Hi guys. Thanks so much for all the alert updates, really makes me want to finish this finally Sorry its all taken a while, I'm in the middle of A level exams so I've got to revise. Nearly done now so I'll try update abit more frequently once they're out the way. Enjoyy!
Jack held the phone to his ear, his fingers gripping the plastic tightly, listening to the 'buzz buzz' on the other end. He gave an exasperated sigh, and was about to throw the phone down when it fell silent.
"Hello? Gwen is that you?" Jack asked urgently. A child's voice seemed to giggle at him from a distance away from the phone, before the line went dead once more. He stared at the phone in his hand for a moment, not knowing what to think. Then slowly his brain filtered into action. Grabbing his long coat, he shot out of the door and down the stairs to the main floor of the hub, feeling the eyes of the others on him from their stations.
"Gwen's not answering her phone, and I've got a nasty feeling that this ... thing is at her house right now. I'm gonna go get her and Rhys and bring them both here. No," he said, cutting Owen and Ianto off as they both opened their mouths to offer to come along, "I need you all to stay here, keep an eye out for this thing and keep working. I'll be back soon" With that final word he ran through the cog like door and was gone.
The others shared a worried glance between them. "He shouldn't have gone on his own" Ianto said quietly.
"Jack knows what he's doing." Owens voice was surprisingly gentle, "Besides, like he said, he needs us to get this research done. The quicker we find out what this thing is, the quicker we can deal with it"
Ianto said nothing in reply though it was clear through his body language that he was not so certain. A 'pling' sound emitted from Toshiko's computer, and she let out a small gasp as she stared at the info now in front of her. The two men instantly left their own stations and came to stand behind her, their eyes slowly widening as they read the words on the screen:
The text scrolled faster and faster across the screen until it was just a blur. Then
Hello Torchwood.
Toshiko took an involuntary step back from the computer screen, whilst Ianto and Owen could only stare at the cursor flashing, waiting for their reply. Owen leaned forwards to the keyboard.
"No wait!" Ianto said sharply "We shouldn't reply to it"
"Why not?" Owe asked "It can't exactly do anything to us through a computer screen. Besides, it's only saying Hello" He leaned over once more and slowly pressed the keys
Hello there
The reply was instantaneous
Why are you afraid?
Owen looked at the other two. No one said anything, so he typed again
I'm not
No Owen Harper, not yet. Ianto Jones and Toshiko Sato are though.
That's because you scared them
I didn't mean to. Why won't you look at me?
You're not here
I am. I'm looking at you right now. Please look at me
The three of them stared at the last words on the screen, none of them daring to look away, not knowing what they would see.