At first I wasn't going to continue this story because so few seem to like it. However…I do like the idea of this story so I'm going to continue it. I would enjoy reviews. Please note that this story will be slash. Also someone brought up that Alex is a bit like a Mary Sue because of how I described his eyes as gemlike…there is a reason for that. You'll find out in a later chapter.

Chapter 2
Torchwood has the COOLEST Office Pets

The school day had seemed so long for Danny. He had wanted nothing more than to learn more about Torchwood; so the day seemed to drag. Furthermore; he knew that he had to speak with the Coach about his position on the team and Finstock scared him. The Coach seemed to understand though. He was going to miss Danny; as Danny was an amazing player, but Danny's family didn't have much money and an after school job would make things easier on them.

He was glad that the coach hadn't started a fight.

He now stood outside of an old bookstore in the middle of town. It was the address that had been given in the packet. Danny couldn't understand why Torchwood was located anywhere near a book store. He was utterly shocked. He slowly entered, listening to the little bell chime above him as he entered. There was a woman at the counter and she seemed to be reading a magazine. She didn't pay any attention to Danny as he entered.

Danny slowly made his way down the center aisle to the back of the store and looked at the number keypad. He slowly typed in the code that had been given and watched as the little red light switched over to green. He opened the door and found himself in a short white corridor.

In the back of the corridor was what looked to be a set of elevator doors. The keypad here also had a small swipe for a key card. Danny removed his new ID and swiped it before entering a second code. The elevator doors opened with a whoosh and Danny entered. The elevator was mirrored, and he could see himself reflected in each of the walls.

The elevator descended a bit faster than what Danny was used to and stilled for a moment at the bottom. The doors did not open. Danny frowned before promptly falling on his ass as the elevator began shooting forward at an unexpected speed. Danny felt like he had stepped into Willy Wanka's Chocolate Factory with the elevator moving in more than just the up and down directions. After a full minute of riding, the elevator finally slowed to a stop and the doors swooshed open. Danny picked himself up and exited the elevator, looking back at the closing doors with a slightly annoyed look. He brushed off his pants before noticing that he was in yet another hall, this one being much longer.

He made his way to the end of the hall where there was another keypad with a card swipe. This one required the swipe of a different side of the ID card and yet another number code. There was a sound like a vacuum releasing before the door slid out of the way. Danny entered and his eyes grew wide at what he saw.

Danny had entered onto a catwalk that overlooked a very large room that was filled with computers of different types. In the center, leading from the ceiling to the floor was a long cylindrical device.

"It monitors the rift activity."

Danny nearly jumped when Alex appeared beside him. He watched as the man rested his hip against the catwalk's rail. The Teen simply nodded at the explanation before looking around more. He started by looking at the catwalk. The room itself was square and the catwalk was around the edges a floor above the main room. There were four sets of stairs that led down to main room, and a short distance from where they were standing was what appeared to be a lift that headed down into the main room. Each of the four walls on the level with the catwalk had a door. He looked down at the main floor and saw that there was a door on each of the three sides that he could see.

"Ready for the grand tour?"

Danny nodded.

"Great!"

Alex led Danny towards the left on the catwalk until they came to the first door. He was told that this door led to the kitchen and dining area. Sometimes work would eat up all hours of the day; so a kitchen was required to make things a bit easier on the employees. They continued their counterclockwise rotation. This next door apparently led to living quarters. Each employee would have their own bedroom and bathroom should they have to spend the night for any reason. Danny's own room consisted of a simple full size bed, and a high tech computer system against one wall. The bathroom however was large and glamorous.

After seeing his bedroom; they went to the final wall on the catwalk. This wall had a large glass window and the door led to Alex's office. Danny could see a large desk and another door with another glass wall which appeared to lead to a conference room.

They went down the stairs and started with the wall beneath the bookstore entrance. This door led down to the archives. They were currently empty as Torchwood Seven was just staring up; and nothing of interest needed to be filed or stored away. The only thing in the archives was Alex's file and now Danny's. The wall beneath the kitchen area led to a medical bay. There was an entire hospital ward in this direction, including a morgue where they would store any and all bodies that they might obtain. They then moved to the area that was on the opposite wall of the entrance. There were two doors here. One had been hidden however. This hidden door led down to the holding cells on a level beneath them. The other door, he was told led to a secondary entrance that was on a private rode in the forest. They would use this entrance to bring in any alien technology or actual aliens. The wall beneath the office and conference room was made of a greenish glass covered in fog.

"This is the green house. We grow plants from other planets here as well as plants from our own."

He opened the door to reveal a tropical paradise with some of the most beautiful plants that Danny had ever seen. He wanted to stay a bit longer, but Alex was pulling him away towards the large computer set up.

"This is your work station…"

The rest of the day was spent going over the computer system and the various alarms and alerts that rift activity would cause. It was a Friday night; so Danny had called his folks to say that he was staying at a friend's house. In reality; he wanted to learn as much as he could as quickly as possible. He ended up falling asleep at his work station.

It was nearly three in the morning when he was awoken by a loud screeching sound. He noticed the rift alarm was going off. Something had fallen through the rift. Alex was at his side in an instant. His boss didn't say anything about the dried drool on his face or the line across his cheek caused by the desk.

"Looks like something landed in the woods. It's organic, but not moving."

"Good job understanding the readings." Alex slipped a device into his ear. "Direct me to it when I get close."

Danny simply nodded and went to the kitchen to grab a quick cup of coffee. It would take Alex a while to get to the site.

An hour later he was directing Alex's progress through the woods. "It's about five hundred feet directly in front you. You should have visual conformation soon."

"The area is still smoking a bit. Whatever it is started a small fire when it came through." A few minutes later there was a whoop for join coming over the speakers. "Looks like we got an egg!"

Alex had ended up parking on the side of the road and heading into the forest. It was easy to pick through the trees and roots in the darkness thanks to his nearly catlike night vision. He walked on with Danny's directions for about half an hour.

"It's about five hundred feet directly in front of you. You should have visual conformation soon."

He nodded but knew that Danny couldn't see him. He soon noticed what appeared to be plumes of smoke. Several plants in the area were scorched. "This area is still smoking a bit. Whatever it is started a small fire when it came through."

He soon ended up near a small scorched crater. He slid down the slight side and his eyes grew wide when he saw what was sitting there. He let out a whoop of joy. This was such an amazing find. "Looks like we got an egg!" Sitting in the middle of the crater was a perfectly intact egg.

The sun had already begun to rise by the time Alex had returned to base. Danny was eagerly waiting at the door for his boss to enter. He noticed that Alex was holding the egg protectively as the two made their way into the medical bay to one of the scanner rooms.

Danny watched as Alex set the egg up on a stand before beginning a scan. An image appeared on the screen in front of them and a whooshing sound filled the room.

"Oh my god…"

"What is that sound?"

"It's a heartbeat Danny. The egg is alive." A few more buttons were pressed and Danny watched as his boss's eyes lit up with glee. "It's from Earth as well. Danny, this is a dinosaur egg, and from the readings it appears to be of a species called Bagaceratops." Before Danny could ask more about the species, Alex began to explain. "Think of it as looking a bit like a very miniature triceratops, but without the horns. Bagaceratops is an herbivore that probably got up to around fifty pounds when it was fully grown."

Danny shifted from one foot to another. "What are we going to do with it?"

Alex hummed in thought. It was a good question. What were they going to do with it? Well the species was of a manageable size; as there were dogs that got bigger than the little dino would get. Furthermore; the species lived on plants. The greenhouse had two sections to it. It would be easy to split the sections so that one could become a home for the little guy. They could make it a home with food that it could eat.

"We're going to keep it. We're going to watch over it and raise it. This little guy or girl is going to become our office pet. You know…Torchwood Three had a Pterodactyl. Those guys ate meat and they still didn't have a problem with it. So we should be fine."

Danny simply nodded before stretching and yawning.

"Go get some sleep Dan. The rift has gone quiet. You need your rest."

Danny nodded and slowly shuffled out of the medical wing and up the stairs towards the living quarters. He was asleep before his head even hit the pillow.

Danny stayed at work over the next day and into the night. It was just as Saturday was turning into Sunday that he felt a hand shaking him. He looked up with a raise eyebrow at his boss before looking at the clock. It was midnight and there had been no alarm going off; so he couldn't understand what was going on. His boss looked excited thought.

"Wha's goin on?"

A smile broke out on Alex's face. "It's hatching!"

Danny was up in and instant and following Alex to the green house. They had spent the day before separating things and making sure that there were only edible plants in the section where the little dinosaur would be living. Alex had formed a nest on the ground and the egg was rocking back and forth inside of it. The two sat down on the ground and brought their faces close to the egg. They watched in awe as small holes appeared in the egg. The holes grew wider until a little beak like nose stuck out and took in air. They both made cooing sounds as the baby slowly emerged from the egg.

When it was finally free, Alex lifted it so that he could get a better look. There was a sudden sound of trickling water and Alex looked down to see the baby dinosaur peeing right on his shoes. Once the baby's bladder had been evacuated; he handed it over to Danny and scowled at his shoes.

"These were new too."

Danny laughed and held the little animal close to him. He had fallen in love with the little thing instantly. He ran his fingers over the skin; amazed at how it felt.

"Pip."

Alex was busy scowling at his shoes when Danny said the word, so what confused by it. "What?"

"Pip. We name it Pip. Just seems to fit."

Alex looked closer at the little animal before giving a small nod. "Pip it is. I hereby dub the, Pip!" The little animal made a little happy cry, as if to say that it liked the name.

Hello everyone. I hope that you liked this. Just so you know, the Bagaceratops is a real dinosaur. I've always liked the triceratops and the others like it. They seem so adorable to me. Fell in love with them during that first Jurassic Park. The Bagaceratops is like a miniature version. It got up to around fifty pounds and had no actual horns. It was an herbivore. You can find out more about them on Wikipedia.