Hey everyone! Sorry I took more than a week, got a little busy with my college classes.

orlha, They do live a long time but not really as long as Time Lords. I suppose to Time Lords, when they are assigned a Vaihtaja it's almost like us getting a dog on a different scale of years though. I hope that made sense cause reading that again I'm not too sure haha.

Okay, anyways, finally Chapter 17!~

We spent most of the day walking around and browsing through stores. Rose was eager to show me everything about the modern world and I was just as eager to learn about it. After I'd had my fill of the crowded city, we made our way to a pier. I inhaled deeply as the wind blew into my face. It ignited something within me, making me run to the edge so I could climb up on the railing and lean over. I giggled to myself, spreading my arms wide as the wind blew stronger.

This is amazing.

Aspen, having been prowling around in my head for quite a while, seemed to sigh with contentment. I could sense that she was tired, very tired. 'It's nice out there, isn't it? I can feel your peace.' She says, so curious about the world.

She wasn't such a bad creature, but I still was afraid of her around the Time Lord. She hated him so much, but it was like she was coping with it now that she realized I wasn't going to let her harm him. He was pack now. We don't hurt pack and even though I wasn't quite sure what Aspen was, she understood pack.

'I wonder if...' I didn't finish my words, I was searching within me to the barrier that she was behind. I could almost see it, like it was clear in darkness and yet I knew it was there at the same time. I couldn't see her, but I felt her and I could see dull red eyes. She was miserable. Once again guilt gripped my heart.

Using what was me, my essence, for lack of better words, I forced my way through the crack in the barrier that was still a while from being fixed. I grabbed at her, pulling her and coaxing her to freedom, but just a taste.

It was so much more smooth. Interesting. So if she was forcing herself through it would be painful, but letting her come through, that was okay. When my eyes opened again, they weren't my own. And I knew they weren't. I focused on keeping her in the front with me in the back. It was difficult, a mind wasn't meant to have two souls within it. It was bad enough she was even there in the barrier, but putting both of us completely conscious in the same area was hard on us both.

'Oh, Khaz!' She gasped. I felt her lean my body forward, embracing the air. I felt her become ecstatic, her energy changing from depressed to surging with hope and excitement. 'This is beautiful. I can't remember the last time I've seen everything so clearly.'

Everything for me was getting rather foggy. One of us was going to loose consciousness if we weren't careful.

"If you fall in, I'm not saving you." Jack's voice ran in our ears. Aspen whirled around, blinking owlishly. They'd been caught. Jack flinched, taking a step back with fear flicker in his eyes.

Aspen smiled gently. "Hello, Jack Harkness." She says. "My, you are handsome."

'Alright, enough Aspen.' I snarled, waking back up tenfold and fighting my way back to the surface. She chuckled, allowing me without a fight and making the whole ordeal of her going back beyond the barrier painless and easy.

With Aspen safely on the inside of the barrier, I open my eyes once more. Jack looked so confused.

"It's alright Jack, I was just experimenting." I assured him. "I feel so guilty for locking her up in there...and the barrier will be completely sealed over soon...I'm not sure I made the right decision."

"So what are you thinking?" Jack asks, I can hear his worried tone.

"I'm not sure. If I'm wanting to set her free, I can't do it with you and Doctor around. Especially the Doctor, because she hates Time Lords and she'll be harder to control."

I looked down as I dared wonder if it were possible for me to leave the group. I liked them, a lot. I mean, I didn't really know The Doctor and Rose like I did Jack. Jack was my pack and I didn't want to leave him, but I couldn't ask for him to come with me to do this. They traveled in a freakin' time machine. All they had to do was meet up with me again when I had things under control.

"Well, we could leave. Find our own ship again." Jack offered. I smiled at him, loving that he was willingly to do that.

"If I left, I kind of would like to live a life here for a bit. Earth is nice, you know." These humans, they were so carefree and had no clue about the danger they were in, even now. I envied their ignorant race. They went to work, paid their bills, and most importantly had a family to go home to. It made me wish that after all this, I would have a home to. That was impossible, though. Everyone was dead.

A little girl's giggles caught my attention. I scanned the pier until I found a small blonde girl with a similar blonde boy. The girl was young and the boy just a couple years older. They looked to be playing a game of tag while trailing behind their parents. A smile tugged at my lips. I could remember when my youngest brother and I were that young. We'd played tag too, among other games. Often times little games turned into shifting and a scuffle with lots of scratches and bruises, but it was all in good fun. It really got interesting when all of us got together. In total there were four of us, the biggest gap between the first two offspring and my brother and myself.

"...Khaz?"

I jumped, completely startled out of my thoughts. Rose had a worried look that mirrored Jack's, only his held fear still. Did he still fear me, or was it that I was thinking about leaving them?

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" I asked.

"Mickey found a great restaurant to eat at, are you coming with us?"

"Yeah, sure. Let's go!" I forced a smile on my face and shoved the thoughts of leaving and home away for another time. This was supposed to be a relaxing and carefree day, after all.

"Wow...this place is amazing!"

I couldn't contain my excitement, there were so many different scents and sights. I'd never been in a restaurant before, except for a couple in the old days as a dog. I was intrigued by it all, I wanted to try it all.

This was the adventure I wanted, the adventure of the human world. To discover all it had to offer.

Someone handed me a menu...but I couldn't read it. I may be able to understand it, but there was no way I could actually read it. I felt my face heat up when I turned to Jack and asked for help. With his help I was able to pick something out and after a while it was brought to us. Not too long after our food arrived, Jack launched into a story that I'd heard about a dozen times, so while he was running his mouth I excused myself to the bathroom.

I took my time in there, investigating some of the things I hadn't really encountered before or just hadn't needed as a dog. After that I just kinda aimlessly wandered the restaurant, attracting some strange looks as I did. As I watched, I realized that it would be rather easy to live like this. I could just settle down in this time period, do what humans do.

Eventually I wandered back to our table and took my place by Jack's side. I stared at the plate as I thought about when my parents had left me on Earth. What was I supposed to do? I found Jack and I found Doctor...what now? I had my new pack, but I was still feeling unbelievable lost.

"And I was having such a nice day."

The Doctor's voice took me out of my thoughts, making me glance up from my dish to see him holding up a newspaper with a woman on it. Jack and I weren't given much of an explanation before we were running through the city to a huge white building. As we entered the building I had to bite back a laugh. Upon walking in, they all positioned themselves according to how I saw them in the pack.

The Time Lord was leading us, like the alpha he was, with Rose beside him like the faithful Beta. Jack, once the leader when our pack was just two, naturally attempted to take the lead. He would have to settle for a warrior, as he certainly could fight bravely like one. I came up behind him, being yet another warrior, and then our omega trailing behind. I bit my lip to try and fight the smile at my own thoughts.

We came to a stop, Jack to the right and Doctor to the left. Jack was the first to start speaking.

"According to intelligence, the target is the last surviving member of the slitheen family, a criminal sect from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius -"

"Try saying that five times fast." I interrupted. My sarcasm fell on deaf ears as Jack continued.

"Masquerading as a human being, zipped inside a skin suit." He took off his scarf and barreled on through. I glanced at the Doctor with a knowing look. He had to be at least a little irritating that Jack had gone into alpha mode.

"Okay, plan of attack – we assume a basic 57-56 strategy, covering all available exits on the ground floor. Doctor you go face to face- that'll designate exit one. I'll cover exit two. Rose, you'll have exit three, Mickey and Khaz exit four. Have you got that?" He asked us all. I was very close to laughing as the others stared between the two with a confused look.

"Excuse me, who's in charge?" The real alpha questioned, scolding the warrior.

"Sorry. Waiting for order, sir."

"Right. Here's the plan." Doctor begins with a stern voice. "Like he said. Nice plan. Anything else?"

"Present arms."

They all whipped out a cell phone. I looked down at everyone's hands as it continued down the line. "Hey, how come I don't have one of those!" I complained. The four ignored me as they checked their phones. I looked at Mickey's and the Rose's in confusion, wondering how they worked.

"See you all in hell." Jack announces with a smirk.

Rose, Jack, and Doctor all went their separate ways. I huffed and took a hold of Mickey, who wasn't moving anywhere. "C'mon Mickey." I grumbled to him.

It was no surprise that they teamed me up with our little omega. He wasn't nearly experience in the alien thing as the rest of the pack was. I was running through the scenarios through my head and it occurred to me that I was in the wrong form. I glanced at Mickey and knew I was going to scare the pee out of him.

For now, I would try my best not to shift. I could do that, right? We're just trying to capture some alien woman, there's no need for that.

This chapter might answer a couple questions I've seen : P