AN: I had a brainwave as I fell asleep last night. It took me a while to formulate the story. Sorry it's late but I have had serious family problems that have shattered my concentration. If the ending seems a little emo this is how I feel right now. Sorry its really late.

Chapter 5

Fugitive

Ianto sat at the boardroom table; they were all waiting for him to begin. He sighed deeply and looked over his hands.

"I couldn't sleep one night after…Lisa." He stopped and looked away; Jack put a hand on his forearm. He nodded and continued.

"So I came into the Hub and thought that I would sort out the archives. I still haven't managed to sort it all out. There's so much. I read about Lily a week ago. It shocked me to know that we had done that to an innocent girl."

Ianto cast a glance down to the sofa where Lily was sleeping.

"There is a piece of information that she doesn't know yet. She has a tracker on her. When she disappeared, they figured out what had happened and prepared for her return. There is a secret part of Torchwood that little is known about. They are trained to catch Lily and continue her preparations for war."

Ianto looked up at the team. They were open-mouthed, startled by what Ianto had said.

"If I'm right in thinking they already know she's here. We have to keep them away. Otherwise they can use her primary function against us." Mused Jack. He was leaning back in his chair.

Suddenly alarm bells echoed through the Hub. Tosh grabbed her PDA and accessed the CCTV screens.

"We have a breach. All security systems shutting down." She called as they all rushed down the stairs to the main doors.

Lily sat bolt upright on the sofa. He eyes opened wide as she saw the CCTV screen on Tosh's computer.

"They have come for me!" She cried, jumping from the sofa she ran to the doors.

Jack grabbed her and pulled her back. He grasped her shoulders and turned her to face him.

"They know you're here but they can't take you away, we won't let that happen."

Lily looked up at Jack as tears filled her eyes.

"Promise?" She asked in a small, child-like tone of voice. Jack nodded and pulled her close.

Ianto, Tosh and Gwen were hacking back into the mainframe of the Hub's security system. Tosh yelled out commands to Ianto, who relayed them to the Hub computers. Gwen was attempting to piece together the CCTV images and I.D them.

Owen was entering the codes for a full lockdown. He stood in front of a voice-activated interface. He was barking commands at the interface for clearance. Suddenly the Hub went into self-induced lockdown. Owen then bolted to his station and began to help Gwen with her searching.

Jack had guided Lily back to the sofa and sat her down. He then headed over to Ianto and stared at the flashing computer screen.

"So…where are they?" He asked, still staring at the screen.

Ianto tapped at an icon, a small screen popped up. It was fuzzy and flitted from time to time, but three figures could be seen lurking four levels down in the Hub. Two had weapons, the third looked older than the others.

"What do we do?" Enquired Tosh, she had wandered over after the Hub locked down.

"Well, we can't re-open the Hub for…three hours…," said Jack looking at his watch. "So we need to entertain our guests for a while."

Lily was rocking backwards and forwards, muttering to herself. Gwen caught sight of her.

"Lily? Are you alright?"

Lily shook her head violently. Ianto perked up and walked over to Lily. She immediately curled up beside him and continued her mutterings.

Alarm bells rang again and the three figures fired shots at the team. Some how they had sneaked into the main Hub area without the others seeing them. Jack hollered at the others to duck down as he drew his Webley and fired back at the intruders.

Owen had pulled Gwen sharply to the floor and covered her body with his chest. He cast a glance to Tosh. She had bolted from her desk and was cowering near Jack's office.

Owen then scanned for Ianto and Lily. He saw Lily covering Ianto with her wings. The bullets re-bounded off them, like they were made of metal. Owen caught sight of Lily's eyes…they were trained on the intruders. Her fear was gone now; all that was left was sheer anger that the intruders wanted to hurt the team.

She slipped her had to Ianto's side and withdrew the firearm. Ianto understood what she was going to do and slunk behind the sofa. She then cried out to the intruders.

While the others had hidden Jack had fired round after round at the three intruders.

Suddenly Lily's cry stopped the onslaught.

"STOP!"

The intruders smiled and trained their guns on Lily.

"We have been looking for you." Said the eldest of the three.

Lily grimaced at the figure. Her voice no longer had a childlike quality; it was strong and filled with fury.

"Dr Woodrow, so good to see you again. I would have expected you to have passed on by now…but wishes never come true. Do they?" Sarcasm bubbled through her speech.

Dr Woodrow smiled wider.

"Ah, you still have that fiery personality. We always thought that you had a child's personality, but when faced with danger that gene kicks in. That gene that we added in your creation. What was it called? Oh well. Stop this madness and come quietly, or your friends will suffer." He growled, his expression had changed. He trained his gun over each of the cowering members and Jack.

Jack edged next to Lily, his gun switching aim from one of the other intruders to the other.

"So how old are you? You were old in the forties. You gotta be over 100 years old." Asked Lily.

Dr Woodrow chuckled softly.

"I always aimed to cure ageing. With all my experiments I had an accident and I discovered the cure. I am 104 and I don't look a day over 50. Sadly all my notes were destroyed in the accident, but no matter. I have no intention of making a cure for the rest of man-kind." He sneered.

Lily chuckled and smiled at the doctor.

"Just like you Woody, insensitive as usual. I did miss that humour of yours."

The doctor's face changed, the smile was replaced by anger.

"You will come with me now…" The doctor began, then Ianto cried out in fear. Lily and the others turned at the sound and gasped in horror.

While they had been listening to the doctor, his goons had sneaked round to where Ianto was. One of then now had a revolver to his head. The safety catch clicked open and the goon prepared to fire. He grinned and showed many yellow or missing teeth

Lily's eyes widened. She aimed the gun at the goon, but her face was different. Like she didn't want to shoot. The fear was back in her eyes.

"…Or your friend will find out what it is like to have a shard of metal blown through his frontal lobe."

Lily's arm shook; her eyes welled with tears.

"You wouldn't dare." Her voice cracked as she spoke. The doctor smiled.

"Oh I think I would" He snapped his fingers and the goon pushed the gun closer to Ianto's head. Ianto whimpered. He looked at Lily and shook his head.

"You hate to use weapons Lily, we know that. You can't stand to hurt people…that's why you were such a failure!" Woodrow yelled, like he was talking to a child.

"Just shoot them Lily, do it now." Ianto croaked.

Lily's hand shook again, and then she dropped the gun and turned to the doctor.

"Leave them alone, it's me you want. They don't deserve this." She turned and smiled weakly at Jack. He shifted on his feet and put his Webley down.

The goon threatening Ianto threw him to the floor. The goon then ran over to Lily and forced her into a rusty pair of handcuffs. Jack pulled Ianto to his feet then looked back at the invading party.

"What are you going to do now? The Hub is in lockdown, we can't open the systems for 3 hours." Called Jack, he flashed his trademark smile, with a hint of anger.

Doctor Woodrow smiled coyly and sauntered over towards the closed doors, he then turned and pressed a device. The Hub immediately opened; Jack walked forward and broke the silence.

"How did you do that? We have the best security ever made."

Dr Woodrow smiled.

"I created Torchwood Cardiff, so I know the security in here like the back of my hand. If anyone follows us I will activate the self destruct mechanism on this place and blow it sky high." He sneered.

The doors closed and the shocked team were left in an eerie silence.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside. There were cries of anger and pain, then three shots rung out and there were cries of surprise. The team looked at each other and followed the noise. Outside the Hub they saw that Dr Woodrow and his goons were face down in the water fountain. The two goons had bullets through their heads; Dr Woodrow had a bullet through the chest. Lily was no where to be seen.

Suddenly Jack saw a flash of white on the top of the Golden building near the fountain.

They all ran and climbed to the top of the building, puffing and panting Jack pushed open the top floor door. Sat on the edge, with her legs dangling over the edge, was Lily.

Her wings were open; she was leaning back on her elbows, humming a cheery tune. She turned as the team approached her.

"There will be more people coming to get me, I have to get away. Hide somewhere. No idea where yet though." She chuckled sadly and turned back to the horizon. The sun was setting slowly. The burnt red of the sky slowly dulling into black.

Ianto walked forward and placed a hand on Lily's shoulder. She didn't turn to him. She placed her hand on his and stroked the top with her thumb.

"We can protect you, they can't hurt you if we hide you down in the Hub. Like Jack said we have the best security and we can upgrade to help you." Ianto pleaded.

Lily smiled.

"I was cooped up in that place for 19 years, that's all I remember. I want to get away and not be held down. You understand…right?" Lily turned and looked at Ianto.

Her face was set. Ianto knew that he couldn't stop her, but he didn't want her to go. He had grown to like her. He knew what it was like to be alone, to feel that you were never free.

"I…understand." Stammered Ianto, he got up and backed away from Lily. A gentle breeze ruffled the thin material that covered Lily. She raised her wings higher.

Each wing was the same length as her body. She breathed deeply and smiled, she then turned to the team and waved.

"Thanks for helping me out. I promise I'll come back. I just want to explore for a bit."

Suddenly there was a large explosion. Lily and the team were thrown to the ground.

Jack rushed to the edge and looked for the source of the explosion. He saw a large tank; the barrel was trained where Lily had been sat. She and Ianto joined Jack at the edge. Tosh, Owen and Gwen groaned from behind them.

Lily's eyes widened in terror as the tank aimed yet again.

"Come with us Lily" Barked a voice from inside the tank.

On the side of the tank, there was an all too familiar logo printed.

"UNIT!" Called Jack. He ran his hands through his hair as the driver surfaced from the tank.

"I guess they called in reinforcements." Sighed Lily. She flew up into the air and swooped over the soldier in the tank. She pulled the helmet from his head and teased him.

"What's up mate…you have to jump for it!" She giggled shrilly and flew off towards the bay.

While Lily had been playing with the UNIT soldier, Jack and the others had run back to ground level and were passing the tank. The soldier called them to stop.

They ignored him, in basic training Torchwood were told that UNIT were pompous windbags that could go fuck themselves. As Tosh passed she fitted a device to the tank, it bleeped and went to work on disabling the tank.

The soldier shouted obscenities to the team as they jogged to where Lily was swooping and diving over the water. The team was in awe of her skill.

"What is it like to fly?" Called Ianto to Lily, she was giggling like a schoolgirl.

"Well…it's like…flying! Obvious isn't it!" She laughed.

Suddenly the soldiers cried stopped. But a different noise followed…the loading of a very large gun.

The team turned all too late to see the gun loaded and aimed straight at Lily. Ianto cried out and turned back to Lily.

She hovered over the water and her eyes grew wide as she saw the barrel of the military weapon aimed at her. Jack ran to the soldier and shifted the gun slightly as the barrel exploded.

It was like the whole event was in slow motion. Lily's body snapped backwards as the bullet flew through her abdomen. She looked at the others as she fell into the depths of the cold water.

Ianto and the others bolted for the water. Ianto slipped off his jacket as he ran and jumped into the water like an Olympic swimmer.

With expert strokes he was near Lily as her head disappeared under the waves. He ducked down under and followed her, he reached with desperation for her hand. She looked up at him slowly…

Tune in next time. R&R

Next week

Chapter 6

Drowning