Chapter Two
Torchwood
Jack leaned back in his chair, feet on the table and a paper clutched in his hands. Although he couldn't die, Jack still liked to keep up to date on the affairs of the world. He scanned the paper for the final time before Ianto knocked on the door to his office. Jack gestured for the man to come in. Ianto pushed open the glass door and walked in carrying a tray of coffee. "Here you are sir, a nice cup of coffee." He smiled placing a cup down on Jack's desk. Jack nodded, picking up the cup and having a long drink from it. Ianto left, followed by Jack, He came out into the main area of the hub. Tosh was sat at a computer and Owen was dozing on the sofa. Jack clapped his hands together, startling Owen. Owen's eyes flew open. "What…what's the matter?" He grumbled. "Nothing Owen. Where's Gwen?" Jack asked. Tosh shook her head. "I haven't seen her." She smiled. "Me neither." Owen added. Jack nodded just as the rolling door to the hub opened. Gwen ran in. "Sorry I'm late. Traffic was bad." She groaned sitting down at another computer. Her moniter started to flash and the phone by Tosh began to ring. Gwen started tapping at the keyboard while Tosh answered the phone. "Right, ok. Bye." Tosh hung and turned to face Torchwood. "A huge 'dragon' has been spotted flying over the centre of Cardiff." She announced. Jack frowned. "Yet another day at the office then." Gwen joked. Jack shook his head. "Not quite, we've never had reports of Dragons before." He told her. Gwen frowned. "It can't be a real dragon though can it?" She asked. Tosh shook her head. "Most probably alien, but looks like a dragon." She agreed. Jack sighed. "Whatever it is, we'd better locate it fast!" He told them. The team nodded and set about doing their own jobs.
Ianto came bursting into the room. "I think you'll want to have a look at this." He announced. Jack nodded and Ianto took over the keyboard that Tosh was typing at. He bought up CCTV and pointed it up. The dragon came into view head towards the Hub. "If I can boot up the tracer then you could shoot it into the creature and we could track it." Tosh said, pulling out a small microchip and linking it to the computer. "Anything, we have to bring it down." Jack yelled. Tosh tapped away at the keys before a sudden beep stopped her. "Booted and ready to go." She called. Jack came running back through, gun in hand. He grabbed the microchip and jumped onto the 'lift'. "Wish me luck." He grinned.
Jack aimed up at the Dragon as it swooped low over the Hub. He fired and the microchip lodged in the Dragon's thick hide. Jack smiled in satisfaction. The dragon let out an ear shattering roar. Jack ducked and covered his ears. He shifted his weight on the lift and it began to descend. He hurried over to Tosh. "We need to track it, NOW!" Jack yelled as he stepped back from her. The team scrabbled and grabbed their coats, Owen grabbing the keys. He tossed them to Jack and Jack caught them perfectly. They ran out the doors.
Jack sat behind the wheel of the car, Owen sat next to him. "Turn a sharp left." Gwen called from the back. Jack nodded and yanked at the wheel. The car turned a sharp left and the shape of the dragon came into view. They followed the dragon as it flew all around Cardiff, swerving and diving.
The dragon let out another roar and began to dive lower and lower. Tosh looked at the tracker. "He's heading towards an abandoned warehouse." She called. Jack nodded. "Which way?" He asked, pulling up to a fork in the road. "Right!" Tosh replied. The two women in the back were thrown to the side and the SUV swerved violently to the right. Gwen righted herself and spotted the dragon. "There!" She shouted as Jack went to drive past the warehouse. Gwen clutched the seat as Jack sharply turned the car onto the site.
The team got out of the SUV and looked up at the warehouse. Tosh walked round the building checking the doors. "The back one is padlocked." Jack nodded. "Owen you go to the right side door, Tosh the left. Me and Gwen will go in the front door." Jack ordered. The group loaded their guns, Owen holding a tranquiliser gun, and got ready to enter.
Jack kicked door of the warehouse and it slowly swung open. Owen and Tosh entered round the same time as him. But it wasn't the Dragon that they noticed first, but the girl. There was a girl of sixteen with bushy brown hair standing in front of the Dragon.
