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Shannon the chameleon: here you go XD

Chapter 4 Shopping, Owen and Comfort

The next morning me and Matt headed back to the hub, just as jack asked for a tour of torchwood 3. We were told that Matt and me both would help sort out the archives, and when Ianto comes he can continue to help us and be field agents or in other words, 'you know a lot of information will you help us?' surprisingly the maths and science classes that mother forced me to do before i disappeared paid off, when I told jack that I had a degree in maths and science from A level. He gave me the little lab up the stairs on the second floor. I was quite pleased about that and for once in my life I knew it was a good idea that I listened to my mother. Jack also said for me to help Tosh from now on when we had missions to do and I agreed as Tosh was nice and I wanted to get to know her. I was sitting at my desk a little while after the tour when jack came in with the DVD's I had left with him yesterday. He put them on my desk and then turned to me.
"well," he started holding up the box set with the 9th doctor on it. "I did promise, and as the day is quite, now is better then ever to watch yesterdays event." at this I squealed a 'yay' and jumped from behind my desk, grabbed the box set and ran to what torchwood had as a TV room. This room had a triple seated settee, a double seated settee and a singular settee, a fridge and a coffee corner with a coffee machine which i dubbed 'iantos corner' even tho they had no clue as to who ianto jones was/is, And a kettle for my tea. A few cupboards above it for the snacks, cups and biscuits . Of course there was a flat screen TV on the wall with a VCR, DVD player and a few game consoles with a few games but only Owen played them.
I ran towards the DVD player, and put the right DVD into the DVD player as everyone filed into the room, after seeing me run into the room. Matt went straight for 'iantos corner' and put the kettle on and started the coffee machine. Suddenly Tosh spoke up making me jump, but I recovered quickly only briefly seeing jack smirk my way.
"is that the doctor?" Tosh asked surprised looking at the cover "ive seen him before, when I went undercover instead of Owen who had a hangover." Tosh remembered and I nodded.
"yup, he's the one, oh and great acting on the thinking all aliens looking that way, were you ok after that, it must of gave you one hell of a fright thinking it was dead, and then it starts running." Tosh just nods and I cross over to sit next to Matt, but on my way past Owen, im suddenly grabbed and pulled me down between him and tosh. I look over to see that it was Owen who pulled me down on to the couch right in front of the TV. I blush when me smiles at me and puts his arm around my shoulder. I don't move, but jack sends a smirk my way as he seats next to Matt who had put the tea and coffees on the tables in front of us on my right. Suzie was sitting to a singular seat near Tosh. I recover briefly and started the DVD. The reactions to the episode was interesting, there was laughing, gasping, worried and lastly constant comments and questions.
As I watched the DVD I unknowingly started to lean on Owen, when It finished I noticed and jumped up quickly to take out the disk. I look back to see Owen smiling smugly making me blush, again. As I put the disk back into the case I remember something, well 2 things and put my had into my pocket and took out a key - a tardis key, on a chain with a note.
"Matt! Ive just remembered to give you something." I turned around and held up the chain and key. Jacks eyes widened.
"is that?" he exclaimed as matt came over to take it. I nodded
"where did you get it?" matt asked in wonder. I fished out my own to show them.
"I got it im my room when you and jack were wiring up the extrapolator, the Tardis gave them to me. Yours had a note with your name on it." I explained thankful everyone knew what the Tardis was now. They all nodded.

Then I turned to Owen.
"you gonna show use them flats now or what? Ive still got to buy the furniture, unless its already got some… but id still like my own. Im gonna copy the one on the Tardis" I grinned. Owen perked up at that.
"oh, Jack told you. Ok we'll go now, it looks like the rift's still quite and jack will phone if anything." we both looked at jack.
"you 3 go, you both need a flat and ive already given you your cards." he nodded
And we went down and got our coats, when I came down from my lab I saw Owen and matt waiting at the cog door for me.
"ready?" matt asked me
"yep" I nodded
"well take my car" Owen told us and we followed him to the Torchwood car park.
It was a 10 minuet drive from the bay to the block of flats, which was unsurprisingly close to the centre of the city, which was were the bars normally are.
Owen lived on the last floor of the block and there were only 4 flats on the floor making them quite large in size. As we entered the building Owen took his phone out and phoned the person selling both flats. It took 5 minuets on the phone and 10 minuets wait in Owens flat when there was a knock on the door and we were looking at the flats. The one next to Owens - the one I was going to take, was fairly large in size. All the rooms were newly decorated in both flats in mine the kitchen was red in colour with the dining room also. The living room was in cream with pink in places, the bathroom blue and the room surprisingly in a lovely purple. All the carpet was white and there was laminated wood in the dinning room and kitchen which were both joined together with the living room with an arch. There were 2 spare rooms which one I would have as a office/library.
Matt's flat was the same in size and rooms just the kitchen was green, the living room peach, the bathroom light blue and the bedroom was red. He also decided to make one of the spare rooms an office/library.
After we paid upfront with a check, we decided to go back to the hotel check out an go bye some things for the room, which included clothes, food, book, entertainment, electronics and other things. We brought everything back and I had just put everything away when there was a knock on the door. I looked and saw.

"what's up Owen?" I asked when I opened the door
"well, I was thinking, you wanna go out? Like now?" I was surprised
"er sure were do ya wanna go?"
"well there's this pub that I normally go too not to far from here." he told me I nodded
"ok, fine, just let me get ready." I rushed to my room and put on a nice black pleated silk top it was a Halter neck with Elastic at the waist and a open-back. With it I wore a black wash skinny jeans. I crossed over to my dressing table and put on my red rose ring, Vivian Westwood pendant necklace, Alice in wonderland multi-key bracelet and my red heart earrings. I fished out my new fingerless lace gloves out of my dresser, my black cardigan and my white woollen coat out of my wardrobe. I also took my black ankle boots with pinkish purple fur on the top. When I stepped out of my room Owen looked shocked for a second but hid it the next minuet.
"well shall we go?" Owen asked letting me go first and we went downstairs and walked a little way to the bar. When we got there, it wasn't that busy seeing as it was only 6 in the evening. Owen went to the bar and got us a drink. He had a beer and I had a apple cider.
" so what do you think of Cardiff so far?" Owen asked
"well its certainly not what I expected." I smirked
"I guess you don't just mean, a secret base under the bay" Owen assumed
"mm-hmm, its also being in a different dimension and seeing people you only see on TV that you believed to be fictional and knowing everything that happens to them and wanting to change things that will happen but beeping scared to change too much only to make it worse." I told him truthfully and he nodded
"well if I was you, I would only save the lives you knew how to save." he told me and I nodded back
We had a nice evening me and Owen. We told each other thing about our selves our likes and dislikes and I found Owen was a very nice person indeed under all that sarcasm and snark.
We walked back home and stopped out side our doors.
"well ill see you tomorrow then, ill give you and Matt lift. Night." Owen promised. I nodded
"yer thanks and night." I hesitated and kissed him on the cheek and went indoors. I looked out the peep hole to see Owen still standing there only now with a cheesy smile on his face. I giggle.
I went to my room and changed into my pink cotton soft PJ's. and sat on my bed. I took out my new phone - I kept the same number - and texted rose my new address and texted Matt goodnight. I got ready for bed and my bag for work for tomorrow. Then I got in to bed and fell asleep.

The next 3 weeks had some interesting moments, me and Owen started to get closer, with him flirting with me and me surprisingly flirting back. We had quite a few rift alerts, 4 lost aliens that didn't know the way to some planet I forgot the name of. A group of visiting aliens blocking the airways and me and Tosh needed to send a polite message for them to shift higher into the atmosphere to stop scaring the locals or go away.
Talking about Tosh me and her had become quite good friends and Matt and ianto also.
I have started to notice the looks Matt was sending Tosh when she's not looking and surprisingly the looks Tosh would send him. Something might happen between them someday - hopefully
It was another quite boring day in Torchwood Cardiff, and I was swinging in Owens chair, as he sat playing on a app on his phone when my mobile phone went off playing the Rose's theme tune.
I jumped up and took my phone out of my pocket.

"Rose!" I asked
"Sophie! He sent me back! He sent me home and I cant get back! Can you come down? Please!" she sobbed down the phone by now I had attracted attention of my team members in the quiet hub, including jacks.
"rose calm down, I positive he must have sent you home for a reason." I said truing to comfort her know exactly why he did it.
"but Soph, he could be dieing back there. No he will die if I don't get back!" she shouted
"right calm down Im getting the next train down to London get Mickey to pick me up!" I hang up and turned to jack
"no questions, two words Game station, the doctors sent her home and she need to go back and save him." I told him he just nodded and I turned to Matt
"you coming?" "no I think ill stay here you tell her I said hi" I nodded "will do" and ran out the door catch the first taxi to the Cardiff central throwing a £50 over my shoulder on the way out "keep the change" I shouted and ran to the catchier "next train to Paddington London." I panted
3 hours latter I found Mickey waiting for me at the exit.
"is rose ok?" I asked him with worry
"she's ok but upset, looks like your gonna meet Jackie sooner than Christmas" he joked making me smile.
It took us 20 minuet to get the chippy that rose was at with her mother. I ran over to her and hugged her tightly as she started to cry again.
"it ok, everything is gonna be ok, we'll find a way don't you worry." I moved away and turned to a confused Jackie
"Sophie Nelson, Roses friend, met in Cardiff. And you must be Jackie, pleasure to meet you." I smiled at her and extended my hand to shake. I then went over and bought myself a box of chips and sat next to rose who was again looking out the window.
"And it's gone up-market, this place. They're doing little tubs of coleslaw, now." Jackie starts the conversation with Mickey. Mickey and Jackie are tucking into there chips, but Rose's box is untouched. She's still gazing out of the window, not taking in a single word of the conversation.
"It's not very nice. Tastes a bit sort of clinical." Jackie continues still trying
"Have you tried that new pizza place down Minto Road?" Mickey asked her glancing at Rose
"What's it selling?" Jackie asked curious
"Pizza." Mickey informed her
"Oh, that's nice."
Rose gazes out of the window with a faraway look in her eyes, looking incredibly downcast. I take her hand in comfort.
"Do they deliver?" Jackie inquired
"Yeah!" Mickey assured
Jackie takes another look at Rose, and then abandons all pretence of having an ordinary conversation.
"Oh, Rose. Have something to eat…" Jackie pleaded
"Two hundred thousand years in the future, he's dying, and there's NOTHING I can do." Rose answered her voice trembling and eyes not leaving the window I squeeze her hand in comfort.
"Well, like you said - two hundred thousand years - it's way off!" Jackie said
"But it's not! It's now! That fight is happening right now, and he's fighting for us! For the whole planet, and I'm just sitting here eating chips!" Rose exclaimed finally looking at her. Rose was understandably angry and upset.
"Listen to me." Jackie started Rose turns to face her, reluctantly falling silent.
"God knows I have hated that man, but right now, I love him - and d'you know why? Because he did the right thing. He sent you back to me." And she returns her attention back to the chips, as though the matter is closed.
"But what do I do every day, mum? What do I do? Get up - catch the bus - go to work - come back home - eat chips and go to bed? Is that it?" rose argued desperately
"It's what the rest of us do." Mickey informed her coldly
"shut up Mickey" I said sternly
"But I can't!" rose denied
"Why, 'cos you're better than us?" Mickey asked her ignoring me
"Mickey I said shut up" I said sharply
"No, I didn't mean that!" Rose exclaimed frustrated. She pauses, trying to calm herself down. Jackie watches her.
"But it was... it was a better life. And I - I don't mean all the travelling and... seeing aliens and spaceships and things - that don't matter. The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life." Rose announced quietly. She meets their eyes, speaking earnestly "You know, he showed you too." She said passionately to Mickey and I nodded in agreement, only that one day and it was changing.
"That you don't just give up. You don't just let things happen. You make a stand. You say no. You have the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away, and I just can't-"
She breaks off, unable to carry on. She kicks the table in frustration and leaps to her feet, running out of the chip shop in despair. With me jumping up straight after her.
Me and Rose are sitting on a bench, Rose was staring into space. Mickey appears and stands over her.
"You can't spend the rest of your life thinking about the Doctor."
"But how do I forget him?" she demanded
"You've got to start living your own life." Mickey told her and Rose looks up at him.
"You know, a proper life, like the kind he's never had. The sort of life that you could have with me."
But Rose's attention has already wandered. She has noticed the words 'BAD WOLF' written in huge letters on the playground floor in spray paint. astonished, Me and Rose stand up and we both walk over to them. Mickey follows. We then realizes that 'Bad Wolf' is graffiti'd all over the playground walls as well.
"Over here. It's over here as well!" I shout pointing at the graffiti and Rose dashes over to the wall to examine the graffiti.
"That's been there for years! It's just a phrase! It's just words!" Mickey called after her)
"I thought it was a warning... maybe it's the opposite. Maybe it's a message. The same words written down now and two hundred thousand years in the future. It's a link between me and the Doctor! Bad Wolf here... Bad Wolf there!" Rose exclaimed her excitement building I walk over to her and she grabs my hand.
"But if it's a message, what's it saying?" Mickey asks
"It's telling me I can get back! The least I can do is help him escape!" she called back already running off pulling me with her.

INT. TARDIS

"All the TARDIS needs to do is make a return trip. Just... Reverse." She noted hopeful and lively
"Yeah, but we still can't do it." Mickey denied
"The Doctor always said the TARDIS is telepathic. This thing is alive. It can listen." she assured
"It's not listening now, is it?" Mickey remarked negatively
"We need to get inside it. Last time I saw you, with the Slitheen, this middle bit opened…" I told them remembering back to the console being ripped open in "Boom Town". With A blinding white light flooding out from underneath it.
"And there was this light... and the Doctor said it was the heart of the TARDIS. If we can open it, we can make contact. Rose can tell it what to do!" I explained to them
"Rose…" Mickey trailed off
"Mm?"
"If you go back, you're gonna die." Mickey whispered quietly.
"and if she doesn't the doctor and jack may die." I told him feisty
"That's a risk I've gotta take. 'Cos there's nothing left for me here." Rose commented completely confident.
"Nothing?" Mickey asked in disappointment
"No." She looks away and avoids Mickey's eye. That hurts him so much and she knows it - but it has to be said.
"Okay, if that's what you think... let's get this thing open." Mickey declared with dignity.

I watch as Mickey's releases the handbrake of his Beetle. He starts the engines, a look of determination on his face. The Beetle is hooked up with a thick, strong chain.
The other end of the chain is attached to the TARDIS console with Rose standing by it.
"Faster!" rose calls
"Faster" I repeat to Mickey and he slams his foot down, trying so hard that steam is billowing from underneath the car, but still, the console refuses to budge.
"Come on!" Mickey yells at the car but the wheels spin uselessly on the spot.
"It's not moving!" rose calls
"not moving" I shake my head and Mickey growls with the effort, the chain becoming more and more taut but still to no avail.
I see Rose chewing her lip with anticipation. The chain shudders... then snaps. Rose yelps in frustration, kicks the console and leans on it, head down. Defeated again.
I go back in to see Rose is slumped in one of the chairs next to the TARDIS console, broken, defeated, and staring into space. I walk over and sit next to her. I put a comforting arm around her shoulders. A while later Jackie walks in.
"It was never gonna work, sweetheart. And the Doctor knew that. He just wanted you to be safe." She consoles gently.
"we can't give up." Rose said to her and I nodded
"Lock the door. Walk away." Jackie pleaded
"Dad wouldn't give up." rose declared
"Well, he's not here, is he?" she retorted and Rose just stares at her in silence for a few seconds.
"And even if he was, he'd say the same." Jackie was positive
"No, he wouldn't." rose denied, Jackie stares at her.
"He'd tell me to try anything. If I could save the Doctor's life... try anything." rose said stated
"Well, we're never gonna know." Jackie said sadly
"Well, I know. 'Cos I met him. I met Dad." rose told her truthfully
"Don't be ridiculous." she pleaded quietly
The Doctor took me back in time, and I met Dad. Rose revealed sitting up.
"Don't say that." Jackie requested
"Remember when Dad died...? There was someone with him." rose reminded her and her voice begins to crack under the pressure of her suppressed tears. Jackie just stares at her, finding this hard to take in.
"A girl. A blonde girl. She held his hand…" she continued, No reply. Jackie's still just staring.
"You saw her from a distance, mum! You saw her! Think about it! That was me. You saw me-" rose cried frustrated, tears running down her cheeks.
"Stop it." Jackie demanded abruptly
"That's how good the Doctor is-" rose pushed on
"Stop it! Just stop it!" Jackie shouted not wanting to hear this and she runs from the TARDIS, crying, leaving Rose alone. Rose's whole body is shaking with grief as she sobs her heart out. I hug her to my cheat tightly and then when she had calmed down we walked outside.
Me, Mickey and Rose are leaning against Mickey's car, looking at the TARDIS.
"There's gotta be something else we can do." I told her and Mickey nodded in agreement.
"Mum was right... maybe we should just lock the door and walk away." rose said in defeat
"I'm not having that. I'm not having you just- just give up now. No way. We just need something stronger than my car... something bigger... something like that!" Mickey shouted And we turn around as we hear the roar of an engine. We see a huge recovery truck drive around the corner - driven by Jackie. Me and Rose grins in amazement. It comes to a halt and Jackie climbs out. She strides towards them.
"Right. You've only got this until six o' clock, so get on with it." Jackie declared
"Mum, where the hell did you get that from?" rose was amused and astonished
"Rodrigo. He owes me a favour. Never mind why, but you were right about your dad, sweetheart. He was full of mad ideas, and this is exactly what he would've done. Now, get on with it before I change my mind."
She chucks the keys to Mickey, who catches them with a nod of thanks. Rose runs back into the TARDIS and Mickey hurries to the door of the pickup truck. I stay outside so that im not inside when it opens, and so that I can shout to Mickey.
One end of the chain has now been fixed to the truck and other to the console. Jackie watches next to me by the TARDIS doors. Mickey is at the wheel, Rose by the console. The chain is stretching and stretching.
"Keep going!" Rose shouted out to Jackie
"keep going!" "Put your foot down!" me and Jackie called to Mickey.
And Mickey does.
"Faster!" rose calls
"Give it some more, Mickey!" "faster" we call to Mickey again
And Mickey roars with the effort.
The metal is beginning to creak...
"Keep going!" rose shouts
"Come on, come on!" me and Jackie chant
The chain becomes more and more taut, the metal creaking even more loudly in protest.
"Keep going!"
"Give it some more" Jackie shouts
Mickey growls, putting his foot down as hard as he can-
Finally, the catch rips off and the panel flies open. A blinding white light pours out.
The pickup truck lurches forward as the chain goes slack.
Rose steps forward to look into the light, and it reflects onto her face so she shines with a golden light. A breeze blows her hair and suddenly, the light flows into her eyes in two golden streams.
"good luck" I whisper in roses direction
"Rose!" Mickey rushes towards the TARDIS but the doors slam shut before he can reach it. Jackie covers her mouth with her hands with shock. She pulls Mickey back as the engines groan into life. I jump back, The TARDIS dematerialises, rays of light shining from the windows, a wind blowing up around it... and then it is gone. Jackie looks at Mickey, completely bewildered. Mickey is breathing very heavily, staring at the spot where it disappeared.

I shake my head.
"im sorry, Jackie. But I can safely say she will be back." I wrap her in a hug and she returns it.
20 minuets later im standing in Jackie's flat with both of them.
"so wanted to tell you, I asked rose if I could join you at Christmas with my friend, who also knows rose. You see we just moved to Cardiff from London, because of our work and we didn't know anyone. Then we met rose…" I trailed off at her smile.
"of course you can dear. You helped rose today, and you're a good friend to her. Id be delighted." I smiled and stayed and talked for and hour and then decided to go home.
When I got to Cardiff, I went to see, jack. I told him what happened and then went home.
Now to only wait till Christmas.

R&R the christmas invasion is next enjoy (16/08/12) - again removed ianto XD

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