Chapter 9: The Big Blue Box and The Impossible Girl

Jack awoke on the city streets of downtown Cardiff. It was night. As Jack slowly regained consciousness, he saw people running and screaming around him. Once he got on his feet and grabbed his large laser gun, he assessed the situation. There had been a second earthquake. That must have been what knocked him out. He must have fallen down hard on the ground and been knocked unconscious.

Why had there been a second earthquake? It must have been the rift. Jack knew what it meant. Gwen and Mickey must have closed the rift. This was good. More than good it was excellent. Jack even managed to smile upon this new realization. However, there were still evil aliens and monsters roaming about the city. Jack promised to slay one of them: the Dalek. So that's what he was going to do.

Jack's history with the Daleks goes back over a hundred years. The very first time that Jack ever died was by a Dalek. Back when he was traveling with the Doctor, they arrived at The Game Station in the year 200100. The Daleks invaded the station and killed hundreds of innocent people, including Jack. However, he was later revived and made immortal. Jack didn't see the Daleks again until just a few months ago when they stole the Earth. Now, one has come through the rift and was killing innocent people. Luckily, Jack brought a powerful laser gun with him. It could destroy a Dalek with one blast. So Jack continued roaming the city looking for the alien killer.

He soon found what he was looking for. The Dalek was flying high above the city shooting people dead from above. The Dalek was too high off of the ground and the night sky was too dark for Jack to get a good aim at the alien. He had to figure out something to do or everyone in the city would die and eventually so would everyone on the planet.

So Jack found a building. It rose hundreds of feet high off of the ground. Immediately, Jack raced inside and up all of the stairs in order to get to the roof. He figured that once he was on the top of the building, he would have the best chance to shoot the Dalek and cause the least amount of destruction. However, once Jack reached the roof and searched the sky, the Dalek was nowhere to be seen. It seemed as though the alien had vanished.

Jack was confused. It was there before he went inside the building and the Dalek wouldn't even think about leaving the city until everyone was dead. So where did it go?

Jack then turned around and looked into the sky behind him. He thought he saw something moving in the darkness of the night sky. The object was disguised in the clouds. Then this object moved into some visible light in the sky. Jack was astounded by what he saw. A big blue box was flying around in the sky.

Jack smiled happily. The Doctor was here flying through the sky in his TARDIS. The Doctor always knew what to do in the face of danger. However, Jack noticed that something was wrong. The TARDIS wasn't just flying around the skies. It was flying away from something. Soon Jack saw what it was that the Doctor was fleeing from. The Dalek was chasing the TARDIS.

"It must have recognized the TARDIS." Jack said aloud to himself.

Jack watched the TARDIS and the Dalek fly through the sky. He soon saw that their chase through the air was coming towards him. He didn't have time to think. The big blue box was swiftly approaching towards him. Jack ran out of the way and watched as the TARDIS rapidly approached where he previously stood.

What happened next happened too fast for Jack to fully realize what was going on. The TARDIS slowed down once it reached the roof of the building for a brief moment. It almost came to a complete stop. While the TARDIS was slowly moving, the doors started to open. Then, a girl with brown hair fell out of the doors and onto the roof. Then, the TARDIS doors shut and it quickly picked up speed again and flew off into the night sky. The Dalek zoomed past the roof. It was still chasing the Doctor.

Jack rushed over to help the girl who'd fallen on the ground. However, she picked herself up and looked at Jack before he had a chance to even touch her.

"Oh my stars. Look at you!" The girl remarked.

Jack knew that this was compliment, yet he had to surpress his urge to flirt with this girl. He had to focus on what was important.

"What's your name?" Jack asked her.

"My name's Clara." The girl said. "But the Doctor calls me The Impossible Girl."