"You need my help?"
The Doctor and Martha looked at each other again.
"Look…Stevie, I'm going to level with you; we need you to hack into some government files."
Stevie couldn't believe what she was hearing. Who was this guy that Martha was with? The old Martha would never have put her in this position. Hack into government files? That had to come under treason, which would land her in jail. Not that Stevie couldn't do it. She definitely could do it. She had hacked into plenty of sites and accounts in her life, most recently her cheating ex-boyfriend's email account to send an abusive email to his mistress. But he totally deserved it…bastard.
"Look, Martha, I don't know if I can take that risk…I mean, I do not want to go to jail!"
"Jail? Look Stevie, you know that I would never ask you to do this if it could be avoided. But this is serious Stevie. We need access to some Torchwood files that are classified."
Stevie stared blankly at Martha.
"Torchwood? What is that?"
Finally, the mysterious Doctor spoke again.
"Torchwood is an organisation that is like us, meaning they specialise in alien life forms. The files we need are regarding an alien species that is threatening the well-being of mankind. They are called Portolaxes, and they literally suck the energy out of humans to the point that the victims no longer have the capacity to live. The files have the information to stop them, however Torchwood refuse to give it to us. Martha mentioned your skills. So we would really appreciate your help".
Stevie thought for a moment.
"How exactly do they 'suck the energy out of you'?"
The Doctor turned to Stevie
"Through kissing."
Stevie gave a dry chuckle under her breath. Well, she thought to herself, she may as well give it a go, after all, she didn't want to die by having the energy sucked out of her. Plus, if anything went wrong, she knew how to cover her tracks. She let out a long sigh.
"Well, I suppose so. Let's do it now, though, before I decide otherwise."
She strode over to her computer.
"Right, here we go. Logging into network…searching Torchwood…there's a website here…ah, password activated…"
It took Stevie forty-five long minutes, with help from the Doctor for possible passwords, before she had success in getting through the various firewalls and passwords associated with this Torchwood thing.
"I'M IN! I'M IN!" She screamed at Martha and her Doctor, who were looking through old photo albums belonging to Martha.
"Ok…there's a list of the different bases. Which base did you need?"
She looked at the Doctor, who was deep in thought.
"I'm not sure. Check all of them, and make sure that you look for Portolaxes under the 'Alien Species' heading."
Stevie looked through bases one and two, but had no luck with the Portolaxes. She clicked onto Torchwood 3. She went to the 'Alien Species' heading, and there she saw Portolaxes.
"Doctor, Martha! Here it is!"
The Doctor literally leaped to her side.
"Well, go on! Open it up!
Stevie clicked on the file heading. She expected a long page of information to come up, but instead only a small portion of writing came up. She read it out loud.
"For information, please contact the head of Torchwood 3 base, situated in Cardiff".
Stevie clicked on the 'Torchwood 3 Team' heading. There, she found the sub headings: Leader, Doctor, Computer Expert, Police Liaison, General Help. She clicked on Leader. A picture of a handsome man in his late thirties came onto the screen. And good lord was he hot. Smoking, infact. She looked at the name.
"Captain Jack Harkness. Wow. He can order me around any day." Martha gave a little chuckle at Stevie's remark.
"I don't believe it."
Both Stevie and Martha looked at the Doctor, who had a look of disbelief on his face. He turned to Martha.
"Time to go to Cardiff, and quickly".
The two of them hurried down the corridor, and outside onto the pavement. Stevie sprinted after them.
"I'm coming with you."
She had expected Martha to protest and tell her how dangerous their mission was, however the Doctor was the one who spoke up.
"Absolutely not. These aliens are very dangerous".
Stevie stepped in front of them, blocking their path.
"Look, I just hacked into a government website for you, at the risk of being landed in jail for treason. I think I deserve to come"
The Doctor studied Stevie intently for a minute, clearly deciding whether she would be a help or a liability on their adventure.
"Alright, you can come".
Stevie's face broke into a wide grin.
"Great! So, where is this TARDIS then?"
The Doctor pointed behind her.
"See for yourself Miss Walcott".
Stevie turned around, yet only saw a blue police box that looked like it was from the sixties. Martha and the Doctor sidled around Stevie, opened the door to the police box, and walked inside. Stevie grabbed her keys, her phone and her jacket which was hanging beside the front door. She shut the door and ran across the road to the TARDIS. She studied the outside of the box, and then walked inside.
"Oh my God".