A/N:Hi, late again, I know, sorry, rl kinda broke me last week.

Probably will upload another chapter in the next couple of days to make up for it but I can't guarantee anything...

"My life is so fucked up."

Immediately following Linny's statement, Jack picked the girl up and took her away from Eva. He carried her upstairs and put her to bed before coming back down to Eva, who still hadn't moved an inch.

Three shots of tequila later, the two were sitting on Jack's couch as Eva muttered the first words since she found out Linny and her were the same person.

"Yup," Jack said, pouring them a fourth shot.

"So freaking fucked up," Eva repeated. "I'm a time traveller somehow stuck to the Doctor's timeline, born in the 31st century but raised in the 20th and 21st – and in another universe – and my biological dad is Jack bloody Harkness."

"Yup," Jack repeated.

"How the hell did that happen?"

"I don't know," Jack said. "I'm trying to understand that, as well."

"Oh, I wasn't asking you," Eva muttered, downing her drink.

"Who were you asking, then?" Jack asked.

"Well, any celestial bring that is willing to explain, really," Eva shrugged. "God, Jesus, Allah, Odin... Flying Spaghetti Monster. Anything will do, at this point." She paused, glancing at Jack from the corner of her eye. "I don't remember."

"What?" Jack asked, confused.

"I don't remember this," Eva said. "31st century, Cardiff, Lucy, you... I don't remember any of this."

"I know," Jack said.

"Why don't I remember?"

"I don't know," Jack sighed. "That's what scares me so much. At a certain point, most likely around your fourth birthday, something happened that erased all of your memories and moved you to another universe. And, in about a year…"

"That something is going to happen for Linny," Eva said in understanding. "If she's me, then –"

"Then I won't get to raise her," Jack said. "I won't walk with her on her first day of First Grade. I won't scare off potential boyfriends, or send her off to her prom. I'm going to miss every important event in my kid's life – from first kiss to first heartbreak, and when I'll finally get her back… She'll be all grown." He looked at Eva before correcting, "She is all grown."

"I…" Eva sighed. "I don't know what to say."

"There's nothing you can say," Jack replied. "It wasn't your fault. At least, I don't believe it was."

"I'd do anything to change it," she told him.

"Would you?" he questioned. "Would you really? All of the memories from your life in the other universe, would you really delete them all just for my own sake?" She was silent and he sighed. "Didn't think so."

Eva blinked back tears, leaning on Jack. He put his arm around her shoulders, holding her tight for a moment before taking a deep breath.

"You're glowing," he said.

"I wish I could stay," she told him honestly.

"I know," Jack replied, closing his eyes as she disappeared.

Once he felt no presence next to him, he stood up and headed for Linny's room, where he just sat and looked at his little girl, hoping she wouldn't disappear on him the way Eva had.

EMH

Eva opened her eyes to see nothing but snow stretching out for miles and miles ahead. Sighing to herself, she picked a random direction and started walking.

Unbeknown to her, at that very same moment a man named Jaffrey Sabbath had woken up from his sleep by a beeping machine.

EMH

"What in the name of…" he muttered, pushing his blankets away as he turned to the machine. "Why didn't anybody tell me they were sending scouts?"

He quickly changed his clothes, wiping the sleep off his eyes as he pushed his head out to the corridor and walked to his station.

"Why the hell are you sending scouts at three in the morning?" he asked, causing his Commander to look at him, confused.

"We're not," he said.

"What do you mean, 'you're not?" Jaffrey asked. "I've got heat signatures noticed on my scanner."

"That's not us," the Commander shrugged. "Maybe it's broken."

"It's not broken," Jaffrey said. "It's working perfectly."

"Well, then good luck to whoever's out there," the Commander said, walking away. "They're going to need it."

"The scanner isn't broken," Jaffrey muttered to himself, putting on his headphones and starting to type on his computer. "There's someone out, there, at…" He gawked when he saw the coordinated of the mysterious person. "No freaking way."

EMH

Eva rubbed her arms, wishing she would have brought a coat. The coldness started to hurt her skin several hours ago, and she knew she wouldn't be able to handle it much longer. Cold wind blew on her face and she breathed into her hands in order to relief at least some of the pain in her lungs.

Not letting her legs a moment to stop in fear of them stopping to work, she moved on.

EMH

"Don't be ridiculous," the Commander said, looking at Jaffrey with disbelief. "Nobody could appear out of nowhere."

"Apparently, someone could," Jaffrey replied. "Seven hours ago, at 2:53 AM, a heat signature was noted on Area G. That area hadn't been visited in decades – we don't even have cameras there."

"Where are they heading?" the Commander asked.

"In our general direction," Jaffrey said, looking at the screen. "It's not the fastest course, but they should reach Area F in a bit more than a day. We've got cameras and microphones there, for a small patch, so if they pass through it I'll be able to guide them to a straighter line. All in all, they should be here in a week to ten days."

"Don't fool yourself," the Commander said. "They'll be lucky to reach Area F alive, but there's no way they'll survive in the storm for a week. Nobody else has."

"Nobody else appeared out of nowhere," Jaffrey retorted. "They're gonna make it, I know it. I can feel it."

"Lie to yourself if you want to," the Commander said. "But don't come running to me when they die. I've warned you."

"They're gonna make it," Jaffrey said as he turned to his screen. "You're gonna make it. I just know it."

EMH

Eva lost count of how many times she died and was revived during her walk. She kept moving, wiping snow away from her eyelashes before it stuck to it and hoping to come near a civilization any time soon.

She didn't know how long had passed, since it felt like ages, but her stomach started cramping with hunger about three or four deaths ago. Occasionally, she'd drink some of the snow to keep herself from getting too dehydrated, but it did nothing to help with the constant hunger she felt, and there were no trees or plants around.

She saw a snow-covered sign not long ago, stating she was entering Area F, but she saw no people of aliens of any kind. She had nothing to do but walk. Walk and hope someone would find her.

EMH

Jaffrey looked at the screen, trying to understand the readings from the night before. According to the scanner, the pulse of whoever was out there had ceased several times in the past couple of hours.

Every time, there would be a small movement, more than likely indicating the person fell to the ground. Then, they would stay still for a minute or so, their body temperature descending, before the pulse would pump back and the person pulled themselves to their feet and moved on.

He knew that if he told his Commander about it, he would say the scanner malfunctioned, and suggest the possibility that it never stopped malfunctioning since nobody could survive the storm for so long, but Jaffrey knew he was wrong.

The scanner worked just fine, the person out there was alive and heading forwards. They were just occasionally dead, as well.

They just barely missed the surveillance patch of Area F, but hopefully they'll hit the surveillance patch of Area E, and he would finally be able to talk to them.

He hoped he would.

EMH

Each step was harder than the one before it. Eva felt like she was fighting her way through every inch she progressed, which was more than likely true.

She realized it not so long ago, that thing that was impossible but so true. The reason why the Doctor would undoubtedly come across this place sooner or later. She only hoped it would be sooner, rather than later, since she didn't think she would be able to last much longer before she had given up all hope.

The only thing she could do now was keep moving on, in the hopes that she will stumble across someone – anyone – that would save her of this hell-hole.

"Er… hello?"

Eva jumped in fear, looking around in an attempt to see who was talking to her but not managing to see more than a couple of feet ahead. Shaking her head out of what must have been the hallucination, she took another step.

"Miss?" the voice spoke again.

"Are you talking to me?" she asked, her voice hoarse from lack of use.

"Do you see anybody else?" the voice asked.

"Well, I don't see you, either," she said. "You might as well be an invention of my mind. In which case, I'm talking to myself, which is weird enough on its own."

"I can assure you that I am real," the voice told her. "My name is Jaffrey."

"Well, Jaffrey," Eva said. "If you're real, then where are you?"

"There's a camera about three feet to your left," Jaffrey said.

Eva moved there, wiping her hand across a snow covered object to reveal an old-looking camera.

"You're… You're real," she muttered.

"And now I can see you," Jaffrey said. "Not exactly dressed for the weather, are you?"

"Sorry, nobody warned me I'm gonna land in the middle of a snow storm," Eva retorted. "Any clues as to when will it pass?"

"Never," Jaffrey told her. "The storm has been going on for over a hundred years."

"That's comforting," Eva remarked dryly. "So, what options do I have if I ever want to get out of here?"

"You are currently in Area E," Jaffrey said. "I'm in the middle of Area A. You've been slowly heading our direction, but you were a bit off sided. Now that we can talk, I can guide you to us."

"Couldn't you tell me earlier?" Eva asked.

"You had to be inside a surveillance patch," Jaffrey said apologetically. "There are only several of them in each Area, scattered around the perimeters."

"So the moment I start walking again, you'll be gone?" Eva asked.

"Until you reach Area D, yes."

"How long does it take to pass between Areas?" she questioned.

"About a day," Jaffrey said.

"A day," Eva repeated. "So if I'm in Area E, that means…"

"At least four days until you reach us," Jaffrey confirmed. "I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to apologize for," Eva said.

"I still feel like I should," Jaffrey replied.

"Don't," Eva said, sighing. "I better start going," she added. "See you in a day."

"Wait!" Jaffrey said. "What's your name?"

"Eva," she said quietly. "I'm Eva."

EMH

Jaffrey kept monitoring Eva from his computer as she moved on. Her progress turned slower and slower as time went by, but that was to be expected, considering what her body was going through.

"I ran out of cigarettes today," she told him when she reached the surveillance patch of Area C. "I tried to save them up, only smoking when I couldn't bear it anymore, but I ran out."

"Maybe you could use the opportunity to quit," he offered.

"No way," Eva laughed. "The first thing I'm going to do once I reach the base is to smoke."

"If you reach the base," Jaffrey added quietly. "Nobody survived the storm, so far. I'm shocked that you've made it so far."

"It won't kill me," Eva said. "It can't kill me."

"I know you're trying to hang on to hope, but we've got to be realistic –"

"I am realistic," Eva told him. "I can't die. Every time I do, I just get dragged back to life."

"That sounds... painful," Jaffrey admitted.

"It is," Eva said darkly. "Every fibre of my body is burning every time I come back to life. Though that can be the frostbite, as well."

"I'm sorry."

"You know, you really ought to stop apologizing," Eva said with half a smile. "I'm just glad to have you here to talk to. It keeps me from going mad, as well as giving me something to look forward to."

"Glad I could help," he said honestly. "You should keep moving. Acceleration should hit Area C in less than a day, and it would be best if you were out of it by that time."

"I'll get going, then," Eva said. "Until next time."

"Until next time," Jaffrey replied, shutting the camera off.

The conversation was quite helpful, at least on his side of the camera. He now understood the heat signature's ups and downs, as well as the readings indicating a lack of pulse. Eva occasionally smoked, raising the temperature in her area, and every time the exhaustion and cold were too much for her body, she'd die and resurrect.

It also explained how she had survived what nobody else had before her – she had no choice.

He wasn't sure if it was better or worse.

EMH

Jaffrey paced back and forth in front of the gate, holding his portable scanner in his hands. Eva was due to arrive any moment now, as was an Acceleration in the storm. If she wouldn't be inside the gates by the time it hit... he wasn't sure if even she would be able to come back from this.

He called up a few favours from one of the guards on duty to keep the gates open until there was no other choice or until Eva arrived – the first to happen – and now he was looking at the white horizon, hoping for everything he had that she'd arrive before it was too late.

"Fifteen minutes," the guard said. "I can't keep it open longer than that."

"She'll be here," Jaffrey said confidently. "I know she will."

The guard sighed, shaking his head as he walked back to his station, monitoring the Acceleration. He – and everybody else in the perimeter – didn't believe the girl would live to reach the base, but Jaffrey knew better.

"Come on," he muttered. "Where are you?"

As if hearing him, a slim figure appeared, slowly walking towards them. She was only five minutes away, but as she took another step Jaffrey saw he stumble and fall, undoubtedly dying once more.

"Tough luck, mate" the guard said, moving to close the gates but Jaffrey stopped him.

"Ten minutes," he said. "All I need is ten minutes."

"She's dead," the guard said.

"No, she isn't," Jaffrey replied, running out into the storm.

He could barely see anything that was in front of him, and the wind was blowing out on his face, drying his eyes, but he kept moving straight forwards to where he knew Eva was. It wasn't long before he lost track of time, but he was certain it took him more than the required five minutes to reach her and scoop her into his arms.

He understood now what the sole survivors said moments before they died of hypothermia or malnourishment. It really was alive.

The way back was harder than it was before, partly because he was already tired and partly because of the extra weight he was now carrying. He eventually made it, the gates closing behind him almost instantly.

"You're crazy!" the guard said. "You almost died for a dead chick!"

"She's not dead," Jaffrey said, wiping the snow away from Eva's face. "Come on, wake up. Wake up for me, Eva."

She gasped as she was thrown back into life, grasping him like an anchor.

"Jaffrey?" she asked.

"That's me," Jaffrey replied.

"It's alive," she said. "It's alive."

All Jaffrey could do was nod before the two lost consciousness, laying together on the cold ground.

EMH

"Random?" Rose asked. "What do you mean, 'Random'?"

"What d'you think I mean?" the Doctor asked.

"I think what you mean is that you're going to throw us flying with no destination," Rose replied.

"Exactly!" the Doctor called.

"Isn't that a bit dangerous, though?" Rose asked.

"Oh, very," the Doctor replied.

A smile popped onto Rose's face. "Bound to be interesting, then?"

"Oh, certainly," the Doctor replied, laughing as he pulled a lever and sent them into the Vortex. The TARDIS shook for a couple of moments before stabilizing as it landed. "We're in the 43rd century," the Doctor said, looking at the scanner. "The human race is scattered around the galaxies by this time, but they're always coming back to the things close to home. A hundred and fifty years ago, a human colony settled on Titan."

"Wait," Rose said. "I know that name. Isn't this one of Saturn's moons?"

"It is," the Doctor confirmed. "The only moon with an Atmospheric Shell in this Solar System. Of course, you lot added a mix of some more gasses to make it liveable and changed the temperature on surface from 93 Kelvin to around 200."

"And in human language?" Rose asked.

"70 degrees Celsius below zero," the Doctor replied, looking her up and down. "Better dress up."

"No shit, Sherlock," Rose muttered, heading to her room. "See you in a bit."

EMH

"Sir?" a guard said, walking into the Commander's room. "There had been a breach in security."

"What breach?" the Commander asked. "We're in the middle of a snow covered moon with no life on it."

"Well, it seems like somebody just appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the base," the guard told him. "I'm not sure. I don't really understand Sabbath's equipment."

"He's still at bed rest," the Commander said. "Where did the signal originated from?"

"The engine room, sir," the guard replied.

"Take me there," the Commander ordered, following the guard out of the door.

EMH

"Are you ready yet?" the Doctor called out.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Rose muttered, walking into the Console room. "Gosh, aren't you impatient?"

"We're in the middle of a human settlement on Titan," the Doctor reported. "Go ahead and tell me you're not excited."

"Of course I'm excited," Rose muttered. "Well, out we go then."

"Out we go," the Doctor said, opening the TARDIS doors only to meet the wrong end of several guns. "No, no, no," he frowned. "No guns. I don't like guns."

"Who are you?" the man who looked like he was in charge asked. "How did you get here?"

"I'm the Doctor and this is Rose," the Doctor said. "Who are you?"

"High Commander Mike Jefferson," the man said. "Now answer my question – how did you get here?"

"Well, we landed," the Doctor shrugged. "I think that's pretty much it."

"I told you," one of the gun-holding men said. "They just appeared out of nowhere, like the other one."

This sparked the Doctor's curiosity. "What other one?"

"I'm asking the questions here," the Commander said.

"And I've answered them," the Doctor retorted. "Your turn. What other one?"

The Commander hesitated before replying. "Two weeks ago, a heat signature appeared on the moon's surface, out of nowhere. Slowly, it started moving towards the base."

"Impossible," the Doctor said. "Even with the Atmospheric Shell, nothing can survive more than a couple of hours, at most."

"That's what I said," the Commander nodded. "So imagine my surprise when, nine days later, they reached our base."

"Where are they now?" Rose asked.

"In the Infirmary," the Commander replied. "Along with Sabbath, one of my technicians. He ran into the storm to help her pass the last couple of feet and the two of them passed out almost as soon as they reached the base."

"Are they okay?" Rose asked worriedly.

"Sabbath woke up two days ago, but he's still in bed rest," the Commander replied. "The girl hasn't woken up yet, and I doubt it if she ever would."

"Take me to them," the Doctor said.

"Do you think you can just order me around –?"

"Haven't you been listening, Commander?" Rose asked. "He's a Doctor. Take us to them."

"If you wish," the Commander replied. "But I warn you – it's not a pretty sight."

He started walking towards the Infirmary, the Doctor and Rose following close behind. As they neared the room, they heard someone calling out.

"Somebody!" Jaffrey called. "Anybody! Come on, somebody!"

The Doctor immediately broke into a run, bursting through the door but freezing when he saw the small figure on the bed.

"Eva..." he muttered.

"Her stats are changing," Jaffrey said. "I don't know if it's good or bad, but her stats are changing."

The Doctor zapped back in, using his sonic screwdriver to scan the girl.

"She's waking up," he stated, trying to ignore the list of damaged organs he saw. "She's gonna wake up."

"I told you," Jaffrey told the Commander. "I told you she'll make it."

"But..." the Commander said, shocked. "But it's impossible."

"Nothing's impossible to her," Rose said.

"Do you know her?" Jaffrey asked.

"He does more than I do," Rose said, marking at the Doctor who was holding Eva's hand. "He's her... I don't even know what he is to her."

"Shut up," the Doctor said. "She's waking up."

All of the people in the room froze as Eva's eyes fluttered open. She started panicking, her heart rate rising to levels it shouldn't reach in her state, but all the Doctor did was press her hand in his.

"I'm here," he said. "I'm here, Evie."

The look of panic on Eva's face drifted away and a small smile appeared on her features as her eyes locked on the Doctor.

"Hello, Dumbo."