Jack POV
"Toshiko! Anything today?" I ask coming into the main hub where we do all our operations with the rift tower in the center.
"Nothing I'm afraid Jack, looks like the world is giving us a break today" she says smiling at me from her seat at her desk, I smile back and shrug, making my way to my office.
But curiously I see a letter on my desk that I'm certain wasn't there before. I look towards the rest of the gang, seeing Toshiko on her computer as well as Owen on his, and Suzie working at her area too, so it couldn't be from anyone else.
I open the letter and begin to read,
Hello Jack, I'm sure you'll be surprised to find this letter, its been a long time. Yes I knew you were alive but I thought it best to keep you on earth for your own protection.
I have a favor to ask of you Jack, though I'm sure you don't want to hear of it from finding I knew all along where you were without contacting you, I swear I will one day answer all your questions. But right now I need you Jack, there is someone I need you to find and take under your wing. You'll find them at eight 'o' clock tonight at the Punk Rock pub in town. Trust me you'll know them when you see them. I trust you will keep them safe and I will come to see you at a later date to check in. They mean the world to me Jack, this is to inform you of how important this task is. They will explain everything to you in private, make up a story to your team that they are a new member to Torchwood (Yes I know all about it, and believe you are doing a good job and for a better cause) she will prove to be a big help I believe.
Thank you for doing this Jack, and as promised I will be in touch
The Doctor
You can imagine the look on my face when I see whom this letter is from. He wouldn't ask this of me if it weren't important.
I look to my watch and see it is half seven in the evening already.
"I'm going out!" I shout, getting hold of my coat, damn I love this coat…
"Will you be needing a driver sir?" asks Yanto, I smile in thanks but shake my head no.
"See you kids later!" I say exiting the main room and taking the elevator up.
How the hell am I supposed to know who I will be looking for, he didn't say who it was, or even what I'm meant to be meeting, is it an alien? Nah it couldn't be otherwise I wouldn't be meeting them at a pub, unless they might be using camouflage or can pass off as a human.
I've got to hand it to them the Punk Rock pub is a good choice, I like to go there on my own at times and have a good time.
I park the van outside the pub beginning to hear the usual cheering for the karaoke singers.
As I enter I notice a lot of people egging on someone to sing again, I look up curiously towards who they're cheering to see who is on stage where the mike is and am surprised to see a young girl there, surely she shouldn't be here at this time. She must be about sixteen, maybe seventeen? Wearing black leggings that go up to below her knees, a purple version of a Scottish quilt, a black and purple single sleeved top, purple and luminous pink converse and wearing a little necklace that I cant see very well from this distance.
She sure is a beauty, blond hair straight down her waist, with a purple and blue headband on and she has a pink sweatband on her right wrist.
Suddenly I hear the music to a song from Pink coming on, and I see the girl bringing the mike up to her lips.
"Right, right turn off the lights We gonna lose our minds tonight - What's the dealeo?
I love when it's all too much 5 a.m., turn the radio up Where's the rock and roll?
Party crasher, panty snatcher Call me up if you a gangster Don't be fancy, just get dancey Why so serious?"
I swear she's looking right at me when she said that last line, and she's a bloody good singer, almost sounds like Pink herself if not then better.
"So raise your glass if you are wrong! In all the right ways! All my underdogs, we will never, never be Anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
Won't you come on and come o, and Raise your glass Just come on and come and Raise your glass
Slam, slam, oh hot damn What part of party don't you understand? Wish you'd just freak out
Can't stop coming in hot I should be locked up right on the spot It's so on right now (It's so fucking on right now)
Party crasher, panty snatcher Call me up if you a gangster Don't be fancy, just get dancey Why so serious?"
She really looks like she's enjoying herself, smiling, jumping and dancing on the stage and the audience love her, I can't even resist smiling at her,
So raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways All my underdogs, we will never, never be Anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
Won't you come on and come on, and Raise your glass Just come on and come and Raise your glass
Won't you come on and come on, and Raise your glass Just come on and come and Raise your glass
Oh shit, my glass is empty That sucks
So if you're too school for cool And you're treated like a fool You could choose to let it go We can always, we can always party on our own
So raise your, so raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways All my underdogs, we will never, never be Anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
So raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways All my underdogs, we will never, never be Anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass Just come on and come and Raise your glass
Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass for me Just come on and come and Raise your glass for me
I clap along with everyone else, having sitting down at a seat to wait for the one I'm to meet, and even hear a few wolf whistles around me for her.
She looks over at the crowd and again her eyes catch me and she smiles widely, then she gets a rucksack and a denim jacket that I hadn't noticed was at the back of the stage and waves at the men behind the bar who wave back smiling happily. She then comes down the stage and surprisingly stops in front of me,
"Ready?" she says, I look at her confused, wait is she the one the Doctor asked me to take care of?
"My dad sent you right?" she asks, looking at me curiously, ok now I'm confused, her father?
She comes closer and inclines me to come closer so she can talk quietly, I lean down slightly so I can hear her,
"You are Jack Harkness. Leader of Torchwood?" she asks, I look at her surprised and nod, then she stands up straight and smiles, me standing back up straight,
"Then dad did send you, so lets get going," she says, going towards the exit and still in my confused state I follow after her.
"Nice ride" she says, walking up to the black van, how did she know that that was mine?
I unlock it so she can get in and I walk to the other side to get to the drivers side and get in.
"So...what's your name kiddo?" I ask, looking towards her whilst putting the keys in and starting the engine so we can go.
"Terra" she says smiling, I nod, nice name, unusual but nice…and somehow familiar, but I cant think where from.
"So, who is your father? I mean I got a letter from an old friend asking me to get someone and join him or her into the Torchwood team. You said your father asked me but...that doesn't make much sense" I say, looking at her briefly with a look of confusion which was exactly what I was.
"And you're meant to be the leader? Come on Jack, fit the pieces together, The Doctor asked you get someone, to look after them and I'm pretty sure he'll have added something along the lines of me being special to him, so bring all the information together" she says.
But as she was saying all this I was bringing it all together and when I finally come up with a plausible answer I have no choice but to park us suddenly to the side of the road. I put the brakes on and turn the engine off and look at her shocked and confused.
"Your the Doctors daughter? I didn't even know he had a daughter" I say, still looking at her confused. She smiles slightly at my reaction, like its what she expected,
"We met in London before he recently regenerated, tall guy short hair, black leather coat. But you kept thinking I was another companion - I wasn't. Remember brown hair, looked around forty-two, was not my best look I'll tell you. You called me Brownie," she says, and then I remember, I nicknamed her because she had brown hair and she was actually a nice woman. HANG ON ONE BLOODY MINUTE!
"Your a Timelord?" I ask her, she smiles and nods,
"Duh! Hello? The Doctors daughter? He's a time lord so obviously I will be too, though technically I'm a time "Lady." I got shot a couple of weeks ago. And regenerated into this, dad got scared after that, I've only regenerated twice, because he's that protective of me, so he thought it would be an idea to put me somewhere with people he knew and where I might learn some new things, I suggested Earth and that's when he thought of you. I hope that's ok with you" she says.
I stay silent for a bit, this is a lot to take in; so the Doctor isn't the last Timelord, there are two of them. And he wanted to protect his daughter so he sent her to me, not exactly the safest place in the universe but I suppose compared to other places, its a good choice.
"Alright then, well if your going to be part of the team we'll need to put in your new identity, I don't think it would be wise to tell everyone about you being an alien, could cause trouble, so we'll come up with a new name and history. We'll need to find you some accommodation too" I say, great more work, now turning the car back on and driving us to the Torchwood hub.
"I'll do it, I've done it before and I wanna keep my first name, I'll come up with the rest, its fun coming up with new histories, maybe I can make out that I was with the circus" she says, laughing, I laugh as well.
"Don't do that," I say, but we both laugh again, yeah this'll work.