Chapter 12: Prisoner
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"We checked but there is nothing down there, there was an open draw though."
"That draw has always been locked, not even Jack knows what was in it."
"Doctor, we have got a fix, the TARDIS is at an old warehouse outside Cardiff, same place as the space whale."
"I am sorry, but did you say space whale?"
"Yes but how are we going to get there, all our cars are at the camp site."
"Rhys, what did you say your job was."
"I manage Harwood Haulage."
"Who can you trust with all your goods, Harwood's, you won't be sorry with a Harwood's lorry."
"Rose?"
"Sorry."
"Where is the office, Rhys."
"About half a mile away."
"We might need a truck?"
"Can't you get a taxi or something?"
"One that would put a taxi driver a risk and also we need something to get the TARDIS back in, and I want to drive the van."
"You need a licence."
"I can fly a time machine, does that count?"
"You fly your time machine very poorly though, if there is a test for that thing you failed it."
"Oh did Martha tell you?"
"You know considering what the Master can do you really could do with hurrying up a bit."
"What, oh right the Master, well reminded."
"Well who is going, you can't go on your own."
"I can and will, I am not putting any more of you at risk."
"You are not going on your own."
"I am."
"Doctor, I am going with you, we need people here in case of emergencies but you need people with you to."
After much shouting and arguing it was agreed Tosh and Gwen would stay in the hub, at first the argued against this thinking that Ianto and Owen were only saying this because they were girls but Ianto pointed out that with Jack gone Gwen was in charge of the hub and need to be here and Tosh was best with computers so she would be best for technical support, they accepted this but still rightly thought they were just being heroes keeping them out of harms way. Martha and her family did not want to face the Master and they decided that the Hub still needed a medic and Martha could be that while Owen was gone, Donnas mum was staying with Martha's family as was Rose's but Wilf had insisted on coming with them to make up for the fact that Torchwood was three members down, Rose had refused point blank to stay behind and no matter how much the Doctor and Ianto pleaded with her she refused to change her mind, Donna had simply said she was going and only her family had tried to convince her otherwise and the Doctor believed this was half the reason Wilf was going. Rhys had to go because they needed him to get the van but he had promised Gwen he would get out as soon as he could. Sarah Jane had also insisted that she would go and take K-9 with them while the rest would stay here and Luke and Allan could help Tosh.
*
"Jenny?"
"Jack, where are we?"
"A warehouse just outside Cardiff."
"Right, so why are we here and how did we get here?"
"The Master."
"What?"
"Well he controlled you to take the TARDIS to him, but I followed, but now he has my brother who is working with him, and he locked us up while they do whatever it is they are doing."
"Any ideas how we get out?"
"We sit here and wait for your dad?"
"Maybe, so how many times did you make a joke about being handcuffed?"
"Six, you?"
"Just the once."
"Light weight."
"So what do you think they are up to?"
"Probably trying to take over the universe."
"Well I can not just sit here and wait for that to happen or dad to show up, were getting out."
"How."
"I think I have a thing that could undo these handcuffs in my back pocket, you will have to get it, both my hands or handcuffed, why did they only handcuff one of yours, they tried, I shot the lock on one of them, just tied my hand but I got it undone."
"So can you reach my back pocket?"
"That is not all I can reach."
"Just the pocket thanks Jack."
"Got it."
"Right, lets get to work."
*
"Doctor, how big a van do we need?"
"I dunno how many of there is there?"
"About ten, plus there will be Jack and Jenny."
"Probably need a large van then."
"One moment, Elle!"
"Yes sir?"
"Hi Elle, we need a van or lorry that can carry a dozen people plus a few crates."
"One min, I will see what we have got."
"Ianto, good job Jacks not here, he would be full on with the charm with her."
"Considering where Jack is I would rather have him here."
"Calm down Ianto, Jack has been in worse spots."
"Sir we have number eleven free, that should be ok."
"Thanks Elle, see you soon."
"Bye sir, take care."
*
"We should call UNIT."
"They can handle it."
"We should still let UNIT know what is going on."
"There is a UNIT base about twenty miles away, they could gather up the local army and be there within the hour."
"The Doctor said he could handle it."
"The Doctor says a lot of things, trust me it is better is you ignore most of what he says, he said call UNIT if things go bad, well with the Doctor they always go bad so lets call them now."
"Tosh what do you think, should we call UNIT?"
"I don't want to say."
Gwen looked round for support.
"Pete, should we call UNIT."
"I don't know, it might be a good idea."
"Gwen drop it, I know you don't like the idea but with the Master you shouldn't take a chance."
"Fine, Martha you call UNIT."
Martha got out her phone and scrolled to the entry marked UNIT, Cardiff.
"Hello, Elle it is Martha, just listen where are you, your what, well call for backup first, full code red, the Master, in the files, who, you have, good, see you soon."
"What was that about?"
"Doesn't matter, listen I have to go after them, it is full code red, all UNIT personnel to attended, including me."
*
"Hello, yes who is it, Martha hi how is your holiday going, well I am following your Doctor, why, what is it, what the Master, ok I will relay that to them, I have called for back up already, right done it, see you soon then."
*
"How long does this thing take?"
"Be patient Jack, it takes three minutes."
"Good job I can to check on you two, though knowing Jack there are worse things I could have found."
"Grey, you have to listen, he is just using you he will betray you and probably kill you."
"He will still be better than you."
Grey grabbed the device of Jack and through it across the room where it smashed before he kicked Jack in the face before walking out and locking the door behind him.
"So know what do we do?"
"We could always...."
"No Jack, for one you have a boyfriend."
*
"So Doctor, what is the plan?"
"We go in, you guys point your guns at the Master, I grab him, we lock him up, find Jack and sort out Jenny, we go back to the Hub."
"That simple?"
"Yes."
"It will never work."
"It might."
"Oh he sounds like a three year old."
"Well any of you got a plan."
"You ever see Hot Fuzz?"
"Yep."
"Something like that?"
"Where would we get that many guns?"
"The Hub."
"We just came from the hub, so that is a no on that idea."
"Jack would do it."
"Well I am not Jack."
"Yep Jack is sexier."
"Rose!"
"Get over it Doctor, so any more plans?"
*
"How long did you say UNIT will be?"
"I don't know, it all depends, but there will be someone there almost as soon as the Doctor."
"Well what are we going to do?"
"Nothing."
"We can't just do nothing, I know, bring up the Masters file."
"Ok, there isn't much though, few sightings in the seventies, last know sighting was Harold Saxon, before that there was something in San Francisco, oh his species in allergic to some of the chemicals found in cheap pain killers."
"Well we could bomb the area with pills."
"Nah, probably hit the Doctor."
"I have an idea."
"Yes Luke?"
"He said his body was imprinted on the rift, so the rift frequencies will be tied in with his body."
"So?"
"We could send out a wave on that frequency, it would cause his body to become unstable, for a while anyway."
"Tosh, could you work that out."
"Sorry Gwen it would take me years."
"I know somebody who could."
"Who?"
"Mr Smith." Said Luke, Clyde and Maria all at once.
*
"So, here we are, sat here for half an hour and still no plan."
"We need to take him down, I know him he will not risk his own life point a gun at him and he will surrender, I mean I am not a gun person but if the idea of one could save the universe I will go for it."
"How are we supposed to get near him, he has two hostages and the TARDIS."
"Well we can't just sit here."
*
"Jenny?"
"Yes?"
"Did you here that?"
"What?"
"Somebody is coming."
"The Master, Grey?"
"No, this person is being quiet."
"Hello?"
"Yes, who are you?"
"I'm from UNIT, who are you."
"Jack Harkness."
"Torchwood?"
"Yes, what is your name?"
"Elle."
"Wait your the Cardiff contact for UNIT aren't you?"
"You know of me?"
"I saw your file."
"That is classified."
"So is Torchwood but you know about us."
"Well this is getting us nowhere, could you get us out of these handcuffs?"
"Well Jack judging from what I have been told you would prefer to be in them."
"Well under normal circumstances you would be right, but now I would like to be out of them, you can put me back in them later if you want."
"Jack!"
"You to Jenny if you want."
"Not now Jack, Elle could you just get us out."
"Working on it, what's your name?"
"Jenny."
"Jenny what?"
"Just Jenny."
"She is like the Doctor."
"In what way?"
"I'm his daughter."
"That isn't in the files."
"You need to update them."
Click
"There we go, so what do we do now?"
"We need to contact the Doctor, Elle do you have a phone?"
"Yes, who are we going to call."
"Rose Tyler."
*
"Rose, is that you phone?"
"Yes, Hello? Jack!"
"Rose give it here."
"The Doctor wants to speak to you."
"Jack!"
"Hey Doc."
"What is going on in there, have you got away, is Jenny alright?"
"Jenny is fine, a woman from UNIT showed up and got us out."
"What, how did UNIT get there before us."
"She said it is because you have been standing around outside for an hour."
"We couldn't work out how to get in."
"Never had that problem myself."
"Jack!"
"What, no phone sex."
"No, and we still don't know how to get into the warehouse."
"Last time I could not get into a building I used a tractor."
"Well we don't have one."
"Well get in, this is my fight now."
"Why."
"My brother is on his side."
"You have a brother."
"Don't ask."
"Jack don't do anything stupid."
"No promises."
"Jack!"
Jack turned the phone of before handing it to Elle.
"Well UNIT will be here in half an hour with the big guns."
"Speaking of big guns."
"Jack, is this going where I think it is?"
"For once, no."
"Then what?"
"If we can get the TARDIS, me and Jenny could probably fly it out, then the Master would be easy."
*
"We could play blackjack."
"No."
"Poker?"
"No."
"Strip poker."
"Maybe."
"Really?"
"No!"
"Then what are we going to do?"
"Nothing."
"Tosh?"
"Yes Martha?"
"This screen says program twelve is being activated in five minutes."
"Oh shit."
"What?"
"Program twelve blows all the cell doors open."
"What the hell is the point in that?"
"If an alien threat got into the Hub and it could not be stopped Torchwood of 1902 decided that they would blow all the cells to give them time to get out and seal the Hub permanently."
"How many aliens are there in the Hub right now?"
"Two dozen, most of the weevils."
"Oh crap, can you override it."
"Not in the time with have."
"Right, I know how to stop weevils, what are the other ones?"
"There is a pair of Ferlutons, there like dogs but have no tail and lay eggs, there harmless, the only reason we keep them is there is no where else to put them, and, wait, there is something else down there but I don't know what it is."
"No info at all?"
"Nothing."
"Right, we will pacify the weevils, get the Ferlutons back into there cells and then we will investigate whatever is left."
"So what's the plan?"
"Remember those stun guns we removed a few weeks back."
"Yes."
"Go get them, make weevil hunting a lot easier."
"On it."
Tosh ran over to the armoury and pulled out the three stun guns and tossed one to Gwen.
"Martha do you mind?" Said Tosh holding out the stun gun.
"Not at all."
"The weevils are on leaves three through seven so we will just work our way down, Ferlutons are on two so put them back in the cells on our way down, then deal with whatever is on eight."
"Sounds good."
*
"Jack, Greys coming."
"On his own?"
"Yes."
"Who is Grey?"
"His brother."
"So is that good or bad."
"Bad."
"So what are we going to do?"
"Still got those handcuffs?"
"Jack, your own brother!"
"Jenny!"
"Kidding."
"You have been spending to much time with me."
"You spend a few hours handcuffed next to someone you are bound to pick up something's."
"Ok, I will grab him, Jenny you handcuff him and Elle you lock the door behind him."
Gray burst through the door holding Jack's gun but before he could say anything Jack forced all his weight onto Gray's arm causing him to drop the gun and shout out in pain, Jack grabbed his other arm while Elle slammed the door shut behind them, Jack pulled Gray over to the railing and Jenny slammed his wrist into the railings and put the handcuffs on.
"That went better than expected."
"So now what?"
"We get out and find the Doctor, Elle, how did you get in?"
"There was a fire escape round the back, I forced the lock."
"Good, lead the way we will ring the Doctor so we can meet up."
Elle lead them through a door and down a corridor and at the end the could see another door that was slightly open, Elle pushed it open and ran down the fire escape followed by Jack and Jenny.