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Alrighty maties! (yeah, I've been thinking pirates lately...which would make a good sequel or one-shot [note to self]) This chapter introduces my own character (be gentle he's all new and barely formed past two dimensional) Caleb Isaac - Irish and handsome. Here's the thing, picture Colin Ferrell (because that's what I did) but change his eye colour to green and wah laa! Cal Isaac can be pictured in your head with everyone else. I may or may not have made him taller... Oh and yes pearls (to me) relate heavily to treasure which relates to pirates so yeah - pirates on the brain :)

They'd set down a couple of miles out of Cardiff, in what had looked like an empty field from the sky, but according to Jack it contained an enormous cavernous underground bunker. Rose had been impressed. They'd had to release the device from the pulley so they could set down, and the field had held the pterodactyls in as they scratched angrily at the invisible walls that held them. A man had been there to meet them, whom Jack had introduced as Cal Isaac.

Cal was a thirtyish year old Irishman, at least six feet tall with piercing intelligent green eyes and a sturdy build.

Cal shook Rose's hand, "Pleasure to meet a friend of Jack's." he shook his head looking at the dinosaurs, "Now that is some haul."

Jack grinned, his arm around Rose's shoulders, "You know me, I like to impress."

Rose snorted, "So, what's next?" she asked meeting Cal's eyes, eager to get back to the Doctor.

Cal smirked, crinkling his bright green eyes at her and running a hand through his short black hair, "Direct little thing aren't you?"

Jack's arm tightened around her, and Rose decided to let that comment go. She gave him a tight smile, "Hmmm… So, I guess we need to work out where your gonna store them, and how to get them out of the force field without letting any escape or tear us apart." She said pointedly, in a professional tone.

Cal looked between them, "No offence meant." He assured.

"Of course not." Rose said raising her eyebrows expectantly.

"Well, I guess you two should come inside." He said gesturing to an open trapdoor that revealed a metal platform. "They gonna stay in there while we're gone? How much power's left?"

"Good question." Jack said looking to Rose.

She was about to reach into her jacket when her phone rang; her eyes flew to Jack's. "Two guesses who that is." He smirked as she flipped it out.

"Doctor?" she listened for a moment, "Well it hasn't been an hour yet-" she smiled and walked a little bit away from the two men, "Yes, I know that's being technical. You're always being technical." She listened to him for a bit longer, twisting a piece of hair around her finger and her face lit up "That's not true!" she protested giggling. Jack managed to catch her eye and she remembered that they were in the middle of something, "Oh, forget that. Look, how long will the energy cell last in the force field? Ooh wait I'll put you on speakerphone." She said taking the phone away from her ear and pressing a button as she walked back towards Jack and Cal.

The Doctor's voice started filtering through the phone, "You've got about an hour. I do hope you haven't run off with Jack, who'd help me find my glasses then?"

Rose made a face at the phone, "Oh, I'm sure you'd find someone." She assured, "You always do."

Jack took the phone from Rose, "Hey, Doc is there anyway to turn off just a wall of the field. We need a way to direct them out…without losing an eye…or worse."

"Sure, why not tamper with my beautiful handiwork-"

"Tell Jack what to do to get them out of there, or I'm running off with him." Rose threatened. She smiled at Jack, "I've heard only good things about Greenland…"

"Fine." The Doctor sighed, "You'll have to access the programming and take off the failsafe I built in to prevent one wall being turned off without the others. Then rewrite some code to fill in the gaps, it won't be pretty but it should work." He explained.

"Cool. Can't stop and chat, work to do. Pretty blondes to run off with." Jack smirked handing the phone back to Rose as she swapped him for the panel she'd pulled out of her jacket pocket.

"I can get the enclosures ready, while you do that. How many you got?" Cal said speaking up finally and trying to make himself useful.

"Rose, where are you?" the Doctor asked suspiciously.

"Uh, that would be great Cal, we have seventy-eight…" she glanced at the dinosaurs and frowned, "or at least we did." She said looking at the prone form lying at the bottom, not moving. "Oh no." she whispered sadly.

Jack squeezed Rose's shoulder before going back to rewriting the Doctor's codes on the panel.

"Rose?" The Doctor asked.

"Oh, one of them didn't make it."

"As opposed to the nine who fell flaming to the grating." The Doctor said dryly.

Rose whistled through her teeth, "Well now the body count's at ten. I'll see you later, I want to check out the enclosures with Cal." She narrowed her eyes, "We'll be underground and I'm not sure how much of a signal I'll have, so I'll call you when I'm free." She said snapping the phone shut and turning it off before he could say anything else. She made a face at it before putting it back in her pocket; she walked over to Cal, "Shall we?"

Cal looked at her curiously, "Sure." He said leading the way with a backward glance at Jack, "Let's go." He stepped onto the metal panel, waited for Rose to step there too and pressed a button with his foot, starting the decent into the bunker.

As they descended Rose noticed him looking at her out of the corner of his eye and shook her head, "You listen to hour long rants on the evils of Torchwood having an arsenal and see how peppy you are when he makes his little digs." She muttered.

Rose walked the length of the enclosure, trying not to gasp. It was incredible, she'd have no idea she was underground if she hadn't just taken the two-minute ride down here. The ceiling for one thing was so high she wasn't sure she could even see it. If they could get the helicopter down here, they could have flown it easily without crashing into any walls. Cal pulled up in a buggy beside her, "Going my way? You should see the environmental zones we've established…they don't look so much like an empty plane hanger."

"I was thinking more like batman's batcave." Rose smiled, climbing in beside him. "Do you have ones set up for dinosaurs?"

"One, but it's full. We'll keep them in this one while we build theirs especially suited to their needs."

"Makes sense." Rose nodded. "So, could I see some of the others?"

"Sure." Cal agreed, driving them down a long hallway.

"Do you work alone?…I mean we haven't passed anyone else." Rose asked gently.

"Wandering if I'm some eccentric hermit type who lives in the Earth with a bunch of bizarre creatures?" Cal asked amused. Rose gave him an apologetic look, "It's alright." He chuckled, "I'm sure this looks pretty strange even to someone used to the strange, I mean you're not one to flinch at secret underground bunkers."

"What kind of person would I be if I had?" Rose smiled, "I like to think I'm made of stronger stuff." She watched the hallway whip by for a moment; "So you were saying?" she said redirecting the conversation back to her question.

Cal laughed, "You're persistent, I have to give you that. Well, everyone who works here – and when I say everyone I mean me and twelve others – is a previous Torchwood employee-"

"Previous?"

"Well, I guess technically we get paid by Torchwood to keep their little messes secret but we like to think they don't have much sway within these walls."

Rose nodded sympathising, "It's nice to be your own boss." Her brows drew together, "Course you still have office politics to deal with, someone's got to be in charge."

Cal smirked, as they turned the corner "That your subtle way of askin' me if I'm in charge around here?"

Rose matched his smirk, "Must not have been subtle enough, you get a little rusty at subtle travelling with the Doctor."

Cal nodded, "I'll take your word for that." He pulled up to the next enclosure, "And for your information yes I am in charge, and the paper work is hell." He gestured in front of them, "What do you think of that then?"

Rose turned and gasped, before them was a full on replica of the Jurassic period – and she should know having been there twice. She got out of the buggy and walked up to the clear wall before them, pressing her palms against it. Trees swayed in the breeze, birds flew and chattered. A caveman loped over a hill dragging a deer carcass back to a waiting group. Rose laughed, "This is incredible." She turned to Cal beside her, "Do they know? Do they know that something's wrong and this isn't home?"

He considered her question; "They had the original shock of entering the modern world, before coming here. So they know things are different." He leaned closer to the window, "Otherwise, they're happy. Their behaviour is consistent, and we've had no major problems acclimatising them to the closest representation to the Jurassic period as we could get." He rubbed a tired hand through his hair, "Actually they are by far the easiest enclosure to maintain, very few fights or disruptions."

Rose straightened up, "Can they see us? Wouldn't seeing a well-lit hallway on the other side of a window be a bit disturbing?"

Cal tapped the window, "Nah, one of the few benefits of working with Torchwood is we get the latest in building materials. This" he tapped the window "is one-way sight and sound."

"Very clever." Rose gushed, trying to sound appropriately impressed.

Cal looked at her and narrowed his eyes, "You've seen better?"

"Well…" she admitted reluctantly, "I've seen whole cities made out of touchable, malleable, solid holograms." She looked down at her hands, "and that was pretty cool." She finished softly.

"Solid….?" Cal begun and then stared at her, "Bet you've got some incredible tales to tell." He said respectfully. There was a beep and they both looked down at his watch.

Rose gaped, "You don't!" she protested with a laugh "How spock are you?" she said in disbelief as he pressed a button on his watch and brought it closer to his mouth.

Cal made a face at her, "Yes?" he asked the person on the other end of the line. Rose left him to it, walking away a little to give him space while she pulled out her phone and turned it on.

She chose her second speed dial – Jack, she'd gotten his number on the ride over here – putting it to her ear she waited while it rang. He picked up on the third ring, "How's it going?" she asked, not bothering with a greeting.

"I've just about got the code finished, I'd give it a test run but-"

"You don't want to be torn limb from limb as you release frustrated pterodactyls into the unsuspecting Welsh countryside?"

She could hear the smile in his voice, "That about sums it up. How are things on your end?"

"Cal's got an amazing world down here. I almost wish we had more time, so we could explore. I swear it'd take a couple of days to see every square inch, and that's without taking in all the detail."

"He's charmed you, then?" Jack said sounding amused.

"Noooo." Rose protested, "He didn't have to, a cyberman could be showing me around and I'd still be gushing."

"That good is it? I haven't been down in a couple of years…and back then I didn't have much time to stick around and check out the scenery."

"Is that what I'm doing?"

"No, you Rose Tyler are making sure that the enclosure arranged for our waiting charges is suitable, because nothing but that would be put you at ease in leaving them here."

"And now I feel all warm and fuzzy." Rose giggled, before noticing that Cal was waiting patiently for her. "Honey I've got to go, Cal's waiting."

"You sound very at home, might have to leave you down there and tell the Doctor you ran off with a handsome Irishman." Jack teased.

"Don't you dare leave without me Captain Jack Harkness I know your darkest secrets." Rose threatened playfully as she hung up. She glanced at her phone and groaned, "Four missed calls." She muttered to herself, "Ruddying Timelord." She switched off her phone after sending him a quick text telling him to stop being so clingy, they've been separated in jail cells longer then this. Turning back to Cal she smiled, "So, time to get back to business." She climbed back into the buggy and enquired curiously, "Do all of you get buggy's? Because that in itself is almost good enough to live below the surface, not seeing natural light or the sky for hours."

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Oh and in case you wanted another tidbit of information about this story:

I named him Caleb because i was watching East of Eden at the time (LOVE that movie!).

[sigh] James Dean :) ---Who looks a little like James Franco -----who was in Freaks and Geeks ----which happens to be the other story I'm (supposed to be) writing chapters for....ahh I love how everything is connected.