So tiny bit like Amy's Choice, Series Five with the whole dream and choice thing. And a bit like Turn Left I guess cos the whole alternative reality. I just wanted to make things interesting when she sees Jack in Utopia, heads up this is going to (hopefully) be a sad story (well, the endings gonna be sad) so please tell me if it was cos I don't really do sad stories. Anyway, enjoy.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
Abi burst the tapestry door open and ran straight through the church hall, interrupting a very calm mass, she ran down the center of the aisle, screaming bloody murder,
"Oh my God! Doctor, For Gods Sake, get the hell out of there!" She didn't turn when she screamed but the people did when they saw a man in a blue suit run out of the same tapestry,
"Aaaaahhhhhh! My God! Run!"
Behind him a group of small midgets, in black tie and completely red all over followed him, screaming. It was now that people started murmuring questions and frowning at all that was happening, some were trying to look into the tapestry to see what was happening. Abi got to the door and stopped to see if her 'group' was far behind, the Doctor stopped beside her and together they opened the big church doors to make the exit bigger for everyone, the midgets arrived and ran out of those doors, Abi ushering each of them out,
"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10", The last midget ran out of the doors, she looked at the Doctor, "That's all of them, call Martha", She threw him her phone and he went outside to call Martha, she turned to the congregation, "Sorry for the interruption, this is just the result a malfunction in an admin system somewhere in Asia, these little guys are late for a convention, so yeah", She left them with that and also ran out, not closing the doors behind her.
Outside the Doctor was on the phone,
"Where are you?",
"Where are you?",
"Outside the church with some very angry red men, where are you?", The line disconnected suddenly and he was left frowning at the phone until Martha popped up behind him,
"Here, and I've brought someone", Next to her was a bald, tall red man, who looked, despite his goofy face, very angry, the Doctor smiled and was about to speak when Abi ran up behind him,
"Ah, Fraser, look we've got your guys",
"I wouldn't have lost them if it wasn't for your stupid Doctor", As he spoke a mass of spittle escaped his mouth and as one the all leaned back,
Abi wiped herself down, "Yeah, well, everything's find now so..."
"Can you send us back now!", Martha exclaimed, she brought up her wrist to show a black wrist band and slowly both the Doctor and Abi raised theirs to show the same, muttering "Yeah"
Fraser rolled his eyes, "Very well", He brought up his wrist to show a silver band and he tapped the blue button on it, the four of them and the little red people all disappeared.
They landed in a market buzzing with aliens and creature, Fraser looked at the trio, "Well, thanks for ruining my show, kidnapping my children and effectively scarring them for life", They looked at the group who were clutching onto each other and looking around with wide eyes,"I hope that one day the same will happen to all three of you" He turned his heel and walked off, with the dazed little red man group following. Abi frowned, she turned the Martha and the Doctor, "Well he's nice",
"Yeah...Come on", He walked off, leaving the two girls to catch up with him,
"Wait, where are we going?" Martha asked, bumping into a rather dog-like alien, "Sorry", she mumbled, not sure if it even understood her,
"Ohh, you know, see the sights, Efflor is a beautiful planet, we planned to see it",
"We?" Abi said, frowning,
"Yeah, me, Rose and Ja...", He stopped and looked at her, smiling sadly, she just waved him off,
"Ok, well where are we going first, the Clouds? Kaldaar? Ohh the sky views?", Martha laughed at her friend, she looked around when the sound of arguments on her side broke out. She peered over to see it better, it looked like some kind of alien police arrest. Two men in black grabbed a hunched backed female being and dragged her away from her stall, two more men went over to her stall and drew a holographic black line around it. She called over the Doctor and Abi, who where talking to a man on a stall whilst eating some blue liquid, they seemed in deep conversation when Martha spoke,
"Guys, look at this", They walked up to her after saying bye to the man, she indicated to the scene which now had less men in black than before, the Doctor looked at the scene then at Martha,
"What happened?"
"They just came and it looked like they were arresting the owner of the stall, then they put this..look", She pointed over to the black line, "Black line around her stall, what is it?"
Abi shrugged, "Must be like those 'crime scene' barriers, you know, like on Earth", Martha nodded, "So, anyone in the mood for investigating",
She faced them grinning, the Doctor groaned, "Oh I dunno, it might just be a standard arrest"
"Oh come off it, I can practically smell the danger",
Martha frowned, "I actually really think that smell is Fraser, that guy was dodgy". Abi rolled her eyes, "Come on!", She ran off, making them sigh and run after her. When they caught up to her she had stopped behind the black line,
"What's wrong", The Doctor asked,
"Can't get through"
"Just...bend down", He proceeded to crouch underneath the black line, she stopped him,
"Nooooooo", She brought out a tennis ball and through it under the line, "Look", Once it got directly under the line it disintergrated into a pile of black ash, "See",
"Right", He reached into his pocket and brought out the sonic, "I've got something for that", He pointed it at the line and immediately it faded out, Martha went to walk through it but the Doctor stopped her by raising his arm, "Hang on", He reached in his pocket again and pulled out a toy rat, he threw in the space that the line occupied and nothing happened, "Okay, now we go", He grinned and lead on.
"Why does he have a rat?" Martha asked Abi,
She shrugged, "Search me"
When they caught up to him, he was crouched beside a body, presumably inspecting if he was dead, he frowned and got up, he looked at there concerned faces, "He's alive, just unconscious",
Abi looked at the sleeping person, he looked human, "Knocked out?"
"Don't think so, I think drugged"
"By the lady?", Martha asked, also taking a good look at him,
"Mmhm, probably..." He walked off furiously thinking with the girls not far behind, Abi inspecting every inch of the place, for signs of anything. She stopped when she heard rumbling, the other two stopped and looked at her, she held her hand up to stop both of them talking. The rumbling turned to a rattling, all three pairs of eyes widened when they all heard it, they looked at each other, then around the room, trying to find the source. The noise got closer as they became more wary. Suddenly a locked door at the side of the room burst open, revealing three massive and gaseous creatures, they looked like lions made from gas and each of them approached one of the trio, Abi's back was to the door so she called out to her friends,
"Is there any other exit?"
"Can't see any?"
"What are they?", Martha cried out over the noise of the creature growling, the Doctor looked at Abi, she shook her head, at a loss, though she spoke,
"Well, they're made of gas, there's not much gas can do" She suggested,
"Yeah, except choke us to death", Martha hissed,
"Oh yeah, that, well, stay calm, maybe they're friendly", She tried to laugh but it turned to a gasp when her predator advanced on her, the Doctor sighed,
"Or maybe they're hungry", She collided with the wall behind her,
"Yes, or maybe that".
Once all three creature had all three time travelers cornered, they stepped back, rose to their full height and turned completely to gas, losing their animalistic image. They all flew into each travelers bodies, through their noses or mouths and each of them gasped before passing out.
"Get down!"
A shot fired through the air and hit the wall where Abi's body used to be, she rolled her eyes and called, "Oh really? I was gonna get up!", she sighed and got behind a pillar, she peered out from it, she looked down to the floor just beneath her, 2nd floor, she saw the Slitheen advancing on him, he was stepping back, his gun god knows where and from what she could see he was trying to negotiate out of getting slaughtered. She rolled her eyes, set her gun to teleport and raised it at the creature. Its claw was raised, about to slaughter him when she shot, it froze, then wailed as it was sent away, as a little treat for the guards at Stormcage. She turned back behind the pillar and out her tracker too see how many were left, she smile when she saw that she was safe. She went back beside the pillar,
"That's all of them", She frowned when she didn't see him, but a voice eliminated all worry,
"I know, I saw the last one off",
She rolled her eyes and turned to see that grin, that no matter how many times she tries to deny it, she loved, "No you didn't, you were cowering away",
"I don't think cowering's the word",
She shook her head at him and tried to move away but he stood in her path, she tried moving several times but he did the same, "Yep, cowering's the word"
"You wound me", He was still smiling as he placed his hand on her waist to move her closer to him,
"You still love me", She gave him a quick peck on the nose,
He feigned frustration, "Ah, you got me there", He leaned down and kissed her cheek, he then proceeded to kiss her cheek and then again a bit closer to her lips until he reached his destination. He pressed his lips to hers and they enjoyed their loving moment. They were together for about 3 months, and though it may be considered a bit early to be saying the 'l' word especially since it was Abi, they were very much in love. Which, for her, felt weird, but a good weird. When she found Jack in 1869 with that other girl, she never showed it but it broke her heart, but now she had him, she realised he was only in that state because he was missing her, it was his way of grieving. Granted it may not have been a good way of grieving but her way wasn't much better. Blocking emotions didn't help at the start of their reunion but they both got past that and now were insanely in love. They were happy. Too happy.
The Doctor gasped awake, staring up at the Tardis ceiling for a while until another gasping caused him to turn to see Martha in the same state he was in, she panicked and got up,
"Whaa...where, where are those ...things?"
"Where's Abi", They both frowned and looked around for their friend, Martha bit her lip,
"I don't remember being in the Tardis when we passed out",
"No, nor me", they shared worried looks and he glanced at the door, "Let's see where we are"
He walked down the ramp and cautiously opened the door, he looked back to see Martha right behind him and smiled reassuringly, before stepping out.
Onto Sky. He walked and it took him a while too realise that he was in Sky, she looked so dead. Martha gasped when she realised too, "Oh my God, is this, are we in Sky?",
"Yeah",
"What happ-", Her eyes widened as she stepped over to see the planet below, that wasn't there, "Doctor?"
He looked over her shoulder and his expression turned grim, Dasdre was gone, Sky was dead and he had a feeling this had something to do with those three gas creatures.
"We need to find Abi", He went over to Sky's control panel and opened it up using the sonic, he found a collection of wire and began fiddling with it, Martha looked at what he was doing, "What are you doing?"
"Trying to jump start Sky's system, she might kn-", The computer whizzed and buzzed into life, he frowned, he didn't do anything, when he got up he saw Martha looking quite smug, standing next to a big red button.
"Thinking too much Time Lord"
He smirked at her and turned to Sky, "Sky?" He asked, cautiously,
"Time Lord",
"Ok, Sky, what happened to Dasdre?"
"Dasdre was discontinued by the Serpashens 3 fers ago",
Martha climbed up the steps, shaking her head at the computer, "No that's not what happened, Abi stopped them"
"Incorrect"
"Where is Abi?" The Doctor said, tapping the panel nervously,
"Abigail is currently on Earth"
"Do you know when she'll be back?"
"She doesn't come back here, Dasdre is gone, she has no purpose being here as I have no purpose being active, I must deactivate"
"No! Wait Sky, listen, this is wrong, Dasdre never perished Abi saved it. Sky you need to help us"
"I do not know how I can assist"
"Just tell me what happened, from the moment I met Abi on this ship with Rose and Jack",
Martha whispered to him, "What are you doing?"
"Something changed time, and whatever was the cause, also caused Dasdre to die".
"Abigail has never met you, Time Lord",
They both stared at the computer, "What?",
"Abigail does not know you",
"What, then how did you know me?",
"I scanned you on arrival, Abigail never met you, she has met a Tardis passenger though",
"Who?",
"Captain Jack Harkness"
"What? Jack? But-", His jaw dropped slightly as he realised what those gas creatures were, "Oh, oh Abi",
Martha placed her hand on his shoulder, "What, what is it? What's wrong?"
"Those gas creatures, they're parasites, time parasites, they feed on major time energy. They change a small detail in someones life, and its repercussions create time energy, they feed on that energy".
"So?"
"So...Sky is Abi with Jack, right now?",
"Yes".
"She never met us, Jack never got taken away and somehow because of that Dasdre died",
"Oh, we..we need to find her Doctor, Sky", She looked at her, "Sky where is she?"
"Sending coordinates to Tardis now", The blue box wheezed as it recieved its new destination, the both of them ran into the box, thanking Sky.
"Oh my God...Jack! Jack!", She screeched down the hall, keeping one eye on the blue box that just appeared, she knew, as soon as she saw it that it was the Tardis, Sky had taught her about it and Jack said his friend the Doctor owned it. Now that was a name, the Doctor, a named echoing through time and space. The Last of the Time Lords,
"JACK!",
He ran into the room, colliding with the wall and the end of the corridor slightly, his eyes wide, "What?",
"Look, is that it? Is that the Tardis?", She was almost grinning, he frowned at her glee and slowly nodded,
"Yeeeaaahh",
She jumped up and down and ran to the box, she went around the entire box, unaware that inside there was a scanner showing two amused travelers everything that was happening outside, she brushed her hands on the box and smiled as she felt its response, "With the Doctor inside?",
He shrugged, "Probably",
She narrowed her eyes at him, "Why aren't you excited?",
"Your forgetting this man abandoned me on a space station filled with Daleks",
"Oh", she looked down then back up at him, eyes filled with concern, "You're not gonna mention that, are you? Cos it will really kill the mood",
He glared at her for a moment but softened when he realised she was joking, he held his arms out to her, wanting a hug, she obliged eagerly and they embraced for a moment before they pulled apart slightly so they could kiss.
"Ewww, kissing and stuff", A voice mumbled from behind, they broke apart suddenly and turned to see the owner of the voice, Jack nodded at the Doctor and released Abi so he could smile at Martha, seeing a new face on the Tardis was always exciting. "Jack, long time", He turned to Abi, smiling softly, "Hi", his voice was barely above a whisper, she smiled feeling awkward, "uhh hello?", His widened and he shook himself out of despair, "Yes! Hello, I'm the Doctor",
He held out his hands, she took it cautiously, "Abigail, but ev-"
"everyone calls you Abi" He nodded, "Yeah, I know",
"How do you know?".
"Just..clever", He grinned and she couldn't help but laugh before turning to say hello to his other friend, who was blushing, she rolled her eyes, extending her arm, "Hi, I'm Abigail, and sorry for whatever he said, man leads can not get here sooner", Martha laughed. Jack sighed and snaked his arms around her waist, pulling her gently against his front, he whispered in her ear,
"You're very mean, do you know that?",
"I think you've mentioned that before",
"Well, I think you should apologize",
He kissed her cheek gently in between his words, the other two frowned and scowled at the scene but the Doctor also felt a pang of pity, this was the life she always wanted and if Dasdre was to be saved, she would have to lose Jack all over again. It would destroy her beyond repair, especially since she didn't want to get into this in the first place. Abi smiled innocently at him,
"Do you? That's nice",
"Hmmmmm, Abi?"
"Yeees?",
He turned her around to face him, she wrapped her arms around his neck as he brought her flush again him, he whispered in her ear,
"Guess what?", He kissed her cheek,
"What?",
"I love you", He kissed her neck, she smiled but still rolled her eyes,
"Oh blurgh, so soppy, Harkness", He smiled and leaned back so he got get in a long kiss, after it she was fully flushed, she leaned to kiss his cheek and brought him closer, "I love you too, Harkness".
Martha realised that the two didn't even remember that she and the Doctor was still there, she sighed, knowing this would be around for long, soon Abi would lose Jack for the third time. She looked at the Doctor and they shared the same look, he sighed and cleared his throat effectively ending the couples embrace, when they noticed the other two things got very awkward very quickly, Abi looked anywhere else but the Doctor and Martha, she pursued her lips and a thought popped in her head, "If", everyone looked at her, "If you ever come to tell anyone about me, don't mention that scene", He smiled at her, "Sure", He glanced at Martha who nodded, "You two, there's a reason we came here",
Jack rolled his eyes, "I thought it was cos you missed me, darn it", The Doctor sighed,
"We need your help, we're investigating a time parasite, able to alter time massively by changing small events and then feed off the excess time energy, we need to know how it can be defeated",
Abi shook her head, "But why ha-", She looked down, "Has time been altered?",
He paused, worrying if answering truthfully would effect things, "No, but I think it might be about to, we need to be prepared",
Jack frowned, "We're gonna need a massive data bank, like really vast",
Martha looked at Abi's wrist, she saw the manipulator, Abi caught her looking, "It's my manipulator, my way of travelling", She shrugged, "I guess Sky would have answers".
They landed on the docking platform and everyone immediately set the work, turning Sky on, everyone except Abi, she took the time to look aroung her old home, remembering every detail of when she was last here, when Dasdre was still standing. She looked at the walls, at the panels, at the screen that showed just the empty space. Martha looked up from where she was, she saw Abi looking wistful, she sighed and walked up to her, she had to tap her shoulders to get her attention, Abi turned to face her, she looked down in shame, "I could've saved them", she whispered, the Doctor and Jack looked up, hearing her,
"I could've saved them and I didn't",
"If you had the choice, would you?"
She glared at him, "Of course! How can you ask that?",
Jack brought her into his arms, she didn't cry, she just cuddled in, he shot the Doctor a glare but frowned when he saw the Doctor and Martha sharing the same looks, he gave them both questioning looks but they averted their eyes immediately. Sky sparked into life, distracting everyone, Abi stepped out of Jack's embrace and went up to the monitors, she stared at the screen, tiny bit afraid to hear Sky's voice again, the last time she heard her voice was when Dasdre fell.
"Abigail?",
She blinked, unsure what to say but Sky interrupted, "It wasn't your fault."
"What?",
"Dasdre died because of the Serpa's not you. It is not an opinion it is a logical fact, if it were possible to save them you would've done, but it was impossible".
She looked back at the others who gave her reassuring smiles, she then looked back at Sky, she sniffed and cleared her throat, "Ok, Sky we need to do a species search",
"I need specifications",
She looked back at the Doctor and Martha, Martha frowned in thought, "Oh um, gaseous creature, from Efflor",
The Doctor nodded and continued, "Time Parasites, can take on animalistic form"
"Searching",
Jack frowned at the pair and took a seat in the sofa chair, "So, did you guys bump into these creatures or what?",
The Doctor scratched his sideburns, "Well, we were told about these creature, they were seen in Efflor and people suspected that something was about to happen if they ever caught hold of someone",
"What happens if they catch hold of someone?" Abi asked, sitting next to Martha,
Martha turned to her, "From what we heard they sort of delve into the body and start to rewrite a persons past, which is why we had to get off Efflor as soon as possible cos we can't have the Doctors past rewritten", the Doctor grinned at Martha, so proud of her genius.
"Creature found"
They all looked up at the monitors,
"Species identified as Smokis, they originate from Feaan immigrated when the planet burned, they are now all around the universe, mostly in packs. They feed of potential time energy, which is created by altering someones timeline and changing a large event that causes disruption.",
"And how to we fight them?", Jack said, hopefully,
"Smokis are best defeated by preventing them catching onto their prey, but after they have altered with time, the only way to bring it back to the way it was is to kill or end a living result that originated from the timeline, this will briefly weaken the strength of the fake timeline enough for it to be broken down by Artron energy",
Martha whispered to the Doctor, "A living result, what does she mean, living result?", the Doctor nodded to Jack,
"Him".
Abi walked up the Doctor, he was fiddling with the controls under the Tardis controls while Martha was talking to Jack, about how he met Abi, she interested to see how different the timelines were. Abi smiled down at him.
"You're distracting yourself", She stated,
He looked up at her, "What's that?",
She sat down, against the console beside his body, "You're distracting yourself, I do it too, fixing things that don't need fixing just to distract myself, but for me its usually small things, if you're down there fiddling with a time machine then there must be something big going on",
He laughed, "Like you wouldn't believe", He sat up and leaned against the console, she smirked at him, enjoying his company,
"So when are we gonna sort out this timeline?", He frowned and looked down,
"I honestly don't know", He sighed and blinked back his sorrow, muttering to himself, "If I have to...",
"What?",
Martha and Jack climbed up the ramp, Martha looked at the Doctor as if to say this is really bad. Jack smiled at Abi, "We've got a job", He threw a tracker at the Doctor, "Can you take us there?".
He nodded and set to work, Martha beside him, "Jack's not immortal", he frowned at her, "Well of course he's not",
"What?",
"In our universe he's immortal, so he has to be mortal in this one"
Martha scowled, "Oh, did not know that", She flicked a switch the Doctor was about to reach for, he smiled gratefully at her.
They stepped out into an urban, South West playground, graffitied and deserted, and fell to the ground at the sound of "Exterminate!",
"Daleks, you didn't warn us about Daleks!?" Abi yelled over the guns, they ducked and crawled behind a bin,
"Actually, Dalek, there's only one, I though it would be a nice surprise", Jack shrugged and peered out to see its position, Abi brought out her gun and peered out the other side of the bin, a shot fired towards her and she ducked back. When she turned back she noticed civilians walking and before she knew it, shots were being fired at them, she fumbled in her pocket and peered back outside the bin. She threw the thing from her pocket and once it reached the Dalek it stuck to it like glue. She held onto the Doctors hand, he held Martha's and she held Jack's. They all teleported with the Dalek on a factory floor. The Doctor turned,
"Where have you brought us?",
"Sorry I couldn't get a better place in such short notice, it's Torchwood a tiny bit after", He frowned at her, "I read files",
Jack looked around for any signs of the Dalek, then back at Abi, "Split up?",
"Yeah, ok, do the lower levels, keep her safe, and keep yourself safe, ok?"
She kissed his cheek, "You too", He ran off with Martha, she grabbed the Doctors hand and they ran off and up a staircase, they heard movement upstairs and continued, keeping their backs to walls,
"So this is what you do then?",
"Yep, and on Saturdays I work at the post office",
He chuckled, "You know about Rose?",
"Yeah", She didn't look back at him, keeping her gun holstered, "Were you..you know?",
"Nah, I was too much of a coward, hid from my feelings",
"Join the club",
"You're better now",
She frowned but still keep her head on the look-out, "What do you mean now?",
"Oh..I..just..I",
"Doctor? Tell me honestly, have you met me before?",
"Why do you ask?",
"They way you are around me, you seem to know everything, so?",
"Yes."
"What?",
He sighed but was cut short when they had to cross an open floor, with no covers, they ran across the floor, crouching as much as they could. They got to the other side and stood up again,
"What do you mean you've met me before? Like a future me?",
"No, Abi, I'm..this", He groaned, trying to say it without mentioning Jack. Abi however wasn't looking at him anymore, or around, she was looking straight at the Dalek. When the Doctor noticed this he followed her line of vision till he saw the machine too, they both stared at it for two reasons, one; it looked life a deformed version of a Dalek and two; because of the hole in the air that it was next to, the hole was clearly a tear in the fabric of reality, a leison or portal. And surprisingly the Dalek wasn't interested in killing, it wanted to talk.
"Salia",
"Who?", She asked both the Time Lord and the Dalek,
"You are Salia", it screeched, "You are the cause of this! You must close the tear!",
"Who..who the hell is Salia?",
The Doctor had to shrug, he addressed the Dalek, "What are you doing here?",
"This version of reality is wrong, the timelines are incorrect, and because of this worlds have been erased, Skaro, Feean, Ahkaten, Dasdre-"
"Dasdre? What do you mean the timelines are incorrect?", Abi questioned, getting frustrated.
"Abi!", She turned to see Jack and Martha running up to her, she smiled but turned to the situation at hand, she glared at the Dalek, "What do you mean the timelines are incorrect?", Martha sighed and spoke up,
"We have to tell her Doctor", They all turned to her, even the Dalek, the Doctor nodded and looked at Abi,
"Abi, I am so sorry",
"No, no just tell me",
"I...me and Martha, we're from a version of reality where we are friends, all of us, you first met me in my last regeneration, with Rose and Jack, we became friends and then I left Jack in the Gamestation after realising he was immortal", Both Abi and Jack's eyes widened but they let him continue, "You found Jack in 1869 and from then on you lived together on Sky, but he got sent away because his immortality cause friction with Sky, she sent him away, we don't know where or when. Then I lost Rose but found Martha, we traveled together and one day we went to Efflor, we encountered the Smokis, they cornered us and entered our bodies and our timelines, and they made this timeline, by changing one detail, you never met me.",
She shook her head and held onto Jack's hand, "And I lose Jack",
"Abi, we need to-"
"No, cos the Dalek said because of that Skaro doesn't exist, Skaro, Doctor, the Daleks wiped out of this world",
"And Dasdre. And Akhaten. And Feean.", He glanced at the Dalek who was monitoring the tear. Abi looked at Jack, he leaned down and hugged her,
"You know what you have to do", He whispered, she shook her head,
"No, no, Doctor I don't believe you, no",
The Doctor held out his hands, "Then let me show you",
She stepped closer to him so he could put his hands on her head, he sent her happy thoughts of the life back where she belonged but he keep drifting to all the talks he had with her about how she felt, everything that happened, all the pain. She gasped and stumbled out of his arms, her eyes were wide and tearing up,
"All that, all that pain, it hurt so much. How can I lose him again", She sobbed, breathing deeply and shaking her head, "How do you expect me to do that again?", She turned to Jack, who brought her in immediately, she whispered, "I can't lose you",
He kissed her head and held onto her tightly, "You have to",
"No", She cried,
"Abi, please",
"You'll die, and I'll never...ever see you again",
"I love you so much, Abi",
She understood everything he meant right there, she stepped away from him squeezing his hand one last time, she sniffed and looked at the Doctor, Martha was nearby completely heartbroken at watching her friend break down,
"Could you do it, if this was Rose, could you do it?",
He shook his head, "No".
She nodded and walked towards the Daleks, "Why haven't you done anything?",
"I am under orders to not interfere" It stated, she sighed and looked back at her friends, "What do I do?",
"Sky said to kill a living result...", He nodded towards Jack and sent him apologetic smile.
"Then what?"
"The Tardis will emit a massive spike of Arton energy into any other lesions in this world, we have to get on the other side of the lesion before the Tardis closes it, then this reality will collapse",
"How long will we have to get to the other side?",
"About 60 seconds",
"And all this happens after Jack...",
"Yeah..".
She turned to Jack, "Not too late" She offered, smiling slightly,
He shook his head, also smiling, "Never",
She nodded and rushed into his arms, he held onto her so tight, so tight she could break but she didn't care. She just closed her eyes and willed away the whole situation. They broke apart and they kissed, slight clinging onto each other, sharing the most passionate embrace ever. When she stepped away, he brought out a gun, she winced and shook her head, "No, no, wait", she took out a blue vial, she held it in her hand, making no move to give it to him so he held her hands gently. Opening the cap and smiling at the Doctor and Martha, he kissed Abi's cheek and gulped down the whole vial. Abi turned away but she heard a thump behind her, she was silently sobbing when her manipulator blared out,
"Lesion close in 60 seconds",
"Sky, do it",
Martha frowned, "Do what? Abi? We need to go, what are you doing?"
"Taking the cowards way out",
The Doctor's eyes flicked to the lesion, "What do you mean?",
"I don't want to feel like this",
"Memory wipe in 15 seconds",
Abi got up and walked to the edge of the lesion, the two followed,
"You're gonna forget everything!" The Doctor exclaimed,
"Just Jack",
"Memory wipe in 10 seconds, lesion closure in 40 seconds"
"Why?" Martha asked,
She shrugged, "Because I'm a coward, when it's done, I'm gonna collapse. You need to catch me", The Doctor nodded,
"5 seconds"
Abi turned to see his dead body, laying so peaceful on the ground,
"3,2,1"
She took a deep breath and let the dark consume her.