Old Enemy, New Friends
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Chapter Seventeen
"I think I'm going to be sick," said Awinita while Alan held onto Rose and his hearts pounded in his chest. The smell of rotting meat filled their noses as the sound of blood dripping filled the air and Alan softly growled. Using their respiratory bypass systems so they didn't have to breath, they walked by the racks of human body parts hanging from meat hooks and a low buzzing sound filled the air. Walking by a table with jars of body parts, they stopped when they saw three large windows and Rose felt her stomach churning. Behind the glass, lasers cut into three men as they looked up at the ceiling and their eyes were glazed over. The blood dripped to the floor as Alan balled his hands into fists and removed his sonic screwdriver. He pushed the button as the sonic screwdriver hummed and the machines in the room exploded. Awinita and Rose destroyed the other machines as the alarms rang out and they ran out of the room. The explosion behind them nearly caused them to fall as they felt the heat of the fire coming down the hallway and Alan used his sonic screw driver to open the doors to the lift at the end of the hallway. Running faster, he went inside as he hit the door button and Rose and Awinita ran inside the lift. Pushing the button again, they watched the lift doors close as the lift moved upward and Alan held Rose and Anwinita. Rose could see the anger in Alan's eyes as he breathed hard through his nose and her hearts hurt.
"I swear, Amo'tiri, if he's done anything like that to Adam's Doctor, I'm going to…" growled Alan when she held him and his whole body was shaking. Hushing him, Rose rubbed his back as Alan took a few deep breaths and Awinita slid his hand into hers Calming down, Alan smiled when the doors to the lift opened and they walked out of the lift, heading down the hallway. Suddenly four Toclafane appeared in the hallway and Alan pulled Awinita and Rose behind him.
"Halt and identify!" said the Toclafane, pointing its laser at them. Alan removed the security badge from the jacket he was wearing when he held it up and the Toclafane looked at it. "Remove your helmet for proper identification."
"Uh, Bro, you do that…" whispered Awinita and he looked at her.
"I know," whispered Alan while the Toclafane moved closer and the laser bopped up and down.
"Remove your helmet!" shouted the Toclafane. Slowly moving his hands up to the helmet, Alan removed it and let it drop to the floor. "Alert, the Doctor has escaped!"
"Negative. Scans indicate that the Doctor is with Mister Master…and is heading for Mister Master's quarters," said the second Toclafane.
"How is that possible? The Doctor cannot be in three places at once," said the Toclafane.
"We must bring them to Mister Master," said the third Toclafane.
"Okey-dokey," said the fourth Toclafane, moving closer and its laser bopped up and down.
"What do we do now?" whispered Rose as Alan sighed and slowly raised his hands. They turned as they headed down the hallway and the Toclafane surrounded them, leading them toward the lift.
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Jack held the ring finger of Adam's Jack's left hand as the skin melted together and the finger wiggled. Adam's Jack's wedding ring was at the bottom of the jar as Jack slid it back onto Adam's Jack's finger and it bent down, squeezing his fingers. They had found the rest of Adam's Jack's body parts as Mingxia and Donna checked the shelves and Donna found three more jars in a cabinet. Walking to the table, she handed the jars to Jack as he looked at the jars and took out Adam's Jack's pinkie. Donna watched as Jack placed the pinkie on the hand and Donna looked at the life support container. She walked to it as she knelt down and Adam's Jack looked at her.
"I am so sorry," said Donna, softly, and Adam's Jack smiled.
"Why? You didn't do this," teased Adam's Jack and she gasped.
"I didn't know you could talk!"
"He cut my head off just under the vocal cords. So, Red, mind telling me how is it that you're here and why I see two of me?"
Donna explained while Jack finished connecting the last of the fingers and walked to Mingxia. Standing near Adam's Jack's naked body, Mingxia took the hand from Jack as she held it to the bottom of Adam's Jack's left arm and the hand melted onto the wrist. The fingers wiggled as they looked at them and the hand flexed the fingers in and out.
"I can't believe he's able to do that," said Mingxia as Jack went to work on the other hand and smiled.
"I remember this one time that I had a hand cut off in India and the shop owner fainted when my hand jumped off the table and chased his cat around the room," said Jack as Adam's Jack laughed and Donna rolled her eyes. Jack handed Adam's Jack's right hand to Mingxia and she walked to Adam's Jack's right arm, attaching the hand.
"I can't believe that you're not bleeding to death," said Donna.
"I'm not sending any blood to the areas that have missing parts," said Adam's Jack nodded.
"Is that everything?" asked Donna.
"Just about," said Jack as he walked to the life support container and Donna stepped aside so he could get to the jar with Adam's Jack's head. Carefully removing Adam's Jack's head from the jar, Jack walked to Adam's Jack's body and slowly lowered the head.
"Hold it! I'm on backwards!" shouted Adam's Jack as Donna gently smacked Jack's back and Jack laughed. Turning the head around, Jack lowered the head as they watched the head attach itself and the Adam's Jack wiggled his head side to side. "Ah, that's much better."
"I'd say it is," whispered Donna as she looked him over and he winked at her. Suddenly the room shook as the sound of an explosion filled the air and the alarms sounded. "All right, Harkness, what did you just do?!"
"I didn't do that!" said Jack, taking his coat off and handed it to Adam's Jack.
"Well, I suggest that we get out of here!" said Mingxia, helping Adam's Jack with the coat.
"Hold on," said Adam's Jack as he reached inside the coat and Donna's eyes went wide.
"What are you doing?!" gasped Donna as he removed his hand and grinned.
"Just checking to see if I have all my parts," said Adam's Jack and Jack laughed.
"Dude, I would NEVER forget to put THAT back!" said Jack as they helped Adam's Jack walk to the door then stopped when six Toclafane in the doorway and Donna looked at Jack.
"Halt!" said the Toclafane as they pointed the lasers at them and Jack sighed. The Toclafane floated to Jack then to Adam's Jack as it scanned them then floated back to the other Toclafane. "Scans indicate duplication of Subject 94875493-JH."
"We must take them to Mister Master," said the second Toclafane as they floated closer and Jack slowly reached for his gun. "Halt! Any aggressive action will result in lethal action!"
"Oh, like that will stop me!" said Jack as Donna placed her hand on his shoulder and he looked at her.
"Let them take us to the Master," said Donna softly.
'Why?!" asked Jack.
"Because we do that and he'll lead us to Adam's Doctor."
"We do that and he'll kill us. Donna, I've dealt with this psycho before. He doesn't play by the rules. Hell, I don't think he even knows what they are."
"Move!" shouted the Toclafane as they surrounded them and they walked of the lab. Jack held onto Adam's Jack as they looked at each other and Jack blinked.
"Tell me something," whispered Jack.
"What?" asked Adam's Jack.
"Are your Owen and Tosh still alive?"
"No, they're not. Are they in your dimension?"
"No. I asked because River has chibis of them."
"Oh, that's because she saw their picture and wanted to include them."
"Silence!" shouted the Toclafane as they headed down the hallway and both Jack and Adam's Jack sighed.
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Holding Rain's hand, the Doctor led the way as they walked down the hallway and Jenny looked at the paintings hanging on the wall.
"Dad, look at this one," said Jenny as she pointed to the painting and the Doctor looked at it.
"That's an original Rembrandt," said the Doctor when they came to the door and he let go of Rain's hand. Taking out the sonic screwdriver, the Doctor unlocked the door as they went inside the room and saw Lucy lying on the bed.
"Lucy?!" asked the Doctor. Turning the imager off, he ran to the bed and sat on the edge of the bed. She was asleep as he looked at her wrists and growled. "That sick bastard."
Rain, Hoshi and Jenny watched as he carefully moved the blankets back and placed Lucy's arms around his neck. Sliding his arms under her, he heard her whimper as he lifted her off the bed and turned to them. Lucy sighed then opened her eyes and blinked, looking at him.
"Sweetie, you're all better!" said Lucy as he nodded then she looked at the others and blinked. "Who are they?"
"They're friends," said the Doctor as she placed her head on his shoulder and they walked toward the door. Suddenly four Toclafane came into the room as the lasers came out of the shell and Lucy glared at them.
"Do not move!" shouted the Toclafane while the laser bopped up and down.
"What do you think you're doing?! Harry will not tolerate you coming in here and threatening me!" shouted Lucy.
"Mister Master sent us to take the intruders to his office!"
"They are not intruders! They are my friends! Now, get out!"
"Mister Master sent us to take the intruders to his office!"
"I said get out!"
"Mister Master sent us to…"
"We get it!" said the Doctor.
"Dad, what do we do?" asked Jenny and Lucy looked at her.
"Did she call you "dad"?"" asked Lucy.
"Yes, she did," said the Doctor.
"I didn't know you were a daddy! My, aren't you pretty!" said Lucy while Jenny gave her a look and the Doctor sighed, adjusting his hold on Lucy.
"Move!" shouted the Toclafane when the room shook and the sounds of an explosion and alarms filled the air. Lucy screamed, burying her head in the Doctor's neck, as he tried to keep his balance and growled.
"Alan, what did you do now?" whispered the Doctor as the Toclafane came closer and surrounded them.
"We must take you to Mister Master!" said the Toclafane as they walked to the door and left the room. Watching the Toclafane leading them down the hallway, the Doctor wondered what caused the explosion and hoped that his family was all right. He hated not being able to feel them as he growled and carefully adjusted his hold on Lucy, who smiled sweetly at him.
"Don't worry, Sweetie, Harry will explain what's going on," whispered Lucy as she closed her eyes and placed her head on his shoulder. Rain looked at the Doctor as he shrugged and they walked down the hallway, heading for the lift.