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The SUV crawled along in the darkness and Martha looked out the window at the rooftops as they moved down the street, amazed to see Ianto's silhouette occasionally as he showed mad Parkour skills.
Then…he disappeared.
She must have made a noise because Jack glanced at her and then back to the road as he grunted softly, "Cloaking device."
"Shit on a stick" she said with wonder as she continued to strain, seeing a shimmer now and then that may have been Ianto, most probably one of the others.
"Talk to me Tosh" Jack demanded as he swung the wheel and they banked steeply as the SUV's superior suspension came into play, hurtling down the sidewalk and shooting down the steps of the station and onto a platform. The windscreen flashed with directions and information so fast Martha couldn't understand it but Jack seemed to as his eyes flickered between the screen and the footpath.
Instead of stopping he slammed his foot down and said softly "brace kiddo."
They were airborne and something flashed past her window, amazing her that anything could possibly travel faster than them and the faint whoop was definitely Ianto.
They hit the tracks with a bone jarring thud that had Jack laughing and his teeth gleamed in the dull running lights of the tunnel as he followed his mate. Martha watched his face and then reached for the suicide strap again, closing her eyes as she gave her trust over.
Finally she could feel them slowing and she opened her eyes to find them stalling at the intersection ahead.
"Shit!" Jack huffed as he strained to peer down the tunnels, "Sweetheart, where are you?"
A flash to the left and he snarled as a dull thud was heard and Martha recognised faint gunfire, the delay between sound and light making the flash appear first.
"Half a mile?" she tried to guess as she stuck her head out the window and Jack reached out to yank her back in as something clipped her ear.
"Careful Sweetie, there be monsters" he said gleefully as he jammed on the brakes and she had time to register some sort of pile on the bonnet before they connected, the impact throwing her into the dash and Jack, who had thrown himself over her.
She looked up to see some sort of goo on the windscreen and it was smoking.
"Come on Martha girl!" Jack panted, "That shit is going to eat through in no time, got five of the fuckers though. Not bad for our first blooding, come on Doctor Jones! RUN!"
Martha scrambled out and moved to look at the grillwork, now eaten through as the acid-like blood ate the SUV from the front.
"Seven!" Jack hooted, "Fuck, there was another two I didn't even know I'd hit, Hahahahahah"
He was like a madman, his eyes wide as he pulled out the sonic rifle and threw it at her, then pulled out another and flung it over his shoulder by it's strap before reaching in for more.
Martha got the gist and started to fill her pockets with ammo, checking around and then she froze as she got that feeling she had missed something. Jack had the same frozen look and he hissed, "Don't move. When I say, roll under the SUV, this is gonna fucking hurt."
She grunted and then the world exploded, his faint yell unintelligible but she guessed it was 'now' and she dropped to her guts and rolled as debris rained down and Jack joined her from the other side still grinning like a nutter.
"Thought I didn't know they climb along the ceiling huh?" he sing-songed as he pulled out another flash grenade, "Think again mother fuckers! Come on Martha, I'll throw this then some suppressive fire to sweep the rest of the bugs in this cavern. Three ….two …one …."
The world become light and a roaring sound that filled her senses and boiled her blood, helping her roll from the ground to a crouch and she opened fire, screaming with her own glee as she started to mow down the 'bugs'.
She rose to her feet and moved forward, her gun acting like a flame thrower as she slowly arced it back and forth, cutting down the aliens as they gave that ungodly scream.
Jack was glancing at her as he worked his side, his delight and pride evident as he worked, pleased to have a solider with him that knew what she was supposed to be doing and when one dropped in between them Jack barely had time to call to her before it struck him with its tail, sending him back against the back of the disintegrating SUV.
The next thing to drop was not an Alien….it was worse.
Much worse.
Martha was oblivious as she continued to spray ordinance about and as the Alien stalked towards her the newcomer rose and the black skin was glistening like liquid, like oil.
It slowly unfurled and Jack looked up from his hands and knees where he was still trying to get his breath back and he grinned, the blood dripping from his mouth making him appear crazed and he leaned back against the vehicle to watch as the Alien reached for Martha.
Ianto advanced.