Disclaimer: I own none of this, only my original character Mels and the arranging of the words. The rest belongs to the great writers at BBC.
Summary: Mels has a normal boring life. She gets up in the morning, goes to school, comes home and does homework. This has been her life for the past few years until one day something interesting finally happens. She finds a box. A big, blue box with a man in it. This sparks the biggest adventure of her life.
"Where in the bloody hell are we?" she gasped out, not knowing if she was afraid or enthralled.
"Well, you're sort of in space..."
"Space?" Mels choked out as she picked herself up off the floor, eyes wide once more. "Space?!" she nearly screamed, turning to face the Doctor. She was like an angry bull; fists clenched and nostrils flared. The Doctor cleared his throat and shifted uncomfortably.
"Yes, awfully sorry about that..." he apologized. "The TARDIS must've gone all wibbly-wobbly..." he muttered, his dark brown hair in his eyes. Mels could only sputter for a few moments before collecting her thoughts.
"What the hell is this? Is this Jay's idea of a clever joke? If this is you Jay, I'm going to strangle your scrawny little neck!" she shouted, starting to stomp around the 'TARDIS', looking for her friend. The Doctor looked confused and shook his head.
"Jay'? What's a 'Jay'?" he asked curiously. "Some sort of bird...?" he looked torn and confused. "It's been ages since I've been to Earth, so you'll have to forgive me." he muttered, turning and pushing a couple green and red buttons followed by pulling a red lever. The shaking and rattling evened out and the sound of whining engines ground to a halt. The Doctor turned and opened his mouth to assure her that everything was fine, but she was currently bolting towards the door for escape.
"Oi! Don't do that!" The Doctor shouted, grabbing her shoulder and pulling her back from the door. Mels was starting to panic and her eyes were wide. She back away from this insane man, fists clenched and eyes narrowed.
"Get away from me, you...you spaceman, kidnapper, whatever you are!" she cried, reaching around for a weapon or anything. She grabbed a hammer. What the hell was a hammer doing on a spaceship? The Doctor sighed and shook his head, opening his mouth to say something, but Mels cut him off. "Take me home right now." she was nearly spitting venom, her eyes having a sort of crazed look in angry dark eyes. The Doctor sighed and shook his head.
"I was about to say that I would take you home, but I need to make a stop first." he sounded calm. "Now put the hammer down now would you?" he grumbled, turning back to the console. and starting to push more buttons. Mels kept a hold of the hammer, not willing to relinquish her only weapon.
"'make a stop first'? Where the hell are you going to be stopping in space, if that's where we really are?!" Mels squeaked out, throwing her hands into the air. She wanted to go home. Her mother would be panicking when she didn't come home.
"I just need to stop and refuel, then I can take you home." he said to her. "Now calm down would you? You're causing a ruckus." he clicked his tongue admonishingly at her. "Now hold on. It's going to be a bumpy ride." he said these words with a smile that worried Mels.
"No, don't take me anywhere!" Mels shrieked, racing up the stairs toward him. How on earth was he going to travel in this thing? He ignored her and started pulling levers and pistons. The TARDIS suddenly started shaking and Mels was thrown roughly to the ground. She scrambled to grab onto something and found herself clinging to the railing as the entire 'spaceship' shook and rattled. The Doctor whooped excitedly and held on, shouting something that sounded like, 'That's it, sexy!', but he couldn't possibly have said that. Who calls a spaceship sexy...? All the time the engines were groaning, the room was shuddering and her teeth were clattering together, she screamed at the top of his lungs for the man to stop, but she was totally drowned out. This continued for a good few minutes until everything jerked to a stop, and Mels found herself clinging to a pole, hair mussed and still in her school uniform. It was a girl's worst nightmare. She was glaring daggers at the Doctor, her fists clenched.
"Take me home now." she ground out, eyes blazing. She wasn't letting this insane man keep her here any longer. The Doctor shook his head, looking over at the door.
"Just relax. We've landed and n-" he was cut off as Mels jumped to her feet and raced out the door, promptly tripping and falling to the ground. She wanted to go home. She needed away from this madman. She jumped to her feet, dark red hair tangled and messy from their bumpy ride and her eyes huge. She made to run when someone strong grabbed her wrists and kept her from fleeing.
"Let me go!" she screamed, attempting to punch him, but she was held too tightly. "I'll have you arrested!" she threatened, attempting to kick him in the shins. The man holding her grunted, but kept his grip firm.
"This one of yours, Doctor?" he called as Mels heard the Doctor stumbling out behind her. She couldn't believe this. He had a helper?! This was getting too much.
"No, she's just someone I picked up. You can let her go now." the Doctor panted out, breathless from their very rough ride. The hands released Mels and she stumbled back, eyes huge as she looked around. This wasn't her sleepy little town. It was Cardiff. How the hell did they end up in Cardiff, London?! She looked the other man up and down and came face to face with a tall, rugged man with messy brown hair. He had dark, deep brown eyes, and an earpiece in his ear. He was dressed in a button up shirt with suspenders and a long trench coat. Did bad fashion just run in between the two of them.
"Well hey there." he said with a huge smirk, his arms crossed across his chest. "I'm Captain Jack Harkness." he introduced himself with the most dazzling of smiles that even made Mels' legs wobble a bit. The Doctor looked frustrated and glared at Captain Jack.
"Stop with the flirting!"
A/N: Kay, so things have been a bit slow, but we're about to pick things up and bring some Torchwood into it. I love Jack Harkness too much not to bring him in. Please review!