21st July 2007

GHOST WATCH We interrupt this programme to bring you further details of the battle today. Today's Ghostwatch seems to be lasting longer then usual, we are not sure why this is taking place, but authorities warn people to stay indoors and may issue a curfew.

Reports from Paris, Berlin, Washington DC and Moscow say that the ghosts seem to be changing into metal men and causing a scene. The Eiffel Tower and the Whitehouse have suffered the worse blow and are beyond repair. They also say these robots process weapons and are very, very dangerous. Should not be approached at any time.

Our phone lines have been red hot reporting of the similar problem and your stories. Here are only some of reports:

David R, fromLondon Everyone's saying they're ghosts but where's the proof? We deserve the truth!

Gary F, fromScarboroughWe saw a whole load of them at our school. Mr Taylor says they're old teachers come back to make sure we do our homework.

George P, fromLeedsAs soon as it appeared I knew it was my Tiffany. She loves me that much.

Sian L, fromLondon Mum says it's just a trick of the light but I know it's my dad.

Rebecca P, from LondonDon't try and tell me that's my husband! People don't come back from beyond the grave.

Suzanne M, fromNewport I screamed when I saw it in my pantry but then I realised, I knew it was my gran.

We'll be reporting the latest occurrences, and featuring your real ghost stories, so give us a call or a text, or alternatively email the studio with your sightings.


It was the turning point for the Battle of Canary Wharf, Cybermen in every home on an international scale. They were everywhere even on the TV and Torchwood One was behind it. A void ship had come through to our world and the ghosts followed afterwards, initially thinking they were somehow connected. Yvonne Hartman was the boss at the time and the leader of an operation called Ghostshifts. Monica never really understood the main idea of it but opposite her office was the breach and when they fired particle engines at the space where the void came through the breach opened allowing the ghost to come through for a couple of minutes. Apparently Yvonne had it all under control but little did she know it was way over their heads.

Monica's first day on the job. She should have listened to her sister but she never did. The bond with her sister wasn't the best, they used to have so much in common and do everything together when they where younger, but they seem to grow apart and now they didn't get on as well as Monica would have liked. Her mother and father had got her the job which didn't make her very popular with the other workers either. Most of the people had years of experience and were a lot older than Monica. The suit she wore was terribly uncomfortable and itchy in all the wrong places. With no experience, the boss owed her father a favour. That's what came with having the De Souza name.

After all the embarrassing questions and the odd wolf whistles from the men and growls from the ladies, Monica sat down in her slightly run down office not exactly the best part of Torchwood One. She got told the last office had been closed down for refurbishment; now it was just an empty room with white sheets of tarpaulin draping from floor to ceiling. Monica walked past a few times hearing some weird noises, that didn't sound like a building site to her, but what would she know she's never worked in one. She knew she didn't have to work and she had no intention of staying in the job long. Her parents had made her work after being in the papers for the past three weeks due to her late night partying and drunken state around London. They had warned her once but she didn't listen so they had to make it clear and keep their warning. Monica was a daddy's girl and anything she wanted, she just had to ask him and she got it, she never really expected him to go through with it.

Being her first job she wanted to explore, even the no-go areas, what she didn't know about this place was the no-go areas are there for her own good, her parents may have worked in Torchwood for tens years, but neither Monica nor Christina knew a lot about what they actually do, but the childishly young Monica looked down at the starter manual on her desk, did she read it? No. Throwing the book straight into the bin without even a second glance, she flicked her hand behind her head and rested the five inches heels on the table as she watched the other outside through the glass wall working on something.

After being visited by her boss, she looked down at her hand at the black pistol she had been given with the words 'Torchwood' engraved down the side of it. She stared down at it never actually using one before, she knew there was some in the volts her dad used for his 'job' but she didn't expect to be given one on her first day. They also gave her a few ear pods, she didn't bother putting them on if she did they would get in touch with her all the time, and she couldn't be bothered with it. She put the gun in the waist belt and went for a break.

Monica had been wondering through the corridors on her break while the mid-day Ghostshift had been taking place. That's when she passed a sealed of area. She never could resist a sign that said Do Not Enter. Monica had recognized it as some old office, which were being revamped into better facilities for Torchwood One. That's all she knew. Walking through the plastic floor to ceiling drapes that had been put up over night, Monica could hear something like metal being welded or cut. Like everyone at the time, she had a /Ghost/. She knew she was being stupid but she always thought that her ghost was in fact one of her Exs who she had fell madly in love with and who got killed in a car crash. She could smell the familiar scent of Hugo Boss and it always sent pleasurable shivers down her spine. She knew her ghost was in the room at the time and when she pulled back one of the drapes to be faced with a black shape almost glowing her way, she smiled. "You should never sneak up on me like that" She laughed. The ghost never let her touch him but she felt comfort and comfortable with him around, even if it was for a couple of minutes for a mid-day Ghostshift.

"What are you doing down here little girl?" A man shouted somewhere behind her and the ghost automatically jumped in front of Monica as if protecting her "You shouldn't be down this far" He said then glanced at the ghost. "Oh another bloody shift, do me a favour and piss of"

Charlie Lewis – the second in command had taken a dislike to Lady flaming Monica pissing de Souza from the moment he set eyes on her because of her sudden fame in Torchwood One. Of course, jealousy had a big part to play in. Her family especially her parents were well known in most things and Monica being a De Souza wasn't any different. So it was thanks to that sudden fame, that got her a job in Torchwood in the first place. She had been treated like the second in command and the real second, who was Charlie didn't like it.

"On a break" Monica muttered replying to Charlie's question, noticing her ghost behind the second in command act funny, the Hugo Boss smell no longer filled the air, but that of some cheep scent she didn't like which Charlie was wearing. The feeling was mutual between them, actually Monica couldn't stand the sight of him and everybody knew it.

Monica started to scream as she saw her ghost changed into some sort of metal man – a robot? In panic she took out her gun which had been propped into the back of her waistband and fired a shot, not really concentrating her aim and well she never really was one to practice in firing range. Seeing has it been her first day she didn't have much training anyway.

In fear she saw the bullet hit Charlie and he fell to the ground in a pool of blood. "Oh god" she muttered, her ghost that wasn't her ghost any more was making its way over to her. She dropped the gun beside the body and ran for her life away from the whole scene. She heard the heavy hooves of the Cyberman behind her as she ran.

Charlie felt a pain in his left side abdomen. He gripped himself as he saw his own blood covering his hands. His legs gave away from underneath him as the bullet, fired from Monica's gun caught him and he dropped to the floor. His eyes caught Monica's. The motion of Monica's gun dropping by his side followed by the heavy foot print of a boot belonging too, the so called 'ghost' he saw out the corner of his eye as it made it's way past him.

He couldn't move for being in so much agony and he couldn't feel his legs, actually he couldn't feel his body. Everything around him seemed to be moving in a very slow motion. His eyes rolled as he tried to keep them open, he didn't want the darkness to take over.

The last thing he remembered was seeing Monica run away and he managed to mutter "You…bitch…", loud enough only for him to hear as Monica didn't seem much interested in him right now. She was of saving her own skin. He was pretty sure Monica was having a ball seeing him revel at the sight of him in desperate need of help. Though he was pretty sure he wasn't going to ask her for it, before his eyes closed and no apparent physical signs to suggest he was alive either.

Going straight to her office she closed and locked the door behind her. Monica closed the blinds around the windows too and turned off the light. She slumped down in her chair and began to cry. Once she got the crying out the system she wiped her tears, counted to five and took a deep breath, she needed to come up with a plan. She hadn't meant to kill Charlie, she was intending to shoot the robot. The gun would have all her prints over it and it didn't help that everyone knew Charlie and herself had a mutual dislike towards one another. She would have been easily accused, her job would be on the line, and everything the de Souza name stood for would be scraped.

Her plan was to go back down to the scene and retrieve the gun, but when she had gone to look people were already checking out the commotion and had found the weapon. The ghost was nowhere to be seen and this caused her to panic even more when she saw one of the medics that was examining the body pick up the gun and place it in an evidence bag. She rushed back to her office once more, mostly for some thinking time, she knew she didn't have much on her side. She made her way to the morgue and picked out an Ex One worker that looked like her. Her name was Lucy and she had shot herself for an unknown reason, it had disfigured her face that much people couldn't recognize who she was.

'Perfect' thought Monica.

She then laid out a trolley, placed the body on top of it and made it look like she was taking it to the kitchens, covering it with spare towels, cutlery, cups and plates, making sure no one could see the body underneath. She pushed it all the way down to where the scene had taken place and shot Charlie by mistake. The people that were there just a few minutes ago had left and Monica worked fast to dump the body a few yards away from Charlie where nobody had thought of looking yet. She placed her name tag around the dead woman's neck and placed her ID card into the back pocket of her trousers. "I'm sorry" she muttered then looked over at Charlie. "I'm really sorry"

With that she got up and ran out, continuing to take the trolley to the kitchens. There was some commotion about the Ghostshift lasting longer then meant to. Once she had delivered the trolley, she ran all the way back to her office, grabbed her car keys and made for the manor where she lived with her sister and parents. She wrote a little letter for her sister and parents when they got in and placed it on the bedside table, addressed to the family. Quickly packing a suitcase, she got everything she needed and then picked up her passport. Her sister – Lady Christina de Souza had walked in on her and asked what she was playing at and where she thought she was going. For her sister safety Monica didn't tell her what happened nor where she was going, or that she just faked her own death. Monica asked Christina to get something out the vault for her and she did. Once Christina was inside, Monica had locked the vault from the outside, making it so that her sister couldn't get out. It was for her own safety "I'm truly am so, so sorry" She said and headed out, not before catching the remaining news that had been on the TV. It seemed that the activity with the Ghost's had hit headline news already.


GHOST REPORT BREAKING NEWSHere, in London, it seems that One Canada Square has been cornered of and is the main activity for the Ghosts. Two bodies have already been rushed to the Royal Albion Hospital. Inside spokeswoman say the highly respected business man Charles Lewis is one of the bodies and that the highly respected De Souza family member Monica is the other.

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Lets tune back into EastEnders, is it really Den Watts that Peggy just told to get out of her pub? This is Alistair Appleton reporting for BBC One's Ghostwatch, thank you, be safe and goodnight.


Monica turned of the television, shutting the door behind her and disappeared...