Jack's Agenda Part Three
Notes: I am so, so, so, so (put in as many so's as you like) SORRY for not updating! I think my muse was having a bit of a nap…and just as things were about to get exciting!
I guess the reason for this is the bad habit of working on too many fics at time. I currently have this one, another Doctor Who one and a Pokemon one on the go, so I got confused and befuddled and didn't manage my time correctly…and when I was building up loyal fans too!
Anyway, I'm really sorry, I've finished those fics now, so I'm giving this my full attention! …and to anyone who likes this story…you can have a cookie. OK?
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Tear22: You're WHAT? Secretly male! Oh no! Whatever shall I do, I've been deceived! Melodramatics over now…hmmm, that's interesting. I think Jack Sparrow's slightly more weird than Jack, but I can see some similarities…yeah, I wanted to use this subject because I don't think it's been done all that much. You know how, uh, 'unique' I am!
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And finally, the update you've all been waiting for!
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Stella didn't feel quite as nervous as she probably should have, which was interesting. This was definitely more dangerous than anything she'd ever done before, except maybe the whole rollerblade chase thing…anyway, breaking into a police HQ was in a totally different league. And she was a child then. She'd had five years to grow up. Which made it all the stranger that they'd only been travelling a couple more weeks.
She walked into the control room, stubbing her toe on a spanner, which alerted the others to her presence as she hopped about swearing.
"Hi guys," she said, rubbing her toe. They all looked as nervous as she did…well, except the Doctor, who was pretending not to care. That was so like him. Feel uncomfortable, cover it up.
"Nice…uh, clothes," said Jack, looking bemusedly at her. She was wearing black Docs, black trousers, a black top and a black jacket. Teamed with her dyed black hair, she almost looked like a Goth. Except, more heavily freckled.
"What?" demanded Stella. "It's just black. Black is covert!" Jack just grinned at her.
"OK Stella," he said. "Right, we're all here now, that's good…" He cleared his throat. "I managed to find out where the library was by using an infra red scan. The disks are metal, which means a lot of blue in one place. It's on the third floor."
"Cool," said Stella, who had been unable to shake the teenage dialect.
"Exactly." Jack beamed. "Doctor, I'll might need you to tamper with some alarms, but I don't think there'll be all that much to contend with. They're not storing anything else valuable there, and besides, it's open at the moment. They're answering distress calls from all around the sector, and it'll have loads of people reporting crimes. Shouldn't be a problem."
"Whenever someone says that, I get nervous," said the Doctor. "I'll land the TARDIS. Rose, give me a hand?"
Rose got into position and held down the levers she was told to whilst the Doctor rushed around like a mad thing. Jack was also shouted at to take some controls.
"Still don't trust me Doctor?" teased Stella.
"Not at all. Push that." Stella grinned and took her place as the TARDIS began to materialise in a dark corner of the building. Third floor.
They sneaked out of the box as soon as it stopped flashing. Thankfully, the TARDIS had picked a deserted corridor. Rose breathed a sigh of relief. She'd eaten a large breakfast. She didn't want to run too quickly too soon.
"Here. I downloaded the scan you did onto here," said the Doctor, passing Jack his little navigation computer.
"Good thinking. Knew I could rely on you," said Jack, leading the party through a maze of corridors. Stella glanced around nervously, wishing she'd worn her skates instead of her clumpy Docs. The boots seemed to make an awful lot of noise on the metal floor.
Everything was metal really. Even the cleaners, thought Stella, as a robot with a mop glided by, thankfully not looking their way. And…where were the people?
"I thought you said it would be packed," hissed Rose, obviously thinking the same thing.
"I know. I don't understand it. Either things have really changed since I was here, or something's wrong," said Jack, frowning. "Maybe we should call this off."
"We're not in trouble yet," reasoned the Doctor. "Let's keep going."
They approached an information desk near to a lift. But there was no one sat behind it.
"This is creepy," whispered Stella.
"It's like a ghost building," agreed Rose.
"But I saw people on the scan this morning," insisted Jack. "Red means people. Unless someone foxed the sensors."
"Why would anyone do that?" asked Stella. "Why would they want to make it look like there were people here?" They paused in the deserted reception area. The Doctor shrugged and sat behind the computer.
"I'll do some hacking," he said, cracking his knuckles. Rose peered over his shoulder and started asking "What's that?" and pointing to various things on the screen.
"They will be here forever," said Jack, gritting his teeth. "Just make sure you shut off any alarms, OK? Come on Stella." Stella waved to them and followed Jack. They came to a locked door.
"This is it," said Jack, fumbling for his sonic gun. "Told you this would be easy." Stella rolled her eyes and leant against the wall. It moved so swiftly and silently she was taken by surprise. She didn't even gasp as, in pure Scooby Doo fashion, the wall twirled round and whisked her away. "And we're in!" Jack looked around triumphantly. "Stella?" He shrugged. "Must've gone back to the Doctor," he said to himself, walking into the library.
It was huge. Really, really huge. Which was completely sickening because it contained shelf upon shelf of human memories. Jack looked around. Still nobody. He located the 'H' shelf and quickly found Harkness. Just one disk hid two years of his life. Grinning with excitement, he began running back towards the Doctor, and found somebody else was already there.
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"Oh, this is just so clichéd," muttered Stella as she found herself whizzing down a little steel chute. Her Docs and then the rest of her slammed into what appeared to be a dead end but in reality was just the end of the chute and a big ol' hole in the floor. Which she fell through.
She was pleasantly surprised when she landed in water. Water she could handle after years of swimming. She trod water thoughtfully as she looked around the huge tank. No sharks or jellyfish or piranhas. Just water. It wasn't even very big. In fact, the only threat here seemed to be to her Docs, which were already soaked through and probably beyond repair. She kicked them off and her black denim jacket. They were too heavy now, and she didn't know how long she would be treading water.
She swam around the tank, but it was completely enclosed except for the hole she had come through. She even swam down to the bottom, completely trashing her make up. Nothing there either. There was a seam around a square panel, but there was no way of opening it.
She wasn't in any immediate danger, so she kicked back, floating on her back.
It was almost nice.
Until the panel slowly began to open and the water started draining away. Stella panicked. So this was it. She was going to drown in a pipe somewhere in space. Great.
But the water level didn't seem to be getting any lower. More openings had appeared in the ceiling, and water pounded through.
It was when she started moving that Stella got it. They weren't going to suck her into a pipe. They were going to drown her in a whirlpool.
"Well this is just peachy," she muttered.
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There was a gun pressed at Jack's back and another aimed at him from behind the desk. The Doctor and Rose were slumped on the floor. Even now, more guards were dragging them away.
One of the guards was muttering into a headset. "…just as you expected. I'll bring him straight up." He grinned at Jack. "We caught you red handed. It's time for a celebration. You get to meet the boss."
"Great," said Jack. "Service with a smile." I was set up. They knew I was coming. They foxed the sensors and…oh God, what happened to Stella? How could this happen?
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Lotsa questions there Jack-o-lantern. And I'm guessing you guys are probably thinking along the same lines, am I right? Yes? Thought I was.
Anyway, welcome the return of Jack's Agenda with many huzzahs and reviews and ye shall be rewarded!