AN: One note about this one. I would like to say I haven't seen ALL eps of Doctor Who, so I have no idea who gets killed off or what in certain ones. I just thought it would be interesting to bring an old favourite character of mine back into this story. Here's Jack!
Doctor Who: The Dummy Walks.
Chapter 5: Jarryd and the Captain.
The TARDIS was quite for once, but Jarryd knew they were moving, because the engine was still going but barely made a noise. The Doctor was busy scanning the green goo he had collected on the Planet Goosebumps and now and then murmuring 'Interesting' or 'no, that can't be right.'
Jarryd sat on a couch and thought over the things that happened to him. First the Doctor helps him through the streets of Sydney, then Slappy appears in his house for 'revenge' years later, then he is constantly stalked or spooked by Goosebumps characters to the very point that his parents send him to a mental institute in Canberra (because they didn't believe him), one run by something called Torchwood. Then, AGAIN, The Doctor appears and everything is turned upside-down (more upside-down than it was already). He has a space-ship in the shape of a police box on the outside, but when you're on the INSIDE it's like being on a new world. And speaking of new worlds...
"Doctor?" Jarryd looked up at the strange man that was scanning the green goo.
The Doctor looked up for a second to acknowledge he was listening and then continued scanning the goo.
"Who or what exactly are you? I mean, I know you're a time-traveller, and obviously you travel in space as well, but... well, you do things... SAY things... that make even the worst things fear you. Back on the Goosebumps planet, when you were talking to that snow-man, instead of it scaring you, you were scaring it, and it seemed you weren't even trying! You can't be human, to know as much as you do and still remember it."
The Doctor stopped scanning and looked at Jarryd, not angrily, just staring at him, like he was studying Jarryd now.
"Curious thing, time. I remember when I was your age. Of course, that was before I came to be in the TARDIS... before the battle... before the destruction. I didn't know much back then, but what I knew would make Einstein look like a baby. I'm a Time-lord. The last Time-lord there is."
Jarryd joined The Doctor at the control panel and looked at him curiously. "And what does a Time-lord do exactly? It sounds awesome!"
"It's both extremely terrifying and marvously beautiful at the same time. So many rifts in time and space, there needs to be Time-lords to sort them out. Lots of them."
"But you said you were the last one."
The Doctor sighed sadly. "I am."
"What happened?"
"There was a war. The greatest war of history. The Time War. If you combined the two World Wars together, you'd get just a smidgen of what this war was like."
Jarryd nodded, understanding it now. "And you fought alongside the Time-lords?"
The Doctor nodded.
"Who won?"
Before The Doctor could answer, The TARDIS stopped with a lurch and The Doctor was distracted by a loud beeping noise. The green goo was sending the TARDIS' computer mad.
"What's going on Doctor?"
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. It seems the TARDIS has found out what is in the goo."
"But why have we stopped? Has it taken us to the goo's original home?"
The Doctor looked at the screen again. "No... In fact, we're being abducted."
"Abducted? How? Who?"
"The TARDIS must have been travelling in a reality of space, not time, and some-one has picked us up. As to who... well, I guess we're about to find out. Incoming transmission. Jarryd, when I say 'now' I want you to pull that green lever over there."
Jarryd nodded and ran to the other side of the control panel, looking around in surprise.
"NOW!"
Jarryd yanked the lever and the TARDIS stopped moving once more.
"Opening communications link. Hello, fellow space-traveller?"
A screen popped up, hovering just above the control panel, and a face was seen on it. One Jarryd recognised but didn't actually know.
"Am I talking to the One and only Doctor?" The man asked, smiling.
"Captain Jack. Well, I never! Last I heard you were working for Torchwood!"
"Still am, Doctor. I see you've changed your face again! You sly dog! Always getting yourself killed. And you have a new companion! Not with girls this time?"
"Oh, you know me!"
Jack sighed. "That's what worries me. Now, are you going to introduce me, or am I gonna have to do all the work?"
"Of course. Jarryd, this is Captain Jack Ha..."
"I recognize you!" Jarryd exclaimed.
The two men looked at Jarryd in surprise.
"Excuse me?" Jack asked.
Jarryd jumped up and pointed at the Captain excitedly.
"Doctor! That's the guy I saw on the DVD! Just before Slappy attacked me!"
The Doctor looked at Jarryd and then at Jack.
"Interesting. Captain, are you sure you've never met Jarryd before?"
"I'm sure Doctor. Buddy, where did you see some-one like me?"
Jarryd was really excited now. "I didn't see some-one LIKE you, it was most definitely you! I never forget a voice or face! You were trying to warn me about Slappy."
"Who's Slappy?"
The Doctor flipped his sonic screw-driver out of his pocket and turned away for a moment. "Something like this has happened before. It seems we are crossing time-lines. Jarryd, this Jack is not the same Jack that contacted you, this is a past version. We need to get to Earth and sort this out, Jack. There's a mystery needed solving, and it might be better with a bit more help."
"Right. Well, I'll be glad to help in any way, so meet me in England at Torchwood. At least there we'll be able to use a bit more equipment n this mystery."
The Doctor nodded and the image of Captain Jack disappeared.
Jarryd sat and waited, eager to meet for real the man who had tried to help him get away from Slappy.
Something buzzed in Jarryd's mind. A faint memory... Something that, until now, didn't seem that important.
"Doctor, did you say that you knew Captain Jack?"
"Yep! We used to be companions before I changed into what you see now."
"So, when you said that the Captain Jack we were talking to just now was a different time-lined Jack, does that mean he can travel in time too? As well as space?"
"That's right. Why is that important?"
Jarryd remembered King Jelly-Jam and what it had told them about Slappy, or 'the traitor' as King Jelly-Jam referred to Slappy.
"You remember what King Jelly-Jam told us? He said there was a rumour that Slappy had found a time-traveller to help him go back and forward in time. It can't have been us, so who else does that leave?"
The Doctor spun around and looked at Jarryd for a moment. "You know, you're a very smart kid! Why didn't I see that? Ohhh! My head can be so stupid! Slappy must have come in contact with Jack or ship at one point and might, MIGHT be travelling with him at this very moment. I gotta fix this up; time could fall apart if things don't go the proper way."
"But how do we know if what you're about to do won't RUIN time?"
The Doctor chuckled. "We don't, but that's never stopped me before."
Jarryd watched The Doctor as he went to turn the communications back on, but it was too late.
The TARDIS had just stopped again, and this time it wasn't going anywhere.
"Doctor, if I open that door and Slappy tries to attack me, you will try and help me, right?"
"I give you my word."
Jarryd and The Doctor walked cautiously to the door and The Doctor turned the handle slowly.
The door swung open and there was... nothing.
Well, no Slappy or Captain Jack, at least. But what they could see was some kind of basement filled with boxes or metal scraps.
Jarryd stepped out uncertainly and felt a bit of a shiver go up his spine.
"Where are we now?" He asked.
"Torchwood, England. No time difference to when last spoke to Captain Jack, aside from a few minutes of course."
"So he's here?"
"And, if you're right, so is our mysterious dummy, Slappy. Into the belly of the beast Jarryd. The best way to go!"
Jarryd looked at The Doctor and murmured sarcastically. "This just keeps getting better and better."