Very, very, sorry this took so long, kinda had a bit of writers block, but it's here now. Yay. A small note to say that I'll be starting college on the 1st of September, so I wont be able to add...as much. Lol I know I've been adding slowly anyway, but still. I hope you all stay loyal and are still here when I'm done learning, or when I have the time to add.
Disclaimer: Still don't own Doctor Who.
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Part 2: Meet and compare, if you can.
Doctor Snow was a young looking man, -wait a moment 'young?' Doctor John Snow dies in 4 years time, now that can't be right, he should be 41- he was clearly very proud of his work and it showed in the way he carried himself. He was a first class show off.
"Hi!" the Doctor said smiling cheerfully.
"Hello…" Dr. Snow eyed him carefully; "You must be the Doctor, they informed that you were waiting to see me…is there something I can do for you?" he asked, in a soft voice that belied an air of patronising.
"Yes you can, you can tell me about this building, it's past, 'cause I've heard that it just appeared out of nowhere!" the Doctor said smiling slightly as he watched Dr. Snow squirm, he waved his hand and the butler who had opened the door shuffled from the room.
"Who are you?" Dr. Snow asked in a menacing tone.
"Who I am doesn't matter, who you are…now that's a different story, you're not Dr. John Snow! What have you done with him!" The Doctor demanded losing his temper slightly.
"He was working too slowly, so I sped his work up for him, made it happen 10 years sooner!" the impostor said smiling slightly. "Why are you complaining Doctor? I've saved thousands of human lives!"
"You've changed history! You can't do that!" he said watching 'Dr. Snow's' reaction.
"I think you'll find that I already have, and that there is nothing you can do to stop me!" he replied rubbing his hands together in a menacing way.
"So how did you do it?" the Doctor asked, preparing himself for a monologue.
"How did I do it? Hmm, well I got my hands on a decent time machine and took myself to a time that needed help, I killed John Snow before anyone knew who he was, made sure I left no tracks of course, then I, as John Snow, discovered the link between dirty water and Cholera, a simple and easy one really, when you have the know how, I saved these people, cleaned these streets, now…who are you? I don't normally tell people that, but I can tell there's something different about you Doctor, what is it?" He finished his piece with a smug smile. The Doctor was already on his feet and at the locked door; "It's locked!" 'Snow' said in a nonchalant tone.
"Not for long!" The Doctor replied retrieving the sonic screwdriver from his pocket, he flipped it on and soon the door was no match for him.
Snow looked astounded; "B-b-but how!" he asked.
"Ahh now that would be telling!" The Doctor said with a wink as he retreated from the building.
A loud shout of; "GET HIM!" could be heard from the building, and the Doctor jumped into a back ally to get away from several guards that left the building, this was serious, more serious than he had first thought. Now he had to meet up with Jack and Rose, hoping that they had, had as much luck as him. Now that he had a better idea of what was going on, he might have a hope of combating it. Might.
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Jack thought ruefully that he would have much preferred to go North, there didn't appear to be anything here. It was just as it appeared to be, an abandoned building, northing more nothing less. A loud screech from above caused Jack to jump, that woman's story had been more believable than Jack had first thought.
"Just bats." He told himself.
"Bats ain't wot you gotta worry 'bout in 'ere!" it was the old woman from before. "I fort I told ya' not to go in 'ere!" she whispered carefully.
"I was intrigued by your story, Miss…?" Jack left it open for her to answer, she looked at him for a moment wondering of course weather she should reply or not.
"Anne. You can call me Anne!" she said quietly.
"Well Anne, has anything strange happened here recently?" he asked looking around.
"Wot do you mean by strange?" she asked, Jack looked at her, she knew something.
"I mean strange out of the ordinary, look if you know something you have to tell me. It's important!" he said slowly, as if he were talking to a small child. She nodded slightly.
"Follow me…" she said as she led him through the old building and out round the back; "There's a young girl that 'angs round 'ere sometimes, she'll 'elp ya, she knows what's goin' on!" she nods to herself before moving away.
"Hey, where are you going?" Jack asks calling after her.
"You're trouble you are Mister, and I ain't hanging round 'ere for no trouble." Jack smiled and nodded.
"Thanks for your help. Bye Anne!" he said waving her off. The old woman hobbled away, Jack sighed, alone again, in a back ally waiting for a young woman who he knew nothing about, normally he would be excited by this prospect, but not today, today he was slightly worried. The reason Anne had given him hadn't been a truthful one. She was scared of this girl and Jack was going to find out why.
"Capitan Jack Harkness…hmm interesting…" a voice from the shadows spoke.
Jack leapt about a foot in the air, he turned to look and see if he could see who the voice belonged to; "W-who are you?" he asked unable to hide the apparent fear in his voice.
"A…friend…" she spoke softly.
"Well show your face then…friend!" he said regaining his composure.
A tall woman with dark brown hair stepped out of the shadows, she was stunning. Jack couldn't help but gasp as he took her in. "My name is Alyssa Goddard, and I'm a Time Agent!" Jack frowned and stepped back. "A former Time Agent. Sorry." His eyes narrowed, he wasn't sure if he could trust her. "So used to saying Time Agent, force of habit, I knew you, once…" she said slowly moving nearer.
"Good for you!" Jack said taking a step back.
"Look, I'm not here to hurt you, I need your help, I'm guessing you came here 'cause you noticed a power signal right!" Jack nodded and she continued; "Well the Time agency dumped me here, a last mission before I get 'relocated', but I'm stumped, I don't know what's going on here, the electric signal you detected was, from me." She said looking at him hopefully.
"Well then I have to go find my friends!" Jack said turning on his heal.
"Jack, please…" she begged.
"Please, what? Help you? Why should I help you?" he asked his tone no longer calm.
"Because, I need you. You know how hard it is when your on the wrong side of the time agency they'll be looking for me now, to wipe my memory like they did yours. You have to help me Jack, I'm your only hope of getting your memory back!" Jack watched her carefully.
"Really?" he asked. She nodded slowly. "Ok…old friend…come on we have to go find my friends!" he said and nodded his head back through the abandoned factory. She smiled gratefully as she followed.
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"Oh how rude of me…Miss do take a seat!" Mr Lock said motioning towards one of the chairs. He eyed her clothes carefully, her jeans and t-shirt that read; 'Babe' were staring him in the face. He made an attempt not to stare back. "So, you never said your name?" he said trying to find some paperwork to file, or something to take his mind of this girl.
"Rose…Rose Tyler!" she said smiling slightly; "So umm, when are the others going to arrive?" she asked, looking around.
He looked up at her again; "Soon, soon!" he said smiling at her. Rose was feeling uneasy; he kept stealing glances at her, thinking that she didn't notice. Rose began to think that no-one was coming so she was glad when someone knocked on the door.
Mr Lock moved over to the door and opened it; "Ahh Mr Thompson, it's nice to see you again!" he said in a bright voice. He opened the door a little wider to allow a small man to enter.
"It's good to see you again James!" Mr Thompson said graciously as he removed his hat. "Oh, hello." He said slightly surprised as he noticed Rose for the first time. Rose smiled shyly.
"Hi, I'm Rose...Rose Tyler!" she said extending her hand to him, as she surveyed him carefully and he did her. He was hansom, there was no doubt about that, a good looking man, he was now smiling at her and she noticed his perfect teeth, something that would have been quite unexpected had this been an ordinary 1854.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Tyler, I am Allen Thompson, I own this 'little group'!" he said smiling at her again. She almost melted as he did.
"Oh yes of course, I'm err new here, do you think you could explain what goes on here?" she asked politely, noticing the glance they exchanged. "If it's no trouble that is…" she added, leaving it open for Mr Thompson.
"No trouble Miss Tyler, in fact it would be my pleasure," Allen paused again to give her a sly look; "I established this little group, to suss out the paranormal, the unexplained, a few people with a good head on their shoulders, discussing things that are out of the ordinary, we have fun doing it too." He said smiling as he saw Rose's amused expression; "You must have come here for a reason my dear, and judging be your clothes," Rose looked down at herself, mentally cursing, she'd forgotten to change, "You are something out of the ordinary, am I right?" he asked, his gaze now making her feel uncomfortable. Rose fidgeted with her hands now worried that he wouldn't let her leave.
"Umm, I guess." Rose said trying not to give the game away, she couldn't tell him where she was from, nor could she tell him what she was here to investigate.
"Aha, so where are you from?" he asked smiling to himself.
"London." Rose stated calmly, it was the truth, she wasn't about to start lying.
"London?" he frowned, he hadn't been expecting her to say that; "Hmm, ok, how about, When are you from?" he smiled knowingly. She swallowed hard, how was she going to get out of this one?
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The Doctor arrived back at the TARDIS, only a few moments before Jack and his new 'companion' the Doctor sighed when he saw the woman following him.
"So where'd you pick this one up?" he asked sounding like an irritated parent.
"She was the one emitting the electrical signal." Jack said avoiding her gaze; "She's a Time Agent." He explained to the Doctor who nodded knowingly.
"Ahh, well hello there, I'm the Doctor, and you are?" he asked extending his arm to her. She took it smiling slightly.
"Alyssa Goddard, Jack's been telling me about you on the way here!" she said smiling, she was in awe, but she wouldn't let him know that. The last Time Lord in existence.
"Where is Rose!" the Doctor said now getting annoyed that she hadn't appeared. The Doctor was worried that she had somehow got herself into trouble, that was the sort of thing that Rose did.
"Maybe we should go look for her?" Jack suggested.
"We will, when you've told me what you found out!" the Doctor instructed.
"You didn't have much luck then?" Jack asked sounding amused.
"Oh no, I had luck, just not all of it was good." Jack smirked again.
"Well. I found out that your not the only one to be distressed by the lack of Cholera, the Time Agency sent Miss Goddard here to check it out, she though has had little if any luck finding out what's going on." The Doctor nodded. Jack had found out little to nothing of importance.
"Right, well never fear, for the Doctor is here. John Snow, isn't John Snow. It's an impostor. The real John Snow is meant to die in 4 years time at the age of 45, this John Snow, looks about 30, he's a legend in his own right, massive house, people coming at his beck and call. He's treated like a lord. We need to find out who this impostor is." The Doctor concluded.
"What? Is he like Rumpelstiltskin, if we know his name, he'll be defeated?" Jack asked raising an eyebrow.
The Doctor glared at him; "No. It may help, we can get the TARDIS to check things about him and maybe we will defeat him!" Jack nodded slowly.
"Right, well shall we go look for Rose now?" he asked noticing the look of panic that shot through the Doctor's eyes, as he realised that while they had been talking she still hadn't reappeared.
"Umm yes of course." The Doctor replied thinking; "We have to head West, that's where the power signal was, she may still be there. If we're lucky." Jack nodded.
"What are we going to do with her?" Jack asked eyeing Alyssa carefully.
The Doctor shrugged; "She can come with us I guess, she might be of some help." He said much to Jack's dislike, she followed on happily.
-Off to rescue Rose.- The Doctor thought to himself, even if they had no idea what they were saving her from, and if they were saving her at all.
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A/N: Oh that silly Rose, what has she got herself into now? Review please.
