Adrian walked to a large black car and opened the door motioning Sarah Jane Smith into the car.
Sarah Jane stopped and looked at him.
"How do you expect us both and a metal dog to get in there and sit comfortably?" Sarah Jane Smith asked.
Adrian looked stupid at her and then at the dog, as if he was suddenly noticing him for the first time.
"Of course" Adrian said and shook his head that he had not considered that possibility himself. He bent down and picked up K9, and was shocked to realise how light K9 really was. He put K9 in the car and again motioned Sarah Jane Smith into the car.
Sarah Jane Smith was reluctant. She remembered the Doctor, her Doctor, telling her about some of his enemies and how the Master once hypnotised a previous companion into killing the Doctor. She remembered him saying about this same person being able to kill people quite easily.
Adrian obviously saw the look of concern in her face.
"You don't have to agree to anything, but just hear me out." Adrian said.
What the heck, Sarah Jane thought to herself. You only live once she reminded herself but corrected herself by thinking that she had seen more than anyone else of this life and universe. Well, apart from maybe Rose. Sarah Jane took one deep breathe and entered the car.
She was quite surprised at how spacious it was in the car. K9 was quite a distance away from her, but she had no time to admire the car further as Adrian sat down next to her. The car started to move off.
"Why did you look for me?" Sarah Jane asked.
"Mainly because we are trying to keep what happened in the school quiet. Only you and a young boy know the real truth, but we know a lot about you anyway." Adrian said.
"Why isn't the young boy here?" Sarah Jane asked.
"No-one would believe him would they." Adrian replied and Sarah Jane was quite shocked that people were still sceptical about alien life especially after Downing Street being blown apart (by The Doctor and Rose, she might add) and the whole situation on Christmas Day which proved the existence of alien life.
"What do you mean you know a lot about me?" Sarah Jane Smith asked.
"We have some files from UNIT and you are clearly stated in some of those files with 'possible' alien affairs. You and this Doctor guy, though we think he was made up." Adrian asked. Sarah Jane was curious.
"What makes you think he was made up?" Sarah Jane Smith asked. She was having one eventful day. It reminded her of the first time she ever met the Doctor, or when he regenerated in front of her and the Brigadier.
"He appears everywhere. There is no such thing as time travelling, so I believe he was made up. Though we have some people in our department who claim they are from the future." Adrian said and Sarah Jane believed that the people who claimed they were from the future, probably were from the future.
"Tell me about this Torchwood." Sarah Jane Smith asked, anxious to get to the point now as she had no idea where the car was going.
"It is a top secret part of the government that deals with alien life form and meant to protect the UK from alien harm." Adrian said and Sarah Jane Smith gave a little laugh. If that was their job then they've done a lousy job so far, Sarah Jane Smith thought, but then again, it could only just be started.
"Wasn't that UNIT's job?" Sarah Jane asked.
"Not entirely but thanks to you supposedly they got involved in some cases." Adrian said with a slight tone of disapproval on his voice. Sarah Jane was beaming at the fact that she caused some chaos in the government. It was in her nature, being a journalist and all.
"It began back in the 1800's during Queen Victoria's time, when she decided to pay a visit to one of the estates in Scotland. Torchwood Estate to be exact." Adrian said and Sarah Jane listened intensely.
"She was suffering by then from the loss of her husband. Being a widowed queen must have been heartbreaking for her. Anyway, legend says something happened in the estate which gave Queen Victoria new strength though the Torchwood Institute knows better," Adrian said.
"A race of Werewolves or something similar had been in that area for many centuries, and a child was taken when their young to become the next werewolf and in 1879, when Queen Victoria visited Torchwood Estate, the current werewolf was sent to kill her. Only she survived somehow. The history says that a mysterious stranger called Sir Doctor and Dame Rose Tyler of the Powell Estate helped the Queen, but she banished them from these lands. She had no desire to delve into the Doctor's personal life and the baggage that came with it, in this case the werewolf. She set up the Institute to protect these lands." Adrian said.
"It has been around since 1879? You have not done a good job of protecting these lands then." Sarah Jane Smith said.
"Excuse me?" Adrian said, clearly offended.
"Well I have encountered numerous alien beings, who were intent on destroying the Earth, many a time and not once Torchwood was there to help us." Sarah Jane Smith said. And with all the other adventures he's had without me, Sarah Jane Smith thought to herself.
"Whose we?" Adrian said.
"Myself and the Doctor." Sarah Jane Smith said, with a touch of pride.
Adrian laughed obviously not believing a word she just said. She decided to get this interview over and done with.
"What is it you want from me? Have you been wasting my time?" Sarah Jane Smith asked.
"As I said, to offer you a job. We would like you to join our team at Torchwood. You obviously found out by yourself about the alien activity in the school and that is exactly what we are looking for. Someone to help search out alien life forms." Adrian said. The conversation had been taken to a new depth, and Sarah Jane wasn't sure if she wanted to join this team. By the sounds of it, this institute was a shambles and they needed someone to search for beings. But for what though?
"What for?" Sarah Jane Smith said and Adrian took a moment to reply.
"To study them. Or to eliminate them if need be." Adrian said.
"Were you the ones behind that ship exploding on Christmas Day?" Sarah Jane asked, remembering the ship shattering into pieces, even though it looked as if it was leaving.
"Yes. Orders from the prime minister." Adrian said and Sarah Jane Smith felt her opinion of Harriett Jones drop.
"I don't think I want to join." Sarah Jane Smith said.
"Wait until we get you to the building and meet the team." Adrian said.
"And why is that?" Sarah Jane Smith asked.
"Because you have not met Captain Jack yet." Adrian replied.
