Lie to Me

Summary: Jack died that day; really and truly died… She turned to dust. And then he woke up. And she wasn't there. Sera wasn't there. Jack was immortal, and he was alone.

AN: my summary kinda explains it. I figured there's a fifty-fifty chance that Jack's daemon would return when he did and I chose the sadder side.

Doctor: Ten

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"Be honest with me Doctor". That was what he said, rather than the hopeful; "Lie to me".

There were better places to talk about this. Places that didn't glow red and make him want to throw up his guts. The TARDIS, for example, hell, outside of the room he was currently was better than this. It was these lapses in judgment reminded Jack of her absence so deeply.

"Honestly?" the Doctor repeated from outside the radiation-filled room.

Jack's answer was to turn the third isotope, keeping his eyes on the Time Lord.

"When you died, she died too Jack," the captain closed his eyes at the brief flash of golden dust, "when the 'Bad Wolf' brought you back to life, it didn't revive the dust with you."

"Her name was Serafina!" Jack barked, forcefully fixing the fourth isotope.

The Doctor flinched, cuffing his hands around Missius. "I'm sorry Jack. I'm so, so sorry," he said regretfully, unable to meet the other man's eyes.

"Screw you, Doctor," Jack replied crossly.

'It isn't his fault Bo'. That's what she would say right now. Sera was so kind, even to those who didn't deserve it.

"If I could change it, Jack, I would," the Doctor said sincerely. "I would do everything I could."

"You left me there Doctor," Jack replied simply. 'You did nothing'.

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Later, when they were all back on Earth, and their adventure was over, Jack spoke again.

"I'm going to prove you wrong, Doctor," Jack said once they were alone; Martha was still in the TARDIS.

"Oh?" the Doctor replied in disinterest, stroking Missius.

"Yea," Jack replied quietly, looking at his belly; the origin. "Sera's still in here, somewhere. I just have to find a way to bring her out again."

Jack finally looked at the Doctor. "So I'm going to prove you wrong," he affirmed.

The Doctor had a look on his face that made Jack want to punch him, but then he grinned. "Good," he said, "that's good."

"Good?" Jack repeated in confusion, "the Doctor happy with being wrong?"

The Doctor's smile turned sad. "Centuries of time and space will make a man think he knows everything, or at least almost everything," he clapped Jack on the shoulder, "not knowing something would be a blessing."

"So teach us, Jack," Missius finished. "Find Serafina."

Jack looked at them and, seeing their sincerity, he smiled. "You got it, Doctor," he replied, and saluted.

Jack made to leave just as Martha left the TARDIS. "Going already?" she asked, Sange on her shoulder.

"Yea," Jack replied, "I got a daemon to find."

"I can't wait to meet her," Sange said, curling his tail around Martha's neck.

"You'd love her," Jack grinned. "A little Jack Russell Terrier. With her nose, we were able to pass the academy top of the class. The Faces of Bo they called us."

The Doctor and Martha's face portrayed shock but Jack didn't seem to notice as he turned with a wave.

"It can't be," Martha swore, then face a shocked laugh. "Oh my god."

But the Doctor didn't feel the same, the image of a large, lonely head, that died alone within his thoughts. 'Oh Jack'.

End.

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So, there that is. I may make a bonus chapter with Ianto and Jack which will involve hurt/comfort or Jack telling Ianto about Sera. I don't have a daemon for Ianto, so please, if you like, share with me. And for Ianto, I may allow a male daemon cuz Ianto's bi but I'll leave it to you.

Today's Daemons:

Doctor: Yellow Canary

Martha: Kinkajou, Sange (San-G)

Jack Harkness: Jack Russell Terrier, Serafina

Till next time,

Ja ne~!