The Time Agency

My mouth dropped open and I quickly turned to look out the window. We were now in space, Earth Mark Two was far below us. I craned my neck and saw the moon and when I squinted, I was able to see a large structure built on the moon.

I turned to Jack and said, "You built the Time Agency on the Moon?"

"Of course." Jack replied. "We have two duties as Time Agents. Protect the Earth and keep history from changing too much."

"So, do I get a skip on the investigation if I say that I worked, er, work at Torchwood Three?" I asked

Jack with a pleading, almost puppy dog look.

Jack laughed and patted my head. "You're not getting out of it, sorry."

I leaned back into the seat and sighed. I would just have to improvise.

I walked beside Jack as we entered the Time Agency. The building was massive, at least the entrance

was. You could shout and it would Eco for at least a minute or maybe longer. "Welcome to the Time Agency, Miss. Anderson."

The place was packed with life forms, some human and some non human. "So, any race can join?" I asked as I spotted some humans with cat faces, walking fish and a couple Jadoon. "What are the Jadoon doing here?"

"Yeah, mostly any race can join. The Jadoon are here for an investigation of, it's classified and I'm not aloud to tell you more than that. Come on, we'll be late."

I walked down the agency halls following very close to Jack. I had already lost track of the way to the entrance. Jack started to slow down. "It's up here. The second door on the left."

I followed Jack to the door. Jack took out a card and swiped it in front of a familiar small black box next to the door. The door opened into a small examination room, complete with a small cot. "Wait here, the Doctor will be here soon. After that you will be escorted to the interrogation room."

Jack turned around and left. I sat down on the bed and leaned back against the wall. Jack just left me here… just left. I knew it wasn't my Jack but it still hurt. And then Jack mentioned The Doctor. Oh I hoped he found me soon.

I couldn't keep on seeing Jack like this. I knew that I might have to be here awhile because Jack said on the Valiant that we shared an apartment. Normal people take years to develope a… oh shit. No. It won't take that long for The Doctor to come get me, granted he doesn't know where I am but he found Amy without knowing where she was, so why should I be any different?

Because he doesn't trust you. You didn't stop The Master, you failed River and then Pompeii happened- SHUT UP brain!

Suddenly the door slid open and a Doctor walked in. He was a tall thin man that was, by the looks of it, starting to lose his brown hair. "So, Miss. Anderson." He said. The Doctor was about five six and had brown hair and brown eyes. "Have any health problems lately?"

I had to resist the urge to roll my eyes. Yes, I had health problems, I turned into a Time Lady! But I wasn't going to say that. Instead I said, "No… um…."

"Doctor Leck." Doctor Leck said.

"Doctor Leck." I repeated.

We proceed with the check up, checking my blood pressure, looking into my eyes with a bright light, and then came the listening to the heart part. As he brought his stethoscope to my chest, I quickly shut down one heart so that only the left side was beating.

I was breathing heavier than normal and I felt a sharp pain on my chest whenever I breathed in. Doctor Leck eyed me. "It's okay, calm down. It's just a check up." He told me as he listened to one of my hearts beating, not knowing that I was not a human, just nervous about a check up, which I preferred to him knowing about me being a Time Lady.

"Okay." Doctor Leck said as he removed the stethoscope from my chest and put it back around his neck.

"Just one more thing, a blood test." My eyes widened. What? Jack hadn't said anything about this… probably it was because I wouldn't willingly come with him if I found that part out.

I racked my brain to see if there was anyway of stopping Doctor Leck to not take my blood sample. I saw Doctor Leck take out some sort of a needle and flicked it twice with his finger. "Please, stop." I told him

as he got closer to me. "Please, I'll do anything else, just don't take my blood."

Doctor Leck stopped. "Why shouldn't I?" He said curious.

With my Time Lady brain, I deduced his emotions and what he would most likely do next. I found that he is only curious and intrigued by science and the mystery of different races. He would keep a secret but if someone else was threatened, he would give it away in a heartbeat. I withdrew my mind and said, "Can

I trust you to keep a secret." I knew this was a very, very bad idea, considering not even Jack knows yet, but I had to stop him from getting a blood sample of my blood. That would be very bad.

"Uh, yes."

I took a deep breath. "You can't tell anyone. Seriously. If certain people, in this case aliens, found out I am here, there will be a war on your hands. People will die by the thousands if they found out you had some of my blood on hand."

Doctor Leck eyed me, uncertain if I was telling the truth, which I was. If the Daleks or Cybermen or any other enemies that I will make if the future find out that I am here and vulnerable… well, lets say it probably won't end pretty. "How do I know if you are telling the truth, and who are you?"

"I'm Susan Jane Anderson and you don't."

Doctor Leck put down the needle. "I'm listening."

I smiled, knowing that his curiosity would get the better of him. "Well, have you ever heard of the Time Lords?"

Doctor Leck nodded his head. "Yeah, we learned about them in our first class at the Agency. About how there was a terrible war and how only a man called The Doctor survived and is still out there saving worlds… if you are to believe that nursery rhyme, though the ending contradicts that The Doctor is still out there."

"And how many hearts did the Time Lords have?" I asked.

"Um, if I remember correctly, two."

"Then listen to my heart beats." I said.

"But I already-" I raised my eyebrows and he fell silent. He slowly took his stethoscope from around his neck and felt my heartsbeat. His eyes widened as he felt the other side of my chest. He slowly backed away. "But- I don't understand. You only had one heart a couple minutes ago."

"I stopped my right heart from beating. You only thought that I was nervous from the check up." I told him.

Doctor Leck was backing up until he hit the cabinets on the other side. "Doctor?" He whispered.

I laughed. "Nope, not The Doctor… I'm a girl... aren't I?"

"Yes." Doctor Leck drowned out slowly. "I thought only The Doctor survived the war."

"Wrong." I lied. "I too survived and was able to flee the devastation of my people. I traveled a bit with him though till I wound up here. But please, don't take my blood. You can do anything else. Just don't take my blood. I've seen whole civilizations at war with each other for just one vial of Time Lord blood."

Doctor Leck just nodded, still stunned that I wasn't human. "Please don't tell anyone about this. I don't want to be, you know, treated differently. Please." I said, with fake tears in my eyes and began to sob.

Doctor Leck slowly came closer after a while and held my hand, I flinched at the contact. "Shh." Doctor

Leck said, rather awkwardly. "It's alright. I won't tell."

I looked up at Leck through fake tears in my eyes. "You won't?" I asked softly.

"Nope." He replied, smiling. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone."

I smiled and jumped off the bed and hugged him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I squealed. Just at that point the door slid open and Jack walked in with two other men, presumably agents. Jack cleared his throat and I let go. "Um…." I started.

"All the tests are normal." Doctor Leck said. Then he turned and looked at me. "If you stay, I want monthly check ups, is that clear?"

I eyed him. This wasn't part of our deal, but I guess that I could work that into my schedule, if I had one by then. "Fine." I said.

"Come on Susan, lets go." Jack said.

I rolled my eyes. "Coming." I said as I walked up to him and out of the room, Jack's friends or more like bodyguards followed us.

I followed Jack into, what must be, an interrogation room. There was the standard set up, the table, the two chairs and besides that, a grey empty room. A man sat on the far side of the table, a plump elderly man, with grey hair beginning to show. "Hello, Miss. Anderson." I looked around as the door closed, leaving me alone in the room with the investigator. "Please, sit."

I slowly took a seat.

"So, Miss. Anderson, you are from the 21st century, am I correct?" The investigator asked.

I nodded. "Yes."

"How then, could you tell me, did you show up in this time if time travel wasn't invented by then."

"A friend of mine gave me their vortex manipulator." I responded.

"Is that a true statement? Who was that friend?"

"Yes and someone that I become very close to in the future, according to her, but now I'm not so sure because I might end up being stuck in some type of cell and I'll cause a paradox!"

"Tell me the name."

"I don't think I should. I'll tell it as a last resort." I retorted back.

"Why?"

"Because if I tell it to you now, you'll run away screaming." I said, beginning to smirk.

"Then how do I know if you are telling the truth." The investigator asked.

The whole time I was looking around the room with my eyes, but my head looking directly at the investigator. I smirked even wider. "You already know that I am telling the truth because of your scans."

"Wh-what?" The investigator spluttered.

"Oh, come on!" I said loudly, throwing my hands in the air. "This is the 51st century! Technology has to develop better at some point. You have to have some technological device that measures some ones heart beat, or something like a lie detector that you just point and scan."

The investigator raised an eyebrow. "That's a lot of speculation."

I raised the eyebrow exactly like the investigator did. "Is it?"

For a moment there we had a staring contest. Then, "You are correct. Very brilliant too."

I rolled my eyes. "Well, I am a genius." Genius plus Time Lady equals… supergenius. Supergenius, I like that. Wow. I never thought like this when I was a human. I liked it.

"So, Miss. Anderson, I'll only be a moment." The investigator said, getting up. "I have to discuss something with my superiors."

After a half an hour the door reopened and the Investigator, Jack and a man and women stepped in.

"These two are Helena Madison and Marcus Dover. They will be your commanding officers. Captain Jack will be your parole officer."

I looked at the investigator, puzzled. Parole? That didn't sound good.

"Ah, I should have said this before I started. You have two choices. Stormcage or join the Time Agents under parole until you prove yourself, which will take some time."

A/N: Some notes on reviews:

copperdragon 2: *Hands out virtual $5* Was I really that obvious?... Don't worry, there will be some... better plot twists that you guys won't see coming. :)