Chapter 2
Cardiff reunion.
The coordinates and led him to Cardiff bay, outside where the old hub had been. Stood by the fountains was a young woman, curly hair shining red in the bright sunlight- unusual that it should be sunny in Cardiff. She was dressed in a long trench coat, with a bag at her side and high heels on her feet. Jack walked towards her and smiled.
"You got my message then?" The woman says without turning as Jack snakes his arms around her waist.
"I did. Why are we meeting here, agent Enigma?" He asks, American accent, sultry deep voice whispering in her ear.
"He'll be here in a few hours. With a different face and different companion, but the same man. He'll need your help Captain. A great evil is soon to befall the earth. He will need you to help save Earth, my darling. As will I. He hasn't met me yet, and you will need to make him see me if we should run into each other. Will you do this for me, Jack?" The woman asks, closing her hands over Jack's and continuing to stare out over the bay.
"I will, if you tell me one thing.."
"What?"
"How will I know it is him?"
"By the tardis of course, what else." The woman laughs, leaning into Jack. The pair to passersby look like a couple on a romantic day trip, but that is only partially true. They might be a couple but their relationship is far from romantic- it is more... Lustful to say the least.
"I see, he still hasn't fixed the chameleon circuit then?"
"No, he never will. The tardis doesn't want him to," the woman glances at her wrist and sighs. "I have to go." She pulls away from Jack but he spins her back to him by pulling on her wrist.
"Be careful and send me a sign so I know to expect you, agent."
'"Of course, darling." She says and pecks him chastely as she taps the buttons on her vortex manipulator.
"Will I ever know your real name?" Jack groans with longing as she moves away,
"One day. Jack... But spoilers." She smiles and then shimmers out of sight. Jack is left alone laughing to himself before setting off in search of coffee.
The tardis was making a horrible high pitched squealing and Clara had her fingers in her ears. The doctor was dancing around the controls fiddling with buttons and levers but nothing was shutting the racket off.
"Shut up, shut up. Shutty up, up, up!" The doctor complained as he jabbed his fingers at random buttons. Not only was the tardis making a racket but she was not upset at being shouted at, by none other this her beloved doctor, so she continued to make a racket until the doctor bothered to look at her display monitor.
"LOW ON FUEL" it read and the doctor groaned before setting coordinates for "Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, 2015". Only then did she shut off her klaxon and return to her usual humming.
"What was that about? She's never done that before?" Clara questioned rubbing her ears to return them to normal.
"She has, just not with you around. Look I'm sorry sweetheart, I didn't know. Maybe next time you give me a 25% to empty warning." The doctor complained in an irritable fashion. The tardis made a disgruntled noise and the doctor threw his arms in the air in exasperation. "Look I said I'm sorry! What more do you want? Except rift energy of course."
Clara smiled she'd never seen the doctor like this at all. They juddered to a stop and Clara was thrown forwards... Only to be caught by the doctor.
"Are you okay, Clara?"
"I'll live. Where are we?"
"Cardiff, to refuel the tardis from the rift. Come on, let's go do that thing I keep promising you..."
"What?"
"Get coffee, come on, let's go and leave the tardis to herself for a while. Maybe she'll be less grumpy when she's refuelled." With that the doctor opened the doors and walked out into the Cardiff bay accompanied by Clara.
They entered a coffee shop a few minutes later and Jack looked up form his seat and spotted the pair who had just walked from the tardis. That must be him and his new companion. Jack got up and walked towards them. The girl was slender and dark haired and stuck very close to the doctor.
Jack held out a hand to help the girl when she slipped on the wet floor. "Careful,city's slippy there. Captain Jack Harkness and you are?"
"Thank you, I'm Clara Oswald and this is the doctor." Clara said politely as Jack helped her to her feet.
"Nice to see you old man." Jack said jokily. The doctor grunted beofre he nodded.
"Hello, Jack. Enough with the flirting." He scolded, before laying a hand protectively on Clara's shoulder.
"Doctor who is this?"
"An old friend. What do you want Jack?" The doctor asked disgruntled as Clara moved ahead to get the coffee.
"Someone I know told me to look out for you, she said you'd need me." Jack smiled and clapped the doctor on his shoulder. The doctor nodded and made his usual Scottish sound of agreement.
"Who?"
"Don't know her name but she knows you. And me." Jack said as Clara returned and he led them to a table by the window.
"What did she say to you?"
"Told me there was a great evil coming and that you would need me."
"What great evil?"
"How am I supposed to know! She's just as mysterious with herself as her messages." The American complained.
Suddenly the world outside darkened as a cloud appeared overhead... But it wasn't a cloud it was the evil the woman had spoken of.
"What the hell is that?" Clara asked as Jack and the doctor peered out, following her gaze.
"I have no idea..." The doctor said as Jack's vortex manipulator beeped.
"Tardis time doctor. It's not just Cardiff... It's..."