A/N: This one's a bit short, sorry! I do hope the content makes up for it :) In a slightly related note, I was lucky enough to be able to go to the 'Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber' show touring New Zealand at the moment, and GOSH it was epic! The singers were just superb, and the spectacle was amazing - made me a lot more excited about this musical, hehe. Anyway, on with the show!

4. The Cybernetic Touch: The Phantom Of The Opera (The Phantom Of The Opera) (oooh I can imagine this one! I almost scared myself with it haha.)

5. Better Butler (Reprise): Sorting Hat Song (Harry Potter)


SCENE THREE:

[We find ourselves in the basement of the lower levels of the Torchwood Hub. There is a dim light hanging on one side of the stage, not bright enough to give light what is on the rest of the stage, except to indicate that there is a door separating the stage into two. IANTO appears on stage, underneath the light. He is moving slowly and quietly, and he looks behind him when he reaches the door to the rest of the stage. IANTO takes a deep breath, takes a single key from his jacket pocket, and opens the door.]

IANTO: Are you awake?

(A voice yet unknown to the audience replies.)

LISA: Ianto? Is that you?

(The voice is wheezy, mechanical in sound – and female. IANTO switches on the lights to the room – and we are met with the sight of LISA. LISA is lying on a metal operating table, which is the remnants of a Cyber-conversion unit. LISA is a partly converted Cyberwoman – she wears a metal kind of suit which shows sections of bare flesh also.)

IANTO: Lisa. Yes, it's just me.

(A smile lights up IANTO's face, and he shuts the door behind him. He strides up to Lisa and presses a kiss to her lips.)

How are you feeling today? How's the pain? Are the new doses working?

LISA: A little.

(LISA grimaces, and IANTO plays around with the drip that is attached to her – it is morphine. LISA groans as more of the drug fills her veins, and closes her eyes.)

IANTO: I'm sorry, sweetheart. It's okay, you'll feel better in a minute.

(IANTO strokes her cheek, and LISA opens her eyes again.)

LISA: Thank you.

IANTO: Anyway. I thought I'd just come and check to see how you're doing. The others are at lunch at the moment, won't notice I'm gone.

LISA: I don't want you getting into trouble.

IANTO: Don't you worry about it. You should be resting, not worrying.

(IANTO kisses her lightly again, and sets about checking the machine work. LISA takes a deep breath – she can only breath through the machine, and so it sounds wheezy and metallic. LISA talks to herself as IANTO busies himself.)

LISA: Resting. That's all I ever do. All day long. But at least my time isn't wasted – after all, you can get quite a lot of thinking done while resting.

IANTO: (not having heard LISA's words)
Right. It all seems to be okay still – I just have to run and get you some more morphine – you're running a bit low.

(IANTO smiles and stands up to look at LISA.)

I won't be long. I do want to spend some time with you, after all.

(IANTO leaves the stage through the door. LISA listens to make sure IANTO is gone, before suddenly she sits up on the operating table. The lights turn blue and red, and an ominous, mechanical marching beat starts up.)

['The Cybernetic Touch']

LISA: [sings]
I feel the fight in me
I feel the call
It's stronger now, you see
Soon I will fall

And if I battle it
I quickly see
I can't resist the Cybernetic touch
It's taken me

(LISA stands, with robotic movement, and begins a choreographed march dance – she circles the operating table, caressing different parts of the equipment with a certain admiration.)

The human within me
Barely awake
And yet, enough remains
For me to fake

I can't let Ianto know
That Lisa's gone
She can't resist the Cybernetic touch
She's just a pawn

Love is but strange to us
Us cybermen
All emotion removed
We're cleaner then

But I am not yet pure
Still human here!

(LISA points out the exposed flesh of her humanity)

I can't resist the Cybernetic touch
I will adhere

BACKGROUND VOICES: [sings]
Is that the Cybernetic touch?
Beware the Cybernetic touch!

(At this point, IANTO returns onstage clutching the morphine he has brought. IANTO opens the door to see LISA up and about. LISA does not notice IANTO. IANTO does not know what to do – he is stricken with indecision, not believing what he is seeing.)

LISA: [sings]
Inside this metal frame
This armoured case
This love for Ianto Jones
Still shows its face

And while I'm in this state
I can't be free
I can't resist the Cybernetic touch
Inside of me!

(IANTO now advances into the room – having heard only these lyrics, which do not clearly betray the evil Cyber-side of LISA. He deposits the morphine onto the table and takes LISA's hand.)

IANTO: [sings]
Rest, my angel!

LISA: [sings]
It's there, the cybernetic touch!

(LISA is swaying, feeling suddenly overcome by the Cybernetics – an internal fight is going on. IANTO steadies her and tries to lead her back to the operating table. LISA is still singing, high sounds which could be pain, or a metallic kind of screeching.)

IANTO: [sings]
Rest... rest...
Rest, for me!
Rest, my angel...
Rest, for me!

(LISA sings one last note, the highest, and collapses back into the operating table, eyes shut.)

IANTO: More morphine... right, okay...

(IANTO's hands are shaking, and he is speaking to himself as LISA is out cold.)

It's just a... just a reaction to the medication. You... you didn't mean to –

(His hands slip and he drops a measuring beaker – it is made of glass and so it shatters over the floor. Running his fingers through his hair, IANTO attempts to compose himself and goes to get a brush and shovel, and neatly tidies away all the glass. He finishes adjusting the morphine drip, and takes a step back.)

There.

(A sigh.)

One day soon it will all be fixed, just you see. It'll all be back to normal.

['Better Butler: Reprise']

IANTO: [sings]
I have a plan, a perfect plan
Where all will be set right
A plan to lure them from the Hub
Perhaps even tonight!

For when the Hub is empty
I will quickly seize my chance
Take Lisa to the autopsy room
Only then can we advance

Adjust her and unhook her
So that she can walk alone
Somehow, reverse the process
So I have Lisa for my own!

And after that, what need is there
For me to remain
Together – yes, together!
Lisa and I can start again!

(IANTO turns off the light in the room, shuts the door behind him, and leaves the stage.)


-suspenseful music- ...or perhaps we've had enough of this! ;) So, yes, as you can now see, this is currently set during the beginning of S1! Next up was one of my favourite songs to write - we hear from the dashing hero, Jack! :)