Chapter 12
"What's wrong is everything okay?" Jack asked.
"Not quite. Just have your sick bay ready when you get there." The Doctor said
"Are you hurt?"
"No I'm okay; it's a friend of mine though." The Doctor said.
"How long are you guys going to be?"
"Another few minutes." The Doctor said
"Okay, we'll be ready." Jack assured
The Doctor hung up the phone and looked over at Dorian. The man was almost as white as paper. Luckily now though they had somewhere safe to go. At least Juno wouldn't be able to get to Earth. That meant they'd be able to focus on Dorian and his health. And if Dorian died, that would be bad. Especially considering he was royalty, who knows the Doctor and Corin could be blamed.
"How is he?" The Doctor asked knowing the answer was probably obvious.
"Not too good, I've got some pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding though. How long is it going to be till we get there?" Corin asked.
"About five minutes, they'll be ready for us and they will definitely provide protection."
"Who exactly are they?" Corin asked understandably concerned
"Some friends of mine from Earth." The Doctor answered.
When the three got there everyone was waiting for them. They put Dorian on a gurney and took him to the sick bay.
"I called Martha, she's on her way." Jack said.
"No hurry, we have a doctor right here." The Doctor said
"You're not a medical doctor though." Jack stated
"I know, but she is." The Doctor motioned toward Corin. "Jack, meet Dr. Corin Blackfeather. Corin if anything happens to me, you can trust this man."
"Well nice to meet you young lady." Jack said
"Stop flirting Jack, we have a man bleeding to death here!" the Doctor said.
"I wasn't doing anything" Jack said innocently
"Focus!" the Doctor ordered
Martha finally got there and there was a brief introduction between Corin and her. From there all anyone could do was wait. And for everyone, especially the Doctor, it felt like the longest wait they've ever had.
"Doc, tell me what happened." Jack said
"Why?" the Doctor asked
"There is a man who nearly bled to death and is still not out of the woods yet and you came here with little notice. Now I'm all for surprise visits don't get me wrong, but in a situation like this I need an explanation." Jack said
"I understand." The Doctor said
"Well? What happened?" Jack asked
The Doctor proceeded to explain the whole situation with Juno and Alistair and his prior hostage situation.
"So that's why you were with them?" Jack asked
"Yes, and you have to protect him, I'll be fine I always have. You can trust that I won't leave without him. It's not right, he saved me, twice. I do owe it back to him to at least get him back to his people safely." The Doctor said.
"What about the girl?" Jack asked
"I don't think she'll be a too difficult to keep protected, and once Dorian is better he'd probably make sure nothing would happen to her."
"Why you say that Doc?"
"Because he loves her, even if he won't explicitly admit it." The Doctor said
"I hate to say it but I wouldn't say you're the resident expert on love or anything." Jack apologetically said
"I know that as well as you do, but it was evident when we talked about who he was allowed to marry." The Doctor said.
"What do you mean by 'Who he's allowed to marry?'?"
"He's a prince." The Doctor said nonchalantly
"What? Of where? Better not be anywhere on Earth." Jack warned
"Oh don't get too excited, he's from a planet from Carpathia, which I may say is very particular of whom their royals marry." The Doctor explained
A moment later Martha poked her face though the door of Jacks office. "I hate to interrupt the conversation you two are having, but we're done with surgery right now and he's doing okay."
"Oh Martha, you're so amazing!" the Doctor said
"Well it wasn't all me, Corin had a hand in it as well." Martha modestly said
"Speaking of which, where is Corin?" the Doctor asked
"Well she didn't want Dorian to wake up by himself, so she's just sitting there till he wakes up." She said
"Awww so cute!" The Doctor said
"What?" Martha questioned
"Never mind" the Doctor said giggling
"You look a bit tired yourself; you want me to give you some fluids through an IV?" Martha asked
"Martha you know better than to ask him, just jam the needle in his arm before he notices." Jack commented
"Well we should probably go check on them to see if Dorian is awake. Let's go" the Doctor said
The three stepped out of Jacks office, and then headed toward the sick bay to check up on the wounded soldier.