Jack POV
After coming back to Torchwood hub, we put Max in one of the cells, Owen doing a diagnostic on him to see what's going on with him. I look to my right from looking at my computer screen, to see Terra suddenly clutching her chest with a pained and alarmed expression. Quickly I hurry over to her,
"Terra? Are you alright?" I ask, helping her sit down, she looks at me in shock with some tears in her eyes,
"J-Jack, one of my hearts stopped" she says, looking at me in fear,
"How could that have happened?" I ask, looking at her confused, she shakes her head unknowingly,
"I'll have Owen check on you, I'll go get him, you stay here" I say, from this she nods, still looking scared. I go down to the cells to see Owen stood in front of Max's cell,
"Ah Jack! Was about to call you, ok I need you to watch this" he says, from this I nod, hopefully Terra will be able to wait a few minutes,
"Okay, so your name is Max Tresillian, can you confirm that?" asks Owen, looking to Max, but when I look to Max, he doesn't reply, only staring out in front of him.
"You live at 106 Endeavour Terrace, is that right?" says Owen, still no reaction from Max,
"Parents, Sandra and Dave, yeah?" he asks him, again no response, then Owen points at him,
"You're inside the Torchwood facility" he says, but as soon as he says this Max stands and starts to growl whilst pounding on the glass door,
"And five, six ... Keep watching. Soon as we reach ten..." says Owen, then I look to see that Max has suddenly stopped and sits back down again.
"Just stops dead. If this is a drug-induced psychosis, it's a very specific one" says Owen, I nod at this while still looking at Max, he looks lost in his own world.
"Like he reacts to the word Torchwood" I say, then to prove what I said, Max does exactly what he did a minute ago.
"Thanks, Jack" says Owen, sarcastically,
"Sorry. But if that's caused by Retcon, we've got a million more problems on the way. Let me know what the scan says" I say, still looking at Max,
"But, what about Suzie? What are you gonna do with her?" he asks, I look to him form this,
"No idea. What do you think?" I ask, looking at him in question, he shrugs at this,
"You're the boss" he says, I nod at this.
"Owen I need you to do a check on Terra, just now she stopped outside my office clutching her chest, when I got to her she said one of her hearts stopped. Need you to give her an all over check as soon as possible" I say, seeing the concern in his eyes when I explain what's wrong with her, he nods at this in agreement.
I turn round then, but unable to resist,
"Torchwood" I say, hearing Max instantly get up and thrash about,
Terra POV
When my other heart seemed to calm down I had looked over to my screen to see Suzie back in the confessions room alone. I carefully get up and make two cups of tea and make my way down to her.
"Thought you might like a drink" I say, placing her cup in front of her, I see at the corner of my eye that she's looking at me cautiously,
"Who are you really, I mean the Terra I know was a sixteen year old child, your at least twenty five" she says, I smile slightly at this and sit on the opposite side of the table,
"It's complicated, but the basics is…I'm an alien, a Timelady. We're a dying race; the only ones left are my father and myself. We have a little trick where if we're an inch from death, we can regenerate, change forms and sometimes personalities, my child form died and this is what I am now" I say, she watches me when I say all this, listening carefully,
"Wow, that's amazing. I never thought I would actually meet an alien, never mind a…good one?" she asks, I smile and nod, confirming that I am good.
"When did you die?" she asks,
"A cyberwoman was underneath the base, I was giving Owen and Gwen time to hide, fought off the cyberwoman for a time, but she ended up stabbing me with my own sword" I say, she nods at this, her eyes in another planet, I imagine she's imagining the incident in her mind,
"Does it hurt? Regenerating?" She asks, I laugh slightly at this and nod,
"Feels like your being dunked into a giant tub of acid and brought back out for air" I say, she nods at this.
"Why come here, I mean I can't imagine why you would want to come to Earth" she says, I frown slightly at this,
"Earth is mine and my fathers second favourite planet. All the creatures living on it, its amazing the life that is made here" I say smiling,
"What's your first favourite planet?" she asks, I smile at this, thinking of that glorious place,
"Galiffrey. My home planet…its gone now" I say, looking up at her slightly, she nods at this, looking at me sadly.
"Can't you ask Jack? Just one favour? I want to see my father," she says, looking at me desperately,
"Tell us where he is, we could bring him in" I say, smiling at her encouragingly, but she shakes her head no,
"I'm not letting him anywhere near Torchwood. If he's still alive" she says, I frown at her from this,
"What's wrong with him?" I ask, looking at her concerned,
"Cancer" she says, I look down at this,
"All that waiting, and then I go and die first" she says,
"I could contact him on your behalf" I say,
"And say what?" she asks, then sighs and takes a drink the same time I do
"So, tell me. Since I've been gone, you enjoying it?" she asks, I smile and nod,
"Yes. Well, you know, this place is sort of... It's mad, isn't it? And when Jack put me as second in command, I sort of enjoy it but also don't like ordering my friends around, its..." trying to find the right word,
"Insane?" she says, I smile at this and chuckle,
"Bloody nuts" I say, us both laughing,
"Best job I ever had" she says,
"Me too" I say, smiling at her,
"And the worst" she says, now looking down, I sober from this,
"Yeah, tell me about it" I say, smiling slightly,
"Funny thing is, you always imagine when you're dead, they're gonna miss me at work. Indispensable! But look what happened. I got replaced ... by someone better" she says, I look down guiltily,
"You got that glove working, better than I did" she says, I shrug at this,
"Just got lucky" I say,
"No, it's more than that. The others, they prefer you" she says, looking at me, I shake my head, not liking her talking like this,
"Don't say that," I say,
"You got my job. Almost like you planned it," she says, from this I look at her seriously and lean forward,
"Except I didn't. And I'm sorry, but I've got my own function at Torchwood and
I'm a lot more than just a replacement" I say,
"Have you slept with Owen?" she asks, I look at her confused from this, leaning back in my chair,
"What?" I ask, she looks at me confused from this,
"So you're not the one, I can see and hear it in him, he's with someone" she says, I shake my head at this, feeling awkward,
"That's Gwen, she was second in command, but Jack didn't think the job was for her. So he gave it to me when I apparently showed to him without knowing myself that I was right for the job" I say, she nods at this then shrugs,
"Sort of saw that coming," she says, I smile and nod slightly in agreement.