Man, I really want to finish this li'l project, but I can barely seem to motivate myself to do so. D: You know what sucks? Being American (one without BBC America), I haven't yet seen CoE, and I can barely read Torchwood fanfiction since 75 percent of them are "how I wish CoE ended." DAMMIT! It's already been spoiled for me because people don't know how to keep the damn spoilers out of view! I'm so mad!
Disclaimer: If you don't know it by now…
Robbie and Hadley sat lazily in their chairs, Robbie spinning around with boredom. Today was a slow day for the Department of Extraterrestrial and Paranormal Phenomena (Scott had though up that name, and was rather proud of it). It had been four months since the three had founded the DEPP, and they had had a surprisingly large amount of customers/visitors (although many of them were off put by the fact that the DEPP was run by teenagers). Operations had run smoothly, and the trio had been lucky enough to not have been discovered by their parents yet. Plus, they were days away from tracking down those blue aliens that Scott had discovered that first day.
"When d'ya suppose Scott's coming back with lunch? I'm starving!" Robbie moaned.
"Be patient," Hadley scolded.
"Fine. I'll just spend my time bugging you then," Robbie chuckled, throwing a crumpled up piece of paper at the girl's head.
"Hey!" Hadley picked up the paper and chucked it right back, giggling.
A full blown paper war started between the two. Their fun was soon interrupted by the bell on the front door tinkling. Scott staggered in.
"It's about time, Sco-" Robbie stopped. "Scott, are you okay?!" Their friend stood there, leaning against the door. Blood was running down his arm, dripping to the floor.
"Oh God!" Hadley rushed to Scott, helping him to his seat. "I'll get the first aid kit!"
"Wh-what the hell happened?"
"It was those aliens! Not any of those small, weak ones we've spotted, but the original ones! They're dangerous! I spotted one of them, and it attacked me for no reason! I barely got away! I thought it was going to kill me!" Scott sobbed, tears running down his face.
"How horrible!" Hadley said, returning. Her voice wavered, her lips trembling.
"We have to do something about it," Robbie decided. "We have to protect the people from dangerous aliens like those."
"What do you propose we do?" Scott asked after regaining his composure.
"I- I don't know…"
"Isn't it obvious?" Hadley said. "We have to… to hunt them. We can't let them hurt anyone else. It's our duty as the members of DEPP." The boys agreed.
Tosh's arm plunged through the force field. "AAARGH!" Pain spread through her limb like a wildfire, but she did not withdraw. She was through! The device around her wrist crackled and buzzed and shorted out. She had penetrated the force field over her elbow, but she was beginning to feel dizzy. With all of her strength, Toshiko aimed her fist at the control panel. Her blow did nothing. She tried once more, this time using the device as a weapon. Again. Again. Finally, the force field wavered. She was so close! One more hit, and the field deactivated.
Tosh fell to her knees, her palms slapping the cold floor. And before she could stop herself, she giggled. She laughed loudly and happily. She had gotten out by sheer force of will! She theorized that these aliens didn't have very powerful or reliable force field technology. She guessed they probably didn't use it much, what with it being so easy for her to escape. Finally, the woman's laughter subsided. She needed to leave before she was caught. It was a wonder they hadn't come rushing to her yet. Were they too busy for her? The thought made her chuckle again.
Toshiko looked down at her arm, feeling the pain anew. Her skin was red and inflamed, even burned in several places. There was no trace of her sleeve anywhere, and she found she could barely move her fingers. "A small sacrifice," she murmured. She'd heal. "If I get out…"
Tosh got up, her legs a little wobbly. She made her way down the hall the way she remembered the aliens had before. At the end of the hallway was a door. She braced her shoulder up against it, pushing it open enough for her to slip through. When she tried to get through, she stumbled. Tosh fell into what looked like the bridge, main area, whatever. An eerie flashing red light cast itself on all the walls and equipment. It was like some kind of alarm. Was that from her, or was it why they hadn't come after her yet? There were indecipherable words all over the walls and consoles, and Toshiko couldn't help but observe them for a few minutes. Unfortunately, her brain was a bit foggy from the pain. On a table in the corner, Tosh found her gun. She grabbed it with her good hand and made sure it was loaded. It seemed the aliens hadn't figured it out. She was in luck.
Tosh was able to figure out where the exit was, and unlike the door from before, the exit door automatically opened for her. She was free!
"Look at these!" Gwen kneeled down, pointing at the ground.
"What is it, Gwen?" Ianto and Owen joined her.
"What do these look like to you?"
"I don't know- footprints?" Owen guessed.
"Exactly. High heel footprints. This is the way Tosh went. I'm sure of it."
"Lead the way. The sooner we find Tosh, the better," Owen said, shivering. He glanced around nervously at the trees around them. There were too many places for a potential enemy to hide.
"Let's continue on," Ianto muttered, leading the way further into the thicket of trees. The others increased their pace to catch up.
After at least another 45 minutes, the Torchwood team encountered a clearing. They hesitantly entered it, each of them on high alert. In the middle of the clearing was what seemed to be a spaceship. By the looks of the thing and the dozens of broken trees around it, it seemed to Gwen that it had crashed here. She motioned to the men to follow her as she approached the blocky vessel. They each had their guns trained on a different area of the ship, ready for anything that came out.
"Stop!" A loud voice commanded. "You are trespassing! You have no right to be here!"
"Show yourself, coward!" Owen barked back. "You have our friend!"
"Owen!" Gwen whispered. "Don't we can't be sure of that, or of how dangerous this alien is." Owen grudgingly shut his mouth.
Suddenly, something flickered before them. A cloaking device? The three all swung their guns in the shimmer's direction. The indistinct distortion soon took a solid shape. Standing proudly before them was a large blue-grey alien. His four legs were positioned in a prepared way. A large spear-like weapon was firmly gripped in his main hands. The alien's face was twisted in an angry expression. "Leave this place!" he growled. "The other human has gotten what she deserves! Do you wish to share her fate?"
"What did you do to Tosh, you bastard!?" Owen snarled, steeping forward. The alien just gave him a crooked grin.
Gwen attempted to be calm and diplomatic. "We haven't come here to cause trouble. We just want our friend back. Please."
"Ha! That is ridiculous!" another, higher voice scoffed. The female alien could be seen, half hidden by the ship.
"Addah! Get away from here! It is dangerous!" the male alien ordered to his mate, turning himself away from the humans for a split second.
A gunshot sounded, and Iiv fell to the ground. "IIV!" Addah screeched, running to her mate.
"Tosh!" Ianto cried, spotting the Japanese woman. Her gun was raised, and she appeared to be the one who fired at the alien.
Tosh's face lit up at seeing her friends. She ran to them, throwing herself at the nearest one. Owen held her tightly as she wrapped her arms around him. Gwen noticed Tosh's injured arm, and her face darkened.
"What the hell did you do to her?!" she roared, aiming her gun once more at the aliens. Ianto followed suit. She almost dropped her weapon in surprise when she saw them again.
Addah was cradling Iiv's limp body, sobbing. She glared up at the Torchwood members, her eyes filled with tears. "Why can you humans not just LEAVE US ALONE?! Why must you continue to ruin our lives?"
"Wh… what?" was all Gwen could say.
Oh no, oh no, what's going on? Yeah, you'll have to wait for that. Just a tidbit of trivia, DEPP is the organization in my awesome opossum original novel I'm somewhat working on.
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