Title: Tears of the Weevil
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own Torchwood, the characters or anything related to the show.
"We need to act now people!" Jack slammed his hand on his desk as he hovered in front of it, worry evident all over his face. "If we don't destroy this 'cure' every weevil in the United Kingdom will be hunted down and turned by Friday."
"What do we do?" Gwen quizzed, glad to be back in the Hub among friends. The office she worked in at the British Alien Defense Squad seemed too clean and sterile and the people too normal. Sitting in Jack's office with the paint peeling and her twenty one year old daughter beside her Gwen felt right at home.
"If Lacey can find a way to get in to their security systems we can get the details we need. Building plans, work shifts, access codes, the whole package. We destroy their research and make sure they can't recreate it. I'm warning you all though, the public aren't on our side anymore." Jack looked at them sternly. "There'll be no going back after this."
"In for a penny and all that." Owen got to his feet and took over from Jack. "Lacey work with Gwen and start trying to hack their system. We've got one day to get organized; if we strike on Thursday night they'll have cells full of weevils. A couple of commands from me and we've got our own private army. We're all that's left of Torchwood, so we need to pool our resources and above all trust each other. So let's get started then. We do this for Ianto and Tosh yeah?"
Gwen remained silent as the others cheered heartily, catching their attention. "I don't know if I can trust you." She finally admitted, unwilling to live in fear of what could have happened anymore. She needed to know one way or the other. "Emmerich told me that I worked with her before, the me from this time. I betrayed you all and you found out when Tosh was taken. I'm the reason Toshiko's dead aren't I?" Gwen shrieked, finally giving in to the anger and fear she'd been harboring for the past few days. "I was the one who told Emmerich where she'd be…I turned on you all and you killed me."
"No!" Lacey's voice was quiet but filled the silent room. "It's my fault Tosh was caught and it's my fault she's dead… We'd been arguing that night. She called me immature… so I did the mature thing and stormed off. I left her on her own and she was caught on her way home. I was a stupid immature kid and I've been paying for it ever since."
"Emmerich lied to you." Owen added. "You went undercover inside their organization but you never turned your back on us. You broke your cover trying to save Tosh and you were caught too. We didn't tell you earlier how you died because we knew you'd react this way. What you did…" He paused as though trying to find the right words to stop her toppling over the edge. "You were a mess Gwen. I was mad at you for a long time but I forgave you. We all forgave you. That's all in the past now. Right now the only thing that matters is ending this for good!"
"We're a family Gwen." Jack smiled, not his dazzling white pearly grin but a subdued reassuring smile. "We stick together. And we definitely don't kill each other…often."