Chapter sixteen

The Doctor doesn't spoil

It felt like falling though a dark hole, the TARDIS was falling though space and Nyx was holding onto the console for dear life. The feeling made her stomach feel hollow, but some reason The Doctor was loving every second of it.

"You never told me why you came here?" Nyx shouted over the sound of the fall, she knew she was going to be safe, because even after everything, she still trusted him with her lives.

The Doctor was careful when he moved, "I told you I was going to regret this!" He yelled over the background noise, it seemed he didn't hear Nyx's question.

"Doctor!" Nyx screamed trying to hold on tighter, but the sudden stop made her jump. "Where are we?" She felt relief with the stillness of the TARDIS now.

The Doctor straightened his bow tie, "I have taken us to a place that can help your problem." He took her hand pulling her out of the TARDIS. He stopped outside seeing the both it become to blend into the hospital. "Mine doesn't do that?"

"Because your chameleon circuit it broken." Nyx rolled her eyes seeing herself on New Earth again. "I've already been here!" She waved her hands in the air in frustration.

The Doctor spun around, "You've already been to here?" He glanced to all the things around him, "And what happened?"

"They can't cure death Doctor," Nyx sat down on a bench holding her face, "I told you it's hopeless." She felt defeated once again.

The Doctor sat with her, his hand placed softly on her knee, "Don't say that, we might find something here together..." He pointed out, "The Sisters are gone, most were arrested after what they did." He pointed out.

Nyx took her face out of her hands, she slowly turned to look at the Doctor, "Sister Jett..." She whispered.

The Doctor sighed, "She died," He remembered being here with Rose, and he pushed it away from his mind. "But that is not the point, you came to the right place, but the wrong time!" He clapped taking Nyx's arm pulling her to her feet.

Nyx felt herself being pulled up, "Doctor what are you..." She couldn't finish being pulled away from the bench.

"We are going to find an answer," He kept pulling Nyx behind him, "And I am going to fill in some blanks." He now pushed Nyx into a lift.

Nyx felt herself hitting a wall, she turned to see The Doctor enter with her, "Doctor..." She snapped as the door closed.

"See The Face of Boe." The Doctor had a bright grin on his face.

"The Face of Boe!" Nyx was feeling the water falling from the ceiling, "Oh bloody hell that is cold!" She felt it hitting her pyjamas.

The Doctor grinned to himself, he wash enjoying it washing over him, "Oh it's not that bad..." He laughed.

"Doctor!" The powder hitting them, and she was grateful that it was almost over. "Why are we doing this?" She asked.

The drying process started now, The Doctor was shaking his head to help get himself dry quicker. "You always have to ask questions Nyx, always with a question." He stopped shaking to see her face. "You trust me."

Nyx felt her hair was dry, but it was fluffed up, her eyes going to her pyjamas, "I'm seeing the great Face of Boe, in my pyjamas!" The doors opened and she stepped out turning to the Doctor, "Why didn't you tell me!"

The Doctor stopped walking, he glanced over her, "You don't need to sleep that much!" He glanced over her appearance finally.

Nyx rolled her eyes, "I know that, but they are comfortable to sulk in," Her arms crossed, she felt her eyes staring at The Doctor.

"Why are you sulking?" The Doctor used his index finger to push her chin up, "You are amazing." He caught her eye.

Nyx sighed, "But Doctor," Her voice was light, she took his hand from her face, "Why do I have a feeling you won't remember this?" She felt lost in the moment. "I still don't understand why you are here?"

"My TARDIS, it brought me to yours," He then nodded, "And if you feel I won't remember this, maybe I won't, but you will..." He nodded, "So we have to go." He took her hand again pulling her away from the lift.

Nyx grunted, "Why do you always take my hand!" Her feet moved quickly as The Doctor pulled her away. She was trying to take her hand back from him.

The Doctor kept moving, he held her hand in his moving faster, "Because I know you'll wonder off!" He stopped outside a door.

"Wonder off!" Nyx glanced to the door, and then back to The Doctor, "How can you say that to me?"

The Doctor knocked on the door, "Children, they give into the curiosity, and they wonder..." He stopped talking to see the confusion on Nyx's face. "You're the child."

"I am not a child!" Nyx stepped closer to him, "I mean I may not be an old man."

The Doctor stared at her, "I am not an old man!"

"And I am not a child!" Nyx raised her eyebrow at him, "So do not assume I am going to wonder off." Her eyes starting to glare over.

The Doctor reached for her face, "I am sorry," He moved closer to her, "I..." He stopped as the door opened. "Face of Boe is expecting us!"

"Expecting us?" Nyx stepped into the room, she could see that it was quiet, and her eyes was taking everything in.

The Face of Boe was waiting, he could see the woman walk in, and The Doctor with one of his many faces. "You came..." It spoke into their minds, and he knew that it was completing the circle. "I am sure you have many questions Nyx..."

"Questions yes," She kept moving into the room, "But I don't understand..."

The Face of Boe was still in the jar, he could see Nyx approaching him slowly, "You know I can answer your question about Owen..." It spoke, and Nyx stepped closer. "You know..."

The Doctor kept back, and he was sure this was something he couldn't put his finger on. He kept quiet now, and felt sadness in him. "Owen Harper, you know him?" He stepped forward.

She kept still, "Owen Harper..." Nyx spoke his name, and her eyes shifted from The Doctor to The Face of Boe. "Can you please tell me?"

"Owen Harper, doctor of Torchwood three, he died from a gun shot, resurrection gauntlet brought his soul back to his dead body." The Face Of Boe spoke carefully.

Nyx felt it again, "How did you not know?" Her head turned to The Doctor now, "How did you not feel it!" Her voice was straining to keep in control, she turned back to The Face of Boe, her hands touching the glass. "Oh..."

The Doctor didn't like the feeling, "I'm not alone..." The Doctor whispered, "You said that was the last time we would see each other." He kept himself together. "You said that and The Master returned." He stopped talking.

"That is the things with Time..." The Face Of Boe spoke, "I said the last time I see you..." He kept his calm over all of them. "I am still dying."

Nyx was holding the glass, her eyes watching The Face Of Boe, "You will see him, and tell him he's not alone." Nyx's attention to The Doctor. "You're not alone," She pointed to herself, "He wasn't just meaning The Master, he meant me too." She pressed her lips against the glass. "Oh god I love you!" Her eyes going to The Doctor. "I will always love him."

The Doctor felt lost, "What are you talking about..."

Nyx sighed, "He's not just random, you know it, you don't want to admit it." She now took his hand moving him closer. "Feel it, the fixed point in time..."

The Doctor didn't want to admit it, but he felt it weak, but enough to know. "The Face of Boe they called you." He felt the pain in his chest. "The youngest to be signed up to the time agency..."

Nyx knew The Face Of Boe was going to be taken away from here soon, "Jack..." Her voice was a whisper, "How do I save Owen?" Her question finally was going to be answered.

"Owen Harper I thought was gone, but we meet again." The Face of Boe spoke slowly, "I thought I would stop you, but I know like me this will have to be..." The voice sounded pained. "My life, I never wanted to wish it on anyone, but you did it Nyx, you did something so wrong..."

Nyx felt frustrated, "What do I do?" She shouted now.

The Doctor stepped forward, he took her arm pulling her away from The Face of Boe. "Nyx, please..." He could feel her pain, and he couldn't stop this, but now it had to be told.

"Me... You found her, and you should know how The Doctor made her..." He stopped speaking, as if he was thinking deep. "Nyx you know the answers, but you have to connect them all."

"I know the answers," Nyx got to her feet, "Doctor we have to go." She stopped looking to the Face Of Boe once more. "You'll rest finally..." She hugged the glass before letting it go. "Do you know if I can save him too?"

It was if The Face of Boe laughed, "You do, but I won't know for many years later..." He closed his eyes now.

Nyx smiled, "You know we're not done here Doctor." Nyx took his hand now. "Because I know the answers now." She pulled him into a hug feeling better.

The Doctor watched Nyx running from the hospital, he knew that she could run fast, but she was going so fast that he was struggling to keep up with her. "Slow down!" He called seeing her crash into the door. "Oh that did not look pleasant" He stopped seeing her trying to get the door open.

Nyx opened it swiftly, she laughed, "I had the pieces, I was putting them together wrong." She took his hand pulling him into the TARDIS. "I save Owen, and I save Ianto..."

The Doctor shook his head, "Ianto dies with the 456," He watched her rushing around the console, "You know that."

Nyx nodded, "And you said you cheated death," She spun around, "And I remember reading something, and I thought it was strange until I saw River Song." She pointed to his face. "River Song..."

The Doctor tried to not react to her name, but he couldn't control it. "Why do you keep mentioning River," He was watching Nyx very carefully.

Nyx smiled, "River Song who is imprisoned for the murder of you."

The Doctor felt serious now, "How long have you known this?" He felt himself stepping forward towards her, "How?" His voice was a quick burst of anger.

Feeling scared Nyx took a step back away from him, "I told you I am not a child..." She was moving carefully, "I've spent years searching for an answer. I've spent so much time." She was now at the console typing in something. "So the last puzzle piece was..." Nyx bit her lip, "you."

The Doctor took a strep back, "You need me to confirm everything." He felt nervous, "I am the way you do it all." He wasn't mad anymore, and he knew what he had to tell her.

Stepping out of the shower Nyx walked into a room seeing The Doctor sitting on a bed looking confused. "It all involves me..." He said softly before looking up to Nyx now drying her hair. "You said I won't remember this." He kept trying to work out everything they had spoke about.

"Yes," Nyx moved to the bed sitting with him, her eyes looking over his face. "Because it's the only way this can work." Her hand reached out touching his cheek, "over nine hundred years old, and you think you'd be able to sense things." Her eyes searching deep into his.

The Doctor's hand came up to meet hers, he knew it was strange, but then he kept still. "When you do what you have to do, you know you have to tell them." His voice caring, he couldn't change it now. "They will be dead on earth, they will never be able to come home again."

"It's a fate better than death," Nyx let her hand drop away from The Doctor's face. "I know you don't approve of it." She kept her focus on him.

"No I don't approve," The Doctor couldn't stop it now. "Just make sure you get it right." He felt himself getting to his feet, "And I am the key to stop you from breaking time." He did a double take at Nyx, "And you're in a towel."

"Oh seriously," Nyx got up walking away from The Doctor, "We've got a lot to do now." She left him standing still.

When she was gone The Doctor moved around the room, he didn't know what he was looking for as he moved pillows on the bed, then moved more things about. "I have to be able to..." He stopped getting on the floor searching under the bed. "There is always a way." He was speaking more to himself, he placed his hand under the mattress.

Nyx stood in the door frame, it didn't take her long to get changed, she was liking the skirt and shirt combo with her army boots. "Find anything?" She stood smiling.

The Doctor jumped up, "Nothing," He was to his feet.

"I don't keep my journal in my bedroom..." She tapped the frame, "Because that would be too easy for you to find." She felt herself worrying about him. "You should trust me Doctor."

"How can I trust this, my gut is telling me to be worried, and it's telling me that you are mad..." He pointed at her, "Not angry, but you are scared to lose more friends."

Nyx shrugged, "I've watched friends die once, I watched them fighting a war that you ended without thinking of the people fighting it, and now I have friends, I know they are human, and I know that you think it's easy to watch them..." She shook her head, "I can't get back home, but I am not letting them go." She started to head towards the main control room.

The Doctor stormed after her, "You think it's easy for me!" He got ahead of her, "I've seen suffering, and I have witness death. I have felt pain and I could do what you are doing, but I didn't!" He placed his hand on her arms holding her still. "But The Face of Boe has made it clear that I can't stop what you have in motion."

"You think I've lost my mind?" Nyx kept pushing buttons, "And I don't blame you." She was focused. "I know what you think Doctor."

"Teselecta," He glanced over the monitor, "And what are you going to be using that for?" He was walking towards Nyx.

Nyx was typing in a place, then a time which was making her break into a smile. "I have the Teselecta," She was moving about, "But I am going to have to work myself into the careful time line." She turned to the Doctor.

The Doctor kept still, "Why did you need me?" He kept moving, "All of The Doctors, you call me." He stepped in front of her.

Nyx knew this wasn't going to be easy, "I didn't call you!" She tried to get around him. "Maybe you should think of it." She now attempted to push him away.

The Doctor kept in place, "Nyx isn't just a name you picked at random, you know the meaning of Chaos, you are aware of the risks." He took her hand in his, "I wish I could talk you out of this madness..."

"Doctor you know you can't." Nyx finally stopped trying to fight him, her hand moved to his shoulder, "I can only do so much, you know the time line better than me." She bit her lip finding herself studying him carefully now.

The Doctor felt it, "The Teselecta can take on the form of Ianto, but someone will need to pilot it." He said reluctantly.

"I can do that, I know Ianto enough," She stopped talking for a moment, "I just need to find the Mite technology to save Owen." Her finger pointed to stop him from talking. "The Face of Boe said so..."

The Doctor nodded, "And then what are you going to do?" He studied Nyx's face, "After you saved them both, take them away from their home, and they can no longer go back to."

Nyx shook her head, "I can show them better worlds, I can show them everything." Stepping closer to him, she smiled. "I will know that I can make them happy."

"Oh dear Nyx," The Doctor pulled her into his arms, he hugged onto her, he just wasn't sure how he was going to help her through it all, "I wished this could of been easier." His hand brushed into her hair, and for a moment he wanted her to be better. "I'm sorry I did this to you."

"Doctor I can do this with, or without your help," Nyx's face studying over The Doctor. "But I would much prefer it with your help..." Her eyes so big staring up at him. "Please..." Her fingers moved up his shirt, and her eyes never left his.

The Doctor took her hands off him, "Okay," He finally said, "We need to do this smart." He finally knew he was going to regret this.

"I told you I know what I am doing!" Nyx was standing at the control of the Teselecta. She couldn't believe it, she glanced into a mirror. "I am Ianto Jones..." She turned behind herself to see Ianto was passed out on the floor. "I'm sorry, but the world need to see you be dead..." Her voice was calm.

The Doctor rolled his eyes, "You didn't need to knock him out Nyx!"

"I didn't knock him out, he kinda fainted when he saw himself..." She now turned back to the mirror, they were all inside of the Teselecta now. "So this is it..." She turned to see Ianto was coming to.

"What the..." Ianto sat up, "How am I?" He was looking around himself, "Nyx what have you done?" He was holding himself, "Who are you?" He pointed to The Doctor.

"I'm The Doctor," The Doctor helped Ianto to his feet. "And you're about to witness your own death." He turned to Nyx.

"My what?" He could see himself standing with Jack, "The 456, me and Jack are confronting it." Ianto stopped turning to Nyx, "How are you?"

Nyx turned to face Ianto, "I switch, and currently we are going to be safe in here, but I am going to need you to say goodbye to Jack." She held her hand out. "He won't believe it, unless it's from you." Her voice was dull of compassion, but Ianto felt confused.

Ianto took her hand, "What are you talking about," He stopped listening now to what was being said, and Ianto only heard the 456 talking about killing people. "Oh god... Jack." He stepped to see that people were running and screaming. "What..."

"Ianto, you die here..." She spoke, "I'm sorry but I might of just cheated you." She watched the horror on his face.

Ianto couldn't believe it, "What do I do?"

The Doctor stood back now, he couldn't witness this, he couldn't take part of it now.

Nyx took Ianto's hand, "It's only for a little while," She sighed, "I need you to be brave." She whispered as she held Ianto closer to the control panel. "Please," She lightly kissed Ianto's cheek stepping away from him.

Ianto felt tears falling down his face, he knew that whatever they were in had fallen to the ground, and he turned to The Doctor and saw that him and Nyx were controlling the body. "What do I say?"

"Just what you need to say to him for now, a thousand years from now, you'll see him again." Nyx smiled, "Well for him it'll be a thousand years..." She nodded watching Ianto now saying his goodbye to Jack through tears in his eyes.

Ianto sat in a room in Nyx's TARDIS, he glanced up seeing that it wasn't a bad looking room. He got to his feet, stopped to see that Nyx had walked in looking upset. "I bet you want answers."

"Well being that I just died, but I am not dead yes..." Ianto stepped closer to her, "Why did I have to die?" He waved his hand, "You stopped me from going into that building." He held his hand up, "The last thing I remember is leaving the hub that was about to be blown up." He stopped, "Did I die there?" He spoke remembering the pain.

"Yes..." Nyx sighed, "I thought I'd switch there, and when the hub exploded..." She stepped closer to him, "A piece of metal penetrated right through your heart." Her eyes going around the room now. "I used some nanogenes to heal you." She sat on the bed feeling sad. "After they healed you, the malfunctioned, and I can't find them in time and space..." She bit her lip running her hands into her hair.

Ianto sat with her, "The Doctor said something, he said about me witnessing my own death." He stopped, "I guess if you didn't come, I would of been really dead."

"Yea," She shrugged, "But The Doctor is gone now, and it's me and you..." Nyx laughed, "I guess we're going to find us some Mite tech..."

"Nyx I have to tell you..." Ianto sighed, "Tosh and Owen," He froze seeing her face, "You already know about them."

"Yea, why do you think I have been bouncing all around time and Space," She stopped, "I had to choose, and I couldn't find a way to save Tosh, I wish I could, but her death was..."

Ianto sighed, "Owen, you was going to use the Nanogenes to bring him back to life." He watched her face, "But you use them to save me."

Nyx nodded, "I was," She then bit her lip, "Now we've got to get moving." She got to her feet turning to Ianto, "I really am sorry, I just couldn't lose you."

"Lose me," Ianto now started to follow Nyx, "I'm not mad at you, but I am confused." He see the control room now, and he couldn't believe it. "How big is this place?"

"Like a small city," Nyx felt herself getting confident. "But we need to find this Mite tech, and I have an idea where."

Ianto held on, he felt the TARDIS was moving now, "But I am getting a feeling that this is not where it ends for us..." He couldn't wrap his head around what was going on, but he knew it couldn't be too bad.