Sorry this isn't on time but I'm not going to be able to update tomorrow and I think I'm going to have to do it only on Wednesdays so I'll update hopefully on Sundays but the last two weeks of school and things have been a bit rough so see you later.
this is more of a personal chapter to Kate, but it's not in the Torchwood TV series but it is important for later
The day took more out of me than I care to admit after all the people that I saw as piles of sand today I can't begging to talk about it, I was walking aimlessly around the Hub, I could have sworn everyone was gone when I heard my name called from the conference room. I walked up their where all of the team sat around the conference table.
"We need to talk" Jack said motioning to an empty seat
"Right"
"Tosh has come up with a way to fix your location issue" Ianto said I nodded fearfully
"Don't look at us like that" Tosh said
"Ok so what is you brilliant idea?"
"What If one of us where to adopted you?"
"Really you guys would do that?"
"Yep all we need are the adoption papers from your mum" Tosh said starting to ramble off
"I know how it works, but will she be ok with it" Owen asked
"All ask but I'm not sure how to approach it"
"Well then it is a good thing I invited her out for a drink" Jack said getting up "Everybody get your coats you have ten seconds" he left the room buttoning up his coat. I looked at the team grinning wildly and within seconds we are all out the door.
We sat around a table waiting for my mum to show up; finally she walked in obviously uncomfortable with the place.
"Hello Dr. Lewis" Jack said she nodded; actually she had never meet anyone besides Tosh and Owen. "Captain Jack Harkness" he smiled a full 100% jack Harkness smile and stuck out a hand
"Stop it" I said whacking him
"What?"
"Stop flirting with my Mother!" the rest of the team was cracking up
"Come on ginger" Owen said I sighed
"Back to the conversation" Ianto said
"So this is Owen, Tosh, Gwen, Ianto and well you know Jack" I said to my mum she nodded "So at this job we have a strict rule and I really can't leave I love it here and I can't come with you to London"
"What do you mean?" She said taking my hand
"She has a job hear and this is the job you can never leave" Tosh said sweetly
"So what are you telling me I can't-"
"No, we are asking to adopt Kate" Gwen cut in, Tosh nodded. My mother looked around the team at the people I had spent so much time with over the course of the last months.
"I need time to think this thru" she said
"We understand and thank you for your time" Jack said standing up we all followed his lead, Tosh's handheld started to beep
"Jack we got a Weevil" Tosh the team jumped into action racing out to the SUV.
"Wait, Dr. Lewis care to see what we do?" Jack said giving my mom a hand into the car I sat in my usually spot on Owen's lap. Gun's, anti-Weevil spray came out and got passed around
"You are giving my daughter a gun?" My mom yelled
"Yes" Owen said
"Shh be nice" I said as we pulled up
"Owen, Tosh and Kate go left, Gwen and Ianto with me" Jack said running off. I walked with my gun out as I circled the space.
"Kate on your left" Tosh yelled I sprayed the spray on the weevil before twirling out of its way
"Jack watch out!" Owen said seconds later the weevil was on Jack trying to bit his neck. I jumped on it pulling it off of Jack and pinning its arms down so they could get the clamps on it before rolling of it.
"Great save Kate" Jack helped me up; I tried to catch my breath smiling wildly.
"This is what you do my god what is that?" My mom said looking at the Weevil in horror and repugnance
"This is a Weevil. Come on Ianto bring the car around" Jack yelled into the com
"No but what is it?" She said
"Not hear mom" I ushered her into the car while the rest got the Weevil into the car.
We got to the center and all got out the team walked towards the Tourist shop well all except for me and Jack,
"You invited me to see where you work, not sightseeing" My mom complained Jack rolled his eyes much like he did when I made comments like that
"We are taking the visitors entrance" Jack said walking to the invisible lift "Care to accompany me ma'am" He said offering her his arm she took it stepping on to the lift I followed
'oh my god!" she said as it started to go down almost falling, but soon she was staring wide eyed at the Hub.
"Sometimes I forget how impressive it is" I whispered to Jack he nodded. The team stood around at their stations
"Kate this is where you work?"
"Yep" I said looking at Torchwood in all its glory. Owen and Gwen stood watching us come down sipping coffee that Ianto was passing around he got to us when we reached the bottom,
"Coffee ma'am?" He said offering a cuppa to my mum
"Sure" she took it and sipped it with the same reaction everyone else had pure delight. I took mine and bounded over to my station where I am cleaning up the murders of the men from clinic that had fallen prey to Cary's. It was surprisingly fun, it was sick of course but fun all the same. I created places and people they had meet moments and hours before and after their death wiped the CCTV footage of us and the men created fake ones it tested just how good I was and believe me I'm good. I was half way through my mom came over.
"What are you doing?" My mom asked, I looked around at the team they are all immersed in their work
"Um in one of our last cases a few men died at a clinic, but under the circumstances they left no body's so I have to one find a likeness for each from the Cry-o tanks, make up stories for each make it look like suicide and stage it differently around the time and places then wipe the CCTV footage to make it look like they were never their" I said she looked shocked
"So you are covering up murders, that is what you are doing" she says in disbelief
"Yes. Gwen!" I shout she comes over
"Could you explain the whole cover up stuff to my mom" I chose her since she went through something like this when she first joined. I didn't because after years of covering up what I did I was ready for this.
"Sure thing honey" Gwen said steering her away, I tucked into another cuppa and seat back to work after I got everything done for the first two men, I got up and went down to the shooting range. Gwen was still in a deep conversation with my mom so nobody saw me make my way down.
Bang. Bang. Bang. The gun went off over and over again. I was tired and stressed and I wanted to have something to do, maybe a gun was not the best idea but oh well.
"You know the bullets aren't cheap" Jack said, I put down the gun and took of my glasses
"I know" I turned around their stood Jack and my mother
"Look Kate honey can we talk?" my mom said I nodded and walking out of the range
"Yah sure" I said leaning up against the wall
"I know you love it here and your boss and team are so nice but I don't think this is what you need at an age like this-"
"No mom you don't understand, I can't go I can't leave with myself, because if I do sometime in the next 24 hours he will retcon me and I will lose this forever." I gestured to him
"Is this true?"
"Yes I told her in the begging this is the Job you can never quite rules and regulations that even in death you belong to Torchwood" Jack said mum considered this
"And If I leave her hear?"
"The Team will look after her, she will have as normal a life as she can" Jack said putting a hand on my shoulder "and she can come visit you as often as she can" Jack said
"Are you sure you are alright with staying here?" she asked me
"Mom if you love me you will let me stay hear" I said I know it is an underhanded move but it did the job
"Fine, who will you move in with?" She said and I almost jumped with joy.
Sorry if this wasn't to good I'm not a huge fan of the episode just because well... I think we all know. but this last chapter sets up a big part of the story which is her mom not their.
-Ellethwen