Chapter 6

The Doctor walked up to 476 and asked, "How long will it take us to get to the Time Matrix from here?"

"Walking at a fast pace would take fifteen minutes," 476 answered.

"That's too long," said the Doctor. He rummaged in his pockets and found his vortex manipulator, "I can use this."

"The teleport watch?" asked Harper.

"Long story that I don't have time to tell you," said the Doctor, "Stay safe. I'll be right back."

"Doctor, wait!" said Alex, but the Doctor teleported out of the hallway, "I hate it when he does that."

"What are we going to do?" asked Harper.

"We're going to follow him," said Alex.

"What?" asked Harper, "Why?"

"Because we have to," said Alex. She waved her fingers but nothing happened. She asked, "What's wrong?"

"Maybe it's the Time Matrix," said Harper.

In the core of the ship, the Doctor popped in. He teleported right in front of one of the dead Weeping Angels. The Doctor screamed and fell backwards. He jumped up and ran towards the Matrix. He took out the vortex manipulator and his screwdriver. He used the screwdriver on the manipulator and tweaked it some. He had the manipulator in his hands and looked at his watch. There were two minutes left. He got his hand close to the Matrix and he was shocked by a current of electricity. He shouted and he jumped back. His hand was smoking but fortunately wasn't burnt. He looked at his watch and saw less than a minute

"FRAK!" he shouted, "No time to stop now."

The Doctor took the vortex manipulator and jammed his hand into the Matrix. He pressed several buttons and a small purple shield encompassed the Matrix. The shield was rippling and the Time Matrix started to give out streams of light and it started to shake. The light continue to grow and was blinding The shield around the Time Matrix solidified and then the Matrix exploded. The shield started to give way, but then the explosion started to be sucked into a small hole that appeared in the shield. The light dimmed and then it exploded even brighter and the Doctor shielded his eyes. While he was looking away, everything was sucked into that hole and when it was gone, there was a release of energy that through the Doctor back into a wall. He fell to the ground in pain, and several of the Weeping Angels were destroyed.

The Doctor stood up and saw there was nothing in the area where the Time Matrix was. He rubbed his back and walked towards the door and he heard a whoosh and turned around. Alex, Harper and Darius flashed in and the Doctor said, "You're late."

"What did you do?" asked Darius.

"I took my vortex manipulator and tweaked it a bit. I put on the Time Matrix and opened up a small hole to the Time Vortex itself. The whole explosion was absorbed into the Time Stream and the container of the Matrix and the vortex manipulator will be disintegrated and absorbed," the Doctor explained.

"I don't care what you did," said Darius, "You saved us, but I've lost a lot. There is nothing left for me here."

"I know," the Doctor said. He thought for a while and said, "I may have a place for you to go, but it is a thousand years in the past."

"I don't care," said Darius.

"Okay," said the Doctor.

The four of them walked to the TARDIS and the Doctor was able to unlock the door and get in. The others followed and he walked to the console. He noticed that Darius didn't say what everyone else usually says so the Doctor said, "So are you impressed that it's bigger on the inside."

"I know," said Darius, "Half Time Lord, remember?"

"Oh, yeah, but I don't get how you can be half Time Lord and not know what Gallifrey was," the Doctor said.

"I lied," said Darius, "I was 100 percent human to those people. No one knew I was only half human. My son didn't even know so I had to play along and say that I didn't know what Gallifrey was."

"That makes sense," the Doctor said. He set in the location and time and then he pulled a lever.

The TARDIS dematerialized and Alex asked the Doctor, "What are you going to do about the Aragon?"

"Let it be a myth," the Doctor said, "People need myths and legends. It helps people define themselves, but the Aragon will be a story throughout human history. The Aragon will be a thing of legend. Let's leave it."

Alex smiled, "Okay."

Darius walked up to the Doctor and asked, "So where are you taking me?"

"To an old friend," said the Doctor, "He could use another member to his team. He recently had one of his team members die, and after that it kind of gets complicated. Not only that, but two members of his team are about to be lost."

"So I'm a replacement?" asked Darius.

"No, I'm just warning you," said the Doctor.

"Mm hmm," said Darius.

Cardiff, Wales

The sound of the TARDIS engines echoed throughout the Torchwood hub and the entire team drew their weapons out. The blue police box started to appear in the center of the hub. Captain Jack Harkness stood up and walked out and stood in front of the TARDIS doors when it materialized. He looked at his team and said, "Put those down!"

"But it came out of nowhere," said Gwen Cooper.

"Believe me, he does that," said Jack.

The door to the TARDIS opened and the Doctor stepped out and he looked Jack. Alex, Harper and Darius stepped out after him. The Doctor and Jack stared each other down before they both smiled and hugged each other. The Doctor looked at Jack and asked, "Did you get some more work done?"

"Me! Look at you," said Jack.

"Oh, yeah," said the Doctor, "I've changed again. How did you know it was me?"

"Like I said, the police box coming out of nowhere kind of gives it away," said Jack.

"That's true," said the Doctor. He looked around the hub and said, "This is a nice place you have here, and there is you team. Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, and Ianto Jones. I've only met one of them in person, but she wouldn't recognize me. That's not important though."

Jack interrupted the Doctor and said, "What about your 'team'? You seem to know mine."

The Doctor said, "Oh, yes, This is Alex Russo, Harper Finkle, and Darius. Yeah, I don't know what Darius's last name is, and that brings me to why I'm here."

Jack noticed the Doctor changed of attitude and said, "Come into my office."

The Doctor and Jack went into Jack's office and the two of them talked and as they talked, the two groups outside sat in a large awkward silence. After about an hour, the Doctor came out of Jack's office and said, "Let's go you two."

"What about Darius?" asked Harper.

"He'll be taken care of, Harper," said the Doctor, "Come on you two. We have places to go. We have worlds to visit and peoples to save. We can have a break later."

Alex and Harper got up and walked into the TARDIS. They were both relieved to be out of there. The tension was so thick it would break a knife trying to cut through it. The Doctor turned around to Jack and said, "I have a feeling I'll be seeing you soon."

"Hope it's not with the fate of the world hanging in the balance," Jack smiled.

"Knowing us, it probably is," the Doctor said.

"That's true," said Jack.

The Doctor smiled and said, "See ya."

Jack didn't reply and watched the TARDIS dematerialize and then his team demanded answers and the only answer he gave them was that that man was the Doctor he always talked about. That seemed to shut them up for now. Jack turned to Darius and smiled largely, "I hear you're half Time Lord."

Darius looked at the face Jack was giving him and he said, "Oh dear God. I am going to kill the Doctor."

The End