April 2004
She flipped through a month old magazine and threw it behind her shoulder, yawning out of sheer boredom. Moments like this were peaceful but boring with the underlining of fear. Fear of what they're going to do to her next, fear of who is going to come through those doors and fear of what is happening outside to her family.
The past year had been hell. There had been blood taking, more sedatives, more examiners examining her body during her time of the month, telekinesis tests, a whole load of psychic testing and then of course others.
A group of men didn't like her or they did a bit too much. They thought it was fun to put her through the electric shock all over again, laughing and jeering at her as she cried and screamed. They thought her to be pretty and said so while stroking her hair, stroking other parts despite her kicking and biting and fighting them off.
She gave in soon enough, they got more forceful and she just laid there crying silently as they jerked off inside her, tainting her, staining her, dirtying her.
The smallest comfort she had was that when the women were in here being patronising the men wouldn't do anything. This was why when they said they'll help her become a doctor during her free time she had insisted on a female tutor.
She had finished it all, the work. It only took her a few months and now under her pillow was several certificates announcing that she's a doctor. And as fantastic as that was it meant that she had nothing to keep her safe when the men get bored.
Like now, from the corner of her eye she can see the door creaking open and a military dressed guy walking in with a determined look on his face. She took a shaky breath before running across the room and ducking under the bed.
There was a snigger. "Is the pretty little girl frightened of the big scary man?" cam a syrupy voice from above.
She pressed a fist into her mouth to stop a sob coming out; she can't let him know just how frightened she was. She begged every deity out there to send Jack or her mother to rescue her.
Even better to send her father.
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She could hear someone moving behind her, putting her cardigan on round her shoulders and placing a cup of tea on the desk next to her, a smooth hand stroking her hair.
"I promise you Rose, I will find your daughter and I will bring her back home" she can hear Jack whisper to her pressing a kiss on her temple. "Toshiko has hacked into every system Torchwood One has and she has found her. She has everything sorted; I know exactly what tests have been done and what Alex Rose needs when she gets home. We're going to have her safe, I promise"
"I should have never left him" Rose whispered feeling a tear fall down her cheek. "If anyone could have protected her better, made sure this never happened would have been him"
Jack decided it was best to not comment on that. "Toshiko has it all worked out Rose but she couldn't do it all on her own though she was determined to do it alone. I found someone, someone who would be the most spectacular partner for her. The pair of them together are fantastic and they're going to bring her back"
"Where's my son?" Rose asked loudly.
"JJ is just downstairs with the others, he's safe" Jack promised. "Rose we're getting her back, I hired a man, Owen Harper, he's going in there tonight with Toshiko as backup and they're going to get her back"
"Do you think they're better of with him?" she asked, Jack finally spotted the mobile in her hand and knew what she was thinking.
"No I don't" he said partly truthful and partly selfish. "I think when it comes down to it he won't be able to save them quicker than we can" he squeezed her shoulder comfortingly. "You're a fantastic mother Rose, this wasn't your fault"
"It feels like it sometimes" Rose whispered.
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"Tosh and Owen called in" Suzie said from her work desk. "They've made it into London and they're heading to Canary Wharf, so far so good"
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch" JJ warned looking anxious. "Something can go wrong in the mean time"
"Oh don't say that! That's jinxing it!" Donna snapped as she paced the hub.
"We got to remain calm" Jack said from the stairs. "Pacing and panicking is not going to help Toshiko or Owen at all" he descended from the stairs and firmly grabbed hold of Donna. "Everything will be all right; I have faith in Toshiko and Owen"
"This is all my fault" Donna said pulling away from Jack. "If I never sent her out to Costa..."
"Listen to me!" Jack said shaking Donna slightly. "This isn't your fault, this is Torchwood One's fault, this is the sick bastards who thought kidnapping a fourteen year old was great fun's fault. This. Is. Not. Your. Fault."
"Sixteen" JJ said quietly. "She's sixteen now, we missed two of her birthdays"
"But we won't miss anymore" Jack promised.
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Tosh felt her heart beat faster than usual, she barely knew Dr Owen Harper, a man forced on her by Jack to help with the assignment that was supposed to prove how trustworthy she was, she was now wondering if that was a line spun by Jack just to get her to agree to work with him. Owen Harper was handsome, sarcastic and hard but there was something beneath it all that made him lovable, maybe it was the way he can openly say he is a twat, who knows.
Owen was breathing down her neck as he looked over her shoulder to read her carefully printed off map.
"The kid's room is down the corridor and a right, right?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah" Tosh agreed starting to take a few steps forwards when footsteps of marching men could be heard near them.
"Quick turn the flashlight off!" Owen hissed snatching her wrist and pulling her into a cupboard and shutting the door tightly, his body crushed hers as he pressed her against the door, his face screwed up in concentration.
The footsteps got nearer and voices got louder.
"That alien freak was one hell of a lay" said a male voice. "Feisty as hell"
"Should be careful who you say that to, if Yvonne knew that we've been screwing the Doctor's daughter we'll be retconned and out of a job" another voice said warningly.
Owen had a look of disgust on his face that matched Tosh's. "Did they...?" she could barely finish the question it was so disgusting.
"Sick mother fuckers just because she's not human doesn't mean she hasn't got feelings" Owen muttered darkly. "come on lets find this kid and get out, something tells me if I stay here too long I might batter this idiots"
Tosh nodded and allowed Owen to steer her down the corridor and to the right, where there was a guard by the door.
"Shit!" Owen hissed taking a few steps back, pushing Tosh behind him.
"Who goes there?" the guard said holding up a gun.
"Oh put it away will ya?" Owen said bravely. "I'm Dr Owen Harper and this is Dr Toshiko Sato, we were sent by your little mates who want to make sure the kid ain't pregnant"
The guard paled. "You won't tell Yvonne will you? It was only a little fun"
Owen's hands had curled into fists. "We won't say a word, now let us in and go and have a break"
"Yes sir and thank you for the discretion" the guard said walking away.
Owen and Tosh reached the door, Owen groaned when he say the hand scan key lock but Tosh merely shrugged it off as she pulled a small GPA like computer out and wired it up, with a few strokes of the electronic pen the door sparked out and opened up.
"That was bloody brilliant" Owen said admiringly, Tosh merely blushed as she unhooked her small computer and followed Owen in the room.
The girl had grown over the year, several inches taller and her hair several inches longer, she was sitting curled up, arms round her legs beside the bed sobbing. Owen slowed his pace and hovered a few meters away from her.
"Alexandra?" he said softly, the girl looked up and he almost gasped at how alike she looked to her mother, every inch of her face was bloody replicated. "Alexandra my name is Dr Owen Harper, I've been sent by Jack Harkness, your godfather to get you home safely, Alexandra are you all right?"
"Dr Alexandra Rose Tyler" the girl said firmly her eyes flashing with indignation and Owen smiled; the girl had balls that was for sure. The girl got up and pulled an envelope out of her pillow case. "Read these and see I've been made a doctor two months ago"
"I believe you" Owen said holding his hands out. "Come on, lets get you out of here"
The girl looked reluctant to take his hands so instead Tosh moved forward offering her hand which the girl took instantly.
"We'll get you home safely" Tosh promised gently.
Owen was just wondering how he'll tell Jack that his precious little girl had been harmed in the worst possible way.