Torchwood Factory
"Now a rainbow's tale isn't quite as nice, as the story we knew of sugar and spice."
There's long been rumors as to how exactly rainbows are made on earth. While a great amount of studying shows that all light is used to create the rainbows. However, no one knows how an individual spectrum is made. Supplies are never seen being brought in, leaving not a clue as to what goes into a rainbow. To become an employer of the lower factory means sacrificing any life outside the dark walls that surrounds Torchwood. One theory was purposed, thoughts of another unknown Time Lord destined to create the spectra instead of rule over time.
None of them could be further from the truth….
"But a rainbow's easy once you get to know it. With the help of the magic of the TARDIS Device."
"C'mon Jane! We're going to be late for our final test!" Rose called to a friend of hers. She was older now in her last years of Torchwood training. She like all the other trainees was terribly nervous of the final test. Those who passed were granted freedom into the world and to advance in the ranks. Those who failed their tests were looked down upon in the worst of ways, shunned and hated.
Rose moved to the side as Jane, a tall yet fairly skinny trainee stands beside her and gives a worried attempt at a smile. "What's the matter? Scarred of getting a dead end job on recon?" Rose asked. "No, it's just… what if I fail? What if I don't fail but do just bad enough to get hated by everybody?" Rose gave her a friendly punch on the shoulder. "We're not going to fail you dolt. I'm sure I will at least pass. Thanks to the tips from Captain Jack." Jane rolls her eyes. "Oh sure that reassures me…."
"Places! Places!" Ianto yelled and walked in front of the trainees holding a pad with the names of the Torchwood trainees. Rose was surprised it wasn't Jack running the test. "Your educators are on the far end of the field. Do not; I repeat, DO NOT go too far west. If they lose sight of you for even a second you will be failed immediately. Jane Hearts, you're up first." Jane swallows hard and runs off onto the field with her gun. Expertly hitting the targets and dodging attacks. That is, until a bullet hit her in the leg and everyone cringed as they heard a loud, hollow SNAP followed by an unending piercing scream. Jane's leg was broken from a far fall. Rose covered her eyes as a 25 year old guy named Strike Raid refused to go out on the field. "No." Strike yelled. "Get the FUCK onto that field before I fail you myself!" Ianto yelled menacingly. "Fine!" Strike spat back and ran out onto the field and stopped by Jane. "What are you doing? You'll be failed like me." Strike just helped Jane up and glared at the judges. Three zeros.
Rose stood shocked, hardly hearing her name called, she ran out onto the field and hit the targets expertly before taking out her other targets. She ran towards the copter and just when she was about to jump, she tripped and with a flash of intense fear, she quickly got onto her feet. Maybe that didn't count as a failure. I can still run. Rose thought and looked to the judges. Three zeros…. Rose started crying there. She failed her best friend…. She failed Captain Jack. Heartbroken and sobbing, she walked over to where Jane and strike were. "You did great." Strike said reassuringly. Rose helped walk Jane to the van where the test failures were to go where three Torchwood agents were standing, one of them just happened to look up as the trio walked out into the open.
"Hey boss, we got the useless trainees. I think it's time to get to work." A female Torchwood agent steps up. "You, get in the van. NOW!" She yelled. Rose and the others get in the back and the door is slammed shut. "At least we can talk now." Strike whispered. But they had nothing to talk about.
"Let's delve deeper into rainbow philosophy, far beyond that of Torchwood's mythology. It's easy to misjudge that secret institute with its alluring décor, and social psychology."
It was night when the door to the van opened. A pair of blue eyes peered in and stopped on Rose momentarily. Rose just stared back and the door was slammed shut again. A few hours later the door opened at the three were ordered to get out. Rose looked the agents in the eyes each chance she got but none of them were the blue eyed agent from before. "I know this place….. I think we're in Torchwood!" Rose whispered. "Impossible, we were traveling for way too long. We must be far away from where we were before." Rose just shrugs as they enter a large open room with multiple others who failed their tests.
"I'm pretty sure you know where you are. Stupid trainees, you're in the Factory. You will never leave the Factory. Even though you're called useless, that's not true! You get to help us make rainbows! Doesn't that excite you? And every trainee is so speechless when entrusted with the task." An agent walked up onto the scaffolding. Rose noticed that it was the blue eyed agent from before; she felt her mind race as she recognized that voice. "Now, who would like to go first?" Strike stepped forwards. "What did those horrible people do?!" The masked agent ripped off his mask revealing more than his blue eyes. Rose felt her knees weaken as she realized who this was.
It was Captain Jack Harkness. But HOW?! Jack couldn't be this evil. A neglected brother perhaps? But that's all Rose could think about. HOW?! As everyone screamed and ran for the exits, Torchwood agents pushed them back. Jack was laughing and it was cut short when Rose yelled. "I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME!" Jack looked down at Rose; his blue eyes showed no emotion as Rose continued to yell. "I thought you cared for me! After all I tried, after all the care you gave me! I treated you like my brother, and you treated me like your sister! You were my brother to me!" Rose stopped to catch her breath and looked into jack's eyes, straight through them and deep into Jack Harkness himself where she found no emotion, no love, and no care. All of the sympathy and love for Rose was deleted by her failure.
Very slowly however, they glared at Rose. Pure, seething hate erupted from Jack's mouth in return. "I DID LOVE YOU! I TRIED SO HARD FOR YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU WOULD PASS YOUR TEST! IT WAS UP TO YOU TO SAVE YOURSELF! You had it in you kid. I knew what they did here." Jack shook his head remembering his anger for a moment. "YOU RUINED ME! NOW I'LL RUIN YOU! Agents! The dark haired one! There! Him first!" The three jumped back as the agents advance, pushing Rose and Jane to the side. Strike is dragged to a large device with shackles up and open.
There was rust on it despite the rest of it being shiny and clean. Rose could only watch as Strike was chained to the machine and the chains go tight, stretching each of his limbs out. "We find it works better if the ribs are broken." Jack said with a dark glint in his eyes and the machine started rotating Strike's limbs. His screams topped the pops of his ribs and bones breaking that went to a quite rattle of death. The clasps open and Strike fell into the crusher beneath the machine. Rose was swaying on her feet and her vision blacked out.
"In the Torchwood Factory, where your fears and horrors come true,
In the Torchwood Factory, where not a single soul gets through,
In the Torchwood Factory, where your fears and horrors come true."
"Rose, get up!" Rose opened her eyes and got up remembering where she was. Agents were advancing slowly, pushing them back to the wall. "I have a plan. Clear, run, fall, complete." Rose whispered and Jane nodded. "One…. Two… THREE!" Jane yelled and everyone ran towards the scaffolding. Rose began pounding on the door as Jack was blocked off from reaching her. Rose kept pounding until the door opened and she ran inside. Jack broke through the wall that prevented him from reaching Rose and raced after her.
Rose just focused on running, she looked back to make sure the unstable Captain was still behind her. And he was catching up quickly, his anger driven by Rose's failure. Both were sweating and almost out of breath. Rose turned to the idea of hiding but she struck that idea down as insane as Jack Harkness may be. Jack wasn't too far behind the other and Rose found a vent that she stopped at. She looked back one last time and jumped in. Looking up she saw Jack, he was unable to follow. But Jack just smiled menacingly. "You moron! You never did a good sense of direction!" Jack yelled and Rose looked down. She was back in the TARDIS Device room. Rose screamed in pain as she was hit with an electrical wire and she was chained to the TARDIS Device. Rose was lifted up until she was face to face with a Torchwood agent. His coat was burned at the bottom edges, his hair was a mess, and his face had some cuts from the resistance from the others. The only clue Rose had as to who this used to be were the blue eyes focused on her. "Any last words you miserable, useless, whore of a trainee?" Rose held her head high, trying to hold onto as much dignity as she could. "You have beautiful eyes…." She said clearly so only he could hear her… and what Rose saw, was a little bit of regret as his hand pushed the button to start the TARDIS Device.
"In the Torchwood Factory…. Where failures pay their toll…"