The Daleks on Boradway

[izzysmith]

Izzy found jack lying in the gutter with a knife sticking out of his chest. he waited until he came round springing up in a cold sweat.

"why am I not surprised..." Izzy said to himself.

Izzy had dressed in period clothing. obviously he was prepared and with him he carried his old green army bag as he had when jack first met him back in 1941.

then Izzy just stood there for a moment giving jack a rather annoyed look. "Do I even want to know..?"

He leanded down next to jack pulling the dagger out of his chest without flinching. by now Izzy had become accustom to Jack dying and coming back to life. of course all this was still so new to Jack he thought nothing of it "oh stop whining you big baby. here let me help you up..." said Izzy as he tried to apply pressure to Jack wound.

[Jack Harkness]

Things were always fuzzy when they returned.
Air filling his lungs once more, a stabbing sharp pain in his chest.
Memories of seconds before he died coming back at a rapid pace.

Jack let out a sharp gasp as he came back to life again.
Grabbing hold of the closest thing around (Said 'thing' being Izzy)
The way the time traveling man pulled the knife out of his chest also told Jack that he done this before.
It didn't stop the pain though. A slight whimper escaping him as the metal was removed from his body.

His blue eyes sharpened slightly as the other told him to 'stop wining' Jack doubted the young man had ever been stabbed before.
"Thanks.." he groaned the word as Izzy helped him up.
His chest sticky with dried blood "..Question...where did you come from?"

Jack couldn't remember seeing him before he got stabbed.

[izzysmith]

"..Question...where did you come from?" asked Jack

"Someplace long ago and far away..." said Izzy with a sad look on his face. He opened Jack's shirt watching as the wound healed right before his eyes. "You'll be all right now. what say we get you a change of cloths?"

Izzy took jack back to his town house in Cardiff. he had several places of residents threw out the time stream. mostly in places that he frequented.

"their are some cloths in the spare room upstairs." said Izzy. He knew that Jack hadn't known him very long. in fact if his guess was right this was Jack after he had that whole affair with the doctor and rose. the doctor as marvelous as he was, could be a real jerk sometimes leaving his companions behind. "So if i guess right you just got done traveling with the doctor and rose. and now your stuck here in the past with a burnt out vortex manipulator..."

[Jack Harkness]

Jack hadn't met this 'welcome stranger' for a very long time.
And not that often either. He had only found out the man his name and that he was pretty all over the timestream.
Popping in and out of his life whenever it seemed fit.
Never the less he followed him.

The 'house' he was lead too not one of the most hidden in Cardiff.
"So if i guess right you just got done traveling with the doctor and rose. and now your stuck here in the past with a burnt out vortex manipulator..." Izzy said while Jack got rid of his sticky shirt. Attempting to wipe the dried blood off of his chest before he flashed him a smile.

"Are you stalking me?" he teased, holding the dark blue shirt in his hands. His eyes sparked with both curiousity and that serious look. He needed to know more of this man.
When was he going to meet him for the first time?
Because clearly this Izzy knew all about him, but Jack had never met the version of him that didn't know him at all.
"Some people might find the amount of information you have on them suspicious"

Not particularly disturbed by the fact that he was shirtless, he casually leaned back against the wall. Not too interested in getting any clean clothes just yet.
And far too curious about this time traveling stranger.

[izzysmith]

"Some people might find the amount of information you have on them suspicious" said Jack.

That when it hit Izzy. he was such a dope. he was so concerned about not giving Jack to Much information that he forgot to tell him his name. "Oh of how rude of me. I forgot to introduce myself. Izzy Smith, future companion."

He hopped off the Dresser looking Jack over. "I'm glad that those cloths fit you. you know they tailor everything these days. luckily I knew your measurements..." Said Izzy fluting with Jack.

Izzy knew Jack had some questions. "Look you probably have some questions. what's say we sit down, have some lunch, and ill try to answer as many as I can."

Izzy paused waiting to see Jack's response. "Come on, I made your favorite..."

[Jack Harkness]

Answer as many as he could? Jack furrowed his brows at this.
"What happened to the mysterious 'I can't change the future' attitude?" He couldn't hide the amused smile as he took a step closer to Izzy.
Practicing the name in his head.

"And how do you know my favorite food of the future is still the same in this period of my life?" He had his trade mark flirty grin on his face.
"people change" This was the exact second where he managed to slip his hands to Izzy's hips.

Jack had no idea when he'd meet the other for the first time in his life. He just know he had met this version the first time during the London blitz.
This had to be the same guy.

[izzysmith]

"People Change" said Jack.

"Yes i know. I know more than anyone. when i first met you in the future you knew all about me. imagine what that dose to a person. there you were this man who just appeared out of thin air and your handsome, and charming, and... wonderful."

Said Izzy with a sad look on his face. he didn't like to talk about where he came from with Jack. no he would let that be the one secret he would have to solve on his own. "I mostly came here to do this." Said Izzy as he synced up his vortex manipulator with jack's "Now in case I ever need you my vortex manipulator will signal yours with my location. and vice versa of course."

Izzy came closer hugging jack tightly like a child would. he was so touch but yet still so child like. the sort who had seen miles of bad road and clung to jack like he was a rock. "The next time you see me will be in 1927. after Angelo. you'll understand when the time comes. now I have to go help a friend."

with one touch Izzy was gone once again. he found himself on the streets of New York in 1927. He saw Jack about to jump from the roof top to escape Angelo. as Jack plummeted to the ground Izzy made his way over to his unconscious self and waited for him to awaken once again. Angelo had let Jack down. Izzy was determined never to do that to him.

he knelt down beside Jack waiting for him to spring back to life.

"You and the dramatics!" said Izzy teasingly.

[Jack Harkness]

The hug he recieved was one he hadn't felt for a very very long time.
He had expected the smaller male to hug him like most people did.
But this was warm, welcome and friendly.

Jack was a bit taken aback by the sudden hug but he returned it none the less.
Pulling Izzy closer to himself and staring at the wall behind him.
"Well that's pretty much a surprise..I'll try to live up to those expectations" he smiled slightly before taking some distance.
Who was Angelo?

It had taken him several years centuries even to find this out.
But once he jumped off that building he knew he'd meet an old friend again.

The force of falling down killed him almost instantly, but after a couple of seconds his lungs filled themselves again.
His back sore of the drop and blue eyes wide open as he stared up into the familiar face of Izzy Smith.
"You're a sight for sore eyes" he grinned, a pained grin.
His heart almost as broken as his back had been.

"You know me" he groaned before sitting up "I'm the biggest drama queen of em all" he held up the pained smile before getting up.
Ready to leave as he knew Angelo would come looking for him.

[izzysmith]

Izzy took hold of his arm helping Jack to his feet once again. and they began running down one of the many alleys of New York. He took him threw the Back door of an old off boradway theater. the back stage area was full of people who all seemed to know Izzy.

he took jack to the back wash room to get him a change of cloths and wipe the dried blood off him. "so here we are again. me helping you back on your feet after you fall."

Izzy tended to him the way a mother would tend to a child with a scrapped knee. he looked at jacks blue eyes hopping that he would ask him to be his companion the way he asked Angelo. it was no fun traveling threw time alone. He came here because this was the time when Jack started to realize that. "You know it can't be much fun living all these years alone..."

[Jack Harkness]

It seemed this time traveling friend of his was used to pulling him off the street.
Treating him like a child "It's like you know every day I die" he joked again.
Rubbing the back of his neck he heard a slight crack, the muscles sore of the drop but already healing.

It was odd to feel your own body heal itself so fast. Pain softly fading without the need of any sedative.

The word 'alone' however didn't do him much good.
Izzy was right, living alone wasn't fun, but he would live forever.
A fixed point in time he was, there wasn't a single person who would stay with him forever.

It simply wasn't possible.
"No you're right, living alone isn't fun but it's pretty much what I do" he forced a smile.

[izzysmith]

"You don't have to..." Said Izzy.

suddenly a familiar face came bursting threw the door. a face that Jack would even recognize. for there standing before them was a young Humphrey Bogart.

"Izzy you seen my tennis racket?" asked Bogart.

"Its in the prop trunk with all the guns and sowards Bogie." Said izzy thinking this a rather inconvinet time.

"Thanks Kid, who's this?"

"of corse how rude of me. Captian Jack Harkess, Id like you to meet Humphrey Bogart."

"Oh nice to meet you. I was a navy man myslef." Said Bogart shaking Jack's hand. of course this was Bogart in his very early days when he was a struggling actor on the stage stuck with playing preppy boys. which were very unlike Bogart roles.

Izzy had known Bogie for years. and a few of his past adventures with Jack had included him along with a few other famous Hollywood stars. Izzy had hinted that much back when jack first met him. by mentioning "the African queen" and" from here to eternity."

But little did they know that there greatest adventure with Bogart was about to happen. for deep in the swears of New York the Cult of Scarrow was hard at work kidnapping the homeless of New York.

"We must obtain as many humans as possible for the final stage." ordered Darlek Sec.

that said the pig slaves went out among New York that night in search of people that would be taken to their evil underground lair.

[Jack Harkness]

Jack froze for a moment, the time traveling friend telling him he didn't need to live on his own.
But that was simply impossible, he had to, not a single being in the universe would outlive him. Before he could answer though someone broke the silence.

A young but never the less attractive Humprey Bogart bursting into view as lively as ever.
The conversation between the two seemed to go rather easy, as if they were friends for a pretty long time already.

Jack smiled his casual smile as the young actor introduced himself.
"Like wise always nice to meet a fellow marine" he had no problem slipping into this role.
Jack had been apart of different organizations, somewhere along the way he ended up on a rather large navy ship.

[izzysmith]

suddenly the orchestra began to play the opening number. Bogie looked toward the stage.

"Later guys I gotta run." Said Bogie. After he left, Jack and Izzy were once again alone. Izzy looked at Jack and smiled.

"Yes I know Humphrey Bogart... impressed?" said Izzy teasingly. "course i first met him years down the road. After he met Lauren Bacall. He told me that he first met in New York city in 1927, he said i would need to know that someday. I didn't figure out why until much later after i met you..." Said Izzy sharing a fond memory with Jack.

he waited to hear what Jack's response was to that.

"its funny. meeting someone in the past. its allot like looking at a photograph of someone you've known all your life but it was taken years before you knew them. its like there not done yet. so you sit around and wait for the day when they will evolve into the person you know they will be." Izzy was talking about Bogart when he said that but from the sound of his voice. you knew he was talking about someone else. Jack perhaps...?

However Izzy deiced to quickly change the subject. "Would you like to stay and watch the show?and after you can go for a drink with me and bogie if you like..."

Izzy waited to hear Jacks answer knowing that it would most likely be yes.

[Jack Harkness]

Jack was rather impressed that his time traveling friends had met these great people. And that he didn't ruin the flow of time with making these friends.
"Kind of impressed actually" he grinned

his grin turned into a soft smile at the next words.
It was clear Izzy tried to send him a message, and he had no idea when he would turn into Izzy's Jack harkness.
"You can always take a new picture" he smiled a bit. He just hoped he wouldn't fail his new and old friend.

"Sounds like a good idea" Jack smiled at the invitation.
He'd love a drink after a good show.

[izzysmith]

Izzy turned to Jack smileing a big grin and hugged him. "Great, Tell you what you go enjoy the show, I got some work to do back here but Wil have that drink, and maybe some Glen Miller. no wait this is the late 20's Cole Porter then..."

He then rushed off while Jack made his way to watch the show. as he sat Watching the play unfold he waited for Bogart to come out on stage. eventually he walked on stage right with a tennis Racket in hand and said. "Anyone for Tennis?"

It was strange seeing Bogart play a preppy rich kid. the role really didn't suite him at all.

Izzy stood watching from the side. but his eyes were focused on Jack. and that face of his. he wanted so desperately to join him in the theater. he had counted each one of those gorgeous eyelashes that sprung out of those blue eyes of his.

one of the actresses would need a costume charge soon. he made his way towards the store room where a vent to the street stood. he didn't notice that the vent was open as he entered the room. or the Pig slave that was standing there waiting for him. as it Grabbed him he let out a loud scream that echoed threw out the theater. "Jack Bogie, someone help!"

Bogie Heard Izzy call for help on stage. he looked down into the theater at Jack and Ran Back towards the store room where the scream Came from to find Izzy was gone. "Izzy, Hey Kid where are you?"