I'm back! Thanks for waiting for me but since I came back, everything's changed! The Doctor has a new suit anda new assistant. I'm not sure which looks weirder. Then I find that the layout for the sight's different plus, is it just me or have there been a lot of Reinette-hate fics recently? I didn't like her either but what happened to all the fluffy Rose/Doctor fics? Oh, I'm on a rant, now. You best just read and review while I talk to myself for a while. Here we go again...

Judge and Executioner

The Doctor felt Jack's eyes boring into his skin like a pneumatic drill, digging deeper to find the truth he was longing to see. He knew that Jack deserved to know what happened, he couldn't escape it but he dreaded to think what Jack what do. Would he be angry? Would the Doctor be able to sense the pure seething hatred for him emanating from Jack's skin? All the Doctor could sense from him now was frustration. Annoyance at him for this blatant avoidance. But now it was crunch time for the panicked Doctor. He had to tell Jack. He had to tell him. "Doctor, please."

Looking up, he saw a reflected piece of empathy in Jack's face. "There were others before you, Jack, you know that, right?" Jack nodded slightly. The chair scraped along the floor as Jack sat opposite the Doctor, "We landed in Utah in 2012. That was when she found Adam, and I let him on board." The Doctor hung his head in guilt and shame.

"Rose told me about him, before. She said you chucked him out but she never said why."

He laughed lightly and stared Jack in the eye, "He messed about with history. Got a door installed in his head, phoned home with information for his own gain and I chucked him out on his ear. Maybe if I'd checked the date then…" He trailed off, swallowing a lump in his throat

"Doctor, what happened to Rose?"

"I'd only just come back for her, you see. I left her here after we got in trouble, bad trouble and I couldn't risk her getting hurt again. I should've known better."

I have seen peace. I have seen pain,
Resting on the shoulders of your name.
Do you see the truth through all their lies?
Do you see the world through troubled eyes?
And if you want to talk about it anymore,
Lie here on the floor and cry on my shoulder,
I'm a friend.

The tears streaked down his face silently. "I told her, Jack. I told her I loved her. And Rose told me the same. She said she loved me. We…spent the night together." A small smile tugged at the corners of the Doctor's mouth. "But he found her. Adam teamed up with an old enemy of mine. Stole her right from under my nose." Jack saw the Doctor's eyes blacken harshly, his stare was piercing. "He took her, Jack. They tortured her, beat her; took her blood because they thought she was pregnant with my child!"

Jack's mouth fell open in disgust and shock. "What? How is that…it's not possible. They did that to her!"

"That's not the worst part Jack. He raped her." Now Jack's own eyes turned black with hate but he waited. "Adam raped her in front of me. He took her hostage after I stopped his first plan. He took her hostage and tortured her in front of my eyes. You can't even imagine what it's like, can you?" Jack didn't answer, stoically quiet. "You wouldn't want to imagine because now…you've seen what it's done to her. You've seen her eyes."

He nodded glumly in agreement and broke he reverence. "They're not Rose's eyes anymore, are they? She's gone…"

His voice was flat. "Rose is broken and I don't know how to fix her."

I have seen birth. I have seen death.
Lived to see a lover's final breath.
Do you see my guilt? Should I feel fright?
Is the fire of hesitation burning bright?
And if you want to talk about it once again,
On you I depend. I'll cry on your shoulder.
You're a friend.

Jack stared at the Doctor. Bloodied jacket, ripped shirt. Tear stained face. "What aren't you telling me, Doctor?"

The Doctor's eyes shot like a whip downwards. "What makes you think there's something else."

"In any incarnation I'd know there was something else. Now, what aren't you telling me?"

"Adam…Adam showed me something. Something from his memory. After I left Rose, she tried to…she swallowed pills and Adam… he found her…"

"He saved her didn't he?"

"Yeah. He saved her. I can't even lay a finger on him now because he saved her. D'you understand?"

Jack felt anger bubbling up inside him. A volcano spewing lava. "No, I don't! This man joined forces with an enemy of yours! He kidnapped Rose! He tortured her! Judging by the amount of blood on you both, he must've cut her open! He frightened the life out of her. Literally!" Jack stood, fists clenched and shaking. The chair falling backwards into nothingness. "He raped her! And you're just gonna let him get away with it because he had a conscience once upon a time!"

"I can't…" the Doctor began but Jack cut him off, thumping his fists onto the table top.

"One good deed doesn't just wipe away what he's done to Rose!"

The Doctor stood up, staring Jack straight in the eye. "Don't you think I know that! Every time I see his face, everytime he says a word; I can see him hurting her. I hear his words telling me there's nothing left. I can feel her hope, her life ebbing away because of him. But I can't do a damn thing about it!"

You and I have lived through many things.
I'll hold on to your heart.
I wouldn't cry for anything,
But don't go tearing your life apart.

I have seen fear. I have seen faith.
Seen the look of anger on your face.
And if you want to talk about what will be,
Come and sit with me, and cry on my shoulder,
I'm a friend

Jack rounded around the table and squared himself next to the Doctor. "So, what? That's it, huh? You're just gonna let him destroy her? Let her fester in the memories? I saw her, Doctor; she's not the same Rose anymore. Adam took it away. He took it all away from her and you won't do a thing about it!"

"Because I can't, Jack; he saved her life! I put the sonic screwdriver straight to his heart, when he was unarmed! I could've killed him with a flick of a switch but I didn't! I couldn't!"

Jack stepped back from him, shaking his head, "Just because he's unarmed doesn't mean he's not dangerous. Rose can't survive knowing that he could do it again."

"You've been away too long, Jack. You've forgotten. Rose would never forgive me if she knew I'd killed an unarmed man."

"She'd never forgive you if you let him go, either." He stared at the floor for a second before fixing the Doctor's stare with his own. "Where is he? What did you do with him?" The Doctor remained silent as Jack's frustration levels went hyper. "Where is he now?"

"I can't tell you that, Jack. I can't risk him overpowering you and getting back to Rose because, I'll tell you one thing; he's strong. He has power over anyone. He'll use anything to get to you. You know I can't risk losing you both."

"And you know as well as I do that I can't have him alive. Adam raped Rose! Adam tortured Rose! And if you won't kill him, then I will." Silence settled over them both.

Until a muffled scream sliced through the tension, like a blade through young skin.

And if you want to talk about it anymore,
Lie here on the floor and cry on my shoulder,
Once again.
Cry on my shoulder,
I'm a friend.

A/N: Now you probably hate me, but before you give up, I promise that it's not what you think. Much.