Universal Vampire (Rewrite)

Boom Town

Flashback

"You said later," Tyra spoke up, startling the Doctor. He hadn't known that she knew he was there. Rose had left a few minutes before, going to her room, so he thought he would be able to finish the Tardis repairs by himself "Now is later."

The Doctor sighed, putting down the tool he was holding "How long have you known that I was here?"

"Since I came in," she shrugged "It's hard to miss a double heartbeat when you're supposedly alone in a room." Tyra hopped onto the railing next to the jump seat "I take it you heard what Rose said."

"I did," he nodded "Why did you..."

Tyra held up her hand "I'm going to stop you right there. I might have been wrong to treat Rose the way I did but you can't tell me that I can't hold grudges because I have spent a thousand years to try and get over Henrik and then she comes and I feel like she ruined most of the progress I made. That's what I can't forgive."

"That's..." the Doctor broke off "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken her back there."

"Maybe so," Tyra agreed "But what's done is done. I'm more interested in why my brother seems to think that you're not the Doctor. How can there be someone else with the same name? It's not common..."

The Doctor leaned back on the jump seat, looking at the ceiling of the console room "There is a reason I am as old as I am. It's called regeneration."

"And that is what?" Tyra frowned.

"It's a trick my people can do. When we're dying, our body changes. Every cell in our bodies changes completely," the Doctor explained "I think the man your brother saw is a future regeneration of me."

Tyra nodded. That made sense, even if she still didn't quite understand how such a thing could be possible. It was... Well, alien "What regeneration are you on now?"

The Doctor hesitates for a moment before he mutters "Nine."

"You're lying," Tyra pointed out, hearing the change in his hearts.

"It's just..." he broke off "No, it doesn't matter. Can we drop it, please?"

"Sure," Tyra nodded "I got my answer. Thank you for that."

The Doctor grinned "Welcome. Now I can't wait to see how I'm going to look." Tyra was about to open her mouth when he pointed at her mock seriously "No spoilers."

"Alright, alright," she laughed "I'm going to leave you. Try not to destroy anything too important."

He gasped dramatically "I don't destroy things. I fix them."

"Sure you do," Tyra called over her shoulder, disappearing into a corridor.

Flashback End

It's been a few months since Jack joined the Tardis crew and they were all getting along relatively well. The tension between Tyra and Rose had disappeared for the most part, even if Tyra was still a little hesitant to trust the blonde again. Why she had done so in the first place, she didn't know.

"Who the hell are you?" Jack asked after a knock sounded at the door. They had just landed in Cardiff a few minutes ago to refuel on the rift.

"What do you mean, who the hell am I? Who the hell are you?" Mickey spat from outside.

"Captain Jack Harkness. Whatever you're selling, we're not buying."

"Get out of my way!"

"Don't tell me," Jack remarked, stepping to the side with Mickey's push. He closed the door and walked over to the console "This must be Mickey."