Captain Jack Harkness' arrival was announced with footsteps. He entered the TARDIS console room and saw Martha leaning on the console. "Hey." He walked over to the female and stood beside her. "Why did you want to meet up? Especially so late?"
"Something isn't right." Martha replied instantly, as if she hadn't even listened to what Jack said. "What?" Jack asked, confused at her remark.
"Haven't you seen it?" Martha continued to ramble, ignoring all of the comments made by the former time agent. "What?" Jack said again, this time with more force. He reached out and placed a hand on Martha's shoulder. She shook off his hand with a quick turn, now facing him.
"Jack...something's wrong with the Doctor."
"You've noticed that too?" Jacked looked her dead in the eye, a small smirk playing across his face.
"Jack, this isn't funny."
"I wasn't saying it was."
"Something's wrong!"
"I know!"
The TARDIS began to hum, as if she had been adding to the conversation. Jack turned around and placed his hands on the console. His grey eyes traveled across blue cylinder of the machine. "What is it?" He asked, cocking his head slightly. "You agree something's wrong with him?" The time machine replied with a hum. Jack placed his hand on the glass cylinder and smiled softly. "Shake softly for yes, hum for no." The TARDIS floor moved slightly under Jack's feet. He nodded and flashed a small, reassuring smiled to Martha. "Can you give us visual on his room?" The TARDIS hummed softly and an image slowly appeared on the monitor screen. Jack walked over to it, Martha behind him. On the screen, the Doctor was just...sleeping. Nothing looked out of the ordinary. Jack sighed and placed his hands on the console's edge. "Great." He sighed.
A hologram flashed at the edge of his vision. He looked up an turned his head to see a holographic Doctor. "Hello." The hologram smiled slightly. "Voice interface enabled, it's me, the TARDIS." It said with the Doctor's voice. Jack's eyes slowly looked the hologram up and down. "So...you're the TARDIS?" Martha asked. The interface nodded. "Easier way to discuss."
Jack nodded, "Have you seen anything...you know...suspicious?" The hologram shook its head, watching the disappointment cloud Jack's gaze. "But I have heard things." It quickly added, wanting Jack and Martha to keep hope within their line of sight.
"Like what?" Martha asked.
"I have discovered the whisper of extreme emotions. Sadness, I believe."
Jack sighed, "Rose."
"What?" Martha turned to Jack, "His former companion?"
Jack nodded softly and leaned his head back to stare at the ceiling, thoughts spinning in his head. "How long has it been? Since Rose?" He asked, still staring at the ceiling. "Year." The TARDIS interface replied, slowly putting its hands inside the trench coat pockets.
"Its been a year and he's still not over it?" Martha seemed slightly annoyed, but she hid it well. Jack shrugged, "He loved her in a way I can't explain. Just at the sight of each other they would crack a smile, or a short laugh." He sighed. "When you lose something like that..." He trailed off, trying to escape the memories that had already rushed into his mind.
Martha looked at Jack with little concern, he would always dive into a pool of memories at random moments. "So, what do we do?" She questioned, addressing the TARDIS and Jack. Jack slowly slipped out of his daze when the interface began to speak, "Monitor. I'm not one for keeping an eye on my Doctor, but...I can make an exception."
"So we're stalking the Doctor?" Jack pointed out.
"If that's how you want to put it." The interface shrugged.
Martha smirked and nodded, "Right then it's settled."
The TARDIS interface had disappeared awhile ago, leaving Jack and Martha in the console room. The Captain was slowly pacing around the console. The room was sitting in a comfortable silence, the only vibration was Jack's footsteps echoing off the metal floors. He had his thumb slightly in his mouth, biting the nail. He closed his eyes and stifled a yawn, before turning to Martha. "I'm heading off to bed, see you in the morning." He had a small smile on his face as Martha nodded. He walked out of the room, coat tail finding an air current, and floating behind him.
The Doctor had thrashed slightly in his sleep, but of course this was when no one was watching. It was just a coincidence. He blinked open his eyes to find his TARDIS blue comforter on the floor and his bed soaked in sweat. With a soft sigh, the time lord stood up and jumped in the shower.
Once clean and awake, the Doctor slipped on his blue suit. He would have to wear blue until he could clean the blood out of his brown. He ran a hand through his damp hair, making it stick out at various angles. He pinched the bridge of his nose before stepping out of his room and heading towards the console room.
Jack awoke the next morning. He rolled onto his back and stared at the ceiling. He yawned slightly, wishing he had never stayed up so late the night before, but today there would be another adventure that would hopefully awaken him. He stood up and pulled on his white shirt and a pair of trousers. He put on his belt and braces. He slipped on his coat and walked out the door. He entered the console room to see the Doctor pushing several buttons.
"Hey Doc!" Jack smiled and walked over to him.
The Doctor nodded to Jack, forcing the edges of his mouth to turn up into a smile. "Morning, where's Martha?"
"Still sleeping, I guess." Jack shrugged and walked around the console, brushing his hands across the buttons lightly. His eyes wandered to the Doctor, who was continuing to mess with the console. The Captain scanned the time lord from head to toe, or at least as far as he could see. So head to waist. His eyes stopped at the wrist though. As the Doctor had been working, small parts of his sleeve would roll up to reveal long, thin read marks. Jack's eyes widened softly. He immediately looked down, feeling slightly faint. 'Why the hell would he do this?'