.
"No time to grieve."
"What are you waiting for then?" Rose asked. The Doctor dived straight for the computer, quickly reading the question and typing the answer.
"Next one! Go!" The clamp light turned green and the door opened. Rose took one more look at where Jack had been and ran through.
Riley watched them in confusion for a moment, but as soon as he re-gained his senses he quickly ran forward to help them. They got through the doors quicker than before with the Doctor helping. McDonnell and Scannell joined them and joined in answering the questions. Only McDonnell, Scannell and Riley left alive were left alive from the crew. The Doctor was busy working out all the answers, but Rose was left with clamping the doors and so alone with her thoughts.
"Jack…he can't be dead. He has to come back…but how can he come back from nothing? Only a pile of ashes…maybe…no I can't hope I can't be disappointed."
"Impact in 11:15."
They ran through the next door and Rose shook her head to rid the thoughts. They had 10 left to go when they heard the scream; it was pain, so much pain. But Aside from the pained scream, Rose couldn't stop the smile. That was Jack's scream. "He's alive."
"I'll look." Riley said.
"I'll come." McDonnell said.
"I'll go too." Rose put in. "Sirius, come."
"Oi!" The Doctor said before Rose left, she turned to look, "Be careful." He warned holding eye contact for a moment but eventually tore his eyes away to type in the next answer.
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There was so much pain, Jack couldn't contain it, and he screamed his body had grown back from the ashes, he was alive. The pain stopped as suddenly as it began. Jack stood up and stretched all his bones clicking, he couldn't stop the laugh. "I thought that was it...a few months ago I would have been glad for it to be over...but now...I'm alive!"
But then he felt something else, it wasn't right…McDonnell and Riley ran over to him, "Jack, you're alive." Rose stated.
"Ahh!" Jack gasped and jerked backwards, he closed his eyes...the sun, it burned…Ashton was taken by the sun. It's alive! "It's Captain McDonnell, it's your fault." Jack didn't know where his words were coming from but he couldn't stop them. "You mine that sun for cheap fuel! You should have scanned for life!"
"Riley, get the Doctor!" Rose ordered. Riley obeyed, immediately back through the doors.
"I don't understand?" McDonnell uttered confused.
"Jack, what's wrong?" Rose asked.
The Doctor arrived without Riley but with Sirius.
"The sun is alive. They scooped out its heart to use as fuel and now it's seething!" Jack croaked out.
"How can a sun be alive?" McDonnell asked.
"It's living inside me. Ashton he...Stupid humans! You needed to scan!"
"You didn't scan for life?" the Doctor asked, almost shouting.
"If the sun's alive then…it's the sun who's been possessing Korwin and Ashton, if Ashton killed Jack, but Jack being…Jack he woke up and that means. Jack's been possessed."
"It takes too long. We would have been caught! Fusion scopes are illegal!" McDonnell admitted finally. Jack couldn't hold in the scream and Rose couldn't stop herself jumping forward to comfort him, calm him.
"To beat heat you need cold…ice."
"We need to freeze him." The Doctor ordered. "Status Chamber, come on!" The Doctor and Rose helped Jack up, basically carried him to the med centre and laid him down on the table. "Below minus 200 degrees!"
"No one can survive those temperatures!" McDonnell told them and the Doctor set it to below minus 200.
"No one can survive being vaporised!" Rose countered.
"You have to be right Doctor! I could kill you. It's burning me up the fire, it's so hot! I'm scared Doctor. I'm...Oh God Doctor! It hurts, I'm scared Doctor."
"Come on Jack, calm down, you'll be alright. I'm always right am I not? Now, you ready?"
"No."
Knowing Jack would never be ready the Doctor pushed the leaver and Jack slid into the Chamber. The Doctor pressed the button which caused the chamber's temperature to fall. The Doctor took Rose's hand and squeezed it as they tried to ignore his screams. Sirius barked loudly. "Shh." Rose astonished but with no heat in it. Sirius fell quiet and watched anxiously, not understanding what was happening.
The temperature got to -70 before the screen switched off and all the lights in the chamber and the room went dark. "No! It's still in me! Don't stop it!" Jack shouted out at them.
The Doctor pulled out his sonic and scanned it, "All the powers gone."
"It's be shut by engineering." McDonnell knew.
"Isn't Korwin down there?" the Doctor asked.
"Didn't you say he was dead?" Rose questioned.
"Leave it to me." McDonnell didn't wait, she ran straight out the room and towards Engineering.
"Impact in 4:47."
"You defrosting already!" the Doctor announced, "Come on. Jack, you're strong, stronger than this, you can fight it!"
"Get to the front! You need to vent the engines, and get rid of the sun particles in the fuel!" Jack didn't know how he knew what to do, but he did so he told them.
"We can't leave you!" Rose tried.
"You have to! I'll kill you! I can't kill you!"
"Come on." The Doctor still holding Rose's hand, tugged on it, "We'll be back, Jack! Just hold on."
They left the room and ran, as fast as they could, though all 29 still open doors, hoping, begging for Scannell and Riley to have opened all the doors, to have opened all of the doors and be in the spare engine room. They could hear Sirius running behind them, trying to keep up with his panicking Masters.
"Riley? Scannell?" They heard McDonnell say through the intercom, "I'm sorry." She admitted, truly sorry.
"McDonnell? McDonnell?" Scannell shouted back but got no answer.
"Exterior Air Lock Open."
Neither the Doctor nor Rose stopped, but both of them did spare a thought for the brave Captain of the ship probably floating towards the sun at this very moment. Only two crew members left of seven.
"Impact in 2:17."
"Rose. Doctor." Jack's voice came through the com; his voice was shaking.
"Jack?" the Doctor shouted back without stopping.
"I can't fight it any longer…Doctor…Burn with me!"
The Doctor squeezed Rose's hand but didn't stop running, "He'll be alright."
"Impact in 1:31. Collision alert, collision alert!" The intercom voice repeated over and over again, "Impact in 1:07."
The Doctor and Rose finally ran through door number one into the engine room, Riley and Scannell were both in the room, pressing buttons turning dials. "It's not working!" Riley exclaimed, not understanding.
"Vent the engines; get rid of the sun particles." The Doctor ordered making himself known.
The men choose not to question, not having enough time and already realized the Doctor was almost always right. The men went straight to work and the Doctor joined in. "Rose, you might wanna hold on." Rose grabbed Sirius, picking him up holding him in one arm, and holding onto a bar tightly with the other.
"Impact in 0:20. 0:15. Fuel dumping is in progress. Fuel dumping is in progress."
The ship began jerking them everywhere, Rose let go of the bar and fell onto the floor. Sirius barked in joy, confusion and slight pain. Rose had to let go of Sirius and the Clabro grabbed hold of the bar with his teeth. Rose ended up sliding next to the Doctor, he was laughing so Rose took it as a good sign that it was working.
"Impact averted, impact averted."
The ship fell still apart from a slow movement, away from the sun. Everyone allowed themselves to breath. Scannell hugged Riley and the Doctor hugged Rose in celebration. Sirius barked happily, sensing the happiness in the air.
"Jack!" Rose and the Doctor exclaimed simultaneously. Once more they ran, back through the 29 doors and up the stars into the med bay. Jack was stood, stretching his back and breathing heavily. Rose and the Doctor ran for him and hugged him tightly in a three way hug.
They stayed in that position for a few more minutes, none of them wanting to let go. But eventually the Doctor knew they had to. "Let's go home."
They walked back down the stairs, Riley and Scannell were they, they both smiled at Jack, "Glad you survive." Riley smiled at him.
"Me too." Jack smirked.
"Think it'll be cool enough?" Rose asked, nodding at the cooling room in-which the TARDIS was in.
The Doctor glanced at Rose then looked at the cooling room, he walked over to it and put the back of his hand against the door and checked the temperature pin at the side, "Guess so. Stand back." Everybody in the room stood behind the door as the Doctor slowly opened it, "It's good." The Doctor told them as he walked into the room and found the TARDIS, "There she is." He sounded impressed, "She survived the lava."
"No way is this your ship." Scannell was disbelieving.
"Compact." The Doctor told them patting the TARDIS on the side. "And another good word, robust! Not even a scorch mark on her."
"Have you got any fuel left? I mean without the sun particles?" Rose asked them.
"No, but we've sent out an official may-day. The official's will pick us up soon enough. Duno how we're gonna explain what happened."
"Just tell them, that sun needs care a protection just like any other living thing." Riley and Scannell nodded as the Doctor opened up the TARDIS and walked inside.
Rose smiled and followed the Doctor into the TARDIS.
Jack shook both men's hands, "You two survived, well done." Soon as Jack shut the door of the TARDIS it dematerialised to the shock and wonder of Riley and Scannell.
AN: If you don't understand how Jack got possessed, if Ashton being possessed by the sun killed Jack, I would assume that Jack would be possessed when he wake up from death. Does that make any sence?