"Emma," Jacques remained in the burning village looking for his daughter. He had seen his sons running towards the water with the other children, but their was no sign of his daughter. The smoke burned his eyes and lungs making it hard to continue. He coughed deep body shaking coughs, that made it hard to catch his breath again. Pulling his shirt over his mouth he held it there as he tried to figure out which way she had gone.
"Dad," His oldest son came running to his side.
"Where are your brothers Adam?" He asked in concern as he coughed again.
"They are safe with the other children, in the cove by the water. Let me help you." Adam begged.
"No, go back and protect Seth and James. I will be there soon." Jacques pointed towards the beach.
"But Dad," Adam began to protest.
"Go," He ordered, pushing his son away from the burning school house. Adam stumbled but then to Jacques relief did as he was told and headed back towards the water. He watched him for a moment to make sure he continued on his way before heading the opposite direction. In the center of the village he could hear the Time Lord laughing and other's screaming. Their screams were being cut off abruptly and Jacques tried not to think of the reason why. Making sure his mouth remained covered he began to move deeper into the village.
In the middle of the village he could see two men standing. Neither them or their female companions seem affected by the flames that were dancing around them. The taller man he recognized as the legendary Time Lord. Until this moment he thought the man was just a myth, passed down from generation to generation to scare children. He had been wrong though. He backed away slowly hoping that he hadn't been seen. If the Time Lord was here, he needed to get the children to safety and quickly. He just hoped the man standing up to him could stall the Time Lord long enough for him to accomplish it.
He still hadn't found Emma though. His heart burned at the thought of her and tears filled his eyes. The Time Lord had no mercy for women or children and if Emma had crossed his path. He tried not to stumble as he headed to the beach. His wife and him had cherished their only daughter and she was the apple of his eye. His wife should have been at their home, further out from the school house. Their was no fire coming from that direction and he prayed silently that he would find Emma safe there. First though he had to save his sons, turning he ran towards the water.
-DW-
The three of them set in the small break room of the hub, drinking tea. Both the Doctor and Jack were stumped on how to get the door open. The Doctor was leaning back, in his chair with his eyes closed. In his hand he still held his tea and Jack would have believed the man asleep if not for the fact that he was taking a drink every so often. Jack on the other hand was on his laptop scouring the Torchwood files, looking for any information on the strange door.
"What about using the TARDIS to go through the door." Martha asked. The Doctor opened one eye long enough to let her know what he thought of the idea, before closing it again. "Fine, it was just an idea." She huffed.
"Your files are useless Jack, if the door had been opened before, it would still be opened now." The Doctor opened his eyes fully and then sat up. "If you find a way to open it contact me. I have other places to be, then sitting here waiting for a door to open." He set down his tea cup and stretched.
"Have you tried unlocking the door," Martha asked and they both looked at her in amazement. "Well I mean you have scanned the door and used the sonic on. But have you simply tried to unlock it. Stop looking at me like that." She snipped as they continued to stare at her.
"Of course we have," Jack stated firmly as he looked towards the Doctor and the Doctor nodded his agreement. The Doctor continued on his way out of the room and a moment later Martha heard the sound of his sonic.
"Jack, Martha get in here," The Doctor called out excitedly. The actual door still remained invisible to the naked eye. Yet on the phone they could clearly see the door had opened a bit and on the wall a sliver of light had appeared that wasn't there before. Jack walked over to the wall and pressed it just behind the light again. The beam of light grew bigger and Martha watched as the door opened wider.
"Are you sure we should go through it?" Martha wondered, her voice shaking slightly from the excitement of the possibilities on the other side. "I mean if we go through are we going to be able to come back or will we be stuck there. You heard the man earlier, the door on his side leads to a storage room."
"I will go then. I have nothing to lose on this side and Gwen can take over Torchwood if I don't return," Jack informed them. Jack took a deep breath and went to step forward but the Doctor placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him. He turned to look at the Doctor as the Doctor shook his head no slowly.
"We will take the TARDIS. Now that the door is open I can scan to see where it comes out at." The Doctor informed them. Jack thought of disobeying the Doctor and continuing through the door anyway. The look in the Doctor's eyes though made him wonder.
"If the TARDIS doesn't work, I am going through anyway," Jack told him stubbornly as he headed towards the TARDIS.
"If the TARDIS doesn't work, I am sealing the door off again before you can," The Doctor informed him as he went on to the TARDIS after Jack. Martha considered not going at all as they bickered. In the end curiosity won and she joined them in the control room.