It had been 2 weeks since the Doctor took me and Taylor to France. There was a tiny bit of me that wanted to cry for the whole two weeks because I was upset the Doctor didn't come but instead I spent the 2 weeks looking at the whole world differently, I know it's cliche to say that one adventure changed my life and it didn't. Not completely. It was a really cool trip but it didn't alter my perception of the world, just..sort of enhanced it. And now I was enjoying places more, even Cardiff.

It was half term and I always go to Cardiff to see my Welsh cousins, they lived in an apartment block facing the Roald Dahl Plass. Apparently there was this strange phenomenon that happened in Cardiff, in Roald Dahl Plass 5 years ago, some people thought it was the apocalypse it was that bad. I smiled looking out of the car window, I had the tiniest hope that I would run into Jack, I wasn't an idiot, I know that Cardiff was massive and there was absolutely no chance of finding Jack but I was closer to finding him than I would've been in London. But I didn't have my heart set on it.

Sean, my eldest brother was driving me over for the day, he would pick me up in 2 weeks, my cousins and my aunt and uncle were really kind to take me in, they were like second parents when my mum died. And I really like their kids, they had 3 teenage non-identical triplets, all 17, two boys and one girl and they were allowed to do anything.

They could go out, they could drink, anything they wanted as long as they were back by 11 and called their parents or texted them at least once every 2 hours. It was a pretty good set up actually. So I had a grin plastered on my face when my brother pulled up in their estate. I got out of the car and went to the boot to get out my suitcase. I pulled it out and kissed my brother goodbye. As I was walking away I heard him shout,

"Stay a virgin!", I turned and gave him a thumbs up, I turned back and chuckled at the frowning couple who walked past my brother. I rang their buzzer, Brandon, the boy triplet, answered,

"Hello",

"Hey Brandon, it's me",

"Oh hey Meg, come up",

The buzzer indicator went green and I went into the building, it was 15 floors high and they lived on the 15th floor. I went to the lift and pressed the buzzer, it didn't do anything. I sighed and pressed it again just as a teenage boy was walking down the steps,

"Doesn't work", he said, with a sympathetic smile,

"Oh really? Damn, and I'm on the 15th floor", I grumbled, he laughed as he went to the door I had come in from,

"Good luck", he called then he was gone. I smiled to myself then looked at the flight of stairs and my smile disappeared.

10 minutes later I arrived at their door, panting, I didn't knock yet, I was still catching my breath but before I could knock the door swung open, revealing Ariana, one of the triplets, sporting a wide grin,

"There you are! What took you so long?!", she beamed,

I gasped and panted, pointing down at the staircase, "You've got like..fifty million stairs, the Eiffel Tower would've been easier to climb". I said, struggling to even walk into the house, I met Brandon who smiled and took my bags,

"Hey, how are you doing?", he asked, leading me into the living room,

"The stairs are a fucking pisstake", I cursed, flopping on the sofa,

"Oh well make yourself at home", Andrew said, spinning on his desk chair, I managed sticking out my tongue at him, before asking,

"Where's your mum and dad?", I looked up, wanting to say hi to Rachel and Mike,

"Dads on a business trip and mum is shopping", Ariana said walking in, she sat next to me, "So what do you want to do tonight?",

"Tonight, really, you guys are going out? I just walked up a stair mountain and you wanna go out?", I moaned, Brandon rolled his eyes,

"Think of it this way, you have two weeks to do whatever the hell you want, before you have to go back to boring London",

"Hey! London isn't boring", I protested.

He continued, "Well, there's a new bar opening tonight, we are going", he said, nodding to his siblings,

"Don't you have to be 18?", I asked, frowning. Brandon went over to Andrew and picked up three cards from the printer,

"Yes we do, and we are", he said, showing me three, clearly fake ID's of him and his brother and sister, "Andrew can make on for you two, just need a photo",

I smirked at them and went over to the computer, getting on my Facebook so they could take a photo, "You guys are criminals", I mumbled.

"So what's new in Cardiff?", I asked plopping back on the sofa, with Ariana and Brandon either side of me, "Any new apocalypses?", I joked,

"Nope, no end of the world news, I never got that, of all the places in the world, why Cardiff? It's not that special", Ariana mused, Brandon shrugged,

"Gotta be a reason",

Andrew swiveled back round his chair and faced us, "Cardiff is the center of all alien activity", he said,

"What?", I asked, looking at him, alien activity he said, I knew a thing or two about aliens. He turned back on his chair and pointed to his computer screen,

"Cardiff is the center of all alien activity says new Cardiff mayor, Frank DeMarco. Not only was he referring to the apocalypse scene in 2005 but also the many strange creature sighted around Cardiff. 'Police know something, they're hiding it from the public' says Minister of Cardiff Education.", he read out an article from the Cardiff Reader, I raised my eyebrows and pondered over how much my cousins already knew.

Ariana asked, "Any aliens in London?",

I nodded, "Loads, there were those ghosts and the Christmas star, then the Titanic, it's like every Christmas is a new disturbance", I explained, "Everyone leaves for holiday at Christmas, they don't want to run into the little green man from Mars", I muttered,

"Do you go?", Brandon asked. I smirked at him,

"Nope, no way, I wanna see the man from Mars, god, how cool would he be! Everyone scared cos they thing they're gonna be invaded or something, but, I mean, come on. Aliens! Who wouldn't wanna see that", I ranted on, whilst they laughed at my antics, thinking I was crazy, obviously. But I meant every word, I was so lucky to have seen aliens.

"Well, maybe you'll see one tonight, on the streets on Cardiff", Andrew said, holding out my ID, I looked at it, wondering what I should do, "If you're coming", he added, I sighed and took the ID,

"Yeah, fine", I grumbled, but really I was excited. And who knows, maybe I will run into aliens in Cardiff.


We stepped out onto the streets of Cardiff, I checked my phone battery, making sure it was full. I wasn't too dressed up, neither was Ariana, I was wearing denim jeans and long grey vest top with a denim waistcoat, Ariana was wearing a short dress with jeans under and a leather jacket.

"Ok, phones", Andrew asked,

"Check", we called back,

"Money?",

"Check",

"ID's?",

"Check",

"Let's do this motherfuckers", he said, firmly, holding back a grin,

"Ok, Mr Bond", I said, saluting him, this made the other laugh as we approached the bar, the bouncer eyed us and we faked annoyance as we brought out our 'ID's', he looked at them, then at us and luckily he gave us the band that let us come back in. We walked in and saw a sea of young, hot people, just having a good time, it was so cool. I giggled as we swerved to the bar. When we got there Brandon looked at us, "Ok, guys, remember, every hour, on the dot, go outside and check that we're all safe", we all nodded, and Ariana grabbed me and pulled me to the dance floor.

"Can you dance", she asked, over the music, I laughed and shook my head,

"No way!",

"Oh thank god, okay we can look stupid together", she called back and we chuckled at the each others dancing. I don't know what I was doing but at one point I think I was doing the chicken dance. It was embarrassing and I wasn't even drunk yet. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Brandon holding a shot glass, I scrunched up my nose at it but he held it out persistently, reluctantly I took it and downed it quickly. When I finished I coughed because it was so bitter, around me Brandon and Ariana were laughing at me spluttering. I scowled at them and pulled Brandon in to dance with me,

"Oh no, no no", he protested but I didn't let go of his hands and started dancing, he shook his head in embarrassment. Me and Ariana giggled as Andrew joined us holding four shot glasses. He handed out and we counted down, soon all of us were coughing out the drink, all the while laughing through the night.


I left the club, tying up my hair into a ponytail, it was getting sweaty in there, I'd just come out for some fresh air. I took in a deep breath and blew it out slowly, now I was ready to go back into the sweat fest.

"Hey!", I heard I cry, ok that wasn't to me, I knew that much, but who was it too. I frowned and looked around, just there, just to my left I saw a person, at least I think it was a person, running across the street, then another person, this was a person for sure, chasing. So I followed, it's better to be sweaty outside running than being sweaty inside dancing.

I ran across the road and straight into an alleyway to see this creature, this like orange lizardy thing in a boiler suit. It had fangs and shit but what struck me as weird was the fashion choice. I gasped as it snarled at me and stepped back a bit, I bumped into someone behind me, if it was another one of those things I'm going to eat my hat. I spun and was met with Jack, I frowned,

"What are you doing here?", he asked,

I gaped at him then turned to the creature, "What is that?",

"A weevil, stay back", he ordered as he walked past me and advanced on the weevil, I frowned as they circled each other, Jack had a spray in his hand and a gun in the other. I hoped they weren't lethal,

"Come on, don't make this any harder, honey", Jack teased. The weevil then pounced on Jack in one quick movement and I let out a yelp as Jack was being clawed at. He was struggling so I advanced,

"Stay back!", he cried,

"Yeah, cos you're really handling this", I commented, still advancing,

"I'll be fine", he assured but I scoffed and picked up the spray and aimed it at the weevil, it stopped and regarded me,

"Ok, right, get off him, don't hurt him, ok?". It hissed at me, angry and still was on top of Jack, who was bloody all over. "Just get off him", I repeated,

"Kill it!", Jack exclaimed,

"I'm giving it a chance", I responded, it paused a moment before it reached up and sliced Jack's neck, he was dead in seconds, then it advanced on me and I sprayed it, no hesitation. It dropped to the ground beside me but that wasn't the thing that was important right then, it was Jack. A dead Jack. I stared at him, blood just everywhere. Literally everywhere. I kneeled beside him and looked down at him, frowning.

Shit, shit. He was dead. Really dead. Oh my God. I was hesitant on placing my hands on him and finally settled for his cheek, I don't know why I cared so much, I'd known him for a day, a bit under. Still, any death is sad.

He gasped, snapping his eyes open, I screamed and jump 10 feet away from him, staring as he groaned and pulled himself up, the blood disappearing by the second. I gaped at him, frowning as he got his bearings. When he did he noticed the passed out weevil and grinned,

"You got it", he praised.

"You...fucking hell Jack, you were dead!", I exclaimed,

"How old are you?", he frowned,

"Why the hell does that matter?! Your dead, it killed you, you died. And there was blood and your neck was like, cut open and then you just healed yourself like some fucking Medieval witch and got up like nothing happened", I rambled on, confused as fuck.

"I'm immortal, I...well, I can't die", he stated. I let out a laugh-scoff noise,

"What?",

"I'm immortal",

"What?",

"I am immortal", he said slowly. There was a pause,

"No", I said,

"What?",

"No", I shrugged,

"...What?",

"No",

"What do you mean, no?",

"No, that's wrong, I..I disagree with that",

"You disagree with a fact",

"Yes..yes I do, it's wrong, it's untrue, no way...in hell", I said, raising my voice slightly,

"But I'm-",

"No",

"Meg it's-",

"Nope".

I stated, he frowned at me, I started reversing away from him, quite quickly, making him approach me again so I legged it, out of the alleyway and back into the bar. Back to my normal night.


It was only 9:45 and we had already meet up once, I had to be out in 15min to meet the others. I left the bathroom, fanning my hands to air dry them when I saw the emergency door to my right was wide open, and I saw that it lead out to an alleyway. I would have thought nothing of it if it was for the dent in the door, like a body imprint. It looked like someone forced their way through the door, wanting to break through it. They must have been extremely drunk if they forgot how to open a door, or stupid. I shook my head and was about to leave when I heard shout in the alleyway and the clicking of guns. I ran out and the first thing I noticed was a bunch of bins flung around and a hunched over person in the middle of it.

No..

No that wasn't a person, it had a human structure, bit like a weevil, but if it's face was anything to go by then it was neither human nor weevil. I peered closer till I saw it's face, it looked scared and I didn't know why, it couldn't have been scared of me. I was left confused till I remembered the shouts and the gun clicks, I turned and saw three people, two women and two men, aiming their guns at me, they weren't police, but they looked professional.

"Get away from it!",

"Move away!", a woman yelled with a strong welsh accent. I frowned and looked back at the creature, I was torn, if I moved then they would kill it, but then I didn't know if it was hostile yet, but even if it was, I wasn't going to let it die.

"Why, so you can kill it!?", I spat back,

"You don't know what it is!", the Japanese woman warned,

I scoffed, glancing back at the creature, "Well, I know its alive, and anything living deserve a chance", I reasoned with them but they held their guns firm,

"That thing could kill you!", One of the men shouted back,

"It's probably thinking the same of you", I stated, sadly. Behind me the bins rumbled and I spun on my feet just in time to see the creature scuttle over the bins and around the corner, without thinking I chased after it and I didn't even need to turn back to know that the Welsh equivalent of Charlie's angels were behind me. I turned the corner, keeping up my pace, I didn't want the people behind to catch up and over take. The creature wasn't really running in any direction, I suspected it just wanted to get away from us rather that to get to any particular destination.

However it did eventually lead us to a building. Not abandoned, like some horror films would have it, just closed after hours. Meaning there was some kind of burglar alarm that was about to set off. I got to the ground floor of the warehouse and it was, quite clearly, an office building. The creature was bounding up the step, with me not far behind. But no adults, and no alarms, I guess they were disabling them, they weren't supposed to be here either. The creature much to my annoyance was still running from me, I didn't want it to feel scared of me, it was Charlie's angels that were the scary ones. It scrambled up the steps and instead of climbing the second staircase it ran into that floor. I sighed and ran after it.

I got to the beginning of the hallway, where I last saw it, but it was no-where. I scanned the place, fearful that it might jump out at me, I began pacing through the hallway but became more paranoid and ended up running, I got to the end where I collided with someone, one of 'Charlie's Angels', I screamed and jumped as far away from him as possible, frequently glancing at the gun he was holding firmly,

"It's ok, it's fine, I'm not going to hurt you, kid", he soothed, it wasn't soothing, I just stared at him, "I'm Owen. listen you need to come with me, that thing isn't safe",

"So you're gonna kill it?", I asked, stepping away from him,

"You don't know what it is, kid", he sighed and then shouted, "Ianto!", he called.

"Yeah", came a faint response,

"Got the kid!", he replied, I glared at him, not liking the name 'kid'. I looked over his shoulder to see a shadow passing, it was the creature, I didn't really know what I was doing till I was chasing the creature again, but, if my memory was right, I had kicked the gun out of the guys hand, and knocked him over as I picked up the gun. Now I was chasing the creature with a gun in my hand and a bruised man chasing me. I didn't fret about him though, and I wasn't taking the gun to kill the creature, it was more of a guarantee and also because I really wanted to hold the gun.

I jumped down the steps, I don't know where it was leading me now, I don't think it knew itself, and that's probably why it ran down the hallway and found itself surrounded by the very people it was running away from, it stop and hissed at them but I knew it was terrified, I would be if I was held at gunpoint.

"Listen, come away from it!", the Welsh woman ordered. I didn't move, not knowing what I was supposed to do, the creature looked at me, if it could talk I guess it would ask me to help. I'm not sure.

"Kid!", Owen came down the staircase me and the creature went down earlier, "Please move from it", he joined his team, holding up a different gun because I obviously had his.

The next thing that happened, happened in a split second, the creature hissed at the group then put me in a headlock and started dragging me backwards, obviously I screamed and protested, struggling in its grip. I kicked and wriggled but it was no use, it had me outside of the building in no time and it knew the group would chase it. I still had the gun but I didn't want to kill it, I kept it firmly in my grip though. It was now that my cousins went through my mind, it must have been 10:00 now and I had missed the checkpoint. I probably had a dozen missed call, I don't know why I was thinking about that when an alien had me in a painful headlock.

"Let me go!", I pulled my head forward and headbutt it from behind, it made a whining noise and dropped me out, I turned and held my gun at it, "I tried to help you, you bitch", I spat, it glared at me,

"I don't need primitive ape pity", it hissed back, I was surprised at its reaction, it could talk? Interesting.

"You can speak English?", I asked, keeping my gun steady,

"I am ashamed to dirty myself with your mother tongue but my situation has forced me to adapt to it", it explained, harshly,

"Situation..what are you?",

"You wouldn't know", it growled before it lunged itself at me, slapping the gun away and wrestling me to the ground, I screamed and fought back, kicking it away from me far enough so I could get up again, but this time I didn't have the gun. It was up in a second and I ran up to it, knocking it down, this gave me the chance to pick up my gun again, aiming at it threateningly.

It scoffed, "You wouldn't shot at me", she stated, "You're a human coward",

"I won't shoot at you, no, but that doesn't make me a coward, that makes me very, very brave", I said just as the group burst through the doors. With an extra member but I didn't notice it at the time. The creature hissed at me, once again, and it's tongue shot out, striking me. It stung but only for a moment and this sudden pain meant it could get away, I was about to head after it again but someone called me back, which was weird because I don't remember telling any of them my name.

"Megan!",

I glanced back not ready to waste time when I could be chasing the creature. I looked and saw Jack amongst the group now, with the most deep frown. So the immortal was with Charlie's angels. Interesting. I'm still not over him being immortal.

I took this moment to realised what a mess I must have looked, my denim jeans had tiny rips peppered all over it, my grey vest had blood blotches and my waistcoat was dusty from the dirt when I was tackled down, but most of all the place where the creature stung me had a massive burn patch. I would look into that later. As I said, I didn't have time to waste, so even if Jack was there at the moment, there was still a rogue creature on the streets of Cardiff that I had to chase. I ran off, giving him a small nod just before I was gone, through dark alleyways and crime ridden streets with a gun in my pocket, as if it was normal.

The creature kept looking back to see if I was still on to it and it kept on scowling when it realised I hadn't let on. It suddenly took a sharp right into an alleyway, I guess it wanted to lead me to a dead end and dispose of me, I would be lying if I said that didn't scare me a little bit. I followed on nevertheless and it was stood there, panting and growling at me, fixing me with a glare that could kill.

"You human just don't stop", it accused,

"Stop what?",

"Taking what isn't yours!", it yelled, I was pretty confused and I would've like to ask it more but there simply wasn't time.

"Look, soon, those people you were running from are going to come and they are going to kill you",

"Let them, just more proof that you apes are blood-soaked", it said,

"I won't let you die", I stated, shaking my head,

"Why would you care?!", it demanded,

"You've got humans wrong, we're not all out to kill you", I said, then I shot its leg, making it cry out and crumble to the ground, I wasn't sure this plan was going to work, but I was put in a very hard place. I crouched beside her as she winced in pain repeatedly, I used a broken shard of glass to rip off a bit of my long vest from the bottom and used it as a temporary bandage to stop the bleeding, her blood was green, weirdly. Her cries died down and she glared at me,

"How is that not blood-soaked!",

"Now that you're injured you're not a threat, and you won't hurt anyone, so they, hopefully won't hurt you", I explained as I smiled, a flash of guilt shone through her eyes but it was gone too fast. I frowned and scratched the part where she stung me, "As long as you don't sting anyone", I added, "Cos it really itches",

"It does more than itch", she muttered, not looking at me, "It's a venom, lethal. You won't survive long after this", she said, almost apologetically. I blinked and looked down, not knowing what to say, "Bet you wish you killed me now", she added,

I grinned and shook my head, "Nope, sorry", I shrugged, "Is there anyway to stop it",

"If you store my venom then my people could make an anti venom, but it would take a genius, and not a human",

"Lovely", I said sarcastically, "Listen I-", I was interrupted by a loud thunder clap, I squealed in shock whilst she just laughed, I frowned, "You didn't even flinch", I pointed out,

"I am weather sensitive",

"What does that mean?",

"Me and my people can sense what kind of weather will come, like the animals of this earth", she explained,

"Wish I could do that", I muttered, I brought out a tiny bottle of water, I proceeded to pour it on her wound but she hissed and stopped me,

"Water doesn't help, water is lethal for me",

"Just for you?", I asked,

"I have a unique disease, allergic to water, not common amongst my people",

"Your people?"

"They lived here long before you nearly 5 billion years ago, then when the apocalypse arrived we built our cities underground to shelter ourselves",

Apocalypse? I would ask about that later.

"We can't help that we were born here", I reasoned, "And most humans would apologise for taking your home",

"I think I misjudged you", she said, sending me a sad look,

"Not just me, the whole human race, love", I corrected her, "What's your name?",

"Anaiya", she answered, "Yours?",

"Megan", I sighed about to apologise for shooting her leg when my name was called once again, I spun and smiled nervously at Jack,

"Megan", he said, confused as ever, behind him 'Charlie's angels' appeared, brandishing their guns. I rolled my eyes then smiled nervously at Jack,

"Hello...how are you?", I asked, not knowing what else to say, behind me Anaiya faintly snorted.

"What..what are you doing here?!", he demanded,

"Well, that..is a long story, but listen none of you, right, none of you kill her, ok?",I said, pointing at the adults, "Not every alien deserves to die, not every alien deserves to be experimented on and searched to see if it wants to hurt you. They're not all bad", I said, then I looked down at Anaiya who sent me a grateful smile, that was a step forward in my books.

Owen frowned at me, "You shot her", he stated. I sighed and looked down,

"Yeah, I know, I had to make sure she was...not a danger, which I realise was a bit hypocritical seeing as I didn't want you to shot her in the first place..but..I panicked, and at least I didn't kill her", I added with a glare to Owen, who put his arms in the air as a surrender. On Jacks other side was two other women the Welsh one was still holding her gun up asked Jack,

"Who is she, Jack?", she asked, frowning at me. Jack was dumbstruck but shook himself out of it,

"She's umm...she is...", I raised an eyebrow at him, wondering what he was going to say about me, "She is someone I know", he shrugged, the woman looked back at me, I nodded my head at her as Anaiya behind me used my shoulder as support to haul herself up. They all, in unison brought their guns up again, even Jack. I rolled my eyes and helped out Anaiya.

"Megan...", Jack began, "You need to come with us", he said,

"Where?", I said, eyeing him fiercely.

"Torchwood", he said, I held his gaze then glanced at Anaiya who was wary of the guns being aimed at her,

"Ok", I finally said.


I was in the back of the black SUV that one of the guys, who I now knew was called Ianto, was driving, with the girl in the seat next to him, Gwen, in the back was me, Toshiko and Owen. Jack had taken a separate car with Anaiya, and now we were driving in silence to some base in Cardiff. I took this time to bring out my phone and text the triplets, I really didn't know what to tell them, I guess saying I ran into alien busters and an alien and was currently in a car with stranger going to a place I'm pretty sure is invisible to the government isn't what you would send in a text.

So I just told them I was safe and fine, that they should make up some lie to their parents and that I'll explain everything to them tomorrow. I hoped I would be back by tomorrow. I turned off my phone and looked out off the window, Owen was observing me from beside me, I saw in the window reflection so I looked back at him, smiling,

"Yeah?",

"Who are you?", he asked, shaking his head,

"Jack told you", I shrugged,

"You're.. what 17? You know how to handle a gun and you were pretty used to the idea of aliens. What he said won't suffice as an explanation",

"Are you his daughter?", Ianto asked, from the front,

"What? No, no way, and if I was don't you think he would have told you",

"He's pretty closed off our Jack", Gwen muttered. I frowned,

"So who are you?", Owen continued,

"And why do you know so much about aliens?", Tosh added,

I shrugged, "I don't know much, I just know they exist to be honest",

"But you weren't shocked, you weren't even scared, hell, you ran after it", Owen scoffed,

"I have met aliens before, just once or twice", I said, not thinking it was important.

"What kind?", Gwen questioned,

"Oh you know...Time Lord...Slitheen..and that green lady just now", I said,

"Time Lord..you mean the Doctor?", Ianto asked,

"Yeah..you know him?", I replied,

"We searched up on him, there's loads on the web", Tosh explained, I nodded,

"What's he like?" Owen asked,

"He's...he's the Doctor, can't really say much after that", I answered,

"Silurian", Ianto said. I frowned,

"What?",

"The green lady, she's a Silurian", Ianto clarified, I nodded and looked down, a thought crossed my mind,

"Were you really going to kill her?", I asked, quietly, each of them went silent and avoided my eyes, I guess that was my answer then. I sighed. Owen was studying my burn mark, unbeknownst to me.

"What's that?", he mumbled to me, I looked at him and frowned as he leaned over and touched the burn mark Anaiya gave me, he peeled over my coat as I winced and revealed a strange bruise on my skin, it showed green veins being defined to the point where it was slightly sticking out of my skin. He touched and I winced again moving away. Gwen had now looked back and saw the bruise,

"What is that?", she asked,

"Alaiya stung me, she said it was lethal unless I get some sort of anti-venom, but that's unlikely", I explained, pulling my shoulder away from Owen. He was glaring at me now,

"I could try", Tosh mumbled, eyeing my wound.

"You should have told us", Owen almost growled,

"Right and then you would have really shot her", I stated, annoyed,

"You don't know that", Gwen reasoned,

"Course I do, you people are on call people, you go when someone tells you there has been an alien sighted. I'm guessing it's the police who usually notify you because they are too chicken to make the first shot, or are too terrified by what they see, so you race along the streets of Cardiff and deal with whatever the problem is the only way you know how. Of course there are aliens who do want to kill but you don't work around that, maybe because you don't want to, maybe because you're scared or ignorant. So you shoot it. Dead. And then deal with the consequences later", I said this with no really anger, just stated it really. They were staring at me, gobsmacked, Gwen narrowed her eyes at me,

"How'd you work out that?", she demanded,

"Because Owen had a second gun", I said, simply, showing the gun I took from him and the gun he was holding, "Why would anyone carry a spare gun if not to kill something, hostile or not? It goes one for defense, two for murder". I mumbled, gruffly.

"Life and soul you are", Owen muttered.

"Am I wrong?",

I looked at Owen, then Gwen and then Tosh, they were all avoiding my gaze but when I looked at Ianto, he was staring at me through the rear mirror,

"Who did you lose?", he asked, staring me down. I blinked at him, whilst Toshiko, Gwen and Owens eye snapped up to see my hurt face, I didn't know what to say, apparently Ianto was just as good as reading people as I was.

"My mum", I said, hoarsely.

No one said anything after that. I don't think I would've wanted them to.


I walked alongside Owen, I don't know why but I felt most safe when I was around him, we didn't talk, I just followed Toshiko Ianto and Gwen, watching my feet move. Owen looked at me, and my movements,

"I'm sorry", he finally said, I smiled up at him,

"So am I", I said, quietly, I cleared my throat and spoke up, "Where are we going?",

"Torchwood", Owen replied, sarcastically, I stuck my tongue out at him,

"I know, but you know, where is it, underground base, behind a secret wall. Like a bookcase where you pull down on a certain book and it slides open", I said, animatedly. Tosh, Gwen and Ianto looked back at me, thinking I was crazy, but they where smiling, Owen shook his head, mumbling,

"We've got another mad one", I nudged him.

"It's ...well...it's and underground base, I suppose", Ianto answered. I giggled,

"What's the disguise, library? Lift?", I questioned,

"A tourist office", Gwen replied, grinning at my fallen expression. My eye's widened at we approached a tourist office. I cleared my throat,

"Well...at least no one will suspect it", I reasoned, they laughed at my attempt to console them on such a weird disguise. We entered the office but Ianto abruptly stopped, I skidded, frowning,

"What?", I asked, confused. He looked down at me with what I hoped wasn't a guilty expression.

"Sorry about this", he apologised, then he looked over my shoulder at Owen and nodded at him, "Do it". he ordered,

"Do it? Do what, Hey!", I was put into a similar headlock like before and again I was kicking and screaming until I felt a sharp jab just below my chin. Gradually I felt more and more light headed and my kick lost power, my eyes felt droopy and it was only a few moment before my body gave in and I was plunged into darkness.

My eyes flickered open and I was in a completely new environment, I took in a breath and remember the last thing that happened to me. I shot up and jumped off the table I was placed in, I scanned the room when a voice came from behind me, I spun to see Owen, I glared at him and put my arms out in a questioning stance,

"What the fuck?", I asked, raising my eyebrows,

"Now, be fair, we don't really know you that well, we couldn't just let you into a secret base",

"Be fair, what the hell kind of hypocrisy is that?! And you told me where the base was anyway!", I screeched,

"Yeah but you don't know how to get in", he pointed out,

"So you sedated me, what the hell man, you could have warned me", I growled,

"Megan!",

I spun and saw Jack at the top of a staircase, leaning on some rails and looking down, I waved and was ready to turn back and yell at Owen some more if it wasn't for the fact that Jack bounded down the steps and pulled me into a hug. I squealed and was a little surprised, but I hugged back soon enough, much to the confusion of the rest of the team who had walked in. I pulled away from him and glared,

"You're immortal, like, really immortal? Like..can't die and shit?", I questioned,

"Well...yeah".

"Immortal?", Ianto frowned, the rest of them were as confused as I was. Well, except Gwen.

"They don't know?", I asked,

"Now they do", Jack shrugged,

"But immortal?",

"Yes", he answered, slightly annoyed. Well, screw him, this was big!

I shook my head, "No!",

"Stop saying no, it's true!",

"No way, I refuse to believe you", I exclaimed.

"Meg, you saw me die", he reasoned,

"But..", I frowned looking at him, "You're impossible", I sighed,

"Now you're getting it", he grinned. After a moment of him grinning I crumbled and laughed.

"Hang on, Jack? You can't die?", Owen asked. Jack shrugged at him then turned to me all serious and shit.

"Meg, what were you doing?",

I shrugged, "I was chasing a Silurian", I stepped away and walked around him, "A Silurian that your team was about to murder", I added. "And they sedated me", I turned to Ianto, as angry as I was with Owen, "You sedated me!", I accused, he put his hand up in a surrender sign,

"It's protocol", he said.

"Fuck protocol", I rolled my eyes,

"I like her", Owen grinned,

"Most people do", I shot back.

"Megan!",

"What!",

"What happened?",

I rolled my eyes and proceeded to tell him and the rest of the hub what happened from my point of view, "Well, I heard commotion from outside and went to check, I saw Anaiya- Where is she?", I asked, only just remembering,

"She's unconscious, Toshiko's keeping her safe", Jack assured, pointing to Tosh who was in a lab coat who I only just noticed, she was nearby, I looked over and waved as she walked over to us,

"Is she alright?", I asked, trying to see Anaiya over everyone's shoulders.

"Well, I'm not sure how their anatomy naturally is, but she looks ok", she explained with a warm smile.

I nodded, before Jack exclaimed, "Where were you?", he asked,

"Hmm?",

"Where were you when you heard the commotion?", he repeated as my eyes widened, I looked down, inwardly cringing, "Megan?",

"I was in a ...club bar thing", I mumbled,

"You're 16! What were you doing in a bar, anyway, how'd you even get in?", he exclaimed, more angry than he should have been in my opinion.

"Look, just, calm down, I didn't get to do much, cos I went out, remember? I went out and I saw Anaiya, she was cowering into some bins and then I saw those guys with guns, then she ran for it and I chased her into some building, they followed. We ran through the building, I bumped into Owen, stole his gun, went to follow her again. We went to the ground floor, she grabbed me and dragged me outside, we kind of wrestled and she ...",

I stopped talking, not really wanting to tell him about the sting. I kept on forgetting that I didn't have long left to live, funny the things that slip your mind. I wasn't even scared and I didn't know why, Owen and the others knew what happened so I glanced at them,

"What, what did she do", Jack pressed,

"I..got stung", I muttered, I revealed my sting marks on my shoulder as Jack's mouth dropped open, "She said it was lethal, unless...uhh..unless someone made an anti-venom and she said that was unlikely so..", I looked up to see a furious expression on Jack's face,

"Get her on the table", he ordered Owen, he walked off and over to Anaiya and Owen guided me back to the table I awoke in, I looked at Jack intensely, wary of him going to Anaiya and hurting her in some way. I frowned at him, he was more angry than he should have been, I've known him for less than a day. I didn't understand it. I looked at Owen who was by the computers near the table, scanning me,

"Hey", I called him over,

"Yeah?",

"Why is he so angry, I mean, is he usually like this?",

"How do you mean?",

"I've known him less than a day, and now he's all dad protective over me", I explained,

"Less than a day!", Owen quietly exclaimed, "You had us thinking you were pen pals for life", he muttered,

"He acts like it, acts like he's got some responsibility over me", I mused,

"You have a dad, yeah?",

"Nah, he left a long time ago, just me and my brothers now",

He didn't reply, I looked back to him, and he was now staring intently at the screen, surprised, "Jack", he called, I craned my head to see the screen as Jack came over, he too looked at the screen,

"What does that mean?", he said after a few moments,

"She's mutating", Owen said, gruffly,

"Well, into what?", I exclaimed, startling them both, seeing as they thought I couldn't hear them,

"I don't know", Owen replied.

By the other operating table, Anaiya wheezed, I jumped and walked over to her before Jack could stop me, I got to her side, sliding past Toshiko, who was at the computers. Gwen was on a chair, watching Anaiya and I went to her side, waiting for Anaiya to fully wake. When she did, she sat up, slowly and quick as a bullet Gwen held her gun up, I rolled my eyes and gave up on trying to educated adults, they just don't listen.

"Anaiya", I called,

"Where am I?", she asked, confused and slightly angry,

"In a base, they're examining you and fixing your leg up", I said, warmly,

"What about your sting", she said, nodding to the ever more green veiny bruise I still had, Toshiko left the computer and turned to us,

"I sampled a bit of her venom and I could make an anti but I need to examine you too", she said to me, I nodded, Anaiya was looking down, at first I thought out of guilt but when I thought about it more, it looked more like grief,

"After this is over we could still get you home", I tried, Anaiya shook her head,

"There isn't a point", she said mournfully, "I won't survive the whole trip", I frowned,

"Why, what's wrong with you?", Gwen asked, lowering her gun, hesitantly. Anaiya shook her head but didn't say anything,

"But the scan says you're fine", Toshiko said, confused,

"For now",

"...Bumble bees", I said, quietly, after the reason hit me hard. I don't know why I was so sure because this was a very wild guess but from the look Anaiya gave me, I was right,

"What?", Ianto asked.

"Bumble bees", I shook my head and stared at Anaiya, "Bumble bees die after they sting you", I said, my voice barely above a whisper,

"But that's a myth..it isn't true", Owen countered,

"Myth's always stem from truths, and truths can be really old, nearly 5 billion years old", I explained, "Is there anyway to stop it?", I asked,

"No, but there is a way to help you, my body, when it's dead, decomposes in a way that creates natural anti-venom", she explained,

"That would take years, right?", Jack asked,

"Not my body, my bodies decomposing rates can begin in minutes, you need only to freeze it", she explained,

"But you'd die", I said, interrupting them, "You'd be..dead", I stuttered,

"I'm going to die anyway, I'd rather die having helped someone, even if they are an ape", she said, I scoffed but was still upset.

I blinked at her, realising they were waiting for my choice, obviously I wanted to live, but I didn't want Anaiya to die, I knew she was going to die anyway but I'd rather we all focused on how to help rather than how to help me. I shook my head and walked off, I didn't know where I was going, I just walked up the circular stairs to the top and sat on the edge with my legs dangling over. I sighed and place my head in my hands while downstairs the adults were obviously planning Anaiya's fate.

I took this time to bring out my phone and look at the messaged I'd gotten from the triplets, Andrew said that I'd better have a good reason for blowing them off, and a guy isn't a good enough reason, Brandon said I should stay safe and how did I expect him to come up with a lie so quickly. Ariana put a wink face and said use protection. I chuckled and put my phone away, happy to be brought out of reality for a second.

"You have about about 3 hours before the venom takes effect", Jack said as he sat next to me, "And Anaiya has half an hour", he added as an afterthought. That was rude, I thought. I looked down and saw the team all huddled around Anaiya, connecting her up and scanning her left right and center, I sighed, that's not how I'd like to go, surrounded by people I didn't know, being plugged into machinery like a bloody microwave.

"Why do you care so much", I questioned, not looking at him.

"About what?",

"About me, you've known me less than a day, not even 24 hours and you..you hug me like a best friend, your protective over me like I'm your daughter and you act like, like we've known each other forever. I don't get it", I ranted on, wanting to burst into tears, and I didn't know why.

"Not forever, just a pretty long time", Jack mumbled, I frowned at him, he gave me an annoying smile, "You'll understand when you're older", he replied, patting my back.

"How long away is 'older'", I asked, lightheartedly, he nudged my arm, and we laughed, "So we've met before",

"You could say that", he shrugged, "Or you couldn't say that".

"Bloody mystery man now, are you?", I muttered.

"Yep", he answered instantly,

"Has the Doctor met me before then?",

"Yep.",

"And Taylor",

"Yes, but at a different time", he said, hesitantly, I narrowed my eyes at him,

"Should you be telling me this? Isn't it gonna, I dunno, rip a hole in the universe or something", I asked,

"I'm not telling you exactly what going to happen, just a few...spoilers, I guess", he shrugged and sent me a cute smile that I couldn't not blush at. I shook my head and looked down at Anaiya who was unconscious. She looked a paler green and I knew, I just knew she was holding on for as long as possible. I jumped up and ran down the steps, I got to them and pushed past the circle the group made, I looked at Toshiko,

"She doesn't have long, she's about to let go",

I frowned and looked down at Anaiya, her eyes kept flickering open every so often, I grabbed her scale covered hand and this made her notice my presence, she looked up at me and smiled,

"I'm glad I got the chance to meet an ape who cared", she rasped, "I only wish my sisters understood you like I do now",

I sniffed and smiled, "There will be a day when your people and my people will live together in peace, and when that happens it will be in your honour", I assured,

She smiled gratefully at me, "You need to teach them, Megan. And stop them like you stopped me". She let go and her eyes flickered shut, I stared at her shut eyes, not quite believing what I had seen. What did she mean? I squeezed her hand and blinked back the single tear that wanted to fall, because I knew if one tear fell, they all would. I dropped her hand suddenly and stepped back, I ran a hair through my hair and walked away from everyone, not looking at any of their eyes.

About 5 minutes after Anaiya died I asked Jack if I could step outside for a bit, for fresh air. He let me go, but Owen went out with me, probably because Jack saw how I trusted Owen the most out of the others. So we were standing outside the tourist office, in the night. I closed my eyes for a moment, replaying everything that happened that night in my head.

And then it hit me. I'd missed the biggest clue ever. And it scared me to think, that if I hadn't just realised this now, then pretty soon the whole of Cardiff would be gone...