Sacrificing My Love For You

Sacrificing My Love For You


Previously


Ten moaned and added “Yeah, I am to. Jack is in this time. Torchwood three head quarters is under the Millennium centre.” Just as he finished his sentence, there came a knock on the door.

Ten frowned and said, “Nine, why the hell are you knocking?” Nine replied over the intercom “That’s not me knocking; I’m still at the console of my own TARDIS.”

The knock came again. Rose walked up to the door, just as the Doctor checked the monitor to see who was outside. It was Jack.

Before the Doctor could stop Rose, and warn her who exactly was behind that door, she had already taken out her gun, that she had kept in the back of her trousers, she had opened the door, and pointed the gun at the person knocking.

Jack couldn’t believe his eyes. When he had heard the TARDIS, he had only expected to find one TARDIS, and not two of them. He walked over to the first TARDIS and knocked on the door. He had a key, but he figured neither one of these Doctor’s could be the ones he knew.

He stepped back, when he was met with the sight of the last person he ever expected to see again. And on top of that, that person was pointing a good at his heart. Rose Tyler.

Rose gasped, and quickly replaced the gun in the back of her trousers, after making sure it was secure, and wasn’t going to blow her arse off into oblivion.

She then threw herself at him, and wrapped her arms around his neck, and said, “Oh Jack, it’s so good to see you again. I missed you terribly.” She added, as he started to hug her back. “Sorry about the gun. I’m just used to having to be paranoid, having been head of Torchwood one, in the other reality, for the past eighty years.”

Jack visibility faltered, just as both Doctor’s emerged from their respective TARDIS’S. “What do you mean; you’ve been head of Torchwood one for eighty years? You don’t look a day older then when I last saw you.”

Jack grinned, and asked “How did Rose get back. And why is the ninth Doctor here?” Ten explained “You’ve not met my ninth self yet, so he doesn’t know who you are.”

Jack nodded, as the Doctor continued. “I accidentally came across my ninth self, whilst dropping Donna off in London. She wants to return to her normal life. I guess two years was enough for her, like with Martha.”

He added “Anyway, nine asked me where Rose was. I explained what had happened. He and I spent over a month looking for a crack in the void large enough for two TARDIS’S to get through.”

Nine took over. “You see, one TARDIS wouldn’t have been able to breech the void again, without causing catastrophic events, and possibly ripping the whole fabric of time to shreds. But two Time Lords and two TARDIS’S can do it. It’s difficult and risky, but not completely impossible.”

Jack nodded, before saying. “Ok. That explains how Rose is back, and what Nine is doing here. But what did you mean Rose, when you said you’ve been head of Torchwood one for eighty years?”

Rose said, “Can we take this inside the TARDIS. I don’t need or want the whole of bloody Cardiff knowing my business and life history, thank you very much?” Jack nodded, and chuckled, at her tone of voice.

Ten and Nine led Rose and Jack inside of the tenth Doctor’s TARDIS. Once seated around the console, Rose began to explain to Jack about what had happened to her.

“I’m a hundred and twenty years old, Jack. I’ve been, or should I say had been the head of Torchwood one, in the other reality since I was forty, and Pete, my dad in that reality, retired.”

She added “The Doctor informed me, that when I took the Time Vortex into myself, I brought you back. But because I had no control over the vortex, I brought you back permanently, so that you are unable to die, age, and can heal yourself.”

She shook her head, and looked pained, as she said, “I’m so, so sorry Jack. I swear I had no idea what I had done, not until the Doctor informed me when he came to collect me from the other universe and bring me back to this one.”

She deadpanned “If it’s of any consolation, I’m in the exact same boat. I cannot die, when I do, I never stay dead. I always come back, completely healed. And of course, as you can see, I obviously do not age in the slightest.”

She continued, after a brief pause. “As for me being paranoid, and always carrying a gun. That tends to happen, when you’ve been the head of an organization, put there to prevent and defeat alien threats.”

She snorted, and commented cynically. “I guess aliens and other such none humans; they don’t take too kindly to my organization. I’ve had many attempt made upon my life. Of course some of them succeeded, and killed me. But why bother, when I’m not gonna stay dead.”

She concluded “I’ve come to a certain understanding over the last century. If they wanna shoot bullets or lasers at me, and even try to blow up my car with me in it. “

She added smirking coldly “Then they’re more then welcome to try, but its either me or them. I neither leave nor take any prisoners. They wanna fuck with me, they better be aware of the consequences of such idiotic, stupidity.”

Jack and the Doctor’s were looking at her in stunned horror. Ten, placed his arms around her protectively, and more then a little possessively “How many attempts have been made upon your life, Rose?”

Rose allowed him to kiss her gently and lovingly on the neck, before she sighed and replied. “A couple of a hundred times give or take. I had twenty years of just being my dad’s second in command.”

She paused after snuggling closer to the Doctor. “The threats started around about then, but weren’t as bad. They tended to target my dad, with him being head of Torchwood at the time.”

Ten kissed her lips, as she lifted her head to look up at him. He rested his forehead against hers and breathed against her mouth. “Thank Rassilon that I and my ninth self were able to get to you. I don’t care if you can’t die. I don’t appreciate you getting shot at and blown up.”

Jack grinned widely, as he watched the Doctor kiss Rose. He exclaimed in delight “Whoa, how long have you two been together?” Nine answered “Since they admitted to loving each other back in the other reality.”

Jack laughed, and said, “Finally. It is about time.” He said to Rose. “He’s had two female companions since you. One of them fell for him, but even with you gone, he was far too smitten and in love with you.”

Rose asked “And who was she?” Jack smirked, and replied “Martha Jones.” Rose’s eyes widened, before she chuckled. She asked “Martha, she wouldn’t happen to be a very attractive and coloured woman, by any chance?”

She added, her smirk getting wider “Is she a Doctor. Because if she is. Then back in the other reality I have just left, I seen to it, that she become second in command at Torchwood one.”

Jack grinned, and nodded. Rose returned the grin and added “She was one of my best Doctor’s I had, could ever ask for. I’d never seen anyone so dedicated to their field of work, like she was.”

She continued “We became very good friends. She was my Doctor, who would watch over me, whenever I’d gotten myself killed. God knows what would have happened to me, if a Doctor that didn’t work for Torchwood got their hands on me.”

She concluded “If she is anything like the Martha from the other Universe, and I play my cards right, I may just be able to make friends with her in this reality.”

Jack smiled at her, and said, “I’m sure she’d like that, given time enough to get over the Doctor.” Rose snorted and turned to face the tenth Doctor. “What is it with you? Why do people go about constantly falling in bloody love with you?”

She snorted “Me, Sara-Jane, Reinette, Martha. That’s just a couple I know of. Gods knows exactly how many others there was, that I don’t know of, especially when I was trapped in the other reality.”

Jack and Nine sat there sniggering, as Ten spluttered. Soon he regained the ability of speech and smirk “Why else, because I’m simply irresistible, I’m sexy. And I know you know it, because you love me, and believe the sun and moon shines out of my ass.”

He added, mocking Cassandra, when she had possessed him on New Earth. “And just a little but foxy, you think so to, you’ve been looking, you like it.”

Rose burst out laughing, and clipped him over the back of the head. Jack and nine were looking at them strangely. Ten and Rose explained what had happened on New Earth with Cassandra.

Nine moaned and said, “I can’t believe it. I thought we’d seen the last of her on that platform, when she tried to fry us all. I can’t believe she possessed the two of you that is so bloody violating.”

Jack was laughing hopelessly, as he eyed Rose. “So I guess, Cassandra revealed your feelings to the Doctor before you were ready for him to know, then?”

Rose mocked glowered at him, while Ten and Nine grinned at her knowingly. Rose cleared her throat, and said, “I believe there is a disturbance he is Cardiff, if the fact the alarm sounded, as soon as we had landed.”

Jack and the Doctors knew exactly what she was up to. But it was true; there was a disturbance in Cardiff. Jack replied “Yeah, we have it under control, and are looking into it. But I wouldn’t say no to an extra pair of hands, three extra, if you’re up for it.”

Rose quickly entered into Torchwood leader mode, and Jack recognised this, as he was the same when he really got going. “What do you have so far?”

Jack replied “Why don’t the three of you follow me, I’ll take you down to head quarters, or better known as the hub. You can meet the team, and exchange notes and knowledge. You may have already faced this lot before in the other reality, Rose.”

Rose and the Doctor’s nodded, and followed him out of the TARDIS.