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FranArian - I'm sure Gappy will just exacerbate the situation...and she really needs to die for leaving Mainframe wide open because of her stupidity (she HAD to touch Tosh's station, because heaven forbid she drop the wedding crap from her own to access the CCTV and other information...stupid cow).
I would hope that Mainframe is smart enough by now to spin wild tales and send anyone nosing around down the primrose path...I don't think she'd willingly allow anyone to access Torchwood materials, though she'd likely find it funny to blow smoke up the arse of anyone trying to connect.
I think they should eventually lock Kev in a cell (next to Janet), make sure Myfanwy in securely inside, put up the Time Bubble to protect the Hub, settle with some popcorn and beer and watch the Doctors fix their own mistake. Oh, and be sure to hit "record" when Gwen gets her face eaten off.
Maybe Rhys is the one who finally saves the day, because of his awesome Lasagna and killer fudge brownies... *cackle*
DarqueQueen7 - Damn it! I want to Google Torchwood and have Mainframe say hello to me! That is beyond hilarious! Rhys is okay but Gwen causes more chaos. The Doctors come out and explain themselves while helping Tosh fix Mainframe. Tosh doesn't know whether to kiss them or kill them. John Frobisher calls in on a video conference and 12 and he have a seriously deep and meaningful conversation. Gwen gets eaten and Rhys finds a better girlfriend. Kev becomes part of Torchwood and falls in love with...Andy! Did I get most of it? I'll leave the rest to you. D.
Brose1001 -Tony Stark just happens to poke at Mainframe right about when Tosh discovers the lack of firewalls.
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DeeBeader
=Tosh's rant is amazingly "calm", considering the damage, but PLEASE let Tosh administer her brand of 'justice' to Gwen over this horrific mess she has caused. She never suffers any consequences and Jack should NOT intervene.
=Let Ianto do something particularly nasty to Kev to make Kev stop his harassment; it won't work if Jack does it. Love Tosh with the taser :D
It would be so fitting if Gwen was jumped by those Bakuu and turned into Gwenburgers after Tosh gets done with her. No Torchwood rescue for her.
=The 2 Doctors are responsible for bringing those Bakuu to Earth; let one or two get into each Tardis and see what those Doctors do besides arguing over River Song and who's the better husband.
KathyC - As for the Bakuu, set a few clowders of hungry alley cats on them. Maybe a few fox skulls. Problem solved. Assuming, of course, the cats and foxes wouldn't be harmed by eating the aliens. I'd hate for any animals to get sick. LOL
As for Gwen, just let Toshiko get to play with her credit score, and her parents, if necessary, to teach her that actions have consequences. Maybe, if her parents are inconvenienced enough, Gwen might actually learn something. Doubtful, but 1 can hope.
DomIantoRules - If a stray dog can kill one of them, I'm not too impressed. I'd almost like for this to turn on to be a tremendous mixup, and have it all go away once people realize the truth (after running around trying unsuccessfully to fix everything for several chapters) but I don't see how that would work with what has happened so far.
As for Gwen, death is too good for her. After its all over, Jack should have to make a report to the Queen about how the Hub became vulnerable. The Queen is not someone known to suffer fools gladly. Have her reassign Gwen to UNIT as a permanent dogsbody. A lifetime spent doing all the dirty, unpleasant jobs no one else wants to deal with, as well as being the whipping boy for all of UNITs dislike of Torchwood, should finally teach her that her actions have consequences, and that she isn't better than everyone around her. Also, being reprimanded directly by the Queen should make her disgrace plain. Torchwood is a crown institute, so it is appropriate.
DeeBeader - OMG, not my story, but boy would I LOVE to see Gwen sent to UNIT (after appropriate retconning to forget all she knows about Torchwood's security and inner workings). I don't think anyone has ever sentenced her to that fate yet.
KatWillow60 - Like the idea of JH having to tell the Queen Is it too late to make this a flashback?
DomIantoRules - I would assume he would only report when it is all over.
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"Riiiiiiight" Owen said slowly as they watched the screen "Did a doggie just make one a chew toy?"
"Bad. This is bad… like… REALLY bad" Jack emphasised.
Owen laughed as he pointed "Look .. one fell though the grating and the others are trying to get him out. Oh god, I am gonna pee meself!"
"No…no..on….no…" Jack seemed almost frantic as he adjusted the CCTV camera that was across the street to see if he could see their little faces, one gnashing it's teeth like it wanted to set fire to the world and a car roared past, squashing two that were standing too far out from the grating, Jack groaning as the others ran for cover thinking it was an attack.
"Jack… come on. Look at them!" Owen sighed, pointing. "What are they gonna do … cuddle us to death?"
"No, it's not them I am worried about, like I said. It's the Bakuu" Jack swung to frown at him.
"Want a moment" Ianto had been pioneering things and turned to face Jack, "They are NOT the Bakuu?"
"No. They are their …well… frontline. Beepa. They send them in to infiltrate. Little fuzzy things fit into air ducts, down drainpipes… they get into a facility and scope it out for their masters." Jack was on the verge of panic "If they think they are under attack they will call for back-up and suddenly we have the real trouble coming to town."
"Well, Mainframe is holding her own so far with those trying to hack in" Toshiko snapped over top of them, "If anyone cares about our security at all … I am doing my best."
Ianto grunted, then reached out to tap a button on his own workstation and there was a grinding noise that had Jack swinging around wildly then settle on a spot where a blue box was materialising.
Then another appeared beside it.
The Doctor stepped out and looked around, then focused on the people staring at them "Ah! Jack!"
Jack looked a the young man with the floppy hair, weird fez and exited demeanour. Ianto was focused on the other one, the door opening and an older gentleman stepping out with a look of solemn intelligence, his eyes flicking around then settling in Ianto "Ah. There you are Ianto."
"Hello" Ianto said calmly "Would you care to explain what the hell is going on out there? Are you two crazy? Fighting in broad daylight!"
"Welllllllll… its River's fault" the older Doctor grumbled, his eyebrows coming together like a couple of caterpillars kissing "she didn't specify which she loved more, just… she loved the later incantations. So … we are at a stalemate as to which of is preferred."
Ianto stared at them and shrugged "You could just ask her ya know."
"Yes I know but last time we tired she to rreallllly antsy with us" the younger Doctor smiled, then looked over at Toshiko "Oh! Look, Doctor Sato. Hello poppet. Whatcha doing?"
He bounced over and started watching her fingers fly, the odder Doctor rolling his eyes "You know … I hate ties."
"Come now, you do not hate ties. Stop liking for thing to pick at about yourself" Ianto scolded "Eleven was a good try, twelve is much better. You are handsome in your own way, all regenerations of you are sweet and slightly frightening" Ianto soothed, "Come on. Let's go see if we can work out where she is right now and maybe I will ask her, you know she likes me."
Jack blinked; looking around like he was trying to work to if he was asleep or wake "Ianto? You know the Doctor? Wait, River? River Song?"
"Of course I do, don't be silly" Ianto snorted, both Doctors laughing like Jack was making a funny. Jack didn't' think it was funny at all, his frown deepening as he realised not only was he NOT the most important person in the room .. Ianto was somehow changing to a larger person. Bigger on the inside?
What the hell was this?
"Toshiko, what are you doing?" the Doctor asked with interest, leaning in more as his older version leaned back and watched Ianto move around the Hub with something akin to …. Pride?
"I am cutting off Gwen's bloody credit." She snarled in response "Bitch is spending money at a bridal salon. Middle of a crisis and she is shopping! I am stopping her and making sure she gets the message to return to the fucking Hub."
"Pissy mouthed little dragon" the Doctor soothed "I do not understand the whole fussing thing around weddings here. Do they still wear those hideous dresses? River didn't look like a cloud!"
"Yeah, I know" she snorted.
"Where's Kev?" Ianto asked, finally noting the absence of leering.
"In the cell next to Janet. She seems smitten" Owen said like he was commenting on the weather "Can I get a jammy dodger daddy?"
"Stop calling me daddy you weird little wanker" Ianto muttered heading for the kitchen as the older Doctor turned to Owen and seemed to look him up and down, then removed his sonic screwdriver and waved it up and down at him.
"He is not your father. You don't seem anything like us" he said before turning away and Owen blinked with confusion at the strange comment.
Timelords are weird.
"Oh-oh" Jack said in a little voice as it stated.
A group of housecats came from nowhere, attacking the little battalion of fluffs and it was a massacre, plain and simple carnage as they tore the little things to shreds.
One of the little fluffs seemed to drag itself from the grating to help it's comrades wearing a shiny little skull like a helmet, screaming in Rambo fashion as it ran into the clowder of cats with his little knife geld high.
"Is that a Fox skull?" Owen asked with awe "Wow, mist have been a juvenile to be that small. Awww, shame. Washed down the drain in the rain.."
"Owen. Shut up" Ianto barked slamming down the plate of jammy dodgers and Owen shoved in into his mouth as they watched the fur fly.
"Really bad" Jack repeated softly to himself "They are really gonna come now."
Oh do be quiet Jack" the Younger Doctor said with glee "Once we fix this mess in your sentient caretaker, we will take care of that."
"Sentient… what?" Jack looked over and saw Ianto in between the two doctors, his hands moving on the keypad in time to theirs.
Mainframe was sentient?