Title: Iachawdwriaeth
Author: Shlane
Rating: T
Summary: News reaches Helen of a series of explosions across Cardiff and the Old City Sanctuary rush to the aid of those who have helped them before, but can they saved everyone this time? Sequel to Survival Instinct and Por Toda La Eternidad.
Disclaimer: (applicable to all subsequent chapters) Not mine, Sanctuary and Torchwood belong to their respective owners (and if they took better care of their creations I wouldn't have to keep writing fix-its now would I?)
AN: At long last the third part in the series, I debated for a long time whether to do Exit Wounds or Children of Earth as the third story eventually a friend of mine convinced me to go with Exit Wounds, obviously this story is going to focus more on the Torchwood team than the previous stories did as I want to focus on the aftermath of Gray's attack (which we never saw in the show) but the Sanctuary cast will still be in most of it. The title means healing or salvation in Welsh (just don't ask me how to pronounce it).
Prologue
"What can I do for you Declan?" Helen Magnus asked as she picked up the phone on her desk, by her estimation it was almost six thirty at night in London so it must be something vital to have the Head of House calling her.
"I take it you haven't seen the news yet then." Declan said. Even as he continued Helen set one of her side screens to show the BBC world news service. "We've just received reports of several major explosions in Cardiff and Torchwood are not answering when we tried to contact them."
"Bloody hell!" Helen cursed as she saw the extent of the damage that was been reported so far. "Get a damage control team together and down there." She ordered Declan. "Something's happened to Torchwood if they aren't answering." She told him as she used her computer to text everyone in her team with orders to report to her office. "Either they're overwhelmed or incapacitated, prep your infirmary to receive an unknown number of casualties."
"What about UNIT?" Declan asked.
"Negative." Helen ordered. "Torchwood does not trust them at present." She left off the part where she didn't either.
"It's going to take us time to get to Cardiff." Declan warned her just as first Ashley and then John teleported into her office.
"We'll already be there." Helen assured him. "You're back up."
"Understood." Declan told her and hung up.
"Mom what's going on?" Ashley asked but Helen held up her hand indicating that she should wait a moment. Meanwhile Helen was pulling up a live satellite feed for Cardiff which showed there were several buildings on fire, likely a result of the explosions that Declan and the news had mentioned.
Within a minute Will, Kate, Henry and the Big Guy all arrived. Helen stood and walked around her desk so she was standing facing them "With in the last five minutes there has been a series of massive explosions in Cardiff." She briefed them. Ashley gasped and John stepped behind her, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "As of now Torchwood are not responding to any attempts at contact, we have to assume that they are down for one reason or another."
"What's the plan boss?" Henry asked, like all the others he had become friends with the Torchwood Team, especially their quite Asian tech Toshiko who was probably the only person he knew who could out-tech him. Except for Tesla but the arrogant former vampire didn't count in Henry's book.
"We go in full force." Helen told them. "Heavy weapons, our first aim is to establish contact with whatever members of Torchwood we can find. Second, we aim to secure the city, London will be sending a team to assist but they are hours away at best. And finally we find and neutralise the cause of the explosions." She looked around her team and then turned to Henry. "Get whatever equipment you might need, the rest of you weapons and full comms. Main Entrance Hall in ten minutes."
They all departed except for the Big Guy. "I think it might be best of you co-ordinated from here old friend." She told him. "Cardiff is used to the unusual but it might be better not to push them too hard while their city is exploding."
"Then let me have your chair and you get ready to go." The Big Guy told her as he slid into her chair without waiting for an invitation.
" "
In less than five minutes Helen, John, Ashley and Kate were in the main entrance hall. "We'll go now." Helen decided. "John you can come back for Will and Henry." John nodded. "Let's go then, just outside the main entrance to their base." John took her hand while Ashley put her hand on Kate's arm and they teleported to Cardiff.
They arrived outside of the entrance to the Hub, it was dark and there was an air of menace and panic to the city. Ashley and Kate drew their weapons immediately and split up to canvas the immediate area for any potential threats while John remained at Helen's side to protect her. Knowing the other three would take care of any danger Helen keyed her comm to the frequency that she and Jack had set up months earlier.
They had both known that trouble was coming for their respective organisations and had formed and mutual support pact. As security they were the only ones that knew about it.
"Attention, this is Helen Magus of the Sanctuary Global Network calling all members of Torchwood, please respond."
"Magnus!" It was Gwen Cooper who answered first and a few moments later Helen also had answers from Ianto, Tosh and Owen. Every member of Torchwood checked in except their leader Jack. Helen used the override on her comm and set all of her team's comm to the same frequency so that they could hear everything.
"Gwen, I'm in Cardiff and the rest of my staff will be within a few minutes, what is the situation?" Helen asked, keeping her voice calm in an effort to keep everyone else calm. "John get Will and Henry." She added to her lover who immediately teleported away, Ashley and Kate had found no danger nearby and made their way back to Helen but remained alert.
"I'm at the Police Headquarters, all the most senior officers are dead and we're calling in all officers to try and keep the situation under control." Gwen briefed her. "Owen is at St Helen's hospital, they've lost all power, including the backup generators. Ianto and Tosh are at the Central Server Building trying to restore power to the nuclear power station."
John reappeared with Will and Henry, the latter of whom had a fair sized bag of equipment with him.
Gwen was continuing with her briefing over the comm. "Jack is missing, there was a man calling himself John Hart, he's responsible for all this. Last we know Jack was with him."
"Where do you need us Gwen?" Helen asked, this wasn't her operation or her city which meant she was prepared to take a step back and let Gwen lead. It wasn't easy though, especially when the younger woman sounded so overwhelmed, but it was situations like this that proved the merit of a person.
"Err." Gwen took a deep breath. "Okay, I could use Will's help here, organising the police and Ianto and Tosh could probably use Henry's help."
"And I would really appreciate another pair of hands Magnus." Owen put in.
"Right." Helen agreed. "We have two teleports so we will be with you shortly." She turned to John and Ashley. "You have maps of the city?"
"And I've been here enough to know my way around." Ashley assured her mother.
Helen nodded. "Take yourself, Will and Kate to help Gwen with the police." The three of them nodded and Ashley put a hand on each before teleporting. "John, you and I will go to the hospital and help Owen once we drop Henry off with Tosh and Ianto." She took a deep breath. "Let's go."
AN: Chapters will go up as and when (I've lost all concept for a posting schedule, sorry) but I hope to have most or all of the story up before my field course in mid-June.