What?
Ryan watched as the Doctor marched off ahead of them. He had no idea what he had said to make a difference, almost jumping out of his skin when Graham clapped him on the shoulder.
"You alright son?"
"Yeah." He paused, still surprised he turned to the older man. "I have no idea what just happened."
"The Doctor, innit? You know what she's like." He smiled. "She knows what she's doing."
Ryan raised his eyebrows before following Graham and the Doctor towards the main building. He wasn't sure what he had said to the Doctor to get her to react the way she had but he knew enough to be worried. Hanging back he waited for Yaz and Donna to reach him.
"Any idea what is going on?" He looked from his friend to the red haired woman and back again. Donna smiled slightly.
"You've not been travelling with the Doctor long, av yer? She might have changed a lot since my days in the TARDIS but she is still the Doctor. Everything is on her shoulders, her brain works about twenty times faster than ours. You think you just have the four of you to think about but to her. Its more than that. Its you three, us and the rest of the universe. WE all matter to her."
"Ok, I get she has more on her plate than we know but what is this Master bloke about? They family or something?" Yaz asked as they fell into step. Donna shrugged.
"Another Gallifrayan. I don't think they are related but they have known each other for all their lives. I never met the Master and the Doctor never spoke about him. You'd have to speak to her."
"Right now, I think we should be focusing on Barton. He's evil."
"And clever."
"No." The Doctor appeared. "He's evil but he's not that clever."
"He's the head of the biggest conglomerate on the planer. He has invented so much." Ryan frowned as they reached the building. They slipped into what appeared to be a large but unused holding bay. The Doctor waved the Sonic Screwdriver in the air as Jack pulled a face. "Told you before, Harkness. Don't dis the Sonic."
Ianto smiled slightly as he and Gwen exchanged glances. Neither of them were used to seeing Jack as not being the man in charge. Jack shrugged. "Something happened here. Its not good. On a scale of good to not good. This is very not good." She marched towards a doorway in the corner of the room before stopping and turning to face Jack.
"You didn't have to help. But thanks."
"We're Torchwood." Donna spoke before Jack could. "This is what we do. Because, believe it or not Spacegirl. You ain't always 'ere. We are. So thanks for the thanks but you don't get to brush us off and send us back to Cardiff. OK."
"Ok." The Doctor smiled. "Never change, Donna Noble."
Donna huffed as Jack held the door open.
"Shall we?" He gestured for the women to step through as Graham and Ianto smirked. He had a feeling things were going to get interesting.
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