A/N: Well, here's chapter seven! Thanks to in no particular order: glistening moon, Lizzle09, and milady dragon for the lovely reviews. They really mean a lot! Now, on with the story.
Stuck in the Middle with Clue
Chapter 7 Calls from Across the Hall
After getting very few answers from the guard that brought them their one meal for the day, things slowed down quite a bit. Clyde was snoring on the top bunk, Jenny and Luke were doing complex mental maths problems, and Maria was deep in thought, staring out into the hallway. The sudden clunking of footsteps broke Maria out of her zoned-out state.
"Someone's coming!" Maria said, half-curious and half-excited. Jenny stood up and walked over to the force field.
The clunks grew louder until finally three hooded men appeared in view with three semi-conscious figures. One of the men pushed a button on the keypad next to the entrance of one of the cells. They then put the three semi-conscious figures in the cell, pressed the button that activated the cell, then left.
Jenny turned and sat back down on the bunk, a plan forming in her mind.
An hour later, the hooded men arrived with the last abductee. Her dark brown hair hung around her face as they lowered the force field and set her on one of the unoccupied bunks.
She heard the distant clunk of footsteps as she rose to the edge of consciousness. She then heard someone walk towards where she was laying.
"Gwen...Gwen." She heard as she felt someone grab her shoulders and start to shake her in an attempt to wake her up. Being that she wasn't quite conscious yet, she didn't recognize the voice of the person currently trying to shake her into consciousness. Her first instinct was to go on the offensive and ask questions later.
"Gwe-ow!" Was heard as Gwen's fist made contact with the person's nose. Her eyes shot open when she realized she knew that voice.
Gwen looked around the cell, seeing Tosh sitting on one of the bunks parallel to her, working on her mobile. Next to Tosh was Ianto, looking sufficiently bored. Owen was leaning against the wall holding his injured nose.
"Sorry 'bout that Owen." Gwen apologized.
"S'ok, considering the circumstances." Owen said as he walked toward the bunks Tosh and Ianto were sitting on and climbed up to the top bunk.
"Anyone know why we're here?" Gwen asked, looking at each of her fellow cellmates.
"Your guess is as good as ours." Ianto said, shrugging slightly.
Gwen frowned." Wait, where's Jack?"
Owen gave a shrug, Tosh couldn't be bothered to reply, and Ianto responded with, "No idea." Gwen sighed and leaned up against the cell wall.
A few minutes later Gwen asked," What's Tosh doing?"
"I'm working on hacking into the computer system." Tosh replied, glancing up shortly to make eye contact with Gwen. A long silence settled over the cell, Gwen wondering why all this was happening.
The plan was finally complete, and, with a manic grin on her face, Jenny leaped up from the bunk she was sitting on.
"Mobile, I need a Mobile!" Jenny said loudly, effectively waking Clyde up from his nap. Maria and Luke pulled out their mobiles and handed them to Jenny, who started checking to see if they would suit her plan.
Jenny sighed as she handed the mobiles back, then said," These won't work. If only there was another mobile I could use." The look on Maria's face said she had an idea. She looked up at Clyde. That tipped off Jenny, who also started staring at Clyde, thinking the same thing. Luke looked confused, the realization set in, and he too started to stare at Clyde. Clyde, who hadn't been paying attention, suddenly felt as if all eyes were on him. He jumped when he realized he was right.
"Why is everyone staring at me?" Jenny was the one to answer.
"Clyde, I need your mobile."
Clyde looked terrified as he said, "No, it's brand new I just got it, I don't want to get it back in parts and pieces!"
Jenny's expression was on of determination as she responded with," You doubt my skills in fiddling with technology? Fine, I promise I'll give it right back, and if it does break, I'll get you the best piece of hand-held technology money can buy." Silent seconds ticked by as Clyde came to a decision.
"Ok, here you go." Jenny grabbed the mobile from Clyde's out-stretched hand, and then sat down on the bunk on the opposite wall.
She started to make the necessary adjustments, then pulled various bits of metal and electronics from several of the many pockets on her jacket. She then reached into one of the pockets on the right side of her Jacket and pulled out a device that looked similar to a crème Brule torch.
"What's that?" Maria asked as Jenny dug a pair of sunglasses out of one of the front pockets of her jacket. Jenny put them on and ignited the torch.
"Compact acetylene torch; made it myself." Jenny said as she got to work making more modifications.
"Oh, I think I know why we're here. Well, partially." Jenny announced matter-of-factly as she welded two pieces of metal together and slipped it over the antenna.
"Well?" Maria asked a few minutes later.
"I think this whole...whatever this is, is connected to my dad."
Clyde frowned, then said, "And he would be?"
"He's the Doctor." Jenny said through the pen-shaped device she was holding with her teeth.
"Really?" Questioned Maria. Jenny's response was a careful nod, making sure she didn't drop the device still between her teeth.
"My mum used to travel with him." Luke said.
Jenny nodded again and dropped the device into her hand. "Exactly, I have a connection to him, your mum has a connection to him, who has a connection to you, Maria, and Clyde. And I'll bet you anything that lot in the cell across from us is also connected in some way to my dad too." Jenny explained, gesturing in the direction of the other cell with the pen-shaped device, then maneuvered the device into place.
After that, she continued with her explanation. "The way I see it, my dad seems to attract trouble, well, from what I've seen anyway, so it would make sense that he would be involved. What I can't figure out, though, is who would have the resources and the know-how to pull all this off."
Welding the last of the metal into place, Jenny then flipped the mobile over to check and see if her hard work had paid off.
"We have a signal!" Jenny shouted happily, then started searching for mobiles close by.
Everything was quiet in the Torchwood team's cell. Then the unlikely happened in the form of Tosh's mobile ringing, shattering the silence that had settled over them. Tosh quickly picked up, hoping that whoever was on the other end was willing to help.
"Hello?" she asked puzzledly.
She could hear someone in the background say," Great, it worked!" There was a pause before the person spoke again.
"Hi, my name is Jenny. We seem to be in the same situation."
Tosh frowned. "How do you mean?"
"I'm in the cell across the hall." Tosh got up from the bunk and walked closer to the force field. Peering through the force field, Tosh could see a tall blond waving.
"I was thinking, maybe we could talk strategy as far as escaping goes."
"Well, at this point, I think we need all the help we can get; what did you have in mind?" Tosh asked as she sat back down on the bunk.