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Disclaimer-The Doctor, Jack, Rose, The TARDIS, Romana (I'm not entirely sure who she is, but I'm told she's with the 4th Doctor, and I've never seen those episodes), Time Lords and Daleks are not mine. They belong to the BBC or whoever's doing Doctor Who these days. Emily, Jonathan, Alexis and the other Time Lord mentioned in this chapter are mine. Don't sue, I'm making no profit...I don't think I am, anyways...nope, still no money in this old bank account of mine.
Emily crawled out from beneath the TARDIS, her purple shirt streaked with dust. The sonic screwdriver was in her hand and she shook her head. Looking at the monitor one last time, she stood.
"There's nothing wrong with the TARDIS, for once. All her systems are working fine. It must be something in the heart of the TARDIS. She knows something is missing. We've got to figure it out before it sends us to the dark ages or something. Or too some planet where humans and humanoids aren't allowed." Emily told the Doctor, who sighed. He was thinking. Something missing…what had been on the TARDIS that was gone recently. He could feel the sadness radiating from the TARDIS, mourning her loss.
Someone knocked on the TARDIS door. Emily opened it and Rose was standing there. She smiled and Emily moved aside to let her in. Rose looked around. It hadn't changed much since she'd last seen it. Still felt cozy, felt like home.
"That's it! I'm so bloody brilliant! I'm so brilliant it hurts sometimes. Rose, you're what the TARDIS misses. She's felt how alone I feel and all the TARDIS wants is for her Doctor to be safe and happy. I was safe, sure, but not happy. Rose Tyler, would you like to resume your travels onboard the TARDIS?" The Doctor asked, gathering Rose in his arms. Emily groaned and turned around, leaving the control room. Didn't get and more gross than that. Her parents making out on the TARDIS controls. It made her wonder what else they had done on the controls.
She entered the kitchen and found Jonathan sitting there with some chips. He looked annoyed at being alone. Emily grinned and sat down beside him, pulling the chips towards her. He looked sharply up at her, but his expression softened when he saw Emily.
"Mum and Dad are making out in the control room. Downright gross. I wonder where else they've done it. Never mind, I don't want to know." Emily shuddered. Jonathan grinned and took his chips back. Emily raised her eyebrows in a challenge. Jonathan grinned and jumped away from the table, taking the chips with him. Emily lunged after him, following him out of the kitchen.
The whole TARDIS shook. Emily clung to the control panel, her eyes flying over the controls. The Doctor cried out as he fell and hit his head on the floor. Jack was hanging onto the railing that surrounded the controls, and Jonathan was holding Rose tightly to him, clinging onto one of the organic shaped pillars that circled the room.
"Something hit us. It's a Time Agency ship. Damn!" Emily cursed as the ship was hit again. This time she lost her grip and fell back towards the railing. Jack caught her and pulled her close, shielding her with his body. The Doctor managed to get off the floor and was manipulating the controls, grabbing the panels every time the ship was rammed.
"Are they trying to kill us?" Rose cried, her knuckles turning white. She watched Emily make her way back to the controls and was pressing buttons and pulling levers rapidly.
"I'm setting us down. I have no idea where. Just hang on!" Emily grabbed the nearest handhold and wrapped herself around it. She closed her eyes and waited for the TARDIS to hit the ground. It shuddered one last time and the engines were quiet. The room was dark, a panel was spitting sparks. The lights had died.
"Everyone alright?" The Doctor asked, groaning. His head felt like it was about to explode and he tasted blood. He felt dazed, and could hear Emily's feet hit the floor, followed by the rest of her. She cried out in pain and didn't move.
"Emily? Are you alright?" The Doctor felt his way around the control board to his daughter. She was stretched out on the floor, her hands clenched into fists.
"Emily?" Rose asked, moving towards her.
"Someone turn the damn lights on. I think something's broken." She growled, and heard someone walk towards the console and feel around for a switch. She rolled her eyes, knowing they'd never find it.
"Hold still." Emily heard the Doctor order, and smiled. Ironic, isn't it? The Doctor becoming a doctor. She heard the sonic screwdriver hum and saw the blue light. Then she heard her father curse. Something she was sure she hadn't heard him say before. She didn't understand it either.
"Your leg is broken, you've got stress fractures to your wrists and you have a concussion. Which means you're going to have to stay awake Understand?" the Doctor told her, and Emily's grin twisted into a grimace as pain shot up her leg. I could've told you that.
Something beat on the TARDIS door. Jack groaned and then hit a switch. Light flooded the room.
"Open the door, Doctor. You've been harboring the criminal Jack Harkness. You and your accomplices will be placed under arrest by the authority-"
"Ya didn't tell me it was Jack! Jack's not a criminal!" Another voice rang out. Jack looked towards the door, wishing he could see out. He hadn't heard that voice in years.
"Alexis? Is that you?" Jack asked, and he moved towards the door. The Doctor looked up and caught Jack in his gaze. Jack stopped. If he opened the TARDIS door, the Time Agents could get in.
"Jack? Yeah, it's me. They should have told me we were bein' sent to arrest ya. Hey, get ya damn hands off me. I'm not doin' anythin'. " Alexis said, and Jack heard punches being dealt. He hadn't seen Alexis in ages.
"Who's this Alexis?" Rose asked, and Jack grinned. He was waiting for this, and was waiting for their response.
"Is everything under control out there, Alexis? Is it safe for me?" Jack asked, and heard a few more punches and a buzz.
"Yeah, everythin's fine. You know I wouldn't let them get to ya. Gotta look out for ya., like I told the old lady." Alexis said, and the TARDIS door opened a crack. Jack looked out and found six Time Agents lying in heaps on the ground. A lanky girl stood their, her black hair tied up out of her face. She was wearing a white form fitting top and what looked like black cargo pants. There was a helmet between her feet and she had a grin from ear to ear on her face.
"Doctor, Rose, Emily, Jonathan, I'd like you to meet my sister, Alexis Harkness." Jack told them and sure enough, he didn't have to wait all that long for a response from his companions.
"Sister? You never told us you had a sister." The Doctor said, holding Emily. Alexis took one look at Emily and knew she was in a bad condition.
"Ya need to take her to the nearest hospital. She doesn't look too good. She's got a concussion from us rammin' into ya'll, am I right? Sorry 'bout that. Just doin' my job. Didn't know my bro here was onboard. But no one's dead, so no major harm done. I've got nanogenes on my ship, if you'd like to take her there. She's not human, I reckon." Alexis flashed an all to familiar smile, the one Jack always used.
"Um, no, Emily's not human. You've got a ship? Can I see it? If it's a Time Ship, so help me I'm kicking you out." Jack said, and Alexis grinned. Jack's jaw dropped.
"You're kidding me. That is not fair!" Jack cried, and the Doctor sighed. Emily shifted in his arms, and she coughed impatiently. Jack turned to look at her, and saw the blue eyes narrow.
"Right, uh, Alexis, your ship. Oh, by the way, this is your nephew, Jonathan." Alexis smirked and pointed to her ship, a large sleek vessel. It was black, and had a red marking on it, a phoenix.
"Oh…….she's beautiful." Jack said, and walked up to the ship. He ran a hand along the side of it, reveling at the craftsmanship. Alexis opened her ship, and gestured inside. The Doctor looked at Jack, not wanting to trust a girl they had just met, even if it was Jack's sister.
"Hey, If I was gonna hurt ya, I would have done it by now. I make it a point not to kill any Time Lords I stumble across. And they're all over the place, lemme tell ya. So come on. She may be an alien, but even as an alien two broken legs and a concussion is hard to deal with. Now, unless ya want people starin', which they're bound to, come on inside." Alexis said a bit impatiently, and moved inside. Jack and Rose followed, the Doctor and Emily last.
"Set her down here. I'll tell the nanogenes what to do. Any of ya hurt?" Alexis asked, and the Doctor shook his head. He wasn't hurt badly, just some bruises that would heal in a few days. Emily had taken the damage…how he hadn't yet figured out.
Thousands of tiny orbs of light surrounded Emily. Emily winced as she felt the broken bones shifting back into place, but felt the pain lessen and her mind became clearer. Her concussion faded, leaving Emily with a feeling like she had just woken up. She sat up and felt residual pain in her legs and wrists, but knew that it would fade in a moment.
"Thanks a bunch, Alexis. I'm Emily Tyler, by the way. Now, what was it you said about Time Lords?" Emily tried to stand and found her legs were still a bit useless. The Doctor and Jonathan grabbed her before she fell to the floor.
"Oh yeah, they're everywhere. I talked to one just the other day. Romana, I think her name was….somethin' like that, anyways. She said she was lookin' for the Doctor, she had to tell him his people were alive. They're ready to fight, Doctor, that's what I was told to tell ya if I ran across ya. I don't know where they're at, but I'm sure you could use the alien technologies in your TARDIS to find others, couldn't ya? I do the same in my ship." Alexis flipped a few switches on her ship and the nanogenes disappeared.
The Doctor was silent. His people. Alive. Ready to fight, for whatever that was worth. Why did they need to fight? The Daleks were gone, the Master hadn't been seen in centuries. Another threat? Something greater than the Daleks wanted the Time Lords gone?
"Where was she? Do you remember?" the Doctor asked, and Alexis leaned back, thoughtful.
"New Earth, I believe. About thirty years after the whole zombie incident thing at that hospital, I do believe. She said she couldn' stay long, but I'm sure with the TARDIS Ya could go back to when she was there. I can give ya the exact time I was there, my ship keeps logs on that kinda stuff." Alexis went over to the pilot seat, and started typing on a keyboard. A tense moment later, she pulled something up on a large screen.
"Yeah, here. I ran into another Time Lord who was also lookin for ya. Didn't tell me his name, although I gather he doesn' like ya much. He told me to tell ya to watch out, they're back. Bad Wolf didn' get them all. Whatever that means."
"Bad Wolf didn't get them all? What's that about?" Jack asked, and Rose and the Doctor locked eyes.
"Oh, no no no, Rose, you are not doing that again. You gave me a new lease on life, Rose, and I died for it. I don't feel like regenerating again. I've gotten rather comfortable in this new form. I was in my last incarnation for a grand total of six of your human years. That's my shortest incarnation Rose, and I loved every minute of it. But don't make me do it again." The Doctor said and Rose sighed.
"What did I miss while I was down for the count?" Jack asked, getting equally confused looks from his son and from Emily.
"Don't worry about it. Something personal Rose and I went through that I don't care to discuss in front of my daughter. Perhaps I'll tell you later, Jack, but for now, drop it." The Doctor had taken on a nasty tone that shocked Emily. He hadn't had this tone since some jerk had kidnapped her. Boy was the Doctor, and Jonathan and Jack for that matter, pissed.
"Okay, So we're going to head off to this, I've got to talk to Romana. Jack, you can stay here, I'll be back when I've found her. Rose, Emily, come with me." The Doctor strode out of Alexis's Time Ship, Emily and Rose following, confused.
"So we're supposed to stay here, waiting for them to get back. The Time Lords are ready to fight something Bad Wolf didn't get, and I think that Rose is Bad Wolf. Daleks! There are still Daleks out there, trying to build an army to destroy the Time Lords, and they're going to stand and fight! Oh, this is great!" Jack cried, sitting down.
"Well, at least I'll die in company of a couple of nice women." Jonathan said, and Alexis shook her head. Typical males.