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Title:Recruitment.

a TORCHWOOD fanfiction

Author:Rodlox

Summary:Suzie is kidnapped.

Coda to Everything Changes

Spoilers:Everything Changes.

Author's Note:one character has made an appearance in an earlier fic of mine: http/www.fanfiction. net/s /2962466/1/

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TORCHWOOD, Wales, United Kingdom, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy:

The last to join the rush towards the in-building mortuary, Gwen followed as the group then wheeled about and returned to the computers. Picking a moment that seemed opportune, while they waited for Owen and Tosh to find out what'd happened, "Who picked your alarm?" Gwen asked.

"I did," Jack said.

"Why?"

Jack looked at her funny. "It sure looked like it got your attention."

"I thought someone's tea kettle was going off," Gwen said. "Then I saw everyone else was up and running."

"Herd instinct," Jack said, grinning. "Wait a minute," as Owen handed him a printout. "That can't be..." Why would he rob Suzie's grave?

"What?"

"There's been a TARDIS in the area," Owen said. "That's the only thing that could account for this level of that sort of energy expenditure.

"Mind telling me what a tardis is?"

Looking at the readouts, ignoring Gwen, Jack had but one thought: the Doctor was the last one. That means it could only have been him.

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RANDOM HABITABLE PLANET, in the direction of Cygnus:

Suzie opened her eyes and sucked in air simaltaneously. Looking around, she saw that the glove was nowhere to be seen.

But there was someone else, a heavyset woman peering down her nose at Suzie. She certainly looked human. And, yet, her eyes, Suzie saw, had the same unhuman shine as a weevil.

"Who are you?" Suzie asked.

"Call me Professor, its as close as you need know."

No glove... "How did you bring me back to life?"

Her answer was an indifferent roll of the shoulders, a move that no human could make. "Spare energy."

"And what are you?"

"A volunteer for the War," Professor said. The Doctor convinced me to help my fellow Time Lords. Time to make sure the Daleks perish. "And now so are you."

"What war is it, exactly, that you want me to fight for you in?"

A curious expression. "The Time War, of course."

A chill feeling went through Suzie. I know the Time War's over...is she going to go back and join the fighting, or...or does she - are we - right now on a collision course with the original Time War? "You're a Time Lord, aren't you?"

"Gallifreyan. Time Lords are a subculture," sounding none too pleased about it.

Based on this, I'm going to hazard the guess that the events preceeding the Time War are still out there in the universe, taking place. But...then why did the Doctor say he was the last?

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The End