Hey guys! Sorry this took a while. I've been working on Fluffy Oneshots this past week. Which, by the way, I'm writing a special Valentine's story for :D
*I know it's weird that suddenly Angela is here, but I (please don't kill me) kinda forgot about her and I had to fit her in somehow XD
Anyway, enjoy!
"Is it another Time Lord? That man you talked about?" Cam asked. They were back in the TARDIS. Brennan and Cam were sitting on the jump-seat, and Booth was leaning on the railing, too proud to admit that his back still hurt from the fall.
Hodgins had gone out to find Angela, who had missed the whole alien thing because she had slept in her office last night. It was unlike her, but she had an found something important, and after long minutes of persuading on her side (and some bribary offers), Hodgins finally gave up and left. It was then, when he stepped out of her office, that he had noticed the blue police box.
She had a lot of catching up to do.
The Doctor's eyes darkened at Cam's question. Rose noticed this and squeezed his hand.
"No." He growled. "I am the only Time Lord left." He turned his back to them and fiddled with some buttons on the console.
"I'm sorry, Doctor." Cam said quickly, understanding that she had hit a nerve. "I didn't know that-I-I'm sorry."
An uncomfortable silence settled.
Booth quickly changed the subject. "So, who is this guy?"
"His name is Captain Jack Harkness." The Doctor scrunched up his nose. "He's American."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Booth exclaimed.
"Wait, Jack?" Rose asked, astounded. "How's he gonna get here? Don't you have his vortex manipulator?"
"Right. I guess you're gonna ignore me then." Booth mumbled.
"Nah, I let him keep it. He's a big boy, he can handle it." The Doctor said. Rose raised her eyebrow.
"Well…" The Doctor rubbed the back of his neck. "Maybe not."
"How're you gonna contact him?"
"The TARDIS has a phone."
"But how can you-oh, never mind." Rose gave up. She didn't want him to start with any timey-wimey explanations that she wouldn't understand anyway.
The Doctor pulled a lever, which made a humming sound and a few clicks.
"That should do it!" He ran over to the TARDIS door, opened it and reached out to grab the phone.
"Why isn't the phone inside?" Booth asked.
"I never get around to it." The Doctor said matter-of-factly, and put the phone to his ear. Someone on the other side must have picked up, because the Doctor's face split into a grin.
"Jack!" He exclaimed. "It's the Doctor! I need your help."
…
"I-er-well-me and my new friends are stuck in a time-bubble with some aliens that attacked us, and, well-"
…
"Of course I know what they are!" He scoffed. "They're-er-well, you see Jack, for some reason the only one that can remember they saw them is Rose and, well-"
…
"Of course I know why! We just-"
The Doctor rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Yeah. Hold on," He turned to Brennan, moving the receiver to his shoulder. What date is it?"
"27th of September."
"What year?"
"2011."
The Doctor repeated the date into the phone.
He glanced at his watch, "12:43 pm."
…
"Washington DC. The Jeffersonian Medico-Legal Lab."
He smiled again.
"Good man!" He exclaimed.
"Right. Okay. Thanks, Cap." The Doctor put the phone back in its place.
"When's he gonna get here?" Rose asked, nibbling on her finger. The Doctor glanced at his watch.
"Oh, about, 20, 19, 18, 17, 15…"
"Wait, how can he get here in 20 seconds? That's impossible." Brennan said incredulously.
"10, 9, 8,"
"Vortex manipulator. S'like a time machine, only it teleports you to where you need to go. And leaves you a bit sick, if you ask me." Rose explained.
"3, 2, 1!" Booth, Brennan, and Cam braced themselves for something miraculous to happen.
"He's late!" The Doctor pouted. Rose giggled.
"S'only been a few seconds!" She said. "Don't worry, he'll be here."
"Okay, so let me get this straight. A British alien landed in the middle of the lab in his-what did you call it?"
"TARDIS. Stands for 'time and relative dimension in space'." Hodgins explained.
"Right-his TARDIS- in the middle of the lab, but it's bigger on the inside so it looks like a blue police box. His name is the Doctor-just the Doctor- and he has a blond girlfriend called Rose. And we're stuck in the lab because of a time bubble with some alien things none of us can remember." Angela rubbed her head. "Honey, are you sure this isn't one of your conspiracy theories?"
"Brennan, Booth and Cam saw them too!" He said defensively.
Angela exhaled. "I just can't really wrap my mind around it, you know?"
"Yeah, it's a lot to take in. But listen, this is amazing." Hodgins said excitedly. "Can you believe that we are the first people to-well, probably not the first. If the Doctor can travel in time he must have traveled back too, and talked to other people. And anyway, Rose is human too. But this, Ange, this is fantastic!" He grinned. Angela smiled at his enthusiasm.
"Well, you know, except for the bad aliens. Oh right, the Doctor is getting someone to help us with that."
"I hope all these aliens and running around is good for the baby." She rubbed her very pregnant belly worriedly.
"Are you kidding? We're educating him-or her- from an early age! This is really good." Hodgins said. "And the Doctor is protecting us. He probably has some fancy alien tech that can get us out of here. You know, like a plasma gun or-"
A noise from behind them stopped Hodgins mid sentence. They turned around to find themselves face-to-face with an unfamilliar man. A very handsome man, at that. He had a square-ish face and high cheek-bones, light blue eyes and spiky brown hair. He was wearing a long, dark trench-coat that almost reached the floor, over a dark blue buttoned shirt, dark pants and brown leather boots. He smiled at them, and hormone-riddled Angela found herself blushing.
"Hello." The man said.
"Umm, hi." Hodgins said suspiciously. "Can I help you?"
"Yeah, I'm looking for a man called the Doctor. Any idea where might be?"
Hodgins broke into a smile and reached forward to shake the stranger's hand. "Oh, you must be the guy he was talking about! I'm uh, Dr. Hodgins and this is my wife Angela."
"Captain Jack Harkness." The man said. "Great to meet you, Dr. Hodgins." He took Angela's hand and kissed it, not breaking eye-contact with her. "Pleasure to meet you, Angela." He said. Angela flushed. "It's nice to meet you too, Jack. Can I call you Jack?"
"Of course."
"My name is Jack, too!" Hodgins piped up, feeling a bit left out. "I'm also your husband, and the father of your unborn child." He mumbled to Angela.
"Oh!" Captain Jack exclaimed. "What a coincidence! So, where's the Doctor?"
"Wait, how did you get here?" Angela asked. Captain Jack pointed to a thick leather band on his wrist. "Vortex Manipulator. Like a time-machine. Um, the Doctor?"
"Oh, right. I'll lead you to him!"
They left Angela's office and walked down the corridor to the main building and up the platform steps. Angela pointed at the TARDIS. "So that's his ship? Looks like a plain old telephone box to m-" She gasped when Hodgins opened the door to reveal the interior of the box.
"This is gorgeous!" Angela exclaimed, looking up at the ceiling and the walls. "And it makes no sense," She added.
"You'll get used to it. Hodgins said and walked up the ramp, supporting Angela with his hand on her back.
Rose spotted the man behind the couple and squealed.
"Jack!" She yelled, grinning. Captain Jack ran up to her and swept her off her feet with a bear-hug.
"Rosie!" He smiled and put her down, but kept his hands on her shoulders. "Oh, it's so great to see you!" He turned to the Doctor. "You too, Doc."
"Don't call me Doc!" The Doctor said for the hundredth time, but grinned and hugged him, patting him on the back.
"Wait, so are you two now…" Jack said, pointing at the Doctor and Rose. Rose giggled and snaked her arm around the Doctor's lower back.
"Yeah." She pushed the Doctor's side playfully. "He finally came to his senses."
"Oi! I wasn't the only one who held back. You could've said something yourself, you know." The Doctor whined, but wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kissed the top of her head.
"Well, it's about time!" Jack said. "When Donna and I met and Rose came back, she said that she couldn't understand how you haven't-" He stopped when he saw Rose's warning look. The Doctor gazed at something far away behind Jack. He swallowed to clear the lump from his throat, and gripped Rose's shoulder tightly as if it was a lifeboat, and he was drowning. It sure felt like it. Losing Donna was very hard on him. She had been his best friend, and had could talk to her whenever memories of Rose flooded his consciousness and deprived him of his already scarce sleep.
Now, he realized, it was the other way around. He didn't want to imagine what it would've been like if Rose hadn't come back.
"Oh." Jack said quietly. "I'm really sorry, Doctor. What happened?"
The Doctor cleared his throat, but Rose answered before him. "She's… gone." She said, stroking the Doctor's back. He turned to face her and buried his face in her shoulder, holding her tightly. She hugged him back, mouthing to Jack that she'll explain later.
Jack, wanting to give the couple some privacy, turned to the three others that were in the room. Cam and Brennan had been looking him up and down, marveling at the beauty that is Captain Jack Harkness, and quickly averted their eyes. Cam suddenly found a loose string from the upholstery of the seat very interesting. Booth snorted. He didn't like this guy already.
"Hello." He started, and walked up, to Cam and Brennan's disappointment, to Booth. He shook his hand, looking him up and down, eyes sparkling. Booth hadn't a clue on what was happening.
"It's very nice to meet you."
"Stop it." The Doctor warned, his voice muffled. Even when he was upset, he knew when to stop Captain Jack Harkness from flirting with everyone and everything that moved.
A/N: (I know I'm terrible for brining up Donna. Lord, how I miss her. *shakes fist* Russeeell! It's his fault for what happened to Rose, too. This show, man.)
Hope you enjoyed this! Does Jack know what The Silence are? Will they be able to defeat them? And most importantly, who is Jack's biggest love interest from the group? Let me know what you think in the reviews!
P.S: PM me if you're interested in being my beta-reader.
