Jack POV
"Terra!" I shout, after walking past her room on the second floor of the hub, and seeing a total train-wreck! I swear she is just like a kid – I would have a thought a Timelady whom is over a hundred years old would know how to clean her room.
"Jack!" I hear her shout back, I look down from the railings and see her working with Owen by his desk, her sitting on the edge of the desk with Owen on his chair, they've formed a friendship over the two months that Terra's been here, you would have thought that they had known each other for years with how well they get along with one another.
"Did a weevil escape into your bedroom?" I ask, looking at her from the bottom of the stairs, she looks at me and shakes her head no, looking at me confused, Owen watching our exchange.
"Then maybe you'd like to tell me what happened in your room, it looks like a bomb went off" I say, crossing my arms, she rolls her eyes in her sockets for this,
"I tried to clean up yesterday, but then you asked me to 'urgently' look at recent shift actives as well as for any calls from the police to see if any new murders were found" she says, I roll my eyes at this, I'm pretty sure she caught my habit, and I can admit I haven't really given her a chance to clean her room what with the glove practices we've been doing, looking for new murders to practice with it.
"Do you need her right now Owen?" I ask, looking at Owen who sheepishly shakes his head no, though I can tell he looks guilty for not helping Terra out, but at the end of the day I am the boss.
"Well you can now freely go and clean your room" I say, she sulks at this and then walks off towards her bedroom.
"Jack! The police have found another one, on Aberfield road, young man, stabbed in the back!" says Toshiko, I shake my head at this unbelievable!
"Ok team, pack up and let's go!" I say, seeing Terra get her gear with Owen and quickly leave, though I can see the faint grin on her face from getting out of cleaning her room. Man I feel like I'm turning into her father.
"Terra straight after this your going straight to your room and not to come out until that place is clean" I say, as we wait for the elevator doors to close, she nods in reply.
After the doors open, we make our way out of the counterfeit tourist reception room where Yanto meets us with the keys,
"See you later Yanto!" says Terra, who smiles at him who smiles back, I smile at him in thanks for the keys.
"I call shot gun!" Terra shouts, as she runs to get into the passenger seat, smiling triumphantly, I shake my head though grinning at her childishness.
After everyone's in we set off, Toshiko directing me,
"Hey Jack can I ask a question?" asks Terra, I grin at this,
"You just did" I say, seeing Owen in the back grinning, and then looking to the side for a second to see Terra sticking her tongue at me,
"When can I get my pay checks, you said that when I do I can go shopping for some new clothes, and I want to buy a skateboard" she says, I look to her confused,
"Why do you want a skateboard?" I ask, she shrugs at this,
"I want to learn how to use them, I always see people using them and it looks cool" she says, I roll my eyes at this,
"Tell you what, after you clean your room, I'll give you your pay check" I say, she nods at this in agreement,
"Toshiko, Suzie will you take me shopping? I want some opinions," says Terra, looking behind her at the girls,
"Of course, I'd be happy to, Jack next turn on your left," says Toshiko, I smile at this, taking her directions,
"I'll try Terra, I've been very busy at home" says Suzie, Terra nods at this.
We finally get to the crime scene, Toshiko already notifying the police to stand down now that we're here.
Man the rain is worse here!
"Come on then" I say as we all get out, grabbing the equipment and head towards the murder victim.
"Alright then" I say, seeing Terra and Owen going over the body, Suzie also takes out the glove we found, and puts in on her hand,
"There you go. I can taste it. Oestrogen, definitely oestrogen. You take the Pill, flush it away, it enters the water cycle, feminises the fish, goes all the way up into the sky, then falls all the way back down on to me. Contraceptives in the rain. Love this planet. Still, at least I won't get pregnant. Never doing that again. How's it going?" I ask,
"Curious about that pregnancy thing, single stab in the back, no known weapon" says Terra, I wink at her when she brings up me being pregnant, and the thought still makes me shudder,
"How are you with the glove Suzie?" I ask, seeing Owen bring out the digital camera to record this.
"Nothing yet. It's got to connect, I've just got to feel it" she says, her gloved hand over the guys head,
"Hurry up! I'm freezing my arse off," says Owen, I smirk at this, seeing Terra resisting to laugh,
"I can't just flick a switch, it's more access, it grants me access" she says, looking at him trying to explain,
"Whatever that means" says Owen, seeing Terra silently sniggering,
"It's like... Oh, oh, oh!" Suzie shrieks, we all watch her as she places the glove under the guys head, and the rain suddenly stops around us, but we don't think much of it considering we've labeled it as because of the glove bringing people to life for short briefs of time,
"Positions" I shout,
"If I get punched again, I'm punching it right back" he says, at this Terra scoots away from him, though Own glares at her playfully,
"Just, concentrate. Suzie?" I say, looking towards her again, then suddenly the man gasps awake,
"There was... What was? I was... Oh, my God, I was going home" he cries,
"Listen to me, we've only got two minutes so it's important that you listen, OK?" says Toshiko,
"Who are you?" he guys asks,
"Trust me. You're dead," says Tosh,
"How am I dead?" he asks, looking at Tosh confused and scared,
"You were stabbed" says Owen, looking at the man with a slight strain,
"I'm not dead, I can see you" says the man, grasping for strings to say that he's alive,
"We've brought you back but we haven't got long, I'm sorry but you've got to concentrate, who did this to you? What did you see?" asks Tosh
"Why am I dead?" he asks, looking at Tosh confused,
"Who attacked you?" asks Tosh,
"I don't want to be dead," he says,
"Sixty seconds." says Suzie, holding the stop watch,
"You've got to think, just focus on me. What was the last thing you saw?" asks Tosh
"I didn't see... I don't know" he says, looking like he's trying to think,
"Who killed you, did you see them?" she asks,
"I don't know. There was...something behind me" he says,
"Police said one stab wound in the back" says Owen, looking at us all,
"So you didn't see anything?" says Tosh, looking at the man now surprised and confused,
"No" he says, at this we all look at one another confused, what do we talk about now, so far all we've said to the people we bring back is how they died, making out that we want to know who killed them, but this one doesn't know who, like the last couple.
"What happens now?" the man asks,
"Thirty seconds" says Suzie,
"But he didn't see anyone" says Tosh, looking confused, not knowing what else to say,
"Don't waste it" says Suzie, urgently,
"What else do I say?" asks Tosh, from this I come forward and kneel beside Tosh looking at the man,
"What's your name?" I ask,
"John. John Tucker." he says, I nod and smile,
"OK, John. Not long now" I say comfortingly,
"Who are you?" asks John, looking at me confused,
"Captain Jack Harkness. Tell me... what was it like when you died? What did you see? John. Tell me what you saw" I say, urging him to talk,
"Ten seconds" says Suzie
"Nothing. I saw nothing. Oh, my God. There's nothing" he says, then suddenly, he's gone, and the rains back,
"Shit. I said it was stupid, telling him he was dead" says Owen, helping Terra up,
"Well, you try it," says Suzie annoyed, looking at him frustrated,
"Trust me", like that's gonna work" he says,
"Told the last corpse he was injured, he wasted the whole two minutes screaming for an ambulance. Maybe there's no right way of doing it" I say, then I look to Terra to see her looking at me then flicks her eyes upwards, I nod, already knowing.
Then I look up at the woman who's been watching us,
"What do you think?" I ask, and she quickly steps back away from sight.
"Was someone watching us just then?" asks Owen, looking at me alarmed I nod in answer then look down to them, seeing them looking at me in question, wondering what to do.
"I'll ask Yanto to keep an eye on her" I tell them they nod at this then begin packing up.
"Maybe we should make out that we're talking through them as if they're in a dream?" says Terra, I look to her carrying one of Owen's tool boxes,
"Might be an idea actually, what do you three think?" I ask, Suzie shrugs, putting the box with the glove into the boot,
"It's an idea, at least then they won't be asking for ambulances and all," says Tosh.
As soon as we're all in we make our way back to the hub, but it doesn't go by unnoticed that Terra had fallen asleep in the back with Tosh and Owen.
"I got her," says Owen, who after I park the van takes off his and her seatbelt and after opening his side door, picks her up bridal style and we make our way to the front door.
"Is she alright sir?" asks Yanto, looking at Terra worriedly in Owen's arms, we've all made room for her in our hearts.
"Fell asleep in the back, hope she doesn't get a cold, not sure about her immune system yet, her bloods odd," says Owen, I look to him startled from this, he's taken Terra's blood?
"How's that?" I say, looking to him at my side us all carrying boxes and tools back to the main operations room,
"Torchwood protocol, all members have their blood taken for health checks. I tell you Jack hers is weird. Some things in her blood I've never seen before" he says, looking at me worriedly, I shrug at this,
"She was a part of Torchwood two for a while, maybe they had to do an operation on her or something" I say, looking like I genuinely don't know, but the truth is that if Owen realizes that Terra is an alien, we're in trouble, especially Terra.
