InsaneJournal

Who: The Doctor, Jack, Rory Ianto, Melody, the Master and Rose. And a partridge in a pear tree. (This is also the posting order, obviously skipping Rose until she's healed.)
What: Rescuing Rose. Confronting Melody. Other things.
Where: The address Molly gave the Doctor and Jack.
When: Shortly after this.
Rating: Hard to say. Probably reasonably high.
Status: In progress.

It was a bit odd having so many blokes in the TARDIS. Normally there was at least one girl, and the Doctor briefly considered asking Molly if they could please borrow Caroline just to break things up...before deciding it was probably best not to bother his friend. He'd messed things up with her and he didn't imagine the way to fix it was to kidnap her best friend and put her in danger. No, that wouldn't go over well at all. "Well," he said quietly to the console, "at least I've got you, dear." He patted it absently, then turned to the others. Right. How to do this. Best not to have Jack or his husband, still a weird thing to think, dealing with the Master directly. Best also not to have him and Rory splitting their focus. Besides, this was pretty much how they had already planned things, so why was he even thinking about that? Right. Because this whole situation was utterly mental and he needed to pretend he was actually in control of things.

"Right then," he said, opening a compartment and pulling out a few syringes of blood. He kept one and gave one to Rory, before passing two each to Jack and Ianto. "You two are going to be focusing on getting Rose out, so you'll need those. But we'll be keeping some as well, just in case things go bad. And they probably will go bad." Because this wasn't his wife. This was a psychopath who had let him die and let Rory and Amy die and he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him. He just had to keep telling himself that. "So...you two...be careful. I know they can't kill you Jack, but that doesn't mean much really. Ianto...don't die. Just...get Rose out and bring her back here." He looked over at Rory. "This isn't River," he told him. "Just remember that, all right. Talking to her might not work. Probably won't, actually. But if anyone can pull it off, it's you." He paused a moment, then pulled Rory into a quick, awkward hug. "Just...you don't die either, all right. I'll be very cross with you if you do." He pulled some levers and released the brake, knowing a loud entrance wouldn't be on their side. He also set the TARDIS to cloak itself. River would be so proud if she could see him now.

"Right, dear," he said, speaking to the TARDIS and not caring a whit if anyone thought it was odd, "I'm gonna need to you to lock up tight while we're gone. Don't let anyone in who isn't me. Or Rory. Or Jack and Ianto." He tilted his head. "I know you like River, but it's not River right now, and she'll probably do very nasty things to you if she gets in. And we both know how you feel about Koschei. So...can you keep things locked tight while we're out." There was a moments silence, then a lever flipped and something dinged and the Doctor grinned. "Brilliant!" he said. "You are a sexy little thing, aren't you!" Right...he had company. He looked a little sheepish. "Um...yes...so...just need to land her, and..." He flipped a few more switches and twisted a few knobs and they settled silently. "Learned a few tricks since we last saw each other, Captain." Meaning River had schooled him. "So...it should be..." he fiddled with the Sonic, "that way." He pointed. "Shall we go then?"