Second life
Hey!
This one doesn't really have a pairing! I wasn't really sure what to do, but I quite fancies delving into some of Jack's past a little so here it is! This is a Jack one and is inspired by all the lives Jack has lead over the years. Really just Jack reflecting on his life. Oh and quite a lot of the Doctor in this one but it isn't Jack/Doctor …Maybe I should write a Jack/Doctor chapter, hmm?
I do not own Doctor Who, Torchwood etc. If I did, it would probably be the Jack and Ianto show so just as well!
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Second life
When Jack said he'd been part of a travelling show, he hadn't been joking. It was a long time ago now, Jack didn't care to remember quite how long ago but it was after his first Doctor and before the new Doctor. That was how Jack separated many of his life events now, time didn't really work for him, having been and seen more than anyone should have and defiantly not following the a linear line.
But the circus performers, now Jack remembered then quite clearly. It must have been shortly after he joined Torchwood, though shortly for Jack could have meant anything between 1 and 50 years. He'd been sent undercover; trying to track down a show which Torchwood suspected of having an alien performer. Or, as Jack had realised later when he tracked down the creature, an alien prisoners. The poor thing had been chained up, worse kept than many of the animals, and forced to perform for the baying crowd each night. What had started off as a reconnaissance mission had shortly turned into a full scale rescue that ended up going horribly wrong and had ended with the alien's death. Jack still shuddered at the bloody memories even now…
But the memories with the circus performers. Now they had been good memories. If there was one thing Jack liked, it was a crowd who would watch him. And it had been easy to pick up the pretty girls and cute guys on the road as well, though, Jack though to himself, he'd never had any trouble in that category before or after. But there was something about the travelling show that reminded Jack of the Doctor. Or was it the wars he'd been in? Or maybe the time agency, when he was still their hero and they hadn't stolen his memories? Or maybe it was all of those things, the sense of comradeship, the idea that they where part of something special and that they where all in this together. The war time ethos of laying down your lives for your brothers and sisters.
Jack had been in many wars, approximately 24 on last count. He'd died in 5 of them and lived through the other 19. As Jack delved deeper into his memories, he reached for the coffee that was on the table next to him. It was quite in the Hub. Everyone was gone now and Jack could happily spend the night reliving his greatest triumphs. In some ways he wished he had his old lives back, he wasn't fussy about which one. Travelling as a time agent had been amusing, although being a 'free lancer' had defiantly had its perks too. The Doctor and Rose…well tonight was not the night for that train of though. Jack still believed one day he would travel again with the Doctor. But not now. Now he had another life to lead. But Jack knew the Doctor would come back for him. He'd have too. After all, they where both going to be around for what may as well be ever. And, Jack had found, when your life source is unlimited, the universe suddenly seems a much smaller place.
But for now, Jack decide, he was content. He was content to remain in the same place with the same people because for once in his life, he was beating the Doctor at something. He truly was saving the world, the world which would birth him nearly 30,000 years in the future. He wasn't just saving the world and running off again, he was saving the world and giving back what he could to the people affected. And he had his team, a group of people who loved him and who he loved, in his own special way.
And Jack was happy.
After the Doctor had abandoned him, Jack didn't think he'd ever be that happy again. But he was. And it didn't matter that he had turned the Doctor's offer down, because, Jack though, as second lives go, his was pretty good.
Hope that was ok!
Love you all
Jyra
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