Chapter 5
Early the next morning, the fourth day of the children crisis, the three Jack's got up, got ready and were leaving Ianto's flat when one of the teens from next door stopped them.
"What are you... What happens to you two? Are you triplets?" The oldest teen asked.
"We're working on a special container. It's a long story. Sure it's an easier answer than the truth." Dapper replied.
"Can we help? We're all home today and we have nothing to do." The teen explained.
"They, they may know where, where a big aquarium is," White said.
"There is a huge one down in the storage units in the basement," The teen informed.
"Okay, get the others and you can come with to the warehouse," Dapper said.
The teen opened the door to his flat and yelled, "We're going with them."
The kids came running out. Some of them were shocked at seeing White and the Face of Bo but they soon got over it. They all headed down to the basement.
The aquarium was the right size so they took it to the warehouse where they had already put everything else they needed from the lower levels of Torchwood.
Several minutes the group was at the abandoned warehouse and the younger kids were playing with items they brought with. The two teens were helping with the aquarium.
Jack White and the teens were putting a computer system into the base of the aquarium while Jack Dapper was scanning Face of Bo with a handheld medical scanner.
"There are no organs in your torso. They are all in your head. The reason you could breath better in the bathtub is you have gills and your lungs are underdeveloped. That rift really messed you up." Dapper told Bo.
"So I'm turning into a fish," Bo stated.
"Not completely. The gills are inside your mouth so they'll take the oxygen from water and send it to your lungs. We can put other chemicals in the water that your body needs." Dapper said.
"What body?" Bo asked.
"It's still there. Let's go help with the tank," Dapper suggested.
"Okay," Bo responded.
Over at the aquarium, the smaller teen was inside the tank putting up a thin, clear, alien, computer screen on the inside of the tank. Dapper put electrodes on Bo's head. They were so Face of Bo can link hands-free to the computer.
"How long until I'm ready to go?" The Face of Bo asked.
"About two hours. Why?" The oldest teen asked.
"I'm in communication with the island. They will take care of me. It's a place for the people who have gone through the rift unprotected." The Face of Bo replied.
"Okay. What's a rift?" The oldest teen asked.
"It's a rift through time and space. Things from other places and time fall through it and sometimes people and things get pulled into it." Dapper replied.
"We can, can meet them, them at the docks in, in three hours," White informed.
"Okay," The Face of Bo said and then communicated with the island in his mind.
Three hours later the boat had arrived. They got Bo on it and the group also got on board to help get Bo on the island.
A few hours later the kids and the two Jack were back from the island. They were heading to the kids' and Ianto's flats.
"So if we help you clean up and stabilize the lower levels of that Torchwood building we can hide the younger kids there tomorrow, correct?" The oldest teen asked.
"Yes," White replied.
"We have friends with younger siblings. Can they help?" The other teen asked.
"Yes," White replied.
The group entered the building. The two Jacks go to Ianto's flat to eat and get Fish-head ready to go while the kids go home. All the kids talk to their friends.
Later the Jacks, several teens, and several adults meet up and go to the lower levels of Torchwood through sewers. The large group was able to stabilize the structure and clean up a large portion of the lower levels. They also put Fish-head in a cell and checked on Grey. It was dark by the time everyone went home. The two Jacks went to Ianto's flat.