Jack supported the Doctor and helped relax him when Owen was getting the needle and syringe so the Doctor wasn't tense. "And how will you do that? Take her time travelling? I honestly think she may like it. I think she will understand. She did before when you were taking a nap in the SUV." Jack told him softly, still rubbing his back.

The Doctor was coughing, he was looking at Owen when the medic said he was done. He looked at Jack "Mmm well not sure yet, But of course hoping you would come again if we did, I only just got to see you after so long,"
He coughed weakly "Being that sleepy was odd.... Maybe that was start of this?" He was trying to think. "You guys would have been as worn out as me otherwise, though I do hardly sleep much."

Nodding, Jack smiled sadly. He would most likely. He wouldn't just let the two have all the fun time traveling. "The fact that you hardly sleep proves the reason you were tired. Sleep does come back to take it's revenge." Jack told him. He then looked over to Owen. "Thanks Owen. Could you also check on Ianto?"

Owen nodded and went off to go and check on Ianto and looked at the blood sample. Ianto was busy doing the job Jack had told him to do. He talked with Owen a bit and then Owen went to go and carry on what he was doing.The Doctor was looking at Jack "Yeah, just so hard to sleep sometimes and travel is more exciting." he never had seemed to like sleep that much. Even with his Tenth Incarnation he had slept less than Jack sometimes.
He stayed close to Jack and closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around him. He hoped it wasn't poison as he knew it would be risky to his life, But he was sure the Master only wanted to slow him down and not kill him yet.
Owen returned hours later with a result. "I found out whats wrong. Its not poison like I thought, but some rare illness . Though he could have had it for days without it showing." He explained to Jack, sees the Doctor is asleep.

Jack chuckled, knowing the feeling to that. But Jack also knew the importance of sleep even though he was immortal. Holding his Time Lord within his arms, Harkness waited for him to fall asleep. Seeing Owen come back, he looked up at the medic to hear his news. What was interesting was the info that it wasnt a poison but a illness that he didnt know about. It was interesting none the less but it needed to be treated. "Think normal medications like fever reducers will work on this?"

The Doctor was asleep in his arms , he breathed deeply, he looked very pale. It was a very nasty illness and was draining his strength quite quickly.He coughed in his sleep and he moaned.
"I don't think so, from what I can gather its going to kill him in 24hrs if proper medicine isn't given. If the Master did do this, he knows either we will figure out the right treatment or he doesn't care if he's gone." Owen replied. He was looking rather serious. "Never the less, I'm going to figure out what medicine it is, even if I get not sleep" he was already tired. "But normal medicines for now should just ease it a little." he hoped the news wouldn't upset Jack.

Hearing this, Harkness felt a pain in his chest he didnt ever want to feel. This made the immortal worry about the Time Lord for he didnt want his lover to die from some sickness. Not after just getting to see him again after so long of being without his Doctor. "See what you can do. Ask Ianto to get ahold of Arwen. I'm sure she has my phone. I'll see what I can do to help him get comfortable. I'm sure Arwen will find something to help ease this." Jack told him, feeling that Arwen and Owen would pull through for the Doctor and save his life.

The Doctor was breathing painfully, he cried in his sleep. He rolled over a bit. He buried his face in JAck's chest. He was clearly having a bad dream. He coughed more and gasped.
Owen was looking at Jack. "Will do, Just keep watch over him and let me know if hes getting worse." He headed off and goes to speak to Ianto. "Ianto can you try call Arwen?" explains what is going on.
"Oh no, but yes I'll call" Ianto muttered. He goes and grabs the phone and called Arwen, waits for her to answer.

Jack looked at his lover with worried eyes, hating to see him in such discomfort. He hated to see this and all he could do was to lay them both down and comfort him. "Shhh... " he cooed. Keeping his doctor close for hoped for a miracle now.

Arwen was inside the TARDIS's medical bay, lookin for any medicine that the Doctor may have that had no aspirin in it that would help reduce fevers and any pain that he may have. Somehow being able to read Galifreyan (unless the TARDIS was translating the language for her), she grabbed a few bottles that had what they may need to help. While reading the bottles once again, Arwen heard Jack's phone go off. Pulling out said phone, she looked at it with a questioning look before answering it. "Ianto? What's up? How's the Doctor? Is he okay?" She sounded worried, having a feeling that was the reasoning for the call.

"Not good, Owen said he has a rare illness and could die in 24hrs unless right medicine is found and computers have no information on what medicine is needed." Ianto explained what Owen had told him. He knew Jack would be worried and upset. He had no idea what to do either. He just hoped that Arwen could find something. He wondered if the TARDIS had any information.

The Doctor awoke and was looking at Jack. He held onto him and wondered why he looked so worried. "Jack what is wrong?" he asked quietly. He wondered if his illness was more serve than he thought.
He began coughing a bit more.

Arwen looked away from what she was reading, her expression that of being worried for the safety and well being of the Doctor. She knew she hadn't met the Doctor long but she felt this sense of instinct to help him. "What?!" She calmed down for a moment to recollect herself. "Okay. Okay. I'll see if maybe the TARDIS may have. Of course that would involve knowing how to work the TARDIS. But I'll come back with what I found here and come back to check what the TARDIS has. Do you know what this is possibly doing to the Doctor" Arwen asked, starting to walk toward the Door.

"The Doctor has said sometimes she just knows and will show you , I don;t understand but he keeps saying the ship is alive? Try talk to her?" He suggested. Ianto was rather worried too. He was looking at a wall as he spoke.
"I don't know." He confessed.
The Doctor looked at Jack , "Jack........ what," He coughed weakly. He was coughing alot more and struggling to breath. He hugged his lover and was crying.

Snapping out of his thoughts, the immortal looked to his Time Lord with a concerned expression on his face that hid other emotions that were trying to get free. Hugging the 11th incarnation of the Doctor and hearing his crying and coughing, he rubbed his back once again to sooth him. "Shhh....calm down now..." waiting till his tears had subsided. "Owen found out that you must have been sick longer than you would think. Its a rare illness that doesnt show its symptoms for whos knows how long." He took a deep breath before telling him the bad news. "He says...you have about 24 hours before it gets worse to the point of death. As far as i know. We dont have the medicine to treat this. But Arwen went to find something to help ease the pain." Jack added.

Arwen sighed as she got to the door but stopped when Ianto suggested to her to talk to the ship. "Talk to the ship? Well. Maybe i can try. Feels a bit rediculous. But worth a shot." Walking to the console, Arwen walked up to the console, feeling nervous to talk to something like a ship. "Ill call you back."
Stopping infront of the console, she looked at the console and set the bottles on the console surface. "Hey. I uh...maybe you can help...the Doctor is really sick with some rare illness that will kill him within 24 hours. Maybe...maybe you know a cure to it? Something that can help him?" She explained to the TARDIS. Soon feeling rather rediculous. "What am i doing?...i have no idea what i am doing to help him...." she uttered to herself as she sighed a heavy sigh.

Jack was concerned the Doctor could see that clearly on his lovers face, He hoped Jack was too upset. He hadn't ever seen Jack cry that much. Maybe once when he was in his Tenth Incarnation, his breathing was almost a bit more weaker as well. He soon stopped crying and coughing as much. He was just hurting everywhere, "Ugh. Never felt this bad, Feel like I been trampled by Judoon." He managed a slight laugh at that comment. " Twenty Four hours, But thats a lot of time, You can do lots in twenty four hours" As usual the Doctor was trying to remain optimistic and not worry about dying like he had done in the past.
"The TARDIS will help.... I am sure... I hope the TARDIS is ok."

The TARDIS hummed a bit as if in reply, some screen flicked on and gave information on the illness. Unike On Owen's computer it said it was more dangerous to time lords and cut of thier regeneration. The TARDIS itself was fine at least. The ship then flicked the information over after she read it and gave cure information. Owen was tired and trying to not fall asleep, he wondered of thier information had been wiped on the computer about the sickness. He was trying to stay awake and keep working on it, he knew time was limited.

Arwen smiled when she saw the screen turn on anf give information about the illness. Her smile faded when she realized gues how dangerous it was to the Doctor or any other time lord. She then called Owen quickly when she saw that there was indeed a cure. She felt bouncy before asking the TARDIS to keep the cure on screen. "Come on Owen...pick up..." she knew that if Owen wouldnt pick up, she could call Ianto.

Jack managed to smile a little as the Time Lord tried to be as optumistic as he always was. "I am sure you can. I am sure they can both can find something."

The screen beeped and flicked to one hour. It seemed Owen hadn't known how long that 24hrs had started from, and just how risky it was to time lords. Owen was dosing off a bit till he heard his phone. He picked up "Owen Harper speaking." He sounded tired now as well.
The Doctor coughed and gasped weakly, his hearts slower and he knew he couldn't breath easily. He figured Jack would get to breaking point and cry at some point, he was trying to stay cheerful to prevent that.
"Yes..., I'm always aright in the end."

Jack tried to stay optumistic as well for he didnt want to break down in front of the doctor. But it was really hard not to. Not when your lover, the one you loved for so long, finally got to see again was dying next you you and there was nothing you could do but hope that there was a miracle. Jack Harkness fought to keep the tears from coming out as he talk to his Time Lord. "Yeah. You sure do." You could tell he was fighting the urge to break down. That was the last thing the Doctor needed to see. Looking into the Doctor's eyes, he could see the pain that the Doctor was feeling. The immortal kissed his forehead as tears escaped and ran down his cheeks.

"Owen! Its Arwen! I found it. The TARDIS has a cure! Im sending you a text of the things we need and how to do it. im sure that i can see what the ship has to help!" Arwen was all excited that she was able to find a way to save the Doctor. "See what Ianto can do!" She then hung up the phone and and started sending the message to Owen's phone while looking anywhere she can that might have said things needed. When finding wjat she could she ran like her life depended on it to get back to Torchwood to get them to Owen.

The Doctor was looking at him , He could tell Jack was trying hard to not cry. He felt bad he had to be worrying Jack this much. He knew the situation was really bad, even as he tried to stay cheery and hopeful. He gasped as one his hearts completely stopped. "Ugh damn, how you people cope with one working heart I will never know." he was sweating and he lay there in Jack's arms. He was trying to fight to stay awake and not give into sleep. He didn't think he would wake if he went back to sleep. He closed his eyes, but they snapped open. He coughed more and grumbled a bit.
"Oh Jack." he saw the tears running down his face, He held his hand. "It will. B..Be ok."

Last thing Arwen heard was Owen say the F word before getting off the phone. He realised the time was even more limited now. He wondered if the TARDIS had picked that up. The TARDIS screen beeped again saying 1hr on the screen, knowing Arwen had not seen it. Owen looked at his phone and rushed to find the ingredients. He was swearing rather loudly as he carried on. He snapped at Ianto not meaning to, he was tired and knew they had to get going.

Jack felt his hand being held by anothers. He tried not to cry anymore. "I know. I just...i dont want you to go. We just got to see each other again."

Arwen had eventually made it back into the base, and into the main hub, junping over the railing and landing with ease. "Owen! I got the stuff!" She said with glee.

"good cuse we barely have any time... It had already began countdown hours ago, " Owen knew they had no time to waste. He was looking at the ingredients.
He wasn't sure how she could be so calm. When they had to make it up before they were out of time. He was still cursing and muttering a bit, he looked around "Lets get started."
The Doctor was breathing weakly, his second heart very slow, He looked at him and kissed his hand gently "I'm not going to. They'll have it done in time." He coughed badly and looked at Jack, he knew JAck really loved him. "I really love you Jack."
He holds him, but hes very weak.