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Suddenly the ship is rocked violently. KLAXONS and alarms start to wail and the lights FLICKER on and off. Bulkhead explodes sending metal fragments screaming across the Bridge almost striking Andy who yelps as he hits the floor. Tosh quickly takes over the cowering man's console.

"Report!" Suzie yells as she struggles to remain in the chair.

We're caught in a gravimetric field emanating from the vessel!" Tosh cries with horror, "It's trying to pull us back in for another shot"

"All engines, full reverse!" Jack roars as he struggles to the bridge and Suzie simply slithers from the chair to the floor, crawling for a spare seat as Torchwood's engines scream.

The ship is turning sideways, but cannot break away. It is clearly being pulled along, out of control. Debris that the Elizabeth III is pulling in its wake pummels the hull crashing against the ship.

"Attack on vid-screen." Jack demands as Tosh sends a drone to check their own damage.

"Inertial dampers failing." Andy yells.

"Engines not responding!" Suzie agrees "The shit is getting into the bloody engines and they are shutting down."

Jack is gripping the arms of his chair with one hand. His face pales.

"Hull integrity failing." Andy's voice seems distant.

Jack looks at Tosh expectantly for a moment.

"I do have a theory..."

"I thought you might."

An anti-matter discharge directly ahead... it might disrupt the forcefield long enough for us to break away." She surmises.

"A sonic torpedo?"

"Aye."

"Wanna swing past the nearest store?" Jack asks sweetly, the sarcasm dripping.

"Captain, it may be possible to simulate a torpedo blast using a resonance burst from the main docking thrusters." Ianto says as he clasps the doorframe.

Jack latches onto the idea "Where are the relays?"

"Deck fifteen, section twenty-one alpha" Ianto rattles off the location without even having to think.

"I'll take care of it." Jack moves from the chair, "Tiger, take over and rest. I really want you to go to Owen, we came out of the bunk at speed."

"You cushioned my fall, you protected me" Ianto replied, "Now do the same for our crew."

"Keep her together until I get back."

Ianto replies matter of fact "I always do."

Jack blows a kiss and is gone.

Ianto rubs the bump and grimaces, then throws a look of warning at Tosh who turns back to the drone hastily checking damage.

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Jack running down the corridor, opens a door.

A small control room with a few consoles. Jack rushes in and rips off one of the large wall panels. He quickly begins to re-route cabling and circuitry... As before. The ship is SHAKING badly.

Jack working furiously.

Jack finishes working and slams the wall panel closed. "That's it. Go!"

"Activate port thrusters." Ianto yells as he hears Jack over the coms.

Tosh works the console.

A large BURST 0F ENERGY leaps out of the main docking engine and EXPLODES in front of the ship. There is an immediate reaction within the tractor beam as it fluctuates in response.

"We're breaking free." Tosh says with raw hope.

The ship now begins to turn away from the seemingly enraged Elizabeth III whose engines are screaming as it tries to pursue but Torchwood is small, sleek and bloody fast.

Gradually, the SHAKING STOPS. Andy scrambles back into position. "We're clear."

Everyone reacts with relief.

"Report" Ianto gasps, "Tosh? Drone?"

There's some buckling on the starboard side, we've also got a hull breach in the Engineering section. Emergency force fields are in place and holding" Tosh is still shaking as she reports damage. "We turned away in time to protect the private berths, I report no crew losses."

"Where?"

"Sections twenty through twenty-eight on decks thirteen..." she turns to Ianto "The cell next to the school but the school seems intact. Thank the gods its night time and the children were not in there, looks like there was momentary loss of compression."

Everyone turns around and looks at Ianto who is balking.

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Jack and Suzie head down the Corridor. They round a bend... and then stop short. They react to something ahead of them...the corridor ahead of them is GONE. A jagged hole has been ripped in the ship and OPEN SPACE can be seen beyond the twisted metal.

A FORCEFIELD flickers on and off, holding the vacuum of space at bay.

Jack and Suzie look at the awesome sight for a moment.

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"What the hell were you thinking!" Jack roared, his anger on display as was his fine smooth chest, the tunic hastily dragged on still unbuttoned and swinging back to show the bright red lining.

Ianto re-entered the bridge and Jack instantly changed, rushing to help Ianto to the Captain's Chair, "What did Owen say? Did Owen get a good look at you or did you flap at him?"

"Owen has checked me and I am fine Cariad" Ianto soothed, his hands clutching Jack's for a moment to convey calm, then he settled back in the chair to touch buttons and examine the readouts for himself. The midnight blue gown looked regal, almost like a wizard and no one looked at him and thought for a single moment that he was in a dress, his baby bump obvious. He looked gorgeous.

"Report" Jack turned to the screen.

"Venting" Ianto muttered, "Tosh, send out a secondary drone to check where that bitch is behind us, our rear cameras are out"

"Gone love" Jack said gently "Gone. The bloody thing cut our arse end off."

"Lovely!" Ianto frowned, Suzie swallowing hard as she wondered if she was heading to the brig for this.