Disclaimer: Do not own Torchwood or Doctor Who. Only own original characters; Alexandria Wells & Tom
FOUR
To say the following morning was uncomfortable would be stating the obvious but as Lexi left her quarters and entered the hub she refused to bow down to the tension of the room.
'Morning' she said cheerfully.
She received a series of glares and moans in return.
'Bad hangover?' she asked cheerily.
'Why are you so cheerful?' moaned Tosh grumpily.
'Because I have the magical hangover cure' she replied happily.
Tosh perked up at the mention of this, 'can I have it?'
'What kind of person would I be if I didn't help a friend out?' questioned Lexi in a mock hurt voice. She handed Tosh a pill, 'take this with a glass of water, you'll be find in ten minutes'.
Tosh took the pill and downed it with water without asking questions, soon enough she began to feel better.
'So what happened with you and Owen last night?' asked Lexi innocently.
Tosh blushed, 'nothing' she murmured, though her red face gave her away.
'Sure, nothing happened' replied Lexi sarcastically.
'I was really drunk' said Tosh.
'All the best things happen when you're drunk' said Lexi.
Tosh gave her a look.
'Ok not the best things but definitely fun memorable things'.
'Urgh!' exclaimed Tosh, 'he probably thinks I'm desperate. I practically threw myself at him! As if he hasn't already told me he's not interested, I had to go and embarrass myself!'
'Sure, he's so not interested' said Lexi sarcastically.
'What's that supposed to mean?' asked Tosh.
'He can't take his eyes off you, that doesn't look like someone who's not interested' said Lexi sarcastically.
'How did your night go?' asked Tosh.
'I'm not sure, I'll let you know when I find out' replied Lexi.
'Lexi a moment in my office!' bellowed Jack.
Lexi left Jack, squared her shoulders and walked towards Jack's office. She wasn't at al surprised to find not only Jack but Ianto there as well.
'What can I do for you?' she asked cheerfully.
Jack looked at her sternly but she refused to back down, 'we need to talk about yesterday'.
'Which part?' she asked cheekily.
'The part where you disobeyed my orders and entered a mission you were told to stay out of'.
'Would you have preferred to get injured and potentially killed?' she asked.
'That's not the point' replied Jack.
'I think the Doctor got you all wrong Jack. If I'm not on the team then what am I doing here?' she asked.
'I don't know' said Jack.
'Great' replied Lexi, hurt in her eyes.
'And about the other thing, why did you kiss both Ianto and I? Were you trying to break us up?' said Jack angrily.
'No, I know you're together' she replied.
'Then why do it?' he asked.
'I don't know, maybe because I like both of you' she replied.
'Well we don't want you' said Jack emotionlessly.
'You don't?' she whispered, 'Ianto?'
He remained silent, which caused her last wall to crumble.
'I see' she murmured, her voice thick with emotion.
'Perhaps you should leave' said Jack sternly.
She nodded. Then a great tremor moved through the hub shattering several objects. Jack jumped to his feet and Ianto pulled out his gun. But it was the sound of Ella Fitzgerald's 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' playing through the hub that had Lexi take action.
'Stay here please' she begged, 'I don't want either of you to get hurt'.
Before Jack or Ianto could respond, she was out of the door, locking it behind her. Jack and Ianto were helpless, only able to watch behind the blind drawn window.
'Hello Kittykat'.
'Tom' she replied.
'What? No warm welcome? No nickname?' he pouted.
'Why are you here Tom?' she asked.
'What, am I not allowed to pop in now?' he asked.
She glared at him.
He sighed, 'You've been a very naughty girl you know, running away from me. Then you got with that Doctor and I thought I'd never get my hands on you. I've been chasing you for a long time Kittykat' he said.
She gulped then looked at him, studying his appearance. He hadn't changed much. He still had the same shaggy brown hair, the same broad shoulders and the same choice of clothes but his eyes seemed more crazy and desperate than the last time she saw him.
'You should have just left me alone' she replied.
'Now you know I can't do that' he said.
She sighed trying to maintain a distance from him. She spotted Tosh and Owen hiding out down in the autopsy lab, and saw Gwen in the main office upstairs.
'Nice place you've got here I must say. Looks like you've actually made some friend's' he mocked.
'Don't hurt them' she replied seriously.
'Please, Kittykat, I'm only here for you' he said seriously.
Suddenly there was a loud gunshot and Lexi felt a stinging in her arm, looking down, sure enough he'd shot her and blood had begun dripping down her arm.
'Awh, I'm sorry did I hurt you?' he mocked.
'What's your plan? You know you can't kill me' she said through the pain.
'True but it doesn't mean I can't cause you pain' he replied, shooting her again – this time in her leg, she stumbled.
'What do you want?' she asked.
'You know what I want'.
'It doesn't work like that, it's not something I can control, and it's a part of me'.
'You can give it to your bonded' he replied.
'You aren't my bonded' she said, 'your aura repulses me' she added.
'We're meant to be together' he responded.
'You're delusional' she said.
'No one to save you now. No John, no Doctor, not even your friend's are here to help. Let's face it, you can't beat me alone. I will have your powers!' he shouted.
At that moment three things happened simultaneously. Ianto managed to knock the locked door down, Tom shot Lexi in the stomach, she tried to shoot him but before she could he'd disappeared and she'd lost her footing, falling to the ground.
'Lexi! Lexi!' she heart Ianto call, he knelt down before her, placing her head on his lap.
'Please don't pretend you care' she whispered.
Ianto looked into her broken face and felt tears on his own face, 'I do care about you' he said.
'Not in the way I want' she replied, then added, 'I'm sorry for reading signs that weren't there'.
'But you-' he began.
'Don't. Jack made it clear I'm not wanted'.
She struggled to stand but she managed it. Her wounds were still open but bleeding less, she began to stumble towards her quarters.
'Where are you going?' asked Tosh, concerned for her friend.
'To get my stuff' she replied.
'Why?' asked Owen.
'Jack asked me to leave' replied Lexi.
'You can't' cried Tosh.
'I'm sorry' replied Lexi disappearing.