The Doctors Daughter

The fight to survive

Jacks P.O.V

When Rani didn't answer her phone, I instantly suspected it was because she was still asleep or that her phone had died (you know the typical). I never ever expected to find her lying on the bathroom floor surrounded by her own blood. She looked so ill and so in pain. I knew she wasn't dead as I could see the rise and fall of her chest however she needed as much help as I could give her.

"Rani wake up!" I could clearly see where the blood was coming from and she desperately needed help so I rushed to my phone to call my team.

"Martha, hey I need you to bring the van to Rani's house as quick as you can."

"Why, what's happened?" panic was evident in her voice

"Rani has cut her wrists and is currently unconscious on the floor, she needs expert care now!"

"Ok, I've sent a van over to you know, I'll go and get a bed sorted ready for when you get here."

"Thanks so much Martha."

I went back to Rani to check her breathing, at the moment it was stable, but she was unfortunately showing no signs of waking up. I knew what I had to do to save her.

'Phone ringing.'

"Hello Doctor, its me Jack."

'Oh why hello jack, how are things going?"

"Doctor we have no time for chit chat right now, I need you to get yourself to Torchwood tower in London."

'Why, what's the problem?'

"You will find out when you get here."

'Ok, I'll see you in a minute.'

Eventually the van arrived and we got Rani to the tower. Unfortunately on the way here she had coded twice and now we were currently fighting to keep her alive. She was laid on the hospital bed covered in tubes. Hopefully the doctor could save her.

Doctors P.O.V

As soon as the phone call ended I quickly imputed the co-ordinates for torchwood. Jack seemed very serious about this situation they so desperately needed me for. When I landed, jack greeted me, his face was pale and he looked very worried. This was very rare for jack.

"Hey jack, so what and where is this problem?" I asked happily. I enjoyed helping Jack and his gang whenever I could.

"Well why don't you come for some tea and biscuits then we will discuss what we need you to do." Jack seemed very serious and determined to get me to go with him. I did what he wanted and followed him to the kitchen.

"So jack, are you going to tell me what it was that was so urgent that you needed me to come down?" I was really confused. I had no idea what was going on.

"Its Rani." Jacks face will still sad but it looked as if he was trying to show bravery, like he needed to be brave for some reason.

"Rani? Why what's wrong?" my face had gone from being serious to being drop dead scared. Something was wrong with my daughter.

"Well since you left, she hasn't exactly been herself. She's stopped going to college and has turned into an alcoholic. Myself and the team are worried that she's currently suffering with depression." Jack had begun to cry as he explained what was wrong with my daughter. He obviously cared a great deal for her.

"Wait, what do you mean you worried she has depression? I left her here so she could be safe. I did it to protect her." All of a sudden I felt like it was my entire fault this was happening and in a way it was. I left her and probably made her feel like rubbish.

"Well when I went to see her as requested by our little helper, there were empty bottles and cans scattered across the room and she looked physically ill. She had cuts up her arms and she just generally didn't care about her well being." Jack had begun to look down and avoided eye contact with me. He knew I was partly to blame and it obviously hurt him.

"so what is she doing here then?" if she had depression, there want much Torchwood could do for her unless it was something life threatening.

"Well I said she should come here with me so I could giver her something to look forward to, something to take her mind off everything. She didn't answer her phone so I burst into her house to find her unconscious on the floor covered in fresh new cuts. I brought her here for treatment, she unfortunately coded twice and we are struggling to keep her alive. I know Time Lords can heal quickly but its almost as if her body doesn't want to fight anymore. I called you because I thought you might be able to help her in some way."

"Can you take me too her please?" jack had finally guided me to her room. When I walked in, it was like the oxygen got knocked out of my lungs. Rani was laid on a bed with a tube I her mouth helping her breathing. She was hooked up to a heart monitor and her wrists were bandaged up. Just looking at her like this made me remember the day she was born and how helpless she was, I promised her that day I would look after her and now she was in a hospital bed fighting for her life because I broke that promise. Maybe it was finally time for me to accept the fact I am her Dad and her only chance of being happy.

I sat down on the chair beside her and held her hand. I didn't even know if she was aware of my presence but it was worth a shot. I had to make it up to her in everyway possible.

"Rani, its me, its Dad. I'm so sorry I left you but I thought I was keeping you safe. Obviously not. I need you to wake up for me yeah. I need you to get better for me because I do love you and I've had a lot of time to think and I've realised that I need you as much as you need me. So please wake up for me." I was pleading with my unconscious daughter, pleading that she would wake up and we would be able to fix everything that went wrong. But she didn't, her heart monitor kept a constant beeping but there was no change not even a twitch.

I spent days sat there at her bedside, just holding her hand and talking to her about all my recent adventures and the ones I had planned for her. Every now and then Martha or jack would walk in to give me a drink and take her vitals (even though they never changed). However that was the case until her heart monitor started to make a high pitch bleeping sound and Rani started to violently shake on the bed. I pushed the panic button and Martha instantly came running in shortly followed by jack.

"What's going on?!" I was forcibly pushed aside by Martha who had to grip Rani's shoulders while jack held down her legs. I had no idea what was going on. This was more horrifying then the Dalek attack.

"Doctor listen to me, I need you to turn her head to the side and talk to her, it might be able to calm her down." Martha had to shout at me as I ended up going into a trance like state just staring at my daughter. I eventually went over and held her head in my hands, after a while she stopped shaking but the heart monitor had flat lined. I stared at it and began to scream. I had just witnessed my daughter die. No regeneration, no nothing.

"Jack! Get him out of here now!" Martha had screamed at jack trying to get him to get me away from her. Martha was trying her hardest to bring her back. Once outside the room, I began to pace up and down the corridor mumbling random words under my breath just waiting for Martha to come out. Minutes that felt like hours passed before she finally reappeared.

I ran straight up to her and forced her to look me in the eyes. "Is she ok?"

"She's fine. She actually asked for you. I'm not exactly sure what happened to her but she woke up and you were the first thing she asked for." Martha had tears in her eyes; she was obviously more scared for my well being than anything else.

I slowly made my way back to the room and pushed the door open. Rani was sat up in the bed with no oxygen tube but still connected to the heart monitor.

"Hey." This was the only thing she could say to me as she had burst into tears as soon as I entered the room.

I made my way over to her bed and perched myself on the side of her bed so I could pull her into a hug. "Hey, it's going to be ok now. I'm here now and I should have never left you alone." I pulled her away so I could look in here yes. "I promise you that I am going to take you away and you will never be alone ever again. Not on my watch."