Never Dying (Torchwood / Doctor Who fan fiction)

Wedding Bells

Chapter 14. Wedding Bells

Opening my eyes for the umpteenth time, I find myself standing in front of a set of doors. Behind me stands Erica and a girl that I don't recognize. They stand to hold the end of a long train. Both of them are smiling. I guess this would be the day that I'm getting married. There was an engagement so of course there is a wedding.

On the inside, the church doors open and way in front of me Jack stands with the two other Torchwood guys standing beside him. All three are standing in matching tuxedos and if I had ended up here first, I would swear that I was marrying Park. Here, I was sure that I was marrying Jack, yet both men were looking at me like I was the most beautiful woman in the world.

"Ready?" Erica asks me, from behind. Not so sure, I nod. This is what the future me would want right? She would want to walk down the aisle and marry Jack. The present me just wanted to get home and go to bed. This was just too much and I wish I had just ended my potentially supernatural date night the way that I was supposed too.

I take a step forward and keep my pace fair. Surrounding me is a small group of people that either Jack or I know. I can see my friends Meghan and Alicia. There is the Doctor and the  dark skinned curly haired girl. Recognizable from photos, Rhys sits in one of the pews with  a slightly older Anwen. Together there weren't a lot of people but I had never wanted a big wedding.

Actually, until today I really never thought about getting married. I had always, well maybe not always but since the accident, thought that I would die with twenty cats, living my life on my own. I thought that I was so picky that this would never happen for me and still maybe it won't. This wasn't reality... or at least not by choice.

Although the shock and anxiety, I walk up the aisle, smiling. The crowd stands up as I pass. The Wedding March plays. So far my wedding seems standard, maybe a little over the top. I had a huge bouquet of red roses with a single green and salmon straight in the middle... over the top. I understood this. Roses were my favorite flower. They reminded me of the mum I never knew. Red roses symbolized romance, salmon symbolized passion and lastly,  I had a green rose for vitality. I couldn't remember how I knew this. I just did.

Reaching the alter, where my husband to be waited, the minister gave me a nod. He, himself looked familiar but still I didn't know where to place this face. I don't have long to look at him however as I was beginning to leave again. Thank god, too. I was so not ready to be a bride.

After the wedding scene I have a very short glimpse of myself sitting in a hot tub by myself. From the tub I can see a beautiful beach. It's nice to look at, even if only for a second.

Next, there is blurring vision. I only see pink. Of course I was seeing pink. The monster... I was back lying on the street of Mermaid Quay, the sky still as dark as I had left it before. Quickly, I stand up, right before the alien starts running from me.  Why did it have to be like this? All I had to do was chase it and kill it. If only it let me. Behind me Jack comes back to reality and we make our way trying to accomplish our goal.

I stand even more firm on what I have already thought before. We kill the million eyed monster, we go back to our normal lives as younger people. I swear by now we're at least three or four years older. At least that's the idea in mind. I would never have married Jack if it had been any less. That being said, we had gotten together shortly after this event. If we ever managed to kill this beast, I doubt that would ever really happen.

"I have the mirror and the laser blade," Jack says rushing up to me. He wavers the light sword in front of my face and then looks at me with a shocked glare "So I have these two. Where's the tase disk?"

"You think that's the question?" I ask, coming to a quick stop. Scrunching my eyebrows together I look at him. He had the laser blade. He had the mirror. I know it was vital but the real question had nothing to do with the tase disc. Maybes it did but it had more to do with the weapons overall "Jack, I bet you've noticed but we're not exactly the same people we used to be. We're older and I'm not talking hours. I'm talking at least three years. So the question is how do we still have the weapons that we do have?"