"Jack, that spike is off the scale! There is no way that nothing came through. I would say that it's big – about six foot or taller! So you're probably looking at a person or maybe another weevil," Gwen said in a clearly annoyed voice. Jack could imagine her standing in front of the monitor with her hands on her hips, frowning at how useless the pair seemed to be.
It had been nearly three months since they had lost Tosh and Owen, and they had finally gotten into a groove so that they could now run Torchwood with just the three of them plus Martha, but Jack was looking for at least one more team member. Martha had volunteered to come in and help, and was of course happy to do it for Jack, but it was her day off today and she only at Torchwood temporally – on loan from UNIT. He couldn't find anyone to replace his quiet, shy computer-whizz and his grumpy, sarcastic doctor.
He and Ianto were standing about 100 yards from one another scanning the local area for any signs of a six-foot-or-taller something that was most likely to be alien. Ianto raised his hand ready to push the button on his earpiece to call Gwen when an odd red/orange glow bathed the area where they stood casting their shadows in front of them. They whirled around in time for them to see a woman just short of six foot with red hair and wearing a great coat step out of the Rift portal.
She smiled and only just about caught Ianto when he launched himself at her in a bear hug. She was giggling and he was laughing. A wolf appeared by her side and looked inquisitively at Ianto, then made a noise that Jack swore was a cough. She pulled back and kissed Ianto's cheek, then said "Ianto Jones, you are a sight for sore eyes! How's my favourite empathy? Looking good in a suit by the way, but I think I prefer the jeans and baggy top myself. And this is Sable!"
Jack was shocked to hear that his Ianto wore jeans and baggy shirts, so nearly missed his shocked whisper "This is Sable." Ianto bowed to the wolf and the wolf bowed back. Jack studied her whilst Ianto talked to her about how he had ended up here and then she told him how she was.
She was about the same height as both Ianto and himself, and that wasn't helped by any heels as she was wearing a pair of light-blue and white flat-heeled pumps. She wore a white halter-neck top with a light-blue see-through top over it that had a floral pattern on it. She also wore pair of stone-washed blue jeans that stopped just below the knee. Her great coat was gathered about her small waist and was a shade of white that was almost impossible – as if it was new on, but it wasn't because the bottom of it was slightly frayed. Her hair was every shade of red – from red-gold highlights to a dark red colour that reminded him of the colour that red wine turned in sunlight. And it had to be natural, as even a genius hair dresser couldn't recreate that look every time she needed a top up colour put on. Her eyes were a lovely shade of blue-grey that sort of reminded him of Ianto's.
He couldn't quiet believe his eyes and only just stopped his mental evaluation in time to hear her say, "Yan, have you seen my friend? He's over six-foot, jet black hair and bright blue eyes. Couldn't miss him if you tried, 'cause of what he wears; he had a black great coat on, with a bright red top on with a Metallica logo on it. Must have come through just over five minutes ago! Any ideas?" She had linked her arm through Yan's and the wolf was standing next to her side as if he were glued there.
"No. Sorry Mel, but we haven't seen anyone like that around here! Do you want me to put out a description to the police?" he asked worriedly. He might have been frowning, but his eyes were shining with affection and love for the woman, and Jack couldn't elp but feel a little jealous.
"No don't bother. He'll be around somewhere. Probably visiting some family members, knowing that one!" She looked over to where Jack was standing and frowned, looked into Ianto's eyes and smiled. She walked over to Jack, with the wolf by her side and offered her hand to shake which he did. He was surprised at how strong her grip was, as she looked rather fragile. "Captain Jack Harkness, it is nice to finally meet you! I've heard so many nice things about you, and I have to say I was expecting someone a little taller with huge shoulders. And not quite so dashing and blatantly sexy! By the way, I'm Mel Jemstone – spelt with a J and not a G! And this is my Soulster, Sable."
Jack nearly jumped out of his skin when the wolf spoke with a gravelly voice with a slight Australian twang, "Pleased to meet you, Captain Harkness!" The wolf was black in colour, but had the greenest eyes Jack had ever seen. Jack was bemused, sure he had seen people with animal features that could talk English – hell some of them had spoken English better than some English people he had known – but he had never seen a talking animal.
"He's not an animal! He's my Soulster – another body who shares my soul. He's more important than any animal! If he is injured then so am I, and visa versa; and if he strays to far from me, then I will wither and die or if either of us dies then so does the other! So you see, he is more important than any animal here on this planet!" The more she had spoken, the angrier she had gotten and Sable was now a white tiger growling at Jack with it's teeth bared.
Jack backed up and Ianto quickly came to stand in front of his friend between her, the now tiger Sable and Jack with his hands up in a 'Steady now!' position. Both she and Jack blinked at this, she stared into his eyes. 'Why would you do that Ianto?' asked Mel confused, with her telepathic abilities.
'Because he means a lot to me Mel, and I don't want to see him killed again! I've seen him die and come back more times than I can count, and each time it hurts me. Please don't do that,' replied Ianto looking into her eyes. She had always admired Ianto for that; no-one else looked her straight in the eye like he did, almost as if he was trying to see into her soul.
'Ok, Yan! I think I've made my point that Sable and I are something to be wary of. And if he tries to flirt with me, I'll just give him a good hard slap and if that fails then there is a nice mental slap that will really knock him about a bit!' She smiled, and then took a step back and Sable once more became the black wolf with green eyes.
She moved, took his hand in hers and squeezed it to reassure him. He did the infamous displeased lifted eyebrow which she and Sable chuckled at. "Come on then Yan, show me this great Torchwood Three that you love so much. And I'll serve you your tea and coffee for a change!" He put his arm around her shoulder and they began to walk to the SUV with Sable a few paces ahead, and Jack following behind in utter confusion.
So that's the first chapter up! I'm new at all this and it's my first story, so please review! Please be nice