Jack winced slightly as Mariah vanished, a slight pain in his head. But the pain stopped as quickly as it started, and his beloved Mariah reappeared, crouched beside him, looking at him with worry and hope. She was battered and bruised and had a dark smudge across her cheek, but when she smiled tentatively at him Jack knew she was fine. He looked down at their entwined fingers and nodded as she spoke softly to him.
"Do you remember who I am?" she asked hurriedly. "Where we met? What we've done?"
"Yes, Mariah," he nodded, thinking over what The Master had said about rewriting both their timelines. "You're my wife… and we're having a baby."
Mariah smiled, tears of joy filling her eyes as she nodded
Mariah turned and smiled triumphantly at the confused Time Lord, and The Master snarled. "NO!"
"Never underestimate me." Mariah snickered.
"I'll remember that. Guards!" The Master grinned. "Take them away. Have a little fun with the Captain…and make sure she can hear him scream."
"Yes, Sir!" the guards saluted him as they dragged Mariah and Jack away from each other.
"There are other ways of making you do what I want, Mrs. Harkness…many other ways." The Master then turned a deaf ear on her cries of rage and anguish.
...
Mariah sat, tied to a steel chair in a holding cell, Jack's screams of agony ringing in her ears. They were torturing him…and sending the sounds through a speaker for her to hear. She'd screamed his name until she was hoarse. Every now and then, Jack would tell her he could stand the pain, tell her not to give in, but then the screams were worse than before.
She couldn't stand to have Jack in pain anymore. "I want to talk…negotiate…with The Master…" she managed to choke out through gasping sobs.
Jack's screams stopped. There was naught but silence for what felt like hours. And then…the door to her holding cell opened.
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Again, sorry it's short! Next one will be a bit longer I hope!