Torchwood: Outside the government, beyond the police; tracking down alien life on earth and arming the Human race against the future. (Jack can be thanked for the melodrama)
The day had started out as routine as they come, well routine for Torchwood at least. Mickey, me, a couple of our teammates… comrades… gang… partners, that's the word, partners, chasing and meeting aliens from all over the various galaxies and hunting down the renegade groups of aliens through various parts of Great Britain.
This one particular group of aliens was supposed to be peaceful. We had already had several successful meetings and had explained that they could not take control of the underground for hunting purposes. Then I noticed that one of their guards looked rather shifty, although how a person can look shifty with a face like a fish, I'm not entirely sure. Either way, he was acting suspiciously and as it turns out, he had a peace of tech on him that he had stolen from another group somewhere in Wales.
I drew my weapon and advanced, when he realized I was coming for him, he pulled a shufti and a fire fight broke out. I was a major target as I was perceived as the fight starter.
I got hit three times. My mates pulled me out of the way, but by the time they got to me, I was already dieing. I could feel it. They dragged me to some cover and then returned to the fight, they didn't see what happened.
I was laying there on the gritty, dirty ground gasping for breath, when this tingling and then burning sensation started spreading through my body. Then there was this bizarre golden glow surrounding me. I thought for sure that I was dieing, no other possibility even crossed my mind.
There was a concentrated burst of golden light and my entire body was itching. I try to lie completely still, knowing that moving would probably only make it worse. But as the light faded I realized that all of the pain was gone, I stilled completely taking stock of my body. the next thing I realized was the truly shocking thing:
I had two heartbeats.