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Jack's heart almost stopped, as the box in question stood in the field in front of him. The world stopped moving, and the next few moments seemed to never, ever, end, until the door opened, and a very familiar blonde woman appeared, laughing. The sunlight bounced off her hair, and her face was full of joy. This was it. He was home.

"Rosie?" He asked. He wasn't sure how his voice carried across the field like it did, how the woman heard him. But she did. She looked around for the person calling for her, until she spotted Jack. Her jaw almost hit the ground. She stood there a moment, mouth agape, simply staring at him. "Rosie?" he asked again. This seemed to snap her out of her trance, and she moved forward a few steps.

"Jack?" She asked, moving forward more.

"Rosie!" He called out joyously, as the two old friends met in the middle of the field, and embraced heartily. He picked her up, and whirled her around, both of them laughing gleefully.

"I've missed you Jack!" She cried, once he had set her down. "Where did you go?" She asked. "Cos the Doctor said you were sortin' ou' the Games station, and I though' that' was odd tha' ya didn't say goodbye to me, but then he regenera'ed, and-"

"He abandoned me." Jack said coldly. Rose's face fell.

"Wha'? Why?"

"He left me, Rosie. And now I can't die and..." As he launched into the familiar explanation, he studied the blonde's face. Slowly, it was filling with rage, anger bubbling away. When he had finished, she stood before him, fists clenched, and for a moment, he thought she was going to punch him.

"Doctor! Ge' ou' here now!" She bellowed behind her. Then she stood on her toes, and whispered in Jack's ear what she wanted him to do.

"But, Rosie, I can't-"

"Captain." Came a voice from the TARDIS doors. Jack tore himself from Rose's side, and marched up to the Doctor, and stood before him arms folded. This regeneration was different, by all means. He certainly wasn't expecting the suit and riding coat and... Were those Chucks? The Doctor opened his mouth, with what Jack hoped was an apology.

"Captain... have you had work done?" The anger that had been burning inside Jack for over one hundred years suddenly grew a little bit more.

"You can talk!" He stated coldly.

"What?" He asked, confused. "Oh! The regeneration! Yes, I-" and then the rage exploded inside Jack, and he followed Rose's instructions to the letter. He balled a fist, and punched the Timelord in the mouth.

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"... and I landed in 1869, and I've been waiting ever since!" He finished bitterly, watching as the Doctor hung his head in shame.

"I'm sorry Jack, I really am." The words that Jack had waited so long to hear, and when they came, it felt nowhere near as good as he'd imagined. "So, you've been waiting for eighty years!" he cried.

"Well, actually, two hundred. I was investigating something in 2007, and we were zapped back here to 1941, and we've been looking for a way..." Jack's stomach nearly dropped out of his body, as he remembered.

"Jack?" Rose asked worriedly, placing a hand on his elbow.

"Fuck." He muttered, his breathing increasing quickly.

"What's wrong?" The Doctor asked, standing up beside Rose.

"I said I'd protect her." He muttered. "Toshiko. She's Japanese. I said I'd protect her cos of last time... oh god. Oh shit."

"Wha' Jack I don'-"

"Pearl Harbour, Rosie." Rose's face paled.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!" He moaned. Then he looked at the Doctor. "I'll be back, I'm going to go get her, don't run away again, or I'll-"

"JACK!" Screamed Toshiko, and he whipped around. She was staggering, as fast as she could around the corner of the local church, to the field where he stood. She was clutching her shoulder, and had a nasty looking gas across her forehead, but otherwise she seemed un-harmed. He breathed a small sigh of relief, and began to make his way towards her, until he saw the villagers following her. It was like a scene from a medieval witch burning movie. They held bricks and stones, and the man at the front of the group held...

"TOSHIKO!" He roared, as he sprinted, faster than he had ever run in his life towards her. He was close, so close, when the man in front, raised the gun, aimed for Toshiko, and pulled the trigger.