Ok, so you're all mad at me, I get that, I'd be mad at me too, and I want to be all redeeming but I had too, ok, I'm sorry, I'm as equally upset as you are… maybe more, Lou was my pet too : (
Aviarianna O Lorein : I am so sorry you didn't get a review reply last chapter, I posted it up before your review came up for 35 my apologies! True, it would be weird if the hub DIDN'T blow up :P Be concerned, I am and I'm the author :/
Ziggymia123 : I'm sorry! I had too, else Lou would have jumped in all heroic and we couldn't go where this is going, just, stay tuned.
Bad2Wolf2Mcgee : I'M SORRY! Oh, come on, I had too, what if I fill in some gaps of What's in a Name with my dirty imagination? Will I be forgiven, maybe just a little?
Chapter 37
Fawks buried her head in the orange fur of her animal friend, using his fur to soak up the tears that slipped down her face.
"Aw, how sweet." Came a cruel feminine voice, Fawks looked up from Lou's neck to glare at a young girl with long pale blonde hair and pale eyes, Atsu was stood at her side holding a basket. "The little girl and her pussy cat,"
"Where's Kam and John?" She snarled, placing Lou's head gently onto the concrete and standing to her full height. Nearly a full head taller then the blonde girl in front of her.
There was a cry from inside the basket in Atsu's hands.
"Kam!" Fawks made to run forward but the blonde girl pushed her back and shadows surrounded them.
"You're going to come with me, quietly."
"Where's John?"
"I don't actually know. Brother, what did you do with the Time agent?" The woman turned to Atsu.
"Sleepy in sewers," Atsu said quietly.
John woke with a start as rats scattered away from him. He looked around himself and frowned, trying to remember what happened, they'd been in the park, it had gone dark, and something had hit him hard in the back of the head.
"KAM!" He yelled out, looking for any sign of his boy. He stood and looked around, from the look, and smell, of his surroundings he was in the sewers. He rushed to the nearest ladder he could find and slowly made his way up. As he pulled himself onto the surface he froze at what he saw, Roald Dahl Plass no longer exited, it was just a crater in the ground.
"Oh…Rachel!" He screamed, pulling himself up onto the surface and running towards the rubble.
"Anyone!"
There was a low bleep and from somewhere under the rubble was the noise of an engine.
"Hello!" John called again, seeing the rubble shift.
The rubble moved to reveal a proud black spaceship standing tall.
"Hey, C.O.N.O.R!" John laughed happily. John lowered himself down into the rubble and made his way to the ship, he unlocked the door and walked in and sat in Fawks' chair.
"C.O.N.O.R, find Kam," John said.
"Searching, Kam Falcon Hart… location unknown."
John growled under his breath.
"Find Rachel,"
"Searching, Captain Rachel Falcon… location unknown."
"Sweet goddesses." John sighed. "Find Jack."
"Searching, Captain Jack Harkness…" A bleep and a set of co-ordinates came up.
"Good," he smiled. "Take me there?"
"Engine failing."
"Brilliant." John sighed.
"C.O.N.O.R, eject A.I. and come with me," John said.
"Yes Captain." The mechanical voice said. The lights went out around the ship and from the radio climbed out a small mechanical spider, it scuttled down the dashboard and climbed up onto John's shoulder.
"Let's go,"
John slid open the door to a small warehouse.
"John!" Were cries from the four people in there.
"Where's Gwen, and Ben?" John asked.
"Gwen is taking Rhys and Owen and Rachel out to her mums. And Ben…" Jack explained everything that John had missed, Ianto having to take over to explain in a sad voice about Ben.
"Where's Fawks, and Kam? She went looking for you,"
"I was in the sewers, it went all black and someone hit me hard, we have to find them," John said desperately.
Fawks was shoved into a painfully boring room, Atsu threw the basket in after her and she caught it even before it could touch the ground she opened it up and pulled her crying son out of it, wrapping him tight in a hug.
"Shh, it'll be ok, Mama's here, don't you worry, I'm here, we're going to be ok," Fawks promised, not knowing if her words were true. She leant back against the wall and slid slowly down it, keeping Kam close to her chest.
It was hours when the door opened and the blonde girl walked in, Fawks stood again, twisting Kam round so that he was sat securely between her wings.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Kakra, I'm a part of the Geminara. But, you already knew that last part."
"Geminara never hold captives or kill civilians." Fawks growled.
"This is no longer a matter of the Geminara."
"Then what's your issue?"
"My brother…" Kakra paused, her voice softer, almost caring. "He's not the same as he was, you sent him into the rift."
"Would you rather I killed him?" Fawks snarled. "Besides, I never saw you there to rush to his aid."
"You're rift stopped me." Kakra yelled, the soft tone to her voice gone. "After the crash, Atsu's escape pod failed to activate, mine did, however your stupid rift changed it, rocketed me into god knows when," She shuddered visibly. "But I don't regret it, my friends are here, now."
"Ombra Quiteal, they don't exist, they're about as real as the Easter bunny or the Tooth Fairy." Fawks snarled.
TTT
"They were just ghost stories the people of the Vegas galaxies told their kids to keep them out of the forest at night." John explained to the rest of the team.
"How are we going to find them?"
"And how do we kill those shadows?"
"You can't kill and Ombra Quiteal," Jack said.
"Yes, but Ombra Quiteal, don't exist!" John argued.
"Never mind this!" Ianto yelled across them.
"We need to Find Fawks and Kam. Agreed?" Jacky said, jumping to Ianto's aid in case he needed any.
"Agreed," The two agents said quietly.
"Where we going to look?" Jacky mused.
"How about we follow him?" Jack asked, looking out the window. John Ianto and Jacky followed his gaze. Stood outside in the drizzle was a blonde haired man. He was simply stood and watching them, as if he'd been there the entire time.
"There's nothing else we can do," John shrugged, pulling his red Jacket tight around him.
"Everyone ready," Jack asked, checking the ammo on his Webley. "Let's go."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because, I want you to suffer," Kakra said simply. "Like you forced my brother to suffer."
"And what are you going to do?" Fawks snarled.
"You'll find out." Kakra sang, turning and leaving the room, on her back Kam whined into her shoulders.
"Shh, baby." Fawks whispered, twisting to take him in her arms. "I won't let anything happen to you,"
Fawks wasn't sure how fast the time was passing, though she felt like she'd been sat in the cell for hours, with nothing to look at she'd coaxed Kam into a troubled sleep, he had his little hands twisted into her grey vest as if he was scared he'd loose her again.
The door opened and Kakra surrounded by shadows poured in, the shadows danced around the plain room and circled them like wolves.
"It's time," Kakra smiled coldly. She clicked her fingers and the shadows pounced. Fawks felt the sharp claws on her arms, trying to pry her arms away from Kam.
"No!" She roared, lashing out and trying to keep Kam close to her chest but there was too much, too many, Kam woke up with a terrified cry as he was picked up by a pale pair of hands.
"Get your hands off my baby you bitch!" Fawks roared, electricity crackled through her bones and sparked out so of the shadows falling back, but as some fell more joined the fray, coming out of nowhere, nothing. Coming out of the dark.
She fought and fought but one soon wrapped itself around her neck and soon she felt her lungs aching for oxygen her head was getting heavy and with Kam's cries still in her ears she felt herself being pulled reluctantly into unconsciousness.
She woke to a hard kick in her stomach. She rolled onto her back with a groan.
Looking up into the cold eyes of the blonde woman.
"Where's Kam," She demanded, sitting up.
"He's fine, I have nothing against your baby, you're the one I want to suffer, you were the target. This is your fault." She snarled, showing some emotion at last.
"Look what I found," She said, showing what looked like barbed wire but instead of dull grey, it was a light bronze. With the strand she ripped it across Fawks' cheek, she yelled out as it cut her. It didn't hurt, it burned. And the cut didn't heal, it just continued to sear painfully. The pain jarred a half buried memory. Drake's bronze knife. That had been made out of the same metal.
"This will be fun." Kakra smiled, cruel humour shining in her eyes.
Atsu led the Torchwood team into a large room, in the corner, sat on a small pile of baskets was Kam. He wailed out when he saw Torchwood.
"Kam!" John yelped, rushing to his son but walls of shadow whipped around the infant as John neared him.
"Now, Now," Said Kakra, walking out of a room and removing a bloody pair of surgical gloves. "You must be Captain John Hart, and the Torchwood team. Correct?" She asked in a tone which clearly showed she already knew the answer.
"Yes. Where's Fawks?" John snarled, his eyes constantly darting to Kam, the shadows had gone back to ground level now but were still hovering around.
"Brother, could you please go get our guest," Kakra said kindly. The older man looked at his twin nervously, wringing his hands again.
"Trust me she's in no state to even blink, let alone fight," Kakra said simply. Atsu nodded and headed into the room Kakra had exited from.
"Why are you doing this?" Jess yelled to the young blonde.
"Because I can." Kakra said simply. "Now silent Torchwood, I have no quarrel with you," As she said it more shadows emerged from nowhere and threw a wall between them and John, leaving John isolated and alone.
"Now, Captain Hart." Kakra said. "I'm not completely heartless,"
"You had me fooled." John snarled.
"Temper, Temper. I want your fiancée to suffer in everyway possible, so I'm leaving the choice down to you," Kakra laughed softly.
"What choice?" John demanded.
"The choice between your son's life. Or Fawks." Kakra smiled cruelly.
"You pick."
Ok, so, this probably won't help with the whole thing of please don't hate me, will it? * nervous face* stay tuned kids.
Even if you do hate me, leave me a review, and guys, if you were John, who would you pick?
*evil laugh here* :P
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