Okay, I have now realised it has infact been a while since I've updated. And my excuse isn't writers block, 'coz I wrote this chapter ages ago. It just gets a bit boring writing it out on the computer, when I really just want to write it... So yeah, no excuses. Sorry. But anyway, not too pleased with this chapter; it's too short and is a bit boring... But it was kind of essential to move the story along.
Anyway on with the FanFic... And it is deliberately called Day One.
Day One
"We'll have to get a doctor to look at it, none of us are qualified enough to analyse it." Gwen looked at the reaction on Rose's face, pin pointing the exact moment she took the words in properly.
"Sorry Rose, I didn't think." After a brief pause, Rose replied.
"It's OK. One day I've got to accept that there is more than one doctor out there."
The dead alien had been found by a passer-by on a busy London road. Torchwood had no idea what it was and needed a highly skilled doctor to analyse it. Rose knew the best doctor in both this world and its parallel, but he wasn't near enough. Billions of miles too far away.
"Josh, run a search of all biologists who are reliable and have dealt with us before. Jeff, get the team to move it, being careful that you don't touch it unless it's absolutely necessary. We don't want careless mistakes threatening the whole of the planet. Gwen-"
"What?"
"Get in the SUV and start her up. We're going back."
"Why do I get the crap job? I'm second in command and police liaison. Surely Josh should be driving."
"Gwen, you seem to have forgotten that I am in charge of Torchwood, and I can decide what you do and what you don't. Today, I've decided, just for a change, that you can drive, give Josh a bit of a break. OK?" Everyone who heard Rose and Gwen's conversation laughed. Making fun of the new guy; a game they never became tired of.
"Yes, Rose." Gwen replied, like a schoolgirl being told off by a teacher. Gwen turned to the car, leaving Rose and Josh sniggering behind her. She opened the door and got inside, rolling down the windows to let some air in.
"C'mon Rose, Josh!" she shouted out of the window.
Rose and Josh casually walked up to the car, opened the doors and sat in the SUV, Rose in the front seated next to Gwen, and Josh in the back. Gwen reached for the ignition to turn the key. To her surprise, she found no keys. She turned to look at Rose, worry seeping across her face, almost a pleading look. Rose smirked.
"Lost the keys Gwen? Just some first day bad luckā¦" Rose couldn't keep her laughter locked up any longer, and after a quick glance at Josh, burst out laughing.
"What?" Gwen asked, confusion seeping across her face. God, she was having a bad day.
"Put your finger onto where the ignition is usually," Josh told her. The car suddenly started up.
"Controlled by fingerprint⦠I should have guessed," Gwen said, feeling more and more stupid every second.
"It's not your fault. We just got tired of people leaving the keys in the car," Josh said. Rose shook her head and smiled. Having this goof as second in command was going to take some getting used to.
They drove back to Torchwood, Josh giving directions to a clueless Gwen; though she insisted that she knew exactly where she was going. After parking the SUV, they entered the building the back way, though so many people used it, it should have been called the main entrance. Rose left Josh and Gwen to take the lift and thundered up the stairs, eager to get to work as soon as possible.
"Why does she take the stairs?" Gwen asked Josh, as he pressed the button to get to the correct floor.
"It reminds her of the TARDIS, though she admits it isn't quite as spacious," Josh replied, laughing a little, just like Rose had been when she had told him. They walked into the control room, to find Rose already sitting by her desk, ready for action.
"How the hell-?" Gwen's question was cut short due to the sudden excitement and buzz that had filled the air. They had work to do.
"So, Josh," said Gwen as she sauntered up beside him, "where's my desk?" Josh looked at her in thought, like he was about to tell her something amazing. But he wasn't.
"Over there. You're logged in already." And after a slight pause, Josh left, leaving Gwen to navigate herself on the hi-tech computers.
"Josh, have you run a search on the scientists?" Rose shouted. Josh ran into the control room where Rose was seated, closing the door behind him.
"Yep," Josh replied, "We have the grand choice of one."
"Who?"
"Toshiko Sato. She's more of a technical expert, but is great at autopsies," Josh said, with just a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Bring her in."
Ah! Cheesy line alert! But I like cheese... Hope you enjoyed it, and please review, even to tell me it's absolute rubbish. I know it is. TrueRockstar xxx
