Chapter 6: Jack 2
Toshiko raised her gun again as the man – Jack 2, she thought – took a step towards her. "Who are you?" she asked, feeling rather foolish but saying it nonetheless. "What are you doing here?"
He looked at her quizzically.. "Jack Harkness," he repeated. "As to what I'm doing here, I rather hoped you'd tell me." He moved his left arm and flipped open his wrist strap, pressing some buttons and frowning. "2008?" He looked back at her, "This is the Hub, right?"
"Yes."
He moved another pace closer and Toshiko again waggled the gun at him. "If you work for Torchwood you'll probably know from the records that there's no point in shooting me." He raised his eyebrows in a familiar gesture. Toshiko saw the logic of his words and lowered the gun. "That's better. Now, I've told you who I am – although I think you knew all along – but so far I have no idea who you are." By now he was standing at the foot of the steps, smiling up at her.
She swallowed, "Toshiko. How did you get here? Where are you from?"
"This little beauty brought me here, although it hasn't worked as a teleport for a long time." He looked to one side wistfully. "Someone called me, all the way from 1934. You?"
She shook her head before glancing at Jack's – her Jack's – body which remained unmoving.
Jack 2 caught the movement and followed her gaze. His eyes widened and he moved up a couple of steps and got a clear view at the face. "Is that who I think it is? I think we need to talk, Toshiko." He took her arm and gently pushed her up the remaining steps and into the Hub. He knelt by the other Jack's body, "Ouch, that had to hurt," he muttered. He looked up at Toshiko, "What happened?"
Toshiko deliberated; her gut feeling told her that this was Jack and he could be trusted but some more rational part of her was warning her about alien shape shifters and their tricks. Her gut won out and she told him of the artefact and the explosion. Jack 2 was a good listener, just as her Jack was. He asked some questions and had all the facts in just a few minutes.
"The blast must have triggered the emergency teleport though it usually works the other way round," he said, pointing to her Jack's wrist strap. "It brought me here and you obviously knew I'd arrived; any other warnings?"
"Yes. Three others, in the cells, the Boardroom and the Tourist Office." Her eyes widened as she realised what he was implying. "There are more Jacks?" she queried.
"Seems likely. Who's in charge of Torchwood Cardiff these days?"
"You are, or rather he is," Toshiko looked down as her Jack.
"What!?" Jack 2 was incredulous. "I don't believe it!"