Harkness Who Chapter 3

Martha giggled to herself as the Doctor whizzed around the console of the TARDIS. He pushed, pressed and twisted all sorts of buttons and dials and switches; to which end Martha had no idea what any of them did or what difference they made but nevertheless he did it with a conviction she had never seen in him before. His excitement was infectious, Martha felt her stomach turn and twist as her excitement intensified. The last time she had seen the Doctor this excited was on their first trip together into the future and come to that; the past as well. She smiled softly at her recollection of the Doctor's grin of sheer delight as he stepped through the TARDIS doors.

"Martha!" The Doctor yelled. Her whole body shook as she came back to reality.

"Are you alright?" he raised a quizzical eyebrow "Martha?"

She nodded

"Yeah" she said as if she wasn't quite sure, "Yeah I'm fine"

The Doctor stopped for a moment to just look at her; he wasn't sure either but decided to carry on anyway "Goood... Now" He turned back to her with his cute boyish grin on his face.

"Have I told you where we're going yet?"

"Nope" she said as she skipped to his side.

"Well" the Doctor pulled down the handbrake and the TARDIS shuddered to a halt.

"Martha Jones, I have bought you tooo, TORCHWOOD" and with that they both exited the TARDIS with a merry leap.

(Doctor Who Opening Credits)

" Ahh" he said biting his lip "Errm?"

The TARDIS had landed in the Hub as planned, but on the wrong side o the giant cog wheel door.

"Slight miscalculation" he said as he took Martha's arm and pulled her back into the TARDIS.

"What are we doing we just got here can't you just sonic us in?" Martha asked in shock.

The Doctor raised his eyebrows "Jack's in charge remember I think he will have made that door nuclear blast proof never mind susceptible to sonic technology, I'll just have to fly us in TARDIS style.

MEANWHILE IN THE HUB...

"Toshiko, Where are those rift readings I asked for!" Jack bellowed from his office.

"They're here just finished" Toshiko replied shyly as she shuffled in with piles of paper.

Jack winked "Thanks Tosh" she turned and began to walk out "And Hey you do know I'm only kidding right, I couldn't do this without you" she smiled sweetly and simply said "I know" as she left.

Jack began to sift through the piles he had just been given when suddenly he heard a scrapping, or scratching sound. He stopped instantly as he recognised the sound, he ran from his office into the hub's main space where Toshiko, Gwen and Owen were all at their stations working. Almost simultaneously they all looked up, Gwen was the first to speak.

"Jack?"

Jack was looking around the Hub almost frantic, he knew that sound was the TARDIS.

"They're here, I heard it, I heard the TARDIS!"

TBC