A/N: Just randomly, does anyone else think "Davy Jones" is an incredibly boring name for a blockbuster super-villain type guy? I'm aware it's because the whole Davy Jones' Locker story has existed for much longer than POTC ever has, but still… Sorry about the shortness of the last chapter, this one is a bit longer to make up for it. Sorta.

Chapter 6

The allotted fifteen minutes later, the Doctor returned to the lab to speak to Davy Jones.

'I've decided we'll do it,' he said, 'we will use my TARDIS to travel through time and space and bring back 100 people in exchange for Jack Sparrow.'

'You surprise me, Doctor,' replied Jones, 'I never would have expected you to agree to an act such as this.'

The Doctor jerked his head in the general direction of the TARDIS and its occupants. 'Those people care about Jack a lot. I think they deserve to have him back.'

Davy Jones nodded. 'Very well, then, Doctor. Go.'

The Doctor half-turned, but then hesitated, and turned back, stroking his chin. 'Um… as you know, the TARDIS does travel and in time and space, and that said, there's nothing to say that I'm not going to go straight to Ramuda and bring back members of the Council to see what you're up to.'

Jones' eyes widened. He and the Doctor both knew that the next Ramudian punishment up from banishment was execution.

'You … wouldn't,' he stammered.

The Doctor raised his eyebrows in a "wouldn't I?" expression, and in that moment the final phase of his plan was completed, in just the way he had hoped. Davy Jones pushed past him and made his own way towards the TARDIS. 'I will personally check the co-ordinates before you leave,' he declared, 'and ensure they are not those of Ramuda.'

'Oh, fair enough, fair enough,' the Doctor replied sincerely, but if Davy Jones had happened to turn around at that moment, he would have seen a wide grin on the Doctor's face and an extra spiring in his step.

Back in the TADRSI, Rose and Elizabeth shared a nervous look across the TADRIS console as they heard footsteps approaching. Elizabeth was worried Davy Jones would do something to Jack to prevent their bargain from taking place; Rose was more concerned the Doctor's plan wouldn't work and something would happen to him.

Eventually, though, Davy Jones entered the console room, followed by the Doctor who nodded to the two girls. Elizabeth quickly activated the control that shut the doors and then Rose set the TARDIS in motion. Before going out to speak with Davy Jones, the Doctor had programmed in the co-ordinates for the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, so that the second they had Davy Jones they could be off. He figured that if Jones was going to die in the middle of a desert, he might as well experience some Earthly culture in the process. Elizabeth had been uncertain about using unfamiliar controls such as the TARDIS's, but Rose had assured her that it would be fine.

'Doctor!' Jones exclaimed when he realised they were already travelling, 'have you tricked me?'

The Doctor shrugged. 'You can check the co-ordinates yourself. They're not for Ramuda.'

Davy Jones stamped over to the console and did as the Doctor suggested. Upon seeing that the co-ordinates were indeed not for Ramuda, he looked up at the Doctor and shook his head, almost threateningly.

A few minutes later, the TARDIS materialised, and the Doctor looked over at Davy Jones, who had not moved from his place near the console as though he thought that if he didn't keep an eye on them, the co-ordinates would change of their own accord.

'Would you care to choose you own souls?' he asked, extending his hands towards the door. Davy Jones hesitated, but then joined the Doctor as Rose opened the doors for them.

The sudden heat hit everybody, but Jones especially. 'Doctor, what is this place?' he asked, near collapsing on the sand just outside.

'Egypt,' the Doctor replied happily, backing back into the TARDIS, while Jones was hardly able to move, 'desert country.'

'You knew you would come here?' he asked.

'Yeah, pretty much.'

'You tricked me.'

'Pretty much... It's for the best, you know.'

'Then, I suppose you win.'

The Doctor didn't reply, but looked silently at Jones' body in the sand for a moment, before turning and walking back into the TARDIS to join the others.

'Is he dead?' asked Gibbs.

The Doctor nodded, and silently programmed the TARDIS to take them back to Davy Jones' lab.

'What's wrong with him?' Elizabeth whispered to Rose, 'why is he so upset?'

'Even killing something evil upsets him,' Rose replied softly, 'he sees potential in every life, good or bad.'

The Doctor's mood seemed to spread for no reason. There was no mad celebration on the way back to the lab, instead it was strangely quiet.