"Well you've got to have broken it, haven't you?" The Doctor was shaking his head gently,
pointing an accusing finger toward Captain Jack. "It has to be you. She was working fine before.."
"So what do you propose I did? All I did was turn the handbrake off," Jack said, though he was smiling a little as he stroked the control panel of the Blue Box. "Poor old girl. Being dragged around quite literally on her heels - why would you do something like that, hm?"
"The same way that you ki-" The Doctor stopped when he saw the struck look on Jack's face at the force of the word he was about to say. The Immortal man was still grieving over Ianto's death, though refused to speak of it to him. 'You could've saved him.' Was all he had said, before stepping into the TARDIS for a long night of drinking and no sleep. Well, for Jack, anyway - The Doctor was content on getting a good night's sleep.
Jack sighed, shaking his head as he walked out of the box to see a group of girls, wearing black and grey uniforms. His eyes widened as they nocked their arrows, pointed daggers toward him and snarled at his presence.
I pushed my sword, facing it toward him with a growl. Thalia looked like the angriest person on Earth as her bright eyes sparkled with flames and electricity. Static seemed to fill the air, and her shield was being held in a forceful manner.
"Where the fuck is Jason, Mortal?" She screamed at him, pointing a sword to the middle of his chest, just as a man came out of the box. "Oh God, were you.. Is that a kissing booth?"
"The Hunters of Artemis!" The Doctor grinned, clapping softly. "Oh this is brilliant!"
As our facial expressions changed to shock that this mortal knew who we were, our Goddess grinned at the man, much to our further worry.
"Doctor," Artemis said softly, bowing. "You haven't aged a day." And even though our Goddess was millennia old, I had a feeling this man had seen more than she ever had.
"Who is this man?" Rumor Mystic asked, one of our oldest members in the Hunt. She had long and a deep red coloured hair, with sparkling green eyes and a natural scowl.
"Rumor," Artemis scolded softly, just as The Doctor bowed, kissing her small hand. "I would very much appreciate if you would leave this man, and his accomplice, alone. Thalia, step back from the Captain."
Thalia scowled at this 'Captain', and stepped away from him, and I growled lowly at him as he smiled at us.
"Spoilsports." Jack smiled. "Don't worry about killing me - that's not a problem, in fact. I don't have much of a death rate. In fact, I don't even have one of them..."
"What does he mean?" I asked, eyes wide. "He is not a Hunter, nor a god.. My Lady?" I turned to her, and she seemed to nod at the Captain, as if she were bowing her head to this mere mortal - thing - whatever he was.
"He is blessed with immortality like you are blessed with yours, except with no possibility of dying."
"That's me. Just.. Wrong." He turned to the Doctor, with a look of icy steel in his bright blue eyes that I had only just noticed. Rumor started up again, snarling again at the man.
"You shouldn't be here. Who knows if you'll try to take our oath away from us and seduce us?" She asked, eyes glittering in fury. Jack froze.
"I know. For your information, I am omnisexual. I lean toward men. For your information, my boyfriend died not very long ago and I am still getting over it. For your information, I have no interest in making you break your oaths. I have made my promises to him and I will never l-" He choked on the word, just as he did when Ianto was dying. SAY IT! His body had screamed at him in loud and pounding thoughts that would rattle him forever. He shook his head. "I will never put someone in that kind of danger again."
I paused. "What kind of danger?" I remembered myself asking, and he turned his head toward me, looking over me for the very first time.
"Me," Jack said softly. "Come on. We can help you find Jason." He said softly, with no looks toward Rumor - who seemed shocked at this. As the three - including Artemis - stepped into the box, we all exchanged our thoughts on the men. Thalia appeared to be smiling.
"You guys aren't going to believe it, but they're from a TV Show."
"...I apologise?" I asked, eyebrows furrowed. I studied her look with sharp eyes, the way her hands shook softly as she spoke, and the way her smile seemed to increase as she explained to us whom on Earth the two men were to her, and the rest of the republic - apparently.
"They're both on this TV Show - Doctor Who. 'Captain Jack' has his own show, in which he fights aliens in this base named Torchwood. Oh Gods, I feel so sorry for them.." She mumbled softly.
"Wh-What do you mean?" I asked, instantly curious about these two mysterious and strangely enticing men. I hadn't felt like this since Aphrodite had come to our base with a man in her grasp, trying to bring us to 'her side', whatever that meant.
"They both lost the loves of their lives. Ianto was Jack's.. Partner. He was really cute. The ship was beautiful," Thalia smiled, though a sad settlement came over her. "He was gassed by this monster - the 456, if I can remember correctly." She paused, dipping her head a little. "Then the Doctor, he lost Rose - he never got to tell her that he loved her. She was lost in a different universe. He can never see her again."
"So.. What are they doing here?" I asked, and that was the question on everyone's mind.
DISCLAIMER: RUMOR MYSTIC IS MY FRIEND, ASTRUNARI'S CHARACTER. SHE HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO USE HER.
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