fracturedrp | Time for some TARDIS repairs

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Time for some TARDIS repairs

When: Moving Day Plot
Who:

captain_flyboy/OTA
Where: The Captain's TARDIS but the doors are open for anyone to wander in

What: The Captain was glad he wasn't a snake anymore, he couldn't really understand how anyone could get along without thumbs, hands and yes even arms when it came down to it. He enjoyed working with all three when he needed to think. It had been fun being an animal again, it gave him a perspective of things he wouldn't have had before. He had to admit he had enjoyed the move too, it had been a long time since he'd traveled to one place with the intention of staying put.

So he was taking the time to make some adjustments to his girl while Glen Miller played softy in the background and he hummed along.

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Alisa was out and she was going to get some sun but the fact the sun was looking really strange is going to have her a little on edge. She wanders over to see the Doctor or one of them for that matter.

She finds The Captain's TARDIS and she goes to peer inside. "Hey, I see someone else is enjoying the nice weather." She's also got a bone to pick with the fact her mp3 player is a mess. "Nice weather and there's something seriously wrong."

"My mobile, ipod, laptop and you should see the HUB." The ipod is held out to The Captain to see. Things aren't looking good right now and there's no answer as to what happened.

The Captain rolls out from under the console and stands up frowing. "Is it a tech thing or just the fact we need to do some spring cleaning," he asks as he pulls his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and sets it humming at a nearby door.

A moment later and his K9 comes rumbling out. "Yes Master," it says brightly. "K9 keep working on the calbration please. I still don't like the way she sounds under there."

The robot dog wags it's tail and greets Alisa with a happy. "Hello Mistress Alisa," before heading under the console.

"Do you want me to poke around and see what's going on," he asks, "I haven't had a good poke around for a while."

She's left Jack with the boys it was always nice to just give him time alone with them. It took a lot off her shoulders and she takes a seat on one of the jump seat. "I think it's the universe wanting to kill itself thing of all things."

She watches K-9 pop out with a smile, the old robotic dog can't help but to make her smile. "Hello, there K-9, sorry I don't have any doggie snacks for you." Things are just wrong here and she leans forward to watch the Captain for a moment. "Jack's has been moody but she's just a kid compared to the other TARDIS here."

If it wasn't serious, Alisa would of found some humor but oh there's no harm. "It's always you with the poking isn't it?"

The Captain snorts. "I can't help it the people around here are just so pokeable," he teases then his mind turns back to the matter at hand.

"I don't know, this whole starless thing is strange," he comments, "but other than the fact that we can remember stars but no one else can. But I think it is more than that and the ships may be picking up on it."

Jack wandered into the TARDIS and leaned inside the doorframe. He smiled warmly at Alisa and Jack, just listening for now. He was so glad to not be an animal again. While it had felt great to be able to fly and feel the wind on his face, he missed having the use of his hands and feet. Claws were just not the same thing, not matter what anyone said.

Something Jack said bothered him though. His brow furrowed and he stepped closer, looking back and forth between the two of them. "Starless thing?" He felt like he was out of the loop. That happened quite a bit lately. He really needed to catch up on his modern history. "What... um, thing?"

"Nothing is right anymore. My CDs, DVDS and the half of the HUB equipment won't work anymore. It's hard to do Jack's paperwork -- okay I can do it on a typewriter with a dictionary." Alisa looks up to see the man who has Jack's name come into The Captain's TARDIS. She was there for his rescue during Jack's party but she was busy doing the helicopter pilot thing.

"Jack." She offers with a smile and she wonders how to explain it. "There's no stars, planets or anything in the sky. I take you've got a good look at the sun. Things are going very wrong."

The Captain flashed the real Jack a fond smile. "All of time is being affected by whatever made the starts vanish," he says, "but it's happening slowly almost like we are at the eye of a storm."

He taps his sonic screwdriver against his thigh as he thinks. "if we could find the starting point for all of this, maybe we could work out a way to fix it."

"Jack. Alisa." Jack smiled and came into the TARDIS to stand beside her. Glancing back and forth between them, he nodded his head as they explained what was going on. Once they did, it made a lot more sense. He had hoped it had just been overcast, but it appears that wasn't the case.

"I noticed. The sun doesn't look like... Like anything I've ever seen before." His head tilted to the side and he turned to Jack. "What about going through news reports? Find when there was the first report of signs about this? The way you explained it to me, the media is not like I remember it. Right?"

He looked at the TARDIS console, trying to remember what Jack had taught him. "We find the first news report, then we go back past that to other things? Weather reports. NASA. We have that clearance, right? There must be something we can do."

Alisa considers getting up from her seat but she's going to just hang out for now. She lets her feet dangle towards the floor and she will agree with Jack. "The thing has been people don't even know they exist. It's as if the universe went on without a single star in the sky except for something that just keeps the Earth livable and comfortable."

She watches the other man with The Captain's TARDIS console and she frowns. "I think it's more complicated than this. Somehow the lack of stars seems to mean no space program?"

"It's hard sitting right here right now but I'm going to trust something on this scale to The Doctor."

The Captain taps a few keys on his console and calls up an interview with Richard Dawkins on his scanner screen. He shakes his head after watching a few moments.

"Star Cults...now that is just sad," he remarks to the other Jack and Alisa. He switches the scanner off and sighs.

"I have a feeling the Doctor might be mixed up in this. It would be just like him to give the Earth a sun when the universe is falling apart."

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[sure, I'll let Trish know if I see her, feel better!]

"Well, yes, I would say that the Doctor is the one to ask in all this. I don't know much about him, but everyone speaks so highly of him that I have to respect that." Jack sighed and moved closer to Jack. Gently, he gave him a quick touch on the shoulder, before moving past him.

Alisa's comments scare him a little. "No space program?" His eyes widen and he can't help but be shaken about that. "From everything I've read trying to get caught up, the space program is what helps the world? Landing on the moon and things like that. It's just gone?"

He frowns and he leans against the wall, not sure what to think about that. "Cults will always happen, sadly. If the Doctor is mixed up in this, we should try to help him."

Alisa watches Jack with The Captain and there's a smile that crosses her face. The man needs someone again in his life now that raunchy three-ways might be on hold for a good bit of the future.

"So, you think The Doctor gave the Earth something to act as the sun?" Alisa asks and she gives the younger Jack a nod of her head. "Yes, even then people took it to be a big hoax all filmed in a basement in Burbank. I checked some local libraries and there's nothing. You should see the airports."

They haven't seen Jack's Doctor in sometime and she pulls her legs up onto the jump seat with a bit of difficulty. "Cults aren't anything new like Jack is saying and we haven't seen The Doctor in sometime."

The Captain flashes the real Jack a gentle smile feeling his heart throb with the joy of not being alone. "No stars, nothing to wonder about hence no space exploration program. And that is feeding back into time."

Alisa's question makes him and nod. "I wouldn't say gave, but I think he's invoked with whatever that sun is."

Jack smiled right back and then turned to Alisa. "If we're worried, maybe we can find the Doctor? I mean, there must be a way to reach him, right?" Jack moved over next to Alisa and tried to make himself comfortable.

"If he cares as much as you all say he does, we owe it to him to try to help. I just wish I knew how."

Alisa just watches the two and she moves over a little bit to give the original Jack some room on the jump seat. "I'm sure The Doctor's out there somewhere. He's got all of us to keep the Earth safe or he's working to fix this very big problem."

She knew The Doctor always came around when there was something grave to happen to the Earth. Well most of the time he was there for them in their darkest hours except the events of the 456. She places her head in her hands and then she looks a bit down. "If he's out there doing something about this."

The Captain moved to stand behind his mortal friends placing a hand on each of their backs. "He is," he says his faith in the Time Lord never wavering no matter what the situation.

"We can't give up on him or ourselves, that won't do anyone any good."

Jack turned and looked up at the Captain behind him. Reaching up over his shoulder, he rested his hand on Jack's, holding the hand pressing against his back. It's a sign of comfort, something he's always done. He held Jack's hand once before, he always would. His other hand reached out for one of Alisa's, doing the same for her.

"I don't think we're giving up, Jack. We just... We don't know what to do. You both have been in much worse situations than I. The whole space and time thing is new to me. I'm trying. The only thing I've ever done is fly in a war and turn into an eagle. And that was confusing." He sighed. "I want to help, but how?"

She reaches over to grab hold of The Captain's hand when places it on her back. It's a bit of a comfort and then she reaches with her free hand for the original Jack's hand. "I hope so too."

"No, we're not giving up, he'll come to us if he needs the help." Alisa looks at the original Jack and she then looks down at herself. "I won't be of much help right now. It will either get more confusing or less confusing as time goes on."

"Your mindset is changing Jack," the Captain say honestly, "that takes time for everyone even me. When I started traveling with the Doctor I thought I knew everything about time travel. Turns out I'm still learning the ins and outs."

He squeezes each hand. "And Alisa's both right and wrong. She's right that the Doctor will come to us when he needs us, but she's wrong that she won't be much help. We can all help, but using our eyes, ears and other sense to gather information the Doctor might need."

Jack nodded his head in agreement. "The TARDIS has been very helpful in showing me things I needed to know about Earth's history that I have missed. If it wasn't for her, I would feel very lost right now." He smiled at Captain. He knew exactly how Jack felt.

"But what if we don't see the right thing? I am afraid I might miss something. That I won't know what I'm looking for," he said hesitantly. "What if I gather the wrong information and miss something vital. That's my only worry. I just want to help."

Alisa's only just begun her travels with Jack and The Doctor. "We're the newbies in this." She smiles over to the original Jack and she looks up at The Captain. "She's great for that. The Doctor's TARDIS is much better with those things. Our TARDIS is still pretty young but she's still all knowing."

She knows exactly how these two feel in a smaller way. She wasn't taken out of her time to do something tribal some three thousand years in her past. When she's told she's got a place there it results in a frown. "How? I'm five months pregnant Jack. I'm going to be huge or bigger...I'll do research in the bathroom."

The Captain chuckles. "We can use our eyes and ears no matter where we are. We are Torchwood, if we can't notice something is out sync then we aren't doing our job right."

Jack nodded his head and smiled up at the Captain. He wasn't sure if he was Torchwood or not. He hadn't really been here that long and he still didn't think that he brought that much to the table. Still, he wanted to help. And that was a lot.

"You're right, Jack. So... Where do we start?"

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