Chapter 13
It did not take many words to describe how Dorian felt at the moment. He was glad he wasn't dead obviously, but all the blood loss made him feel dizzy and the pain killers caused him some nausea. Let alone the pain from his wound. Though he didn't complain if something truly went wrong everyone would know before anything could get any worse.
This new place he was in felt strange. The people were friendly and humanoid, but it was all so foreign to him. The Doctor had said this place was called Earth. Dorian claimed to never hear of the planet before and it was awfully far from home. He couldn't remember how he got there either but he assumed no matter how it was with the TARDIS. He still had no idea how the TARDIS worked though.
Corin was sitting there next to him, which was actually quite nice of her Dorian thought. Last he checked he was sure that he didn't let anyone know of his lineage besides the Doctor. Who by the way was nowhere to be seen. Dorian noticed that Corin was reading something, though he couldn't quite make out what the words said. Eventually he mustered up the courage to ask her "What book is that?"
"'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley" she responded without taking her eyes away from the book.
"Where did you get it?" He asked
"The library in the TARDIS, there's an abundance of books in there. When you get a little better you should really check it out." She responded excitedly.
"Where's the Doctor by the way? Is he alright?" Dorian asked
"Talking with Jack and Martha."
"Who are they?"
"Some friends of his, Martha and I actually stitched you up so you should thank her when you get a chance." Corin said
"I'll remember that. What is this place?" Dorian asked
"It's called Torchwood, I'm not exactly sure what its purpose is, but everyone here seems friendly and willing to help out." Corin stated
"I see, anything else I should know?" Dorian inquired
"Nothing really, just don't be aggressive with movements otherwise you'll break you stitches and start bleeding crazily again. And no one wants that." Corin said
Not a moment later, the Doctor and two other people, a man and a woman stepped in the room. Dorian assumed they were Jack and Martha but you never know. "Good to see the sleeping bear is awake. How you feeling?" the Doctor asked.
"Fine, and what did you call me?" Dorian asked a bit bewildered
"Nothing to worry about." The Doctor motioned toward the two people standing next to him "Dorian, this is Captain Jack Harkness and the nice woman here is Martha Jones."
"Hi" Dorian said. He then looked toward Martha "Thank you for not letting me be a bloody mess, I really appreciate it." He said
"You're welcome though you should be thanking Corin, she's the one who deserves the most credit in this. If it weren't for her stopping the bleeding, you would have been dead before the TARDIS even landed." Martha modestly said
"So what's on the agenda now?" Jack asked
"Not quite sure at the moment. We're probably going to wait for Dorian to heal then head back to Carpathia. I have some business to take care of there so we really shouldn't be too long." The Doctor said
"Mind if I go with you, you guys could use a bit more protection" Jack said
"What you trying to say?" Dorian asked
"Nothing really but you were injured protecting the Doctor and Coring and it'd probably be better if the numbers were increased." Jack said innocently
"I don't see a problem with it, though what is your team going to do without you at Torchwood while you're gone?" the Doctor asked
"The same thing they're always doing, they can hold down the fort for a while, we shouldn't be too long right Doc?" Jack asked.
"No I just have to do a favor for the queen and we'll be done." The Doctor said "Though I have to see what exactly she wants me to do first."
"Okay that's fine. How bout you Martha?" Jack asked
"Well I'll have to get a leave of absence from my superiors but I'll come if I can."
"Don't worry about I'll make a call in the morning" Jack assured her
"Then it's settled, we're all going when Dorian is fully healed?" the Doctor asked
"Yup" everyone said in unison