This is the second part of my take on the third series of Torchwood. It carries on from my previous fic entitled 'New Beginnings', and you need to read that one before this one so that you understand where some of the characters have come from :)
Hope you enjoy this, apologies for the little chapters, but I did write this quite a while ago!
xoxoxo
The change in Willow in the past month was very stark. She no longer insisted on calling people by their surnames, and she seemed much more relaxed within the team. Much like Gwen, she had grown and matured in her short time at Torchwood, and she seemed to evolve in her new world. Jack guessed that she had been quite repressed in Torchwood Paris and Torchwood Tokyo. Jack couldn't help but smile as he watched his team at work, in perfect harmony with one another. Of course, it wasn't the same as it had been with Tosh and Owen, and he, Gwen and Ianto were still missing them, but they had to pick themselves up and carry on, like Tosh and Owen would have wanted. Jack looked up from his computer as Willow entered.
"The weapons reports you wanted, Captain," she smiled. Jack secretly loved it that she still insisted on calling him 'Captain'.
"OK, great," Jack grinned. "Any Rift activity?"
She shook her head.
"No, not for a while now."
"OK, well, keep on it," Jack smiled.
"Yes, I will, Captain."
She left the office and went back down to her station, just as Gwen's mobile rang.
"Yeah, Andy.."
"Got another one of your Spooky Doos here at the station. Don't suppose you could -"
Gwen sat upright.
"Yep, we're on it."
Ending the call, she yelled up to Jack's office.
"Jack, we're needed at the Police Station. Another 'Spooky Doo', as Andy calls them."
Jack came out from his office, Ianto handing him his trench coat as he did so.
"OK, Willow, better have a double check on that Rift activity. Gwen and I will head over to the Police Station and see what we've got."
Five minutes later, Jack pulled the SUV to a halt outside the Police Station and he and Gwen jumped out and headed inside. Andy was waiting for them at the front desk.
"OK Andy, what have we got?"
Andy led them down to the cells.
"Got reports of people going round the city centre dressed in cloaks, trying to attack people. When we got there, they bit one of the other Officers and we had to wrestle them into here."
He opened the window of the cell and Jack and Gwen peered inside. Two human forms stood at the end of the cell, facing the door. They were 6-feet tall and were wearing long, black cloaks. Jack stepped back from the cell door, pulling Gwen with him and tapping into his comms.
"Ianto, we have a couple of Vampires here. See what you can dig up on them. Try Torchwood Transylvania, they might have something."
"There's a Torchwood in Transylvania?" came Ianto's reply.
"Of course," Jack grinned. "Willow, I need you to research what weapons we'll need. Again, try Torchwood Transylvania. Martha, we need sedative. And lots of it."
Jack grinned at the horrified look on Gwen's face and, dragging Andy with him, set off into the cell. Gwen watched anxiously as Jack and Andy dragged the Vampires out of the cell, through the Police Station and hauled them into the SUV's boot. As they drove back to the hub, Ianto's voice cracked through the comms.
"Jack, did you say we have two Vampires?"
"That's right."
"Only, I contacted Torchwood Transylvania. They told me that Vampires always hunt in threes..."
Gwen turned to Jack.
"You mean, one of these things is still out there?"