Jack had walked quickly over to the med-unit but once inside he found he couldn't touch the door that led to that room.

He took a deep breath and stepped inside the room and it was like stepping back in time.

The Doctor didn't look any older, but then again neither did he. He pulled up a chair and sat at the bedside...how many times had he sat like this, waiting for the Doctor to wake.

But this time it was different, so very different. This time there would be no camaraderie, nor light-hearted banter about Jack having to save his ass again.

That had ended the day the Doctor had found out the truth about his children...no it had ended the second he'd agreed to help the Shadow Proclamation.

He swallowed hard when the Doctor began to stir; his nerves were as taut as bow strings.

When the Doctor eventually opened his eyes he said. "Hello Doctor."

He wasn't expecting a reply and if he did get one he was expecting it to be a negative one. He was almost relieved to get silence and then to be ignored...but he had to know, no matter what the outcome.

"You look good for someone who's had four kids."

That at least earned him a sideways glare...he'd gotten his attention.

"Martha says your legs aren't working."

"That should please you, I'm in a bed and I can't get away from you."

Jack had intended to be calm and rational but that evaporated in a flash of anger and frustration. "Is that what you think, that after nearly twenty years all I want to do is screw you!"

"That's what they call me isn't it...the Master's whore. So go ahead and leave the money on the table when you leave!" the Doctor spat.

Jack couldn't answer that statement, he'd heard the soldiers talk when they didn't think he was listening and he beaten up a few who had voiced what they would like to do to him when they got hold of him.

"So I hear...but it never came from me. So...how have you been besides giving my men a hard time?"

The Doctor looked at him again but there was less fire in his eyes but a load of suspicion.

"Nice try Captain, be nice to the Time Lord and he might just come over to your side...well think again. If you think we can go back to what we had then you're on a road with a dead end. You robbed me of the most important years of Tejhan and Ashena's life. You did nothing to stop them when they took my memories. Then you lied for three years and you let me suffer the nightmares, even after I told you about them. You did nothing when they imprisoned us, and to think all those times I saved this stupid planet and for what...to be stabbed in the back and be treated like a criminal."

"And the Master treats you any better."

Jack knew as soon as the words left his lips he'd made a huge mistake as the Doctor's expression hardened and his eyes flashed angrily.

"The Master treats me like an equal, not something to be used and thrown away like an unwanted toy."

Jack had to back track quickly; he needed to keep the Doctor in a stable frame of mind, if there was any hope of finding the Doctor he used to know and bringing it back. So he changed tack.

"Do you want to see Seska?"

That seemed to wrong foot the Doctor and the anger seemed to drain away. "Why would you do that?"

Jack could hear the suspicion in his voice and he had to be extremely careful about what he said next.

"Because despite this war...despite everything, I don't... "

He was interrupted by the Doctor, his expression hardening again. "Do you pity me? Well don't...I don't want anyone's pity. So, no more lies...no more false promises...no deals or bargains... just go away."

"Oh for Christ's sake," Jack exclaimed and got out of the chair and grabbed the Doctor and kissed him.

He expected the Doctor to try and push him off and snarl at him but he didn't expect the Doctor to respond to his kiss and with passion.

He never got chance to realise his mistake until he heard the hiss of a hypo and as felt his consciousness slip away the Doctor whispered in his ear. "Time Lords, we heal fast."

He pushed Jack away and without any effort he stood and without giving Jack another look slipped out of the room.

Gwen had volunteered to take food and water to the Doctor's son. "Better to use a carrot than a stick."

He had his back to the cell door and looked a picture of misery, so she cleared her throat, that made him turn and it was like looking a much younger version of the Doctor...the same rebellious hair and eyes that were expressive but looked deeper than the Mariana Trench.

"Seska isn't it?" she asked as she shoved the tray through the hatch. "Lovely name...what does it mean?"

The boy didn't move at first but eventually took the tray and picked at the food.

There was silence for a while and then. "It means Bringer of Happiness...I was born on the same day that my brother Tejhan died and it made my mother happy."

"I like it," Gwen said. "You look like him, the Doctor...same hair, eyes and no doubt you can wrap your parents round your little finger."

Seska snorted. "Perhaps...although mother still wins hands down."

Gwen smiled. "He was very good at it."

Seska looked at her and put down his fork. "You knew my mother too...before New Gallifrey."

Gwen moved closer to the cell. "Yes, I did and he was a different person back then."

Seska put his tray down and moved right next to the bars and said. "My parents never talk off before...tell me about before."

The Doctor slashed the canvas with the scalpel he'd stolen and slipped out of the med-tent...he only had one thing on his mind, find Seska.

He found a safe spot behind some crates and closed his eyes and let out a breath. He reached out and searched for the colour of his son...yes there, his distinctive metallic purple and he wasn't far away.

Now it was time for a distraction...an explosive one.

He left his hiding place and skirted round the tents, avoiding soldiers and civilians alike.

Then he spotted what he wanted and a feral smile appeared on his face.

Martha and Ianto walked into the med-unit, aiming to see if Jack was having any success with the Doctor.

The first thing they saw when they entered the room was an unconscious Jack and the second thing was the deep roar of a huge explosion outside.