Ianto Jones was attending the tourist information shop front of the torchwood office, he heard that they were getting a new member of staff to assist Toshiko in the hub with alien devices they said she was an expert. The door opened a woman walked in. Ianto looked at her she had brown curls she had a waist length jacket that let a little of her t-shirt poked out, on the t-shirt was a weird language she was wearing black skinny jeans. Ianto noticed a locket swinging around her neck it also had similar writing to her t-shirt He noticed her eyes of the clearest blue, but her eyes looked old for someone of her apparent age.
"Hello... Ianto Jones. I am here to help you, I hope you won't mind I have brought some new brochures well it isn't 2004 anymore is it. Sorry I am Roxanne Smith I am a new employee I heard you were waiting for me."
Roxy pulled out a bundle of leaflets from a suitcase sized bag
"Thank you Miss Smith."
"That's my daughter, its Mrs actually."
"Oh sorry. How old is she?" He said making small talk.
"23 and a half. Before you ask her name is Joanne, she isn't your type and she has a boyfriend." She said
"Wow you look really young."
"Thanks, I moisturise. Captain Jack said you were handsome but as I tell him I... anyway can I go in."
"Yeah sure" He said before activating the door to the underground base of torchwood.
"Jack she has arrived, my, my she is outspoken you said she was confident but not this confident." He said tapping his ear piece before walking to the hub.
Roxy approached the cog wheel door it slowly revealed the hub, the epicentre of torchwood three.
"Well I never saw an angel tread on this earth before." Jack joked
"Ah well Captain. I expected an innuendo." She said
"Come and meet your colleagues."
Jack led her to the boardroom where everyone else was waiting.
"Team this is..."Jack said
"Roxanne Smith, Mrs. Alien Liaison officer. I have a daughter, Joanne she is 23. I am an alien liaison officer because well I am an alien. I am friendly my species is extinct I am a time lord from the plant Gallifrey, I only look as old as I do because that's how my biology works, I have an ability to communicate with any alien languages even French. Oh I can read you mind's sorry Psychic abilities. I make the best cake in the galaxy and the number you thinking of to test me Miss. Sato is 7034." She said with a smile. Toshiko looked completely bewildered at Roxy. She reached into her small suitcase bag and pulled out a cake. She smiled as she put it down on the table.
Everybody had a slice of chocolate coloured cake. All of the five people in front of her even Owen were enjoying it.
"Ok any questions you wanna ask?" She said.
"Yeah I have one. You look human but what is a time lord?" Gwen asked
"Well Gwen, Time lords have two hearts and when close to death we regenerate to stay alive we live to about three thousand years and we have our own
language." She said "Oh do I have to complete a medical examination Dr Owen Harper?" she added to Owen.
"Yes all torchwood staff a required to complete a mandatory medical exam which involves taking a sample of blood, and a picture of the retina."
A whole cake later
"What's your secret Roxy?" Ianto asked
"Sorry Ianto I can't tell you it is a Family secret. Oh Jack do I have an office?"
"You can have the one next to Gwen."
"Thanks Jack."
One painful medical exam later
Roxy was unpacking a few bits and bobs including a family picture, a potted plant and a piece of coral which confused Gwen as she watched her and how could she was bringing large items from a small suitcase. Jack had walked into her office with a communicator device; he put it on her desk.
"All staff a required to have one." He said
"Thanks Jack." She said Roxy removed her jacket and threw it on a coat stand across her office Jack saw a vortex manipulator on her wrist she looked at it before putting it down on the desk. She finished unpacking her stuff. Her mobile rang in her pocket.
"Excuse me." She said to Jack "Hello. Joanne what's, Oh ok, Where are you? I'm coming." She said before picking up her comms device and her vortex manipulator and coat
"Jack I gotta go family emergency."
One family emergency later
Roxy was leading Joanne to the hub; Joanne had long blonde hair and blue eyes she was dressed in the current fashion her arm had a huge gash.
"It was coming after me it had huge teeth." She blabbered
The cog wheel door opened.
"Owen, I need help." She said
Owen popped his head up.
"What's wrong?" He asked
Roxy had taken Joanne to the medical area
"Joanne said she saw a monster, oh and she has a huge gash in her arm and I can't take her to A&E because she is like me."
"Ok I will bandage it up you'll need to wear the bandages for three weeks and see me so I can change it."
"Thanks Owen." Roxy said "Joanne what did the creature look like?"
"It was like a human it had ridges across its face, I remember it having large teeth."
"That seems like a weevil." Owen said
"Joanne go back home or to work I will see you later."
"Ok Mum what ever you say."
Roxy looked at her
"Good girl take care of yourself."
Roxy's office an hour later
Gwen had brought her a coffee.
"Are you ok?" She asked
"Yeah, Joanne is all I have left. My home planet is gone destroyed along with my husband. So she is my only family. I never hope you go through loss Gwen, it's a terrible pain you feel empty and alone. Joanne makes it a little easy I look after her and she does me. I should have saved everyone else but I couldn't, I had to come to earth to help humans and your team to grow and save everyone."
Gwen looked at her she saw Roxy' picture on her desk she picked it up and looked at it
"So this is your family it looks very modern."
"Well it's old but it has special ink on it, it changes when a family member regenerates, so we know when one of us has changed what they look like and it saves a lot of money as you can imagine that it would every time one person changes having to sit them all down to have new pictures done."
Gwen put the picture down on Roxy's desk
"What was it like on your home world?" Gwen asked
"It was nice to look at with the red grass and silver leafed trees and the orange sky the whole citadel encased in a glass dome. Life there wasn't a pretty."
"It will be years until we can reach the stars. What is your husband's name?"
"Hmm, you aren't going to believe this but it is the Doctor."
"The Doctor?" Gwen asked
"Hey we are time lord names aren't really necessary, if I tell you his real name 5 years will pass by."
"Did you just say the Doctor?" Jack asked
"Yeah he is my husband."