Chapter 3
The London gang
"It's what, Jack?" Clara asked as the doctor, Jack and she ran towards the tardis, who threw open her doors willingly to accept them inside. Even she knew something was wrong.
"It's across the whole of time and space... Originating in the 1860s..." The doctor responded as he fiddled with buttons. "Time to visits Vastra, Jenny and Strax. Hold tight."
Jack and Clara flung themselves at the nearest railing and held on as the tardis took of and pelted herself through the time vortex and back to London in the 1860s.
Inside number 9 Paternoster Row, Madame Vastra and Jenny sat down to take tea when a thudding sounded at the door. Strax grumbled and set off to answer it. There was a series of shocked sounds before the drawing room door was flung open to reveal the doctor, Clara and a mysterious man in long coat.
"Doctor! Clara! We dos not expect to see you so soon, is something the matter? And who is your friend?" Vastra asked as she indicated for the doctor to sit. Clara took a seat next to Jenny, far away form the raving temper of the doctor.
"Captain Jack Harkness, at your service ma'am." Jack saluted and Vastra smiled, Jenny stared before setting about pouring fresh cups of tea as Jack sat next to Clara.
"I am Madame Vastra, you've already met Strax and this is my wife, Jenny." Vastra said before she turned once more to the Doctor. "Now, my dear friend, whatever has you flustered?"
Before the doctor could say a word the front door opened once more and Strax wandered into the drawing room.
"Mrs Harkness to see you ma'am." He said to Madame Vastra, just as a hooded figure breezed into the room. She dropped her hood and Jack saw the curly haired temptress who had seen not a few hours ago in Cardiff, in the future. Jack stood up, maintaining etiquette, the doctor did not and just stared at the curly haired woman.
"Good day to you, Vastra, dear." The woman said and placed her forehead against Vastra's- the Silurian way of greeting- before she spotted Jack. "Hello, husband. What trouble have you got for me this time?" With that she deposited her corseted self into his lap and planted a kiss securely on his lips. The doctor stared at the pair and so did Clara. Stunned, especially as they parted and Jack stared at her.
"Hello, Mrs Harkness," he teased. "Doctor this is my mysterious friend, time Agent Enigma."
"Hello, doctor. I'm Annabeth Song." The woman replied staring the doctor out, almost so he could see her soul.
"How is that possible?" The doctor shouted standing up and upsetting his chair in the process. Vastra hissed and Jenny jumped to save the chair from smashing on the hard wood floor.
"We don't need to go into that right now, we have guests Doctor." Annabeth, Jack's mysterious enigma, said kindly. "What I do have to go into is... The darkness outside, that's our evil I told you of Jack... The one that will destroy the world if given a chance."
There was a great rumbling above them and Annabeth clutched her self closer to Jack, reaching for the doctor who took her hand and took Clara's in his other. Jenny grabbed Vastra and Vastra grabbed Strax before Jenny took Clara's other hand to steady herself.
Then there was a great ring of bright light and then blackness encased them.