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7 years ago on the planet Ignite

I watched as the six red suns streaked across the morning sky, waiting for Pyro to get to the top of the cliff we were climbing. I glanced down at the boy who was practically my twin with an amused smile on my face as he struggled to get up the jagged rock face.

"Need any help?" I called down, laughing at the dirty look he shot me. I sighed and sat down to wait. I closed my eyes as a soft breeze picked up, and when I opened them, I was staring into two bright orange orbs, partially hidden by long, blonde hair.

"See. I did fine," Pyro told me.

"It took you thirty minutes longer than it should have," I pointed out, "But yeah, you did well." I grinned as Pyro beamed at me, and offered me a hand up. But the smile soon faded as I saw sunlight reflect off something metal that was speeding towards the cliff.

"Dura?" Pyro asked me quietly, before turning to see what I was seeing. "Oh no."

"Run. Now!" I shouted, giving him a small push forward. We quickly scrambled down the far side of the cliff, sharp rocks cutting my hands were I had to break my fall a few times. I kept Pyro in front of me, pushing him forwards whenever he started to lag behind. I looked around us desperately for somewhere to go, but there was only wide open desert in front of us. A wail of pain escaped me as a bullet slammed into my shoulder and sent me stumbling. Pyro hesitated for a moment, eyes darting between me and the desert.

"I'll be back for you," he promised before running off and disappearing behind a dune. I squeezed my eyes shut, and let myself be lifted up off the ground. Pyro wouldn't come back for me. You just learn certain things growing up. But that's okay. At least he would be out there, and hopefully he would be safe.

Ignis

Now on Earth

I tapped my finger on the bench outside of the bakery Captain Harkness had taken me to. He was sitting next to me, a bag of donuts in-between us.

"Who shot you?" he asked, and I worked hard to repress a shudder.

"The same people who would shoot at Lou and me seven years later," I said, staring straight ahead. "The same people who are talking to UNIT, and the same people who run Ignite."

"What happened next?" That time, I did shudder.

"You know when I used to have nightmares?" Captain Harkness nodded. "They were usually about then. Those people… they're the worse monsters you could possibly imagine. Pyro… he joined them. After everything they did, he joined them! Eventually, he became one of the higher ups. I had escaped by then and had found Lou but… I was always terrified that they would find me again and bring me back there. And they did find me. And Pyro gave the order for them to kill me. After everything I did for him, he had them kill me! So what could I do? I killed him, Captain Harkness. I snuck into his room, and shot him in the head. I didn't know that he had been sworn in as President until the next morning."

I sucked in a shaky breath, but refused to glance at Captain Harkness to see his reaction. My eyes felt itchy, and I quickly rubbed them. If I was human, I would probably be crying right now, but I'm not human, so I can't cry. Memories that I had shoved down exploded to the surface, and I closed my eyes to try to get them to stop. But that just made it worse. The images seemed to become more vivid, and tried to suck me inside of them.

"I'm sorry, Tania, I really am."

I just glared up at Pyro, all spiffy in his new, fancy clothing while I was dressed in ripped up clothes I had found in the trash. He sighed.

"Kill her."

"If I hand you over to UNIT, they'll kill you, won't they?" Captain Harkness asked, dragging me back to the present.

"Yes."

"And you killed Pyro in self-defense?"

"You could call it that. It won't change anything though. You're going to hand me over, and I'm going to die. I did, after all, assassinate the President, and Colonel Peterson already knows who I am. He'll know if you help me try to escape. And I will not let you and the team get in trouble, or be threatened is any way because of me," I told him stiffly, "Just look after Llewellyn, okay? And make sure Thomas and Rachel are okay."

"Yes ma'am," Captain Harkness said after a long, anxious minute. I nodded.

"Thank you, Captain. I appreciate it."

"Give me a week," he continued, "Give me a week, and I will save your life." I finally turned to look at him. His face was open and honest, eyes pleading for me to give him a chance.

"Do you honestly think I want to die? Of course you have your week! Take as long as you need!" I told him, smiling a little when a grin broke out over his face, "But the second they threaten someone…"

"Yeah, yeah, I know," he said quickly, "But trust me, I won't let it come down to that."

Trust him. I found myself nodding, and heard myself agreeing. I could trust him. I could trust Torchwood. They wouldn't let me down.

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