Hello! Here's the next chapter. Updates may be rather slow because I'm starting to study for exams, and May is going to be a hectic month. You have been warned! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it :)
"I'm River Song," the woman replied, "And where is my husband?"
Chloe frowned, "Your husband?"
"Most commonly known as the Doctor," River explained.
"Oh. We're trying to find him now."
"You lost him?" River asked as she came closer to them.
"Sort of. It wasn't really our fault."
"It's never good to leave that Time Lord on his own. Who are you?"
Jack smiled - that was his moment - and stretched a hand out to River, "Nice to meet you, River Song, I'm Captain Jack Harkness, and this is...Chloe..." He trailed off as he looked at Chloe and spotted the gash on her arm. Chloe looked at him, fear in her eyes, as she showed him her hand. She'd been holding it, and now her hand was covered with blood. "That's not good. Definitely not good!"
"What? What is it?" River asked, seeing something was wrong, as Jack searched his pockets, and triumphantly took out an old handkerchief.
"This might hurt, OK?" He said to Chloe.
"I'm not that much of a child, Jack, I've had cuts before. You don't need to show so much concern."
Jack chuckled, "Sorry." He wrapped the handkerchief round Chloe's arm.
"Let me see," River said. Jack stepped aside and she walked up to Chloe, taking out her device that was able to scan anything, much like the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, but she found it handier.
"I'm fine!" Chloe insisted impatiently.
River frowned at her scanner. It showed the wound, but what she found more interesting was what else it showed. "Turn to face me."
"Oh for goodness sake, I am fine!"
"Just let me see!"
Chloe sighed and turned to face her.
"No," River whispered, "That's not possible..."
"What?" Jack asked, curious.
River turned to him, "She has two hearts."
"What?!"
River turned back to Chloe, "You've got two hearts!"
"Yes, I know, now we should find the Doctor," Chloe said, determined to get a move on. She didn't want to do that now when they had more important things to do than to fuss over her extra heart.
Jack frowned, "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Mum and dad told me not to trust anyone about it. That people would have me locked up or something like that, and I didn't know the right time to tell you-"
"That means you're a Time Lord, or a Time Lady, or whatever the female version of a Time Lord is called."
"Yes, now shouldn't we be finding the Doctor? He could be hurt."
"You've got a point," River agreed, "And what is that creature?"
"A patnon."
"Right. Another species I haven't encountered. I'm assuming it's dangerous."
"Very."
"Could there be more of them?"
"I don't think so."
"Good, then we should really get going. Have you got an idea of where he is?"
"No idea," Jack replied, "We're trying our best. Any ideas?"
"Plenty." She typed something in on her device and sent it.
The Doctor was busy creating the object that would help them, when his sonic made a sound. He looked at it and smiled. Hello sweetie. He pointed his sonic to the ceiling and made it whirr for a message to appear on River's device.
River grinned at the message; the entire process had only taken a few seconds. Geronimo. "Well, now I have a better idea of where he is," she said happily.
Chloe laughed, "What did you do?"
"Oh, that doesn't matter. What does matter is that we are one step closer."
"How did you come here, anyway?" Jack wondered.
"Again, it doesn't matter as much as finding the Doctor. Who knows what they're doing to him? Come on."
