A siren filled the air awaking Superman from his slumber. There was movement out of the corner of his eyes.
"Lois is that you?" he asked as he struggled against the bonds holding him.
"Superman, where are we and what is that siren?" Lois asked back scared.
"Lois I promise we will get out of here and we will go and find Jason."
The siren suddenly went off and another figure appeared in the shadows.
"Superman, it looks like we have company coming to rescue you, that won't do our plans must advance as planned."
"What do you want?"
"Isn't it obvious, we want control of the universe."
With that the figure left, silence once again filled the room.
"I love you dear," Lois whispered.
"I love you too."
"We must not give in to their demands; we must hold our heads up high, not every problem can be solved by Superman."
The United States representative to the UN stood speaking before the emergency council.
"We have the weaponry to defeat off worlders; we don't need an alien to defend us."
"Sorry to interrupt, but you are wrong there," a man said from the side-lines.
"I assure you, we are not wrong, the United States has enough fire power to defend this planet."
"Not against the terrors that are to come."
"I'm sorry; I don't think we have had the pleasure of being introduced."
"The name is Captain Jack Harkness, representing the Torchwood institute. Believe me when I say, you are not prepared for what is to come."
"And this is where the Grand Council of the Time Lords sat and that there was the chair that I should have occupied, before I ran away from my position," the Doctor said as he guided the group around Gallifrey.
"What job was that?" Rory asked.
"I am the High President Elect of the Time Lords, which basically means I am the top dog, but I ran away, but as far as I can tell, I was never replaced. That made the decision to create the time bubble even easier," he replied as he looked sadly around the room.
Suddenly a shape loomed in the doorway and took us all by surprise.
"You will come with me," the shape demanded.
"And what makes you think we will follow what you say?" the Doctor asked.
"I think you should do what he says Doctor, you'll want to go to where he is taking you," a new voice said in an American accent.
We whirled round to see who the owner of the voice was.
"Captain Jack Harkness at your service."
"What is Torchwood and how can we trust you?" the Australian representative asked.
"If I may," the British representative stood up. "Torchwood is classified; the documents are secret under an Act of the British Parliament. I invited the Captain because of his experience in matters like this. This man has saved our country on numerous occasions, without recognition or thanks and he has saved the world likewise. I should listen to him because he is invaluable."
"But what is Torchwood?" the Australian representative repeated angrily.
"Sir that information as said is classified, if I told you under UK law, you would have to be
killed, or have the less messy brain wipe which at the moment is too strong and wipes out your entire life's memories," Jack said.
"I am here to tell you that we have been monitoring the signals coming down to earth and have identified the source. It is a deadly enemy, one this planet has fought before, but then we had the help of another individual. We can't reach him at the moment, so it is down to us, down to Torchwood to save the day. Conventional weaponry is virtually useless, we will supply the defences required, but at all times control will remain with us."
With that, Jack picked up a brief case that was beside him and began to walk out of the room.
The now very irate Australian representative gave out another outburst.
"Will you please tell me what on earth Torchwood is?"
"Torchwood is outside of the government and beyond the United Nations and the 21st century is when it all changes!" Jack called back as he left the dumbfounded room.
"Jack, how did it go in there?" Gwen asked as Jack emerged from the room.
"I think I ruffled a few feathers. Have we got a lock on the location of the signal?"
"Yes and we also have a lock on another signal emanating from the same location," Gwen replied handing over the scanner to Jack.
"Oh this is beautiful, excellent. I need to go; I have an appointment with the Doctor."
Jack handed the case over to Gwen and pulled up his right sleeve to reveal his Vortex Manipulator.
"Jack, be safe please," Gwen whispered as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Go get them cowboy."
"See you on the other side," Jack replied as he activated his teleport.
This was going to be rough ride and he was going to die several times.