Yay. Chapter 4 .
Owen woke up, and all he could taste was blood and metal. The room was small and dim lighted, and he was taped down to a chair, with a TV in front of him. He tried to scream for help, but all he could do was muffle a low yelp.
The TV in front of him switched on, and he jumped a little in his seat. There was a puppet on the television
What the hell?! He though, until the puppet "talked"
Hello Owen. I guess your wondering where you are. This might be the room your pitiful self dies in. Ever since your loved died, you have gone on with alcohol, drugs, and whores, yet you have all the pride in the world. You also take people for advantage, when all they're trying to do is help you. Well, today, your going to feel the pain you have inflicted on others. The device you are wearing right now is hooked onto a wire that with just a little movement foward, will set it off, so be careful. You must free your hands, and then pull the wire, to start the task. If you donot complete it, the device will rip open your jaw, and possibly shatter other parts of your head. You must search through five keys in 30 seconds to unlock the device, before time runs out. Good Luck
Owen's eyes were wide open, filled with tears. He tried to yell again, bt it was on use. He took a few deep breaths, and tilted his head back, as he tried to free his hands from the chair. Damn, this tape was tight. He tried to loosen it a bit, but it didn't cooperate with him. The TV switched on again. The puppet laughed.
I almost forgot to tell you. If you do not free yourself in 15 minutes, two sharp metal bars will activate, penetrating your brain. Good Luck, again.
Owen tried harder to free himself, and the tape on his right hand was loosening up. After a few fateful minutes, his right hand was free, and it was easier to release. He took a few deep breathes, and then he ripped the device from the wire, and he could hear ticking coming from the device. He ran toward the back end of the room, and picked up the first key. He felt frantically around the back of the device, found the lock. He tried the key, and it didn't work.
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He picked up another key, tried it in the lock, and it didn't work. He was getting frustrated with himself.
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He picked up another key, tried it in the lock, and it fit.
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He turned it, ripped off the device, and threw it onto the floor, just before it was about to close. He leaned onto the table next to him, and sighed, with his eyes closed.
Now how the hell do I get out of here?
The TV flicked on again.
Congratulations Owen. I am more than certain you learned something from this. If you didn't worry, you will. Your friends are out there, looking for you. Taped onto the wall is an antidote. It'll slowly stop the process of the poision.
Owen saw the door opened, and he ran toward it. He ripped off the antidote from the door, and walked out into the hallway. He sat down on the floor, his back leaned on the wall, pulled up his sleeve, and injected the antidote. He threw the needle across the hall, hitting the wall, and sat there, leaning back, with his eyes closed. He heard footsteps though, but he came to the conclusion very quickly that it was just a figment of his imagination, until he heard Tosh.
"Owen!" she said, running toward him. She examined him, as she saw that his mouth, and the area surrounding it was either bruised, bleeding, or both.
"Bloody hell, Owen. Are you alright?" asked Piper.
"Yeh, I'm fine, thanks Piper. By the way, was the sex with me good? Better than Jacks? I hope. I bet not.."
"How the hell do you know about that? You weren't in the room." Ianto asked.
"The fat, angry man that dragged me in this room told me. Was it, though?" he asked again. Piper sighed.
"Shut it, and get up, because we still have to find Gwen, and I have a feeling she's in room number 2. And right now is not the bloody time! You haven't changed a bit, both of you." she said, turning back, Tosh and Ianto followed her, as Jack helped Owen off the floor.
"Thanks, mate." he said, walking past Jack. Jack nodded and followed.
They walked down the stairs, when Piper turned back to them.
"Owen needs an antidote. Where the hell do we get an antidote for Owen?"
"No need. There was one taped on the back on the door of my room." he said, walking down the stairs. They all stopped in front of the door with a 2. It was awfully cold in front of the door. Jack moved closer to the door, grabbed the handle, and pulled the door. A chilling fog came out, bliding them for a few seconds, and then it faded away.
There was a passed out Gwen, chained in an arch, in the nude. Her clothes were folded on a table, but they couldn't find a key or a tape.
"Hey, you guys! Look!" said Piper, She found the tape, in the corner. At that moment, Gwen woke up, and she started to scream, but she was too cold and she could only whisper.
"Help me, please. I'm so cold. I can't feel my arms, Jack." she said, between sobs. Jack touched her face, pushing a strand of hair from her face.
"Don't worry, we'll get you out of here. Piper, play the damn tape already!" he yelled, and Piper glared at him, pressing play.
Greetings. Here in front of you is a young woman named Gwen Cooper. She has a boyfriend names Rhys, and works for Torchwood, as you may have already known that. What you didn't know, maybe, is hat she goes every Saturday to the Citrus Psychiatric Ward to talk to somebody about how she feels. How does she feel? Well, she feels used. By Owen, because they spent so many nights together, and not once did he say a compliment to her. By Jack, because he'd prefer she's leave Rhy's, and don't try to deny it Jack, I know everything. She also feels betrayed by Ianto and Toshiko, because of the mean things they say about her. Now, there is only one way to get her out of there. Behind the bars at the far end of the room, there is a key. But be quick, she won't be flesh forever.
And when the tape recorder ended, eight ice cold sprinklers, fourse on each side, turned on, spraying Gwen.
Jack and Piper went over to the bars and looks for the key.
"Found it." said Piper, and Jack stood next to Piper. "See? It's down there. It's a bit far..." she said, reaching for it. Her arm touched one of the bars, and her skin immediately bonded onto the bars. Piper pulled her arm out as fast as she could, ignoring the pain, and proceeded to get the key. She stepped foward, and almost reached the key. She got as close to the bars as possible, and finally got the key, and the whole left side of her face was frozen on a bar.
"Oh shit! Here Jack, just take the bloody key, and get Gwen out of there!" she yelled, handing the key to Jack. While everyone was hudded around Gwen, trying to set her free, Piper was left alone at the back of the room, trying to get herself free. "No bloody wonder I left" she thought. She felt a pair of arms on her shoulder. She jumped, and them inhaled sharply, as her cheek was still on the bar.
"How about I just pull you off, like a band-aid?" said Owen behind her. He's being nice to me. What the hell is he on?
"Oy, Piper, you all right?" he asked.
"Yeh, I'm fine. Alright then, go on, quick as you can, I don't wa--" she broke off, and screamed, as Owen pulled her off. She staggered, and then found her balance.
"Bloody hell, that hurt!" she said, touching her cheek, and before giving a yelp. "My skin! Oh that's just wrong!"
"Forget about the damn thing, and let's get out of here.
"I think your forgetting something." said a voice on the loudspeaker, and out of no where, an antidote fell out from a ceiling tile, tied to a string. Ianto went and untied it, and Jack took it from him, and injected it to Gwen.
"Now all we need is to get out of here." he said.
"No." said Piper, as she stepped out of the room. They all followed her, and when Jack was done helping Gwen, and when she was done getting dressed, Piper figured they all forgot what she said, so, she said it again.
"No, it's not the only thing left." she said, goind up the little hall at the back of the main room.
"What the hell is left for us to do?!" asked Gwen, in a feeble, but demanding voice.
"Jack is the only one who hasn't gone through a test yet, and I'm going to either find his trap, of find out why there isn't one for him. We still have forty minutes left in this house, so I might as well use it wisely." she said, turning her back of them
OOOO. PIPAH IS ON FYAH. For any of you who couldn't read my random spaz attack language, that reads "Oh, Piper is on fire". Please R&R?