The Doctor lay against Jack, not really listening to the words of the book but Jack's tone as he read them. Normally he found it soothing but right now he was still angry. Tom entering the room had replaced his anger with fear temporarily and he felt childish over the fact he had his face from Tom. It was a child's game, if I can't see you then you can't see me. He was a 900 year old Time Lord and that is what he had been reduced to. A child's game. Anger filled him and he wanted to hit the book out of Jack's hand and yell at him. Instead he took a deep breath.

"Jack," he said softly.

"Yes, sweetheart," Jack replied as he paused in his reading. He looked down in concern. The Oncoming storm was just behind the Doctor's eyes and if he wasn't careful that anger would be directed at him. He folded the top corner of the book to mark his page and then closed it. "What do you need?"

"A new hand that works, this cast off of my leg so I can get my life back and the TARDIS fixed." The Doctor grumbled.

"Well I did have an extra hand for you but you took it. We could try to reattach it to your arm." Jack smiled and the Doctor shook his head no.

"It won't hand should have been destroyed after I lost it, not stored in a jar. Though I suppose I should be happy that it was you who found it. The consequences if my DNA fell into the wrong hands could be dire." He smiled as Jack kissed him softly on the head.

"Then I just need to make sure I keep you and it safe." Jack tilted his head up and kissed him softly again. "Since we are working on all three of those problems, is there anything I can do right now to cheer you up. The offer of a bath and a shave is still on the table."

"A bath sounds nice," The Doctor agreed. "Then I want to go to my room Jack."

"I think we can handle that. Your room is all ready set up for medical care after all." Jack told him as he started to sit up. He moved out of behind the Doctor.

"Not that room, my room. The one on the TARDIS." The Doctor told him eagerly. His eyes were full of hope that Jack was going to take him there and Jack didn't want to just crush that hope.

"You can't feel her sweetheart. She isn't up and running yet and you have said before you don't want to be on the TARDIS if you can't feel her." Jack began as he helped the Doctor to undress.

"You can fix her. All you need to do is finish rewiring the circuit. I could walk you through the steps. It isn't that hard." The Doctor tried.

"Let's see how you feel after the bath." Jack commented. Laying a towel over the Doctor's waist he began to get him ready for the bath. He removed the Doctor's IV's and put a bag over the casts. It took a while to get him ready and the Doctor was half asleep again by the time Jack even started the water for the bath. He made sure that it was just hot to the Doctor, which still felt cool to him. Removing the towel he carried the Doctor to the water and laid him in it. The Doctor sighed as Jack lowered him in, making sure to keep his leg and arm propped up on the sides.

"How does that feel?" Jack asked.

"Nice," he moans happily. Jack picks up the cloth and starting at the Doctor's neck he began to wash his body. The Doctor relaxed more under Jack's touch. He yelped slightly though when Jack brushed his bare hand over his groin. Opening his eyes wide, he stared at the innocent look on Jack's face as Jack used the cloth to clean him.

"What," Jack asked innocently as the Doctor glared at him. After his bath, Jack helped him to shave, being careful of his sideburns. He held up a mirror for the Doctor to inspect himself.

"My hair is too short," The Doctor complained.

"It is growing back. We had no choice but to shave your head though when you got here." Jack ran his fingers through his hair and the Doctor could see that Jack was right and it was getting longer again. Jack helped the Doctor to dress before carrying him up to his bedroom in the hub. The entire time he helped the Doctor to get settled, the Doctor babbled about how Jack could fix the TARDIS. His words were getting more and more slurred though and a few times he slipped into Gallifreyan. Jack listened though as he tucked the blankets around the Doctor and reattached his IV. Once he was sure the Doctor was comfortable and asleep he headed to the TARDIS.

-DW-

"No Master please," He screamed as he tried to get away from the man leering down at him. He crawled naked, across the floor and gasped as he was kicked in the stomach knocking the air our of his lungs. Gagging he choked as his head was forced back and fingers were pressed against his temples.

"Let me in Theta," the Master hissed. He tried to fight him but every time the Master tried to force his way into his mind, his resistance grew less. One of these times the Master was going to succeed and there was nothing he could do to stop him. He flailed, lashing out at the Master his foot catching him in the groin. The Master groaned. "You're going to pay for that."

He tried to protect himself as he was hit and kicked. He was forced to lay on his back and the Master sat down on his chest, pinning him to the ground. Leaning over him he looked into those mad eyes as once again fingers were pressed to his temples.

The Doctor woke with a start, panic filled him as he felt something nudging against his telepathic centers of his mind. He pushed it away and put his wall higher as he took a deep breath. He fell back onto the pillows again breathing hard as he remembered where he was. He was safe in the hub. Cautiously he opened his mind a little. The TARDIS hummed at him. Quickly he threw down all his defenses from her as she rushed into his mind, humming happily.

*Oh I've missed you,* he told her happily as he felt her embrace his mind. *I know but I've been hurt.* He felt her try to pull back and he held on to the connection. *Don't leave me again.* The connection grew stronger once more. He lay their basking in the feeling of her connection. He didn't realize how empty his mind had felt until he couldn't feel her anymore. She was the only thing that kept him from losing his mind completely when the rest of the Time Lords vanished. She had embraced and protected his mind from the sudden emptiness. She had helped him again when he had been captured the last time. Without her he would have been lost long ago and he wasn't ready to lose his oldest and dearest friend. It was awhile later he heard his door open. Opening his eyes he smiled as Jack peeked into the room.

"I have a surprise for you," Jack informed him as he entered.

"I know, thank you Jack." The Doctor grinned and then tapped his temple when Jack looked confused. "She all ready came to greet me. We have been together long enough that she recognizes my mind as soon as we are close."

"Well she still needs a lot of work and I don't think she wants me to do it. She shocked me several times." Jack complained.

"That's because she wants you to get me something to eat." The Doctor admitted. "She thinks I lost to much weight and she is going to fix that."

"I couldn't agree more." Jack laughed as he went to collect food for the Doctor. With the TARDIS back and on their side, the Doctor would be a healthy weight in no time.