Delilah: I must be crazy, updating so quick. Normally I put at least a few days between chapters. But I was inspired by reading some new fanfics about Ten/Rose and because so many people have put this story on their alert list! I'm really happy my lone reviewer as of yet- thank you Always Edward and Bella for your lovely review! -likes Twyla, I'm still waiting for the rest of my reviewers opinion. Well, this chapter will be a slight insight into Rose and Twyla's time in her room, then what Rose and the Doctor were doing ;3 before leading up to what happened to Twyla. Next chapter should be the rescue, and if I'm inspired enough I may get that typed today too! Fingers crossed!

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who… Sadly… Just my story and my OC. Enjoy

What Ten Seconds Can Do

Chapter Five: Girl Talk and Rescues

Rose padded down the hall in her socks and long white night dress- borrowed from Twyla's wardrobe where she had almost as many random clothes as the TARDIS. Rose figured Twyla must have seen many strangers in her time, since she didn't age and people passed through here all the time, alien and human alike. She had snuck out while the Doctor was showering- despite his tempting offer to join him -to talk with Twyla a little. She knocked on the redhead's door softly and entered when the girl's voice called out for her to go ahead and come in. Twyla was still in her normal clothes but she was digging through a drawer, as if searching for something important.

"Hi…?" Rose offered. Twyla turned her eyes up and gave the brunette Time Lady a tentative smile." Care for some girl time? I wanted to talk a bit more… If ya don' mind?"

"Sure, you I like," Twyla said with a grin," The men in my home, I'm still not too fond of just yet… 'Specialy Jack… he has already grinded on my nerves…"

" 'e's not so bad," Rose said. She sat down on the large bed near where Twyla stood. She brushed her bangs back, remembering how she met Jack and how charismatic he could be. She told Twyla about her adventures with Jack and her Doctor while the girl changed into black cotton pants and an off-white tanktop. Her arms were now on full display and Rose couldn't help but trace her gaze over the ink." They really are quite beautiful you know… I don' know why ya would wan' to cova' them…"

"It's just…" Twyla sighed. She shook her head, not finishing her thought. She reached over and grabbed an old, worn, leather, photo album and opened it up for Rose. She pointed to a picture of her and her mother; both had their arms above their head in a victory pose and their tattoos were on display. Twyla's constellations were shinning bright blue, and Dusk's arms- covered in intricate flowers and vines to match the five petal flower on her cheek -shinning right with her daughter. Both of them looked so beautiful it almost hurt Rose." She was beautiful… My mum… She was the most beautiful person in e whole world…"

"You're bof' beautiful…" Rose assured Twyla. She began asking questions to the Alien Princess and braided her long red hair back." Why do yer' eyes change? I thought it was jus' me at first…"

"They've always done that…" Twyla said," Mums did too… She said it was a mood thing, they change with my mood and with how my body is reacting to things."

"Wha' about your hair?" Rose teased, tugging at a strand of the auburn locks in question." Eva' heard of a haircut?
"Yeah, but mum said to never cut more then a few inches off," Twyla said," She told me that my hair was so beautiful… She always had to keep hers short, you see… Always in the way… But she said I should grow mine out, be different…"

"My mum just hates that I used to dye mine," Rose smirked. The girls spoke for a few more moments before Rose yawned and Twyla sent the girl off to sleep." Promise ya will actually listen to the Doctor tomorrow? 'e isn' all mad…"

"I believe him Rose," Twyla sighed," And that's why I'm so scared…"

"An' try to give Jack a chance…" Rose smiled," He looks at ya like you're some kind a son or shinin' star… He can't age either, Twyla… That's something 'e can understand…"

"Only because you asked me to Rose," Twyla smiled," I do like you, I wish we could be friends longer…"

"Maybe we can…" Rose sighed as she walked away," Maybe we can…"

~*DW*~

"I wan' to take Twyla wif' us," Rose said as she entered the room she and the Doctor were sharing. He had his 'Brainy Specs' on his nose and a book in his lap, and gave her a curious glance but let her continue as she climbed up into the bed with him. She snuggled up under one of his arms and nuzzled her nose into his neck. The Doctor sighed as she left a few soft kisses along his jaw too." She wants to see the stars, she wants to get away with people who won't judge her because she won't age… And Jack could come too…?

"Ah there we are, Rose Tyler Galactic Match Maker," the Doctor chuckled. He gasped when Rose nipped at his earlobe and then kissed along his neckline again." Although… If this is how I'm going to be convinced every time… We can have a whole TARDIS of companions…" Rose giggled and offered him a real kiss this time." But, for the record, I knew you would want her to come along, and planned to offer after this Gorgon episode was solved."

"I knew we would see eye-to-eye, my Doctor…" Rose smirked as she leaned in for a deep kiss they had been denied earlier.

~*DW*~

Hours later- hours enough that Rose and the Doctor had indulged in some recreational activities and were now asleep in each others arms -Jack come running down the hallway screaming like a banshee about a green light and Twyla missing. Rose groaned, ready to yell at the man to go stuff it, before she caught the gist of what he was screaming at them.

"Twyla's gone?" Rose cried. She shot up and tried to shake the Doctor awake as well. The Doctor managed to stumble from bed, both pulling their respective clothes on and let Jack in. The man was babbling about what had just happened and trying to get the two to yank their trainers on faster. Rose threw her dark hair into a ponytail and shoved her feet into her converse, not even minding to tie them yet. The Doctor did the same, tying his shoes and Rose's with his sonic, before following Jack outside to catch glimpse of the large Gorgon ship still parked above the house." Wha' alien is bloody stupid enuff to park their ship above the place they jus' kidnapped someone from?"

~*DW*~

Twyla struggled against the Galactic Plastic chains holding her to a gold wall. She kicked and screamed until she was hoarse, and then kept her mouth shut when they came in and tried torturing her. She refused to answer the three Gorgon who came in, interrogating her about her origin and hurt her. She tried sending Rose and the Doctor mind signals, but the entire ship was under a mental shield. She tried breaking the chains, but Galactic Plastic- unlike its name -had the consistency of steel bars reinforced with titanium lining. She screamed again as she felt one of the cuffs tighten at her struggle, and bite into her wrist.

"Why is this happening to me?" Twyla cried. She kicked and struggled again, and tried to slide her thin wrists out of the cuffs this time. She stopped as the Gorgon from before entered again. She cursed at them in all the Alien languages she knew, including their native tongue. She took every slap, every shock, and every torture they tried to ensue upon her, and grinned back. It was only when they left that she cried.

She took another three hours of this, praying to whatever god there was that he would save her. She prayed that Rose and the Doctor would come; she prayed Jack would get help. She prayed any of them would barge in the door. After a particularly bad hour of torture, Twyla managed to slide her wrist out of one cuff, and then yanked her emergency sonic beam form her pocket. For geniuses in torture the Gorgon weren't great in capturing a trained alien fighter and not searching her. She freed her other hand and half ran, half limped out of her cage. She got halfway through the ship before the alarms went off. She grew frantic, scurrying away from the alarm and trying to find an exit.

"Why me, why me, why me?" Twyla cursed. She gathered up as much strength as she could and ran, her legs aching and her wounds screaming in anguish. She ran and ran until she was caught up in a strong grip." NO!"

~*DW*~

Jack kept harassing the Doctor about not moving fast enough- "Bloody hell Jack you would think you were already in love with the girl!" -but he was going as fast as he could. The Gorgon ship hadn't moved in an hour, but the mental shield they were trying to get through was the problem. Once the trio finally made it inside- a long and agonizing three hours after Twyla had been taken -Jack was like a wild man.

"Jack!" Rose said. She yanked the man back and gave him a famous Tyler smack right across his cheek. The smack sounded down the hall and Jack calmed down immediately." I like her too, but you won' be any help if ya all frantic! So calm the bloody hell down!"

"Yes ma'am…" Jack said touching his bright red cheek. Lucky for them, the alarms rang out, at the moment, and they ran away from the sirens. The trio felt a wave of nostalgia- even under the circumstances -at the familiar situation of running away. Jack had just rounded a corner when he had a very frantic and tiny redhead in his arms. She screamed, piercing and wild, and kicked and hit at his hold." TWYLA!"

"J-Jack?" Twyla asked. She stopped her animalistic clawing and went limp at the hold. Jack nodded and pulled the girl closer, scanning all her injuries. Twyla gave a weka smile and clung to his neck now." I d-dint' stop fighting… They didn't get one scream outta' me… You would've been.. Woulda' been proud…"

Then she fainted in Jack's arms. Jack easily swung the girl into his arms, bride-style, and turned towards the Doctor. The look in Jack's piercing blue eyes, the feelings radiating off his icy orbs, said that this was his battle now. The Doctor would not be giving any punishment tonight, only Jack.

"Rose, will you take Twyla back down, please?" Jack asked. Rose nodded and took the girl- amazed at the new strength from her Time Lady genes -and took the sonic screw driver from the Doctor.

"You're not gonna do somefing crazy are ya?" Rose asked. Jack gave her a hard look and she sighed." Just remember ya have a bleedin' mad redhead to get back to, eh?"

Jack didn't answer, he took a gun from his jacket and turned towards the opposite direction they had been heading. Rose didn't like the look in her friend's eyes, but feelings of the heart did funny things to men. She took his order and ran with the Doctor, back to the house and away from the Gorgon. Jack didn't glance back to see his friends take Twyla away. He bit back an angry growl at the image of the small girl, so broken and torn in his arms. The look in her eyes when he had caught her, it was animalistic and ready to defend herself, to live at all costs. He would make sure to never see that look in her eyes again. He couldn't call it love- no not yet -but he saw the look in her eyes that evening, before their kiss. He had seen the loneliness, and the curse of never dying that he knew was mirrored in his own every day. No, it wasn't love yet, but it was a camaraderie of an arrogant time enigma and a beautiful Alien Princess in denial.

A group of six Gorgon came around the corner and Jack clicked his gun. He gave a malicious grin and watched the terror in the aliens' eyes.

"Oh yea, be afraid, be very fucking afraid."

~*DW*~

Delilah: yea, I'll probably go ahead and type up the next chapter. It's basically Jack and Twyla fluff, and the two joining the Doctor and Rose on the TARDIS. Once that's over I'll probably do my own versions of some of the episodes in season three and four. Not entirely sure yet. Review and tell me what episodes you'd like to see with Twyla and Jack!