Hey guys, I hope you will enjoy this story, as it may be confusing at times. You may have noticed, or may notice later, that I haven't done much with the Doctor. This is because I do not know how the 10th Doctor will be portrayed so I'm keeping some elements of the 9th and sticking to Rose and these new characters.
Marie looked at Jack. He had short brown hair and he was quite muscular. He usually has a friendly face but now he looked shocked.
"Was this meant to happen?" Jack whispered to Marie. He did not want to be heard as most of Versailles was outside crowded around the body and the Blue Box. Even the King and Queen had come out to investigate.
"No, but I don't know what they are doing here. They must have sent them." Marie said as she watched the man and young girl who had appeared from the box look about. She was grateful that nobody had seen them arrive, or history might have been changed.
"Why would they send them? Is it because of me?" Jack asked.
"Of course not. How would they know you are not really who you say you are? They have no idea your real name is Charlie." Marie asked.
"Then why are these two here? Obviously they are not from this period of time considering they came in a 1960's London Police Box," Jack said.
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Marie said and walked off.
Before Charlie could say anything, she had walked off and another woman came running towards him. She looked very pretty in her aristocratic dress, but Jack was not fond of this girl. She stuck too much by the rules and could jeopardise the whole mission. She long strawberry blonde hair and was quite thin. She always had a look of seriousness on her face when Charlie saw her, which was mainly due to the fact she did not approve of Charlie and Marie's way of handling the mission. She was also suspicious of Charlie, which he could not blame her for. She, however, did not know that Jack was not who he said he was. Nevertheless, she was caught up in this dilemma and could not ignore her comrades.
"Jacque, what is happening? Who are these people?" Gabrielle said while catching her breath.
"Marie has gone to find out. They have no business being here." Jacque said while watching the young girl who had appeared from the Blue Box. She looked very pretty and Charlie was mesmerised by her. Looks can deceive, Charlie told himself while thinking about his previous girlfriend Tina.
"Have you or Marie done anything to upset them?" Gabrielle asked, while looking for any signs of pressure on Jacque's face. She was testing him.
"No. You know me. I would not do anything to jeopardise our mission. Marie on the other hand is more laid back than me." Charlie said while trying not to give anything away. He knew that Marie had got involved with Louis Theréson.
"You're wrong. I barely know you. I've only heard about you until two years ago when we finally met, and frankly, I am disappointed." Gabrielle said. She saw him gave her this look but she could not interpret it. She thought it was either guilt, or shock, or anger, but it was too dark to see him properly.
"I am sorry to disappoint you. I will do better next time. Maybe the agency will set us up again after this mission." Charlie said, not trying to sound eager. He no more wanted to work with Gabrielle than someone willing to take poison.
The female stranger had hit her companion across the chest for some reason and smiled.
"I hope so, Jack Harkness, I really hope so." Gabrielle said and wandered off. She had other things to do than ponder why two strangers had suddenly appeared.
Charlie watched Gabrielle go. He was not fond of Gabrielle much. A shout came from the strangers. It sounded like Marie.
"What do you mean you've always been here? I saw you arrive in this blue box!" Marie said and one of the strangers, the male one, brought out a piece of paper. Charlie looked at it from behind the crowds and could see nothing. The stranger started saying something and Marie walked backed towards Charlie. The crowds started to disperse as well, as most of the excitement had gone. A few people had covered the body with a sheet they had found inside Versailles.
Charlie looked at Marie when she arrived in front of him. She looked a bit dazed.
"Well, what is going on?" Charlie asked, hoping it was nothing too serious. Marie blinked for a few seconds.
"They were always here, as is the blue box." Marie said, as if this was automatic.
"What? It's from the 20th century! They did something with that piece of paper." Charlie said and started to walk back to the strangers. They both looked at him, but Charlie was able to go no further. Marie had grabbed his hand.
"Like I said, they had always been here." She said and smiled. She had faked the whole thing, "As if some psychic paper can fool me. Let's just play along for a bit and see where this goes."
Charlie smiled.
Charlie held out his hand for Marie and his sleeve rolled backwards.
Marie took his hand and they both returned to Versailles, so as not to cause more suspicion.