Cara's call

(BTW the scene with the weevil, I know that Owen is the one controls them, but I sort of changed it. I'll tell you at the bottom)

My eyes fluttered open and I saw Cam's face looking down at me.

"Good morning sleeping beauty."

I rolled over, "I'm too tired go away." he laughed and got up. He started to walk out of the room. "Where are you going?"

He looked back, "You told me to go away so I am." I sighed and got up. I was still wearing his shirt and the shorts that Jack had rescued me in.

"I need to change." He smiled and went over to the dresser. He pulled out a shirt and a pair of jeans.

"That rest of the stuff is in the top drawer I'll let you get it yourself. I will be outside the door." He walked out and I got dressed. I opened the door but he wasn't there. I started to panic and then I saw him walking with Ianto. I relaxed a bit and sat on the bed. Cam came in with a tray a few minutes later.

"Ianto thought you would be hungry." I nodded and took the glass of orange juice. We ate pancakes and finished our fruit as Jack ran in.

"Hey Zorah, you still want adventure?"

I nodded, "No duh."

He smiled, "Then hurry up and go see Ianto. We got a weevil to go after." My face brightened and I walked quickly into Ianto's office.

He laughed, "I guess Jack told you?" I nodded. He handed me a jacket and a belt. He pulled out little bottles and weapons and placed them on his desk. He picked up a spray bottle, "This is weevil repellent if he attacks you spray this in his face and he'll back off." He handed to me and I put it on the belt. He picked up a pair of hand-cuffs. There was no chain, only a metal bar that held them together. "When you catch them, if Jack's not around, put these on him." I nodded and placed them on the belt. He did the same for all the items. "Alright this is the last," he picked up a gun, "You know how to shoot?" I nodded. "Good, this is for emergencies only. If you have nothing to defend yourself with and anyone is coming after you pull this out. Aim for the lower leg or the foot, it won't kill them but it will hurt and stop them for coming further." He handed it to me and I put it in the holster. "These are yours, be careful." I nodded and left to find Jack.

Cam came up to me, "You want me to come?"

I shook my head, "I'll be fine, I'll have jack to protect me if I need it, which I won't." He nodded.

Gwen came up behind me, "Don't forget me."

"And me," Owen said coming behind her.

"You guys are coming?"

Owen nodded, "Who do you think is driving?"

"And did you think I wouldn't miss an opportunity to get out of that stuffy office?"

I laughed, "I guess not. What about Tosh is she coming?"

They shook their heads, "She prefers to stay here and track them; she uses the com to tell us where to go. Oh, and speaking of which." Gwen handed me a com. "Put this in your ear, you tap it to turn it on and tap to turn it off."

I nodded, "I know Gwen, I have stolen Jack's enough times." She laughed as I put it in.

I tapped it on, "Jack when are we going?"

I heard him laughing on the other end, "Get going to the car, I'll be there soon."

I sighed, "Okay." I started to walk to the exit but Owen grabbed my arm.

"Come this way." He led me to a platform and stood on it. He pulled me on and held me up as it started to move. We went up and up until we emerged through the ground above the hub. I looked around in shock. Owen laughed, "Cool huh?" I nodded.

I tapped on the com, "Jack I'm going to kill you for not telling me about this."

I heard him laughing, "Owen showed you the other exit I guess?"

"You think?" I heard the platform coming back up, I turned but I didn't see anything. Suddenly Gwen and Jack came out of nowhere. "What the hell?"

They all laughed, "Perception filter, you'll get used to it after a while."

"Are you sure?" I asked, "Mom said I'd get used to you and, well…" he grabbed my waist and I screamed. "I take it back! I take it back!"

He let go and laughed, "I knew you would see it my way." I glared at him and walked to the car. I got in the front seat.

Jack opened the door and looked at me, "My seat."

I shook my head, "Injury, I have priority seating." He sighed and got in the back with Gwen. We drove and I tapped on my com. I heard tapping keys and Tosh humming to herself as she worked.

She suddenly spoke, "Owen turned left, then turn left again." He did what she said. "Good now stop. The weevil is in the alley that connects the street on either side of you. I sat you cut it off and trap it in the alley."

"Good call." Said Jack as he got out of the car, "Owen with Zorah, Gwen with me." we nodded and went separate ways. I walked down the street behind Owen.

"Stay on this side," he said, "Wait till I say then we both go down the alley." I nodded. He looked around the corner and then bolted to the other side. If it weren't for the com I wouldn't have heard him. "Jack we're on either side of the alley, where are you?"

"Same thing Owen… how's Zorah?"

I rolled my eyes, "I'm fine Jack focus."

"Don't tell me how to do my job or you'll be sorry."

I smirked, "Ooh I'm so scared."

I heard him sigh, "Gwen, are we clear?"

"Yes, he's right in the middle of the alley, he's trapped."

I heard Owen's voice, "Okay, Zorah pull out your weevil repellent and get ready to move. Gwen you have your gun and Jack you have your cuffs…let's go." We all moved into the alley and I saw it. It had the same face and teeth as sharp as daggers, my heart raced as we moved closer and it realized it was trapped.

Jack looked at it, then at me, then back at it. "Don't make this harder for yourself, you're cornered. Just come quietly and there's no trouble."

I looked at it, and it turned and looked at me. I stared right into its eyes and felt fear. The fear wasn't my own though, it was the weevils, it was scared of us. I spoke into the com, "Gwen put away your gun Jack put away your cuffs. Trust me." I put the weevil repellent away and showed the weevil my hands. "We aren't going to hurt you, we want to help." It took a step toward me and Gwen reached for her gun. I put my hand out to the side to stop her. "That's right, just slowly. I have to put these on for your safety, are you okay with that?" It continued to look into my eyes and I felt its comfort. I pulled out the cuffs and slowly placed them on its wrists. "Good, good, you are doing great. We don't want to hurt you." I motioned for the others to come closer, "You can trust the people you see me with, they will be as gentle as me." I let go of the cuffs and Jack took a hold of them. We walked quickly back to the car and helped it into the back. Jack closed the door and turned to me.

"How in the hell did you do that?"

I looked at him confused, "Do what?"

He stared at me, "Weevils are hostile creatures and you managed to have it step into captivity without a fight. How?"

I laughed, "They are hostile if they feel frightened, that's all it was. It was scared and that's why I told you to put your things away."

He smiled, "You still amaze me. you come back from almost a year of abuse and go back to normal in two days, you confront one of the most dangerous creatures we've seen come out of the rift and calm it. Is there nothing you can do?"

I looked up, "Hmm, I still can't chug vodka like you do." He laughed and shook his head getting into the car. I got in the front seat and we drove back to the hub. I walked into my room and plopped down on the bed. My mother came in with Jack and Cam.

She closed the door with her arms crossed over her chest. "Care to explain?"

I sighed, "Mom did you really think I was going to let Cam go into foster care because you think you know what's good for me?"

She glared at me, "No, I expected you to listen to and obey me. I do know what's good for you."

I shook my head, "No, mom, you don't. You don't know anything about me!"

"Of course I do."

"Oh yah?" I challenged, "What's my favorite color?"

"Blue."

I shook my head, "No. What's my favorite hobby?"

"Reading."

"No! Please get this right…how old am I?"

"That's easy you're thirteen, I think I would know my own daughters age." I burst into tear and ran out of the room. I ran down the dark hallways and into one of the farthest cells. I sat on the floor and cried.

With Jack

He looked at his best friend in shock, "What?" she said, "What's her problem it's only a person she can still send letters to him."

He was still in shock, "Cara, her favorite color is red, her favorite hobby is writing and, I can't believe you got this wrong… she's fifteen. You know nothing about your own daughter."

She sighed, "It's not about how much I know about her, it's about what I know is good for her. And on that note, I'm very sorry to say but I have called child services and they are going to call you and send someone to check on Cameron."

Jack came out of his shock, "You did what? You are the stupidest person I have ever met! Cam is the reason she is still sane!" he stormed out of the room and up to Tosh. "Have you seen Zorah?" she shook her head. He tapped on his com and heard crying on one of the ends. "Zorah, sweetheart where are you?" All he heard was crying. He sighed and tapped off the com, "Tosh track her com." She tapped quickly on the keyboard and glanced at the screen.

"She's in the cells, at the back."

He nodded and ran back into his office. "Cam, with me, Ianto," he looked out of the room, "Please escort our uninvited guest out, and make sure she doesn't come back." He walked out of the room with Cam trailing behind. He walked through the dark hallway and listened for my crying.

Back to Zorah

I heard them walking down the dark hall, checking all the cells, but I just kept crying. My mother was going to take away one of the best things in my life and she didn't care. She doesn't know anything about me; she didn't know how old I was. I felt like my head was exploding with questions and doubts. I pulled out a knife from the belt I hadn't taken off and placed t to my wrist. I watched as it left a trail of crimson red on my wrist. It felt good to feel physical pain again. I ran the blade over my skin over and over again and continued to cry.

Cam ran in and grabbed the knife away. He turned and hugged me. "Zorah, any time you have thoughts of doing that again I want you to take whatever sharp object is near and throw it across the room, okay?" I nodded and clung to his shirt. I wrapped my arm around my stomach as it started to sting.

Jack came in, "Let's get you to Owen so he can fix your arm." I whimpered and turned into Cam.

He moved I piece of hair from my face, "its okay Zoe, I'll be right here, they won't take you away from me." I clung to him and he picked me up. I whimpered, "Shhhh, it's alright I'm here." He carried me through the hall and came out into the light. I squinted and saw my mother walking off. She turned and ran towards me.

"What have you done to my daughter?" she yelled.

This pushed me off the edge. I jumped out of Cams arms, "They didn't do anything!" I held out my wrists, "You did this to me! You are the lowest of the low! I heard what you did; Jack still had his com on! You ruined my chances of having a big brother! You are worse than Mike! I wish you weren't my mother! Why won't you let Jack adopt me! Let him end both of our problems! Because I hate you, and I will until the end of my life!" She stood there in shock as I broke down crying again.

Jack picked me up off the floor and held me, "If it's what Zorah wants then I'm willing to sign the papers. I'm even more willing now that I see what I've been blind to all these years. Cara I have never seen someone not care about their child as much as you. Ianto lead her out please." Ianto took her arm and pulled her gently to the door.

I was carried to my room and put down on the bed. Cam sat with me and rubbed my back until I had calmed down. I looked up at Jack, "Did you mean what you said?"

He looked at me confusing, "What?"

"When you said you were willing to adopt me, did you mean it?"

He smiled and hugged me, "Yes, I did." He kissed my forehead and I started to cry again. This time I was crying because I was happy, someone actually wanted me for once. "Zorah you were like a daughter to me since that time when Terry Jennings pushed you off the swing and I chased her away." I laughed as I remembered her scared face as she ran away doing her best not to scream. "There's that beautiful laugh of yours. I love to hear that sound." he smirked and grabbed my sides.

I screamed and glared at him. "You don't need to do that to hear me laugh."

He smirked even more, "I know."

I glared more, "I highly dislike you at the moment." He laughed and ruffled my hair. I laughed and fixed it. I wish I could have had a moment like this with my mother. My face suddenly fell.

"Zoe what's wrong?"

"Didn't Cara say that someone would be coming to check and see that everything was in order?"

Jack smiled seeing my concern, "I have it covered. Don't ask just trust me. Now let's get you to Owen okay?" I nodded and they carried me into the autopsy room.

(okay, I know that Owen should control them but this is different, Zorah has the power to calm them, see into their minds and see that they are simply scared. I know it's off the wall but I do that kind of thing, don't like it…read anyway. Lol :P X])